This is not your timid 20 something’s on stage staring at their sweat beads on the ground. SVT bunch play earsplitting, express train punk Rock ‘N’ Roll the likes of which The Valley of the Sun has never seen before. A singer that prowls around the stage in Blade Runner Replicant makeup programmed with Bon Scott venom and Joan Jett strut and a guitar player that was in one of the best garage punk bands of the mid 90’s, The Chinese Millionaires. What more can a fanboy ask? Grab on to something load bearing, I hear the air raid sirens, and the house is beginning to rumble. Behold, the Scorpion vs. Tarantula Rock ‘N’ Roll hurricane is about to plug in. This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on October 22nd, 2013 Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Who’s answering the questions? Jay Bennett, guitar ST: Who is in Scorpion vs. Tarantula and what instrument do they play? JB: L. Hotshot, vocals. Tana Satana, bass, Michael “Cappy” Renfroe, drums. ST:  I noticed y...

Keith Jackson has driven his band through many a storm. There was the whole Gin Blossoms uproar, The Grunge years, the Pop Punk phase, the Indie Rock uprising and so on, you get the picture. Through all of this the Glass Heroes have remained the Gibraltar Rock of punk in Phoenix, Arizona. They have stayed on course through 22 years of proudly rocking tried and true, smashing through the little kiddies and their fleeting fashions like a Rock ‘N’ Roll Juggernaut. Don’t let the “Glass” in their name fool you folks, these heroes are constructed of concrete, stone and gravel. This Interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on  Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Please introduce yourself (or selves) and how you contribute to the Glass Heroes pogo machine? This is Keith Jackson of the Glass Heroes! Nice ta meet ya. I’m the vocalist/guitarist for the band. Ad Adams=Drummer Steve Shelton= Guitar Stevie Davis= Bass ST: Where are you all from originally? KJ: We are a...