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THIS THAT & THE OTHER RADIO SHOW w- Troy Patrick Farrell is a weekly LIVE Radio Show on www.DirtyRadio.fm - Channel 2- #DirtyRadioClassics. We stream live online and on our Free and Clean app (iOS/Google Play) www.bit.ly/DirtyRadio You can also find us on Apple Podcasts/GooglePodcasts/And Soon- Stitcher.
My website www.drummertroy.com also hosts the 24/7/365 Feed of #DirtyRadioClassics
I have broadcasted this show from Las Vegas for the past 5 plus years simply discussing "This That and The Other". We have guests, music, news and the occasional "bit" as host and drummer Troy Patrick Farrell continues to bring on very different guests from all walks of life.
We've had Actors, Musicians, NFL Super Bowl MVP's, personalities and listeners call in and fuel this weekly show with a Saturday Replay.
Past Guests Include:
STU MUNDEL (FOX 11 LOS ANGELES/GOOD DAY LA-HELICOPTER PHOTO JOURNALIST)
ALEX KANE (LIFE SEX DEATH, ENUFF ZNUFF, PRODUCER)
JAMES KOTTAK (DRUMMER SCORPIONS, KINGDOM COME)
TOUCHTONE TERRORISTS (JIMBOB, JUNKYARD WILLIE)
RON KEEL (KEEL, BLACK SABBATH)
JESSE VEST (DAYS OF THE NEW, TANTRIC, BLISSKRIEG)
KURT FROHLICH (LA GUNS)
BRETT SCALLIONS (FORMER FUEL, RIDERS ON THE STORM (THE DOORS))
JOEY MOLLAND (BADFINGER)
DAMON HELLER (SMOKE N SCAN - YOUTUBE PURSUIT CHANNEL)
JAMIE BROWN (ROXANNE, PERFECT WORLD ENTERTAINMENT)
GREG EKLUND (EVERCLEAR DRUMMER)
PJ FARLEY (TRIXTER, FOZZY)
ROBERT DUNCAN (AUTHOR, CREEM MAGAZINE, LOUDMOUTH BOOK)
STEVE RILEY (LA GUNS, STEPPENWOLF, WASP)
MALCOM JAMAL-WARNER (THE COSBY SHOW, THE RESIDENT)
RAYEN BELCHERE (EARLY RAY)
RIKI RACHTMAN (HEADBANGERS BALL, CATHOUSE, LOVELINE)
IZZY PRESLEY (ANOTHER F'N PODCAST)
KASH LEE KELLY (STREETLIGHTS UNITY, PUBLIC SPEAKER)
MICHAEL CORKY GUN (PRE-LA GUNS VOCALIST)
CREED FISHER (OUTLAW COUNTRY ARTIST)
STEVIE RACHELLE (TUFF, METAL SLUDGE)
STEVE FERLAZZO (AVRIL LAVIGNE)
DAVID THIBODEAU (WACO SURVIVOR, AUTHOR)
CHRIS HAGAR (ROUGH CUTT)
CART NARCS-AGENT SEBASTIAN (THE WOODY SHOW)
MIKE HAMMER (LAS VEGAS ILLUSIONIST, PENN & TELLER'S "FOOL US")
SCOTT WILSON (SAVING ABEL, TANTRIC)
DAVID REED WATSON (VOCALIST, PODCASTER)
XRISTIAN SIMON (FASTER PUSSYCAT)
IRA BLACK (LIZZY BORDEN, IAMMORBID)
DONNIE VIE (ENUFF ZNUFF)
MATT STARR (ACE FREHLEY, MR BIG)
GILBY CLARKE (GUNS N ROSES)
ALEX GROSSI (QUIET RIOT)
MARQ TORIEN (BULLETBOYS)
HUGO FERREIRA (TANTRIC)
TONY MONTANA-CARDENAS (GREAT WHITE)
CHRIS BRUNO (ACTOR, THE WAY BACK (MOVIE), ABC'S "THE FOSTERS")
MICHAEL GRANT (LA GUNS, MG AND THE ASSASSINS)
SUSAN OLSEN (THE BRADY BUNCH)
BOBBY BLOTZER (RATT)
BRENT MUSCAT (FASTER PUSSYCAT)
MARK RYPIEN (WASHINGTON REDSKINS NFL SUPERBOWL MVP)
JEFF LABAR (CINDERELLA)
CHIP Z'NUFF (ENUFF ZNUFF)
BLAS ELIAS (SLAUGHTER, BLUE MAN GROUP, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA)
MARGOT LANE (VIOLINIST, VICTIM OF COREY FELDMAN)
PRIYA PANDA (DIEMONDS)
DILANA (SOLO ARTIST, ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA (NBC))
JOHN CORABI (MOTLEY CRUE, DEAD DAISIES, UNION, THE SCREAM)
TOD HOWARTH (FREHLEY'S COMET, CHEAP TRICK)
MARCO MENDOZA (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE)
BRANDON GIBBS (SOLO, THE SPECIAL GUESTS (POISON), DEVIL CITY ANGELS)
PAUL BLACK (ORIGINAL LA GUNS DRUMMER)
DELLACOMA RIO (AUSTRALIAN INXS-SOLO ARTIST)
"FAST" JACK BECKMAN (NHRA DRIVER)
CHRISTIAN MCPHATE (ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, DALLAS OBSERVER)
CHRIS MOORE (DRUMMER-ROCK OF AGES)
JEFF PILSON (DOKKEN, DIO, FOREIGNER)
CRAIG BRADFORD (JOEY C JONES, TOUR MANAGER)
MIKE TRAMP (WHITE LION)
ERIC DOVER (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, ALICE COOPER, JELLYFISH)
JOE WINTERS (THE STEEPWATER BAND)
GRED D'ANGELO (WHITE LION)
EDDIE TRUNK (SIRIUS/XM-THAT METAL SHOW)
JEFF TORTORA (BLUE MAN GROUP-BANG TANGO)
LES WARNER (THE CULT)
ANDY DICK (ACTOR/COMEDIAN)
ANDREW FREEMAN (LAST IN LINE)
RYAN SPENCER COOK (HAIR OF THE DOG / GENE SIMMONS BAND / ACE FREHLEY BAND / ROCK CITY MACHINE COMPANY)
THE VANNS (AUSTRALIA)
My website www.drummertroy.com also hosts the 24/7/365 Feed of #DirtyRadioClassics
I have broadcasted this show from Las Vegas for the past 5 plus years simply discussing "This That and The Other". We have guests, music, news and the occasional "bit" as host and drummer Troy Patrick Farrell continues to bring on very different guests from all walks of life.
We've had Actors, Musicians, NFL Super Bowl MVP's, personalities and listeners call in and fuel this weekly show with a Saturday Replay.
Past Guests Include:
STU MUNDEL (FOX 11 LOS ANGELES/GOOD DAY LA-HELICOPTER PHOTO JOURNALIST)
ALEX KANE (LIFE SEX DEATH, ENUFF ZNUFF, PRODUCER)
JAMES KOTTAK (DRUMMER SCORPIONS, KINGDOM COME)
TOUCHTONE TERRORISTS (JIMBOB, JUNKYARD WILLIE)
RON KEEL (KEEL, BLACK SABBATH)
JESSE VEST (DAYS OF THE NEW, TANTRIC, BLISSKRIEG)
KURT FROHLICH (LA GUNS)
BRETT SCALLIONS (FORMER FUEL, RIDERS ON THE STORM (THE DOORS))
JOEY MOLLAND (BADFINGER)
DAMON HELLER (SMOKE N SCAN - YOUTUBE PURSUIT CHANNEL)
JAMIE BROWN (ROXANNE, PERFECT WORLD ENTERTAINMENT)
GREG EKLUND (EVERCLEAR DRUMMER)
PJ FARLEY (TRIXTER, FOZZY)
ROBERT DUNCAN (AUTHOR, CREEM MAGAZINE, LOUDMOUTH BOOK)
STEVE RILEY (LA GUNS, STEPPENWOLF, WASP)
MALCOM JAMAL-WARNER (THE COSBY SHOW, THE RESIDENT)
RAYEN BELCHERE (EARLY RAY)
RIKI RACHTMAN (HEADBANGERS BALL, CATHOUSE, LOVELINE)
IZZY PRESLEY (ANOTHER F'N PODCAST)
KASH LEE KELLY (STREETLIGHTS UNITY, PUBLIC SPEAKER)
MICHAEL CORKY GUN (PRE-LA GUNS VOCALIST)
CREED FISHER (OUTLAW COUNTRY ARTIST)
STEVIE RACHELLE (TUFF, METAL SLUDGE)
STEVE FERLAZZO (AVRIL LAVIGNE)
DAVID THIBODEAU (WACO SURVIVOR, AUTHOR)
CHRIS HAGAR (ROUGH CUTT)
CART NARCS-AGENT SEBASTIAN (THE WOODY SHOW)
MIKE HAMMER (LAS VEGAS ILLUSIONIST, PENN & TELLER'S "FOOL US")
SCOTT WILSON (SAVING ABEL, TANTRIC)
DAVID REED WATSON (VOCALIST, PODCASTER)
XRISTIAN SIMON (FASTER PUSSYCAT)
IRA BLACK (LIZZY BORDEN, IAMMORBID)
DONNIE VIE (ENUFF ZNUFF)
MATT STARR (ACE FREHLEY, MR BIG)
GILBY CLARKE (GUNS N ROSES)
ALEX GROSSI (QUIET RIOT)
MARQ TORIEN (BULLETBOYS)
HUGO FERREIRA (TANTRIC)
TONY MONTANA-CARDENAS (GREAT WHITE)
CHRIS BRUNO (ACTOR, THE WAY BACK (MOVIE), ABC'S "THE FOSTERS")
MICHAEL GRANT (LA GUNS, MG AND THE ASSASSINS)
SUSAN OLSEN (THE BRADY BUNCH)
BOBBY BLOTZER (RATT)
BRENT MUSCAT (FASTER PUSSYCAT)
MARK RYPIEN (WASHINGTON REDSKINS NFL SUPERBOWL MVP)
JEFF LABAR (CINDERELLA)
CHIP Z'NUFF (ENUFF ZNUFF)
BLAS ELIAS (SLAUGHTER, BLUE MAN GROUP, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA)
MARGOT LANE (VIOLINIST, VICTIM OF COREY FELDMAN)
PRIYA PANDA (DIEMONDS)
DILANA (SOLO ARTIST, ROCKSTAR SUPERNOVA (NBC))
JOHN CORABI (MOTLEY CRUE, DEAD DAISIES, UNION, THE SCREAM)
TOD HOWARTH (FREHLEY'S COMET, CHEAP TRICK)
MARCO MENDOZA (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE)
BRANDON GIBBS (SOLO, THE SPECIAL GUESTS (POISON), DEVIL CITY ANGELS)
PAUL BLACK (ORIGINAL LA GUNS DRUMMER)
DELLACOMA RIO (AUSTRALIAN INXS-SOLO ARTIST)
"FAST" JACK BECKMAN (NHRA DRIVER)
CHRISTIAN MCPHATE (ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, DALLAS OBSERVER)
CHRIS MOORE (DRUMMER-ROCK OF AGES)
JEFF PILSON (DOKKEN, DIO, FOREIGNER)
CRAIG BRADFORD (JOEY C JONES, TOUR MANAGER)
MIKE TRAMP (WHITE LION)
ERIC DOVER (SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, ALICE COOPER, JELLYFISH)
JOE WINTERS (THE STEEPWATER BAND)
GRED D'ANGELO (WHITE LION)
EDDIE TRUNK (SIRIUS/XM-THAT METAL SHOW)
JEFF TORTORA (BLUE MAN GROUP-BANG TANGO)
LES WARNER (THE CULT)
ANDY DICK (ACTOR/COMEDIAN)
ANDREW FREEMAN (LAST IN LINE)
RYAN SPENCER COOK (HAIR OF THE DOG / GENE SIMMONS BAND / ACE FREHLEY BAND / ROCK CITY MACHINE COMPANY)
THE VANNS (AUSTRALIA)
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AFTER 2.5 YEARS OF REQUESTING HIS HONORABLE PRESENCE- Judge J Middleton agreed to come on my show. When the pandemic hit, many courts went to "Zoom' style hearings and Judge Middleton secured a channel and his town/court system secured "Zoom Licenses" not in anticipation for the shutdown, but ready to go, nonetheless. After some great (or terrible) viral cases, Middleton became a Rock Star Judge. My thoughts are he was/is Fair and Firm. The guy you respect but don't want to be in front of. His court cases have been seen by A&E Court Cam and many other shows due to the sporadic events that can and will happen during a court case. I fell in love with him and his laid-back demeanor, his classic rock vibe as he sang songs while he launched his stream. This is the first of NONE- with respect to interviews and I feel we hit some very common questions and answers that perhaps we're all thinking during many of these cases. We also hit on Sov Cits and much more.Enjoy this exclusive interview with the almighty Judge Jeffery C Middleton
COMEDIAN CRAIG GASS JOINS US FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS THAT AND THE OTHER FROM PORTLAND TALKING IMPRESSIONS, ROASTS, ACTING ON KING OF QUEENS AND A VERY TASTEFULLY GRAPHIC STORY ABOUT AND "ORAL SEX" SCENE WITH CYNTHIA NIXON OF SEX AND THE CITY. WHERE IT'S RUMORED THAT, PERHAPS BY CRAIG HIMSELF, THAT HE'S NOT ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HER CHILD BUT TURNING HER LESBIAN. WHILE NOT TRUE OF COURSE, THE STORY IS IN GREAT FUN AND ONE WE'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE ABOUT THAT SCENE."I COULD SMELL HER" AFTER THE SCENE.-CRAIG GASSWE MAKE A PHONEY PHONE CALL TO A GREAT MUSIC FAN NAMED "TODD" WHERE CRAIG OFFERS HIM THE DEAL OF A LIFETIME AS "GENE SIMMONS". WE GET INTO GREAT STORIES ABOUT ALL OF THE ROCK N ROLL ROASTS, OPENING FOR METALLICA, MOTLEY CRUE, ALICE IN CHAINS And GREAT HOWARD STERN STORIES.IMPRESSIONS OF GILBERT GOTTFRIED, BABABOOEY, LARS ULRICH, PAUL STANLEY AND GENE SIMMONS (PAUSE)(PAUSE) FROM KISS, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, AL PACINO'S BABY AND MORE!CRAIG HAS DONE MANY INTERVIEWS AND THE CLASSIC STORIES ARE ALWAYS GREAT BUT WE "WENT OUT TO THE WEEDS" ON THIS ONE- HEARING STUFF ONLY TOLD TO FRIENDS.TUNEINTURNUP!THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW HEARD LIVE WEDS 2-5PM PST ON WWW.DIRTYRADIO.FM CHANNEL 2 #DIRTYRADIOCLASSICSLISTEN LINK: www.tinyurl.com/DirtyRadioClassicsWeds 2-5pm PSTSaturday Replays 5-8pm PSTwww.drummertroy.com
THAT CLOWN IN CALIFORNIA GOV NEWSOM HAS PUSHED THROUGH MORE WACKINESS FOR THE YEAR 2024. HERE'S A SMALL RANT FROM THE FIRST SHOW OF 2024 OF THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOWHEARD LIVE 2-5PM PST ON WWW.DIRTYRADIO.FM - CHANNEL (2) #DIRTYRADIOCLASSICSYou can stream from www.drummertroy.com or go directly to the player www.tinyurl.com/DirtyRadioClassics
Troy Patrick Farrell of the Weekly Live This That and the Other Radio Show, snagged ERIC MARTIN of Mr. Big and PJ Farley of Trixter/Fozzy to discuss what's new in Mr. Big land for 2024 and PJ Farley updates the latest in the Trixter world (updating the status of the recent "Gus-Steve Brown" feud and what's in store for Fozzy in 2024. This was done via Streamyard on YouTube which is a rarity for the Weekly Talk Show host.More Details and time stamps belowIf you'd like to "Watch" the interview on YouTube, the link is below!LINK: THIS THAT AND THE OTHER WELCOMES ERIC MARTIN (MR, BIG) & PJ FARLEY (TRIXTER, FOZZY)THIS THAT AND THE OTHER WELCOMES ERIC MARTIN (MR, BIG) & PJ FARLEY (TRIX...DISCUSSING THE "BIG FINISH" TOUR BY MR BIG.Eric goes on to discuss how MATT STARR while did "a fine job for us", there was "a lot of finesse" missing in his approach.They wanted someone to play "exactly like Pat"."There's no bad blood between Matt Starr and Mr. Big".When asked about the new blood in the band that is filling the void of an absent Pat Torpey (who passed away Feb of 2018 from complications of Parkinson's Disease), and whether Mr. Big will record a new album, Eric Martin goes on to say: "We're doing it now, we're working on it now, Paul Gilbert and I have been writing and recording everything and so far 10-13 songs, Billy Sheehan has one and (new drummer) Nick (D'Virgilio) has 4 songs that are pretty good, Hell Yeah, Hells to the Yeah".Eric goes on to say he'd like to do a duet with a female artist and goes on to name Joss Stone as well as John Mayer as another artist to collaborate with.PJ Farley goes on to wrap up the interview talking Fozzy's "Judas" Video experience riding a roller coaster for the first time for the Music Video as well as their latest single "SPOTLIGHT" as well as bringing is up to date on the latest happenings in the world of TRIXTER.THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW hosted by Troy Patrick Farrell is weekly LIVE Radio Showheard Wednesdays 2-5pm PST on Dirty Radio Classics. More information can be found at www.Drummertroy.comwww.DirtyRadio.FM - #DirtyRadioClassics
DONNIE VIE (FOUNDING MEMBER OF ENUFF ZNUFF) AND ALEX KANE (LIFE SEX AND DEATH) BOTH JOIN ME AGAIN ON THE SHOW, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER AS THEY TALK GETTING BACK TOGETHER AFTER DECADES, AND DONNIE VIE RETURNING TO THE WEST COAST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE.THE SHOWS ARE THIS WEEKEND09/28/2023 COUNT'S VAMP'D LAS VEGAS, NV09/29/2023 THE WHISKY A GOGO WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA10/01/2023 THE 44 GLENDALE, AZWE ALSO GIVE AWAY (STILL UP FOR GRABS AS OF THIS POSTING) (2) FREE MEET AND GREET PASSES FOR COUNT'S VAMP'D SHOW 09/28/2023 WHERE IF YOU ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING (3) QUESTIONS, THE FIRST 2 PEOPLE TO TEXT ANY ONE ANSWER TO 747-236-3456 GET'S EM! (50$ VALUE)(MUST PURCHASE EVENT TICKET SEPARATELY).THE MEET AND GREET CONSISTS OF MEETING THE BAND, PHOTOS, LANYARD, TSHIRT AND/OR FLASH DRIVE OF EXTENSIVE DONNIE VIE CATALOG.THE QUESTIONS: FAVE CURSE WORD, WHAT JOB WOULD YOU DO OTHER THAN MUSIC, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT GOD TO SAY AT THE PEARLY GATES UPON YOUR ARRIVAL?WWW.DONNIEVIE.COM
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THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW W/
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LIVE AIRDATE: 05/24/2023
WEDNESDAY
GUEST: MARCUS NAND
(GUITARIST OF MIKE TRAMP’S “SONGS OF WHITE LION” ALBUM/SPRING TOUR”)
NOTABLE
COMMENTS & TIME STAMPS:
00:00 – 05:30 SHOW INTRO,
TINA TURNER RIP, + WITH GUEST BACKGROUND
05:30 - 08:00 AUDIO
SAMPLE OF COMPARING WHITE LION’S “WAIT” GUITAR SOLO BY VITO BRATTA AND THE
RE-RECORD BY MARCUS NAND ON “SONGS OF WHITE LION”
10:45 MARCUS NAND JOINS THE SHOW
11:30 WE DISCUSS HOW THE TOUR
WAS AN ACOUSTIC TOUR AND NOT A “FULL BAND” SOUND DUO TOUR
12:35 MARCUS DISCUSSES WHY A
FULL BAND WAS NOT POSSIBLE THIS RUN
HOWEVER, WHILE IT’S A “FULL BAND FEEL” YET STILL INCLUDES THE STORIES.
WE WEREN’T IN A POSITION TO TAKE A RHYTHM SECTION AT THIS TIME, (BUT THE TRACKS)
ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE OF A FULL BAND FEEL”
14:45 NAND SPEAKS ABOUT HIS
HISTORY AS A FLEMENCO GUITARIST PLAYING WITH THE LIKES OF STEVE STEVENS, ETC
AND HOW HE MORPHED HIS style AND EXPERIENCE into that of a vito
bratto STYLE AND PAY TRIBUTE TO THE SOLOS.
‘YOU SORT OF HAVE TO PUT
YOURSELF IN THE FRAME OF MIND OF SERVING THE MUSIC. IT'S SORT OF SACRED GROUND,
VITO BRATTA IS A VERY, VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED GUITAR PLAYER, WHAT HE (BRATTA) DID
AT THAT TIME WITH THOSE SONGS, AND AS A SONGWRITER, THERE WAS NO REASON FOR ME
TO TRY DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT”
THE keys are
different, the tempos are different.
WE TRIED TO STAY TRUE, I TRIED TO STAY TRUE TO THE SONGS, I COMPARE IT RECITING
TO A CLASSIC POEM, YOU CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT NARRATOR (VOICE) BUT THE WORDS HAVE
TO BE THE WORDS. THAT WAS THE INTENTION THAT
WAS CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I TRY
TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WAS THEN AND WHAT (IS) NOW, IT WAS ON ME TO FIND WAYS
THESE SONGS WOULD EXIST IN THESE NEW KEYS (ABOUT A FOURTH DOWN)
MIKE’S
VOICE HAS MATURED OVER THE YEARS.
17:20 WE DISCUSS THE “WAIT” SOLO AND
HOW IMPORTANT AS THE SOLO WAS AS WELL AS THE PERFORMANCE BY MARCUS NAND LIVE.
18:30 MARCUS DISCUSSES HIS APPROACH TO
PERFORMING THE “WAIT” SOLO
HE ALSO NOTES: “IT’S
NERVE RACKING” “I THINK PEOPLE APPLAUD BECAUSE IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE
THEY’VE HEARD THAT LIVE”
PLUS “THE LYRICS AND STYLE (OF THE SONGS) HAS “HIT THEM IN THE HEART”
21:00 WE ASK THE QUESTION IF VITO
BRATTA HAS HEARD THE ALBUM AND HAS MARCUS HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH VITO BRATTA
AND WOULD THERE BE ANY PUSH BACK (LIKE IN THE PAST) FOR DOING A “SONGS OF WHITE
LION”
WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE TENSION WITH VITO AND MIKE W/
PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF WHITE LION.
21:40 WE ARE IN TOUCH, AND IT’S PRETTY
ASTONISHING TO ME, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I’M A MASSIVE MASSIVE FAN, I HAVE SO
MUCH RESPECT FOR WHAT HE DID & HIS CONTRIBUTION TO GUITAR IS JUST
PHENOMENAL.
HE’S VERY VERY SUPPORTIVE;
HE LIKES WHAT WE’RE DOING, I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT THAT INITIALLY, HE WROTE AN
EMAIL TO TRAMP, TRAMP PUT US INTO CONTACT AND WE’VE BEEN COMMUNICATING THE
LAST FEW WEEKS AND DEVOLOPING A VERY COOL FRIENDSHIP.
IT’S PRETTY SURREAL TO COME HOME FROM
A SHOW AND WRITE TO VITO AND “YOUR NAME WAS MENTIONED SO MANY TIMES, AND ITS
EVIDENT HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE YOU AND ADMIRE YOU”, SO IT’S NOTHING BUT SUPPORT
FROM VITO, IT’S REALLY GREAT.
IT’S SURREAL IN A WAY.
23:30 WE DISCUSS IF HIS FLEMENCO
BACKGROUND HELPS HIS APPROACH TO THE VITO BRATTA SOLOS (TWO HANDED APPROACH),
DOES THAT GIVE MARCUS AND ADVANTAGE?
“THAT’S A REALLY
INTERESTING POINT, YOU MIGHT BE ONTO SOMETHING THERE! IT’S NOT JUST A PIC IN
YOUR HAND, THE FINGERS ARE SORT OF INDEPENDENT THINGS”.
27:00 WE CLARIFY HIS PARTICIPATION WITH
“RATT”
28:00 WE DIVE INTO MARCUS’ HISTORY WITH
MANY ARTISTS
RICKY PHILLIPS (STYX), FERGIE FREDERICKSEN (TOTO) AND MORE
30:30 WE DISCUSS MARCUS’ CONTRIBUTION TO A
ROD STEWART SONG ON THE ALBUM “ANOTHER COUNTRY” AND NOT BEING CREDITED.
33:30 WE DISCUSS THE “SONGS OF WHITE LION”
TOUR OVERSEAS (FULL BAND TOUR)
34:30 MARCUS DISCUSSES THE FALL 2023 USA
TOUR BRIEFLY (SEPT-NOVEMBER- A FULL BAND 8 WEEK TOUR)
35:45 REGARDING VITO
BRATTA’S CONTRIBUTION TO WHITE LION: HE IS SPECTACULAR, AS YOU STUDY THESE SONGS, IT’S NOT JUST THE
SOLOS, ALSO HIS RHYTHM WORK AND ALL THE LITTLE NUANCES, ALL THE OPEN STRING
WORK UNDER THE vocal IS REALLY
SPECTACULAR, REALLY REWARDING TO FIGURE OUT.
38:20 WILL YOU EVER HAVE A MEETING
WITH VITO?
I WOULD LOVE THAT, HE HAS
SOME OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES AT THE MOMENT, BUT I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE
THAT, WE DID TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY AMAZING TO DO”.
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AIRDATE: 05/17/2023 WEDNESDAY
GUEST: JOSEY SCOTT (FOUNDING MEMBER OF
SALIVA) JOSEY SCOTT’S SALIVA (2023)
0:00 SHOW INTRO-GUEST
BACKGROUND-TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED
6:44 JOSEY SCOTT JOINS THE SHOW
7:30 WE DISCUSS HOW BOTH
“SALIVA’S” WILL EXIST AMICABLY WHERE MOST BANDS FROM THE 80’S HAVE BEEN
LITIGIOUS
9:12 ‘WE’RE NOT 2 SALIVA CAMPS,
WE’RE ONE SALIVA CAMP” “BOBBY HAS THE 2ND
HALF OF THE MATERIAL, I HAVE THE FIRST HALF OF THE MATERIAL”. “MINES MORE OF A TRIBUTE, BROADWAY SHOW TYPE
OF THING, BOBBY WILL BE DOING HIS MATERIAL”“THERE’S NO INFIGHTING, NOTHING BUT LOVE AND
RESPECT”
10:30 HE DISCUSSES HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH BOBBY AMARU SR (BOBBY
AMARU JR’S DAD) AND SUPPORT HE GOT FROM THE AMARU’S FROM THE LOSS OF HIS OLDEST
SON CODY.11:22 HE
EXPLAINS THE DELAY IN “SHADE VIOLENT” ALBUM AND TOUR
12:06 JOSEY DISCUSSES HOW THINGS
CHANGED GEARS WITH WAYNE SWINNY’S PASSING, AND COMMENDED THE ORGANIZATON BY
BOBBY AMARU OF THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR SWINNY.13:05 “CERTAINLY BOBBY HAS MY BLESSING ON GOING OUT THERE DOING HIS THING
WITH SALIVA AND I’M GONNA DO MINE, THERE’S NO BAD BLOOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
IT’S A GOOD THING”
13:27 WE DISCUSS HOW THE FORGING OF A FRIENDSHIP WITH BOBBY AMARU
SR ALLOWED BOTH CAMPS TO NAVIGATE THE LOSS OF WAYNE SWINNY TOGETHER.“OUT OF DEATH, SPRINGS FORTH LIFE”
14:30 JOSEY CONTINUES TO WEIGH IN ON THE LOSS OF HIS CHILD. “I GOOGLED “LOSING A CHILD” AND GOOGLE POPPED
BACK “THE ULTIMATE TRAGEDY” “I WOULDN’T WISH THAT ON MY WORST ENEMY”.
-NOTE THAT MONDAY MAY 22, 2023, WILL BE ONE
YEAR SINCE HIS SON’S PASSING
16:45 THROUGH
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH BOBBY AMARU SR, JOSEY AND BOBBY AMARU JR HAD ALREADY
DISCUSSED MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS.18:31 WE
DISCUSS THE FAILED REUNION OF JOSEY SCOTT AND SALIVA AS WELL AS THE BLUE RIDGE
FESTIVAL APPEARANCE, WHICH WOULD BE ONLY AND LAST APPEARANCE OF JOSEY SCOTT
WITH WAYNE SWINNY.
19:30 “A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED WAS MY FAULT, BECAUSE I HADN’T
BEEN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN 10 YEARS”.
“WHAT A DIFFERENCE 10 YEARS MAKES”! -JOSEY SCOTT ON THE FAILED
SALIVA REUNION
HE GOES ON TO SAY WITH COVID, HIS SON GETTING SICK AND AS THE “WORLD JUST
SHIFTED GEARS”, CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY, THE REUNION “JUST IMPLODED AFTER
THAT”.21:08 HE
GOES ONTO REFLECT ON THE BLUE RIDGE FESTIVAL OPPORTUNITY THAT HAPPENED IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2022. “I WAS IN A BETTER
POSITION TO SAY YES TO THAT OPPORTUNITY”.
21:30 “I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS GONNA BE THE LAST TIME I WOULD
EVER GET TO WALK ON STAGE WITH WAYNE SWINNY AND I’M JUST SO GLAD WE GOT TO PLAY
THAT GIG TOGETHER”
“THE UNIVERSE ABSOLUTELY KNOWS WHAT IT’S DOIN’”
WITH RESPECT TO THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF A REUNION/ TOUR: “MAYBE WASN’T
MEAN TO BE IN THAT FORM, IN THAT CONNOTATION” “IF THAT’S THE CASE, I’M GLAD IT
DIDN’T HAPPEN AND I’M GLAD WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE BLUE RIDGE”.22:55 WE
DISCUSS WHAT IT WAS LIKE JOINING THE BAND IN FRONT OF A REPORTED 60-100k PEOPLE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A DECADE WITH THE NEW SINGER ON THE SIDE OF THE
STAGE.“IT WAS
ABSOLUTE MAGIC MAN”
24:20 HE TALKS ABOUT BEING NERVOUS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE AND HIS
WIFE WALKED OVER AND SAID WHAT HE NEEDED TO HEAR TO GET ON STAGE: SHE SAID, “YOU BELONG HERE”
“AFTER SHE SAID THAT, IT JUST CENTERED ME”.
“I’M ACTUALLY GONNA GET A TATTOO THAT SAYS “YOU BELONG HERE”
26:25 WE
DISCUSSED ODD JOBS THAT JOSEY DID WHILE ON HIATUS AFTER LEAVING SALIVA.HE TALKS ABOUT
DOING DRUG COUNSELING FOR THE SHERIFF’S DEPT FOR 3 YEARS IN HIS HOMETOWN
(BEFORE MOVING TO TULSA) AFTER GETTING CLEAN OFF OF PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS.
IN 2016, HE TOOK “PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST” CLASSES IN TULSA TO HELP
VETERANS, HOMELESS AND OTHERS THAT DIDN’T HAVE RESOURCES TO FIND DRUG AND
ALCOHOL REHAB.
“IT WAS ALMOST AS GOOD A FOOD FOR THE SOUL AS MUSIC IS”
30:00 WE TALK ABOUT JOSEY JOINING
POISON ON STAGE LAST SUMMER IN TULSA, OK AT THE BOK CENTER.“ME AND BRET HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD FRIENDS OVER
THE YEARS, HE’S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF MY CAREER AND MY COMEBACK”.
“IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE TO GET TO GET ON STAGE WITH MY HEROES IN FRONT OF A
SOLD OUT CROWD”
32:09 WE ASK THE QUESTION IF JOSEY SCOTT’S
SALIVA WILL WRITE NEW MUSIC OR JUST TOUR PERFORMING THE SONGS FROM THE JOSEY
SCOTT’S SALIVA ERA.“I’VE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THAT, AND FOR RIGHT NOW,
I’M JUST GONNA KEEP, WHAT I CALL “DELIVERING THE PACKAGE””.HE GOES ON TO
TALK ABOUT TOURING THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS, EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA.
“MUSIC IS MEDICATION, MUSIC IS MEDICINE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE HURTING”
-JOSEY SCOTT
35:40 I ASK WHY JOSEY SCOTT DIDN’T JUST CALL THE BAND
SALIVA.
“I DON’T WANT TO
CONFUSE THE MARKET AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GETTING, I WAS GONE
FOR 10 YEARS, AND WHEN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN SALIVA (THE PAST 10 YEARS), THEY’VE
SEEN THE “BOBBY ERA” AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR TO PEOPLE WHAT VERSION
THEY’RE GOING TO SEE” 37:30 “I JUST WANNA LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHICH DRUG THEY’RE GETTIN’”
37:35 WE DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL THE NEW SONG “HORIZON” THAT
WAS WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY WAYNE SWINNY ALONG WITH JOSEY SCOTT AND BOBBY AMARU
WHO ARE WRITING AND COMPLETING THE VERSES DUBBED WAYNE SWINNY’S “SWAN SONG”
JOSEY GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR WAYNE SWINNY AND
REFERENCES THAT AT THE END OF THE EVENING AS BOBBY AMARU FINISHED HIS THOUGHTS,
THE SONG WAS PLAYED ON THE CLOSING PHOTOS
A VERSION OF THE SONG CAN BE FOUND HERE
FROM VIDEO AT THE MEMORIAL DURING THE CLOSING OF THE CELEBRATION OF WAYNE
SWINNY’S LIFE
https://youtu.be/F89QAvDpsMU?t=199
39:20 WHEN JOSEY ASKED BOBBY
ABOUT THE SONG, BOBBY NOTED “THAT WAS THE LAST SONG WE RECORDED TOGETHER”BOBBY SAID “HEY
MAN, WHY DON’T WE GET INTO THE STUDIO TOGETHER AND YOU CAN WRITE THE 2ND
VERSE, AND THE CHORUS IF YOU WANT TO, & WE’LL DO THIS TOGETHER, SINCE
IT’S WAYNE SWINNY’S SWAN SONG. WE’LL DO THIS
AS THE BEGINNING LEAD SINGER AND THE CURRENT LEAD SINGER””
41:45 JOSEY CONFIRMS THAT WAYNE
SWINNY DID IN FACT RECORD GUITARS ON THIS SONG AND IT IS HIS LAST SOLO
RECORDED.“IT’S ONE OF THE BEST LEADS HE’S EVER PLAYED, IT
WILL MAKE THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK STAND UP”JOSEY HOPES
TO GET HIS VOCALS DONE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO (SUMMER OF 2023).
43:00 WE GO ON TO RECAP A FEW OF THE UPCOMING DATES, MENTION
JOSEYSCOTTROCKS.COM AND THEIR APPEARANCE AT NOTABLE STOPS AT THE STURGIS RALLY,
WHISKY A GOGO OF WHICH HE’S NEVER PLAYED.44:45 JOSEY
MENTIONS HIS BAND WHICH INCLUDES HIS SON AS WELL.45:40 JOSEY
DISCUSSES BRIEFLY ABOUT BEING BACK ON THE ROAD AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE.“IT FEELS
AMAZING MAN, I ENJOY IT EVEN MORE NOW” “I KNOW HOW TO BE GRATEFUL AND MORE
THANKFUL FOR IT” “I GET TO DO IT WITH A SOBER MIND AND A CLEAR HEAD, IT’S JUST
A BLESSING AND THANKFUL TO THE FANS”.
48:15 INTERVIEW
RECAP
48:56 END OF SHOW CREDITS INFO ETC
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Guest: Bobby Blotzer (RATT DRUMMER)
00:00 STATION ID/SHOW INTRO
01:22 TTTO SHOW + GUEST PREVIEW
02:46 RATT “THE ATLANTIC YEARS” INFO
03:38 SPECULATION ON A POSSIBLE RATT TOUR,
PEARCY QUOTES FROM RECENT INTERVIEWS, ETC
07:17 “THE ATLANTIC YEARS” DETAILS
RECAPPED IN FURTHER DETAIL
09:30 BOBBY BLOTZER OF RATT ON THE PHONE
10:30 WILL THIS RELEASE PUT RATT BACK ON
STAGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
BLOTZER STATES THAT LITIGATION IS
OVER AND “EVERYBODY SHOULD JUST BRUSH IT OFF” RATT SHOULD “SHAKE THEIR BUTTS, MAKE SOME
MONEY, MAKE THE PEOPLE HAPPY”
12:00 BLOTZER AND STEVE (STEPHEN PEARCY)
“TALK ABOUT IT (A REUNION) ALL OF THE TIME, TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF WARREN
(DEMARTINI)”.
HE MENTIONS A POTENTIAL MANAGER/ADVERSARY THAT HAS REACHED WARREN BY
PHONE.
BLOTZER STATES THAT PEACY AND JUAN (CROUCIER) “HAVE SOME SLOPPY ENDS TO TIE
UP” BEFORE MORE HAPPENS
“IT HAS TO HAPPEN THOUGH”
13:00 IF IT DOESN’T HAPPEN WITH THIS RELEASE, IT
COULD HAPPEN IN 2024 AS IT’S TOO LATE IN THE YEAR TO MOUNT A TOUR. “NEXT YEAR IS 40 YEARS SINCE (OUT OF THE)
CELLAR CAME OUT”
“I FEEL LIKE IT’S INEVITABLE, THE FANS WANT TO SEE THIS OUTFIT ONE MORE TIME
OUT THERE”
13:50 ON MOTLEY CRUE: “RATT’S
ALWAYS CRUSHED MOTLEY MUSICALLY”
“THEY GOT
MORE PRESS, MOVIE STARS, EXPLICIT SEX, MURDERS AND SHIT, ALWAYS IN THE MAGAZINES”.
“I DON’T THINK THEY WANT TO GO TOE TO TOE WITH US”
14:20 WE DISCUSS HOW MOTLEY CRUE USED “DRAMA” TO
THEIR ADVANTAGE, HOW JOURNEY IS TOURING WHILE 2 MEMBERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
DUELING LAWSUITS, THE SINGER “IS WAITING TO GET FIRED” YET RATT CAN’T “GET IT
TOGETHER”.
I ASK: IS IT LACK OF
PROPER MANAGEMENT THAT ALLOWED THIS STATE OF “RATT” TO EXIST?
BLOTZER COMMENTS ON REGRETS OF “AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY” ON THE INTERNET WHILE STILL FEELING THE
NEED TO EXPRESS THAT IT ISN’T REASONABLE TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BAND (IE; WHEN
PEARCY QUIT THE BAND). “IN HINDSIGHT, I WISHED I’D NOT
SPOKEN UP”.
HE ALSO TALKS
ABOUT NOTABLE LAWSUITS WITH BANDS LIKE THE RASCALS, MARK FARNER/GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
AND JOURNEY.
“IT’S A JOKE”
SOME OF
THESE GUYS (THE RASCALS) ARE ON THEIR DEATH BED (IN THEIR 80’S WITH PENDING
LITIGATION)”
17:00 THE ISSUES/LAWSUITS/DRAMA HAS “TAKEN THE LIFE OUT OF ME AS FAR
AS THE LOVE OF THE GAME” ON IF HE COULD PUT TOGETHER AN ALTERNATE
PROJECT WITH OTHER PLAYERS.
WHAT IT (THE LAWSUITS) COSTS IN YOUR SPIRIT,
IN YOUR HEART, AND IN YOUR SOUL.
17:38 “RIGHT NOW, I’M KIND OF RETIRED, I KNOW I CAN GO OUT AND
ROCK AND TOUR AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH RATT”.
WE HAD A 1.25 MILLION DOLLAR OFFER TO OPEN A NEW ARENA, EVERYBODY TURNED IT DOWN. THESE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT CHIP AWAY AT THE
INFRASTUCTURE OF DOING BUSINESS.
“I DON’T HAVE ANY MORE GRUDGES, IT’S
NOT HEALTHY,
I DO LOVE RATT, I DO LOVE THE GUYS”.
18:45 “I DON’T KNOW WHY WE CAN’T DO IT (REUNITE)
WHEN OTHER BANDS MORE DISFUCTIONAL LIKE A MOTLEY CRUE”, (CAN REUNITE AND
CONTINUE)
19:04 “YOU CAN’T BE A DEMOCRACY IN A BAND, YOU NEED A LEADER”
(AND REFERS TO NIKKI SIXX LEADING THE CHARGE W/ ALAN KOVAC.
“THOSE TWO LEAD THE CHARGE”.
20:12 I FOLLOW UP ON THE 1.25 MILLION
DOLLAR OFFER AND ASK THAT IF THAT ISN’T MOTIVATION, WHAT COULD BE GETTING IN THE WAY OF REUNITING IN SOME
WAY SHAPE OR FORM (WHETHER A ONE OFF, FESTIVAL OR TOUR)?
BLOTZER STATES
THAT WARREN HAS RECENTLY BEEN “WILLING TO GET IN AND LISTEN” BUT HE
HEARS FROM OTHER’S THAT “HE’S DONE”
22:11 “WE MAKE GOOD MONEY SITTING ON
OUR ASSES AT HOME”
“IT MIGHT BE THE FEAR FACTOR” (THE PREVENTS A REUNION)
23:40 I ASK IF BOBBY HAS ANY REGRETS GOING
OUT AS “RATT” IN 2016/2017 WHICH FOLLOWED WITH VARIOUS LAWSUITS.
HE ACKNOWLEDGES IT WAS A FACTOR AND ALSO NOTES A “CHANGE IN POWER” WHEN
WARREN DEMARTINI WAS ALSO VOTED OUT.
REGARDING REUNION
POSSIBILITIES:
“IT’S GONNA HAPPEN I THINK, NEXT WOULD BE THE YEAR”
26:00 ON DOING OTHER PROJECTS OR GIGS. “NO, I HAVEN’T WANTED TO, I’VE BEEN COMING OUT OF PTSD WORLD”
27:05 BOBBY STATES HE WOULD PARTNER
WITH PEARCY IF WARREN WOULDN’T EVER COME BACK AND THEY WOULD PARTNER UP TO
DELIVER “RATT”
28:15 BLOTZER COMMENDS PEARCY’S WIFE FOR
BRINGING HIM INTO A DIFFERENT REALM, “HE’S CLEANED UP, EVERYTHING”!
28:45 WE DISCUSS IF THERE IS SOMEONE (IN
A MANAGERIAL POSITION) THAT COULD “GET THIS TOGETHER”. BLOTZER STATES HE THINKS SO, HOWEVER “THERE’S
NEVER BEEN ANYONE OUT THERE BEFORE”
BLOTZER STATES THERE
IS A BEHIND THE SCENES MANAGER RIGHT NOW THAT IS PULLING HARD (FOR A REUNION).
32:00 DID THE BAND PUT FORTH A COLLECTIVE
EFFORT IN DESIGNING THE BOX SET RELEASE?
BOBBY STATES THAT WHILE HE HAD THE CONCEPT OF THE COVER AND PACKAGE, THE
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ALSO CONTRIBUTED NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHOTOS.
“I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE
THAT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT THEIR HEAD IN THE GAME ON THIS TOO”.
33:25 BLOTZER DISCUSSES THE POSSIBILITY
OF NEW MUSIC AND I ASK HIS THOUGHTS ON PEARCY’S OPINION THAT ESSENTIALLY
ANYTHING POST ROBBIN’S PASSING “ISN’T REALLY RATT” (LOOSELY QUOTED)
I DON’T AGREE WITH STEPHEN’S POSITION ON THAT IN
ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM”
HE GOES ON TO SAY “LET
ME REPHRASE THAT, IT CHANGED WHEN ROBBIN WAS OUT, THE CHEMISTRY CHANGED FOR
SURE, IT WASN’T FOR THE BETTER, BUT WE STILL HAD GREAT SONGS”.
37:00 IF YOU COULD CALL ROBBIN CROSBY RIGHT NOW,
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’D SAY ABOUT NOT REUNITING?
ROBBIN WOULD SAY, “WHY
CAN’T WE JUST DO IT, WHY DO WE GOTTA FIGHT AND TALK”?
HE GOES
ON TO SAY THAT HE AND ROBBIN WERE THE ONES THAT ALWAYS STRIVED TO KEEP THINGS
MOVING (FORWARD).
HE FEELS
ULTIMATELY WHAT ROBBIN WOULD SAY: “I MEAN DUDE, YOU’RE SITTING ON
YOUR ASS, YOU WANNA MAKE SOME MONEY AND MAKE THE FANS HAPPY? WE OWE IT TO THE
FANS, WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES”
“I LOVE ROBBIN, I MISS HIM”
38:38 WE TALK REMASTERING OF “THE ATLANTIC YEARS”
AND WE ADDRESS BEAU HILL (PRODUCER) AND HIS RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT HOW BLOTZER
WAS BEAU HILL’S LEAST FAVORITE GUY.
“IT’S REAL EASY, ‘BLOW HILL’ IS
DISLIKED BY EVERYBODY IN RATT, EVERYBODY IN ALL OF THE BIG BANDS, ALL OF THESE
BANDS, THEY COULDN’T STAND HIM,
HE’S A DICTATOR”
BLOTZER FEELS
THAT AN EXCERPT IN HIS BOOK (BOBBY BLOTZER; TAILS OF A RATT) CRITICIZING BEAU’S
USE OF THE “RATT” STUDIO FOR HIS OWN USES (ARTIST/GIRLFRIEND FIONA) PROMPTED
THAT COMMENT. “I APPRECIATE HIS INPUT; I
REGRET SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO PUT UP WITH HIM”.
“HE WAS GOOD WITH STEPHEN AND DRIVING THE MELODIES AND LYRICS INTO A BETTER POSITION FOR
THE SONG, MUSICALLY HE
DIDN’T DO ANYTHING, HE RESTRICTED ME, RESTRICTED JUAN”
43:00 HAD RATT EVER PLAYED TO TRACKS? HE DISCUSSES THE HORNS IN “WAY COOL JUNIOR”
BEING THE ONLY ATTEMPT AND DIVES INTO MORE ABOUT IT.
“ONE NIGHT, I WENT TO THE THING (TAPE MACHINE) IN SUCH DISGUST, I BROKE IT, WE WILL NEVER
USE THIS THING AGAIN”
45:15 HE WEIGHS IN ON HIS THOUGHTS OF
WHAT MOTLEY CRUE IS GOING THROUGH WITH THE LAWSUIT AND MICK MARS AND HOW HIS
RELATIONSHIPS HAVE CHANGED WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS.
“THEY’RE NOT THE SAME GUYS I WAS SO TIGHT WITH, THEY’RE DIFFERENT CATS NOW, WE
ALL ARE”
“I KNOW HOW NIKKI IS, HE’S A LITTLE TOO COCKY, HE’S
GOT A RIGHT TO BE TO SOME DEGREE, BUT NOT AGAINST SOME PEOPLE HE’S KNOWN FOREVER”.
I’M NOT A FAN OF MOTLEY, IF I HEAR A
RIFF START OF MOTLEY, MY HAND IS SO FAST ON THE KNOB (OF
THE RADIO)”.
47:22 I START OFF BY SAYING THAT THE GUYS IN RATT
HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN NOT AND LEAD INTO THAT IF THEY CAN COME TOGETHER
SOMEWAY; WHO FILLS THE SHOES OF ROBBIN CROSBY SHOULD RATT GET BACK TOGETHER IN
A LIVE SETTING?
HE STARTS OFF BY DISCUSSING HOW THE NEGATIVITY HAS FILLED TOO MUCH OF THE AIR
IN THE ROOM.
“WE HAD WAY MORE FUN
THAN DISFUNCTION” “WE
GET OBSCURED EVEN IN OUR OWN MOUTHS, MIND, HEARTS”.
“ONCE WE GET TOGETHER, IT’S SO FUN”
49:00 ON WHO MIGHT REPLACE ROBBIN: “I WOULD THINK CARLOS WOULD BE
INVITED BACK, I WOULD RATHER HAVE MICHAEL SCHENKER ON THAT SIDE OF THE STAGE,
THAT WAS FIERY WITH HIM AND WARREN UP THERE, THEY WERE BATTLING EVERY NIGHT”.
52:25 “FOR
RATT NOT TO BE ON THAT TOP SHELF, TO BE ON THAT STADIUM TOUR, IT’S RIDICULOUS”
“OUR ARGUING AND OUR WOES
HAVE CLICKED US DOWN (A FEW NOTCHES). I WANT
RATT, THE ENTITY, TO GET IT’S DUE, A BIG SHOW LIKE WE USED TO AND TO KILL AND
CONQUER”.
54:45 WE BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF
FAME.
“I DON’T GIVE A SHIT”, MISSY ELLIOT,
WILLIE NELSON, THEY’RE NOT ROCK N ROLL”
57:15 END OF SHOW CREDITS AND INFORMATION
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On this episode of THIS THAT AND THE OTHER with TROY PATRICK FARRELL, vocalist of WIG WAM, Åge Sten Nilson joins me to discuss Wig Wam's longevity, thoughts on our hero bands fighting and what they should do to resolve their differences and thoughts on bands like KISS and Motley Crue among others and the use of Tracks during Live Performances.www.WigWamOfficial.com #OutOfTheDark US Tour April/May 2023Transcript and Time Stamps:THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW W/
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Show Date: 04-12-2023
Guest: Åge Sten Nilsen Vocalist of Wig
Wam (Norway)
00:50 SHOW
START-GUEST INFO
02:45 WEBSITE AND
TOUR INFO
04:00 FOREIGN VISA
TAX THOUGHTS
06:40 INTERVIEW
INTRODUCTION
08:00 ÅGE STEN NILSEN
ANSWERS FROM OSLO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
08:30 DISCUSSING
THOUGHTS ON COMING TO THE USA “WE’RE EXCITED, WE’VE NEVER PLAYED IN THE US BEFORE-THIS IS (OUR) FIRST
TIME, WE’RE READY FOR A KILLER SHOW”!
09:20 WE DISCUSS WIG
WAM’S LONGEVITY OF THE SAME MEMBERS FOR OVER 20 YEARS (MINUS A 5 YEAR
HIATUS), WHILE OUR HERO BANDS ARE FIGHTING (MOTLEY CRUE, KISS AND ACE
FREHLEY, JOURNEY) WE DISCUSS THEORIES ON WHY BANDS SPLIT (EGO ETC) &
HOW WIG WAM HAVE MANAGED TO GET BEYOND THEIR ISSUES. “WE BURIED OUR HATCHETS AND CAME
TO OUR SENSES-IT’S ALL ABOUT GROWING UP”
10:30 STATES DURING
THEIR SPLIT OF 5 YEARS, THEY WERE TRAPPED INSIDE “OUR CHARACTERS” (*WIG
WAM HAS TAKEN ON A SUPER HERO PERSONA WITH EACH GUY HAVING A NICKNAME)
11:00 TALKS ROOTS OF
“WIG WAM” - “WE STARTED
OFF LIKE STEEL PANTHER”
11:30 THOUGHTS ON MOTLEY
CRUE/PAUL STANLEY VS ACE FREHLEY FIGHTING:
“DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC,
NOT TOO KEEN ON THAT, CAN’T THEY JUST GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A FIGHT BETWEEN THEMSELVES”?
12:00 DISCUSSING
SPARKS IN THE WIG WAM CAREER- WITH COME-BACKS
Eurovision Song Contest (2005), COME BACK ALBUM AFTER REFORMING IN
2020 BUT
HAMPERED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS, JAN 2022- “DO YOU WANNA TASTE IT” ADDED AS OPENING THEME TO
HBOMAX’S “PEACEMAKER”
13:30 HOW WIG WAM
GOT A SONG ON THE HBO MAX SHOW “PEACEMAKER”
(CREATOR) “JAMES GUNN HAD US ON HIS RADAR AND WAS A FAN OF THE BAND”.
“HE FOUND IT TO BE THE PERFECT SONG OF THE
DANCE ROUTINE.” “WE THOUGHT IT WAS A
REQUEST FOR A COMMERCIAL OR SOMETHING”
15:40 DISCUSSING THE
POSTPONEMENT OF THE FIRST TOUR IN 2022 (COVID/VISA DELAYS)
16:10 ON TOURING
IN THE USA: “WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, WE HOPE THERE ARE
PLENTY OF ROCK N ROLL FANS THAT WANT TO CHECK OUT THIS KIND OF NEW BAND FROM
NORWAY, THAT ARE KINDA CRAZY ON STAGE”, “WE PROMISE WE GONNA PUT ON ONE HELL OF
A SHOW”, “WE’RE IN OUR PRIME, WE’VE
NEVER SOUNDED BETTER, WE ARE DRUG FREE, SAFE AND SOUND AND WE’RE GOOD TO GO,
AND WE REALLY LOVE PLAYING”
WE’RE
HAPPY TO COME DOWN AND PLAY AND I THINK THAT’S GONNA SHOW
18:30 VISA DISCUSSIONS AND HOW
EUROPE MAY ANSWER BACK WITH TAXING AMERICAN BAND WHO GO OVERSEAS: “THE EXPENSES FOR US TO COME
OVER AND PLAY THESE GIGS, IT’S CRAZY MAN”
“YOU’LL SEE A CHANGE IN THE COMING
YEARS” (WHEN IT COMES TO AMERICAN BANDS GOING ABROAD AND TAXES)
“WE’RE NOT COMING OVER TO THE US TO STEAL AMERICAN MUSICIAN’S JOBS, WE’RE
COMING TO CREATE JOBS”, “WE’RE COMING TO GIVE PEOPLE SOMETHING NEW”
“AMERICAN BANDS HAVE COME TO EUROPE AND TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED, IT’S TIME FOR
AMERICA TO BE EASIER ON LETTING EUROPEAN ACTS COME TO (USA), IT’S CULTURE MAN,
WE NEED TO GROW TOGETHER, WE MIGHT SEE THINGS WITH DIFFERENT GLASSES THAN THE
AMERICANS, WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, EVEN BY MUSIC”.
21:30 THOUGHTS ON BAND’S USING
TRACKS: “I THINK THE ROCK N ROLL SHOWS PRODUCTION HAS
BECOME SO BIG (SYNCING
PYRO LIGHTS ETC WITH THE MUSIC) “WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYTHING ON TRACK AND IN
SYNC, SHOULD WE (JUST) ADD SOME BACKGROUND CHOIRS, EXTRA GUITARS AND
VOCALS?” IT’S ALL IN THE NAME OF THE BIG
PRODUCTION”
“WE TRIED IT BEFORE IN 2003, WE HAD SOME SONGS WITH SOMETHING ON TRACK”, IT DIDN’T FEEL,…WE LOST OUR
SOULS. IN THE MIDDLE OF A SONG THESE
DAYS, WE CAN DO SPECIAL THINGS, THE MAGIC OF THE MOMENT”
(HE GOES ON TO SPEAK ABOUT SINGING FOR TONEY CAREY (RAINBOW-KEYBOARDS))
“I WAS HIS SINGER FOR MANY YEARS, THE RAINBOW-DIO ERA; “WE NEVER BROUGHT A
SETLIST” ,“WE KNEW WHAT SONG TO START WITH AND WHAT SONG TO END THE SHOW
WITH.”
“THAT MEANT
SOMETIMES WE WOULD IMPROVISE AND MAKE NEW TUNES, NEW MELODIES AND JAM”, “ONE
NIGHT WAS NEVER THE SAME AS THE NEXT NIGHT”
WE ALWAYS
TRIED TO FIND SOMETHING NEW (A NEW MAGIC EACH NIGHT).
“ROCK N ROLL NEEDS TO LEARN SOMETHING
FROM JAZZ, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TO A SHOW AND THE NEXT DAY, THE SHOW WILL BE
TOTALLY DIFFERENT,
“IT’S THE MAGIC OF THE
MOMENT, I THINK ROCK N ROLL IS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY”
24:30 REGARDING KISS (END OF THE ROAD TOUR):
“I’M A HUGE KISS
FAN, I’VE BEEN TO LIKE 5 OR 6 OF THOSE SHOWS, (END OF THE ROAD TOUR) AND IT’S
EXACTLY THE SAME, YOU KNOW WHAT HE’S GONNA SAY BETWEEN THE SONGS, EVERYTHING IS
THE SAME, SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST PUT ON A DVD OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT.
“WE’RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT NIGHT COUNT
AND THE NEXT DAY IT WILL BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOU’RE MAKING IT AS IT GO, AND THAT’S THE COOL THING ABOUT NOT
USING TRACKS.
“YOU
HAVE TO TAKE CHANCES SOMETIMES”
26:00 “IF I HAVE A BAD DAY AT
WORK, IM A HUMAN BEING, IF MY VOICE IS TIRED FROM 4 DAYS IN A ROW, OK, THAT’S
THE SOUND OF MY VOICE THAT DAY, AND THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF BEING A HUMAN BEING. THE THING IS, THESE DAYS,
THERE’S SO MUCH MONEY BUILT INTO THESE PRODUCTIONS, THEY CAN’T RISK THE SINGER
TO HAVE A BAD DAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE YOU TUBE AND ALL THAT SHIT”.
“LIKE I SAW IAN GILLIAN, GREAT SINGER; A
CONCERT SHOWN FROM PARIS, HE HAD A REALLY BAD DAY, HE TO CATCH THE FLU,
THAT WAS THE BEAUTY OF THAT CONCERT, HE HAD TO COME UP WITH NEW MELODIES, HE
HAD TO WORK AROUND THE MELODIES, HE WAS STRUGGLING, BUT HE WAS HUMAN.
WHEN
I SEE SOMETHING MODERN WITH AUTOTUNE AND ALL THAT SHIT, IT’S “AH”.
“EVERYBODY CAN MAKE A MISTAKE, IT’S BETTER TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
HUMAN BEINGS AND WE CAN MAKE MISTAKES AND THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT IT”.
29:15 ABOUT THE BAND NAME “WIG WAM” AND THE
HISTORY OF THE BAND. ORIGINALLY CALLED
THE “ABSOLUTE FRIDAY BAND”, A JAM BAND, WEEKLY JAM SESSIONS ON FRIDAY
NIGHTS.
THEY GOT BOOKED FOR AN 80’S THEMED PRIVATE PARTY SHOULDN’T BE CALLED THE “ABSOLUTE
FRIDAY BAND”.
THEY ALL APPRECIATE (THE BAND) “THE SWEET” WHO HAS A SONG CALLED “WIGWAM
BAM” AND THE DRUMMER “SPORTY” HAD PLAYED DRUMS IN SWEET WHICH ULTIMATELY
INSPIRED THE BAND NAME.
31:20 ABOUT THE
STAGE NAMES: (TEENY,
SPORTY, GLAM, FLASH) WE WANTED
TO CREATE CHARACTERS, MAKING A STORY ABOUT THE BAND FROM THE BRONX AND
IMMIGRATED TO NORWAY.
THEY STARTED TO ADD IN ORIGINALS IN THE COVER BAND BUT PRETENDED THEY WERE KISS
AND BON JOVI COVERS AND PEOPLE REALLY LOVED THEM, MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE
AN ALBUM, AND SO WE DID.
32:30 ABOUT THE DISCOGRAPHY OF THE EARLY ALBUMS AND
“667, THE NEIGHBOR OF THE BEAST”
33:30 ABOUT THE BAND SLOGAN
"Rock is the new schläger".
WHICH SIMPLY MEANS “ROCK
IS THE NEW “HIT” (SONG)
35:30 FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE
TOUR, BAND MEET AND GREETS ETC
“WE ARE EAGER TO PUT
ON A GREAT SHOW, AND KICK SOME ASS, EVERY NIGHT”
“AFTER EVERY SHOW, WE WILL
SIGN AND TAKE PHOTOS” (AT THE MERCH BOOTH FREE OF CHARGE)
“WE’RE COMING OVER
TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS”
37:00 FINAL TOUR DETAILS AND INTERVIEW WRAP UP
WIG WAM “Out of the Dark” USA Tour
Spring 2023
www.WigWamOfficial.com
Apr 15 Fresno,
CA, US Tower Theatre
Apr 16 Roseville,
CA, US Goldfield
Trading Post Roseville
Apr 17 West
Hollywood, CA, US Whisky a Go Go
Apr 22 St
Charles, IL, US Arcada Theatre *with WINGER
Apr 24 Warrendale,
PA, US Jergels
Apr 27 Leesburg,
VA, US Tally Ho Theater
Apr 29-May 4 Cape Canaveral, FL, US Monsters of Rock Cruise
In Light of Founding Guitarist WAYNE SWINNY of Saliva, who passed away today 03/22/2023, I wanted to upload and share his final in person interview for radio; along w/ singer of 12 Years, Bobby Amaru whom invited me out to chat and see their show with their new drummer on Fremont Street in Las Vegas.We will all miss Wayne whom I had the pleasure to tour with in 2018 quite extensively when I was in Tantric. I send love and light to their fans, bandmates and of course his family.He was 59.SALIVA Guitarist WAYNE SWINNY Dies After Suffering Brain Hemorrhage - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW W/ TROY PATRICK
FARRELL
www.DirtyRadio.FM / www.drummertroy.com / Channel 2- Dirty
Radio Classics
Live WEDS 2-5pm PST (Saturday Replay 5-8pm PST)
OnDemand/Podcast Site for Interviews: www.tinyurl.com/TTTOTPFARCHIVE
03/08/2023
GUEST: ANDREW FREEMAN (LAST IN LINE)
3:30 ANDREW FREEMAN JOINS THE SHOW
5:00 DISCUSSES THE PROCESS OF THE 3RD ALBUM AND THE
DYNAMICS OF WRITING AND RECORDING
DURING A PANDEMIC NOT LIVING IN THE SAME CITIES. THE BAND PRIMARILY LIKES TO “WRITE AS A UNIT”
VS. OVER EMAILING TRACKS.
Half of the album “JERICHO” was done in 2020 and the rest in June of 2022.
6:00 ANDREW DISCUSSES CHANGING FROM FRONTIERS TO earMUSIC STATING
THAT “VIVIAN MADE THE DECISION TO CHANGE AND WOULD NOT ALLOW CHANGES TO THE
ORIGINAL CONTRACT”.
ALL NEW TEAM, LABEL, MANAGEMENT AND WILL “HOPEFULLY WILL
BE BETTER”.
6:45 RECORD RELEASE PARTY DETAILS HARD ROCK CAFÉ
LAS VEGAS STRIP, LAS VEGAS, NV APRIL 1ST, 2023 CALLING IT A “DESTINATION
SHOW”
8:00 FINDING THE BALANCE OF LAST IN LINE AND THE CONFLICTS OF
DEF LEPPARD’S (VIVIAN CAMPBELL) TOUR SCHEDULE.
ANDREW GIGS A LOT DOING LOCAL SHOWS IN VEGAS. “YOU GOTTA FIND A WAY” AS (LAST IN LINE) “IS A SIDE BAND TO DEF
LEPPARD. WAITING AROUND FOR (SCHEDULES
TO OPEN UP) CAN BE FRUSTRATING”.
10:00 WHAT ANGST COMES FROM HAVING LAST IN
LINE BEING HAVING TO PAUSE MOMENTUM DUE TO THE DEF LEPPARD SCHEDULE
“YOU’RE KIND OF A PAWN IN THEIR MASTER PLAN”.
“IT’S
FRUSTRATING”. “IT’S THE NATURE OF THE
BEAST, WHEN YOU ATTACH YOURSELF TO THEIR FAME, YOU’RE JUST A PAWN IN THEIR MASTER
PLAN”
VIVIAN WON’T STOP WHAT HES DOING FOR THIS, YOU’RE EITHER
GONNA DO IT OR NOT (IT’S BLACK OR WHITE)
“VIVIAN IS COMMITTED IN A SENSE; MANY GIGS HAVE BEEN
CANCELLED. HE *(VIV) DOESN’T EVEN KNOW THE SCHEDULE”.
12:00 “IT IS A SIDE PROJECT, IT IS A SERIOUS PROJECT, IT’LL
EXIST UNTIL VIV DOESN’T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE”
13:00 ANDREW CLARIFIES “THIS WAS NEVER A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY TO ANYBODY”
THOSE GUYS “NEVER
REALLY GOT ALONG (WITH RONNIE JAMES DIO)”, THEY “WANTED TO PLAY THE MUSIC THEY
WROTE”, “EVERYTHING IS DUBBED A TRIBUTE NOW”.
14:30 REGARDING THE ALBUMS VIVIAN/VINNY/JIMMY BAIN- “THEY
WANTED TO PLAY SOME OF THEIR OWN (DIO) SONGS, BUT WE WON’T PLAY ANYTHING OFF OF
THE 3RD ALBUM” OR ANY SONGS WRITTEN PRIMARILY BY RONNIE”.
16:30 WE
TALK ABOUT ANDREW’S APPROACH FOR FILLING IN OR REPLACING AN ORIGINAL SINGER OF
OTHER BANDS
“I DON’T THINK OF IT AS A “SHOE FILLING” THING, I’M A GOOD IMITATOR”
“I WANT TO AUDIENCE TO FEEL THAT THEY’RE GETTING SOMETHING ELSE THAT’S JUST AS
GOOD, OR BETTER OR COMPARIBLE”. “I DON’T WANT TO WEAR FRILLY
OUTFITS THAT RONNIE WORE, THAT COMES OFF FAKE”
18:30 “WHEN I FILLED IN FOR CJ (SNARE OF FIREHOUSE), HE WAS NOT
SUPER HAPPY ABOUT IT, I SANG THE SONGS AS ME, THE BEST I COULD, MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN CJ DID,
NOT SAYING IT’S BETTER, BUT I JUST DID IT MY WAY”
“I FIND A CERTAIN ELEMENT (TO THE SINGER) AND EXPLOIT THAT”
19:00 REGARDING
GREAT WHITE: “THEY’RE
LIKE A BLUES BAND, I WAS
NEVER A BIG FAN OF GREAT WHITE”.
“I LOVED THEIR FIRST ALBUM BUT I WASN’T A FAN OF CERTAIN
ELEMENTS”, “I WANTED TO BRING OUT THE BLUES ELEMENT OUT BY WHAT INSPIRED THAT
MUSIC (NAMES HUMBLE PIE).
“RONNIE
JAMES DIO WAS A BLUES SINGER” EVEN THOUGH HE’S “THE METAL GOD, THE GOD OF
METAL”.
21:30 FOLLOWING UP ON FIREHOUSE (CJ SNARE NOT BEING HAPPY)
AND HOW ANDREW HANDLES SEEING THE ORIGINAL SINGERS OUT ON THE ROAD.
“IF I SEE SOMEBODY GETTING
WEIRD, I CONFRONT IT IMMEDIATELY-I DON’T TAKE SHIT FROM PEOPLE”. “IF SOMEBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH ME (FOR FILLING
IN/REPLACING), I CONFRONT IT FIRST”.
HE RECALLED A MEETING W/ MARQ TORIEN (BULLETBOYS) WHERE HE WENT
UP TO MARQ AND STATED, “HEY MAN, YOU AND I SHOULD BE FRIENDS”, “THIS IS
ALL NONSENSE”, “EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO MAKE MONEY AND STAY OFF THE CONSTRUCTION
SITE; OR GET A REAL JOB”.
24:00 “I GET IT THOUGH”, BUT “WE’RE NOT SAVING
PEOPLES LIVES” “WHEN YOU TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY, YOU’RE GONNA LOSE YOUR
MARBLES”
25:00 NAME BANDS YOU TURNED
DOWN AND WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF YOUR DREAM BANDS TO JOIN? HE DISCUSSES ONE TIME WHEN HE HAD A
CHANCE TO AUDITION FOR ANTHRAX.
HE MENTIONS BANDS IN THE PAST HAVE OFFERED HIM OPPORTUNITIES TO “SCARE
THEIR SINGERS BACK INTO THE BAND”
26:30 WE GO BACK TO GREAT WHITE AND HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE BAND;
WAS IT REALLY JUST SCHEDULING CONFLICTS SINCE YOU KNEW EARLY ON THERE WOULD BE
SOME OVERLAPPING, OR WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE THAT FOUND YOU OUT OF GREAT WHITE?
“I DON’T WANT TO GET THESE
BANDS MORE PRESS FOR WHAT I’M DOING” (IN WHY HE DOESN’T LIKE
TALKING ABOUT IT)
“WHEN I START TALKING
ABOUT THESE HUGE BANDS FROM BACK IN THE DAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN ME AND
THEM, IT JUST BRINGS MORE PRESS TO THEM”
“I DON’T WANT TO GET THEM ANY MORE PRESS” LIKE BETWEEN “JACK RUSSELL AND
THE OTHER GUY”, “I’VE GOT NO SKIN IN THAT GAME”.
“I
WAS IN THE BAND FOR 4-5 MONTHS, WHY THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER”.
“(GREAT
WHITE) WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR OLD SINGER (MITCH MALLOY), WHAT IT CAME DOWN
TO, MY MANAGER AND THEIR AGENT DIDN’T TALK TO EACH OTHER BUT THEY DIDN’T TALK,
NOBODY WANTED TO BUDGE”
BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAD BOOKING ISSUES.
31:00 I WOULD LEAVE LAST IN LINE IN A HEARTBEAT IF
ALICE IN CHAINS, SOUNDGARDEN, LINKIN PARK NEEDED A SINGER.
“AT THE LEVEL THAT GREAT WHITE, LAST IN LINE, FIREHOUSE-
2, 3 FLY DATES PER MONTH, IT’S NOT SUSTAINING”.
“A LOT OF GUYS DO IT” (PLAY IN MULTIPLE BANDS WITH
PROPER MANAGEMENT/AGENTS THAT MAKE IT WORK).
32:30 WHEN PUSHED FURTHER ABOUT IT ANDREW
ANSWERS MORE ABOUT LEAVING GREAT WHITE: “I HAD A GIG BOOKED IN JUNE AND
I GAVE EVERYBODY ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND SOMEBODY DIDN’T WRITE IT DOWN”
(GREAT
WHITE) “THEY DON’T HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATION”, “A (GREAT WHITE) SHOW GOT MOVED
TO A DATE THAT I HAD BOOKED ALREADY, THEY KNEW AND WE TRIED TO FIGURE THAT OUT”. “I CALLED 12 SINGERS TO GET THE DATE COVERED”. “BASICALLY, THEY SCREWED UP, THEIR AGENT
SCREWED UP”.
“I
HAD 3 WEEKS BOOKED IN NOVEMBER (LAST IN LINE), THEY BOOKED (YET) A SECOND SHOW
(HOWEVER) THE LAST WEEK OF LAST IN LINE GOT CANCELLED SO IT WAS A NON-ISSUE”.
“I KIND OF FIGURE OUT THEY WERE GOING TO GET RID OF ME
BEFORE THEY KNEW” (THAT LAST IN LINE HAD CANCELED THEIR LAST WEEK AND THERE
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A CONFLICT).
“I HAD QUIT IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF THE FIRST CONFLICT AND SOMEBODY GOT MOUTHY
WITH ME OVER EMAIL AND I SAID “I DON’T REALLY NEED THIS GIG”, GET SOMEBODY ELSE”
AND THE PHONE RANG RIGHT AWAY.
“BUT LISTEN, I’M JUST AS REPLACABLE AS THE NEXT GUY”, “I’M
SURE THEY’LL BE FINE WITH THE NEW GUY, I THOUGHT MITCH WAS GREAT”
36:30 “MICHAEL
LARDIE AND I HAD A HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT, IF THIS DOESN’T WORK FOR YOU LET ME
KNOW, NO HARM NO FOUL, THE PROBLEM IS, THEY GOT SNEAKY ABOUT IT”
“ALL COMMUNICATION STOPPED” AND AS THEY FOUND THEIR NEW SINGER (Brett Carlisle).
“I TOLD THEM I WAS AVAILABLE FOR DATES” (THERE WAS ORIGINALLY A CONFLICT FOR) “AND
THEY HAD ALL OF THEIR PLANE TICKETS AND HOTELS FOR THE OTHER GUY” AND THEY DON’T
NORMALLY DO THAT.
37:30 “THEY WANTED ME TO FLY OUT TO A
GIG IN NEW YORK WITH MY SON AND THEY WANTED TO LET ME GO AFTER THE SHOW IN NEW
YORK”. “I’M NOT GONNA FLY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO GET FIRED IN FRONT OF MY KID”
“THEY ONLY LISTEN TO ME
WHEN I SAY THE GUYS IN THIS BAND ARE DICKS, THEN IT MAKES A BLABBERMOUTH
HEADLINE” (WHEN STATING HE WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO GIVE A PREPARED STATEMENT
BUT INSTEAD TOLD MORE OF THE STORY).
“THAT
WHOLE THING WAS JUST A LITTLE SNEAKY AND IT DIDN’T NEED TO BE”.
40:00 WE TALK
ABOUT ANDREW PLAYING GUITAR WITH GUYS LIKE COREY GLOVER (LIVING COLOUR), THE
OFFSPRING ETC AND HOW THAT MATERIAL IS HEAVIER.
“I WAS REALLY INFLUENCED BY GRUNGE MUSIC”, “I’D LOVE TO BE IN A
BAND LIKE ALICE IN CHAINS, GRUNGY, ALTERNATIVE ROCK”
42:00 WE TALK ABOUT ANDREW DOING SOME VOICEOVER WORK BACK
IN THE LATE 90’S FOR NICKELODEON (KA-BLAM).
“NOTHING THAT MADE ME A TON OF MONEY”. “THE ONE THAT WAS OF NOTE, I WAS ZAC HANSON OF
THE BAND HANSON”
43:30 WE DISCUSS HIS TIME IN “RAIDING
THE ROCK VAULT” (A 10+ YEAR SHOW IN LAS VEGAS). “I LEFT BECAUSE OF MONEY, I WASN’T GETTING
PAID, I ASKED FOR IT AND I GOT FIRED”.
45:30 WE DISCUSS OTHER PROJECTS IN TOWN- HE IS DOING “LONG
LIVE ROCK” AND SOME SESSION WORK.
PRIMARILY WORKING ON LAST IN LINE FOR GRAPHICS, VIDEOS AND THE
MARKETING.
46:30 DOES VIVIAN EVER OFFER TO PAY FOR VIDEOS AND OTHER THINGS DUE TO HIS
FINANCIAL STATUS WITH DEF LEPPARD? “I DON’T THINK HE’S INVESTED
FINANCIALLY IN THIS, WE GET BUDGETS FROM RECORD LABELS, IT’S AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP,
BUT HE DEFINETLY GETS THE MOST ATTENTION”.
“WE’VE
BEEN ADDED TO BIG FESTIVALS AND OTHER DEF LEPPARD SHOWS, THE DEF LEPPARD
CRUISE, ETC”.
48:30 WE DISCUSS WHEN ANDREW FILLED IN FOR JOE ELLIOT ON THE DEF
LEPPARD CRUISE IN 2016.
“I KNOW A LOT OF THEIR
STUFF”, “IT WAS EASY FOR ME” “PHIL ASKED WHAT I KNEW, I ASKED PHIL “WHAT DO YOU
KNOW”!
(PHIL) “HE’S
STILL THE NEW GUY TO ME” (LAUGHS)
“USUALLY WHEN I DO THIS (FILL IN), THE (ORIGINAL) GUY ISN’T THERE”.
50:30 BACK IN 2016,
VINNY APPICE WAS ASKED IF WENDY DIO APPROVED OF LAST IN LINE AND WHAT HER REACTION
WAS. HAS IT CHANGED SINCE?
“DEFINETLY NOT, DEFINETLY
NOT APPROVED”, “I’M GOING TO HESITATE FROM ELABORATING BECAUSE I’VE LOST WORK
BECAUSE OF THIS BAND AND THEIR FUED, I’VE LOST WORK”
52:00 WE WRAP UP THE
SHOW BY ASKING “ARE THERE ANY OTHER BRIDGES WE CAN BURN BEFORE WE LET YOU GO”?
WE TALK THE LAST IN LINE RELEASE OF JERICHO AND THE APRIL 1ST
SHOW IN LAS VEGAS AT THE HARD ROCK CAFÉ.
PARTING
WORDS: “I JUST
DON’T CARE ANYMORE, IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T CARE ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING, I DON’T CARE IF THESE GUYS LIKE ME OR IF THEY DON’T
LIKE ME ANYMORE”, “IF THEY DON’T LIKE ME, THAT’S FINE, I DON’T CARE, STRAIGHT
UP”!
On the cusp of celebrating 40 years in radio, this mainstay in the RNR community, having forged his way into radio, being and A&R Rep, hosting TV shows, Live Concerts, to being the end all be all in many Rock Docs, Eddie Trunk comes on my show and lays it on the line.Time Stamps of the moments are below, and this will go down as my fave interview in 2022.Thanks Ed!THIS THAT
AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW WITH EDDIE TRUNK (FACTION TALK 103/SIRIUSXM-THAT METAL
SHOW) 12/21/2022 ON
DIRTYRADIO.FM CHANNEL #DIRTYRADIOCLASSICS
0:00 BUMPERS-SHOW
IDS-INTRO (MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD)
3:00 INTRO AND EDDIE
TRUNK TAKES MY CALL
5:00 DISCUSSING THE DELUGE
IN “PODCASTS” & ARTIST RADIO/YOUTUBE SHOWS SINCE THE PANDEMIC
AS WELL AS THE DYNAMIC OF NEW BANDS NOT NEEDING LABELS. “THE FLOODGATES ARE WIDEOPEN, THE
CHALLENGE IS STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD AND BUILDING AN AUDIENCE”
8:30 WE DISCUSS HOWARD
STERN AND HIS VIEW ON PODCASTERS AND HOW SIRIUSXM IS THE #1 PODCAST OUTLET
AND EDDIE GETS INTO THE DYNAMICS OF THESE NEW “PODCAST” COMPANIES. WE TALK JOE ROGAN, CONAN O’BRIEN, ETC
12:00 EDDIE ANSWERS AN
EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT “NOT” GOING TO BROADCAST SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AND
HIS NEAR “RUN-IN” WITH BEING INVOLVED IN A PIRATE RADIO STATION. “TALK
ABOUT ALMOST BEING ARRESTED, I CAN RELATE”
EDDIE DISCUSSES HOW AND WHY HE GOT INTO RADIO: “IT WASN’T ABOUT DOING
RADIO, IT WAS ABOUT REACHING MORE PEOPLE AND TO PLAY MUSIC THAT I LOVED”. “I LOVE THIS MUSIC, I’M NOT HEARING IT
REPRESENTED, HOW CAN I SPREAD THE WORD?”
17:00 EDDIE DISCUSSES HOW
HIS PASSION FOR PLAYING THE MUSIC HE LOVED TO NOW PREDOMINATELY “TALKING” ABOUT
THAT MUSIC AND HIS PIVOT TO A “TALK SHOW HOST” VS A RADIO DJ.
20:00 EDDIE TALKS ABOUT
TAKING CHANCES TAKING CALLS INSTEAD OF SPINNING THE RECORDS. FANS AND MANAGEMENT ALIKE WERE NOT HAPPY
INITIALLY UNTIL HE “STUCK TO (HIS) GUNS” AND THEN IF HE WASN’T TALKING
TO LISTENERS, THE BACKLASH WENT THE OTHER WAY.
22:00 IN 2014, EDDIE DISCUSSES
AN OLD CONTACT THAT HIT HIM UP FOR A MUSIC/TALK SHOW WHICH EDDIE HAD BEEN DOING
1 DAY A WEEK AT SIRIUSXM ALREADY AND SAYS
“I WAS VERY DISILLUSIONED WITH SIRIUSXM FOR 13 YEARS, I WAS VERY TREATED
NOT WELL AT ALL, I HAD 1 SHOW A WEEK, THE MONEY WAS A JOKE”
AFTER THE DAILY SHOW CHANGE EDDIE STATES “DOING THIS SHOW EVERY DAY HAS BEEN
REALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I’VE EVER DONE, IT’S SPORTS TALK FOR THE ROCK
FAN”
EDDIE THEN SUMS UP HIS APPROACH TO SATISFYING THE DAILY TALK RADIO SHOW AND
THEN THE WEEKLY FM RADIO MUSIC SHOW KNOWING THAT HE HAS TO DELIVER WHAT EACH
WANTS FOR THEIR LISTENERS. THE WEEKLY FM
SHOW, DESPITE THE FACT IT’S A PRE-RECORD, IS THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL FOR
HIM ESSENTIALLY.”
“IT
WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR ME ANNOUNCING “HERE’S PINK FLOYD AND ANOTHER BRICK IN
THE WALL” ON A DAILY BASIS HOWEVER”.
31:00 EDDIE
DISUSSES HOW MUCH PREP HE DOES AND HOW HE DEALS WITH ONLINE CRITICS WHO SAY HE
IS A “KNOW IT ALL” –
EDDIE TRUNK INTERVIEW ON THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW NOTES CONTINUED:
34:00 THE INTERNET NAYSAYERS, “I LAUGH AT IT, I’VE HEARD IT ALL,
NOTHING BOTHERS YOU”, “IT HAS A
LOT TO DO WITH JEALOUSY”.
IF I MAKE A POST AND THEN DON’T EMBELLISH (MY RELATIONSHIP), THE PERSON MIGHT
SAY “HEY DUDE, WTF”, “YOU CAN’T WIN”, “I’M NOT GONNA
APOLOGIZE” (FOR HAVING THESE RELATIONSHIPS).
“THE OTHER THING I’VE ALWAYS DEPSISED AND THEY SAY HE’S A NAMEDROPPER, THAT
TO ME IS THE MOST ABSURD RIDICULOUS THING I’VE HEARD IN MY LIFE”, “AM I
SUPPOSED TO DROP THE CELEBRITY FIGURE OUT OF IT WHEN I’M TELLING A STORY”? “YOU’VE GOT TO DO THAT, THAT’S WHY YOU’RE
HIRED, TO LET THE PEOPLE IN ON THE INSIDE STUFF”
37:00 EDDIE DISCUSSES THE
BALANCE BETWEEN ALL OF HIS RADIO SHOWS, TRAVELING, DOCS, EMCEE GIGS AND FAMILY. “IT’S ABSOLUTELY A BALANCE”, “THERE’S A
GREAT UNDERSTANDING THERE”.
43:00 EDDIE
TALKS MEGAFORCE RECORDS, AND HOW HE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE LIKES OF A VERY EARLY
METALLICA, ACE FREHLEY, WHITE LION AND MUCH MORE WHICH STARTED FROM HIS EARLY
DAYS IN FM RADIO. “I STARTED OFF ON
WDHA, I WAS THE ONLY GUY PLAYING METAL ON THE RADIO (IN 1983) WHICH GOT THE
ATTENTION OF JOHNNY Z (MEGAFORCE)”.
EDDIE TALKS HOW JOHNNY Z STATED HE WOULDN’T LEAVE UNLESS HE PLAYED METALLICA
AND WAS PROMISED A GIG IF HE PLAYED THE BAND.
EDDIE PLAYED THE BAND; JOHNNY Z HIRED HIM AT MEGAFORCE.
49:00 WE TALK EDDIE TRUNK “RANTS”
WITH RESPECT TO ROCK BEING SO IGNORED WITH THE LIKES OF THE RNR HOF, NFL,
GRAMMY’S ETC. “HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
ASKED TO PRODUCE OR WEIGH IN ON INPUT FOR A ROCK SHOW AT ANY OF THESE EVENTS”?
52:00 BECAUSE
OF INFLUENCE FROM TOM MORELLO (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), THE RNR HALL OF FAME
MADE EDDIE A MEMBER DESPITE HIS CRITISISM “TO THEIR CREDIT, LET’S LET HIS
VOICE BE HEARD AND GIVE HIM A FULL VOTE”
54:00 I ASK EDDIE ABOUT THE BALANCE OF REPORTING UNFLATTERING
NEWS ABOUT HIS FRIENDS AND IF HE EVER REACHES OUT PRIVATELY TO GIVE THEM ADVISE. WE TALK SEBASTIAN BACH, DAVE ELLEFSON AND
PETE EVICK (BRET MICHAELS BAND).
DO YOU EVER HAVE A BATTLE OF BEING THE FRIEND VS THE RADIO HOST?
“I
GENERALLY STAY AWAY FROM THE GOSSIPY STUFF, WHETHER I AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, I
APPLAUD AN HONEST OPINION”, “WE ARE IN AN INSANELY HYPERSENSITIVE WORLD”.
“I
BELIEVE EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINION”.
REGARDING
“DAVE ELEFFSON, IT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT COST HIM HIS GIG, THAT
IMPACTED MEGADETH’S RECORD, WHO WAS GOING TO BE IN THE BAND”
EDDIE TRUNK INTERVIEW ON THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW NOTES CONTINUED:
“I DON’T CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE DIRT, IT’S NEVER APPEALED TO ME, I’VE
NEVER FELT GOOD ABOUT THAT STUFF”
59:00 WE DISCUSS VITO BRATTA (WHITE LION) AND VITO’S LAST
INTERVIEW IN GUITAR WORLD
AND EDDIE DROPS “BRAD WHITFORD” (WE HAVE A LAUGH).
WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS MIKE TRAMP AND MY NEW SYMPATHY FOR VITO BRATTA.
1:04:00 EDDIE WEIGHS IN ON MIKE TRAMP TOURING
IN 2023 AS “MIKE TRAMP AND THE SONGS OF WHITE LION”
“MIKE
SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY CONFLICTED THING WITH WHITE LION, HE WANTS TO DISTANCE
HIMSELF, AND THEN HE WANTS TO EMBRACE IT”
“MIKE HAS
JUST AS MUCH A RIGHT TO PERFORM THOSE SONGS AS A CO-WRITER”
1:05:30 “WE’RE IN A TIME NOW, IT BLOWS MY
MIND, HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT ANY LINEUP OF ANY BAND, AND HOW MANY BANDS
ARE OUT THERE WITH NO ORIGINAL MEMBERS, HOW MANY PROMOTERS DON’T KNOW WHO’S IN
THESE BANDS”
1:08:00 EDDIE DISCUSSES HIS THOUGHTS ON WHAT BANDS CAN SUB OUT
MEMBERS VS OTHERS THAT MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL DOING SO “TO ME IT’S ON A
CASE BY CASE (BASIS)”
WE TALK LYNYRD SKYNYRD, FOREIGNER ETC.
1:12:00 WE DISCUSS “THAT METAL SHOW” AND
COMMENTS BY PAUL STANLEY “IT’S LIKE WAYNE’S WORLD” “WE ALL TOOK IT AS A COMPLIMENT, WE ALL LAUGHED, YEAH, HE
NAILED IT”!
EDDIE COMMENTS ON A SHOW IN VEGAS HE HOSTED WHERE HE HAD TO CALL PAUL STANLEY
UP ON STAGE, JUST DAYS BEFORE THIS INTERVIEW!
“WE DIDN’T INTERACT” AT THIS EVENT.
1:15:00 LISTENER QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS FROM DON JAMIESON AND JIM FLORENTINE AND LISTENER QUESTIONS.
1:17:30 EDDIE TALKS
ABOUT HIS BOOK AND HOW SEBASTIAN BACH GOT PISSED OFF BECAUSE WHEN SEBASTIAN WROTE
HIS BOOK, HE DISCUSSED BRINGING AXL ROSE INTO EDDIE’S STUDIO, BUT WHEN SEBASTIAN
READ EDDIE’S BOOK, THERE WASN’T A MENTION OF SEBASTIANS SOLO ALBUMS NEXT TO THE
SKID ROW SECTION.
WHEN SEBASTIAN REFERENCED THE AXL STORY, HE NEGLECTED TO MENTION EDDIE’S NAME
BECAUSE HE WAS PISSED AT EDDIE FOR NOT MENTIONING “SOLO RECORDS”.
1:19:00 EDDIE NAMES HIS
END ALL BE ALL GUESTS.
AXL ROSE, BRIAN JOHNSON, STEVE HARRIS, TONY IOMMI STAND OUT AS MAJOR LANDMARK
MOMENTS
THE ONE’S THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN WOULD BE EDDIE VAN HALEN (ON TV) AND JIMMY
PAGE ON THE LAST SEASON OF TMS. HE
WOULDN’T DO THE SHOW BECAUSE IT WAS CALLED “THAT METAL SHOW”. HE DIDN’T WANT “METAL” IN THE NAME.
EDDIE
DIDN’T WANT “THAT METAL SHOW” AS WELL.
EDDIE
WANTED IT TO BE “THAT ROCK SHOW”
1:23:00 THOUGHTS
ON THE 80’S BANDS TODAY AND THEIR FUTURE TIMELINE AND SHELFLIFE AND WHO MIGHT
REPLACE THOSE BANDS TODAY.
“IT’S ALL CASE BY CASE DEPENDING ON HOW THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND HOLD
IT TOGETHER”
“THE 80’S GUYS COULD HAVE ANOTHER 10 YEARS, THE 70’S GUYS HOWEVER…”
126.30 WE
DISCUSS MY APPEARANCE ON “THAT METAL SHOW”
127.45 MY SEGMENT ON THAT METAL SHOW/STUMP
THE TRUNK
1:31:00 WE
PROMOTE THE TMS LIVE SHOW AT DINGBATZ IN CLIFTON, NJ AND EDDIE DISCUSSES WHAT
THAT SHOW IS ABOUT IN A LIVE FORMAT
1:33:00 WE TALK
WHAT EDDIE’S PLANS ARE TO CELEBRATE HIS 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN RADIO
135:00 WE CLOSE
OUT “THE LONE RNR HISTORIAN”
JAN 1 I GOT FIRED FOR SUBBING OUT A GIG DUE TO MY WIFE HAVING A SURGERY.
GREG D’ANGELO (WHITE LION) 12/13/2022
PRE-RECORD TO 12/14/2022 AIRDATE
THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW ON WWW.DIRTYRADIO.FM
CHANNEL (2) DIRTY RADIO CLASSICS WITH HOST TROY PATRICK FARRELL
“IT REALLY
COMES DOWN TO WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO BE IN A “BAND”? IF YOU’RE GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ROLE, YOU ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAKE SURE IT’S FAIR FOR EVERYBODY & THAT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY”
“THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TAKING THE DOUGH AND
RUNNING, YOU REALLY NEED TO BE A LEADER AND MAINTAIN THAT STABILITY, IT’S A
RESPONSIBILITY”.
GREG
D’ANGELO ON LEAVING WHITE LION
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 INTRO & SHORT BACKGROUND ON GREG D’ANGELO
(ANTHRAX, WHITE LION, STEPHEN PEARCY BAND).
02:34 GREG D’ANGELO ON THE PHONE
04:25 WE DISCUSS ANTHRAX (WHETHER
GREG WAS IN THE RECENT ANTHRAX YOUTUBE DOCUMENTARY)
05:35 REGRETS LEAVING
ANTHRAX? EVER THOUGHT YOU COULD’VE BEEN
IN THE BAND BEYOND THE EARLY YEARS?
AND HE DISCUSSES WHY
HE LEFT “I WANTED TO
PLAY WITH BETTER MUSICIANS”, “IT WAS TOUGH PLAYING WITH THE BASS PLAYER”
07:00 ANTHRAX HAD PUNK
INFLUENCES, (SEX PISTOLS, RAMONES), “I WAS MORE LED ZEPPELIN, BAD COMPANY, DEEP PURPLE”
08:45 THE BAND CITIES (W/ AJ PERO (TWISTED SISTER)
ON DRUMS)), GREG D’ANGELO REPLACED AND THEN WAS REPLACED BY AJ PERO
09:30 WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE PIONEERS
IN THE NEW YORK, EAST COAST AREA FOR EARLY 80’S HEAVY METAL; PRIMARILY DRUMMERS
(BOBBY RONDINELLI, JOE FRANCO,
TONY PETRI, JOE MARKOWSKI, CARMINE APPICE)
12:00 JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR
W/ BRUNO RAVEL (DANGER
DANGER)- SESSION WORK ONLY
14:00 WE DISCUSS PLAYING TOP 40
MUSIC, MULTIPLE SETS ETC IN THE SCENE (AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW, HE REFERENCES
THAT HE IS ESSENTIALLY DOING THAT NOW
IN THE LEGENDS OF CLASSIC
ROCK (WITH CHUCK WRIGHT (QUIET RIOT) TERRY ILOUIS (XYZ-GREAT WHITE)) ETC
14:45 GREG DISCUSSES GETTING
INTO WHITE LION, THE AUDITION PROCESS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO NICKY CAPOZZI (HE
LEFT DUE TO HEALTH RELATED ISSUES) + “THINGS WEREN’T GOING RIGHT FOR THEM”, DROPPED BY ELECTRA (ALBUM
SHELVED), SO THEY NEEDED “NEW
BLOOD”
16:30 GREG DISCUSSES HIS AUDITION
PROCESS AND HIS THOUGHTS ON MEETING THE WHITE LION GUYS, AND THEIR STYLE OF
MUSIC
17:30 “I HAD TO DO A MENTAL ADJUSTMENT, PLAYING IN A POP
GIG, PLAYING FOR THE SONGS, AND UNDER PLAYING”. HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCES FROM THE 2
YEARS OF PREP THEY HAD FOR PRIDE, A FULL BAND EFFORT TO A 2 WEEK PREP FOR THE
OTHER ALBUMS ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF TOURING AND GETTING THE ALBUM OUT “YESTERDAY”. IN ADDITION TO WOOD-SHEDDING THE SONGS AS A
BAND MINUS SINGER MIKE TRAMP WHO WOULD COME IN AT THE END WITH MEDLEYS HE
CREATED WITH DEMOS FROM REHEARSALS.
22:00 WE DISCUSS THE MANY HITS OF
BANDS THAT HAD HUGE HITS WITH SONGS THAT DIDN’T HAVE ANY DRUMS, BUT IN CONTRAST
THAT RADAR LOVE (A
#1 VIDEO ON MTV), HAD AN ACTUAL DRUM SOLO IN IT WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT FOR
THE TIME.
WE DISCUSS HOW MICHAEL
WAGENER (PRODUCER) INSTRUCTED GREG TO DO HIS OWN BIG SOLO IN RADAR LOVE,
AND HOW HE CAME UP WITH THE PARTS AND THE DYNAMIC OF PLAYING IT LIVE.
27:00 WE DISCUSS THE MANY BANDS
THAT WHITE LION OPENED FOR/TOURED WITH AND A FEW PRANKS AND STORIES HE
REMEMBERS FROM GETTING HAZED. (WHITE LION TOSSED AN ADULT
MAGAZINE “FORUM” AT THE STRYPER SHOWS BECAUSE STRYPER TOSSED OUT BIBLES).
29:55 “YEAH, THE BUSINESS IS WHY WE LEFT”, “I THINK THE
BAND COULD’VE LASTED”. WE
DISCUSS THE CLIMATE MUSICALLY (BOTH IN WHITE LION AND WITH GRUNGE COMING IN) WHICH
ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTED TO JAMES LOMENZO AND GREG D’ANGELO DEPARTING THE
BAND. GREG BLAMES “OUR GROWN-UP MANAGERS”
WHO LACKED SKILL AND DIRECTION.
31:00 WE GET INTO THE ZAKK WYLDE CONNECTION (JAMMING
W/ ZAKK WHILE ON TOUR W/ OZZY). THE BAND
WENT OUT AS “LYNYRD
SKYNHEAD” AND WOULD ULTIMATELY BECOME “PRIDE AND GLORY” OF WHICH FOUND GREG D’ANGELO EXITING
1 WEEK BEFORE TRACKING THE DEBUT ALBUM.
WE DISCUSS “FARM FIDDLIN’” AND “BABY PLEASE DON’T GO”- THE ONLY
TWO RELEASED “PRIDE AND GLORY” RELATED RECORDINGS RELEASED WITH GREG D’ANGELO
ON DRUMS IN ADDITION TO JAMES LOMENZO AND ZAKK WYLDE.
GREG SAYS THAT THE ENTIRE
PRIDE AND GLORY ALBUM WAS FULLY RECORDED (DEMO’D) BEFORE HIS EXIT WHERE BRIAN
TICHY WOULD TRACK THE ALBUM THAT WAS RELEASED
34:30 GREG DISCUSSES WHY HE LEFT WHITE LION- WHICH HAS NEVER
BEEN DISCUSSED PRIOR TO THIS INTERVIEW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SOURCE. WHILE HE DOESN’T NAME “SPECIFICALLY”, BOTH
WHITE LION/PRIDE AND GLORY AND HIS DEPARTURE IS WHAT WE WE’RE SPECIFICALLY
DISCUSSING.
IT AGAIN LEADS TO BUSINESS ISSUES (PUBLISHING, SONG WRITING ETC, HOWEVER THE
BAND WERE EQUAL PARTNERS). IT APPEARS
THAT LIKE WHITE LION, PRIDE AND GLORY WOULD LEAVE THE RHYTHM SECTION TO NOT GET
EQUAL CUTS OF ALL OF THE BUSINESS ASPECTS (I READ THAT AS PUBLISHING,
SONGWRITING).
“IT REALLY COMES
DOWN TO WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO BE IN A “BAND”? IF YOU’RE GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ROLE, YOU ALSO
HAVE TO TAKE THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE IT’S FAIR FOR EVERYBODY
& THAT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY”
“THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TAKING THE DOUGH AND
RUNNING, YOU REALLY NEED TO BE A LEADER AND MAINTAIN THAT STABILITY, IT’S A
RESPONSIBILITY”.
37:30 WHY DID WHITE LION FAIL WHEN
GREG AND JAMES LEFT BEFORE THE US TOUR IN 1991?
GREG GOES BACK TO DISCUSSING THE
DEMISE OF THE BAND DUE TO THE DEMISE OF THE BROTHERHOOD. “YOU NEED TO HAVE ELEMENTS OF THOSE IDEAL IN
ANY BUSINESS, IF YOU’RE NOT TREATING SOMEONE FAIRLY, THEY’RE GONNA SPLIT; YOU
NEED TO TREAT PEOPLE FAIRLY”.
HE DOESN’T BLAME MIKE AND VITO, HE BLAMES
MANAGEMENT THAT WAS AS I INTERPRET AS SHORTSIGHTED.
39:40 GREG BELIEVES BEYOND THE BUSINESS
ISSUES, THE BAND COULD HAVE SURVIVED IN OTHER MARKETS DESPITE THE MUSICAL
CLIMATE CHANGING.
40:30 I ASK POINT BLANK- “HOW DO YOU GET TO
THE GOAL LINE OF RECORDING/RELEASING THE S/T DEBUT PRIDE AND GLORY ALBUM AND
BAIL. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? “SIMILAR ISSUES”
WE DISCUSS
IF GREG KEEPS UP WITH THE OLD WHITE LION GUYS, (ODDLY ENOUGH HE TALKS LEAST
WITH JAMES LOMENZO WHOM HE DEPARTED THE BAND WITH AS WELL AS A RUMORED
LAWSUIT).
42:30 WE DISCUSS IF GREG HAS ANY UPDATE WITH
VITO BRATTA AND WHAT THE LAST MEETING WAS LIKE.
43:15 I ASK WHAT GREG THINKS OF “TRAMP’S
WHITE LION” AND HIS OPINION OF THE WORD “SCABS” AS OUTLINED BY ANOTHER
INTERVIEWER.
“I THINK SCAB IS A
LITTLE EXTREME”, “EVERY BAND OUT THERE WOULD BE A SCAB BAND”, “PEOPLE WANT TO
HEAR THOSE SONGS”
46:00 GREG RESPONDS TO SEEING “TRAMP’S
WHITE LION” WITH MIKE TRAMP’S 2005-2009 VERSION OF THE BAND. “I WAS SMILING WHILE I WAS
WATCHING IT”
48:15 WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU
PLAYED A WHITE LION SONG? GREG PLAYS “RADAR
LOVE” IN THE LEGENDS OF CLASSIC ROCK BAND WHICH DID EXTENSIVE TOURING OF 60
PLUS DATES IN 2022. WE TRANSITION INTO
WHAT’S GOING ON NOW WITH THE LEGENDS BAND.
50:20 WE DISCUSS HIS BRIEF STINT
IN ROUGH RIOT (PAUL SHORTINO/CARLOS CAVAZO)
52:00 MEETING STEPHEN PEARCY OF
RATT “I WAS GETTING MY
MAIL- HE WAS WATERING HIS ROSES”
HE LEFT BECAUSE “IT
RAN IT’S COURSE, IT WAS TIME TO DO SOMETHING ELSE”
GREG D’ANGELO WAS
CONSIDERED TO BE IN RATT “THAT WAS PART OF A CONVERSATION FOR AWHILE”, “STEPHEN
WARREN AND JUAN COULDN’T SEE EYE TO EYE, WHAT A SHAME”, “THEY REALLY SHOULD BE
OUT THERE PLAYING”.
GREG DOESN’T BELIEVE
THERE IS ANY MANAGER/MANAGEMENT THAT COULD GET RATT TOGETHER. “WHAT’S THE
NUMBER”? (MONEY)
56:15-
WRAP UP
FINAL PLUGS FOR THE LEGENDS OF CLASSIC ROCK-
BRIEF UPDATE ON HIS STUDIO ENGINEERING, GEAR
GREG HAS PLATINUM AND GOLD ALBUMS IN HIS BATHROOM
GREG DISUSSES MOVING LA WHEN HIS SON GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL. “I’M GONNA PULL UP TO GRADUATION IN A U-HAUL”.
GREG
DISCUSSES A FEW OF HIS COOL CARS (ASTON, FERRARI, McLAREN)
WE DISCUSS OUR “NET WORTH”
FINAL GOODBYES!
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06:31
WE DISCUSS THE SUCCESS OF THE CULT’S “ELECTRIC” AND THE RICK RUBEN PROCESS OF
RECORDING AS TO COMPARED OF THE ORGINAL “PEACE SESSIONS” WITH PRODUCER STEVE
BROWN (WHO HAD PRODUCED THE CULT’S “LOVE” ALBUM).
ESSENTIALLY RUBIN GOT RID OF VERB AND OTHER EFFECTS TO
DELIVER A RAW LIVE BAND RECORDING WITH MINIMAL PRODUCTION.
08:00
WE DISCUSS THE IDENTITY OF THE CULT AND WHAT GENRE THEY STARTED OFF IN AND
WHERE THEY WENT WITH DIFFERENT PRODUCERS SUCH AS RICK RUBIN AND BOB ROCK.
09:37
LES GOES BACK TO THE RECORDING OF THE “PEACE SESSIONS” WITH STEVE BROWN AND
HOW HE WAS REPLACED WITH RICK RUBIN AND MORE DETAILS ON HOW THEY CHANGED THE
SONGS, RECORDING PROCESS AND MORE. HE
WEIGHS IN ON THE NOTABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL SESSIONS VS. WHAT
WOULD BECOME “ELECTRIC”. “THE
PRESSURE WAS ON, IF I MESSED UP A DRUM FILL, IT WAS ON THE RECORD”!
12:00
WE DICUSS THE DIFFERENCES OF DOING A RAW LIVE ALBUM IN THE MID 80’S TO
MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGY OF PRO TOOLS ETC.
LES MENTIONS A “DROP IN” (OVERDUB”) THAT ULTIMATELY MADE THE ALBUM WITHOUT RUBIN’S
KNOWLEDGE.
14:00
LES DISCUSSES DOING A SONG FOR HOOKERS N BLOW (ALEX GROSSI – QUIET RIOT
& DIZZY REED – GUNS N ROSES) AND HOW THE DRUMS WERE QUANTIZED TOO MUCH
AND RUINED THE FEEL OF THE SONG. (THE ELTON JOHN COVER OF SATURDAY NIGHTS
ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTIN’)
15:47
WE DISCUSS PROS AND CONS OF RECORDING TO A CLICK TRACK AND REFERENCE MANY
ALBUMS AND DRUMMERS THAT MIGHT NOT WORK IF RECORDED TO CLICK AND A GRID. LES MENTIONS THAT DRUMMERS CAN PLAY “AROUND A
CLICK” VS. “TO THE CLICK”. “YOU CAN
STILL SWING TO A CLICK”.
18:33
WE GO BACK TO RE-RECORDING THE PEACE SESSIONS (WHICH WOULD BE “ELECTRIC”)
AND DISCUSS HOW RICK RUBIN RE-WROTE THE SONGS ESSENTIALLY IN ADDITION TO THE
VAST PRODUCTION CHANGES. LES DISCUSS
ASPECTS OF THE ALBUM THAT HE FELT DIDN’T WORK.
21:19
LES DISCUSSES HOW HE BEAT “160 DRUMMERS” FOR THE CULT AUDITION IN LATE
1985. IT WAS A “DEFIANT” MOMENT WHERE HE CHANGED A SIGNATURE FILL IN “SHE
SELLS SANCTUARY”.
WE DISCUSS HIS PRIOR WORK (TO THE CULT) WITH JULIAN LENNON, RANDY CALIFORNIA OF
SPIRIT, LOCAL BANDS IN THE UK, PAUL KILMISTER (LEMMY’S ON), ETC.
HE ALSO DISCUSSES A FAILED AUDITION FOR AC/DC TO A LED ZEPPELIN TRACK (BLACK
DOG), BUT NEVER PERFORMED WITH THE BAND.
HE MADE THE TOP 5.
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26:41
WE TALK FIRST TOURS WITH THE CULT, AS HE TOURED ON THE “LOVE” ALBUM, TO THEN
WORK ON THE “ELECTRIC” ALBUM WITH STEVE BROWN.
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF TOURING, A YOUNG GUNS N ROSES WOULD
BE AN OPENER, AS WELL AS ZODIAC MINDWARP IN ADDITION TO OPENING FOR DAVID BOWIE.
28:36
THE INTERVIEWER “TPF” ASKS LES ABOUT HIS DYNAMIC WITH “THE CULT” AND WHAT HIS
SALARY WOULD BE AND IF HE WAS A “BAND MEMBER” OR HIRED GUN. WARNER ANSWERS “UNFORTUNATELY, THERE’S
AN AWFUL WORD ON THIS PLANET, AND IT’S CALLED “GREED”, AND THAT’S WHY I’M NOT
LIVING IN A MANSION” AND GOES ON TO SAY HE’S HAPPY DOING WHAT HE DOES; “I’M
BLESSED”.
“THEY TREATED ME LIKE A MEMBER OF THE BAND, BUT WHEN
WE PARTED WAYS, I WAS JUST A HIRED GUN”
HE DISCLOSES HE WAS ON A “WAGE” WITH SOME BONUSES, BUT NEVER
GOT MERCHANDISING, PUBLISHING ETC, “IT WASN’T A VERY FAIR SITUATION”.
31:31
LES DISCUSSES HIS CURRENT PROJECTS AND RECENT FALL 2022 TOURS IN ADDITION
TO EARLY 2023 TOUR PLANS. LES IS PLAYING
BASS FOR “THE DEAD BOYS” (A 70’S PUNK BAND), FILLING IN FOR BLAS ELIAS
(SLAUGHTER/TSO) AT “RAIDING THE ROCK VAULT”.
32:55
LES IS ASKED EXACTLY WHY HE LEFT “THE CULT” DURING THE START OF THEIR
HEY DAY AND HESITATES TO ANSWER. HE
ESSENTIALLY HINTS TO WANTING TO BEING “TAKEN CARE OF” AND “THEY DECIDED TO
NOT DEAL WITH IT”. IT WAS EITHER “TAKE
CARE OF ME AND BE FAIR OR GET RID OF ME”.
“AGAIN, IT’S THAT AWFUL WORD (GREED)”. “IT WAS A PRETTY UNFAIR SITUATION”.
34:00
LES DISCUSSES HIS POST “CULT” BAND “HELLFIRE CLUB” WITH PAUL
RAVEN (KILLING JOKE) & BRIAN ROBERTSON (THIN LIZZY) AND AFTER 1 ALBUM
AND SUBSEQUENT VIDEOS AND TOURING, LES WOULD THEN MOVE TO NEW YORK CITY.
*NOTE: I WAS UNABLE TO SOURCE ANY CONNECTION ONLINE
OF BRIAN ROBERTSON AND HELLFIRE CLUB OR PAUL RAVEN HOWEVER LES NOTED IT “WAS A
SHORT STINT”.
34:56
LES NOTES THAT HE HAS NO CONTACT FROM BILLY DUFFY OR IAN
ASTBURY HOWEVER HE HAS HAD CONTACT WITH BASSIST JAIME STEWART AND LATEST
DRUMMER JOHN TEMPESTA. HE MENTIONS JOHN
HAS EXTENDED AN INVITE TO COME AND PERFORM WHEN THE CULT WAS IN LAS VEGAS
HOWEVER DOUBTS BILLY DUFFY WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT.
35:41
LES DISCUSSES THE “NEW YORK YEARS” WHERE HE OPENED A JINGLE
HOUSE (SCORING AND RECORDING/PRODUCING MUSIC FOR FILM AND COMMERCIALS), BUT
AFTER 9/11, HE AND HIS (THEN) WIFE WOULD MOVE TO LAS VEGAS.
THE VEGAS CHAPTER:
RON MANCUSO (BASSIST BEGGAR AND THIEVES, RED DRAGON CARTEL (JAKE E LEE), RESTAURANTEUR
& OWNER OF STUDIO 77) WAS THE ONE THAT ENCOURAGED THE MOVE TO LAS VEGAS IN 2001.
LES DISCUSSES MORE ABOUT HIS DRUM STUDIO & GETS INTO FINDING THE ENERGY AND
INSPIRATION TO CONTINUE PERFORMING LIVE AND TOURING ETC.
HE DEALS WITH THE WOES OF THE ROAD OVER HAVING A 9-5 JOB.
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40:41
LES DISCUSSES PAYING DUES AS A BASS PLAYER NOW AND HOW HE MADE THE TRANSITION
FROM DRUMS TO OCCASSIONALY BASS GUITAR IN A FEW ACTS IN LAS VEGAS AS WELL AS
DOING INTERNATIONAL TOURING (WITH THE DEAD BOYS AND OTHERS).
41:53
LES TALKS ABOUT A SHOW WHERE TONY FRANKLIN (THE FIRM, BLUE MURDER, LOU
GRAMM) “BREAKS WIND” LIVE ON STAGE, AND WALKED AWAY. LES FINDS FREEDOM AND JOKINGLY SAYS HE’S
INSPIRED TO PLAY BASS BECAUSE HE CAN “BREAK WIND” AND WALK AWAY.
LES THEN FINDS OUT THAT HE PLAYED DRUMS ON A RECENTLY RELEASED PHIL SOUSSON
TRACK (OZZY OSBOURNE, LAST IN LINE) “NOBODY’S FOOL” AS WE THEN TRANSITION INTO
HIS TIME HANGING WITH THIN LIZZY’S PHIL LYNOTT.
44:26
LES DISCUSSES PHIL LYNOTT WHERE HE WOULD HANG AT A BAR PHIL SOUSSON
WOULD WORK AT. THEY HAD JAMMED AT PARTIES
BUT WANTED TO DO MORE JAMMING WHEN LES WOULD RETURN FROM “THE CULT” TOUR, BUT ALAS,
PHIL LYNOTT HAD PASSED. “I LOVE PHIL, I LOVE HIS ENERGY”.
LES CONTINUES TALKING BRIAN DOWNY (THIN LIZZY DRUMMER) ABOUT HIS R&B SWING
AND HOW HE WAS A BIG INFLUENCE ON HIS PLAYING.
48:51
WE DISCUSS THE NEW BAND “CUSTARD PIE” WITH ROWAN ROBERTSON (DIO,
RAIDING THE ROCK VAULT) WHICH WAS PROMPTED DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH A
SINGER FROM INDIA NAMED GIRISH PRADHAN.
(FOOL IN LOVE IS THE FIRST VIDEO AND AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE).
RAIDING THE ROCK VAULT: LES IS FILLING IN FOR BLAS ELIAS (SLAUGHTER,
BLUE MAN GROUP, TSO) AND GETS INTO A BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE SHOW AND
WHERE TO SEE IT AT. “IT’S A HARD SHOW,
IT’S TRICKY”!
HE SPEAKS OF THE CHALLENGES OF “ROCK VAULT” AND WE GET INTO
HIS TIME TOURING WITH “BOW WOW WOW” (I WANT CANDY).
54:56
AS WE WRAP UP, LES DISCUSSES A “BOSTON” TRIBUTE AND HE ENJOYS DOING THE
TRIBUTE GIGS, “I JUST GO WITH THE FLOW AND I’M WORKING ON MY HEALTH”. LES IS CURRENTLY DOING SOME BOXING TO TRAIN
AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE NEW GIGS AND STAY ACTIVE IN HIS CURRENT ACTS.
LES ALSO REVEALS HE’S TAKING DRUM LESSONS, AS HE’S “CONSTANTLY LEARNING”. HE ALSO REVEALS THAT HE AND ROWAN ROBERTSON
ARE FINISHING UP THE TOUCHES ON A CHRISTMAS SONG.
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