Name Wesley Schultz Best known for Bearing a strong resemblance to Princess Bride main character also named “Wesley,” Cary Elwes: “AS YOU WISHHHH…” Current City I live in Denver, CO, am currently on tour in Grand Rapids, MI. Really want to be in Daydreaming of being in South Africa at a vineyard drinking copious amounts of wine or on […]
In this ongoing series, we revisit some of our most memorable moments with SPIN’s journalists, photographers and editors. Writer Rory Nugent started working with SPIN in 1993, brought in by our then Features Editor Elizabeth Mitchell. He hit it off with Editor in Chief Bob Guccione Jr, who was looking for the right writer to […]
I was born in San Francisco, CA to parents who were both born and raised in the Philippines. Per the norm with Filipino families, music was a huge part of our everyday lives. We had a large family living relatively close by alongside an even larger Filipino community which came with a plethora of adopted […]
“Doesn’t matter what you call me,” bbno$ says, in response to my question of how to address him. He tells me that most people shorten his given name, Alexander [surname, Gumuchian], to Alex because “it’s a lot of syllables.” Alex has just come off a 14-hour video shoot for his new single “pogo,” calling it “very […]
“You know what this place used to be?” Justin Beck asks. “This was Don Fury’s studio. He used to record everything down in the basement, and then I think this was his apartment.” Like much of New York City, 18 Spring Street doesn’t look anything like it did when Fury was recording the most legendary […]
Name MOD SUN Best known for Definitely my energy, trying to give up good energy, walking into a room and leaving the room better than the way I found it. That’s my goal in life. Current location Malibu. I’m looking at surfers on the beach right now. Really want to be in I just spent the last […]
Collective Soul had a lot riding on 2020 that no one knew about. In 2019, the Georgia band released their 10th studio album Blood, which was designed to be the first half of a double album. The double-album would get released in 2020, marking the band’s 25th anniversary. A special reissue of their debut, Hints, […]
Bartees Strange swears it’s only his second time bowling. In perfect stance, he gracefully glides the ball as Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me” plays over the speakers in Northern Virginia’s Bowl America, a close-to-home spot where he occasionally hangs out for the cheap drinks. It’s only the game’s first turn, but Strange immediately fires […]
I met up with California rock band Eagles of Death Metal in the middle of their European tour, which makes my eyes water just looking at the schedule. It’s extensive and expansive. After playing thirteen shows in England in December 2021, EODM continued their 24th-anniversary tour this year with another 31 shows, starting at the […]
There is nothing — truly, hardly a thing — that I love more than being surprised. Especially the type of unexpectedness that takes an outdated thought you’ve held for no good reason and simply rips it right out of you. Sort of like a Mortal Kombat move. One moment you had a preconceived idea about […]