261 - UltraBomb (Greg Norton and Ryan Smith) @VintageGuitarOnline
261 - UltraBomb (Greg Norton and Ryan Smith)  @VintageGuitarOnline
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
261 - UltraBomb (Greg Norton and Ryan Smith)






In episode 261 of “Have Guitar Will Travel”, presented by Vintage Guitar Magazine, host James Patrick Regan speaks with UltraBomb: Greg Norton (bass) from of Husker Du and Ryan Smith (guitar and vocals) who’s also currently in Soul Asylum. Their conversation starts with Ryan who’s in a hotel room in New Jersey that’s having air conditioning troubles, and the two give us a history of the band starting with Greg and two other members and how it eventually became the lineup that it is now with Ryan on vocals and guitar and Derek O’Brien from Social Distortion on drums.
Greg and Ryan tell us about the bands new album “the Bridges That We Burn” that came out April 3rd and how they went about writing it and talk about the production.
Greg gives us their upcoming tour dates in the Midwest and on the West Coast in June.
Greg discusses Husker Du and the lack of potential future work with that band and Ryan describes what Soul Asylum is currently up too.
The two take us through their gear with UltraBomb Reverend guitars and basses and Ryan tells us a little bit about his relationship with Gibson for Soul Asylum and he talks acoustic guitars.
Ryan talks about maintaining his voice on the road and Greg tells us about the team behind the scenes.

To find out more about UltraBomb you can go to their linktree: linktr.ee/ultrabomb

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