88 - SIGNS OF THE SWARM: Love, Marriage & The Death Whistle

In this solo episode. Garza talks taking guitar lessons, being face to face with a transgender raccoon, his secret Muay Thai life & much more! CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE FROM SWEETWATER & SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 Quad Cortex 13:24 Racoon Altercation 26:00 How Garza Started Playing Guitar 37:53 Can New Bands Make a Living Playing Music 41:54 Muay Thai 54:17 Can Bands Pay to Be on the Podcast? 57:57 Favorite Korn Album After Issues/1999 01:04:27 Must Have Non Music Gear For Tour 01:12:00 Jehovah Witnesses & Mormons 01:15:23 The Shawn Ryan Show, Donald Trump & Voting 01:22:48 Oasis Tickets 01:24:51 Green Day & Garza Shooter Scare 01:29:13 Metalcore AI

9 Sep 20241h 35min

Garza sits down in-person with Kyle Rasmussen. Singer & guitar player of extreme metal band VITRIOL. Catch them on tour w/ Goatwhore now! https://vitriol.fanlink.tv/sufferandbecome CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE FROM SWEETWATER & SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB

2 Sep 20242h 9min

Garza talks top 4 rhythm guitar players, writer's block, how to overcome a stutter & much more! SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF!

26 Aug 20241h 26min

Garza sits down in-person with Meegs Rascon & Mike Sarkisyan. Meegs Rascon is the guitar player, co-founder of American nu metal band COAL CHAMBER & GEMINI SYNDROME. https://linktr.ee/coalchamber https://synnersociety.com Mike Sarkisyan is the former guitar player of American nu metal/industrial metal band SPINESHANK & co-founder of Dore Vodka. https://dorevodka.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF!

20 Aug 20243h 19min

Garza sits down for the 1st ever solo EP. Answering fan questions, the reason he destroyed his guitars on tour, new favorite pizza & much more! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB

13 Aug 20241h 19min

Garza sits down in-person with Andreas Bjulver & Dennis Jovcevski Hursid from Danish deathcore band CABAL. https://linktr.ee/cabalcph SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB

5 Aug 20241h 34min

Garza & Ernie talk WINNER of the 28 day weigh loss challenge, The Ramones, Garza's hidden tattoos & much more! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB NEW MERCH: https://garzapodcast.myshopify.com

15 Juli 20241h 16min

Garza sits down in-person with Sven De Caluwé. Singer of Belgian death metal band ABORTED. https://linktr.ee/abortedmetal CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE FROM SWEETWATER & SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Aborted, Established in 1995 03:05 - Suicide Silence Was Inspired By Aborted 06:40 - Black Metal vs Death Metal 15:24 - Vocal Influences  18:32 - Sven Doesn’t Do Drugs  20:54 - Sven’s Dad Is a Butcher, Doing Animal Autopsies 26:24 - Quitting Your Job to Pursue Music 27:58 - Sven Created Artwork For Despised Icon & Suicide Silence 29:20 - Suicide Silence & Aborted Playing Their First Show Together at Showcase Theater in Corona, CA 33:00 - Vocal Technique 39:00 - First Tours, Losing Money, Not Getting Broken by Industry 44:08 - Almost Quitting Music 46:20 - Meeting Ken Bedene 50:16 - Having a Guest Vocalist on Every Track on Vault of Horrors 54:06 - Touring w/ Archspire  55:33 - Regretting Trying to Write a Popular Album 1:02:23 - Having Longevity & a Good Team  1:06:50 - Getting Called a Poser 1:09:19 - Metal Shirts Becoming Popular 1:14:10 - Getting Shadow-banned on Social Media

1 Juli 20241h 22min