261 - UltraBomb (Greg Norton and Ryan Smith)

About this episode

James Patrick Regan interviews Greg Norton and Ryan Smith about their band UltraBomb, their new album, and their musical journeys.

261 - UltraBomb (Greg Norton and Ryan Smith) In episode 261 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with UltraBomb: Greg Norton (bass) from of Husker Du and Ryan Smith (guitar and vocals) who’s also currently in Soul Asylum. Their conversation starts with Ryan who’s in a hotel room in New Jersey that’s having air conditioning troubles, and the two give us a history of the band starting with Greg and two other members and how it eventually became the lineup that it is now with Ryan on vocals and guitar and Derek O’Brien from Social Distortion on drums. Greg and Ryan tell us about the bands new album “the Bridges That We Burn” that came out April 3rd and how they went about writing it and talk about the production. Greg gives us their upcoming tour dates in the Midwest and on the West Coast in June. Greg discusses Husker Du and the lack of potential future work with that band and Ryan describes what Soul Asylum is currently up too. The two take us through their gear with UltraBomb Reverend guitars and basses and Ryan tells us a little bit about his relationship with Gibson for Soul Asylum and he talks acoustic guitars…

People in this episode

Host: James Patrick Regan

Guests: Greg Norton, Ryan Smith

Topics covered

• UltraBomb
• Greg Norton
• Ryan Smith
• Husker Du
• Soul Asylum
• the Bridges That We Burn
• tour dates
• gear

Keywords

• music
• album release
• tour
• gear

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Reverend guitars, Gibson

Books & works: Have Guitar Will Travel, the Bridges That We Burn”

Places: New Jersey, Midwest, the West Coast

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