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FRET12 Sessions: Lifeguard
March 5 2024
Lifeguard brings their rhythmic, noisy post-punk to a fever pitch in this FRET12 Session.
FRET12 Sessions: Gabacho
February 6 2024
Gabacho brings his dreamy Latin rock to the shop in this FRET12 Session.
FRET12 Sessions: Ready For Death
January 23 2024
The crushing Chicago thrash metal band Ready For Death performs live at the FRET12 shop.
FRET12 Sessions: Ganser
January 2 2024
Chicago-based post-punk quartet Ganser performs “Lucky” and “Emergency Equipment and Exits."
5 Questions | A Radkey Interview
July 13 2022
Our full interview with Radkey at Chicago's Riot Fest. See what the Missouri punk band has to say about their influences, life on the road, and Regular Show.
Tim Sult of Clutch : Video
October 16 2018
Tim talks influences, Clutch's new record "Book Of Bad Decisions" and the state of the record business.
Video Interview: Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan
February 18 2018
Pepper talks about reuniting with COC after an 8 year hiatus and how coming together produced "No Cross No Crown".
Jesse Hughes of EODM (w/Brent Hinds) : Video
October 18 2017
Guest host Brent Hinds of Mastodon sits down with Jesse Hughes and Dave Catching of Eagles of De...
Dustin Bushnell of Dirty Heads : Video
September 26 2017
Growing up in Southern California, playing sports, going to the beach, listening to music all cu...
Jesse Keeler of Death from Above : Video
September 20 2017
Jesse Keeler, bassist for Death from Above (1979), discusses his upbringing in a house full of music including having a father who was in the group Steppenwolf; along with a quick review on the new DFA record "Outage! Is Now".
Corey Glover of Living Colour : Video
September 6 2017
"...the world is not as narrow as you make it. The world of Rock music is not as narrow as you make it. For example, there is us, there is Fishbone, there's King's X, there's 24-7 Spyz, there are a bunch of bands that represent the diversity that is this music... This music was started by African Americans..."
Brandon Mendenhall: Overcoming the Obstacles of Cerebral Palsy : Video
August 15 2017
Brandon Mendenhall: “If you asked me why I want to be a rock star...it’s not about the fame or m...
The Melvins : Video
August 8 2017
"I don't have a sheep-like mentality like, whatever way the wind's blowing, now everybody has th...
Ernie C. of Body Count : Video
July 26 2017
"I grew up in Los Angeles, California, home of the body bag...you wanna die, wear the wrong colo...
Gared O'Donnell of Planes Mistaken for Stars on Anxiety - Video
July 10 2017
Gared O'Donnell of Planes Mistaken for Stars explains his issues with anxiety, how it plagues hi...
Gared O'Donnell of Planes Mistaken for Stars : Video
July 6 2017
Gared O'Donnell, Singer/Guitarist for Planes Mistaken for Stars speaks to about their newest rec...
Helms Alee on Writing : Video
June 12 2017
"Getting up in each other's shit": Noise rock band Helms Alee talks about their unique music-making process.
Dave Heumann of Arbouretum : Video
May 31 2017
Bassist Dave Heumann talks about growing up, the beginnings of Arbouretum, and the "richer pallet" of the band's latest record, "Song of the Rose".
Bill Kelliher & Brent Hinds: Mastodon 'The Emperor of Sand' : Video
May 17 2017
Mastodon's Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds give us insight about their latest record 'The Emperor of Sand' and how it came together.
J.R. Robinson & Esther Shaw of Wrekmeister Harmonies : Video
May 15 2017
J.R. and Esther have "spent a lot of f*cking time together". They explain how the togetherness has impacted their creative process...and then some.
John Connolly: The Sound and The Story : Video
April 24 2017
"We did everything we could not to get signed." -Sevendust guitarist John Connolly, in aclip fro...
Scott Ian of Anthrax: Rig Tour : Video
April 17 2017
Come beyond the stage and see what’s behind the amps with Scott Ian of Anthrax and his complete ...
Donald Tardy & Trevor Peres of Obituary : Video
April 12 2017
What does it take to become a legendary band in the realm of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal? Is it the mu...
Kyle & Kelley Juett, Mothership : Video
April 5 2017
“Band of brothers” is an often thrown around term in the realm of Rock N’ Roll, isn’t it? But if...
In Memory of Blues Legend, Lonnie Brooks : Video
April 1 2017
Lonnie Brooks (December 18th, 1933 - April 1st, 2017) With the deepest sadness, the Baker Brooks...
Ross Dolan of Immolation : Video
March 29 2017
If there ever was a musical style that can be linked to the ‘Survival of the Fittest’ credo it w...
Mike Schleibaum of Darkest Hour
March 9 2017
At this point, some 21 years into their career as one of America’s most important underground ba...
Stephen Carpenter of Deftones
March 8 2017
Formed by three childhood friends from Sacramento, California, Deftones is a musical force of nature as unpredictable as the weather itself. Within five years of forming, the band signed...
Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan
March 6 2017
Ben Weinman talks about life on the road, playing small clubs and getting his face split open, ...
Mike Spreitzer of DevilDriver
February 24 2017
A lot of musicians will often compare being in a band to that of a marriage…to four or five peop...
Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar of Death Angel
February 16 2017
Born and raised smack dab in the middle of one of the most exciting musical movements of the las...
Interview: Bryan Giles and David Sullivan of Red Fang
January 16 2017
Bryan Giles and David Sullivan of the Portland rock band Red Fang discuss their musical influence...
Glenn Hughes
January 9 2017
Legendary musician Glenn Hughes talks about touring with Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Trapeze, as w...
Interview: Korey Cooper & Seth Morrison of Skillet
January 8 2017
Korey Cooper and Seth Morrison of Skillet talk growing up, touring, their faith, their music, and...
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