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

Garza sits down in-person with Pepper Keenan. Vocalist & 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/coccabalSupport the podcast here: https://garzapodcast.myshopify.com00:00 - Opening Jam02:16 - Good God / Baad Man06:23 - C.O.C. Early Days & Joining the Band10:44 - Mississippi to New Orleans12:18 - Stealing His First Guitar14:50 - Living in Paris, France17:11 - First Records17:46 - New Orleans Sound21:28 - Skip James & Mississippi Blues Players25:06 - Pepper’s Gibson SG31:20 - Playing Malcolm Young’s Amp Rig36:46 - Secret to AC/DC Tone40:38 - “Stone the Crow” Riff45:36 - “Jail” Riff49:50 - P90 Pickups51:30 - Recording “Albatross,” Guitars53:39 - Electric Lady Studios55:11 - “Clean My Wounds” Recording Technique1:00:19 - Writing Music, Inspiration1:01:51 - “The Handler”, Tracking New Album1:07:02 - Looking Backwards for Inspiration1:07:58 - Recording ‘Wiseblood’1:11:01 - Vocal Lessons, Warmups1:16:16 - Beavis and Butthead, Down Logo1:20:50 - Pepper’s Iconic Stare1:22:12 - Auditioning for Metallica1:33:40 - Remembering Reed Mullin1:37:16 - Pepper’s Music to Check Out1:41:43 - Garza Jams on the Gibson1:43:16 - Pepper Jams on the 7 String