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In-person interview with Tosin Abasi from ANIMALS AS LEADERS

By Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal

January 26th 2011, House Of Blues, Hollywood CA

Tosin talks about a huge variety of things including touring with Underoath, bands that come closest to Animals As Leaders' style of music, last year's Summer Slaughter tour, meeting Steve Vai for the first time, how he feels about Steve Vai being a fan of his, how he started with the 8-string guitar, the change from 7 to 8 strings, anthropocentrism as their theme, the NAMM experience this year, plans for the next album, thoughts on doing a solo album, working with Misha Mansoor, possibility of a Animals As Leaders-Periphery tour, doing guitar lessons, his favorite guitar players, and dealing with being slightly isolated from society.

Duration: 10 minutes & 42 seconds

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