Andrew Mckaysmith Presents: Scars And Guitars

David Davidson (Revocation). Revocation are touring Australia with Cattle Decapitation in February 2020, providing an opportunity for a long-waited chat with the great Dave Davidson!

Sam Totman (DragonForce/ Chop Suey). Ahead of Sam's appearances in the System of a Down cover show Chop Suey, he talks about the gigs and answers a few questions about DragonForce.

Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity). The great Pepper Keenan from CoC chats about the band's February 2020 tour of Australia and some other interesting subjects!

Woody Weatherman (Corrosion of Conformity). Ahead of CoC's February 2020 Australian tour, Woody has a chat about the tour and all things CoC!

Derrick Green (Sepultura). Ahead of the superb album for 2020 from Sepultura, called Quadra, Derrick talks about the album and other subjects.

Jean-Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers). Ahead of the February 2020 Australian tour, Jean-Jacques talks about his considerable influence as a bass guitar icon, The Stranglers career and current affairs.

Michael Stützer (Artillery). The opportunity to chat to Michael comes about due to the Artillery 2020 tour of Australia! Michael and Andrew cover a lot of ground in this chat.

Timo Rotten (Oceans). Germany’s OCEANS release their new album The Sun and The Cold' on 1/10/20. Frontman and guitarist Timo joins Andrew to discuss!

Matt Walters (Freedom of Fear). Led by Matt, Adelaide's Freedom of Fear released an epic album of worthy of serious comparison to Death and Cynic. Nocturnal Gates made #40 on my top 50 albums of 2019. Matt and I talk about the album and all things heavy metal on this episode of the podcast.

Liam Turner (Pharmercy). Two extraordinary releases summarise Liam's 2019. In a review on Twitter this is what I had to say about "Aftermath" (single): KILLER ‘God of bass guitar’ AKA Mark King of Level 42 vibes. The tune has a slight Massive Attack l feel crossed with MGMT. Classy Allan Holdsworth style guitar shred near the end.

Gaba Wright. Sydney based Gaba talks about his new album for 2019, Afterhours.

Cameron McKenzie (Horsehead). Horsehead were an Australian hard rock institution across the stages of Australian pubs and clubs in the 90s. Golden Robot Records have released a comprehensive boxset of the bands albums and Cam is on hand to talk all things Horsehead!

Trevor Peres (Obituary). Ahead of Obituary's January 2020 tour of Australia, the great Trevor Peres discusses the tour and a heap of other subjects!

Moana Mayatrix (Moana). Andrew and Moana discuss the debut album from the band called In The Allure.

Brandon Poletti. Andrew and Brandon discuss the EP Words from Within.

Dan Camilleri (Meshiaak). Andrew and Dan chat about Meshiaak's sophomore album, Mask of All Misery.

Daniel Connell (Amberdown). Andrew and Dan chat about the debut album from Amberdown, Four Years.

John 5. Andrew chats to John 5 about his new solo album, Invasion, and the 2020 Australian tour. John's played with a 'who's who' of legendary artists so we dive into that as well.

John Steel (The Animals). Andrew and John cover a heap of ground in this chat. Made possible by The Animals 2019 Australian tour.

Head Ned (Okilly Dokilly). Ahead of the band's February 2020 Australian tour, Head Ned chats to Andrew about the band and the tour.