2012 Balls Out World Tour 7/19/12 – Theater of The Living Arts (Philadelphia, PA) Photography by Matt Bishop
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Category: Heavy Metal
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On the first day of the Orion Music + More Festival, I got a chance to sat down with John Sherman, drummer of Red Fang. The band has been busy the last year and a half, touring non-stop with stints at last year’s Mayhem Festival and most recently supporting Mastodon in Europe with The Dillinger Escape Plan....
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