Nik Nocturnal Podcast with Mike Stringer of Spiritbox 

Mike is so chill. Him talking about all the little riffs that they have to compose into songs & eventually an album is so relatable. Love this podcast & the overall conversation.

Mike: It's not going so great, yesterday a car ran over my cat Nik: *Jimmy Fallon wheeze*

26:15 kills me every time. “ThErE’s ToO mUcH 400 Hz iN tHe SnArE drUm”

this man singlehandedly got me back into playing guitar.

17:34 mike stringer becones batman for a moment

I fucking love Spiritbox man. This was such an amazing interview

It's the boizzzzzzzzzzz

Great interview Nik. Spiritbox are a great rare example of a modern-ish metal band that is able to combine traditional metal sensibilities with modern pop sensibilities. Metal as a community is incredibly rigid and resistant to change. Therefore, Spiritbox creating music that challenges the confines of metal listeners is both timely and relevant. For a genre of music to survive, you need innovation and you need bands like Spiritbox which serve as a gateway for casual young listeners who may not be receptive to metal otherwise. Bands like Linkin Park, Stone Sour, Korn, Slipknot and Spiritbox are the lifeblood of the metal genre by inviting legions of newer and younger fans to replenish the genre and ensure it’s long term viability. As much as I love Slayer and cannibal corpse and Obituary, we do need gateway bands like Spiritbox to introduce metal to casual listeners in a palatable way. No one gets into Behemoth as a first pass metal band, they need something more melodic to first lure them in and then allow them to go on the journey of discovering the heavier stuff.

Incredibly good interview, awesome to see Mike's perspectives

I saw perennial pop up on some random Spotify playlist in like 2018 so glad the algorithm did that. They now are my favorite band.

Was great listening to you guys talk, been a fan of them since 2018-19, very much still am and wish the band all the best

"well this is fucked -- Upload." Holy man. But also, that video is fantastic.

Mike is such a chill dude.

Excellent interview. Great attitude. Very grounded.

Let’s goooooo I love Mike and Spiritbox ❤️🥲

I met Mike an Courtney working on a festival at Mexico City, and they are incredibly cool and humble people, it was an amazing experience, I am a total fan of the band and getting to know them just completed the experience to me, because I found out they are not only great musicians, they are great quality people as well

Wohuuu. You guys are amazing 🤘🏻

Little did Nik know he would have his own musical partner and be living a lot of what Mike's talking about here.

I got to know Spiritbox from Nik's reaction to Blessed Be 😍

This was AMAZING! THANK YOU!

4:07 Periphery reference

Holy Roller was written in 2 hours! WOW

5:30 what a coincidence, I’ve heard them 2000-3000 times too

I love that Mike used Chili's as the getaway fantasy from Joshua Tree 😂 I do love their Texas cheese fries! Haven't been to Chili's since pre covid 😭

17:17 This sounds like, this sounds like Rob Zombie, dude. Mike is the funniest person ever.

such a nice dude

Nice periphery reference

Sean Evans from Hot Ones is an aspiration. I have faith in ye Nik 🔥

let's goooooo

I literally discovered spiritbox yesterday

Mike is such a nice dude & him mocking music elitists cracks me up☠️😭🤣

Nocturnal Records does look and sound cool tho 👀

“WELL this is fucked..” *Upload

Which music video are they talking about where they got interrupted by the owner and police?

Yo! Anyone see that young girl belt out Holy Roller on america or uk Got Talent

love how mikes voice is almost less deep than courtneys

Heeeeeeey

LOL!! This fucked... upload!

I love Spiritbox and I respect their willingness to try and expand their sound but everything I've heard and read from this band recently seems to be preparing the fans for another major shift in sound and Idk if you can go much further than they did on "Eternal Blue" without alienating their core fanbase. Again, tons of respect for their willingness to take the risk and the talent to make it happen but fans arent obligated to like your new shit just cause you made it. Basically I really hope they don't pull a butt rock or go full pop mainstream. Also kinda sucks that they were like "no one cared at first" when there was a die hard group of us buying all their merch, joining their patreon, and evangelizing everything they did to the point where they got the attention they have now. All this to say I hope they dont lose what made them special

COURTNEY IS MY CRUSH RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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What up Mike! When are you gonna unblock me on the Spiritbox insta? 😂😂

Shout out to Chili's ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gAM2pFeYbAg.html