In 2013, Affliction Clothing named him director of artist relations, and Mangin has worked with artists on the company’s music branding. I’m proud and quick to point out where I’m from and bring it up in conversation.” When people compliment me on my jewelry, I tell them it’s from Arizona. I have Native American jewelry, and turquoise jewelry. I always have my stuff that I bought in Bisbee or Scottsdale. “Arizona is what made me into the metal person I am today,” Mangin said. While at the UA, he served as music director of KAMP, the studio radio station. He then headed to Tennessee to pursue a doctorate. It was during an episode of “Headbangers Ball,” which he hosted for four years.Īfter graduating high school with a perfect GPA, he attended the UA, where he earned a degree in chemistry, thanks to a full-ride scholarship. To commemorate his first concert, Paul Booth’s Tattoo Parlor inked “Persistence of Time” on the back of his leg as Anthrax watched. I didn’t have the means to do any of that. “I wanted to go to Clash of the Titans, but I couldn’t go. “I tried to go to other metal shows,” he said. Mangin wanted to attend other shows, but his parents weren’t too keen on it. “It was a big deal,” he said with a laugh. They drove to Compton Terrace and took the same route back. Mangin left school and took a bus from Douglas to Tucson, where he met his cousin and a friend. His first concert was Iron Maiden and Anthrax at Compton Terrace, south of Chandler, in 1992. There wasn’t anything in Douglas other than Mexican music, cowboy boots, Mexican language, and super, super Mexican dudes and chicks - then there were the in-betweens, who leaned toward rock and metal.” “There were a bunch of long-haired dudes. ![]() What is that?’ There was a big metal scene in Douglas. “They had a room in the back shack with cool metal posters,” Mangin recalled. He was introduced to metal by older cousins when he was in kindergarten. He and his family lived in Phoenix, Sierra Vista and Tucson before settling in Douglas. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. These bands, these veterans, inspired me to be a metal ambassador.” ![]() “I love supporting the musicians themselves - not just their music, but the record labels and managers. “The bands in our community are the nicest people in the world,” Mangin said via telephone from his Huntington Beach home. He laid down guest vocals on a Suicide Silence song, introduced Metallica at Yankee stadium, hosted a Korn concert in Los Angeles, and interviewed Ozzy Osbourne. He helped create satellite radio’s Liquid Metal and Octane stations and celebrated his 22nd anniversary with the company on Sept. The inked mogul with the gauge earrings has become one of the foremost authorities on heavy metal. He’s always working the room, pushing the genre and his new nonprofit, Headbang for Science, that provides scholarships to young metal fans. Judas Priest’s Rob Halford calls himself the “Metal God,” but Jose Mangin is the “Metal Ambassador.”īorn in Phoenix and raised in Douglas, the UA graduate shares his love of the genre on SiriusXM Octane, by hosting metal festivals and attending shows. Jose Mangin recently founded the Headbang for Science, which awards scholarships to students studying medicine or science who are heavy metal fans.
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