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The Iron Giant has just been remastered and re-released with several new scenes as a Signature Edition. It’s available now on your favorite online video service, and will be out on DVD and Blu-Ray next year.
Bird talks to us about creating an atypical animated feature film in The Iron Giant, the reward of following your instincts when it comes to making movies, and how he helped create the look and feel of The Simpsons as an executive consultant on the show for eight seasons.
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The band continued to reinvent their sound and create hits through the 70s and into the 80s, songs like ‘Who’s That Lady’ with Ernie’s now-classic guitar riffs, ‘Fight the Power’, and ‘Between the Sheets’.
A new 23-disc box set of the band’s work is called The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983). It’s available now.
Isley joins us to talk about playing his first gig alongside his brothers (filling in on drums for Martha and the Vandellas), being one of the only bands to actually play live on Soul Train, the band’s evolution through the years, and his memories of the group’s friend and sometime housemate Jimi Hendrix.
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- Brad Bird
- Ernie Isley
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