Bobby Liebling, Victor Griffin, Greg Turley, and Albert Born of legendary doomsters PENTAGRAM were interviewed on this past Monday's (April 11) edition of "Heady Metal With Jeff Olson", the new Internet radio show hosted by original TROUBLE drummer and RETRO GRAVE mainman Jeff "Oly" Olson. Liebling and Griffin discussed PENTAGRAM's reunions over the years and the band's upcoming European tour, which is to commence on April 14 at the Roadburn festival in The Netherlands. Turley and Born talked about how they feel about being in PENTAGRAM as well as their assessments of today's music industry and the effect it has on touring musicians. Moreover, Liebling spoke of his former battle of drug addiction, his struggle to get his life back on track, and his new life as a family man.
The three-part chat can now be streamed using the audio player below.
Excerpts from Liebling's portion of the interview follow.
Liebling on "Last Days Here" documentary:
"It [premiered] at [the South By Southwest festival this year]. Some people are crying. I can't watch it. It made me cry when I watched it. It's a good movie apparently... everybody loved it. I haven't seen the whole finished film yet."
Liebling on his newborn son and on whether he would pass the musical torch to him one day:
"Absolutely no way. As a professional? Eh, don't quit your day job. (laughs) If I had known thirty years ago, then there is no way in hell that I wouldn't have gone to college to become a psychologist, or a lawyer, or something! Anything! (laughs)
"This is a real roller coaster ride, but I guess, you know, I can't discourage him when he grows up from pursuing his dream. That's what man's quest is about."
Liebling on the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami:
"It does shake you up. To me nowadays... thank God my folks are still alive to see me get straight, get married, and give them a grandchild... never thought, oh, three-and-a-half or four years ago I was, you know, too much of a mess to practically stand up straight and now all this has happened and it opens your eyes just like that tsunami does. Disasters like that are crippling and crushes your heart too."
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"Heady Metal With Jeff Olson" airs on Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. EST exclusively for Metal Messiah Radio with the podcasts available the following day at the show's web site, HeadyMetalWithJeffOlson.com.
"Heady Metal With Jeff Olson" is Olson's first radio show endeavor and features interviews with musicians from different metal genres across the board, interesting people from all walks of life, comedic segments, music news, and giveaways.
Olson has been writing and recording in the music industry since the formation of TROUBLE (1979) and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in film scoring, cum laude, from Berklee College Of Music.
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The three-part chat can now be streamed using the audio player below.
Excerpts from Liebling's portion of the interview follow.
Liebling on "Last Days Here" documentary:
"It [premiered] at [the South By Southwest festival this year]. Some people are crying. I can't watch it. It made me cry when I watched it. It's a good movie apparently... everybody loved it. I haven't seen the whole finished film yet."
Liebling on his newborn son and on whether he would pass the musical torch to him one day:
"Absolutely no way. As a professional? Eh, don't quit your day job. (laughs) If I had known thirty years ago, then there is no way in hell that I wouldn't have gone to college to become a psychologist, or a lawyer, or something! Anything! (laughs)
"This is a real roller coaster ride, but I guess, you know, I can't discourage him when he grows up from pursuing his dream. That's what man's quest is about."
Liebling on the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami:
"It does shake you up. To me nowadays... thank God my folks are still alive to see me get straight, get married, and give them a grandchild... never thought, oh, three-and-a-half or four years ago I was, you know, too much of a mess to practically stand up straight and now all this has happened and it opens your eyes just like that tsunami does. Disasters like that are crippling and crushes your heart too."
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Part 3:
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"Heady Metal With Jeff Olson" airs on Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. EST exclusively for Metal Messiah Radio with the podcasts available the following day at the show's web site, HeadyMetalWithJeffOlson.com.
"Heady Metal With Jeff Olson" is Olson's first radio show endeavor and features interviews with musicians from different metal genres across the board, interesting people from all walks of life, comedic segments, music news, and giveaways.
Olson has been writing and recording in the music industry since the formation of TROUBLE (1979) and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in film scoring, cum laude, from Berklee College Of Music.
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