244 - PEPPER KEENAN: Corrosion of Conformity, Down, Gibson Guitars & New Orleans Sound

<p>Garza sits down in-person with Pepper Keenan. Vocalist &amp; guitar player of heavy metal band CORROSION OF CONFORMITY. Also best known as the guitar player in Down. New album “Good God / Baad Man” out now! https://instagram.com/coccabal</p><p>Support the podcast here: https://garzapodcast.myshopify.com</p><p>00:00 - Opening Jam<br>02:16 - Good God / Baad Man<br>06:23 - C.O.C. Early Days &amp; Joining the Band<br>10:44 - Mississippi to New Orleans<br>12:18 - Stealing His First Guitar<br>14:50 - Living in Paris, France<br>17:11 - First Records<br>17:46 - New Orleans Sound<br>21:28 - Skip James &amp; Mississippi Blues Players<br>25:06 - Pepper’s Gibson SG<br>31:20 - Playing Malcolm Young’s Amp Rig<br>36:46 - Secret to AC/DC Tone<br>40:38 - “Stone the Crow” Riff<br>45:36 - “Jail” Riff<br>49:50 - P90 Pickups<br>51:30 - Recording “Albatross,” Guitars<br>53:39 - Electric Lady Studios<br>55:11 - “Clean My Wounds” Recording Technique<br>1:00:19 - Writing Music, Inspiration<br>1:01:51 - “The Handler”, Tracking New Album<br>1:07:02 - Looking Backwards for Inspiration<br>1:07:58 - Recording ‘Wiseblood’<br>1:11:01 - Vocal Lessons, Warmups<br>1:16:16 - Beavis and Butthead, Down Logo<br>1:20:50 - Pepper’s Iconic Stare<br>1:22:12 - Auditioning for Metallica<br>1:33:40 - Remembering Reed Mullin<br>1:37:16 - Pepper’s Music to Check Out<br>1:41:43 - Garza Jams on the Gibson<br>1:43:16 - Pepper Jams on the 7 String</p>