Jon Stunn Mangnason

MN Music Note - Ep16 - Jon Stunn Magnuson - Music is Life

9mo ago

Fun facts from the interview

• Jon got hooked on rock hearing Foreigner on an 8-track, then moved to Def Leppard, Slayer, Exodus and Anthrax.
• He met Wally Borgan as a teenager after hearing Wally drumming across the street and knocking on the door.
• At 16 or 17 he became a roadie and then stage manager for The Regime, one of St. Paul's biggest metal bands.
• His first band as lead singer was Alliance.
• Avalanche formed in 1992, mixed thrash covers with originals, and helped turn Ryan's in St. Paul into a metal hub.
• Avalanche practiced at Lower Town Studios above Ryan's and was reviewed in the Japanese metal magazine Burn.
• TNT, an AC/DC tribute he started with Wally around 2004, ran about eight years and was one of the area's first tribute bands.
• He started the Foo Fighters tribute Fool Fighters, which ran about 13 years until last year.
• He was the fourth bass player in Anthem, which ended in 2022.
• He played bass in Hollywood Boulevard, which played over 60 shows last year, through the end of January.
• He produced early recordings for the young band Third Element, which became Planet 86.
• Avalanche reunited in 2019 after 20 years, and backed The Regime's singer at a large benefit concert.
• His podcast Stunner Stage has recorded 24 episodes in about a year.
• He recommended Greg Chilton and Wally Borgan as future guests.