Garza sits down in-person with Mark Whelan. Singer, guitar player & founder of American death metal band FUMING MOUTH. Their new album LAST DAY OF SUN is out now! https://www.linktr.ee/fumingmouth
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Mark’s Uber Driver Got Lost
03:05 - Amps, Pedals & Gear Talk (HM2 Waza)
07:05 - Bands That Have the “Buzzsaw” Sound
11:15 - First Bands That Got Mark Into Heavy Music
14:20 - New Record, Last Day of Sun, 2023
18:30 - Clean Singing
20:35 - Playing with The Black Dahlia Murder
23:05 - Mark Finding Out He Had Cancer
29:04 - Writing “Kill the Disease” on Phone During Cancer Treatment
34:11 - Working with Kurt Ballou
35:20 - Writing the First Record, The Grand Descent (2019)
37:40 - How Mark’s Mindset Changed After Cancer Diagnosis
42:44 - Always Working & Creating Music Between Albums
45:15 - Gene Wolfe Inspiring Fuming Mouth Songs
50:06 - Reading Books, Mark Recommends Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
55:50 - Favorite Movies, John Carpenter’s 5/4 Halloween Theme
58:23 - Where Riffs Come From
1:04:48 - Bands to Check Out, Death Metal Rabbit Hole
1:10:46 - Touring UK for First Time
1:14:50 - Closing Thoughts, Words of Wisdom