#377: Demon Hunter's Ryan Clark

Demon Hunter frontman Ryan Clark is our guest this week! We talk
about the journey of creating acoustic versions of classic Demon
Hunter tracks for their new album, Songs of Death and Resurrection,
which track was hardest for him to convert from heavy to acoustic,
how an acoustic livestream concert went from an afterthought to a
very successful event, which song they'll play acoustically going
forward even at regular shows, and his thoughts on the silly
tradition of encores. We also talk about Ryan's career as a visual
artist: his recently published book of the cover artwork he's done
for bands over the last 20 years, whether he needs to hear a band's
music before creating artwork for them, why self-titled album
covers have always been the most difficult, and being tasked with
the album art for the 30th anniversary edition of the Alice in
Chains' classic, Facelift. Petar and Brandon discuss Mike Portnoy’s
opinion that Neil Peart was a better drummer than John Bonham, Rob
Zombie’s comments on his latest album title's meaning, and us
loving that August Burns Red’s music was used as a torture device
on NCIS: Los Angeles. Thanks to this episode's sponsor, The Punk
Rock MBA Podcast! Songs: Demon Hunter - “Loneliness (Resurrected),"
Conan - “Satsumo” (Live), Greenleaf - “Tides” Learn more about your
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