Savage Hippie

I actually have to thank Ann Sterzinger for hipping me to Robert Willis, who bills himself as "the original punk right-wing millennial" on his awesome website bloodyrubbish.com. Even though, ahem, I AM the "punks for Trump" guy, so maybe we can have a little sparring match and see who's the REAL original punk rock millennial. And of course by "sparring match", I just mean an autistic, "who can name more old punk bands" pissing contest. Anyway, I contacted Willis, and it turns out he sings for Lions Write History, sang for Signs of Hope, and runs his label, Detonate records. If you've got more than a cursory knowledge of punk rock, then you know that, as a general tag, it's pretty broad. Willis' punk rock "roots" are rather different from mine, with his being part of the "Youth Crew" revival of the early 00s - listen to interview if you want to know what that is, jackass - while I'm more into the old timey, spikey haired, leather jacket wearing band - ya know, like the Pork Dukes and Joe Cool and Killers. I must give Robert an ENORMOUS thank you for putting up with me. We basically recorded this interview twice, but the first time Robert came in all echo-y, so we did it again; only this time I was moving onto my fourth cup of vodka, and well, I fancied myself a comedian and asked some REALLY stupid questions. Thankfully Robert had a sense of humor about all of this - I mean, after all, it's the left that have forgotten how to laugh - and I got some good quality stuff out of the interview. We of course discuss Signs of Hope, Lions Write History and Detonate Records, along with our political views in general and how they relate to the "scene" as a whole (what scene?), and Robert tells probably one of the creepiest tour stories EVER. Check out Robert's Blog www.bloodyrubbish.com for political stuff. Check out https://detonaterecords.bandcamp.com/ to hear some brutal tunes. Songs played on the podcast: "No More Talk" by Lions Write History "Better Ways" by Signs of Hope "Anchors" by Lions Write History "In a World of Assholes" by Heavy Hearted "Reproduction of Rage" by Human Slaughter Sounds of Marshabaloosh theme by John Shade Vick

First of all, Marshabaloosh is the evil deity that makes you stub your toe, step on a nail, makes your wife divorce you, starts world wars and makes it snow heavily on the day of your important job interview. Indeed he's quit the nogoodnik, yet we worship him. Sounds of Marshabaloosh is the music and entertainment spin off of the Savage Hippie retardo propaganda machine, and for the first installment, I was granted the privilege of interviewing Mark "the Shark" Shelton and Bryan "Hellroadie" Patrick, guitarist/singer/songwriter and singer/roadie for legendary cult metal band Manilla Road. If you don't know 'em, you better wise up, sucker! They've been together in some way, shape or form since 1977 and have released a large and diverse body of work that ranges from heavy, progressive space rock, melodic epic metal, thrash, doom and even 12-string acoustic folky music, whose one uniting factor is Shelton and his penchant for fantasy, science fiction, horror and the occasional philosophical lyrics. Shelton, Patrick and I spend an hour talking about everything from Manilla Road's music (whoda thunk we'd talk about that?!), their various albums, encounters with other bands, potential label deals, the literature of Robert E. Howard, Edgar Allen Poe and H.P. Lovecraft and the time Manilla Road incited a brawl between Stryper's Christian fan base and their biker one... guess who won... I wish I had asked Shelton to elaborate on the Riddle Master project and about the legendary Herman Hill riots, but oh well... maybe next time? Here's a list of all of their albums if you want to check out their stuff, which you should, asshole. Invasion (1980) Metal (1982) Crystal Logic (1983) Open the Gates (1985) The Deluge (1986) Mystification (1987) Live Roadkill (1988) Out of the Abyss (1988) The Courts of Chaos (1990) The Circus Maximus (1992) Atlantis Rising (2001) Mark of the Beast (2002) (recorded 1981) Spiral Castle (2002) Gates of Fire (2005) Voyager (2008) After Midnight Live (2010) (recorded 1979) Playground of the Damned (2011) Mysterium (2013) The Blessed Curse (2015) Dreams of Eschaton (2016) (recorded 1981, remaster of Mark of the Beast) And Mark, if you're reading this, I downloaded all three Heavy Load albums! Thanks for the recommendation!