The Man With The Golden Touch
Rock Sound|Summer 2017

HE’S WORKED WITH EVERYONE FROM BLINK-182 TO 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER AND HE’S A LEGEND IN HIS OWN RIGHT THANKS TO A LONG, CAREER WITH SKA-PUNK HEROES GOLDFINGER. NOW THEY’RE BACK WITH NEW ALBUM ‘THE KNIFE’ IT’S TIME TO BOW DOWN AND PAY TRIBUTE. ALL HAIL THE ONE, THE ONLY, JOHN FELDMANN.

Jack Rogers
The Man With The Golden Touch

ABOUT THAT NEW GOLDFINGER RECORD

“I never actually intended to write a new Goldfinger album. I wrote ‘Am I Deaf?’ five years ago and it was the first song that I knew I couldn’t give to another artist. I knew they were words that I needed to say, based on going to shows and comparing them to the old days. I thought it was going to be a one-off, but then I remember hearing Sia wrote a load of songs that people didn’t want so she said, ‘Fuck it, I’ll write an album!’ That was a big part of my thinking with ‘The Knife’.”

YEAH, HE’S CLIQUE TOO

“When I signed Beartooth at Red Bull Records, Caleb said I needed to meet this kid Tyler from Columbus who was an incredible singer. Through Tyler [Joseph] I was able to get in bed with Josh [Dun]. Not literally, of course! But it’s like I’ve known Twenty One Pilots forever. I’ve watched them grow into what they are now. We hang out a lot and I’ve written a bunch of songs with both of them and figured it would be really fun to get Josh in to play some drums on the new record. He’s a super positive, high-energy guy who is also just a really great drummer.”

HE’S SEEN AND DONE IT ALL…

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