Review Fix Exclusive: Tonic’s Emerson Hart Talks Tour With Toad the Wet Sprocket and Smash Mouth

Review Fix chats with Tonic frontman Emerson Hart, who discusses the band’s upcoming tour with Smash Mouth and Toad the Wet Sprocket, as well as the future of the band. Fresh off the release of a solo album, Hart also discusses how his solo work has positively affected the band.

Review Fix: How did this tour come to be?

Emerson Hart: We Have all known each other for years as touring bands and other than radio festivals here and there we never really had the chance to do a full tour together. It’s going to be a fun summer.

Review Fix: What are your goals as a band for the rest of the year?

Hart: I think our main goal is to play as many shows and have as much fun on the road as we can. Time spent on the bus writing new songs and getting to see familiar faces who have grown up with us is time well spent. We are also looking at a fast approaching 20-year anniversary for our first release “Lemon Parade.” We have some cool things in the works for that.

Review Fix: What do you guys still want to accomplish in music that you haven’t yet?

Hart: There are still a few parts of the world that we have not played.  We have been nearly everywhere, but we still have that itch to share music with new faces.

Review Fix: What do you think the band’s legacy is at this point?

Hart: Living in Nashville for 15 years now and being a songwriter I get to work with a lot of younger artists and writers. a lot of them grew up on our records or came to see shows. They mostly talk about the songs. That’s a legacy we can be proud off.

Review Fix: What makes your live performances special?

Hart: We love playing and I think that shows in the performance. after 20 plus years on the road it still feels fresh to us.

Review Fix: How do you think your solo projects have helped the band?

Hart: I think being able to create outside of the band has kept things healthy for all of us. Sometimes you have to say things on your own and come back refreshed and inspired.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Hart: I’m not really sure, but wine and new music will be involved.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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