Today’s episode features Ryan Hendry (Drums); Nicholas Smeriglio (vocals and guitarist); Braden Frandino (Bass); and Blake Henry (Lead Guitar.) All members of the band Kids That Fly.
Todd Ortmeier has toured as an audio engineer, and as a tour, production, & stage manager. He’s worked for Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Lonestar, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, John Michael Montgomery, Tracy Lawrence, Wade Hayes, Pirates of the Mississippi, Harry Connick Jr., & Gallagher. He was voted Production Manager of the Year for CMA Touring SRO awards in 2014 and has been nominated several other times. Chris Lisle is a Production Designer,...
Joe Bouchard is best known as a former member of Blue Öyster Cult. He recently released the album American Rocker. His brother Albert Bouchard is a drummer and was a founding member of Blue Öyster Cult. His newest album is Imaginos 2… It was released last year.
Charlie Wiener has been a professional comedian, songwriter, singer and musician for fifty years. He’s written seven books; A Life in The Wings, 4 novels, a children's book, and a biography. He’s performed throughout the US, Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands. My second guest is David Spero. Early on he spent years working as a DJ. He’s worked for Columbia Pictures. He was the Senior Director of Programming at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. Working for many years in talent management, he’s been ...
Taylor Roberts is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Riding With Killers. Sean Benton Doria AKA Thundrr is my second guest. A talented road dog Sean has worked as the stage manager and drum tech for Devildriver. He has worked as a drum/keyboard tech for King Crimson. He’s played drums with Traded Moments, Color Under Fire, Born Astray, & Riding with Killers.
Phil Krohn is the drummer of the band, hailing from New Orleans, called Transient. Phil also has a podcast called History Buffs. Darrin Perry, AKA Mayhem Jesus, is a tour manager with MVK music group. His show Beauty and the Beast plays on Rock Rage Radio.
Olivia Sebesky is a multimedia art director and motion graphics designer specializing in live entertainment. She has designed for artists and brands including James Taylor, Aerosmith, Hootie & The Blowfish, Darius Rucker, Simone Biles, Nike, Bloomberg, Peloton, Soho House, TEDTalks, NY Fashion Week, & MDLBeast Soundstorm. Olivia was chosen as one of Live Design’s 30 Under 30, and most recently, her work was featured in “Like a Woman,” a documentary about women who are breaking barriers w...
Bryan Martin is a Cherokee Indigenous American country artist. His newest album is titled Self Inflicted Scars. David Rosales is my second guest. His newest release is a song called “Spoonful.” It was released in honor of Earth Day and is streaming now.
Tim Quinby is a monitor engineer & FOH Mixer. He has worked 1011 shows for Slayer over a 17 year time period. He’s also worked for Robin Thicke, Kool & the Gang, Testament, Everclear, 311, Aretha Franklin & Exodus. Chad Olech is a front of house engineer. He’s worked for Linkin Park, Puddle of Mud, Survivor, Thin Lizzy, Flogging Molly, Chevelle, Anthrax, Daughtry, Deftones, Weezer, Panic at the Disco, Shinedown, Peter Frampton, Jason Bonham, Disturbed, & Fall Out Boy. Jason 'Atta...
Tim Quinby is a monitor engineer & FOH Mixer. He has worked 1011 shows for Slayer over a 17 year time period. He’s also worked for Robin Thicke, Kool & the Gang, Testament, Everclear, 311, Aretha Franklin & Exodus. Chad Olech is a front of house engineer. He’s worked for Linkin Park, Puddle of Mud, Survivor, Thin Lizzy, Flogging Molly, Chevelle, Anthrax, Daughtry, Deftones, Weezer, Panic at the Disco, Shinedown, Peter Frampton, Jason Bonham, Disturbed, & Fall Out Boy. Jason 'Atta...
Tim Quinby is a monitor engineer & FOH Mixer. He has worked 1011 shows for Slayer over a 17 year time period. He’s also worked for Robin Thicke, Kool & the Gang, Testament, Everclear, 311, Aretha Franklin & Exodus. Chad Olech is a front of house engineer. He’s worked for Linkin Park, Puddle of Mud, Survivor, Thin Lizzy, Flogging Molly, Chevelle, Anthrax, Daughtry, Deftones, Weezer, Panic at the Disco, Shinedown, Peter Frampton, Jason Bonham, Disturbed, & Fall Out Boy.
David Dansky has been a sound designer, mixer, production and/or tour manager for Julio Iglesias, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bette Midler, Cher, Itzhak Perlman, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Charo, The Manhattan Transfer, Sergio Mendes, George Benson, Joel Grey, Debbie Reynolds, The Original Fifth Dimension, Bobby Vinton, Florence Henderson, Jim Nabors, Donna Summer, Neil Sedaka, The Isley Brothers, Teena Marie, Doc Severinsen, Yoshiki, Barbra Streisand, & Frank Sinatra. Jan Landy is a productio...
Victor DeLorenzo is the founding drummer of the band the Violent Femmes. He’s also been an actor and filmmaker. He currently plays in the chamber rock duo Nineteen Thirteen with cellist Janet Schiff, and his newest project titled Night Crickets is with none other than David J from Bauhaus. Mark Oliver Everett better known as “E” is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and sometimes drummer of the rock band Eels. His new and 14th studio album, Extreme Witchcraft, is out now and you...
Robert Void Caprio is both a front of house and monitor engineer. He’s worked for Barbra Streisand, Elle King, The Fray, Whiz Khalifa, Cee Lo, Eve 6, Vanessa Carlton, The Fray, Ringo Starr, Boston, Lauryn Hill, Joan Jett, Julio Iglesias & Paul Abdul Paul Jump is a systems engineer. He’s worked for Boston, Rihanna, Kanye West, STYX, KISS, & Ozzy Osbourne.
Steve Litscher is the tour manager and front of house engineer for Stitched Up Heart and Gemini Syndrome. Randy Mathias is my second guest. He is the bass player and a backing vocalist for the band Stitched up Heart.
My first guest is Dizzy Reed. He’s been playing keyboard with Guns N’ Roses since 1990. He is a member of the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, was a member of The Dead Daisies, and of course still tours with his band Hookers & Blow. A little known fact… that band was almost called Unicorns and incense. My second guest is Nick Huffman. He is the owner of the Looney Bin in Bradley, Illinois. It’s heralded as the smallest national venue in America. He’s a comedian, releasing the albums titled Abusing...
Toby Francis is a sound guy. He has mixed, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Kiss, Audioslave, Jane’s Addiction, Guns N’ Roses, Katy Perry, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber & The Mars Volta, Ariana Grande to name a few. Marc Bloom is my second guest. His face has been seen in various roles in the industry. He’s mixed bands such as Motörhead & the Blue Man Group. He was a forklift operator out at the old Foxboro Stadium for such bands as U2. And now he is a production Runner for a number of venue...
Toby Francis is a sound guy. He has mixed, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Kiss, Audioslave, Jane’s Addiction, Guns N’ Roses, Katy Perry, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber & The Mars Volta, Ariana Grande to name a few. Marc Bloom is my second guest. His face has been seen in various roles in the industry. He’s mixed bands such as Motörhead & the Blue Man Group. He was a forklift operator out at the old Foxboro Stadium for such bands as U2. And now he is a production Runner for a number of venue...
Jimmy Duke is a lighting designer and video guy. He’s worked for Halsey, Travis Scott, Jake Owen, Kidzbop, Katy Perry, Live, Bruce Springsteen, Gwen Stefani, Evanescence, Game of Thrones, Thirty Seconds to Mars, & Pat Benatar, Aerosmith, Paramore, and “the Strip Strip Hooray tour” with Dita Von Teese. Conner Ostrowski is a lighting Designer for Drive-By Truckers & Sleeping with Sirens, In addition, he’s worked for the Offspring, Widespread Panic & Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Ra...
Rodger Pugh is currently the LD for Black Veil Brides and HellYeah. He’s worked for Starset, Collective Soul, In This Moment, Tesla, Getter, & Queensryche. Ryan Pervola, also known as "Perv" is a Baltimore based Lighting Designer, programmer, Electrician, rigger & stagehand. He is a local union hand with IATSE local 19 and has worked for GWAR, Tetrarch, Suicideboys, & is a resident LD at Merriweather Post Pavillion. David Boykin is a lighting designer from San Diego. He owns and oper...
Sean Rowe is a singer-songwriter. His newest album The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights was released last October. You may recognize his songs from NBC’s hit dramas The Blacklist and Parenthood. His song “To Leave Something Behind” was featured in Ben Affleck’s 2016 feature film, The Accountant. He is an expert forager who hosts the web series Can I eat this? It’s got a great theme song… Gareth Dunlop is also a singer-songwriter. He has toured with Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Snow Patrol, Nanci G...
Chance Jones is a touring drummer. He’s toured with Johnny McGuire, No Resolve, Another Last Year, Blacklite District & Collin Nash. He was a tour manager for the band Sleep Signals and has worked as a drum tech for Attila and Hinder. My second guest is Cody “Poop” Carlton he’s worked as a merch guy for Hinder and as a lighting tech. for Nonpoint.
Both George and Vince Edwards are sound guys. They have toured with Black Flag, the Smithereens, the Grateful Dead, the Beach Boys, Eddie Money, Motley Crue, Nirvana, Santana, Huey Lewis, Journey, Social Distortion, & David Bowie. Vince Edwards is also the host of the podcast "Beyond the Backstage Pass."
Danyell Souza is a singer/producer in Dead Posey. Tony Fagenson is a guitarist/multi-instrumentalist & producer also in Dead Posey. Before Dead Posey, he was in the bands Eve 6 and the Sugi Tap.
Mike “Finn” Finocchiaro is a lighting technician. He has toured with Pantera, Rob Zombie, Motley Crue, Godsmack, The Strokes, Scorpions, Korn, & Stone Temple Pilots. Cosmo Wilson has worked as a backline guy & lighting designer. He’s worked for AC/DC, Dio, Aerosmith, Foreigner, Def Leppard, David Lee Roth, Scorpions, Motley Crue, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foreigner, INXS, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Meat Loaf, Rod Stewart, The Cure, Genesis, B...
Rocko Reedy has worked as a tech, stage manager, production manager, & rigger. He’s toured with STYX, Kansas, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon, Loverboy, Robin Trower, Brian Adams, John Mellencamp, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, The Scorpions, KISS, MC Hammer, Def Leppard, Eric Clapton, U2, Journey, Nine Inch Nails, Heart, Madonna, Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, and so many more. Multiple Top Dog award winner. Maxie Williams is a monitor mixer has toured with Dolly Parton, Stone Temple Pilots, Marilyn ...
ASHLEY “PK” MOGAYZEL has worked as a tour manager, production assistant, and done a lot of Merch. She’s toured with Wilco, the Eels, Post Modern Jukebox, Deer Tick, Nathaniel Rateliff, Man Man, The Colourist, & I’m With Her. Eric “Colonel” Frankhouser is a tour manager. He’s toured with Wilco, Tweedy, the Eels, Lucinda Williams, Hal Ketchum, Paula Cole, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, James McMurtry, Matraca Berg, & Amanda Ghost.
Robbie Cope is a Backline tech and Stage manager. He’s worked for Nils Lofgren, Lifehouse, Corey Taylor, Heart, Marilyn Manson, the B-52’s, Toto, Pet Benatar, Tiger Army, 3 Doors Down, Smashmouth, Miley Cyrus, Gavin Degraw, The Go-Go’s, Mike Portnoy, Fifth Harmony, Michael Front & Spearhead. As a drum tech he’s been nominated a number of times and won the Tour Link Top Dog award twice. Scott Hall is a backline tech & a Stage Manager at the HOB in Orlando. He’s worked for Mammoth WVH, Sto...
Josiah Ronco is a backline tech. He’s worked for Paramore, Celtic Thunder, Neon Trees, All American Rejects, One Republic, New Kids on the Block, Gym Class Heroes, Taking Back Sunday, A Day to Remember, Under Oath, & The Devil Wears Prada. Zito is a production manager. He has toured with Green Day, Blink 182, Ariana Grande, Josh Groban, One Republic, Sia, Backstreet Boys, Babyface, Peter Frampton, New Kids on the Block, Nick Carter, Plain White T’s, Good Charlotte, Sum 41, Tim McGraw & F...
Kevin Wall is a founder and was the drummer of the band Kelen Heller. He now plays drums in the band Symmetry. Darrin Perry, AKA Mayhem Jesus, is a tour manager with MVK music group. His show Beauty and the Beast plays on Rock Rage Radio.
