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New music bonus episode featuring new music by Kristin Hersh, Crystal Canyon, The Long Wait, Moving Targets, The Alarm, and Throwing Muses…. Music The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song) Kristin Hersh "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" Throwing Muses "Bywater(Alternative version)" Crystal Canyon "Judy Moody" The Long Wait "Let It All Burn" Moving Target...

Chris Gates joins us on the show to talk about his role playing with Austin Texas punk legends Big Boys, whose influential legacy lives on to this day. We also talk the short lived but very cool band Poison 13, and get into the buzz that got Junkyard signed to Geffen Records. Music The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song) Big Boys "Fun Fun Fun" Big Boys "Advice" Big Boys &q...

On this New music episode, we feature new Stoner Rock from Kind, garage pop from duo Canyons And Locusts, a song about an unwanted insect from Indie rockers The Croaks, a sizzling pop track from Veruca Salt's Louise Post debut solo album, and a oldie but a goodie from Boston supergroup The Matweeds... Short and sweet...very sweet in fact.. Music The Charms "So Pretty" Kind "What...

This week we are joined on the show by Jim McCarty, drummer of the legendary British blues-rock band The Yardbirds. We have a lengthy talk about how the iconic group formed and hosted a trio of great guitarists(Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page). We also get into Renaissance, one of the early prog rock bands that Jim cofounded with Kieth Relfs, Jim's new song "Breath Of The Wind" w...

Special bonus episode with new music from a few a selected bands plus a classic from 1988 by Dag Nasty... Music The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song) Jay Allen And The Archcriminals "Sister In Crime" Applied Knowledge "Too Far Gone" Dag Nasty "Trouble Is" The Gypsy Moths "Tilt-A-Whirl" JVK "All I Want" Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico is prod...

Kurt Davis aka "Yukki Gipe" rounds out the Bullet LaVolta file for us, following the footsteps of former bandmates Kenny Chambers, Todd Phillips, and Corey Loog Brennan as a guest on the show. We really liked Bullet LaVolta, can you tell? Kurt delivers the goods on the early Indiana hardcore scene and his band The Repellents, talks LaVolta, and throws in some Kustomized, Konks, and Daugh...

On this episode we talk with Jo Krieger, the twenty year old mastermind behind JVK, a band that has somehow stayed below the radar but at the same time has been touring the Northeast and making new fans with every energetic performance. JVK emerged from the suburbs of Boston in 2020 and now releases their second EP. They just played the Louder Than Life Festival in Louisville Kentucky, and are a v...

This weeks guest Mariel Loveland paid her dues with her Northern Jersey pop-punk band Candy Hearts for nearly a decade, before going solo under the moniker of Best Ex. She joins us on the show and talks about the musical journey that led to the release of the fantastic Best Ex full length album entitled "With A Smile" on Iodine... The Charms "So Pretty"(theme song) Best Ex &quo...

On this episode, we are joined by rising Boston pop-punkers The Jacklights. Since coming on the scene in 2019, the trio has released a hand full of singles and EP's, working with some of the best local studios and now come at us hard with their sharp new EP entitled "Final Girl". The band tells us their past story and future plans and how they are navigating through the competitive B...

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...