For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with the legendary Dionne Warwick, Grand Funk Railroad and Bob Seger drummer Don Brewer, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young guitarist Nils Lofgren, 311 singer and guitarist Nick Hexum, and chef and Nailed It star Jacques Torres. More information on the guests featured on this episode of the Paltrocast can be found online via: www.dionnewarwick.us , www.grandfunkrailroad.com , www.nilslofgren.com , www.311.com , and www.mrchocolate.com ....
May 15, 2019•1 hr
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with Cobra Kai star William Zabka, singer Lucy Woodward and members of The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band. As a bonus are some questions asked to legendary journalist and television host Dan Rather. Points of discussion include The Tonight Show, The Karate Kid, Charlie Hunter, the Columbus Washboard Factory, fishing, music appreciation, and Clearwater, Florida. More information on the guests featured on this episode of the Paltrocast can be found...
May 01, 2019•41 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with the Tedeschi Trucks Band's Susan Tedeschi, Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, and actress Kaley Cuoco. Points of discussion include The Big Bang Theory, The Great Travel Hack, New York, sports, Derek Trucks and bar mitzvahes. More information on the guests featured on this episode of the Paltrocast can be found online via: www.tedeschitrucksband.com , www.countingcrows.com and www.instagram.com/kaleycuoco ....
Apr 17, 2019•33 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with Longwave singer Steve Schiltz, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Fantastic Negrito and Queensrÿchebassist Eddie Jackson. Points of discussion include Steve Hackett, the Clearwater Sea-Blues Festival, the Bay Area, Seattle, and Hurricane Bells. More information on the guests featured on this episode of the Paltrocast can be found online via their official websites: www.longwavetheband.com , www.fanasticnegrito.com and www.queensrycheoffic...
Apr 03, 2019•31 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with legendary guitarist Kane Roberts, singer/songwriter Bobby Long and comedian, actor, writer, producer and director Marlon Wayans. Points of discussion include Alice Cooper, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Alissa White-Gluz, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and WWE Superstar Kane. More information on this episode's guests can be found online at www.facebook.com/KaneRobertsFBPage , www.musicbobbylong.com and www.twitter.com/MarlonWayans ....
Mar 20, 2019•30 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with legendary drummer Carmine Appice, guitar hero John 5 and comedian, podcaster, best-seller author and entrepreneur Adam Carolla. Points of discussion include work ethic, investing, David Lee Roth, Diamond Dallas Page and Castrol EDGE. More information on this episode’s artists can be found online at www.carmineappice.net , www.john-5.com and www.adamcarolla.com ....
Mar 06, 2019•40 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with television and radio host Eddie Trunk, singer/songwriter (and winemaker) Sass Jordan and certified triple-threat Obba Babatundé. Points of discussion include music festivals, wine, positivity, Ray Chew and The Struts. More information on this episode’s artists can be found online at www.eddietrunk.com , www.sassjordan.com and www.twitter.com/obbababatunde ....
Feb 20, 2019•44 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with drummer Hunt Sales (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren), John Davis (The Lees Of Memory, Superdrag) and Slipknot’s Sid Wilson (a.k.a. Sid The 3rd, DJ Starscream). Points of discussion include Nada Surf, Transformers, Soupy Sales, Judaism and motorcycles. More information on this episode’s artists can be found online at www.biglegalmessrecords.com , www.theleesofmemory.com and www.sidthe3rd.com ....
Feb 06, 2019•44 min
The Paltrocast is back with episode 13 and, this time around, Darren Paltrowitz sits down for engaging interviews with wrestling legend and DDP YOGA founder Diamond Dallas Page, Rammstein and Emigrate's Richard Z. Kruspe, and author and entrepreneur Marci Zaroff. Editing by: Analog Spark’s Mark Piro Series by: Darren Paltrowitz & PureGrainAudio.com Paltrocast & Darren Paltrowitz online: http://www.puregrainaudio.com/paltrocast http://www.paltrowitz.com...
Jan 22, 2019•40 min
The Paltrocast continues with episode 12 and, this time around, Darren Paltrowitz sits down for three engaging interviews with artist, manager and radio host Lido Beach's Scott Waldman, Genesis co-founder Steve Hackett, and Big Sugar frontman (and producer) Gordie Johnson.
Jan 02, 2019•33 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with Jon Spencer (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, Pussy Galore), Spin Doctors frontman Chris Barron and Game Of Thrones star Hafthor Björnsson. In turn, there was some great discussion about The Rolling Stones, Iceland, WWE, work ethic and Krazy Glue. More information can be found at www.intheredrecords.com , www.thechrisbarron.com and www.hafthorbjornsson.com ....
Dec 19, 2018•33 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, I spoke with 3 different inspirational people with interesting new projects. Ace Frehley co-founded the band KISS and has a new album out via Entertainment One Music titled Spaceman. Dennis Quaid is the leader of Dennis Quaid & The Sharks and just put out a new album called Out Of The Box via Omnivore Recordings. Actress Sophia Bush recently participated in Giving Tuesday alongside PayPal and spoke about her various other endeavors. More information can be...
Dec 05, 2018•28 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, I spoke with 3 different fun and inspirational people with interesting new projects. Marc Summers first achieved fame as a host of game shows, like Double Dare, then found success as a television producer. Summers is the host of the Thanksgiving Movie Feast this week on HDNET MOVIES. Engelbert Humperdinck is a legendary singer with a career spanning almost 50 years. He has generated sales in excess of 140 million records -- including 64 gold albums and 23 plat...
Nov 21, 2018•56 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, I spoke with 3 different fun and inspirational people with new albums. Greg Holden is an Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter, originally from England, who recently released a new single through BMG called "The Power Shift." Greg also did a lot of touring this year alongside Butch Walker, who I asked about within our chat. Dee Snider is more than the famed frontman of Twisted Sister, having found success as a radio host, actor, filmmaker, author, reality TV sta...
Nov 07, 2018•34 min
For this edition of the Paltrocast, I spoke with 3 different fun and inspirational people with new albums. Jeremy Widerman plays guitar in the Hamilton, Ontario band Monster Truck, which released True Rockers last month. Jesse Matthewson is the singer of the Winnipeg group KEN mode, which just released Loved. The one and only Andrew W.K. recently put out You're Not Alone, his first full-length in almost a decade. More info on these new titles can be found online at www.ilovemonstertruck.com , ww...
Oct 22, 2018•34 min
Changing up the format of Paltrocast... I spoke with 3 different drummers, each of whom in-demand and working steadily. This includes Mark Stepro (Butch Walker, Keith Urban, Panic! At The Disco), Victor Indrizzo (Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, Beck), and Wolf (Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus). Mark Stepro can be followed on Twitter and Instagram via @MarkStepro , Victor Indrizzo keeps a home online at www.indrizzodrums.com , and Wolf can be visited at www.wolfedelic.com ....
Oct 01, 2018•51 min
Mike Love co-founded The Beach Boys over 55 years ago alongside Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson and Al Jardine. Last year, Love released a double album through BMG titled Unleash The Love, his first solo album in decades. One year prior to that, Love released an autobiography, Good Vibrations: My Life As A Beach Boy. Meanwhile, The Beach Boys remain active as ever, performing over 170 shows in 2017 alone. Simply put, Mike Love shows no signs of slowing down, and I spoke to him about tha...
Sep 10, 2018•18 min
Chris Jericho has millions of fans around the world for a variety of reasons. Within the world of professional wrestling, he has been a world champion and is almost certainly a future WWE Hall Of Famer. As a musician, he is the frontman of Fozzy, which released its seventh full-length album, "Judas," last year. As an author, he has written four best-selling memoirs (including 2017's "No Is A Four Letter Word"). And all of this is without factoring in Jericho’s success as an actor, podcaster, tel...
Aug 27, 2018•10 min
Rob Grad is an in-demand visual artist based in Los Angeles. But before his art career took off, he played bass in the band Kik Tracee, which inked a record deal before Grad’s 21st birthday. During days off on tour, while his bandmates were sightseeing or at local malls, Grad visited museums. In other words, he was not your proto-typical “hair-band” guy. Grad showed during Art Basel, Switzerland and at SCOPE Miami last year, and his work hangs in San Francisco International Airport, The Avedis Z...
Aug 13, 2018•14 min
Andy Summers first achieved worldwide fame as one-third of the legendary rock band The Police. However, The Police was only one chapter of Summers’ successful career as he was a prolific sideman before joining the Sting-fronted power trio. After The Police disbanded, Summers became an in-demand composer for film projects (e.g. Weekend At Bernie's), beyond recording solo albums and presenting dozens of shows featuring his photography. The latest solo effort from Summers is last year’s Tribolumine...
Jul 30, 2018•11 min
Fred Stoller is an acclaimed comedian, actor, and writer. I had the pleasure of interviewing him on August 6, 2017 at The Grove in Los Angeles, where many regard him to be "the mayor." His latest book is Five Minutes to Kill, an e-book on the HBO's 1989 Young Comedian Special, which Stoller appeared on alongside David Spade, Rob Schneider, Warren Thomas, Drake Sather, and Jann Karam. More on Stoller can be found online at www.fredstoller.net ....
Jul 16, 2018•15 min
