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Infected Band Of The Week: Let’s Head To San Jose To Check Out Flesh Weapon

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Time for another Infected Band of the Week, where we get the info on an Infected user’s music project. This week brings San Jose, California’s Flesh Weapon to the spotlight. Mixing horror samples with hip-hop, these guys definitely bring their love of the horror genre into their music! Check out all the info after the jump!

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1) What’s your name, your Infected name and your role in the band? 
Jason Franks aka NoS LeRatZ (leratz); Vocalist / APC40 / Keyboards / Producer
2) What is your band name and where did it come from? 
Flesh Weapon – We had a running list of ideas for band names and we noticed that ‘Flesh’ and ‘Weapon’ were recurring words on the list. Late one night (or early morning) we got to discussing each person’s potential to be a weapon in their own right.  
The idea of a Flesh Weapon is broad:  it could be your fist, or it could your brain.  Without question the name sparks controversy and is very tongue in cheek.  We like seeing the expression on people’s faces when we tell them who we are.  Obviously the music and meaning are much deeper than that, however.
3) Where are you guys from? 
San Jose, CA.
4) Who are the other members and what are their roles? 
Paul Dommert aka Paulie Gone; Vocalist / MPD18 / Keyboards / Producer
Todd Graham aka Toad; Vocalist / Guitars
5) How would you describe your music? 
An amalgamation of every sound we have ever heard as well as some that we have not.  Our music spans a wide spectrum of emotion while staying focused on the human experience.  We blend organic instrumentation with found sound to create a multi-timbred sonic landscape.  The end result is akin to a horror film: draw the listener in, make them feel comfortable and then cue the suspense.
6) What are some bands that influence you? 
Nine Inch Nails, Cage Kennylz, The Prodigy, A Perfect Circle, Bassnectar, DJ Shadow, Aphex Twin, Dr. Dre, and Portishead.
7) What are some of your favorite horror movies? 
The Keep, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, Evil Dead, I Spit On Your Grave, The Audition, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Night of the Living Dead, Salem’s Lot, Poltergeist, In the Mouth of Madness, Alien, (this list could go on forever).
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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July 14, 2026

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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