Today we're scratching The Itch for a post-Thanksgiving tradition! To show our gratitude to our incredible guests and listeners, we've compiled a collection of previously unheard clips from each of our 2024 interviews. We hope you enjoy this extra helping of conversational goodness as you recover from your food coma. If you listen all the way through, you'll find previews of a few future episodes as an early Christmas gift. Enjoy.
Featured in this episode: Fury in Few, Fire From the Gods, Dead Poet Society, Eva Under Fire, Keith Wallen, Paralandra, Unpeople, KemikalFire, Lowlives, Micah Bournes, Tree One Four, Hang Your Hate, The Exies, Flat Black, Apocalyptica, Jutes, Wes Anderson, Fame on Fire, Gore., Atreyu, Boston Manor, Skillet, Pop Evil, Ocean Grove, The All-American Rejects, Nonpoint, and Crobot.
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Jason Zeilstra joined the band Nonpoint as their lead guitarist in 2019, and has since leveled up to the rank of Wicked Soloist.
Eva Marie is the vocalist for Eva Under Fire. She's a magnetic personality and excellent active listener who affectionately refers to her band as "my guys."
Keith Wallen is a songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist. In addition to being a member of Breaking Benjamin, he has worked on recent albums from Dorothy, Love and Death, We Came As Romans, Saint Asonia, and Icon For Hire, while also releasing his debut solo album This World Or The Next. He's a busy man.
Bryan Kuznitz is the frontman of Fame on Fire. He enjoys his gaming system, his band, and getting people to buy him drinks.
Scott Stevens is the frontman of The Exies, a songwriter/producer with 4 Horsemen Music, and a wearer of fantastic prescription sunglasses. He is partially responsible for the creation of The Itch's 2021 and 2022 Albums of the Year.
Arejay Hale is the drummer and vocalist for KemikalFire and the drummer for Halestorm. He strongly values his health, his relationships, and sniffing all the sniffable smells.
Taylor Carroll is a musician and songwriter who handles vocals and guitar in KemikalFire and drums in Lit. He loves Disney, his girlfriend Diamante, and not wearing pants for interviews.
Ryan Calatayud and Brayden Gomer are Fury in Few. When presented with the choice to rock or die, they will always choose rock.
AJ Channer is also known as Thug Zeppelin, the Metal Marley, a Girl Dad, and the frontman for Fire From the Gods. He's lived in multiple countries and rocked out in even more.
Jack Underkofler is the front man for Dead Poet Society. If he's not on the stage or in the studio, he might be found at the gym or on the potty. (Information taken from public records. Namely, Jack's Facebook profile.)
Casandra Carson is the vocalist and guitarist of Paralandra, a band named after a CS Lewis book and sonically influenced by rock legends like Van Halen. She's full of energy and loves performing alongside her father, Paul.
Jake Crawford is the lead vocalist and guitarist for Unpeople, and was formerly the bassist for Press to MECO. He knows music so well that he can even name other people's favorite songs.
Luke Caley is the guitarist of Unpeople and former frontman of Press to MECO. Though his girlfriend's abundance of skills sometimes leaves him feeling inadequate, he takes comfort in knowing that he can totally outshred her on guitar.
Luke Johnson is the drummer and co-founder of Lowlives. An avid lover of music across genres, he's played everything from pop punk (Beat Union) to new wave (No Devotion).
Lee Downer is the frontman of Lowlives. You may be familiar with him and not know it, as he's been known by a number of names throughout his career.
Micah Bournes is a poet, rapper, singer, speaker, and creative nomad from Long Beach, California. He is perfectly content to let others stay gangsta while he stays cute.
Timmy, Brad, Peej, and BongoJak make up our hometown boys Tree One Four. Their experimental blend of rock, funk, and reggae scratches an itch in the St. Louis music scene.
Garrett, Ryan, Luke, Brent, and Dylan form Columbia, Missouri's Hang Your Hate. They have a wide span of influences and a penchant for chaos (the good kind) on and off-stage.
Jason Hook is the frontman and guitarist of Flat Black. He made a name for himself in the rock/metal scene over the past 20 years and leveraged it for creative freedom.
Eicca Toppinen is a cellist, songwriter, and producer for Finland's Apocalyptica. A man of many talents, he is also a life coach and jeweler.
Jutes is a genre-hopping artist who enjoys independence, hooping with Adam Sandler, and enjoying life with his fiancee Demi Lovato and their dog Pickles.
Wes Anderson is a guitarist and producer who creates music across the spectrum of rock, hip hop, and electronic sounds. His songs have featured guest performances from members of Skindred, Taproot, Alien Ant Farm, Limp Bizkit, and many more.
Alex King is the guitarist for the band GORE. He has a large family, but he may be the only one who's musically inclined.
Devin Birchfield is the bassist for the band GORE. He's the lone Michigander in a group of Texans, and he adores Loathe.
Brandon Saller is the vocalist, keyboardist, and former drummer of Atreyu. God gave him a beautiful voice and body, and he wants to show them both off equally.
Mike Cunniff plays guitar in Boston Manor. He likes to create his own pedals and opportunities.
John Cooper is the frontman of Skillet. He loves his wife, his music, and his cookies. Presumably in that order.
Nick Fuelling plays guitar in Pop Evil. He's a big fan of Pittsburgh sports, which are uniquely uniform in their black and gold motifs.
Dale Tanner is the frontman of Ocean Grove. When he's not taking care of those vocals, he's taking care of his body and the environment by going green.
Nick Wheeler is the guitarist and co-founder of The All-American Rejects. He has excellent taste in cover songs, rewatch podcasts, and studio equipment, even when it's a money suck.