Party Like A Rockstar Podcast

Erik Rogers is a front of house sound engineer who has also worked as a production manager and tour manager. He’s worked for Avenged Sevenfold, Apocalyptica, Godsmack, Bush, Avatar, Hunter Hayes, Saving Abel, Scott Stapp, Gavin Degraw, & Dustin Lynch. Bryan Campbell is a front of house sound engineer and a production manager. He’s worked for Papa Roach, Parkway Drive, Of Mice & Men, We Came as Rom...

Harrison Ruhl is an audio engineer and crew chief. He has worked for Carlos Santana, Harry Connick Jr. & Gabriel Iglesias. Chad Byrd is a Front of House sound engineer. He has toured with New Politics, Mike Posner, Postmodern Jukebox, Daughtry, The Doobie Brothers, Adam Lambert, Dwight Yoakam, The Struts, & Porter Robinson.

Avoid is a Seattle based band. Today's guests are: Benny Scholl - Vocals, Nick Olson - Guitar, Chris Echols - Guitar, Paul Jaton – Drums

Ross Landis is a FOH engineer and tour manager. He has worked for Nothing More, Asking Alexandria & Bad Wolves. Andrew Crow is a Production Manager & Monitor Engineer. He’s worked for Nothing More, Alice In Chains, Rob Thomas, Stone Temple Pilots, Dropkick Murphys, GNR, Papa roach, Evanescence, Hole, & The Commodores.

Today I bring you the Lickerish Quartet, Eric Dover, Roger Manning & Tim Smith. You may know them as being former members of the band JellyFish. Eric Dover has also played with Slash's Snakepit, Imperial Drag, Sextus, and Alice Cooper. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. was also in Imperial Drag. He was in the band the Moog Cookbook. In addition, he’s toured or recorded with Jay Z, Beck, Blink 182, & Johnny...

Today’s episode features Ryan Hendry (Drums); Nicholas Smeriglio (vocals and guitarist); Braden Frandino (Bass); and Blake Henry (Lead Guitar.) All members of the band Kids That Fly.

Todd Ortmeier has toured as an audio engineer, and as a tour, production, & stage manager. He’s worked for Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Lonestar, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, John Michael Montgomery, Tracy Lawrence, Wade Hayes, Pirates of the Mississippi, Harry Connick Jr., & Gallagher. He was voted Production Manager of the Year for CMA Touring SRO awar...

Joe Bouchard is best known as a former member of Blue Öyster Cult. He recently released the album American Rocker. His brother Albert Bouchard is a drummer and was a founding member of Blue Öyster Cult. His newest album is Imaginos 2… It was released last year.

Charlie Wiener has been a professional comedian, songwriter, singer and musician for fifty years. He’s written seven books; A Life in The Wings, 4 novels, a children's book, and a biography. He’s performed throughout the US, Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands. My second guest is David Spero. Early on he spent years working as a DJ. He’s worked for Columbia Pictures. He was the Senior Director of...

Taylor Roberts is the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Riding With Killers. Sean Benton Doria AKA Thundrr is my second guest. A talented road dog Sean has worked as the stage manager and drum tech for Devildriver. He has worked as a drum/keyboard tech for King Crimson. He’s played drums with Traded Moments, Color Under Fire, Born Astray, & Riding with Killers.

Phil Krohn is the drummer of the band, hailing from New Orleans, called Transient. Phil also has a podcast called History Buffs. Darrin Perry, AKA Mayhem Jesus, is a tour manager with MVK music group. His show Beauty and the Beast plays on Rock Rage Radio.

Olivia Sebesky is a multimedia art director and motion graphics designer specializing in live entertainment. She has designed for artists and brands including James Taylor, Aerosmith, Hootie & The Blowfish, Darius Rucker, Simone Biles, Nike, Bloomberg, Peloton, Soho House, TEDTalks, NY Fashion Week, & MDLBeast Soundstorm. Olivia was chosen as one of Live Design’s 30 Under 30, and most recently, he...

Bryan Martin is a Cherokee Indigenous American country artist. His newest album is titled Self Inflicted Scars. David Rosales is my second guest. His newest release is a song called “Spoonful.” It was released in honor of Earth Day and is streaming now.

Tim Quinby is a monitor engineer & FOH Mixer. He has worked 1011 shows for Slayer over a 17 year time period. He’s also worked for Robin Thicke, Kool & the Gang, Testament, Everclear, 311, Aretha Franklin & Exodus. Chad Olech is a front of house engineer. He’s worked for Linkin Park, Puddle of Mud, Survivor, Thin Lizzy, Flogging Molly, Chevelle, Anthrax, Daughtry, Deftones, Weezer, Panic at the Di...

Tim Quinby is a monitor engineer & FOH Mixer. He has worked 1011 shows for Slayer over a 17 year time period. He’s also worked for Robin Thicke, Kool & the Gang, Testament, Everclear, 311, Aretha Franklin & Exodus. Chad Olech is a front of house engineer. He’s worked for Linkin Park, Puddle of Mud, Survivor, Thin Lizzy, Flogging Molly, Chevelle, Anthrax, Daughtry, Deftones, Weezer, Panic at the Di...

Tim Quinby is a monitor engineer & FOH Mixer. He has worked 1011 shows for Slayer over a 17 year time period. He’s also worked for Robin Thicke, Kool & the Gang, Testament, Everclear, 311, Aretha Franklin & Exodus. Chad Olech is a front of house engineer. He’s worked for Linkin Park, Puddle of Mud, Survivor, Thin Lizzy, Flogging Molly, Chevelle, Anthrax, Daughtry, Deftones, Weezer, Panic at the Di...

David Dansky has been a sound designer, mixer, production and/or tour manager for Julio Iglesias, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bette Midler, Cher, Itzhak Perlman, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Charo, The Manhattan Transfer, Sergio Mendes, George Benson, Joel Grey, Debbie Reynolds, The Original Fifth Dimension, Bobby Vinton, Florence Henderson, Jim Nabors, Donna Summer, Neil Sedaka,  The Isley Brothers,...

Victor DeLorenzo is the founding drummer of the band the Violent Femmes. He’s also been an actor and filmmaker. He currently plays in the chamber rock duo Nineteen Thirteen with cellist Janet Schiff, and his newest project titled Night Crickets is with none other than David J from Bauhaus. Mark Oliver Everett better known as “E” is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and sometimes...

Robert Void Caprio is both a front of house and monitor engineer.  He’s worked for Barbra Streisand, Elle King, The Fray, Whiz Khalifa, Cee Lo, Eve 6, Vanessa Carlton, The Fray, Ringo Starr, Boston, Lauryn Hill, Joan Jett, Julio Iglesias & Paul Abdul Paul Jump is a systems engineer.  He’s worked for Boston, Rihanna, Kanye West, STYX, KISS, & Ozzy Osbourne.

Steve Litscher is the tour manager and front of house engineer for Stitched Up Heart and Gemini Syndrome. Randy Mathias is my second guest.  He is the bass player and a backing vocalist for the band Stitched up Heart.

My first guest is Dizzy Reed. He’s been playing keyboard with Guns N’ Roses since 1990. He is a member of the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, was a member of The Dead Daisies, and of course still tours with his band Hookers & Blow. A little known fact… that band was almost called Unicorns and incense. My second guest is Nick Huffman. He is the owner of the Looney Bin in Bradley, Illinois. It’s heralded...

Toby Francis is a sound guy. He has mixed, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Kiss, Audioslave, Jane’s Addiction, Guns N’ Roses, Katy Perry, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber & The Mars Volta, Ariana Grande to name a few. Marc Bloom is my second guest. His face has been seen in various roles in the industry. He’s mixed bands such as Motörhead & the Blue Man Group. He was a forklift operator out at the old F...

Toby Francis is a sound guy. He has mixed, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Kiss, Audioslave, Jane’s Addiction, Guns N’ Roses, Katy Perry, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber & The Mars Volta, Ariana Grande to name a few. Marc Bloom is my second guest. His face has been seen in various roles in the industry. He’s mixed bands such as Motörhead & the Blue Man Group. He was a forklift operator out at the old F...

Jimmy Duke is a lighting designer and video guy.  He’s worked for Halsey, Travis Scott, Jake Owen, Kidzbop, Katy Perry, Live, Bruce Springsteen, Gwen Stefani, Evanescence, Game of Thrones, Thirty Seconds to Mars, & Pat Benatar, Aerosmith, Paramore, and “the Strip Strip Hooray tour” with Dita Von Teese. Conner Ostrowski is a lighting Designer for Drive-By Truckers & Sleeping with Sirens, In additio...

Rodger Pugh is currently the LD for Black Veil Brides and HellYeah. He’s worked for Starset, Collective Soul, In This Moment, Tesla, Getter, & Queensryche. Ryan Pervola, also known as "Perv" is a Baltimore based Lighting Designer, programmer, Electrician, rigger & stagehand. He is a local union hand with IATSE local 19 and has worked for GWAR, Tetrarch, Suicideboys, & is a resident LD at Merriweat...