Hanging backstage with the Barbarian Overlords after their gig was quite enjoyable.

It wasn’t so much an interview as it was just a normal, candid conversation caught on video.

This band is definitely going places (a recap of their performance earlier in the evening).

Here they are discussing their influences, playing live,  writing, planning and recording for the new record….  

5 minute clip of the band talking about getting together as a band, jamming to Robert Johnson, recording a record, Chipotle and much more:

Brandon talking about his drum kits:

Joe discussing his red guitars:

 

Discussing making music together and the “feel”:

 

Discussing the process of coming together as a band:

This is some funny stuff:

GK plays Ampeg (the irony):

 

 

 

 

The After-Party:

 

 

After all the wild fun on The Sunset Strip last Saturday, Haz7MaX and Daniel met up at The House of Blues to check out the Barbarian Overlords and Steel Panther. 

After enjoying both bands’ sets, Max took to the harmonica and had all kinds of fun with everyone in attendance.   It was a great time as Max jammed in and around the venue making tons of fans and friends in the process.   

We saw people from the Yamaha event on Saturday, people from The Strip that evening and partied with all kinds of people.  It was another great night in West Hollywood with Max and Daniel.  

 

Huge thanks to Yamaha, Billy, Phil X, Russ Miller  and everyone else involved for one of the most enjoyable days I’ve ever had.   Everyone in attendance was treated like royalty at this incredible event.    It was wonderful to be able to interact with Billy – he was so generous with sharing his knowledge, talent and instruments.  What a treat it was to be able to try out some of the legendary basses he’s played over the years.    I can’t think of anything else that would top how cool of a time this was.   Wonderful people, great food and drinks, nice prizes, incredible playing – it was unbelievable – truly the experience of a lifetime!!  

Here are 3 pages of recaps for the event:        

 

It was a real pleasure to meet Ham, who came all the way from Korea with his Attitude bass for this event.   I wish we…

 

I RSVPed for this event thinking it would be a total longshot to get on the list.   Much to my surprise, I received a confirmation a few days later.

I got to Burbank a little after 1:30 not knowing what to expect.  I imagined it would be a huge event with tons of attendees.  I was greeted at the door by very friendly people and let into the studio.

Once inside, I was completely blown away.    Billy’s basses lined the wall in seemingly chronological order from the beginning of his career to the newest Yamaha Attitude models he currently plays.  

The next thing I noticed was there were only 3 rows of chairs, a few tables in the back (presumably for the SRO folks) and in the back corner, there was a bar!! YES!! I then had a look at the stage area.

To the right of Billy’s…