I can't believe I lost this file for so long. But I'm very happy I found it and I get to share it with you this week. The awesome Kim McAuliffe from the equally awesome Girlschool joins me for Episode 319 of Life In The Stocks to talk all things punk rock, glam rock and rock 'n' roll. Enjoy! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed cop...
Apr 09, 2024•53 min•Season 4Ep. 319
From one bad ass bass player (Duff McKagan) to another, my guest for Episode 318 of Life In The Stocks is Sami Yaffa from Hanoi Rocks and the New York Dolls. Sami has led an incredibly rich and interesting life, and it's all documented in his amazing autobiography, The Road Bends. He's also got a couple of great solo albums out, and we talk all about the book, the solo records and his time in Hanoi Rocks and the Dolls. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books...
Mar 24, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 318
Today is my birthday, and what better way to celebrate than by welcoming one of my all-time favourite rock stars and humans onto the show. Duff McKagan from Guns N' Roses & Velvet Revolver joins me this week for Episode 317 of Life In The Stocks to talk all about his storied life and career, leading up to the release of his new solo album Lighthouse, which is out now. This is absolutely one of my favourite episodes to date. I always love talking to Duff and this interview is, I think, the be...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 317
My guest this week is one of my favourite people on the planet, Australian singer, songwriter & musician, Dallas Frasca. And we share an honest and vulnerable conversation about creative and personal development. It's a conversation about evolution and growth and finding your purpose and fulfilling your potential. Dallas is a brilliant woman and a truly amazing musical artist. This is actually one of my favourite ever episodes. It’s a beautiful reminder of how lucky I am to get to do what I ...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 4Ep. 316
Another Aussie podcast for you this week. I'm joined by none other than Alan Fletcher, aka Dr. Karl Kennedy from Neighbours, the longest running and most beloved TV show in the history of Australian television. Once again, it's a bloody great chat with a bloody great bloke. You can also catch Alan on tour throughout the UK this July. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from a...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 315
I've got a great guest for you this week: Ross Knight from Cosmic Psychos. If you haven't seen the Cosmic Psychos documentary, Blokes You Can Trust, you absolutely need to check it out. It will tell you everything you need to know about this iconic Australian band. Ross is a bloody great bloke as well. I think you'll really get a kick out of this conversation. I know I did. Cheers! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & ...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 314
Welcome to Episode 313 of Life In The Stocks. My guest this week is Joe Escalante from The Vandals. I had the pleasure of Joe's company and friendship on the Flogging Molly Cruise last year and it felt great to welcome him onto the podcast. We talk about discovering punk rock, switching Fat Mike onto punk rock, and building a life and career out of punk rock. We discuss how the classic Vandals line-up of Joe Escalante, Dave Quackenbush, Warren Fitzgerald and Josh Freese came about, and the relat...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 313
Karina Deniké from NOFX and Dance Hall Crashers joins me this week. We talk about growing up in England, moving to America, the East Bay Gilman Street and Third Wave ska scenes, her 18 years with the Dance Hall Crashers, being a female on the punk rock scene, coming up at the same time and playing shows with No Doubt and Sublime, her relationship with her former Dance Hall Crasher band mates, her friendship with Fat Mike, playing in NOFX, The Final Tour and more. It's a lovely chat with a lovely...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 312
Exene is someone else I met on the Flogging Molly Cruise - we actually met on the 2022 Salty Dog Cruise, it's just taken me until now to invite her onto the show. But everything happens for a reason. All in due time and all that. I genuinely believe that to be true. This was such a soul-stirring and inspiring conversation.We discuss sobriety, recovery, relationships, heartache, creativity and so much more. It actually felt more like an exercise in life advice than an interview, and I'm very grat...
Jan 07, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 311
I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Vic from The Slackers on the Flogging Molly Cruise. And I knew right away I had to get him on the podcast. The Slackers are not only one of the best (and most criminally overlooked) contemporary ska bands, Vic is also an incredible songwriter and musician, not to mention a real old school New York character. I'm sure he has stories for days. We get into a few of them here, from growing up in the Bronx and the New York music scene to the history ...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 310
Merry Christmas boys and girls!!! I thought I'd do something a little different for this special Christmas episode of LITS and share with you an episode of my other podcast, Stoke The Fire, a show that I co-host with my best friend Jesse Leach from Killswitch Engage. We launched the show during COVID as a means of connecting in a time of much division and unrest, and it's something we've continued (albeit sporadically) in the post-COVID world. Many of the guests that've appeared on Life In The S...
Dec 25, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 309
I've had the pleasure of interviewing Mark Tremonti many times over the last 12 years, for Kerrang! Radio, Scuzz TV and Metal Hammer, but this is his first appearance on Life In The Stocks. We talk a little bit about Creed and Alter Bridge, obviously, but the main focus of this conversation is the last couple of solo records that Mark has put out, namely his Frank Sinatra covers album and the Christmas album he just released, Christmas Classics New & Old. As a big fan of both Sinatra and Chr...
Dec 19, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 308
The wait is finally over. Whitfield Crane is probably the most requested guest in the history of Life In The Stocks. We've been friends for over ten years and people are always asking me, "When's Whit Crane coming on the podcast?" We were just biding our time for the right moment, and this was truly it. An Evening with Whitfield Crane, as recorded live at the West Hampstead Arts Club in London on October 26. Thank you to everyone who made it out to the show. It was an incredibly special evening ...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 307
This conversation you're about to hear was recorded live on the final day of the Flogging Molly Salty Dog Cruise 2023. My guest is legendary pro-skater, punk rocker and all-round nice guy, Steve Caballero. This is not a conversation about skateboarding or punk rock, however. Those conversations with Cab are out there and they are excellent. This is something a little different. This is a conversation about life, faith and the human condition. Thank you to Cab for being so courageously open and v...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 306
This week's conversation is another double-header interview. Hollywood legend Billy Bob Thornton and Grammy Award-winning recording engineer J.D. Andrew from The Boxmasters join me for Episode 305 of Life In The Stocks to talk rock 'n' roll, Christmas music, Captain Beefheart and a whole lot more. Cheers to the fellas for taking the time out. I really enjoyed this one. I hope you do, too! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 305
This is the first in the history of Life In The Stocks as two guests from different projects join me on the podcast. I welcome both Marty Friedman (Megadeth/Solo) and Debbie Gough (Heriot) onto Episode 304 of LITS to discuss the launch of the Jackson Virtuoso guitar, and that leads into a larger conversation about guitar music and heavy metal in general. There's something for everyone in this episode, from inspiration and influences to the past, present and future of the genre. Rock 'N' Roll. Fo...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 4Ep. 304
Keith "Monkey" Warren from The Adicts joins me for Episode 303 of Life In The Stocks to talk all things Adicts and all things punk rock. You can catch Monkey giving guided tours at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas this week. Happy Halloween!!! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers:...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 303
Author, artist and filmmaker James Spooner joins me for Episode 302 of Life In The Stocks. We discuss his debut documentary feature film Afro Punk, which came out 20 years ago this year, and the accompanying exhibition that James has running at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas from now until March 2024, called Black Punk Now. We talk about punk music in relation to African American culture, mainstream versus alternative culture, commercialism, capitalism, racial issues, gender politics, the Me ...
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 302
My great friends - and now I can finally say touring buddies - Barney Boom & Laila K from Sonic Boom Six join me for the first episode of Series Four of Life In The Stocks for a super in-depth heart-to-heart discsussion that covers everything from friendship, wellbeing and self-empowerment to the music industry, the UK ska punk scene, the past, present & future of Sonic Boom Six, and a whole lot more. I love these guys like family. I hope you enjoy this conversation. Follow me on Faceboo...
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 301
I'm absolutely honoured to be welcoming one of my all-time favourite artists and absolute dream guests onto the podcast this week. Mr. Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins joins me for Episode 300 of Life In The Stocks. What a treat! Thank you to everyone who's listened to and supported the show over the last seven years. It's been a crazy ride. And thank you to Billy for giving up his time to join me for this milestone episode. Here's to the next 300 and beyond!!! Follow me on Facebook / Twi...
Oct 09, 2023•50 min•Season 3Ep. 300
We've reached the penultimate episode of Life In The Stocks Series Three, and joining me for Episode 299 of the podcast is one of my all-time favourite singers and long-time dream interviewees, the awesome & amazing Donita Sparks from L7. I've wanted to have Donita on the show for years, so I'm very pleased we finally made it happen. And she did absolutely not disappoint. This is one of my favourite conversations to date. I hope you all enjoy it, too! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instag...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 299
A bonafide rock 'n' roll bad ass joins me for Episode 298 of Life In The Stocks. Tommy Stinson was an original founding member of The Replacements, one of the most influential and underrated rock 'n' roll bands of all-time. And when that band came to an end and Duff McKagan left Guns N' Roses, Tommy started playing bass with GNR, and he remained with the group from 1998-2014. So he's served extended tenures in two of the most iconic and awesome rock bands ever. And we get into all of that in thi...
Sep 19, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 298
As we approach Episode 300 of Life In The Stocks, I have members of seminal and incredible alternative rock bands lined up as guests, starting with Episode 297 and Greg Norton from Hüsker Dü. We talk all about the eighties alternative rock scene in America and Greg's time in Hüsker Dü. We also discuss his new band UltraBomb, and his time away from the music business working as a chef running restaurants, and the similarities between the music and hospitality industries. It's a great talk and Gre...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 297
OG punk legend and business man (those two antithetical terms are not, in fact, mutually exclusive) Shawn Stern joins me for Episode 296 of Life In The Stocks. Alongside his brother Mark Stern, Shawn co-founded Youth Bridge, BYO Records and Punk Rock Bowling, the annual gathering for punks of all ages in Las Vegas, Nevada. We talk about all of that and more in this episode, which is a great insight into not only the evolution of the US punk scene but also live events and the music industry in ge...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 296
I'm thrilled to welcome Warped Tour founder, college professor, philanthropist and all-round scene legend Kevin Lyman onto the podcast this week. Kevin is someone I've always wanted to have on the show and it was so good to finally make it happen. Huge shout out to his daughter Sierra for linking it up. If you're interested in US punk rock, the inner workings of the music industry and the organisation of mass scale live events, Woodstock '99, Kevin's take on the whole Dickies debacle, why the Wa...
Aug 22, 2023•53 min•Season 3Ep. 295
It blows my mind that I can be 294 podcasts in and still be recording some of my favourite Life In The Stocks episodes to date. It gets me so excited about the future and what's still to come. But let's not get ahead of ourselves...joining me for Episode 294 of LITS is Spike Slawson from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, aka the best covers band in the world, and his solo project Uke-Hunt - see what he did there?!? This is a great chat. We discuss frontmanship (is that a word?) and show business, g...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 3Ep. 294
Brendan B. Brown from Wheatus joins me for Episode 293 of Life In The Stocks. And what a lovely man he is. We had a great conversation, from Teenage Dirtbag and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden to Weezer, Bowling For Soup & the Noughties New York music scene, plus a whole lot more. Be sure to go see Wheatus on tour throughout the UK in September, October & November - there is no excuse to not see them, as they're literally playing EVERYWHERE. Dates and tickets can be found at wheatus.com/s...
Jul 25, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 293
Life In The Stocks Episode 292 is the audio from my Live Q&A with 'A' frontman, songwriter & producer, Jason Perry. As always, a huge thank you to Terry and the rest of the team at the West Hampstead Arts Club for being such fantastic hosts and facilitating these live events. And thank you to Jason, Adam & Giles Perry for making it such a fun and enjoyable night. Thank you to everyone who came down as well. I hope to announce a couple more live podcasts before the year is over. Follo...
Jul 18, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 292
The last couple of episodes have been very special to me - both last week's chat with Canadian broadcaster Strombo, and this week's conversation with Rebecca Schnell. It's so nice to talk to people that I share a professional common ground with, and I think it makes for really interesting conversations. It's something a little bit different to the typical music interviews that I tend to do. And it's always stimulating to step outside of that box. Rebecca is a Monster Truck driver and someone tha...
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 291
This is one of my favourite podcasts to date. George Stroumboulopoulos, aka Strombo, is one of the very few broadcasters and interviewers that I genuinely look up to and admire. He is an absolute legend in the game. I was both honoured and thrilled to have the chance to sit down and talk to him about the art of interviewing, our mutual love of conversation and connection, music, art & culture. I feel like I've found a kindred spirit in George and I really hope you enjoying listening to this ...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 290
