107 - FUMING MOUTH | Mark Whelan: Cancer, Survival & Death Metal Guitar Tone

Garza sits down in-person with Mark Whelan. Singer, guitar player & founder of American death metal band FUMING MOUTH. Their new album LAST DAY OF SUN is out now! https://www.linktr.ee/fumingmouth SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Mark’s Uber Driver Got Lost 03:05 - Amps, Pedals & Gear Talk (HM2 Waza) 07:05 - Bands That Have the “Buzzsaw” Sound 11:15 - First Bands That Got Mark Into Heavy Music 14:20 - New Record, Last Day of Sun, 2023  18:30 - Clean Singing 20:35 - Playing with The Black Dahlia Murder 23:05 - Mark Finding Out He Had Cancer 29:04 - Writing “Kill the Disease” on Phone During Cancer Treatment 34:11 - Working with Kurt Ballou  35:20 - Writing the First Record, The Grand Descent (2019) 37:40 - How Mark’s Mindset Changed After Cancer Diagnosis 42:44 - Always Working & Creating Music Between Albums 45:15 - Gene Wolfe Inspiring Fuming Mouth Songs 50:06 - Reading Books, Mark Recommends Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 55:50 - Favorite Movies, John Carpenter’s 5/4 Halloween Theme  58:23 - Where Riffs Come From 1:04:48 - Bands to Check Out, Death Metal Rabbit Hole 1:10:46 - Touring UK for First Time 1:14:50 - Closing Thoughts, Words of Wisdom