Kurt Ballou: “High School Was Like It Is In ’80s Movies. There Was A Line Between Popular Kids And Freaks, And I Fell On The Side Of The Freaks”

Kurt Ballou is quite a private individual. So much so that even the address of his recording studio GodCity isn’t disclosed to the public on its official website, lest he attracts unwarranted attention. “If I could go back to 1994 and give myself one piece of advice it would be to use a stage name,” he tells us. “I am a private person, I value my anonymity, and a lot of artists I have at my studio also value their anonymity. I don’t mind that I have a recognisable name and face, but my private life is really important to me.” And Kurt’s name is one that’s well known to fans of heavy music as one quarter of genre-defining Massachusetts hardcore icons Converge. Forming in 1990, Kurt has played guitar on all nine of the band’s studio albums, and been involved in the production since...

Foo Fighters

1.This Is a Call 2.I'll Stick Around 3.Big Me 4.Alone + Easy Target 5.Good Grief 6.Floaty 7.Weenie Beenie 8.Oh, George 9.For All the Cows 10.X-Static 11.Wattershed 12.Exhausted

The Dusk in Us

1.A Single Tear 2.Eye of the Quarrel 3.Under Duress 4.Arkhipov Calm 5.I Can Tell You About Pain 6.The Dusk in Us 7.Wildlife 8.Murk & Marrow 9.Trigger 10.Broken By Light 11.Cannibals 12.Thousands of Miles Between Us 13.Reptilian

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