#117 - Mark Whelan of Fuming Mouth

The Vanflip Podcast

Mark Whelan is not only the frontman and mastermind of Boston's death metal band Fuming Mouth, but he recently became a cancer survivor. Mark beat a rare form of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), during the Covid pandemic and had nearly the entire hardcore and metal scene come together to help him in his trying time. Now with all that behind him, Whalen has just released Fuming Mouth's second album with no plans of stopping in the future!

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(00:00) Intro

(01:00) Currently Listening To…

(04:45) Recent Health Issues

(07:00) Improving Personal Health Choices Today

(10:00) New Fuming Mouth Album

(17:00) Handling Cancer Diagnosis & Mean Pete’s Guidance

(20:00) Playing Guitar During Cancer Treatments

(23:00) Heavy Music Helping Mentality

(26:00) Seeing Paul McCartney at Fenway Park from Hospital Room

(28:00) Sports

(31:00) Kruelty

(34:00) Life Prior to Fuming Mouth

(36:00) Getting into Death Metal

(42:15) Relationship with the Metal/Hardcore Community

(46:30) Getting Jumped at Maylene & The Sons of Disaster

(48:00) The Current State of Moshing

(56:00) Upcoming Tour and Plans for Next Album

(1:01:00) The GoFundMe Campaign Results

(1:05:00) Future Plans Post-Cancer

(1:10:00) Signing with Nuclear Blast and Working With Kurt Ballou

(1:14:00) Outro

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