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This is a home for some of the interviews and features I've written since starting my writing career in 2001. Here you'll find lots of interviews with musicians, but also highlights from the last 10 years in content marketing: valuable, original content that informs, entertains and persuades.
War Stories - Metal Hammer Reunion 2024
Hammer crew and friends circa 2008
James Gill
Apr 29, 20245 min read
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Arch Enemy - Interview - 2005
“People think that because they bought a ticket to the show, that you owe them something more,” says Arch Enemy’s singer, Angela Gossow,...
James Gill
Apr 1, 20249 min read
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Atreyu - Feature - 2008
This isn’t a ‘taste’ of chaos, this is booking a table, ordering drinks and eating five courses from an all-you-can-eat buffet… of chaos....
James Gill
Mar 11, 20248 min read
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Trivium - Interview - 2009
Something’s wrong. Matt Heafy is pissed off. The rest of the band seem less than ecstatic as Metal Hammer trots into the chilly reception...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20249 min read
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Underoath - Interview - 2009
Access All Areas Around a formica-topped table sit various members of Thursday, Underoath and Taking Back Sunday. We’re backstage at the...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20249 min read
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Dir En Grey - Interview - 2007
Tokyo is amazing. It’s just like London. Only completely different. Everything works. If there’s a soap dispenser it actually soap in....
James Gill
Mar 11, 20249 min read
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Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster - Interview - 2007
“My fiancé dumped me on Valentine’s Day while on tour.” Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster’s 27 year-old-singer is starting to explain how...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20248 min read
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36 Crazyfists - Interview - 2008
Access All Areas “Both my mom’s parents were alcoholics and her dad used to beat them,” says Steve Holt, 36 Crazyfists philosophical...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20248 min read
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Killswitch Engage - Interview - 2006
Killing Memphis Of all the things you might expect to see on a tour bus, this is not one of them: Howard Jones is holding a bottle of...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20248 min read
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Atreyu - Interview - 2007
The hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK was 38 degrees. The average for July is 20 degrees. Today, here in the Hi Fi Buys...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20248 min read
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My Chemical Romance - Feature - 2013
Gerard Way Gerard Way is not only a musical icon, but a subcultural leader. The New Jersey-born self-professed comic nerd gave not just...
James Gill
Mar 10, 20246 min read
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