Mushroomhead

I also wanted to do music.

Oh, I was working with the lead singer and the bass player of Mushroomhead back when I was like 20. on an EP.

And then Jeff, the lead singer, was working on a movie in Michigan and was like, you should try acting.

And so I did.

Cool.

My next one, my wishlist one, because they were so fucking incredible at Bloodstock this year, and I think that them playing Download high up on the third stage or somewhere on the second stage maybe to a huge crowd, I think Mushroomhead would be absolutely... incredible they absolutely killed it in that tenor bloodstock this year so i would absolutely love to see them it would be so sick so yeah mushroom head would be one for me they really blew even with the new sort of lineup that they've got they've changed quite a few people i didn't like the new excuse me didn't like the new album but now i kind of like it from just seeing them live so they've even made a believer out of me but yeah mushroom head would be a big one for me

nice um who else do i have uh anti-sync would be a good one to have back uh so i know we've talked about it a few times uh like a lot of these bands played recently 2022 2023 um 2024 would be a bit too soon for them to come back but we know download does that and download do book the same bands uh and you know anti-sync were great i've met um andrew a couple of times now since they played and since we interviewed them and met them i know they're working on new music so uh yeah it would be great to see them again and actually be able to catch up with them Probably.

Definitely.

And then they got a Sunday show as well.

Um, it's gonna be Mushroomhead is gonna be there-

Mm

... with Fear Factory and Nine Treasures.

Wow.

Do you know anything about Mushroomhead?

I've heard the name.

I do know Fear Factory, for sure.

They were all paid 1099 employees.

Uh, three out of five of them quit on tour, and the reason why I know that is because we interviewed the old Mushroomhead singer that sings for, his band is A Killer's Confession now.

And they were on tour with them when that whole thing went down, and we talked to him about it.

And, uh, it, it's just, it...

They're just one of my, one of my favorite bands.

When they came out, like, I was in the whole Cleveland scene that whole time, you know, where Mushroomhead was first.

Yep.

Mm.

And, you know, Mushroomhead was offered a deal from Roadrunner, um, a very small deal, and, uh, Steve, Skinny, you know, he's like, "We make more money on our own."

Yeah.

You know, I was talking to J. Potts one night after one of their shows way back when, it was like the same, like, month that they had been offered that deal, and he's like, "Dude," he's like, "We make, like, three times, like, what they offered us," so we turned the deal down.

Yeah, I expect you to know all metal bands.

Yeah, you don't know Mushroomhead.

So, Mike, how are you feeling right now? A, because your Guardians now have a game five, so I know you're feeling good about that.

And what do you think about this Cleveland Browns team that the Jets are up against this weekend?

That was the going trend back then, though.

Think about it, 'cause you had Mushroomhead as well.

Mushroomhead, yeah, but Mushroomhead was easily like, "We see what they did.

K."

[chuckles] Right.

And most of the performances were really great as well.

Mushroomhead stands out for me in the tent because I've seen Mushroomhead a load, but this is like a new phase for Mushroomhead.

They've got new members, new album, that sort of stuff.

But I wasn't too keen on the new album, but the live...