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RS #173 - Sludge and Smoked Paprika with Steven McDonald | The Melvins

Dec 15, 2022 · 54m 6s
RS #173 - Sludge and Smoked Paprika with Steven McDonald | The Melvins
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This week on the show, we break some new ground. It's not often we are afforded a chat with musical royalty, but today... indeed we are. Bassist Steve McDonald started...

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This week on the show, we break some new ground. It's not often we are afforded a chat with musical royalty, but today... indeed we are.

Bassist Steve McDonald started his professional music career at 11 years old. Within a few years, he and his brother Jeff started the seminal power pop band, Redd Kross and, less than 10 years later, played the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

30 years later, Steve is still killing it, standing in the ceremonial center, providing ground support for the legendary sludge metal band, The Melvins.

The new album, Bad Mood Rising, is a mix of all the things The Melvins do so well and they don't mind letting you have it, square in your ear hole. Make sure you pick up the new record as soon as you listen to our super fun chat, okay? Don't just stream it. Buy it, then see the band on tour.

This is my chat with Steve McDonald of the Melvins, and you're listening to Rockstar Superhero.

Time codes:

2:40 Encouragement and eye crosses
5:40 The KISS B sides
8:45 High quality and status
11:45 Small chains of sports bars
15:20 The balls behind the Melvins
18:00 Buzz is one of a kind
21:20 Living the experience
24:50 Reading the band's progressive mind
28:20 The harmonic edge of Steve's voice
32:00 Complicated riffs and weird repeats
35:20 Playing for the song
38:00 The original KISS bass
42:00 Cheap Trick on tour
45:30 Foreign environments and recording studios
48:45 The Hollywood portal
52:00 Attributing sanity to sane environments

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The Rockstar Superhero Podcast examines the personal lives and creative careers of your favorite classic rock artists. We are obsessed with understanding the inner workings of the music business and all that it takes to remain in the public eye for as long as possible. Join us as we pursue conversations with legends and legends in the making.

The Rockstar Superhero Radicals podcast was created to connect you directly to people, professional and private, who have lived lives worth discussing and offer solutions to our listeners, one heart at a time. If you are seeking truth and purpose beyond yourself, the Radicals podcast is for you.

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