Guitar Speak Podcast

Scott Ian is a founding member of US thrash pioneers Anthrax, who alongside contemporaries Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer are regarded as the 'Big Four' of the genre. Scott joins us backstage during an Anthrax/Slayer show to talk about starting the band in the Bronx, why he's not interested in categorising music, his creative pursuits beyond music, Malcolm Young, Jackson guitars and his upcoming s...

  Living Colour bassist, Doug Wimbish, joins us for episode 93! Doug talks through 25 years of being in Living Colour and the significance of celebrating the 30 year anniversary of the band's debut 1988 debut, Vivid. Doug explains why the blues is music's DNA and how it inflected the band's latest album, Shade.    Guitar Speak Podcast Links  Subscribe and find previous episodes at  Apple Podcasts...

Steve Kilbey, of Australian band The Church, joins us to talk about an upcoming run of REM celebrations featuring some of Australia's best loved indy artists, marking 30 years of The Church's iconic 'Starfish' album, surviving grunge and more.   Guitar Speak Podcast Links  Subscribe and find previous episodes at  Apple Podcasts ,  Stitcher  or visit us at  www.guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com . Follo...

Dave Leslie is one of Australia's most beloved rock guitarists. Dave discusses his career at length in this interview...his early gigs in Swingshift playing Ian Moss' parts, the meteoric rise of The Baby Animals, working with legendary producers Mike Chapman and Ed Stasium, touring extensively - and hanging with - Van Halen and Bryan Adams, his iconic Grubisa guitar, playing sessions, working on n...

We catch up with our friend Drew Roller (Acoustic Uprising documentary  GSP Episode 56 ) who tells us about a brilliant new initiative in Melbourne starting this month. Guitar Speak Podcast Links  Subscribe and find previous episodes at  Apple Podcasts ,  Stitcher  or visit us at  www.guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com . Follow us on  Facebook  &  Instagram   Join our  Guitar Speak Forum You can suppor...

  Steve Edmonds, with a professional career spanning over 3 decades, has established himself among the upper echelon of the Australian music community.  As a guitarist he has recorded and toured with luminaries such as Jimmy Barnes, Billy Thorpe, Renee Geyer, Human Nature, Delta Goodrem, Shannon Noll, Doug Parkinson, Matt Finish, Hippo’s, Doug Williams, Australian Idol Band and many more.  As sing...

  Kaki King is one of the most compelling voices in acoustic guitar today, bending jawdropping technique to serve an inate musicality. Drawing on the influences of Michael Hedges and Preston Reed, King has added disparate elements of pop, folk, chamber music and sound design to an ever evolving style. King has been revered by the likes of Rolling Stone and Dave Grohl for her solo career and genre...

Albert Lee's explosive rock-infused country picking has won him a legion of fans since the early '60s. Lee's remarkable career has seen him working as a sideman to Eric Clapton, Emmylou Harris, The Crickets and The Everly Brothers whilst stepping out as a frontman since the late '70s. Lee is a Grammy Award winner and member of Guitar Player magazine's 'Gallery of the Greats'. At the age of 74, Lee...

We welcome Terry back for part two of our discussion detailing his 30+ year career as an in demand guitarist, composer and music director in LA. Terry speaks candidly about music directing for both live television and high profile touring, working with some giants of the music world - namely Al Jarreau, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick and Joe Walsh to name a few, overcoming personal adversity and mu...

Michael Sweet joins us to talk about 35 years of Stryper, a new record and world tour, forming one of the great twin guitar teams with co-guitarist Oz Fox, his new Signature Washburn guitars, how he crafted the iconic Stryper guitar tone back in the 80s (and how he does it now), getting banned by Walmart and more. Guitar Speak Podcast Links  Subscribe and find previous episodes at  iTunes ,  Stitc...

  Based in LA since 1981, Terry Wollman has forged a career spanning over 35 years as an in demand guitarist, music director, producer and composer. He has worked with an amazing array of artists including Al Jarreau, Michael McDonald, Billy Preston, Wilson Phillips, Joan Baez, Joe Walsh, Keb' Mo and Joe Sample. Terry has released seven full length solo albums. His latest instrumental release - No...

  For many of us, John Norum introduced himself through the epic solo on Europe's world wide smash The Final Countdown. That solo - equal parts blazing arpeggios and blues chops - characterised John's style which has graced most of Europe's 25 million album sales. John speaks to us on the eve of Europe's 2018 Australian tour and discusses his early influences, the inspiration behind that solo and...

Michael Ibrahim is the 'MI' behind MI Audio, the Australian pedal and amp company that has found success all around the world. Michael talks us through the inception of MI, starting with the iconic chrome Tube Zone inspired by the multi-dimensional drive tones of Allan Holdsworth. MI Audio is perhaps best known globally for it's enormously popular - and often copied - Crunch Box and Super Crunch B...

Rod McQueen painstakingly handcrafts his Sliders pickups in Sydney, Australia to vintage accurate specs. Players such as Ian Moss, Johnny Diesel, Peter Northcote and Troy Cassar Daley all rely on Sliders for their tone - which really is a glowing endorsement of Rod's work. Rod gives us the story of Sliders pickups and along the way challenges some of the preconceptions surrounding tone.   Guitar S...

Welcome to episode 80 - and the 2nd anniversary - of the Guitar Speak Podcast. Today we speak to the globe trotting novacastrian, Adam Miller. Adam first appeared during  episode 61  in a brief interview leading up the the Sydney Guitar Festival in 2017. He is back for an in depth interview to discuss his fantastic new instrumental album, 'The Defining of Success'. Adam effortlessly fuses jazz, so...

An Aussie triple-header this week! First up we speak to Jimi Hocking of the legendary Screaming Jets. Jimi talks us through the 'Jets latest album, upcoming tours with Boom Crash Opera, Jimi's award winning solo career and much more. Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley drop in to give us the low down on their Brooke and Adam album, the first album produced by the husband and wife team as their reg...

Chris Kamzelas is one of Australia's most respected guitarists. Based in Sydney, Australia Chris has recorded or toured with Tina Arena, Adam Brand, Ronan Keating and countless others on gigs, festivals, live TV and sessions. Chris talks through his career from his development as a player right up to his new, much anticipated, solo EP. We get some some exclusive sneak-peaks of the EP, where Chris...

Zakk Wylde rose to international prominence when he joined Ozzy Osbourne's line up for 1988's No Rest For The Wicked. We talk to Zakk whilst on the road with Black Label Society - the band he formed and has fronted since 1998. Zakk talks us through the massive riffs on the latest BLS album Grimmest Hits, the inspiration behind starting his own line of guitars and amps and what it's like to be back...

Its a metal double header!  First up we speak to Andreas Kisser, guitarist from the highly respected and enduring South American band Sepultura. Andreas talks us through over 30 years of metal domination and why the band's latest album, Machine Messiah, marks a new chapter in Sepultura's history.  We also speak with Nikki Stringfield who tours the globe shredding Dave Murray licks in The Iron Maid...

Jack Jones (aka Irwin Thomas) is one of Australia's most beloved guitarists. Whilst his vocal chops brought him to prominence in Southern Sons in the early 1990s his sublime guitar phrasing, touch and tone were always close at hand. Jack talks us through the making of 'California Dreaming', a new chart topping album with his longtime friend Rick Price. The record - recorded in Rick's Nashville - i...

Joel Hoekstra has forged an incredible career playing with Night Ranger, Foreigner, Cher, Trans Siberian Orchestra and his current gig in Whitesnake, to name but a few of the bands that have called upon his services. Along the way Joel has managed to release an impressively diverse collection of solo albums, including his latest hard rocking offering, Dying to Live.  Joel talks us through a remark...

  Today I speak with Craig Garber, host of the 'Everyone Loves Guitar' podcast. Based in Florida USA, Craig is a prolific podcaster and excellent interviewer. In this episode we kick back and interview each other about guitars, life and podcasting. Check out Craig's excellent show  here.   Guitar Speak Podcast Links  Subscribe and find previous episodes at  iTunes ,  Stitcher  or visit us at  www....

  John Kinsch has been Garth Brooks' (and band's) guitar tech since the early 1990s; travelling the globe, catching flying Takamines and covertly blasting out some rhythm guitar parts mid-show. John has just come off Brook's utterly epic 3 1/2 year world tour and gives us a behind the scenes look at working with the artist who has sold more records in the US than any other solo artist. Plus! We an...

This week Michael Dolce announced his signing to Ibanez Guitars, after playing Cilia Guitars for 20 years. Michael talks us through this shift and talks about new models, clinics and more. Jay Parrino joins us as a special guest host for Australian Guitar News including news from Brett Williams, Chris Kamzelas, Chris Brooks, the Canadian invasion and much more.   Show Links: 'Advance Australia Fai...

  Gilby Clarke joins us on the eve of his 2017 Australian Tour to talk about an amazing career as a solo artist, songwriter, producer and guitar slinger for Guns 'n Roses, Slash, The MC5 , Heart and more. Our friend Joel McDonald played alongside Gilby on the Australian tour. Check out our interview with Joel at: http://guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-44-joel-mcdonald-rose-tattoo-frankies-wo...