Ed Grabianowski (aka, “The Grabster”) joins me on the show to talk about his career as a freelance writer for outlets over the years including io9 and How Stuff Works. He speaks to his start as a writer for a local newspaper in Buffalo and how that led to other writing opportunities as he continues to work on a novel. He discusses the pressures involved in producing content for an online audience that is bombarded with an endless stream of content. Ed also talks about his musical project, Spacelord. Ed performs vocals for the band, and he details their journey in the independent rock scene. While Ed provides details about Spacelord’s influences, a few samples of their music are including to give listeners a taste of their sound. The band is GOOD, and you should give them a listen! Ed shares a hilarious story about the cover art for the latest Spacelord album, and we close the show by rehashing our efforts in 2016 to narrow down to the best 12 songs from the Use Your Illusion albums by Guns N’ Roses. If you haven’t read our takes on this, then go do that now.
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Funny little internet trip after this episode…checked out doom rock/stoner doom and saw that Monster Magnet was listed on the Wikipedia page as a (the?) pioneer of the genre. Seeing the band name took me back to late 90’s NJ hard rock radio – and what I think is their best known song..wait for it…”Space Lord”!
I was also wondering if Monster Magnet’s Space Lord was an influence for the name. I never asked about it.