Max Volume
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Max Volume | |
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 Max Volume playing his Dobro. 2012 | |
| Born | Glenn Bailey 20th century Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Truckee Meadows Community College |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, radio disc jockey |
Max Volume (born 20th century) is the stage name of American musician, radio personality, and voice-over artist Glenn Bailey.[1][2]
Volume is a disc jockey at Reno, Nevada, classic-rock radio station KOZZ, and a singer-songwriter and guitarist with the Max Volume Band.[3][4] He has released seven albums on the Tadzhiq Music Group Label.[5] Volume is the Afternoon Drive DJ, Mondays through Fridays, on KOZZ-FM 105.7.
Early life
[edit]Born Glenn Bailey, Volume was raised in Glendale, California.[6] He graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, California. Volume earned an associate degree from Reno's Truckee Meadows Community College in 2006.[citation needed]
After receiving a guitar at nine years old,[1] he taught himself to play and studied the music of Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, and Neil Young.[citation needed]
Radio career
[edit]Volume moved to Reno in 1979, and began working at Eucalyptus Records & Tapes. There, he met Michael Schivo and worked as a stagehand for High Sierra Concerts and Michael Schivo Presents. After meeting Bill Graham in February 1981,[citation needed] he worked as a stagehand for Bill Graham Presents,[4] eventually becoming a voice for the Reno concert-market commercials.[citation needed]
He has played with rock drummer Chuck Ruff,[citation needed] and the rock band Terraplane. In the Fall of 1981, he took an internship at KOZZ radio station while attending Truckee Meadows Community College. Bailey first worked as on-air talent in March 1982. After noticing the phrase "Max Volume" was displayed on the face of many radio dials. Bailey adopted it as his on-air moniker.[1]
He continued his radio career as a program director at Reno modern-rock station KRZQ from 1987 to 1992, followed by being a programming assistant at Sacramento, California, rock station KRXQ from 1992 to 1994, and finally working as a program director of Reno metal station KZAK from 1994 to 1996. He helped launch Reno active-rock station KDOT, and became music director for Lotus Communications Corporation.[citation needed] He has been an on-air disc jockey at KOZZ since 1997.[1]
Discography
[edit]- 1998 Psycho Betty BBQ (Tadzhiq Music Group), solo acoustic
- 2001 Written in Stone (Tadzhiq Music Group), solo acoustic
- 2006 Live Volume (Tadzhiq Music Group), solo acoustic
- 2007 Illuminaughty (Tadzhiq Music Group), Max Volume Band: Widgeon Holland, Chuck Ruff (of The Edgar Winter Group, and Sammy Hagar), John Gaddis, Max Volume[5]
- 2009 Live8 (Tadzhiq Music Group), Max Volume Band: Lenny Supera, John Gaddis, Greg Sample, Max Volume
- 2011 Max Volume (Tadzhiq Music Group), Max Volume Band: Troy Mowat (of 7 Seconds), Billy Allen, Max Volume[3]
- 2021 MV (Tadzhiq Music Group), solo acoustic: Max Volume
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sion, Michael. "Five Questions with Max Volume". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ "Hall of Fame: Inductees for 2001". Nevada Broadcasters Association. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Bynum, Brad (May 25, 2011). "Max Volume". Reno News & Review. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Parsons, Tim (July 2, 2015). "Lake Tahoe concert: Reno's Max Volume opened for Aerosmith". tahoeonstage.com. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Garrido, Ben (November 28, 2007). "When Max attacks". Reno News & Review. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ Houser, Mike (January 18, 2003). "This Classic DJ Rocks". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. 37. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Brent Busboom, "101 People, Places & Things that helped shape the Reno Music Scene", Reno News & Review, April 10–16, Vol. 14, issue 10.
External links
[edit]- "MAX VOLUME | HOME". maxvolumerocks.com.
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