Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium

Cancion Franklin is the lead singer/guitarist of his solo band, and though originally from Arizona, it is centered in New York City. He calls the music he creates Americana and he spoke about how he was enticed by some musicians from Rutgers University to relocate from Arizona to the East Coast. He recalled recording sessions from NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, and the T Time Sessions. Cancion spoke about the stories that inspired the songs on his EP, True As Time Allows, which is out now.

January 24th 2015 Mutilacion Famine Fest Interview by Japan Nick Mutilacion Interview at Famine Fest by Japan Nick For thee of nine moons and the music video for Fires Of Death’s Arcanum were gone over in depth both lyrically and conceptually. They talked about the Beckoning Night’s Blaze EP (released in 2015) They spoke about To Revel in the Devi’s Fever and what it meant to them. They talked a bit about their fanzine The Beyond which focuses on black metal and the occult as well as trades that they have done

Talking about the 2014 SXSW Convention. Talking about the Sandy Eyes song. He went on about his time studying abroad in England.

On May 25th 2014 Japan Nick host of WMSC 90.3s Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium and Aquarian Weekly contributing writer interviewed Taking Over Singer/Guitarist Getsemani Cortez, Richard Lopez bassist for Taking Over and Lethal Dossage, and Chris Rojas singer and bassist for Savage Reign about the Street Savages Compilation that they were handing out at MDF, their music, advice on west coast scene, and more.

This was from the In Fear We Trust timeline. We spoke about the songs In Fear We Trust, Dead and Gone, Tearing into Hell. He discussed being on End Records. We discussed the housing situation in San Francisco and generally what it’s like being a touring musician.

Neil Wonnell's Metalmouth Mine Enemies Fall Interview 121613 Talking about his band’s history, their lineup, concerts, life on the road and more!

Talking about the Diamondplate article that got published with mention of Neil Wonnell’s show, discussing IV Empires Collapse by Warbringer. There was some dialogue about how Mantic Ritual was and the Thrasho De Mayo reunion appearance.

101413 NW BTR show We talked about the new album from Warbringer, as well as their then upcoming tour for their IV Empires Collapse. We talked a bit about the Overkill/Kreator/Warbringer tour. We talked about the Ragnarok show in Chicago with Hallows Eve, Midnight Hellion, and others. We talked about the new Death Angel album. Also we mentioned the Sabbat show, along with Melt Banana coming up.

091613 NW BTR Vindicator interview with Japan Nick Vindicator Singer Vic Stown called in to talk with Neil Wonnell and Japan Nick. We discussed the United We Fall album a lot. They used Reaper to record it. They spoke about being on Slaney Records. Neil discussed how the cleaner vocals changed up the sound We discussed the song “At War with thy neighbor” and “Hail to the thief” We imagined if Vic would be President for a year and fully authorize 5 things. Vic alludes to the then forthcoming single “Sleeping with Evil.” Also spoke about “Hockey Jones Vengeance” about Casey Jones from the Ninja Turtles cartoon. Talking about what it means to be a founding member of a band. Memories of past recording sessions. Discussing how to place track to track for the album process. Fade in Fade Out and the tweeking process was explained. Giving a good explanation on getting your vehicles ready for a tour. Playing the backyard party shows.

Chris Butera called in to talk about the New York scene as well as his then called band Zamboni(later re titled to Nuclear Hatred)

Braulio Correa the singer/guitarist of Savagery called in to Neil Wonnell's Metalmouth. We spoke about how Savagery formed, their first demo (Bullet Belt Invasion) being a Chicago musician, and had some "intelligent" conversation with Smash Potater.

BTR NW Smash Potater Interview with Japan Nick We talked about discovering Smash Potater. The Clash of the Thrash concert. They talked about some shows with Lich King. Advice for playing basketball with the dictator of North Korea We had some dialogue on pay to play as well.

On 082613 Neil Wonnell and Japan Nick did an interview with the 2013 Pulse Lineup of Diamondplate. We spoke about their album, the music biz, touring and more.

September 2nd 2013 Interview with Dismantle’s Frank Reaper former guitarist for the band. They were talking about the release of the Journey through the dark and welcome to LA eps on a comp. Speaking about the song Rise of the Dark Phoenix, Snowdust, We talked about the Journey through the dark cover art, and using Ed Repka and Halseycaust. Talking about the then $ 425 tariff for band members and roadies.

August 19th 2013 Talking about Diamondplate, Cemetery Lust’s then upcoming album Orgies of Abomination, the PNW Metal scene and more.