The Bad Penny (beta)

Well folks, here it is: My interview with Mastodon (drummer Brann Dailor), 22 years in the waiting since I first saw them perform at the Knitting Factory on February 20, 2024, many months before the release of their second album, Leviathan. Not only is this feature probably my biggest story of the year, it’s kind of the ultimate Bad Penny read, as Dailor shares anecdotes involving many of my all-time favorite musicians: Dave Grohl, Randy Blythe and Lamb of God, System of a Down and more.

It’s also one of the most candid and honest long-form features I’ve written about a major band: Dailor speaks from the heart throughout the entire interview. I’ll go so far as to say – and you can tell I’m serious about this, because I rarely write in the first person on this website – that if you read one article of mine this year, this should probably be the one.

Read the epic, 7,000-words-plus feature, on Treble.

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