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Where Are They Now: Mr. T

Mr. T celebrates KISW

How many years did you work at KISW? 16

What position(s) did you work at KISW? Program Coordinator, On Air (weekends, overnights),Producer


What are your three greatest memories at KISW?
1. Driving Buzz and his wife of Melvins fame back to Seattle from Bob Rivers' North Bend studio for their concert opening up for White Zombie.
2. Recording Pearl Jam playing live in one of the production rooms.
3. Hanging out watching/playing basketball with Boston after their Tacoma Dome concert

What's a story you couldn't tell people back in the day? I still can't, sorry.                  

What band were you most proud to bring to a bigger audience? Gruntruck

How has Seattle changed the most? In the early-mid 1990s, you could find a great live show to attend virtually every night of the week

What's something you never thought you'd see? Lita Ford walking out of the women's restroom, pulling up her skirt so she could pull up her stockings, pushing the skirt back down while saying hello

What's your best memory of meeting a rock star? Meeting Ray Manzareck of the Doors when I was 18 years old. He was in town for a poetry reading at the UW.

Who was your best friend at the station back in the day? Paul Wieser

Name a KISW band you still love! AC/DC

Favorite concert from your time at KISW? 1991, seeing Soundgarden at RKCNDY as Badmotorfinger was being released.

What was your most memorable band interview? Lou Reed. The most difficult interview ever for Steve Slaton. Yes/no answers, only thing he would discuss is audiophile music great from McIntosh.

What's Mr. T doing today? He's a middle school math teacher with Highline School District.

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