Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with MindEqualsBlown about The Cool Tour, Aaron Gillepsie’s departure and the new record. Read More »

We got the chance to chat with Jordan Mancino of As I Lay Dying at the Hollywood Palladium stop of the Cool Tour.  Come in to hear about the set list, birthdays and touring overseas. Read More »

About to begin touring to promote their first release in two years, The Graduate’s Corey Warning took some time to speak with me about the new album, being without a record label, and Devo.

Mind Equals Blown: Why “The Graduate?” Were you just fans of the movie, or is there more to it than that?

Corey Warning: No, it was just a little ironic, because of all the stuff at college. You know, pursuing the band. It wasn’t really based off the movie. Matt [Kennedy] came up with the name and we were all like, “Oh, ok!” because we were more interested in trying to make music and playing shows. Read More »

Derek Sanders from Mayday Parade spoke with MEB about Warped Tour, their upcoming tour , and life in general.  Click “read more” to see the video, or click here to view in 720p HD.

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After a mini-hurricane passed over Warped Tour during its stop in St Pete. I sat and enjoyed a brief (very…very brief) moment of sunlight with Parkway Drive vocalist Winston McCall to chat. Read More »

Thanks to Absolute Punk’s Free Music Fridays feature (the most recent one can be found here) I came across a band based out of Massachusetts known as Settler. This 4-piece has recently put up all of their releases, including the 5-song EP War Wolves, online for free here. Settler’s exciting sound has been earning them some buzz and have lead to some highly energetic shows which should not be missed. The self described “funrock” group took some time out to do an interview with me and here’s what Jimmy Mullen, their drummer, had to say: Read More »

At the beginning of summer the Canadian based 5-piece Structures released their debut EP All Of  The Above (which we reviewed here). Drummer Andrew McEnaney was kind enough to speak with us and let us know what the band is up to. Make sure to catch them on their upcoming tour in August with The Holly Springs Disaster and Architects.

Mind Equals Blown: Would you care to give some insight on the writing for the new album?

Structures: We havent technically started “writing” yet. Spee Brendon and I will usually get together and write sections then tie them together to make the songs feel and sound like a whole. For the new album though, we will be writing songs as a whole instead of sections like we did on our EP. Right now were just touring as much as we can and trying to meet as many people as possible so writing has taken the back seat for now. Read More »

I recently had the opportunity to talk with chat with our friends Adam and Frank by By Land Or Sea (previously known as Frankie and His Fingers) about their newest release, transitioning names and whats to come from the band. You can check out my review of their album here or visit their myspace here. Also, remember the name, because you will be hearing it again soon!

Mind Equals Blown: What was the mentality behind changing your name from Frankie and His Fingers to By Land or Sea?

Frank: To be honest, we never really liked the name Frankie and His Fingers. I had come up with it as a solo project name and Sammi and I couldn’t think of anything else when we turned it into a band. For the past 6 years we just never considered the fact that we could change it anytime we wanted. One day, on the way to the studio, we just started discussing it. We figured our happiness was more important than anything, and we weren’t happy with the old name.

Adam: We also had changed a lot as a band and we felt that the old name didn’t represent who we were anymore – we were basically a brand new band, and a new name was deemed appropriate. Read More »

I recently was able to chat with vocalist Alex Hofmann of one of my favorite unsigned metal bands, Fallujah. Alex gave us a bit on insight on the upcoming release, what makes them tick and what we can expect from them in the future.

Mind Equals Blown: Are you guys working on any new music?

Alex Hoffman: Yes we are currently writing our full length, were taking this opportunity (now that were not touring) to finish this album up and hopefully have it out by winter. Read More »