Devin Townsend: New Projects, Growing Up on Hair Metal, Enya, Jane’s Addiction and More

Boundary-breaking artist Devin Townsend reflects on his life as a fan, from growing up on hair metal and musicals, becoming obsessed with Jane’s Addiction, discovering heavy music as a means of emotional expression, his relationships with Frank Zappa vs. Captain Beefheart, his immense new projects which include an “oily mess“ of intricacy and a clean melodic album (his first with a producer, Garth Richardson), how the artwork always comes before the music, strange experiences in rock and roll and lots more. Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Subscribe to our channel: DEVIN TOWNSEND FAN FIRST CONTENT GUIDE: 00:00 Actualising creative ideas 01:28 The social collateral of playing Priest songs 03:16 What was the first band you were super into? 04:40 Heavy music & Jane’s Addiction obsession & Mr. Bungle opener Grotus 06:10 What happened after seeing Jane&#