{"id":19093,"date":"2012-03-09T04:42:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T09:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=19093"},"modified":"2013-11-05T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T18:26:07","slug":"tommy-victor-of-prong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/tommy-victor-of-prong\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Victor of Prong"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Steve Patrick<\/span><br \/>\nStaff Writer &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/prongband.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Victor of Prong\" title=\"Tommy Victor of Prong\" width=\"400\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/prongband.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/prongband-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/prongband-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Tommy Victor, frontman\/guitarist of metal legends Prong, took some time to speak with Hardrock Haven about Prong\u2019s new album <em>Carved into Stone<\/em> due out April 24th via Long Branch Records\/SPV; how hard it is for him to stay productive; working with producer Steve Evetts; his work on a new Danzig album; Prong\u2019s upcoming tour with Crowbar; and an upcoming free Prong concert where the band will be shooting a music video for their new song \u201cRevenge\u2026Best Served Cold.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Prong may have been lying dormant for the last 5 years or so since 2007\u2019s <em>Power of the Damager<\/em> (with the exception of a re-mix album in 2009), but the titanic three piece is back with a vengeance with a new line-up. With Alexei Rodriguez (ex- 3 Inches of Blood) on drums and Tony Campos (Static-X, Ministry, Soulfly) on bass, Prong now boasts one of the tightest rhythm sections in metal today. Make no mistake, Prong has returned and their message of metal is most assuredly carved into stone.<\/p>\n<p><center>::: Listen to the interview :::<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/www.hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/int12\/TommyVictor.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/>Your browser does not support this audio format.<\/audio><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Online: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Prong#!\/prongmusic\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/Prong#!\/prongmusic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Steve Patrick Staff Writer &#8212; Tommy Victor, frontman\/guitarist of metal legends Prong, took some time to speak with Hardrock Haven about Prong\u2019s new album Carved into Stone due out April 24th via Long Branch <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/tommy-victor-of-prong\/\" title=\"Tommy Victor of Prong\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6817],"tags":[203],"class_list":{"0":"post-19093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-arcint2012","7":"tag-interview"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}