Getting to Know… Famous Strangers | Interview
![Getting to Know… Famous Strangers: Interview No. 464 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Famous Strangers]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/getting-to-know-famous-strangers-465-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 464th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Edmonton, Alberta band Famous Strangers.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Getting to Know… Famous Strangers: Interview No. 464 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Famous Strangers]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/getting-to-know-famous-strangers-465-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 464th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Edmonton, Alberta band Famous Strangers.
![Getting to Know… Linistit: Interview No. 457 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Linistit]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/getting-to-know-linistit-interview-459-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 459th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from the Italian black/death metal band Linistit.
![Ghost, Skeletá [📷: Loma Vista Recordings]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ghost-skeleta-e1756651208907.jpeg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning Swedish band Ghost makes us shed a tear of joy listening to “Lachryma,” the banging second single from Skeleta.
![Venom, Possessed: Controversial Songs No. 5 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sanctuary; Tazz Vaughn via Pexels; Elena Arboleda Salas, nikolaytaman90, Tumisu from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/venom-possessed-controversial-songs-5-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the fifth edition of Controversial Songs (2025), we explore the controversy behind the “Possessed” by English heavy metal band Venom.
![Getting to Know… Nymphic: Interview No. 446 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Nymphic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/getting-to-know-nymphic-interview-446-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 446th Q&A in our Getting to Know... series, we get the inside scoop from the London nu-metal band Nymphic.
![Torsofuck, Raped By Elephants: Wacky Wednesday No. 4 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; DistroKid; Rich The Barber Font from Font Space; Wendel Natan from Pexels; AcatXlo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/torsofuck-raped-by-elephants-wacky-wednesday-4-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the fourth edition of Wacky Wednesday (2025), we break down the unique song, “Raped By Elephants,” performed by Torsofuck.
![Getting to Know... Heartsick: Interview 444 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Heartsick; AcatXlo via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/getting-to-know-heartsick-interview-444-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 444th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Lansing, Michigan-based metal band, Heartsick.
![Interesting Songs That Feature Acronym Titles, Vol. 3 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/interesting-songs-that-feature-acronym-titles-vol-3.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Interesting Songs That Feature Acronym Titles, Vol. 3 features songs by Charli XCX, Doechii, GloRilla, Victoria Monét, and Yeat.
![Getting to Know… Frequency Overload: Interview No. 441 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Frequency Overload]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/getting-to-know-frequency-overload-interview-441-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 441st Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Long Island heavy metal band, Frequency Overload.
![Getting to Know… Deadly Virtues: Interview No. 434 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Deadly Virtues; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/getting-to-know-deadly-virtues-434-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 434th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Phoenix, Arizona metal band, Deadly Virtues.
![15 Songs Where the Titles Aren’t Part of the Lyrics (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/15-songs-where-the-titles-arent-part-of-the-lyrics.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
15 Songs Where the Titles Aren’t Part of the Lyrics features songs by Doja Cat, Elton John, Lana Del Rey, System Of A Down, SZA, and Tommy Richman.
![System Of A Down, B.Y.O.B.: Controversial Songs No. 6 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; Tazz Vaughn via Pexels; Elena Arboleda Salas, nikolaytaman90, Tumisu from Pixabay; christian buehner on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/system-of-a-down-byob-controversial-songs-6-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 6th edition of Controversial Songs (2024), we explore the controversy behind the “B.Y.O.B.” by Armenian American hard rock band, System Of A Down.