Eric Younger has at all times been consumed by music, and now he’s turning that obsession into a brand new internet hosting gig with AXS.
EY is the host of the second season of AXS TV’s Vinyl Obsession, which premieres on October 6. The present sees Younger traverse notable report shops with celebrities together with actress Melissa Joan Hart, Bush’s Gavin Rossdale, and Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach.
Younger spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Invoice Pritchard about how vital music has been in his life. EY joked that he couldn’t sing or play an instrument, however his lifelong obsession with music led to him touchdown the function on the collection.
“I believe that comes from my dad and mom being obsessive about it. And it’s simply been a large a part of my life since I used to be somewhat child,” Younger defined. “About ten years in the past, my spouse purchased me a report participant. Unbeknownst to her, I’d lose my thoughts. From about that point to at this time I’ve over 2000 [records]. I don’t know the precise quantity. However it’s over 2000 vinyl data and it grows. Not each day at this level, however for certain it grows weekly. So, yeah. It’s an obsession. It’s not only a intelligent title. It was already referred to as that. However I positively have one, a vinyl obsession.”
“I used to be kinda geeking out”
Younger additionally shared his pleasure about among the conversations he received to have with among the musicians he grew up listening to. Younger touted Rossdale and Foo Fighters’ guitarist Chris Shiflett as two that resonated with him.
“An enormous one for me was Chris Shiflett,” Eric Younger defined. “He was in a band referred to as No Use For A Identify, and that was a CD that I wore out listening to it. Then he was in a super-punk band referred to as Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies, they do [punk-style covers of vintage songs like] “Someplace Over the Rainbow.” So he’s been a part of my life for 30-plus years. And getting to hang around with him, he’s such a cool man. [We talked about] his influences in music, and the way nation music influenced him. Merle Haggard and guys like that influenced him in his guitar enjoying and his love of music. It was so cool man, I used to be kinda geeking out.
Younger mentioned Rossdale and Bush offered considered one of his favourite musical performances he’s seen, calling Bush’s 1996 MTV Spring Break efficiency within the pouring rain an iconic second. In addition they received to dish about their love for reggae music fairly a bit, too.
Does Eric Younger have a “must-find” report?
Some collectors have a “holy grail” of data. Younger says his is a altering listing, however he as soon as realized of a wrestling-related report, he knew he needed to discover it.
“As soon as I heard that it was a factor, I needed to have it. This man has recorded three separate albums, Candy Daddy Siki,” Younger famous. “Considered one of ‘em is him overlaying actually cool basic nation songs. And the opposite considered one of songs he wrote himself. There’s one other album, his third album. It’s virtually not possible, however I’ll proceed to look. I don’t have that one, I’ve the primary two. And any time wrestlers come over, I present them that one. However yeah, in any other case, it’s a shifting goal.”
Younger identified an authentic urgent of Silverchair’s 1995 album “Frogstomp” as one other album he’s proud to have.
“I don’t suppose they’ve ever re-issued it. I believe they solely pressed 15,000 of them. So, it was fairly uncommon, was fairly costly. I don’t acquire them to promote them or become profitable,” he identified. I don’t care about any of that. It’s simply, if I prefer it, I wish to personal the bodily copy of the music. So, that’s the place the obsession comes from.”
Eric Younger on crossover between music and wrestling
There was loads of crossover between professional wrestling and music, as professional wrestlers wish to be rock stars, and vice versa. Younger mentioned tapping it to that has been “a extremely cool factor” for him, because it’s allowed him to create new relationships in several genres of leisure.
“I really feel like everyone has some form of connection to professional wrestling similar to they’ve some form of connection to music. And whether or not it’s they watch it, or their pal watches it or that was them and their grandma or their grandpa or father’s factor, or they might watch once they had been youthful, discovering stuff like that,” Younger defined. “Kat Von D was a giant wrestling fan. Jeff Timmons from 98 Levels has develop into a reasonably good buddy of mine and has come to a few tapings in Vegas. Him and his son simply adore it. I’ve form of made new wrestling followers out of these two. So, it’s been a extremely cool factor.”
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