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Chris Kies
By Chris KiesMar 07, 2018
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.
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Guitarists Devin Holt and Brett Campbell and bassist Joe Rowland (above) spent over 30 minutes before their gig at Nashville’s Basement East to detail the equipment that allows them to blend doom, metal, and prog into one symbiotic, crushing sound.

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