Andrew Mckaysmith Presents: Scars And Guitars

Ross the Boss (The Dictators/ ex- Manowar). Born of Fire is the compelling event for our chat however, Ross is an outstanding interview subject so we cover a lot of ground in this conversation including the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dan Beehler (Exciter). Ahead of Exciter's 2020 Australian tour alongside the evergreen Venom Inc. Dan talks about the tour, drumming and other subjects from his career as one of the world's first ever speed metal bands!

Al Di Meola. Across the Universe is the name of Al's newest studio creation, a collection of tunes that honour The Beatles as only Al can reinterpret. By my own estimation its not unreasonable to call Al the greatest living guitarist so it is indeed a truly magical opportunity to talk to the great axe-man!

Bjorn 'Speed' Strid (Night Flight Orchestra). The prolific Speed has another album ready for 2020, the synth laden Aeromantic! Hear what he has to say about that and other subjects.

Kirk Windstein (Crowbar/ Down). Kirk talks about his first solo album which was released in January 2020, it's called Dream in Motion and continues his track record of delivering high quality hard rock.

Bill Steer (Carcass). Carcass will be touring Australia in March 2020, which provided an opportunity to chat to one of the most influential guitarists in heavy metal, Mr. Bill Steer!

Brian Tichy (Silverthorne/ Billy Idol/ Whitesnake/ Pride & Glory). Tear the Sky Wide Open is the name of the new EP for 2020 from Silverthorne, it features one of the great modern heavy metal drummers of the 21st century in Brian Tichy! Have a listen to what he has to say about it about, of course, many other subjects.

Wattie Buchan (The Exploited). Punk rock icons The Exploited are comprehensively touring Australia in March 2020! So it's a great time to chat to the one and only vocalist from the band, Wattie Buchan!

Victor Smolski (Almanac, ex-Rage). Victor has crafted an epic album with Almanac called Rush of Death. It's due in March 2020, so we talk about that and as usual, a heap of other subjects!

Laura Guldemond (Burning Witches). The new album for 2020 from Burning Witches is called Dance with the Devil, which will be released via Nuclear Blast on March 6! New-ish vocalist Laura talks about the band, the album, and life in general!

Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride). Ahead of the release of the band's new album for 2020, out March 6th, the affable Aaron shares his thought on the album and other subjects.

Mark Heylmum (Suicide Silence). Ahead of the superb new album from the band, Become The Hunter (released 14/2/20), Mark talks music, politics and a bunch of other subjects.

Alex Varkatzas (Atreyu). Ahead of the bands February/ March 2020 tour of Australia, Alex shares his thoughts on the bands career.

Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation). Ahead of the band's February 2020 shows in Australia alongside the mighty Revocation, Travis talks about the shows and a heap of other subjects!

Josh Middleton (Sylosis/ Architects). Sylosis have released a superb album for 2020 called Cycle of Suffering and Josh is on hand to discuss the details.

Alex Skolnick (Testament). Ahead of Testament's Australian shows in march 2020, Alex answers a heap of questions about career to date.

Gina Gleason (Baroness). Ahead of Baroness' Australian appearances through March 2020, Gina talks about the shows and her career to date.

Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. (Sepultura). Ahead of the release of Quadra, Sepultura's new album fro 2020 Paulo talks career and addresses the question of who played bass on the early Sepultura recordings.

Phil Rind (Sacred Reich). Ahead of Sacred Reich's February/ March 2020 Australian tour with Vio-Lence, Phil talks about the shows, politics and the bands career!

Neal Morse (Spocks Beard/ Transatlantic). One of the greatest progressive rock innovators, Neal is coming to Australia for two shows acoustic and in the raw in 2020! Neal is a great interview subject, tune in to hear his thoughts on the shows and his career to date.