Chapter 118 - Tony Reed - Mos Generator/Big Scenic Nowhere

A longtime veteran of the scene, Tony Reed has made a name for himself both in front of a live audience and behind the scenes. In addition to leading his main outfit, Mos Generator, Tony's also a driving force in Big Scenic Nowhere (along with Bob Balch from Fu Manchu, who was featured on the show last week) and has put in years of production, engineering, and mastering work on countless albums. During his chat with Dylan, Tony delves into his many other projects, as well as stealing a 45 of "Nights in White Satin" at age four, learning "Iron Man" as his first song, an appreciation for the goths, Greg Ginn's breakfast treats, why he doesn't dwell on past decisions, gets real about production work, the green origins of the band name, and dealing with the fear of rejection.

Support Mos Generator and Big Scenic Nowhere, as well as Tony's other bands and solo releases and his alt-country band, Hot Spring Water.

Track featured is "Stolen Ages" from Shadowlands, released in 2018. Regarding the track at the time, Tony had this to say:

"This is another song that was built from a jam and was recorded the day after it was written. We ended up using two different ideas on the same theme. On the demo jam, the song changed over the course of 20 minutes and when we were reviewing the session we thought it would be cool to marry the different styles. Part one has a loose psychedelic jam style and part two has a great pushing metal boogie feel. As I am writing this paragraph I am taking a break from arranging the vocal melodies and guitar overdubs. This is the second of two songs to be arranged during session #3 in January 2018. There are quite a few ideas that we laid down to the recorder that we’ll get to in the future."