Max Volume

Max Volume
Max Volume playing his Dobro. 2012
Max Volume playing his Dobro. 2012
Born
Glenn Bailey

20th century
Glendale, California, U.S.
EducationTruckee Meadows Community College
OccupationsMusician, radio disc jockey

Max Volume (born 20th century) is the stage name of American musician, radio personality, and voice-over artist Glenn Bailey.

Volume is a disc jockey at Reno, Nevada, classic-rock radio station KOZZ, and a singer-songwriter and guitarist with the Max Volume Band. He has released seven albums on the Tadzhiq Music Group Label. Volume is the Afternoon Drive DJ, Mondays through Fridays, on KOZZ-FM 105.7.

Early life

Born Glenn Bailey, Volume was raised in Glendale, California. 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, he taught himself to play and studied the music of Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, and Neil Young.[citation needed]

Radio career

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, 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.

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.

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sion, Michael. "Five Questions with Max Volume". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hall of Fame: Inductees for 2001". Nevada Broadcasters Association. Archived from the original on June 13, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bynum, Brad (May 25, 2011). "Max Volume". Reno News & Review. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Parsons, Tim (July 2, 2015). "Lake Tahoe concert: Reno's Max Volume opened for Aerosmith". tahoeonstage.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Garrido, Ben (November 28, 2007). "When Max attacks". Reno News & Review. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Houser, Mike (January 18, 2003). "This Classic DJ Rocks". Reno Gazette-Journal. p. 37. Archived from the original on July 10, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2025.

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