Thunder Underground

In this special dual interview episode Tony Asta of Battlecross and Greg Burgess of Allegaeon join us. We caught up with both during The Winter Warriors Tour at Thunder Alley Grill & Sports Lounge. Tony talks with us about what is was like playing shows without Kyle 'Gumby' Gunther, their continuous vehicle issues, the status of the followup to "Rise to Power", learning to play guitar at an early age with Hiran Deraniyagala, his stage persona, his thoughts on the new Metallica, and more. During our talk with Greg Burgess, he talks about Riley McShane's clean vocals and him performing vocally through sickness (which included a trip to Urgent Care that day), his thoughts on Corey Archuleta leaving the band, auditioning new bass players, playing acoustic and classical style guitar, what led to more clean guitar playing on the new album, their cover of RUSH's 'Subdivisions', Michael Hedges, his disdain for his mustache, Walmart, and a lot more. We kick the episode off with some talk about Necromancing the St