Original TROUBLE Members Eric Wagner, Jeff Olson, Sean McAllister Perform For The First Time Since 1986
June 26, 2011, 13 years ago
Original and former TROUBLE members, vocalist Eric Wagner, drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson, and bassist Sean McAllister performed together for the first time since 1986 during Jeff Olson's RETRO GRAVE set last weekend (June 18) at The Days Of The Doom Festival in Kenosha, WI. Video footage of three performing 'Victim Of The Insane', written by Olson for Trouble's debut full length Psalm 9 (1984), can be viewed below:
In other news, Olson will celebrate the first year anniversary this July with his Internet radio show, Heady Metal With Jeff Olson. The show premiered on July 5th, 2010 via Metal Messiah Radio with Dave Chandler (SAINT VITUS) as Olson's first guest.
Olson commented: "It's been one year already that the Heady Metal show has been on Internet radio. I chose to do this radio show, because I want to interview artists that rock hard as well as support the many genres of underground heavy metal and hard rock music that doesn't get enough publicity, or no publicity at all, through main stream radio.
"When is the last time you have heard bands like BLOTTED SCIENCE, HARVEY MILK, DISEMBOWELMENT, AUTOPSY, GNAW, KAYO DOT or LAS CRUCES on mainstream radio? Never. This is why I do this show. I'm not saying that main stream rock artists are not interviewed on my show, because they are. I interview musicians that jam their asses off no matter what the genre. They all have something deep to say. That's why the show is called Heady Metal."I select my favorite people in the rock world to interview. There are no producers or engineers and all the editing is done on my own. I'm not a professional DJ. I'm a musician that enjoys conversations with other musicians that are talented and interesting. So, for those listening to the show for the first time and those who have been regularly logging in... thank you. I hope that my show will influence listeners for the next slamming generation to come... Cheers to another great year of Heady music."
The following artist are upcoming confirmed guest:
June
27 - Aaron Stainthorpe (MY DYING BRIDE)July
4 - Lizzy Borden (LIZZY BORDEN)11 - DJ Ashba (GUN N' ROSES, SIXX: A.M.)
18 - Udo Dirkschneider (ACCEPT, U.D.O.)
25 - Jean-Francois Dagenais (KATAKLYSM)
August
1 - Chris Reifert (AUTOPSY)8 - Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY)
15 - Bruce Franklin (Trouble) Exclusive Studio Report
Heady Metal With Jeff Olson airs on Monday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (EST) exclusively for Metal Messiah Radio with the podcasts available the following day at the show's website.
Heady Metal With Jeff Olson is Olson's first radio show endeavor and features interviews with musicians from different metal genres across the board, comedic segments, playlist personally chosen by Olson, music news, and giveaways.
Olson has been writing and recording in the music industry since the formation of Trouble (1979) and holds a Bachelor of Music degree in film scoring, cum laude, from Berklee College Of Music.