Jock Bartley is the guitarist and founding member of the 70s country rock band Firefall. The band had a string of hits including the songs “You Are the Woman” and “Just Remember I Love You.” Their latest album “Friends and Family” is a collection of cover songs by The Doobie Brothers, Dan Fogelberg, Heart and others. We discuss the new album, drinking with Mick Fleetwood, performing alongside Motörhead, playing on an Andy Gibb solo record, Jock’s song for suicide prevention and more! 0:00:00 - I...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 380
Beau Hill is a music producer best known for his work with Ratt, Alice Cooper, Warrant, Winger, Europe and Kix. In this episode we discuss a variety of things throughout his career and his life. He tells stories of working with music legends like Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton. We also discuss his thoughts on Poison’s CC Deville doing the solo on Cherry Pie, the music business, and his path to success. A must listen to episode for music fans! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:13 - Golf 0:03:00 - Tr...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 379
Glen Tickle is a stand up comedian from New Jersey who has appeared on Dry Bar Comedy, Travel Channel and SiriusXM. His latest special “Glen Tickle Against the World Crime League” is available now for free on YouTube. We discuss the new special, his favorite music and movies, working clean and much more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:13 - Recording & Short Clips 0:05:50 - Shed & Location 0:07:15 - Humble Beginnings 0:12:52 - Offensive Vs. Clean Comedy 0:24:05 - Worst Job, Arizona & Attire 0:2...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 378
Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz is a musician, producer and singer for Bad Wolves. The band has a new album out on November 3rd called “Die About It.” We discuss the new album, touring, DL’s path to joining Bad Wolves, his Taco Bell order and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - The Nickname "DL" 00:45 - New Album "Die About It" 07:20 - Album Format Conceptually 08:05 - Band Turmoil Inspires 11:23 - New Song "Legends Never Die" 16:00 - New Song "Bad Friend" 17:53 - New Song "Hungry For Life" 19:45 - DL's Path to ...
Sep 12, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 377
Adrian Vandenberg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake, as well as his own band Vandenberg which he started in 1981. He has a new album out now with Vandenberg titled “Sin”, and a tour across the United States will follow. We discuss the new album, and a variety of things from throughout his amazing career including why Vivian Campbell left Whitesnake, Vinnie Vincent, playing with Warren DeMartini and much more! 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Hair &a...
Sep 11, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 376
Abraham Lucas is the starting right tackle for the Seattle Seahawks. After finishing his senior season at Washington State and making the first team All-Pac 12, he was drafted in the third round by the Seahawks. He ended up winning the starting right tackle job as a rookie and will continue that role this year. We discuss his time at Washington State, the draft process, his first season as a Seahawk, his football goals, some of his favorite music and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Love of Music 02:...
Sep 05, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 375
Brothers Jake & Luke Davies are the singer and guitarist for the band Of Limbo. They have a controversial new single out this Thursday called "California Demon.' The song looks at people who may "sell their soul" to make it in Hollywood. We discuss the new song, their epic music videos, past & future shows, social media and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Let's Go!! 02:15 - New Single "California Demon" 03:12 - Music Videos 04:14 - Bass Player & Drummer 05:30 - Possible Upcoming Tour &am...
Aug 21, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 374
Pete Evick is a musician, businessman and author. His latest book “MTV Famous” (co-written with Steve Olivas), chronicles his journey in the music business with his own bands as well as working with Bret Michaels. We discuss lots of great things including lessons from Bret, work ethic, his friendship with Mark McGrath, the downside of reality TV and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:13- New Sauce Company & Workload 0:05:00 - Work Ethic & Anxiety 0:07:55 - Music Career, Songwriting & Goals 0...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 373
Sam Bettley is a musician, best known as the bass player in Asking Alexandria since 2009. The band will release their latest album “Where Do We Go From Here” on August 25th. We discuss the new album, toning down the partying, a show with GnR, a TV show with Ultimate Warrior, fan support and much more! 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Doing Interviews & Language 02:10 - From England to America 04:10 - Band Blowing Up & Partying 07:30 - Party Days & Toning Down 11:05 - Touring with Evergreen Terr...
Aug 15, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 372
Alan Fitzgerald is a stand up comedian from Rhode Island. He has a hilarious new special out now titled "Straight for Pay" that is getting rave reviews. We discuss the new special, crappy jobs, drugs, the business of stand up comedy, Steven Segal and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:24 - Beards & Gender 0:02:38 - New Special, Clips, Editing, etc. 0:07:10 - Fat Jokes, Fat Shaming & Bullying 0:09:20 - Alcohol & Drugs 0:23:15 - Exercise & Swimming 0:25:15 - Comedy Background & Style 0...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 371
Mark Christopher Lee is a musician, filmmaker and UFO researcher. His latest film, "God Vs. Aliens" explores the impact that first contact with extraterrestrials would have on the world's religions and the role that AI will play. We discuss the film, simulation theory, Project Blue Beam, his band The Pocket Gods and much more! 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Idea for "God Vs. Aliens" 02:13 - Do Aliens Exist? 03:45 - Interdimensional Aliens 06:15 - Christian Church & Aliens 09:00 - Catholic Church &...
Aug 09, 2023•47 min•Season 4Ep. 370
Danny Marianino is a musician, author and content creator. He gained international fame when his band North Side Kings was playing a show in Tuba City, Arizona and he punched out Glenn Danzig. He received lot of hate mail for doing that, and collected the messages and put them into a book, "Don't Ever Punch a Rockstar." We discuss the punch, the book, the hate mail, drinking whiskey with Dimebag Darrell, his disturbing encounter with Marilyn Manson and much more! 00:00 - Intro 00:13 - Arizona Li...
Aug 08, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 369
Harry Turner is a British Army veteran and advocate for wildlife conservation, mental health and veterans. He is also the star of the Wildcat documentary on Amazon Prime. It’s a fascinating film about how his travel to the Amazon saved his life. He has since started a non-profit called Emerald Arch which strives to help veterans with PTSD. We discuss all the above in depth, including many things not shown in the film. A very powerful episode. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:45 - Background & Education ...
Aug 05, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 368
Tony Horton is a personal trainer, author and former actor. He is best known as the creator of the P90X home exercise program. He has also trained a long list of celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Sean Connery and Billy Idol. He has a new fitness program coming out on September first called “Power Sync 60”. We discuss the new program, his path to P90X, working out with Tom Petty, overcoming Ramsey-Hunt Syndrome and more. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:50 - P90X Inspirational Stories 0:02:...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 367
Antonia Whillans is an actress, model, voiceover artist and animal rights activist. Her latest film is an independent fictional action movie about adrenochrome harvesting titled I Am Rage. We discuss that film, along with how she got into acting and voice over work, upcoming projects, animal rights and more. A very fascinating and thought provoking discussion. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:40 - Developing Acting Skills Young 0:02:30 - Early Acting Roles & Skills 0:05:40 - Goals with Acting, Fame &...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 366
Lajon Witherspoon is a singer and songwriter and the frontman for Atlanta based rock band Sevendust. The band has been on both the Vans Warped Tour and Ozzfest, as well as touring with Metallica and Godsmack, among others. They will being doing shows with both Mammoth WVH & Alter Bridge as well as Static-X and Dope to support their latest record Truth Killer. We discuss the new record and tour plus, success, Lajon’s voice, meeting Robin Williams and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - New Album Trut...
Jul 27, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 365
John Guarnieri is a podcaster and former Secret Service agent. He is also the chief operating officer for Silver Spear Security, and has worked with Motley Crue, Shinedown and others. He has some great stories and an interesting perspective given his background. We discuss security risks, mass shootings, police interactions, hangers on with big bands and more! A really fun discussion! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:33 - Security Systems in Place 0:03:25 - Death Threats & Preventing Incidents 0:08:23 -...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 364
Ray West is a rock singer and frontman for the band Spread Eagle. The band has shows lined up for September and will be on the Monsters of Rock Cruise in 2024. We discuss how the band was signed originally, touring with Vain, Ray’s side projects, working with George Lynch and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:26 - Drug Cliche with Rock 0:10:10 - Spread Eagle Being Signed 0:13:00 - How Ray Joined Spread Eagle 0:14:45 - Record Deal & Production Agreement 0:17:30 - Signing with Frontiers Records &...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 363
Jeff Scott Soto is a singer/songwriter who has been the vocalist for many artists including Journey, Yngwie Malmsteen, Sons of Apollo and Talisman. He most recent release is an album recorded in the 90s with former Rick Springfield guitarist George Bernhardt titled “Slam.” We discuss that album, his time with Yngwie, working with Vinnie Vincent, soundtrack work and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Welcome Jeff & Connections 02:50 - New Slam Record 05:28 - Recording & Touring 06:34 - Goals &am...
Jul 21, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 362
Juan Croucier is musician and music producer, best known as the bassist for Ratt. He also played on some early Dokken songs and was briefly in Quiet Riot. Ratt has a new box set available with their 5 albums from the Atlantic years. We discuss the box set, the songwriting process, an unreleased song, touring issues and much more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:07 - Doing Interviews 0:03:03 - Concert History & Promoters 0:05:38 - Detonator Tour 0:08:13 - Music Business & Success 0:14:47 - Early Mus...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 4Ep. 361
Jeremy Swift is an actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Higgins on Ted Lasso, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. He has also been interested in music since he was a kid and just released a new album. We discuss Ted Lasso, his music, seeing the Sex Pistols with Sid Vicious live, the actor’s strike and more! Fun episode! 00:00 - Intro 00:44 - Playing Different Instruments 01:58 - New Album Sound & Influences 03:30 - Early Musical & Acting Upbringing 06:17 - Producer Is...
Jul 13, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 360
Fritz Coleman is a comedian, podcaster and retired weatherman. He worked at The Comedy Store for many years and made eight appearances on The Tonight Show. He has a new stand up special called “Unassisted Living” available for free on Tubi. We discuss the new special, The Comedy Store, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, his years in the Navy and so much more! 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Right Place, Right Time 03:46 - Joining the Navy & Path 06:10 - Seeing George Carlin 08:10 - Doing Radio & Weather ...
Jul 12, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 359
Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling is a comedian, writer, actor, musician and podcaster. He is best known as the former writer and in-studio comedian for The Howard Stern Show from 1983-2001. He has a new documentary about his life coming out on July 18th called “Joke Man.” We discuss the new movie, his autobiography, why he left the Stern Show, and so much more!! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:50 - Long Island Comedy Scene 0:06:28 - Self-Producing & Selling Albums 0:13:05 - Getting the Call From Howard 0...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 358
Lance Lopez is an American blues rock, singer, guitarist and songwriter. He has been involved with music from a young age and was mentored by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons at age 16. Since then he has toured with Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Def Leppard, Whitesnake & more. His latest album, titled “Trouble is Good” comes out July 14th on Cleopatra Records. We discuss the new record, guitars, mentoring younger musicians, using emotion to create music and much more! 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Audio/Visual 01:50 ...
Jul 05, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 357
Tad Doyle (full name Thomas Andrew Doyle) is a musician, formerly of the band Tad and now his own solo projects. He has been called “the godfather of grunge” as his band Tad was one of the first grunge bands in Seattle. Initially on the famed Subpop record label, they later scored two major label deals. The band toured with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Primus & Sweet Water, among others. After the band ended Tad had some other projects and now make music under the name Thomas Andre...
Jul 03, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 356
Frank Robb is an alligator expert and founder of the non-profit EEARSS (Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services). He became a Chicago legend when he caught the alligator Chance the Snapper in Humboldt Park in 2019. We discuss that incident along with many interesting facts about alligators and how they may have some answers to curing disease in humans. 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Frank's Background 03:20 - Alligators Vs. Crocodiles 05:25 - Location, Size, & Lifespan 07:45 -...
Jun 26, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 355
Andy Haynes is a comedian, writer, actor and podcaster. His latest special, The Coward of Gramercy is available now for free on YouTube. In this interview we discuss the Seattle comedy scene, navigating offensiveness in comedy, eyebrows, sobriety and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:43 - Wife & Bert Kreischer 0:02:40 - Comedy Journey & Seattle Scene 0:10:42 - Phoenix Comedy Scene 0:14:20 - Comedy & Making Money 0:19:19 - Wokeness, Comedy & Offended 0:27:12 - Fahim Anwar Edgy? 0:31:59 -...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 354
Ari Nagel is an American mathematics professor and a sperm donor who has fathered more than 140 children. He has been nicknamed the Sperminator or the Target Donor , after the American retail corporation in whose stores some of his artificial-insemination donations were performed. In this episode we discuss Ari’s backstory and how he became a sperm donor, the complications of having 140 kids, legal issues and more. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:07 - Background & Growing Up 0:04:03 - Motorcycle Accide...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 353
Penelope Spheeris is a film director, producer and screenwriter. She directed all 3 of "The Decline of Western Civilization" with a 4th one on the way. She also directed Suburbia, Black Sheep and Wayne's World. This was one of the most fun interviews I've done this year, maybe ever. Lots of great stories about Hollywood, working with Chris Farley, her unreleased movie about Ozzfest, UFO abductions and so much more! Check it out! 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - The Decline of Western Civilization 3 04:01 -...
Jun 14, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 352
Brett Crozier is a retired captain in the United States Navy and author. His current book "Surf When You Can" shares the inspiring and unexpected lessons he learned from a lifetime of honor, service and leadership. We discuss his Navy career, life lessons he talks about in the book and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - Jack Carr on Rogan Praising Brett 01:40 - Making Decisions 02:40 - Never Turn Down Espresso 09:22 - Top Gun Inspiration & Challenging Yourself 13:10 - Adrenaline & Flying Jets 1...
Jun 13, 2023•46 min•Season 4Ep. 351
