Metal Missionary – A Tribute To Michael Bloodgood

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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On Friday, July 29th, the world lost Michael Bloodgood, one of the pioneers of Christian metal music, and founding member and bassist of his namesake band. Michael had suffered a stroke in February just one night after the band debuted their upcoming documentary, “Trenches of Rock,” with a special sneak screening and Q+A session hosted by Chris Jericho, followed by what turned out to be Michael Bloodgood’s last live concert performance. So to honor Michael’s life, and celebrate the documentary release on August 30th and the upcoming 3-day Immortal Festival in Versailles, Ohio on Labor Day weekend, we’re releasing that special Q+A session. Michael and the band were in great spirits telling stories about their early days, their ministry, and overcoming adversity. They shared details about their songwriting and creative process, and told tales from the road. Les Carlsen also spoke to Chris a couple of days after Michael’s passing to shed some light on Michael’s last few months on Earth, and reminisce about his best friend and musical partner. Pre-order “Trenches of Rock”: https://trenchesofrockfilm.com/ Immortal Festival tickets: https://www.bmieventcenter.com/christian-rock-festival/ Chris Jericho will be the special emcee at Immortal Festival & hosting a Q+A with Barren Cross on Saturday, September 3rd.

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0:00.0	I'm talking to you.
0:13.6	Welcome to talk is Jericho is the part of Thunder and Rock and Roll and we're celebrating
0:17.1	the life of one of the pioneers of Christian metal, one of the greatest rock and roll evangelists
0:22.4	of all time.
0:23.9	Bloodgood founder and bass player Michael Bloodgood.
0:26.6	We got the sad news last Friday that Michael had passed away.
0:30.5	Michael suffered a stroke back in February just one day after the band had hosted a special
0:35.9	sneak preview screening of the upcoming documentary Trenches of Rock and played their first
0:41.4	live show in over two years for their fans, Inversize, Ohio at the BMI center.
0:48.2	I was there hosted the Q&A session after the screening and it's crazy.
0:52.4	I've been holding on to this Q&A session waiting for the right time and the legit was going
0:58.6	to post today to preview and promote the immortal fest that's happening at the BMI event center
1:04.7	of the size of Ohio.
1:06.2	Same place where we saw Bloodgood so I was holding it for this day and like I just said,
1:12.0	Mike Bloodgood passed away just a few days prior so it really is just the timing of this
1:17.9	has been incredible.
1:18.9	So releasing it today after we got this news about Michael's passing but we decided to
1:25.0	do a tribute to Michael Bloodgood and his namesake bands.
1:29.3	One of the first Christian metal bands I discovered in 1987 when I was 16 years old and one that
1:34.2	remains a favorite of mine of this day.
1:35.6	One of my favorite nights I've had in a long time was seeing Bloodgood back in February
1:39.8	and then of course one of the worst nights was hearing about Michael's stroke just the
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