Thrown Into Exile: Interview With Mario Rubio (Video)

By Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal, August 25th 2011, Los Angeles CA: Thrown Into Exile is guitarist Mario Rubio's new band. The heavy metal quartet started out this year, and have already been part of the line-up for a few major shows including Josh Barnett's Japan Benefit show at the House Of Blues in May, and the Slaughter Survivors show at the Key Club in July.

Tonight they opened up the 'Metal Arise!' show featuring The Devastated, Allegaeon and The Browning, again at the House of Blues, and I got a chance to talk to Mario about this new band, comparison to the previous band The Dark Alliance, the local pay-to-play scene, opening for his metal heroes, and interacting with people at ESP Guitars.

Watch the 9-minute chat below, and check out the band's official facebook page.

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