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Guitarist/Songwriter Corey Loog Brennan was one of the founding members of Bullet LaVolta and later joined The Lemonheads and played on two of their most loved albums, "Lick" and the bands major label debut "Lovey. He's also been involved in Academics and in fact played in those bands while getting his PHD at Harvard and is currently a Professor of Classics at Rutgers University...

We are away this week, but have no fear here is a replay of our fabulous conversation with Richie Parsons from August 2022. Contact: Steev Riccardo twistedrico@gmail.com Support the podcast: patreon.com/twistedrico 

We are away this week, but have no fear here is a replay of our fabulous conversation with Muck And The Mires from October 2021. Contact: Steev Riccardo twistedrico@gmail.com Support the podcast: patreon.com/twistedrico

Maia Sharp has not only released nine solo albums, but she has also written songs recorded by Cher, The Chicks, Edwin McCain, Trisha Yearwood etc. She's also collaborated with Bonnie Raitt, Art Garfunkel, and Carole King, just to name a few. She joins us on the show to talk about her fantastic career and of course her new album "Reckless Thoughts" which is further proof of her songwr...

Singer, Songwriter, and Storyteller are just a few of the words to describe Tom Heyman. Really good guitar player would be another one. Tom joins us on the show to talk about his upcoming new album "24th Street Blues", which not only has great songs on it, but also comes with illustrated songbook. We have a nice talk about the road and the all the records that led San Francisco based son...

On this episode, we are joined by singer/guitarist Michele Morgan of a familiar Boston metal outfit with a new name, Catching Hell. Michele talks about the journey she has had with band mate Duncan Wilder Johnson, which includes a new band name(formally Destruct-A-Thon) and a new self-titled record. We also get into the guitar slinger's versatile lifestyle, which includes racing boats all arou...

Husker Du were one of the most influential bands to emerge from the American Hardcore Punk scene in the early 80's. Hailing from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, the trio impacted so many bands after them with not only their great live shows but their sometimes fast, sometimes melodic songs, which still hold up today and still sound incredible. On this episode, we are joined by Bassist Greg Nort...

Juliana Hatfield has been making great records since the late eighties. This November she releases solo record number twenty, a tribute to the Electric Light Orchestra entitled "Juliana Hatfield sings ELO", a follow up to her ode to Olivia Newton-John and The Police. Of course in between she sandwiched in, "Weird" (2019) and "Blood"(2021). Along with her multitude of...

Tony Marsico is a true rock n roll legend. The outstanding bass player and songwriter moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and it didn't take long for him to find himself in The Plugz, a band that was part of a blossoming punk scene in the late seventies. When The Plugz spilt up, he stayed with fellow members and formed Cruzados, who were signed to Arista Records by the great Clive Davis. He...

Loren Molinare started his rock n roll journey in Lansing Michigan in the early 70's and has been going hard ever since. Trials and tribulations, ups and downs, deals that came and went, but the perseverance has kept the rock n roll dream alive. Although there are other bands named The Dogs, the one that was there at the beginning of punk rock was the one from Lansing and their story is not do...

"Without Tanya Donelly, there wouldn’t be alternative rock" - American Laundromat Records Tanya Donelly started her incredible career in music as a teenager and has been going non-stop ever since. She played a pivotal role as an original member of both Throwing Muses and The Breeders, and then founded the two-time grammy nominated band Belly, who's album "Star" is one of th...

Stop Calling Me Frank, the band with the curious name, started playing out in 1984 and even had a single, but it wasn't until 2019 that they released their first full length album. Since they have become one of Boston's hardest working bands. It's an interesting story about a bunch of guys, none of which are named "Frank". On this episode we are joined by Terry O’Malley, Dan...

Rachel Van Nortwick, founder of the Vinylly dating app, joins us to talk about not only how the app works, but how it also makes meeting people and dating fun based around their musical tastes... We also talk about the "Elemental Child" double album, which will benefit the Light and Love Foundation specifically to make a bore hole at the Marc Bolan School Of Music in Sierra Leone for the...

The major bowing down to the Braintree MA crew continues, as we are joined by Jerry's Kids guitarist, "Rockin" Bob Cenci, one of the best in the business on what turned out to be part three of the Jerry's Kids episode. On episode 224, we had Bryan and Rock Jones, and on Episode 238 Bryan Jones returned with Chris Doherty, who played on the iconic "Is This My World" albu...

Chris Doherty(Gang Green) and Bryan Jones(Jerry's Kids) return to the show to talk about their youth at Braintree High School and a myriad of other topics from the early days of the Boston hardcore scene. Chris also breaks the news about a new Gang Green record and a European tour. Music The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song) Gang Green "Out On The Couch" Gang Green "Sold...

A chance meeting between Todd Philips and Kenny Chambers at a Dag Nasty all ages show at TT The Bears in Cambridge MA in 1987 led to a series of events that started with the seventeen year old drummer playing with Moving Targets. From that point on, Todd toured with The Lemonheads and then became a member of two outstanding bands - Bullet LaVolta and The Juliana Hatfield Three. Todd joins us on th...

Annie Kuchenmeister, 22, and her siblings Nissa, 17, and Oskar, 12, have created quite a buzz with their Minneapolis based band called Loki's Folly. On this episode of the show, Annie joins us to talk about how the band started, their songwriting process and making videos, and the role members of Soul Asylum have played in sharing a helping hand. We also talk about a great house art show calle...

Matt and Louis from the really cool Brighton UK band Harker, which formed in 2015 and sound like a band that could have been on Discord Records in 1986, join us to talk about their history and new recordings which have garnered a great reaction from their fans and the press and even us! We play a couple of the new tunes including "Wasting Time" which Muse Chronicle was quoted as saying,...

On this episode of the show, we are joined by lead singer Amanda Mac of the Long Island NY high energy rock n roll outfit Bad Mary. We have a fun conversation with Amanda about the band's roots, their unique family ties, and how their popularity continues to soar in Japan, where they just completed their second tour of the foreign land. We also listen to two new songs from their fantastic late...

This week we are joined on the show by guitarist Alejandro Necochea, who has played a big role in three very popular Boston based bands; Bang Camaro(who he co-founded with Bryn Bennett), Worshipper, and Township(sometimes referred to as The Family Township). We get into Alex's journey that brought him to the states from Chile and what has been a great rock n roll ride so far with much more to...

This week we are joined by a real Rock N Roll warrior. Lead guitarist Dave Amato grew up outside of Boston, played in some pretty cool bands like Ice and August, and then set out for Los Angeles in 1980 with one goal in mind, to be a rock star. Since then he has shared the stage with many greats such as Cher, Ted Nugent, Jimmy Barnes, Kim Carnes, Julian Lennon, and even sang background vocals on a...

This episode originally aired on August 16, 2021. We re-air it today as a tribute to Justine Covault, who recently passed away. Music The Charms "So Pretty"(theme Song) Justine And The Unclean "Scorpion Bowl To Go" Lee Harrington & Lynda Mandolyn "Real Love" Recorded by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA on August 9, 2021 please support the podcast Patreon.co...

This past week, we caught up on zoom with four members of the new Boston supergroup The Long Wait. Live from their rehearsal space the band gave us the scoop on how a Slapshot reunion show led to the band's formation and a big buzz in the Boston underground. Consisting of Bassist Jamie Sciarappa(SSD), Guitarist Steven Risteen(Slapshot), Drummer Mark McKay(Slapshot), Guitarist Daryl Sheppard(Ki...

Mike Peters is a true rock n roll warrior in every sense of the word. He has not only been making consistently great music as the singer of The Alarm (23 studio albums) as well as other projects (solo etc.) since the early 80's but he has looked death right in the eye while doing so(more than once). His story is one of real inspiration and perseverance. The new Alarm album entitled "Forwa...

Carlos Alomar is a true music legend. He started out playing in his Father's ministry, became a member of the house band at the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem, where he backed everyone from Chuck Berry to James Brown, who he also toured with. He was a member of The Main Ingredient. As a studio musician at RCA Records recording studio he backed up many greats, but his life changed dramatically whe...