Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Roadrunner Records’ Monte Conner Talks Stoner Rock http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MC http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-40216 MC Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:14:47 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-40216 I'm surprised Monte didn't mention The Parlor Mob. They pull from the same 70s rock vein as stoner rock and they're a great live band. One could argue they are stoner rock with a Balck Crowes vibe. As an aside..ithe general perception is by the way if any band is doing a 70's rock throwback bluesy sabbath vibe and Thin lizzy like harmonizing guitar licks its instant - aahh another stoner band pingeon hole... kinda lame - where's the charlie sheen type in music industry when you need em?? maybe not..just saying. Seems there is this thing that music today has to be so categorized to the point of killing it.. Its refreshing to be generic once in a while... "what do they sound like dude?" Jus plain rock - listen, enjoy and stop analyzing it to death!! off the soap box now! Great interview JJ of the inner thoughts of a music business genius. I’m surprised Monte didn’t mention The Parlor Mob. They pull from the same 70s rock vein as stoner rock and they’re a great live band. One could argue they are stoner rock with a Balck Crowes vibe. As an aside..ithe general perception is by the way if any band is doing a 70′s rock throwback bluesy sabbath vibe and Thin lizzy like harmonizing guitar licks its instant – aahh another stoner band pingeon hole… kinda lame – where’s the charlie sheen type in music industry when you need em?? maybe not..just saying. Seems there is this thing that music today has to be so categorized to the point of killing it.. Its refreshing to be generic once in a while… “what do they sound like dude?” Jus plain rock – listen, enjoy and stop analyzing it to death!! off the soap box now! Great interview JJ of the inner thoughts of a music business genius.

]]> By: Un album « L’exil http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-40112 Un album « L’exil Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:55:17 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-40112 [...] Et là vous me dites: Mais au fait qu’est-ce que cet album foutait chez Roadrunner? Et bien figurez vous que le big boss de Roadrunner, Cees Wessels, n’aimait pas le stoner et n’avait pas confiance dans le fait que Josh puisse chanter (dans ses projets précédents il ne jouait que de la guitare). Super instinct mec! La distribution en Europe est en quelque sorte un lot de consolation gratté par le gars qui voulait initialement les signer. Source. [...] [...] Et là vous me dites: Mais au fait qu’est-ce que cet album foutait chez Roadrunner? Et bien figurez vous que le big boss de Roadrunner, Cees Wessels, n’aimait pas le stoner et n’avait pas confiance dans le fait que Josh puisse chanter (dans ses projets précédents il ne jouait que de la guitare). Super instinct mec! La distribution en Europe est en quelque sorte un lot de consolation gratté par le gars qui voulait initialement les signer. Source. [...]

]]> By: goAt http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-12341 goAt Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:32:15 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-12341 "Fu Manchu and Nebula sound alike..." Gee, I fuckin' wonder why??? I'm nitpicking...great interview, man. I really dug the Queens stuff...I'd like to hear "The Kid" demos!!! “Fu Manchu and Nebula sound alike…”

Gee, I fuckin’ wonder why???

I’m nitpicking…great interview, man. I really dug the Queens stuff…I’d like to hear “The Kid” demos!!!

]]> By: The Obelisk » Blog Archive » The Numbers: Thank You http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-945 The Obelisk » Blog Archive » The Numbers: Thank You Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:11:26 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-945 [...] much on the grand scheme of things, but it’s the most The Obelisk has seen since March when that Monte Conner interview got picked up by Blabbermouth and MetalSucks and both were kind enough to link it back [...] [...] much on the grand scheme of things, but it’s the most The Obelisk has seen since March when that Monte Conner interview got picked up by Blabbermouth and MetalSucks and both were kind enough to link it back [...]

]]> By: Monte Conner http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Monte Conner Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:47:16 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-119 That shirt no longer fits, Woody. Everything chnages once you hit 30, ha ha. That shirt no longer fits, Woody. Everything chnages once you hit 30, ha ha.

]]> By: Woody http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Woody Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:27:14 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-78 How come Monte doesn't wear his mint Iron Angel shirt anymore? How come Monte doesn’t wear his mint Iron Angel shirt anymore?

]]> By: Indy http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Indy Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:06:39 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-40 Outstanding review, JJ. Outstanding review, JJ.

]]> By: Ignacio Brown http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Ignacio Brown Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:38:42 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-34 JJ, Excellent interview. I am not a big fan of what Roadrunner does now, but Monte know his stuff. Too bad he can't help some of the better stoner bands because they don't have the selling potential. My favorite stoner rock album is also Fu Manchu's In Search of, produced by White Zombie's J by the way, who really blew that guitar sound of the planet. The Floodgate album has recently been reissued by Poland's Metal Mind. It was a fave of mine back when it came out. I guess I was one the few who bought it, somehow it hasn't aged that well. Or perhaps I have aged. JJ, Excellent interview. I am not a big fan of what Roadrunner does now, but Monte know his stuff. Too bad he can’t help some of the better stoner bands because they don’t have the selling potential. My favorite stoner rock album is also Fu Manchu’s In Search of, produced by White Zombie’s J by the way, who really blew that guitar sound of the planet. The Floodgate album has recently been reissued by Poland’s Metal Mind. It was a fave of mine back when it came out. I guess I was one the few who bought it, somehow it hasn’t aged that well. Or perhaps I have aged.

]]> By: ROADRUNNER’S MONTE CONNER TALKS STONER ROCK | MetalSucks http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2009/03/04/monteconnerinterview/comment-page-1/#comment-33 ROADRUNNER’S MONTE CONNER TALKS STONER ROCK | MetalSucks Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:24:49 +0000 http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/?p=790#comment-33 [...] The Obelisk, a new metal blog run by JJ Koczan of the now defunct Metal Edge Magazine, recently published a fascinating interview with Roadrunner Records A&R-king Monte Conner on the subject of stoner rock. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the most famous and influential A&Rs in the history of metal, if not just for the interesting stoner rock subject matter? then for the industry / label politics / A&R talk. Monte speaks all about his stoner rock heroes from Kyuss to Fu Manchu to Queens of the Stone Age, spends a good deal of time talking about why Roadrunner never ventured far into the stoner rock foray (Karma to Burn excepted — and he goes in depth about them, too), the current state of stoner rock, and why it’s never become a commercially viable genre. Take a quick look at some of the interview highlights after the jump. [...] [...] The Obelisk, a new metal blog run by JJ Koczan of the now defunct Metal Edge Magazine, recently published a fascinating interview with Roadrunner Records A&R-king Monte Conner on the subject of stoner rock. It’s a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of the most famous and influential A&Rs in the history of metal, if not just for the interesting stoner rock subject matter? then for the industry / label politics / A&R talk. Monte speaks all about his stoner rock heroes from Kyuss to Fu Manchu to Queens of the Stone Age, spends a good deal of time talking about why Roadrunner never ventured far into the stoner rock foray (Karma to Burn excepted — and he goes in depth about them, too), the current state of stoner rock, and why it’s never become a commercially viable genre. Take a quick look at some of the interview highlights after the jump. [...]

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