Mark Pickerel

You never know where your skills will take you, even if you grow up in a small town that has no real outlet for your creativity. You could start a band that is part of the founding of a movement called Grunge. Mark Pickerel talks about starting The Screaming Trees, drumming with Nirvana, and how life and wisdom has changed him from trying to force the direction of life, to producing his own music and being okay with where his creativity lands, but still doing his best to get the word out about it. Give a listen to one of the founders of Grunge Rock to now a maker of Americana Music. It's a great talk.

This is part 2 of the conversation with Wanz. He'll tell you bout what happened after someone screamed, "We're all gonna die!", to his life after college and the bands he played in, and yes he'll talk about the truly fun and awesome experiences he had singing the hook to the song Thrift Shop all over the world.

Wanz

Great stories, great conversation.

If you missed part one, check it out here: https://www.thomversations.com/e/the-story-of-wanz-part-1/

This Thomversation is with Wanz, Michael Wansley, of Thrift Shop fame and his hook of popping tags and only having $20.

This is the first of a two part conversation with the man where he will tell you about his life from his first memory, which seems appropriate, of him singing, to the morning after his first gig fronting a funk band in college at Central Washington University (Go Wildcats!). In part 2 he'll talk about what happened after that, to his different bands, to the amazing happenings of Thrift Shop to today.

He's a man of many stories, and he good at telling them. Give a listen and subscribe so you'll get a notice when part 2 comes out.