NO CONTROL Radio Report 4/16/18

Back from Vegas and broke as all hell. At least I came back with my legs intact, but missed a week of updates. Keep this one short and sweet!

ADDs: 4/16/18

Kobra And The Lotus - Prevail II (Napalm Records)

TesseracT - Sonder (Kscope)

A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant (BMG)

The Melvins - Pinkus Abortion Technician (Ipecac)

			NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart 4/16/18
Rank	LW	Spins	Song	Artist
1	8	36	King	Tesseract
2	11	36	Wishing Wells	Parkway Drive
3	12	36	Calm Before The Storm	Light The Torch
4	2	34	On My Teeth	Underoath
5	13	34	Losing My Humanity	Kobra And The Lotus
6	15	34	Condemned to the Gallows	Between the Buried and Me
7	4	33	Clone of the Universe	Fu Manchu
8	14	33	To Drink from the Night Itself	At the Gates
9	17	33	Galactic Brain	The Atlas Moth
10	10	32	Before Later Becomes Never	Caliban
11	23	32	The Bee	Amorphis
12	3	31	Never The Heroes	Judas Priest
13	5	31	Dirty	Sevendust
14	6	31	Behold the Bearer of Light	Inferi
15	7	31	The Spectral Burrows	Slugdge
16	9	31	A Home	Rivers of Nihil
17	1	29	Interdimensional Summit	Dimmu Borgir
18	16	29	Humanoid	Cynic
19	18	29	War Has Begun	Gatecreeper
20	19	29	Arcana Imperii	Ihsahn
21	25	29	A Gift for the Obsessed	The Absence
22	20	28	Oh So Pseudo	Napalm Death
23	22	28	Worst Case Scenario	Jungle Rot
24	24	28	Unbreakable	Of Mice and Men
25	26	28	The River's Mouth	Enslaved
26	27	27	Phreqs	Portal
27	21	26	Old Evil	Windhand
28	32	19	Wolf Named Crow	Corrosion Of Conformity
29	36	19	The Doomed	A Perfect Circle
30	29	18	Antifa	Ministry
31	30	18	Choosing Mental Illness	Phil Anselmo & The Illegals
32	33	18	Iron Crown	The Crown
33	35	18	The Lament	Tribulation
34	38	18	Beyond the Pale	Machine Head
35	31	17	Nothin' to Lose	Suicidal Tendencies
36	34	17	The Evil Kin	Kalmah
37	37	16	A Statue of The King	Avatar
38	39	16	To Hell or the Hangman	Primordial
39	28	15	The Devil Thinks I'm Sinking	Good Tiger
40	42	11	See You In Hell	Electric Wizard

NO CONTROL Radio Chart and Adds: 11/28/16

The new music for the year is running out, we are playing single for records that don't hit stores till February at this point and Christmas is knocking at the door. In fact listen for the addition of X-mas music to the HD channel starting 12/1...I know you were excited for it no doubt, I mean I kind of am...

Hope you T-giving was great, be on th elook out for the BEST OF 2016 to be coming soon!

ADDs: 11/28/16

Witchery – In His Infernal Majesty’s Service (Century Media)

Trivium – Ember To Inferno Reissue (Cooking Vinyl)

			NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart 11/28/16
Rank	LW	Spins	Song	Artist
1	14	35	Carry On	Memphis May Fire
2	12	34	Burdens	Ion Dissonance
3	6	33	Encircled	Dark Tranquillity
4	11	33	Oiseaux de proie	Alcest
5	10	32	Lines in the Sand	Wovenwar
6	13	32	Meats and Milks	Helms Alee
7	5	31	Mereya	Candiria
8	9	31	Stronghold	Testament
9	17	31	MonstroCity	Meshuggah
10	2	30	The Duke	Lamb of God
11	7	30	Chrysalis	Opeth
12	8	30	Winter's Gate	Insomnium
13	15	30	The Stage	Avenged Sevenfold
14	3	29	Invincible	Twelve Foot Ninja
15	4	29	Plasmic And Pure	Crowbar
16	16	28	Netherworld Emperor	Witchery
17	20	28	Candlelight	Khemmis
18	21	28	Apologies Not Included	The Dillinger Escape Plan
19	22	28	Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion	Anaal Nathrakh
20	24	28	Stray of the Tongue	Trap Them
21	26	28	The Truth	In Flames
22	19	27	M Theory Overture	Watchtower
23		25	Stormbending	Devin Townsend Project
24		24	Forever	Code Orange
25		22	Confusion	Metallica
26	23	21	Atlas, Rise!	Metallica
27		21	A Dying World	Iron Reagan
28		20	Firing Squad	Power Trip
29	18	19	Proponent For Sentience III - The Extinction	Allegaeon
30	25	19	Loathe	Obituary
31	27	19	The Glory and the Scum	Delain
32	30	19	Baby Teeth	Whores
33	29	18	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless	Wormrot
34	32	18	Beautiful Things	Concepts
35	35	17	Just As Real But Not As Brightly Lit	Every Time I Die
36	38	17	Flies	Red Fang
37	28	16	The Vengeance in Me	Serpentine Dominion
38	34	16	Our Finest Hour	Overkill
39		12	Ghost Ship	Theocracy
40	44	10	Morningstar	Baroness

NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart and Adds: 9/19/16

We are lining in trying times. You turn on the TV and devastation surrounds us at every turn, but then there are glimmers of hope, people reaching out to break down barriers and change this stupid place we live in. With the recent divisiveness in the USA taking a moment to turn the camera toward ourselves and look at what we can do to bring more people together has never been more important.

I try to do that with the metal I play on the radio, giving voice to the voiceless, providing an outlet for the anger and frustration of daily life through music that makes us feel powerful and that we love so much. I may not say it every day, or every show, but essentially this is our therapy and whatever we do, we cannot quit...we just keep growing!

ADDs: 9/19/16

Allegaeon – Proponent for Sentience  (Metal Blade Records)

Charred Walls Of The Damned – Creatures Watching Over the Dead  (Metal Blade)

Every Time I Die – Low Teens  (Epitaph Records)

The Agonist – Five  (Napalm Records)

Trap Them – Crown Feral (Prosthetic)

			NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart 9/19/16
Rank	LW	Spins	Song	Artist
1	15	35	Sorceress	Opeth
2	4	34	Hardwired	Metallica
3	7	34	1,000,000 Watts	Norma Jean
4	10	34	Flies	Red Fang
5	13	34	Symphony of the Ego	Destrage
6	26	34	Brotherhood of the Snake	Testament
7	1	33	Up and Atom	Astronoid
8	6	33	Oiseaux de proie	Alcest
9	8	33	Born in Dissonance	Meshuggah
10	2	32	Invincible	Twelve Foot Ninja
11	12	32	Limerent Death	The DIllinger Escape Plan
12	28	32	Falling While Rising	Crowbar
13	9	31	Mereya	Candiria
14	14	31	Winter's Gate	Insomnium
15	16	28	The Truth	In Flames
16	18	28	The Glory and the Scum	Delain
17	21	28	I Apologize	Five Finger Death Punch
18	22	28	Proponent For Sentience III - The Extinction	Allegaeon
19	23	28	Depravity Favours the Bold	Anaal Nathrakh
20	24	27	Flatline	Periphery
21	25	27	Candlelight	Khemmis
22		27	Offer Your Light	Devin Townsend Project
23		24	M Theory Overture	Watchtower
24	5	23	The Cell	Gojira
25		23	Loathe	Obituary
26	3	22	Rotting In Vain	Korn
27	36	18	Ether	Make Them Suffer
28	20	17	Hellionaires	Trap Them
29	27	17	Glitches	Every Time I Die
30	29	17	The Soulless	Charred Walls of the Damned
31	30	17	The Chain	The Agonist
32	33	17	The Vengeance in Me	Serpentine Dominion
33	34	17	From the Dust of This Planet	Car Bomb
34	32	16	Pain	Of Mice and Men
35	35	16	Playing Poor	Whores
36	37	16	Selves We Cannot Forgive	Black Crown Initiate
37	31	15	Downshifter	Heaven Shall Burn
38	38	15	Tundra Leech	Darkthrone
39	39	15	Through the Black Temples of Disaster	Noctem
40		12	Censorship	Wovenwar

NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart and Adds: 8/15/16

Hard to believe August has arrived, not due to the calendar, but the rain this week, when was the last time we had a rainy August in Texas? Hard to believe! We have a few good adds this week and another smoking week on NO CONTROL, hopefully as more of you get HD radios you are discovering the station here in Austin, but don't forget, streaming 24/7 metal at nocontrolradio.com

ADDs: 8/15/16

Sabaton - The Last Stand  (Nuclear Blast)

Meshiaak - Alliance of Thieves (Mascot label)

Pallbearer - Fear And Fury (Profound Lore)

Skeletonwitch – Aphotic Gloom EP (Prosthetic)

Soilwork – Death Resonance (Nuclear Blast)

			NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart 8/15/16
Rank	LW	Spins	Song	Artist
1	2	34	Flies	Red Fang
2	3	34	Up and Atom	Astronoid
3	4	34	Selves We Cannot Forgive	Black Crown Initiate
4	7	34	1,000,000 Watts	Norma Jean
5	8	34	They Will Know Another	Thy Art Is Murder
6	9	34	Invincible	Twelve Foot Ninja
7	13	34	Anonymity	D.R.I.
8	14	34	Helsinki	Soilwork
9	5	33	Glitches	Every Time I Die
10	10	33	Rotting In Vain	Korn
11	40	33	Sorceress	Opeth
12	11	32	Looking Down the Barrel Of Today	Hatebreed
13	15	32	The Cell	Gojira
14	12	31	Flatline	Periphery
15	41	31	Failure	Devin Townsend Project
16	6	30	570	Motionless in White
17	18	29	Six Feet Closer to Hell	Carnifex
18	17	28	Downshifter	Heaven Shall Burn
19	21	28	Profanum Vulgus	Revocation
20	23	28	Roots to Sever	Be'lakor
21	43	28	The Glory and the Scum	Delain
22	44	28	Sensory Deprivation	The Acacia Strain
23	52	28	Hellionaires	Trap Them
24	20	27	Pain	Of Mice and Men
25	1	18	Road of Resistance	Babymetal
26	19	18	Snake Church	Ringworm
27	69	18	The Chain	The Agonist
28	16	17	Ether	Make Them Suffer
29	22	17	Grey Matter Mechanics	Allegaeon
30	25	17	Your Darkest Son	Illdisposed
31	26	17	Skin Deep	Chelsea Grin
32	29	17	Beast	Despised Icon
33	24	16	Gone With The Wind	Architects UK
34	31	16	The Giving Tree	If These Trees Could Talk
35	32	16	Life Is A Death Sentence	Nails
36	74	16	The Soulless	Charred Walls of the Damned
37	28	15	Always Dead	Beartooth
38	30	15	We're Only Ghosts	Meek is Murder
39	27	13	Ashes or Paradise	Primitive Weapons
40		11	Limerent Death	The DIllinger Escape Plan

NO CONTROL Radio Replay 8/12/16

We just survived the hottest week of the year, and then the chance of rain almost gave us a break, but not where I was. Hopefully you got lucky to receive a cool down, but I heated up the metal (see what I did there) tonight with some wicked new tunes from Allegaeon, Dunsmuir, Devin Townsend Project, Opeth, The Agonist, Serpentine Dominion, The Acacia Strain, Delain, Trap Them and plenty of requested songs from Slipknot, Lamb of God, Devildriver, Overkill, Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse and more!

Metal News: Black Sabbath book, Dallas Taylor injured, 70,000 Tons of metal on sale this week

ALL CONTESTS ARE OVER and REQUEST LINES ARE CLOSED, listen live on Friday nights at 10p on 101X, 93.3 KGSR HD3 and streaming at www.nocontrolradio.com

NO CONTROLRadio HD3 Chart and Adds: 8/8/16

I am actually on vacation, at least I took a day off today and no sooner than I decided to sleep in did I get called into work. So I decided to do my regular Monday exercises and get you the info from the week of NCR. Hopefully you can appreciate my sacrifice in the name of metal, well actually Air Conditioning, but still, sacrifice nonetheless...

ADDs: 8/8/16

Metal Allegiance - Fallen Heroes (EP) (Nuclear Blast)

Vader –Iron Times EP (Nuclear Blast)

Lacrimas Profundere – Hope Is Here (Oblivion / SPV)

			NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart 8/8/16
Rank	LW	Spins	Song	Artist
1	8	34	Road of Resistance	Babymetal
2	12	34	Flies	Red Fang
3	13	34	Up and Atom	Astronoid
4	5	33	Selves We Cannot Forgive	Black Crown Initiate
5	6	33	Glitches	Every Time I Die
6	10	33	570	Motionless in White
7	14	33	1,000,000 Watts	Norma Jean
8	15	33	They Will Know Another	Thy Art Is Murder
9	16	33	Invincible	Twelve Foot Ninja
10	26	33	Rotting In Vain	Korn
11	3	32	Looking Down the Barrel Of Today	Hatebreed
12	9	32	Flatline	Periphery
13	4	31	Anonymity	D.R.I.
14	7	31	Helsinki	Soilwork
15	1	29	The Cell	Gojira
16	11	29	Ether	Make Them Suffer
17	18	28	Downshifter	Heaven Shall Burn
18	20	28	Six Feet Closer to Hell	Carnifex
19	22	28	Snake Church	Ringworm
20	23	28	Pain	Of Mice and Men
21	24	28	Profanum Vulgus	Revocation
22	25	28	Grey Matter Mechanics	Allegaeon
23	27	28	Roots to Sever	Be'lakor
24	2	27	Gone With The Wind	Architects UK
25	17	24	Your Darkest Son	Illdisposed
26	21	24	Skin Deep	Chelsea Grin
27	19	23	Ashes or Paradise	Primitive Weapons
28	29	18	Always Dead	Beartooth
29	34	18	Beast	Despised Icon
30	39	18	We're Only Ghosts	Meek is Murder
31	37	17	The Giving Tree	If These Trees Could Talk
32	38	17	Life Is A Death Sentence	Nails
33	30	14	The Void	Whitechapel
34	35	14	The House of Shame	Lacuna Coil
35	36	13	Daughter of the Morning	All Hail the Yeti
36	31	12	Devil's Bleeding Crown	Volbeat
37	32	12	Thirst For War	Pathways
38	33	12	Lost in the Static	After the Burial
39	28	11	Is There Anybody out There?	Machine Head
40		11	Sorceress	Opeth

NO CONTROL Radio Replay 7/29/16

I love it when dorky metal dudes breakdown what we listen to into analytical anlysis, Metal News featured a story about the most metal words used in almost 200,000 songs ove rthe years and if the picture along with this entry is any indication, you might guess what it is...otherwise check out the replay! New tunes from Every Time I Die, Norma Jean,. Twelve Foot Ninja, Heaven Shall Burn, Trap Them, Korn, Delain, Motionless in White, Allegaeon, The Acacia Strain and classics from Kreator, Possessed, White Zombie, Gojira, Metallica, High on Fire and more!

Metal News: Security changes at Wacken Open Air, Most metal word

ALL THE CONTESTS ARE OVER and REQUEST LINES ARE CLOSED, listen live on Friday nights at 10p on 101X, 93.3 KGSR HD3 and streaming at www.nocontrolradio.com

NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart and Adds: 7/18/16

It is hard to do this radio thing like we used to when the model has changed so dramatically. I reference the 'add' of Periphery officially this week. They have four song already out, two which you have already heard on NO CONTROL Radio for months now, but the album is just now about to hit the street. very different than the way things used to be, I am not lamenting for the old days, but really it is vastly different from the way thing used to be...either way, we get to blast the metal, just on a slightly different schedule!

ADDs: 7/18/16

Despised Icon  - Beast (Nuclear Blast)

Ghoul  - Dungeon Bastards (Tankcrimes)

Hammer of Misfortune  - Dead Revolution (Metal Blade)

Numenorean – Home (Season Of Mist)

Periphery – Periphery III: Select Difficulty (Sumerian)

			NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart 7/18/16
Rank	LW	Spins	Song	Artist
1	4	34	The Cell	Gojira
2	6	34	Gone With The Wind	Architects UK
3	14	34	Ether	Make Them Suffer
4	2	33	The House of Shame	Lacuna Coil
5	5	33	Looking Down the Barrel Of Today	Hatebreed
6	7	33	Ashes or Paradise	Primitive Weapons
7	8	33	Helsinki	Soilwork
8	15	33	The Coin Has a Say	Every Time I Die
9	38	33	They Will Know Another	Thy Art Is Murder
10	1	32	Selves We Cannot Forgive	Black Crown Initiate
11	11	32	Anonymity	D.R.I.
12	41	32	570	Motionless in White
13	10	31	Air	Astronoid
14	12	31	The Void	Whitechapel
15	16	30	Road of Resistance	Babymetal
16	18	28	Snake Church	Ringworm
17	20	28	Your Darkest Son	Illdisposed
18	22	28	Roots to Sever	Be'lakor
19	23	28	Six Feet Closer to Hell	Carnifex
20	42	28	Pain	Of Mice and Men
21	43	28	Profanum Vulgus	Revocation
22	13	27	Thirst For War	Pathways
23	19	27	Devil's Bleeding Crown	Volbeat
24	21	27	Skin Deep	Chelsea Grin
25	9	22	Is There Anybody out There?	Machine Head
26	17	22	Lost in the Static	After the Burial
27		19	Flatline	Periphery
28	25	18	Scar Queen	Fallujah
29	26	18	Beast	Despised Icon
30	36	18	Violescent	Gone is Gone
31	31	17	We're Only Ghosts	Meek is Murder
32	34	17	Daughter of the Morning	All Hail the Yeti
33	37	17	The Giving Tree	If These Trees Could Talk
34	76	17	Life Is A Death Sentence	Nails
35	27	16	In Aeternum	Fleshgod Apocalypse
36	28	16	Always Dead	Beartooth
37	29	16	Wall of Death	Ghoul
38	3	12	The Price Is Wrong	Periphery
39		12	Flies	Red Fang
40		12	1,000,000 Watts	Norma Jean

NO CONTROL Radio Replay 7/15/16

Although the world is still in turmoil, we are able to escape the madness and delve deep into the world of metal just like we do every single Friday night! New tunes this week from Be'lakor, Every Time I Die, Norma Jean, Gojira, DRI, Carnifex, Red Fang, Allegaeon, Motionless In White, Thy Art is Murder, Meek is Murder, and classics from Dimmu Borgir, Cattle Decapitation, Sabbath, Faith No More, L7, IWABO, Goatwhore, Fall of Troy and more!

Metal News: Randy Blythe almost dies, Megadeth recruits drummer and Octogenarian sings metal

ALL CONTESTS ARE OVER and REQUEST LINES ARE CLOSED, listen Friday nights at 10p on 101X, 93.3 KGSR HD3 and streaming at www.nocontrolradio.com

NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart and Adds: 6/6/16

We finally had a reprieve from the rain, and it is starting to look a little more summery round these parts. Got some good music coming down the pipe, but we might have lost one of the big shows this Summer as Slipknot postponed the first leg of their US tour due to surgery on Corey Taylor, but hopefully they can get it handled soon! Otherwise, here in Austin post Xgames we are just getting into the heat and ready to play outside!

ADDs: 6/6/16

Scorpion Child - Acid Roulette (Nuclear Blast)

Nervosa – Agony (Napalm Records)

Volbeat - Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie (Republic)

Beartooth – Aggressive (Red Bull)

Sumac - What One Becomes (Thrill Jockey)

			NO CONTROL Radio HD3 Chart 6/6/16
Rank	LW	Spins	Song	Artist
1	2	34	In Aeternum	Fleshgod Apocalypse
2	12	34	Skyline	Erra
3	42	34	Thirst For War	Pathways
4	1	33	Ashes or Paradise	Primitive Weapons
5	3	33	The House of Shame	Lacuna Coil
6	6	33	One Against All	Amon Amarth
7	7	33	Trapped	The Word Alive
8	8	33	Lost in the Static	After the Burial
9	9	33	Berserkr	Kvelertak
10	10	33	Road of Resistance	Babymetal
11	11	33	Old Heart Falls	Katatonia
12	24	33	Silvera	Gojira
13	41	33	The Price Is Wrong	Periphery
14	4	32	Looking Down the Barrel Of Today	Hatebreed
15	5	32	Gone With The Wind	Architects UK
16	14	32	Daughter of the Morning	All Hail the Yeti
17	13	31	The Void	Whitechapel
18	46	29	Communion	Revocation
19	15	28	Doomed User	Deftones
20	16	28	Mass Darkness	Ihsahn
21	17	28	Scar Queen	Fallujah
22	18	28	Pure Evil	The Browning
23	20	28	Devil's Bleeding Crown	Volbeat
24	21	28	Nihil Sine Causa	ETHS
25	22	28	For Red Cloud	Black Crown Initiate
26	23	28	Skin Deep	Chelsea Grin
27	25	28	Violescent	Gone is Gone
28	19	18	Daybreak	DevilDriver
29	29	18	Semblances	Lord Mantis
30	30	18	Scraper	Head Wound City
31	33	18	Eiskalt	Crematory
32	79	18	Wall of Death	Ghoul
33	27	17	Cause for Alarm	Death Angel
34	28	17	Gathering Storms	Sulphur
35	34	17	Swarm	Abnormality
36	35	17	Always Dead	Beartooth
37	36	17	Beast	Despised Icon
38	31	16	Different Masks on the Same Face	Sylosis
39	32	16	Savage Intolerance	Nails
40	70	10	Blind Leading The Blind	Trivium

SXSW Metal Sunday 3/17/13

I used to play in the SXSW softball game, until the hangover and inevitable shin splints took hold a few years ago, so now I usually sleep in, then stay in bed all day, but this year going to try and make at least some effort to come by this excellent local showcase. not to mention the St Patty's Day people watching is always kind of incredible...

Sunday, March 17, 2013

12:00pm - Dirty Dog Bar - FREE

Come and Take It Productions presents...

Austin Metal Showcase 2013'

Featuring:

HEAD CRUSHER - 12:20

COURSE OF RUIN - 11:40

FIRE FROM THE GODS - 11:00

OUTLAWS TO KINGS - 10:20

CLOSED HAND PROMISE - 9:40

MEMORIES IN BROKEN GLASS - 9:00

SHATTERED SUN - 8:20

NO SUCH THING - 7:40

TEXAS - 7:00

IN THE TRENCH - 6:20

DSGNS - 5:40

COLD BLOOM - 5:00

INSURGENCE - 4:20

FREESTATE - 3:40

ATLAS VERSUS - 3:00

FAR FROM NOTHING - 2:20

UGLYTWIN - 1:40

ANACOSTIA - 1:00

Intern Review: The Sword - Apocryphon

If the Mayan’s have it right, we’re all screwed but at least we were able to enjoy Apocryphon, the new album from The Sword. Oh, how sweet it is to have some Texas metal in my eardrums this week.

Let’s get down to business; long time fans of The Sword will be happy to know they have not taken an “artistic journey” and sacrificed their signature sound. The group’s 4th studio album Apocryphon is saturated in groove guitar rifts, guaranteed to have you wailing away on the most epic Gibson Flying V your imagination can create.

Air Guitar is so much cooler with The Sword. As I was listening to the album with my dog, Preston, I can see the envy in his little puppy eyes, wishing he had thumbs to hold imaginary drum sticks and bang away with me. Sorry buddy, you can help with the imaginary groupies.

Ok, back to the review. It is my duty to give you the most in-depth, truthful reviews and to be completely honest Apocryphon kicks ass. If you’re a fan of metal of the past; where it wasn't about how loud you can scream, how fast you can shred or how many tattoos you have but based on how well you can write a killer album, then prepare yourself for an album you’ll have on repeat. Guitar heavy, drum laced and vocally pleasing, Apocryphon is an album most definitely something you want to check out.

The Sword’s critically acclaimed 3rd album, Warped Riders, is a tough act to follow. However they managed to follow up with an album that not only has a lot of hype but delivers the goods in a lustrous box of awesomeness without damaging their credibility or their signature sound.

I can’t help but say good things about Apocryphon but the simple fact is, it’s a great album. I even went back and revisited The Sword's previous three albums; Age of Winters, Gods of the Earth and Warped Riders. Let’s just say I've developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from trying to wail like JD Cronise and Kyle Shutt.

Go check out Apocryphon, you can thank me later.


-Derick Garcia

Derick is an intern from Texas State University where he hosts his own metal show 'On the Grinder' and produces and hosts a Texas State TV program 'La Bella Vida.'