Talkin' Rock with Avenged Sevenfold's Zacky Vengeance, drummer Tommy Clufetos, and The Fell's Mike Krompass

About this episode

The episode features discussions with Zacky Vengeance about his solo album, Tommy Clufetos about his band and performances, and Mike Krompass about The Fell's tour.

What a non-award-winning episode! Yes, you read the title right. Zacky Vengeance is up first to discuss his solo record, Dark Horse, which drops on April 3rd. The first song he released from it is called Lighthouse. He talks about that song and the rest of the album. He speaks to how different it is from the material from A7X. We discuss the writing process and how he played, according to him, about 95% of the instruments on the album. He told me what's going on with the band, some surprising announcements coming up, and more. Detroit drummer Tommy Clufetos is up next. He's bringing his band, Tommy's Rocktrip, to The Token Lounge on April 23rd. We discuss that, playing the Brit Awards show in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the Detroit grind he's got in him, and lots more. Mike Krompass from the band The Fell wraps up this episode. We discuss their tour, which comes to the Token Lounge on Saturday, March 28th, playing with Billy Sheehan, material in the can, and more. Thanks for listening! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guests: Zacky Vengeance, Tommy Clufetos, Mike Krompass

Topics covered

• Avenged Sevenfold
• music
• drumming
• solo album
• tour

Keywords

• Dark Horse
• Lighthouse
• Tommy's Rocktrip
• Token Lounge

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Dark Horse, Lighthouse

Books & works: Talkin' Rock, Dark Horse, Lighthouse

Places: Detroit, California

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