Mix Tapes

You like Fates Warning? You want to listen to a great guitar player and even greater human talk about his time in Fates Warning? Well, you've come to the right podcast. Frank talks all about Fates, touring, the switch to a Major Label, getting dropped mid tour from that label, life after playing in Fates, coming back and doing some shows with Fates and so much more... Don't sleep on this e...

This is a fun conversation with some twists and turns that I know will get some of you guys talking. It's all about a time where metal took a big left hand turn and where some metal bands became more commerical and less "Metal" Looking forward to the comments on the Mix Tapes Facebook group. Please subscribe if you havent already and thanks for the support!

This was such a fun conversation. We got to talk to a legend and we learned so much about the east coast hard core scene, the rise of Shadows Fall, touring life, being on a major label and what's new for Shadows Fall and so much more. Much thanks to Brian for being so cool and so generous with his time. Keep up with Shadows Fall below https://www.shadowsfallmusic.com/

That title says it all and you should have already clicked the listen button lol This is a deep dive and some of the choice will surprise you. Sign up to the Mix Tapes facebook group and tell us that we are crazy or who we missed, we love the discussions that are going on over there lately.

This was an amazing conversation you don't want to miss. Dave was the guitar player in Mace, who were in the first wave of american thrash bands. Dave also worked at London Bridge Studios as a producer/engineer and was heavily involved in the Seattle music scene working on such albums as Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam Ten, Alice in Chains SAP and many others. Dave's perspective of that time...

Another great Why wasn't this album huge and we are 3 for 3 as we get to talk to John Lancaster from the band, Chum on the excellent record, Dead to the World. John is a great dude and gave us such great insight on this record, the process and why it didn't hit like it should have. This is a must listen. After you listen, go check out the record and pick up the vinyl and some merch below h...

Always a treat to have Martin on the show and get to soak in his musical knowledge and this conversation goes deeper than just Kiss, we talk about other music in 1976 and what the music climate was. You don't want to miss this one. The book is available on his website as well as all of his amazing rock and metal books. https://martinpopoff.com/

March 19th 1982 is a day that is remembered in music history as that is the day we lost the great Randy Rhoads. We were lucky enough to get some amazing guests for this episode over the course of a couple weeks and we present this tribute to an amazing musician and an even better human being as you will learn from this episode. We are very proud of this episode and we learned things about Randy th...

Boy this was a fun one!!!! Zac is a ball of energy and it was so cool to hear Zac and Moots go down memory lane. You guys are gonna love this one. Much thanks to Zac for guesting on the show and being a listener of the show.

This was a blast. We are really digging this segment and we've been lucky to have some famous people on the show talking about albums that made them. I won't give the album away but you guys will love it. Subscribe to wherever you listen to podcasts and we got a facebook group you should join also to continue the conversation. Thanks again Dave!

This conversation is about the amazing book Peter and Brian have put out which is basically THE handbook on Marshall Amps. These guys know more about Marshall Amps than anyone we have ever met. It's a wonderful coffee table style book with amazing pictures and so much knowledge. No stone is left unturned. You can purchase the book from their website https://www.collectingloudhistory.com/ Or fr...

IF you grew up in this generation, you probably had a great childhood. No phones, riding bikes with your friends, playing Atari or Nintendo, WWF, sleepovers and listening to some great music. Hope you enjoy our trip down memory lane today. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode and find us our our FB group, Mix Tapes Podcast Group and let us know what we missed

THIS was a GREAT conversation that every musician needs to hear and we're just gonna leave it at that. Push Play and enjoy the ride. For more on Joe https://www.joealtier.com/

Me and Moots get in on the fun and we share an album that made. We'll share more in later episodes but this is the first episode with us doing this segment and we hope you dig it.

Always great to Daniel on the show. We discuss his new book, Rush &2112 50 years and we also go a rabbit hole on Rush, a really cool rabbit hole. You're gonna enjoy this one. If you are a Rush fan, you need this book!!! Here's the link https://a.co/d/0hxvHYZ8

Back on the mountain and this one was a fun conversation. Will we ruffle some drummers feathers? I'm sure we will. Got a better rushmore? Join the conversation on the Facebook Group "Mix Tapes Facebook Group"

We got a brand new segment and hopefully this is a segment where we can get as many musicians on the show to talk about the album that made them. We were lucky enough to roll out this segment with returning guest, Mr. Jason McMaster from Watchtower, Dangerous Toys and 100 other bands. He's one of the hardest working musicians out there. We loved his choice and we learned so much about this alb...

Nothing but a good time today on the podcast as we do our Mount Rushmore of Glam/Metal/Hair/Whatever you want to call it /bands lol Subscribe, it truly helps and also we got a facebook group where have a great time talking about episodes and music stuff in general The group is called "Mix Tapes Podcast Group"

This was a fun one and much thanks to Moots for taking the episode home when I had to jump off the call to teach. Jeff talked about so much and peeled back the curtain on what it was like playing in a band like Badlands. It was cool to get an understanding of how things worked back then. Also we learned about Racer X, Paul Gilbert, a cool story about EVH, hanging out with Rob Halford and so much m...

Free form for today's segment and Eric was thinking about does image really matter anymore in the Rock/Metal world now like it did in the MTV era? Video killed the Radio star Reality TV killed the Video Star Streaming killed everyone lol If you're new, we got a facebook group we would love for you to join called: Mix Tapes Podcast Group What a catchy name lol. But...You'll be able to f...

Do you want to know what it was like to take lessons from Randy Rhoads? What it was like being his friend in 70's? Well this is the episode you've been waiting for! We learn all about that stuff plus, Quiet Riot, Van Halen, Hollywood, TV and so much more with our guest Peter. So sit back and enjoy the conversation. Like, subscribe and we now have a facebook group called "Mix Tapes Pod...

Sometimes we don't have a segment and we just start riffing on something and we decided to release this one to the public. Walk down memory lane with us as we talk about the music of the 90's. It's such an interesting decade and one you can't really talk about in one episode so hop on the facebook and let us know the bands and important moments we forgot, because I know we definate...

What a treat this conversation was! Bob is mainly known in the wrestling world for his great work with PWI but Bob also had a successful music career and that's what we really wanted to talk to him about. Don't worry, we still talk about the squared circle but when you have someone who was friends with B.B. King and shared the stage with him multiple times and one time also with John Mayer...

Welcome back(cue the music) to a popular segment that I used to do back in the day, Die on that Hill. We will ruffle some feathers for sure and this episode goes off the rails and I promise you it's worth the price of admission just to hear Moots read off the letters in the liner notes on Kiss Alive. I hope you go on this journey with us and I promise you will laugh a bunch of times. Subscribe...

When Bob sends you a email saying Happy New Year and are you ready to tee up Round 2, you say, absolutely!!!! So this time we talk about Bob's studio recordings throughout his career, we also talk about his experiences playing live. What it was like playing the Blizzard and Diary songs with Randy and Lee and also what it was like playing them with Jake and Tommy. The differences in the sound o...