Interview with vocalist & guitarist Marty McCoy of Bobaflex

As most of you know, the music industry is such an incredibly volatile place right now. With the ever increasing emergence of digital downloads, online radio, and other technologies constantly changing the landscape, it makes it even harder for bands to survive or make a decent living at their art. That’s why it’s so hard to meet bands that are truly good people and in it for the right reason; to make kick ass music that people genuinely relate to and enjoy. The epitome of this type of band has to be the good ‘ol boys from West Virginia, Bobaflex. Never have I come across a group of super-talented musicians who are humble and down to Earth. They’ve been through just about every bullshit situation a band could go through and survive yet Bobaflex has done much more than that. They’ve taken the situations they’ve had to deal with and let it make them even stronger. Vocalist and guitarist Marty McCoy talks with Hard Rock Reviews’ Aaron Manogue about the band’s new album “Hell in My Heart,” System of a Down, Simon & Garfunkel and 94.1 WJJO.

Aaron Manogue: Talk to me about playing WJJO’s Taste of Madison stage Labor Day weekend with that kickass backdrop and playing for JJO again. What’s it like?
Marty McCoy: Oh my gosh, man! It just feels like; I don’t even know what it feels like! When I was looking at that capital singing, I was just like, “Sing your lines and quit staring at the background.” JJO and Madison, Wisconsin is just one of those places that are blue-collar, hard fucking rock towns. That station is so cool, it does what it wants and you can actually call the program director (Randy Hawke) and he’s nice as hell, he takes chances and he listens. He reads all the numbers and stuff but he takes chances on bands that he thinks are cool. And that’s the way the town is, the way that station is; Madison just has that vibe that everything is cool man.

Bobaflex's New Album Out Under Megaforce Records

Megaforce Records recording artists Bobaflex’s new album Hell In My Heart is out today. The band is currently on tour throughout the rest of 2011 in support of the effort.

From Point Pleasant West Virginia, Bobaflex was formed in 1998 by brothers Shaun and Marty McCoy. The brothers are no strangers to the press, having ancestral ties to the most infamous family feud in American history, between the Hatfields and the McCoys which almost caused a war between the states of West Virginia and Kentucky in the 1880s. The band's name was inspired by the bounty hunter Boba Fett from Star Wars.

The first single from Hell in my Heart "Bury Me With My Guns" is already getting huge reaction at radio. Vocalist/ guitarist Martin McCoy sums up the bands feelings to date " We've been through a war just trying to play our music. We put it all into this record and its the most real and best sounding to date. We're at the top of our game live, and with this new record I'm confident nothing can stop this band."

The band signed to Megaforce Records earlier this year. Megaforce was founded in 1982 and has released albums from Metallica, The Black Crowes, Anthrax, Danzig, etc. “We are very excited and honored to be on a label that so many of our influences have been released on” states Martin McCoy. “We’re ready for the world to hear Hell In My Heart!

Keep your eyes open for another interview with Bobaflex and coverage of their show at TASTE OF MADISON!

For more information, check out the Bobaflex Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/bobaflex

Interview with Shaun McCoy of Bobaflex

Shaun McCoy - Guitarist/Vocalist of Bobaflex

Written by: Aaron Manogue

We’re all swamped within the information age and bombarded with less than adequate bands that spew out music just to keep their record label at bay. Very seldom do we have the pleasure of hearing a band stay true to their fans and themselves without ever selling out. In a nutshell, this describes one of the most genuine, hard rock bands still out there today. The guys in Bobaflex have been in the business for years now, and through struggles within the industry and outside of it, they’ve managed to stay relevant and remember how to play their trademark, soothe your soul one minute, kick your ass the next, rock and roll. Aaron Manogue sat down with Bobaflex guitarist and vocalist Shaun McCoy to talk about what they’ve been up to and what they have in store for our ear drum’s pleasure coming this summer.

Aaron Manogue: What’s Bobaflex been up to for the past year or two?

Shaun McCoy: Well a little ways back our record label went bankrupt so we ultimately had to fight a legal battle with the t-shirts and touring. Once we got through that, we started to record a new album called, “Hell in My Heart.” We paid for it ourselves, we paid for every recording, and we paid the producer ourselves. Right now we’re working on a late spring, early summer release.