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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.
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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Steve Vai - Interview (Audio) - 2009
In 2009 I finally got to interview an artist who I'd loved since I was 10 - guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. We'd met briefly at Hammer's...
James Gill
Apr 1, 20245 min read
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Martina Topley-Bird - Interview - 2003
Martina’s voice sounds familiar for a reason – even if her name doesn’t. It was the random hand of fate that brought Bristol street poet...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20243 min read
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Terri Walker - Interview - 2002
Why is it when you hear an amazing soul voice, that you think it must be American? Probably because they gave us Marvin Gaye, James...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20243 min read
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Prefuse 73/Scott Herren - Interview - 2002
Things go in cycles. And while hiphop seemed to be stagnating over the last few years, now seems to a time of experimentation and...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20243 min read
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Rob Gallagher - Galliano/Earl Zinger - 2001
Can you keep a secret? In some ways it seems unfair to blow his cover, but Rob Gallagher has avoided detection for some time under aliai...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20243 min read
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Hammerfall - Interview - 2007
Between The Hammer And The Anvil Enough about the cold already. It’s currently eight below zero at the Bohus Fortress, a seven hundred...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20247 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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Turisas - Interview - 2008
“Do you consider yourself a metal crowd?” shouts fur-clad Turisas frontman Warlord (Matthias) Nygård to Bloodstock’s crowd who cheer in...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20247 min read
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Hawthorne Heights - Interview - 2006
Chances are you’ve never heard of this band, let alone know that they are the surprise US hit of the season. With a half a million album...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20245 min read
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Story Of The Year - Interview - 2008
“Here’s the thing about our band,” says gymnast guitarist Ryan Phillips slightly impatiently. “We’re a band who watch presidential...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20247 min read
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Protest The Hero - Interview - 2008
Rody Walker is the kid you’d love as a brother but hate as a son. He’s hyperactive, noisy and lewd; he drinks, smokes and does drugs;...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20246 min read
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Lacuna Coil - Interview - 2007
“A break up that happens like that only comes after a long time of things boiling up.” Andreas crosses his legs and looks to his...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20247 min read
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Jamie Hull - Interview - 2024
Jamie’s story Jamie Hull is an extraordinary man. Not just because of events that have befallen him, but what he was before those events...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20248 min read
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TJ Miller - Still Remains -2007
The Memory Remains Heavy metal is about energy and anger and catharsis and celebration. From the gloomiest depths of Cathedral to the...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20247 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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Benji Webbe - Skindred - 2009
If someone described Skindred to you, you might have trouble picturing it, let alone deciding if you’d actually like it. A middle-aged...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20247 min read
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Dallas Coyle - God Forbid - Interview - 2009
“If we don’t become a career band I’ll tell everyone [in the band] to fuck off and good luck,” states God Forbid guitarist/singer Dallas...
James Gill
Mar 11, 20247 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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