Appetite for Distortion

This episode was recorded hours before the tragic events in Las Vegas. This podcast promotes love and unity through music and concerts. We will continue to spread this message... Before Izzy Stradlin was in Guns N' Roses and Hollywood Rose, he had a brief stint in a band called Shire. On guitar in Shire was not Izzy, but Alan St. Lesa. Izzy played BASS. In episode 29, Italian musician Alan St. Les...

Joining Brando in-studio are Paolo Gregoletto and Corey Beaulieu from the heavy metal band Trivium, who have sold over a million albums to date! Corey's very first album as a kid was NOT Appetite, but Use Your Illusion 2! He sites GNR and Slash as the reason he became a guitar player. Paolo goes deep into the history of Trivium as to compare how fans see original lineups, of course relating to Gun...

Since starting Appetite for Distortion, we’ve had listeners reach out from all parts of the globe, and Kevin Prior is one of them. A musician, guitar shop owner, and diehard Guns N’ Roses fan who grew up in Scotland, now living in Northern Ireland, we hear stories of Kevin playing shows with members of GN’R and getting to interact with them. We also hear about the book he’s working on that gets in...

The AFD Show returns to the iHeartRadio studios in NYC with Brando and guest co-host John Miller! This episode we interview Raz Cue, a name you may or may not know in Guns N' Roses universe. Raz has a new book, The Days of Guns, & Raz's, which is a must-read not just for every GNR fan, but for book lovers everywhere. Paralyzed at the age of 15, Raz went on to manage LA Guns and introduce Tracii Gu...

Between having on members of Great White, Velvet Revolver, and even Hollywood Rose recently, there’s been some very rich GN’R history covered on this show, though we figured we’d switch it up this episode. Brando & Scotto haven’t sat down themselves and talked Guns in over ten episodes, so that’s what we did. On our first ever livestream aired on facebook.com/theafdshow we brought you behind the s...

With the recent celebration of Appetite for Destruction turning 30 years old, we could think of no better guest than one of the unsung heroes who made that album what it was, Mr. Chris Weber. You may not know, but Chris is credited as a co-writer on "Anything Goes" from GN'R's classic debut, as well as "Move to the City" and "Reckless Life." We talk about Hollywood Rose, the band Chris played guit...

We go into Episode 23 where our last episode left off, with journalist Art Tavana joining us in studio at iHeartRadio, New York City. Art is working on what he believes will be the definitive book chronicling the GN’R story, and he has been conducting some pretty extensive interviews in order to complete such an arduous task. One of the men he got to sit down with is A&R Executive during the prime...

As some of you may recall, early on in this show’s history when we were first getting started, a journalist by the name of Art Tavana got in touch with us and said he really enjoyed what we did and had some great stories to share. Some of those stories included an incredibly in-depth piece he was working on for LA Weekly on the whereabouts of reclusive guitarist Izzy Stradlin (which has since been...

Journalist, author, and producer of the nationally syndicated radio show “Nights with Alice Cooper,” are just some of the accomplishments of our guest on Episode 21, Katherine Turman. Katherine joins Brando and Scotto in-studio to share stories of growing up in Los Angeles where she saw Guns N’ Roses before they even signed a record deal! From growing up in famous LA 80s rock scene hanging out wit...

It was an honor to have Dave Kushner join us for this episode, you know him as the guitarist for Velvet Revolver, but he's also played with Danzig, Dave Navarro, and earlier on in his career with hardcore punk band Wasted Youth. Though we're excited to have Dave on, we do delve into the tragic topic of Chris Cornell's very recent passing. Dave himself is no stranger to drug abuse in his own life a...

Joining us in studio this episode is a very special guest, Jim Rotolo, host of The Wild & the Innocent on Sirius XM E Street Radio, and he’s also heard playing The Rock of New Jersey on 105.5 WDHA. Along with being a diehard Springsteen fanatic, Jim is a true fan of Guns N’ Roses who’s seen the band live during the Use Your Illusion era, and has stuck with them for the many incarnations of the ban...

No Scotto this episode, but we make up for it by bringing in LA Weekly's Art Tavana and filmmaker John Miller. "This was a controversial show," Tavana called this episode after taping... It's been just over a year since Axl, Slash, and Duff reunited at the Troubadour, so we reflect on what has happened to Guns N' Roses in that time. We debate Steven Adler's future with GnR, fan's emotional attachm...

Our Guns N' Roses universe brings Rachel Lorin to our NYC iHeartRadio Studio. Scotto hasn't stopped talking about the 22-yr-old rocker since she opened up for Sebastian Bach in Poughkeepsie. We bring Rachel to the AFD Show to find out how GNR shaped the model/singer/actress' career and how she wants to bring rock music back to mainstream radio. Lorin also joins Brando & Scotto's debate on whether...

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler recently came out with some potentially damning comments regarding the GNR reunion. Well-respected podcaster Mitch Lafon was the one captured this candid interview. In this episode Brando and Scotto try to get to the bottom of Adler's comments and bring on Mitch to break it down. Please subscribe to The AFD Show on iTunes and the iHeartRadio App!

We’re bringing out the big Guns for episode 15 of Appetite with two kick ass guests. Radio personality from Sirius XM Volume and Ozzy’s Boneyard, Raven joins us in studio, and follows a MyGNRForum administrator, RussTCB. We get their history as fans, and their perspectives on the happenings now. Both Raven and Russ were there at the height of Guns N’ Roses career, and offer a differing view from t...

Before Scotto heads off to Vegas, he and Brando jam-pack episode 14 with interviews with the vocalist of the heavy metal band Butcher Babies, Carly Harvey. Also LA Weekly's Art Tavana joins us again to update us on his next article about Buckethead. Carla gives us a look back to when she was a little girl to how Guns N' Roses changed her life and Slash becoming an important figure in her success,...

Brando and Scotto are back at iHeartRadio’s headquarters in New York City, and the big topic this episode is two of the most definitive songs in Guns N’ Roses history, “Estranged” and “November Rain”. Two songs off the Use Your Illusion albums with writing credits solely in Axl Rose’s name. We get into the meaning behind these songs, the videos, and what they mean to us as fans. With it officially...

Brando and Scotto are back in the NYC iHeartRadio Studios and there's a lot to discuss. We debate Axl and the rest of GnR getting pretty vocal over their disapproval of Donald Trump, and whether rock stars should give their opinion. Also we compare the new Metallica vs prior Guns' releases, Ian gives his review of Sebastian Bach's Poughkeepsie concert, and fathom why anyone would choose Nickelback...

Joining us on the show is early Guns N’ Roses manager Vicky Hamilton who was there for the beginning days of the band, pre-Appetite for Destruction. She has a new book out about her career, which includes stories working with other bands and artists including Poison, Faster Pussycat, Mötley Crüe, Stryper, and June Carter Cash. It’s called “Appetite for Dysfunction: A Cautionary Tale”, and we get a...

Legendary metal drummer from Anthrax, Charlie Benante joins the boys for some GnR talk. Charlie gives his opinion on fellow drummers Steven Adler and Matt Sorum, what the scene was like when Guns N' Roses first broke, and how he watches The Walking Dead! All that and much more on Appetite for Distortion!

Joining us this show for the first time is journalist for LA Weekly, Art Tavana. Art has a great deal of Izzy Stradlin knowledge that you are not going to want to miss. We also get into the future of the band, and the question, what will happen with the recordings for the followup to Chinese Democracy? Hear it all here, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter @TheAFDShow and leave us a review on...

With Scotto in South Dakota for the Dokken reunion show, Brando is joined by director/actor John Miller. John brings us up to speed on his Axl Rose documentary, heard in episode 4. Brando and John talk about the dreams the have had about Axl (seriously) and review the AC/DC w/Axl Rose show in New York. Scotto does call into tell us all about the 1 US Dokken show and the wonder that is South Dakota...

This episode we welcome Stevie Rachelle, the lead singer of the 80's glam-band Tuff, and founder of the legendary website Metal Sludge. Stevie gives a unique look back into the world of 80's and early 90's glam and how his website started in the early days of the internet. When asked his opinion on the Guns N' Roses reunion and recent controversy about whether the band should split money equally w...

On AFD Episode 6, Brando and Scotto break down recent comments by former GNR members Gilby Clarke and Tracii Guns. Do they support the reunion? Do they have any motives? Also discussed are the involvements of Adler and Izzy going forward. How does Metallica's new album reflect on potential new music for Guns N' Roses? Should GNR play the Super Bowl? And the boys add a new feature, "This I Love," w...

Mike Ritland, Navy SEAL and K9 trainer for Trikos International joins us for the first time, as he got to be up front in Arlington, TX for the Not In This Lifetime tour and he tells us all about it. We also discuss other reunion talk between bands like Dokken and Ratt, the November Rain screw-up that took place in Houston, Axl no longer signing autographs, future plans with the AXL/DC and GN'R tou...