A couple weeks ago I was digging through the old country // western tapes at a small thrift shop in Knoxville, Tennessee and came across this. Seems to be an interview from right after the release of Monster Magnet’s Dopes To Infinity in late March of 1995. Rockline was a great show that I have a small, but vivid memory of hearing on the radio when I was very young. Since it ran from 1981 to 2014, and proved to be very popular, it wasn’t too much of a surprise finding a recorded interview in a basket full of loose tapes; however finding a mid 90’s recorded interview with venerable stoner rock legends at the onset of their major popularity was incredible to me.
Rockline was one of many call-in style shows that were great PR for bands trying to get their name out, and had interviewed guests of all levels of fame by that point. Running for as long as it did, it is considered to be the longest running uninterrupted rock radio program.
I’m of the type that enjoys directors commentaries, even on movies I only half enjoy, and this type of radio interview feels very much like getting that same fix, but for an album and band I really love.
This tape is warbley and garbled at times (being a loose tape sitting in the sun for two and a half decades) and most of the questions aren’t asked to elicit any kind of deep philosophical musings out of the band about the album, but the few incites I did glean from this made the album just that more special on the next listen. I also just love hearing about what touring was like in the 90s. So much has changed.
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—Forrest
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