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Welcome to The Hang! As Seen On Almost Famous Magazine – your ultimate destination for everything music! Dive deep into the world of music production, backstage stories, and creative insights with our exclusive content. We bring you engaging conversations with a diverse range of talents, including musicians, lighting and stage designers, sound engineers, and other creatives in the music industry. almostfamousmagazine.com Our channel features in-depth interviews with top artists such as Tony Scalzo

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2026/10/04

In this episode of 'The Hang!', Tipa Tipo take us inside a musical and romantic partnership built across Peru, New York and beyond. Adele and Felipe explain how they learned to create together without letting perfectionism, disagreement or artistic insecurity derail the relationship.This interview explores the making of Arquetipas, arriving October 2, 2026 via Bit Rosie, and the deeply personal story behind “No Me Fui” — a song Felipe wrote about getting lost inside a relationship without wanting

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42:36

The Calling, Alex Band on Parkinson’s, Their Return &...

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2026/10/04

Alex Band, founder and lead singer of The Calling, talks about his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the band’s 22-year wait for a new album, and why he refused to change The Calling’s sound just to follow whatever was popular. The Calling return with Before The World Turns To Dust, their first full-length album since 2004’s Two. Alex tells me he had been trying to make another Calling record for roughly 15 years, but label problems, his solo career and a serious health crisis kept getting in the way. The new

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43:20

Erik “Smelly” Sandin on 40 Years of NOFX, Addiction,...

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2026/09/18

Erik “Smelly” Sandin, longtime drummer of NOFX, sits down with The Hang! to talk about addiction, 34 years of sobriety, the end of NOFX’s live run, 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up, and why punk rock gave him a purpose.Sandin’s relationship with music started long before NOFX. Growing up in Southern California, he remembers hearing Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and Miles Davis around the house. By his teens, he just wanted to play. It didn’t really matter what instrument

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32:20

Wonderland Rejects on Reinventing Punk With “New...

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2026/08/26

In this episode of 'The Hang!', Wonderland Rejects make their second appearance on The Hang! following a huge few months that included performing at Doll Fest and completing their sophomore album, Hello Rejects, arriving August 29.This interview explores a band refusing to stay inside punk rock’s traditional boundaries. Where Goodbye Wonderland embraced a raw, old-school punk sound, Hello Rejects goes deeper—mixing punk with blues, hip-hop, EDM, dance music, Tejano and grunge. The band even

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55:24

Elliot Lozier - Doom Scroll Survived Dead Vans,...

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2026/08/21

In this episode of The Hang!, Elliot Lozier takes us from discovering The Offspring as a kid and teaching himself drums, guitar, bass and mandolin to the formation of Doom Scroll and the creation of Exhausted Dialogue.This interview explores Doom Scroll’s unusual combination of punk aggression, folk instrumentation, metal influences and layered harmonies—as well as the almost unbelievable string of disasters that inspired “The Ravine.” Dead vans, flooded gear, shattered windows and an actual ravine

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48:14

David Myhr - The Art of the Perfect Pop Song!

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2026/08/19

In this episode of The Hang!, David Myhr joins Scott Saldinger of Almost Famous Magazine to trace a musical journey that started at a piano in northern Sweden, exploded into Beatles obsession, led to The Merrymakers and eventually became a decades-long solo career built around melody, harmony and classic pop songwriting. This interview explores David Myhr’s creative process, his collaboration with songwriter Bill DeMain, working with Jellyfish’s Andy Sturmer, finding success in Japan and the making

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54:34

The Dirty Turkeys: What Is Acid Cow Punk?

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2026/08/12

In this episode of 'The Hang!', The Dirty Turkeys — Sam Baker, Ty Tullar, Brad Hansen and Russ Hansen — hang with Scott Saldinger to unpack how childhood friendships, basement jams and wildly different musical influences became one seriously unpredictable band.This interview explores why The Dirty Turkeys would rather build a genuine community one live show at a time than change their music to chase algorithms. They also get into their explosive live performances, the strange origin of their band

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50:49

V Torres on Healing, Grief & “Woman” her story will...

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2026/08/04

In this episode of The Hang!, V Torres joins Scott Saldinger to share the story behind "Woman", her seven-song sophomore album arriving independently September 1, 2026.Raised in Southern California on her parents’ vinyl collection, V absorbed everything from Joni Mitchell and James Taylor to Pink Floyd, outlaw country, funk, grunge, and psychedelic rock. She started playing guitar around age 11, wrote songs inspired by the Arizona desert, and eventually found her voice at college open mics in Los

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51:56

Dorian Balis Left Opera to Write His Truth!

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2026/07/29

In this episode of The Hang!, host Scott Saldinger talks with Dorian Bailis about a musical journey shaped by opera, heavy metal, grunge, classical music, Americana and raw emotional storytelling.After studying vocal performance and building a professional opera career, Dorian realized that writing his own songs had become his most honest form of expression. He opens up about leaving New York, starting over in Nashville and creating what he calls “modern folk n’ roll.” This interview explores the

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52:28

Colm Gavin: Dublin Folk Songwriter, Songwriting,...

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2026/07/15

In this episode of The Hang!, host Scott Saldinger talks with Colm Gavin about music origins, creative flow, collaboration, mentors, and building a life around songs. Colm Gavin is a Dublin-based singer-songwriter whose music blends contemporary folk, soft jazz, parlor-song charm, and classic storytelling. His work has reached listeners across Ireland, Europe, the UK, and North America, with songs praised by major artists and industry voices and released through BEO Records. Public profiles note

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31:06

Soft Spot Finds Its Sound, Gets Heavier, In A New Era...

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2026/07/11

Soft Spot’s Gianni Carpanzano joins The Hang! to talk 1-800 Soft Spot, Temporary Bliss, heavy guitars, heartbreak, grunge, psychedelia, and the Stamford, Connecticut alternative rock scene. In this episode, Gianni opens up about Soft Spot’s new EP, the band’s evolution, and how sad songs became something bigger, heavier, and more fully realized. This interview explores how Soft Spot grew from a three-piece into a stronger four-piece with Will Vellek joining Gianni Carpanzano, Dave Eisermann, and

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51:09

Mary McGuinness, her journey from From Opera to...

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2026/07/08

In this episode, Texas-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mary McGuinness joins Scott Saldinger on The Hang! to talk about the way music found her. Mary didn’t grow up in a musical home, but she was always singing. Later, she discovered that music actually ran deep in her family, which helped make sense of the pull she had felt her whole life. Her path has taken a lot of turns, from opera and Broadway to Americana, classic country, and Laurel Canyon-inspired songwriting. Through it all, Mary

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38:12

Joomin Hwang, Seoul Breakdancer to The Lights of...

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2026/07/04

In this episode of The Hang!, Joomin Hwang talks about his journey from Seoul to New York City and eventually to Broadway. Joomin grew up in South Korea and started breakdancing when he was 12. Years later, while performing in London, he saw Billy Elliot and something clicked. He saw dance, music, acting, emotion, and storytelling all happening at once, and it made him realize he wanted more than competition. He wanted a life on stage. That decision eventually brought him to the U.S. at 29, without

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53:33

Hayley and The Crushers Hayley Cain From California...

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2026/07/01

In this episode, Scott hangs with Hayley Cain, guitarist and frontwoman of Hayley and the Crushers, a Detroit-via-California band that mixes punk, surf rock, power pop, garage rock, and a whole lot of glitter. Hayley talks about growing up on oldies radio, Elvis, The Beach Boys, the Go-Go’s, Ramones, Screeching Weasel, and the songs that made her want to pick up a guitar in the first place. She also gets into what it was like moving from California to Detroit, finding her way into a new music scene,

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43:46

Allen Dobb on Canadian Roots, Musical Truth and The...

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2026/06/26

Allen Dobb joins The Hang! to discuss The Afterlife Sessions, Canadian folk music, Americana roots songwriting, and the emotional power of live acoustic recording. In this episode, Allen Dobb shares the stories behind Ballad of Willie Holmes, At the Bridge, Afterlife Studios, and a lifetime spent chasing honest songs. Canadian folk, country, Americana, and roots singer-songwriter Allen Dobb brings a rare kind of clarity to this conversation — the kind that comes from growing up on a farm, hearing

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65:37

Integra Pink - Leo Mendez on Chicano Punk, Creative...

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2026/06/23

In this episode, we hang with Leo Mendez, vocalist/guitarist of Integra Pink, about how music found him through family records, baseball, drums, guitar, and the creative partnership he shares with his brother Bardo Mendez. This interview explores the band’s evolution from COVID-era home recording experiments to a boundary-pushing force known for high-energy shows, PinkTv, and songs that refuse to stay in one lane. Leo opens up about writing “CURBSTOMP,” the emotional and political weight behind

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65:57

Shanna In A Dress on Folk-Pop Fearlessness, Turning...

The Hang! As Seen On Almost Famous Magazine! ·

2026/06/19

Shanna In A Dress interview, folk-pop songwriting, finding your musical voice, storytelling songs, fearless creativity, and indie artist authenticity — this episode of The Hang! dives deep into the creative world of one of folk-pop’s most original voices.In this episode, Shanna In A Dress joins Almost Famous Magazine for a funny, honest, and inspiring conversation about songwriting, vulnerability, bike touring, creative identity, audience connection, and how musicians can stop chasing trends and

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74:32

Fernando Perdomo, In Demand Guitarist, Music obsessed...

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2026/06/17

In this episode, Fernando Perdomo joins The Hang! for a sprawling, record-store-rabbit-hole conversation about guitar, songwriting, production, prog rock, power pop, session work, and the obsession that turns a life in music into a full-time creative mission.Fernando’s story starts in Miami, where a house filled with music, a classically trained Cuban mother, The Beatles, thrift-store records, and early guitar lessons helped shape a player who would eventually move between genres with rare fluency

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60:05

Bruce Wojick Talks Keith Richards, CBGB, Chuck Berry,...

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2026/06/12

In this episode of The Hang! brought to you by Almost Famous Magazine, host Scott Saldinger sits down with Bruce Wojick, the singer, guitarist, songwriter, and roots rock artist behind Bruce Wojcik and The Struggle, for a deep conversation about music, songwriting, touring, survival, and the making of his latest album, The Hard Way. Bruce brings a hard-edged roots rock sound shaped by classic rock, blues rock, Americana, and the kind of road-tested songwriting built for fans of The Black Crowes,

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44:21

Ghostbells on EBM, Goth Music, Catacouture Haunted...

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2026/06/09

Jessica Perry and Jim Finley, the duo known as Ghostbells, join Scott Saldinger on The Hang! from Almost Famous Magazine for a deep dive into the music, imagery, and creative force behind one of the most compelling new names in darkwave and EBM.In this episode, Jessica and Jim discuss how Ghostbells formed, why their collaboration clicked so quickly, and how their shared instincts helped shape a sound that blends icy synths, pulsing bass, haunting vocal melodies, new wave influence, industrial

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