John and Derek had a chance to spend some time with a true renaissance cowboy: Las Vegas's own Stu Folsom. Stu is the founder of the killer crossover thrash band Spiritworld, an author and an all around great dude. They touch on Stu's early days in the rodeo, his vision for the trilogy of death-western albums, his book Godlessness and his lovely lady getting smashed in the face by a windmilling audience member.

Grab yourself a Sarsaparilla and join the guys for a great chat with a true metal cowboy.

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00:00 Intro
01:25 Stu's rodeo days
04:45 The early music days
05:25 The band's aesthetic and the grand vision
08:00 Working with record labels and what they really do for the artist
12:30 Sam Pura - Panda Studios: Studio work and creating an amp plugin
15:10 Slayer
19:01 Spiritworld and horror
20:10 Godlessness - Stu's book of short stories
21:03 Writing a book vs writing an album
24:05 Booty shorts for everybody!
25:18 Fear, Loathing and Hunter S Thompson
26:39 Interludes and an inadvertent beatdown
29:40 Helldorado
31:20 Writing and tracking drums with Preston Harper, Thomas Pridgen and Sam Pura
37:05 Helldorado album art
39:43 Being (or not being) a fanboy
42:20 Quickie questions
42:58 Spiritworld tour

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