Mike Minnick of Less Art

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07/30/17 • 113 min

As The Story Grows

Chapter 107: "All of Less Art, more or less" ...as read by Mike Minnick of Less Art

What happens when Thrice, Kowloon Walled City and Curl Up And Die all combine their artistic forces? You get Less.

Mike Minnick sits down with me and goes over every square inch of the new Less Art album "Strangled Light" on Gilead Media. Mike was the vocalist of the kegger-ruining band Curl Up And Die from Vegas and now lives in Chicago. Mike was asked to put his honest and gut-wrenching lyrics to this amazing album and offered the time to sit with me and cover it all. He tells a bit of back story, we clean up the alternate facts on his wiki page and then we go track by track for you. Thank you Mike, Less Art, former guests Ian and Riley and Gilead for allowing me to do this. This is getting a nod for AOTY2017 from me. Enjoy all of Less Art.

Less Art FB: https://www.facebook.com/LESSARTBAND/

The "Diana The Huntress" podcast. Wow. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/506/secret-identity

Check out Megans band Super Unison: http://www.superunison.net

Friend of the show, former guest and all around sex bomb Jon Petkau did a review for "Strangled Light" for Nine Circles. Read it here: https://ninecircles.co/2017/07/24/album-review-less-art-strangled-light/

Chapter 107 Music:

Curl Up And Die: "There ain't no CAN'T in AmeriCAN"

Less Art, "Strangled Light" in it's entirety

"Optimism As Survival"
"Diana The Huntress"
"Mood 7 Mind Destroyer: Guilt"
"Wandering Ghost
"Pessimism As Denial"
"Shapeshifter"
"Crushed Out"
"What Is It In Man"
"Strangled Light"

As The Story Grows links:

This chapter was edited by the efficacious Bryan Patton. Thanks Bryan! https://twitter.com/bryanpatton84

Chapter 107: "All of Less Art, more or less" ...as read by Mike Minnick of Less Art

What happens when Thrice, Kowloon Walled City and Curl Up And Die all combine their artistic forces? You get Less.

Less Art FB: https://www.facebook.com/LESSARTBAND/

The "Diana The Huntress" podcast. Wow. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/506/secret-identity

Check out Megans band Super Unison: http://www.superunison.net

Chapter 107 Music:

Curl Up And Die: "There ain't no CAN'T in AmeriCAN"

Less Art, "Strangled Light" in it's entirety

"Optimism As Survival"
"Diana The Huntress"
"Mood 7 Mind Destroyer: Guilt"
"Wandering Ghost
"Pessimism As Denial"
"Shapeshifter"
"Crushed Out"
"What Is It In Man"
"Strangled Light"

As The Story Grows links:

This chapter was edited by the efficacious Bryan Patton. Thanks Bryan! https://twitter.com/bryanpatton84

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kLaNk

Chapter 106: "Where The Mosh Pit Meets The Dance Floor" ...as read by Klank

Meet Daren Diolosa, the one and only Klank. Listen as Mr. Klank leads us through the early days of Circle Of Dust all the way up to being bitten by a rattlesnake and almost dying last year. How'd he get his name? In here. How he met his wife at the circus? Yep. Dug Pinnick slept on his couch for a week? You betcha. Signed with Tooth And Nail in blood? No joke. Some of his wildest stories? Yessirs we gots 'em. Plus we go track by track for his newest release "Rise". Klank you very much.

http://klanknation.com

Chapter 106 Music:

Circle Of Dust: "Deviate"
Argyle Park: "Headscrew"

Klank's 2017 album "Rise" in it's entirety:

"Bring Me Down'
"Better Place"
"The Beast Within"
"Only Human"
"Rise"
"These4walls"
"De-Volve"
"Manipulation"
"Till The End"
"The Damage"
"Something About You" (featuring Dug Pinnick of King's X)

As The Story Grows links:

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Jeff Martin of Lo-Pan

Chapter 108: "A Well In-Tensioned Virus" ...as read by Jeff Martin of Lo-Pan

See what I did there? I met Jeff Martin at a Zao show in Indianapolis and we hit it off. I asked him onto the show and it's just that easy. Here he is. Jeff is the VERY talented vocalist of the band Lo-Pan and I've really come to love listening to him sing. Jeff was nice enough to take some time out and tell us about his early years and how it has all lead to what he is doing now with Lo-Pan...which includes a tie-in with Ooziest. Not to shabby, Jeff. He also has a new band called Acula and I can't wait to hear what he is doing vocally in a darker band with nine minute songs. Thanks Jeff!

http://lopandemic.com

https://www.facebook.com/lopandemic

Chapter 108 Music: I played all five songs from their latest release "In Tensions" on Aqualamb Records