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WE GOT DARIUS RUCKER IN THE HOUSE! Dante & Glenny Balls sat down with the LEGEND at the Windy City Smokeout in Chicago before his set to talk golf, tour life, and his inescapable relationship with Glenny Balls (33:22).  We also get into the Jason Aldean controversy and how incredibly stupid everyone is, Bam Margera's new diss track, Rock & Roll's resurgence, ON/OFF the list and so muc...

We keep rollin' with another huge guest, YELLOWCARD.  We sat down with Ryan from Yellowcard to talk about their incredible journey from Myspace-era darlings, to falling out and breaking up, all the way to getting back together and selling more tickets than they ever have. A true gritty rock & roll story. MUST LISTEN (30:25).  We also recap our first ever festival coverage at Chicago'...

WE GOT DANNY BROWN ON THE POD... A ton to get into this week. We sat down with legendary rapper & host of "The Danny Brown Show" Danny Brown to talk sobriety, musicians in podcasting, weird internet videos, modern rap, and so much more. MUST LISTEN (42:36). We also have Robbie Fox here to discuss meeting Noel Gallagher in Central park, Intern Cole here to defend his take that The Beatles suck,...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA. While others skip the holiday week, we say FUCK IT LET"S GET ROWDY. We welcome on Danny Kongos & Brian Strean to talk about America's birthday, Hunter Biden and his inevitable introduction to Nu-Metal, AC/DC's undeniable American roots, Michael Rubin's white party, seeing Danny Devito at an orgy, and why these guys love DJ Khaled.  LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE!!!

Double header this week. Buckle up... We have Royal & the Serpent on to talk her new 2-Song Project "Rat Trap 2", touring with Fall Out Boy, missing the East Coast, & finding herself outside of the Alternative scene (31:33).  We also have DE'WAYNE here to talk his career, the grind to get where he is, Houston, touring with the same guys for years, & how to make it in the industry...

HUGE, HUGE WEEK.  We have the boys from Old Dominion, two time reigning ACM Group of the Year on the pod to talk their new EP, what their relationship with Kenny Chesney means to them, meeting White Sox Dave years ago, and how they made it in country music. AMAZING CONVO (38:19). We also get into Bonnaroo, the XXL Freshman list, famous musicians we've gotten high with, a possible new Beatles...

The boys are back for another HUGE week... We have the homie Elderbrook on live from Brookyln Bowl in Las Vegas to talk about his recent album, playing Coachella, the Royal Family, his first concert, & fatherhood (44:23). We also talk about the fact that people forgot The Weeknd is weird after watching "The Idol", the quality of Jam Bands, the new Jason Isbell album, and ON/OFF the list. LISTE...

Bang Bang, we're back again with a DOUBLE HEADER! We have two interviews this week. We talk with superstar DJ duo SIDEPIECE about their new single, working with Diplo, doing remixes for Lil Wayne, & why DJ's live the best life (28:29). We also chop it up with returning guests Moon Taxi about their new album, Nashville, the return to touring and CRAZY show stories (1:18:56). We also get into ou...

Back this week with ANOTHER Legend... We sat down with Adam Duritz of Counting Crows to talk about their upcoming tour, how life changed after "Mr. Jones", bartending while famous, recording in home studios, & why he was a rabbit in that "Shrek 2" music video. AMAZING interview (30:28).  We also get into recording issues, The Music Illuminati, crazy people on the internet, & how Lil B...

Back at it again with ANOTHER Huge Week... We sat down with up & coming superstar Breland live in Chicago to talk his Gospel roots, Philly Sports, writing 2 songs a day, and his connection to Jimmy Butler (38:20). We also get into Josh Freese drumming for Foo Fighters, the worst mistakes we've ever made on stage, RIP Tina Turner, and how funny the Jonas Brothers actually are. LISTEN & SUBS...

Back from NYC with a HUGE EPISODE. This week, the boys are breaking down the Riot Fest lineup, the Greatest Movie Soundtracks, the fine line between trying to hard/not trying enough with songwriting, & emo dance music. We also have TWO amazing interviews with former MLB pitcher and current rock star Bronson Arroyo talking about his debut album & illustrious career in baseball (21:35) AND E...

Yet another monster week for your boys.  We sat down with drummer extraordinaire Gunnar Olsen to talk about working with Bruce Springsteen, Puscifer, & the crazy world of drumming as a hired gun (24:37). We also get into our hatred for fan groups, ON/OFF the list, and our new budding rivalry with Jared Leto.  LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE!!!   

Another huge week for the Barstool Backstage boys... Things are only just starting to get crazy. We welcome on Tim from Rise Against to talk about his early punk days, Chicago, how he developed his singing voice, and how he's been able to carve out such an insanely illustrious career without selling out. All time interview (26:43). We also break own this year's Rock & Roll hall of fame inducte...

LIVE FROM BARSTOOL HQ, IT'S YOUR BOYS! We got a hot one this week while we were in NYC locking down some huge stuff for the pod.  We welcomed back our wounded brother Dante, & got into convos about how lame Coachella might actually be and how ludicrous the Ed Sheeren/Marvin Gaye lawsuit is. We chatted with Johnny Rzeznik, frontman of the Goo Goo Dolls about his career, writing "Iris", Buf...

A ton to cover this week. We have the big homie Robbie Fox here to go over Coachella Week One and the new Foo Fighters track that just dropped.  We start with the Coachella recap, including Blink's return & the Frank Ocean debacle (3:47). We then get into the first Foo Fighters' song to drop since the passing of Taylor Hawkins (16:26). We then cover the conversation on AI and the future o...

MONSTER EPISODE THIS WEEK. We have soon-to-be Americana superstar Tanner Usrey, Kelly Keegs & Captain Cons all on the show today. We lead off by digging into the Taylor Swift drama with the one & only Kelly Keegs. We talk her break-up, the public reaction, her intense love for Taylor's music. We also get into Disney changing the words to songs in the new "Little Mermaid" (0:01-46:45). Next...

We've officially made the move. Welcome to Barstool Backstage.  This week's episode is insane. We talk with Grammy Award winning Singer, Songwriter, and actor (Thank You, It's Always Sunny) ROB THOMAS FROM MATCHBOX TWENTY. We talk about their new album, his career, songwriting secrets, Carlos Santana, & working with Sinbad (41:36-1:32:47).  We also welcome on Nate to talk about the p...

Crazy times my friends, crazy times. Big episode this week: We get into a conversation about the use of AI in music, and the longterm effects on the future of music creation. Will the robots take us down, who knows? We talk with artists and social media superstar Cyran about his career, content creation, using social media to push music, and what the future holds for the industry (29:09-1:02:21)....

WILD EPISODE THIS WEEK.  We get into it with Michigander, Nameless James, & The Real Zebos. We start by chastising Dante for recording at an airport for the one millionth time. We get into a convo about the Greatest Album since the year 2000, while agreeing that T-Pain is a living legend. We recap the Lollapalooza Lineup and try and decide if it's worth going. We talk with Michigander abo...

Big changes incoming... more on that later. We have former head of Spotify Rock & current host of "The Allison Hagendorf Show" Alli Hagendorf on the pod this week! We talk about her time at Spotify, her new show, the playlisting game, how she picked the music to be the face of a genre, her biggest discovery, and so  much more (28:20-1:17:02).  We also get into why America is so beaut...

It's a cross-generational episode this week. We welcome on Robin from GIn Blossoms AND our Gen-Z interns, Cole & Caleb.  We start off talking about Spotify's new Tik Tok-esque layout and what it means for artists moving forward. We also get into whether or not the popularity of Ice Spice is the warning bell for the creative apocalypse. We sit down with Robin, lead singer of Gin Blossoms,...

BIG CHANGES ON THE HORIZON. More on that later...(more info in the episode). We sit down this week with legendary front man of Bush, Gavin Rossdale. Dave & Dante sat down with Gavin at the Salt Shed in Chicago to talk about longevity, his insane career, new music, touring, America, & so much more. AMAZING CONVO (27:04-1:06:51). We also get into sampling, David Bowie, construction, jazz pia...

Things are getting heavy this week: WE HAVE SLIPKNOT IN THE BUILDING! Crazy episode. We talk with Jay Weinberg, the drummer Slipknot, about joining the band at a young age, his famous Dad (Max Weinberg of The E Street Band), the state of Metal music, songwriting, & filling in for his dad with Bruce Springsteen (28:01-1:13:59).  We also get into Dante's trip to see Skrillex, Machine Gun Ke...

INSANE WEEK. Two interviews with some real up & comers.  We start off by breaking some news: Colin's going to be a dad! We then get into the Super Bowl & Rihanna's Halftime performance (11:43). Next, we talk with JD Clayton live at Carol's Pub in Chicago. JD is an amazing singer songwriter who is undoubtedly about to take the world over. AMAZING INTERVIEW (22:30-1:10:11). We then get...

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