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| VIDEO: VINNIE PAUL OF PANTERA |
| Legendary metal drummer Vinnie Paul of Hellyeah (and formerly of Pantera and Damageplan) has just released a book about his late brother and bandmate "Dimebag" Darrell Lance Abbott, Dimebag Darrell: He Came To Rock. He recently stopped by to hang out with Liquid Metal’s José to talk about "Dime" and to jam a bit in our studio. Here are some of the highlights.
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DJ schedules are subject to change. Times are in Eastern Standard Time (ET) except where noted.
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José | email
Weekdays 4 pm - 9 pm ET
José Mangin started his radio assault in Arizona as Metal Director of the U of A’s college radio station in Tucson. As a graduate student in Pharmacy over in Memphis, Mangin landed a killer gig in radio, and ended up choosing a life of rock ‘n roll over medicine. In 2000 José moved to NYC and landed his dream job over at SIRIUS-XM. Throughout the years Mangin help to revolutionize rock radio, and has lined up some impressive awards and praise for his efforts, including being name checked by Metallica’s James Hetfield in Rolling Stone magazine! Currently, José programs Liquid Metal and Hair Nation, can be heard rockin’ on-air weekdays on Liquid Metal, hosts a nationally syndicated weekly TV show called LatiNation, and is a proud father of two “horn throwing” metal chicks. Raised since birth on heavy music, Mangin lives his dream 24/7 at SIRIUS-XM, and is stoked to be bringing this music to the masses.
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Ian Christe | email
Saturdays 3PM – 9PM ET and Sundays 9AM – 3PM ET
Ian Christe is the author of Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. He's covered emerging technology and fringe culture for Reuters, Wired and salon.com. His hundreds of articles on heavy metal have appeared in Spin, AP, CMJ Monthly, Blender, Metal Maniacs and Guitar World. His own digital metal as Dark Noerd was featured on the Gummo movie soundtrack CD alongside metal artists Sleep, Bathory and Burzum.
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Mario | email
Weekdays 9PM – 3AM ET
Mario got his radio start at his college's heavy metal station. A veteran of the New Jersey metal and hardcore scenes with a hand in every sub-genre out there, he brought a flavor to his college station that everyone wanted a taste of. Thursday and My Chemical Romance are two of the bands that Mario lent a hand to early on. Mario also has spent ten years adventuring through one of the most notorious musical outfits from the east coast, December Aeternalis. He bleeds passion on the stage, and also on the mic.
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Kara | email
Saturdays 9AM – 3PM ET
Kara was introduced to metal by her older sisters who had a penchant for Pantera-loving biker dudes. As a teenager Kara hung with all the rock guys and they dragged her to hardcore shows all over New York City. She loves getting in the pit and kicking ass, preferably yours. Kara is honored to join the SIRIUS-XM family, and hopes to make all of the metalheads proud!
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Scotty | email
Weekdays 12 pm – 4 pm ET
Straight out of Jersey, Scotty C has been a long time regular in the scene. Born into a family of musicians Scotty started playing guitar at an early age and at the early age he realized he sucked and switched to drums. During college Scotty got really drunk one night and wandered into his college radio station. He learned that he could get his own show and play all this music that he acquired over the years that he could never hear on any radio station. After college he landed an internship at SIRIUS XM, which eventually landed him a job on Liquid Metal where he always wanted to be since day one. Look for his band Downfall throughout the Jersey/NYC area and hear him every weekday on the radio blasting the heaviest music on or off the planet!
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Troy | email
Weekends 9PM – 3AM ET
Troy hails from the woods of Pennsylvania, deep in the heart of Amish country. His interest in metal/hardcore began at a young age. "My first show at 13 years old was Sheer Terror and Sick Of It All at City Gardens, in Trenton, NJ. When Sheer Terror went on, it was an absolute brutal bloodbath, and I thought I was going to die. It was cool!" Troy hosted a metal radio show with legendary PA concert promoter Frank Phobia for a few years before landing a gig at SIRIUS XM. Music is his life. He enjoys writing, recording and performing music. In addition, Troy has toured the U.S. a few times over with different bands, and is currently playing with the experimental/grindcore band I Want To Kill You and the bizarre funk band Hot Asian Women.
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Zeena | email
Weekdays 9AM – 12PM ET
Zeena popped out of the womb in true metal fashion, kicking and screaming. Instantly falling in love with music, she immersed her life in singing and becoming a student of music... then she moved to New Jersey and developed an endearing love for all things obscene. This amorous union sparked a need for more metal and liquor in her life, leading her to work with some of metals' finest at Roadrunner and Earache Records, as well as many years of ripping her throat out with her own musical endeavors. These days Zeena spends her time upping the crass ante, fronting a stoner rock band and of course, listening to metal. Always classy and always trashy, Zeena brings her love of all metal, hatred of idiots and passion for bad men to the Liquid Metal family!
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