Ep183: Gene Hoglan, The Atomic Clock
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Gene Hoglan has sat behind the drum kit for Dark Angel, Testament, Death, Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad and more, and is the 'go-to guy' for many studio and live acts. Today Gene discusses his drumming history, the upcoming Dark Angel tour, tales from behind the kit, replacing drummers mid-tour and much more.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, this is your big buddy, Gene Hoagland, and you are listening to The Vinyl Guide with my friend Nate Goyer. Enjoy. |
| 0:08.1 | Oh, yeah, let's get it started. Hey, everyone, it's Nate, host of the Vinyl Guide. Thanks for tuning in this week. |
| 0:13.1 | We are welcoming the Atomic Clock himself, Gene Hoaglin of Dark Angel, one of the greatest metal drummers ever to walk the earth, the man behind |
| 0:22.3 | the drum kits for testament, strapping young lad, death, fear factory, and heaps more. |
| 0:27.7 | Gene is touring now with Dark Angel, soon to be hitting the Australian shores, tickets |
| 0:32.4 | available at hardlinemedia.net. Gene is one of the best drummers on the planet and a real nice guy to |
| 0:39.6 | speak with. And he even kept the interview going after this happened. Oh man, I just got stung by a |
| 0:44.3 | bee. Jesus. You did? I have not been stung by a bee. You're allergic, are you? No, we're about to |
| 0:50.8 | find out. That's right. It's a very rare occasion when you hear one of the best drummers on earth getting stung |
| 0:56.0 | by a bee. |
| 0:56.6 | But we kept rolling. |
| 0:57.8 | This is a great conversation. |
| 0:59.4 | I'm sure you'll enjoy it. |
| 1:02.6 | Oh, and by the way, I have a request out there. |
| 1:05.8 | I need to get a copy of the new tool Fear Anoculum deluxe CD package. I did not want to buy from |
| 1:13.5 | Amazon and all the local shops oversold their supply so I've been unfortunately left short. |
| 1:19.7 | If you have an extra or know where to get one, email me at Nate at thevinylguide.com. |
| 1:25.2 | I'll happily pay for it and I'll definitely give you a shout |
| 1:27.8 | out and mate, I will totally owe you on. And if you love drummers and heavy metal, you'll love |
| 1:34.3 | some of the other episodes we have here on the vinyl guide, including episode 99 of the |
| 1:39.1 | Vinyl Guide featuring our interview with Charlie Bonante of Anthrax discussing all sorts of early thrash stories, |
| 1:46.2 | record pressings, hanging with Cliff Burton and more. That's episode 99 of the vinyl guide. |
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