That time I asked Tony Rombola if Godsmack’s top-selling album was his personal favourite of theirs

I interviewed Godsmack guitarist Tony Rombola when the Boston alt-metal band was touring behind its fifth studio album, IV.

Brandi Carlile hooks up with producer T Bone Burnett at Bryan Adams’ studio to tell The Story

As a kid growing up in a tiny, isolated community 45 minutes from Seattle, Brandi Carlile had to work to keep herself entertained.

"Ya gotta hear that coughin' at the beginning of 'Sweet Leaf' to know what I'm talkin' about. We're talkin' B.C. bud, brother! Can't wait!"

Hailing from Florida, the members of the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have an ingrained sympathy for victims of natural disasters.

"I listen to a lot of old stuff, classic rock... We don't sound anything like Deep Purple, but I just love it. I don't know, it's weird."

"It was in [the Kinks'] revolutionary attitude. I mean, they really had a rawness to them, and they kept breaking their own boundaries."

"We've earned every inch we've gained, and it comes mostly from not deviating from our mission statement, which is to make art with heart."

"We have bands that have broken out, but a lot of the finer moments in San Diego musical history are coming from bands no one’s heard of."

I did my first interview with Pete Yorn back in January of 2007, when he was touring behind his third studio album, Nightcrawler.

"I’m a musician...not a politician. I think if you’re gonna make those comments, you need to pick up the torch and fully run with it."

I was surfing YouTube last night and discovered a concert video from 1978 of Ronnie Montrose when he was touring behind his album Open Fire.

You don't hear much about Matt Costa these days without hearing a bit about his good buddy Jack Johnson as well.

"That was my initial approach to rock music, my dad sitting me in the car and listening to Jethro Tull, early Led Zeppelin, things like that."