Rocker Dogcast

This week's guest Sam Palladio 's Instagram profile reads, "British actor and musician... most importantly dad to River the Whippet " so we're happy to catch him in his hometown of Cornwall, England to hear all about his well-documented 8 year old pup. We catch up on River's recent health scares and dive into his adventures on film sets, music studios, planes, trains and...

What started as a comment on one of our Instagram reels resulted in discovering another dog loving artist that had a very interesting story to share. Happy to bring you our conversation with Istanbul bred DJ and producer ELIF who navigated months of red tape to bring her Istanbul born Jack Russel terrier Bambam to live with her in Barcelona. Great talk covering being a single dog mum, their daily...

This week's guest has poured a lot of passion and creativity into dog advocacy. Happy to welcome to the show Janet Weiss , the heralded drummer behind Sleater-Kinney , Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks , The Shins and her long time band Quasi . Janet introduces us to her 7 year old Heeler Dizzy and pays respects to her "equal" Mac and her anxious girl Isobel . Great talk that covers her car accident t...

For the second time this week we're welcoming a valued ally to the show who helps us with booking guests. This time around it's Amy Sciarretto , the founder of Atom Splitter PR who’s provided press campaigns for such acts as Falling in Reverse, Sleep Token and Alice Cooper. Amy takes us through the life and times of her past and present English Bulldogs Higgins (The GOAT), Titus , Wilbur and Penel...

This week we're honoring a couple of wonderful individuals who have not only helped bring guests to the show but are bonafide dog moms in their own right. First up we welcome Sue Marcus who is the Vice President of Publicity for The Syndicate , an award winning entertainment marketing agencyand counts the likes of Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors , Johnnyswim and All-Time Low as her clients. Sue int...

This week we're joined by Luke Lalonde and Mitch DeRosier of the ever-evolving band Born Ruffians . Luke shares the incredible story of how he and wife rescued two Pariah dogs, Putty , a 5 year-old female, and Ru , a 3 year-old female, from India and Mitch takes us back 10 years to when he adopted his golden-doodle Charlie (sound familiar?) who has since become the social media mascot for the...

This week's episode features Bryan Giles of Red Fang who are best known as Portland’s loudest, beer-soaked institution—riff lords, viral video trailblazers, and all-around heavy music legends. Bryan brings us his often humorous take on his 10-ish year old rescue "attention hound" Boon , his previous dog Fender and his early childhood dachshund Fritzy . Great talk from a cool and good...

When an artist has over 8000 posts on Instagram and a good amount of them feature his dogs then you know you've found the right guest. So it's a pleasure to share this interview with Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing , Ghost of Vroom and volumes of solo work. Mike introduces us to his 8 year old Chihuahua Lunchy and his recent addition Eustace , who's 3 months old. Great talk with a guy who really val...

Well known Rocker Dog Dad Rufus Taylor of The Darkness joins the show to give our inquiring minds all we need to know about his Instagram famous 4 year old Boston Terrier Don . We cover "The Don's" embodiment of the Rock-n-Roll Party Cowboy lifestyle, the "train with love" philosophy his grandmother instilled in him and getting recognized in public as he scoops poop. It&#39...

Professor Mark Rowlands isn't a well known touring or recording musician. He's more of a rock star in the field of Philosophy. Mark is the chair of the philosophy department at the University of Miami and leading figure in the morality of animals who just released his latest book The Word of Dog: What Our Canine Companions Can Teach Us About Living a Good Life . Mark helps us expand upon s...

Ohio bred singer-songwriter Michael Marcagi joins the show to introduce us to his 8 year old Great Pyrenees Captain whose ears are the first to hear his songs before they go on to get streamed hundreds of millions of times across the globe. Great talk with a well-informed artist who was raised by a mother who worked at an animal shelter. Michael's new song Flyover State was just released on Fe...

If the movie world has 6° of separation from Kevin Bacon then the music world would have 3° of separation from legendary bassist Leland Sklar . Leland has appeared on over 2000 albums and has played and/or toured with a who's who in music including James Taylor , Jackson Browne and Phil Collins to name only a few. And if you seek out Leland on social media or his popular YouTube channel you discov...

Very happy to bring Grammy winning guitarist for Velvet Revolver and Emmy nominated composer for TV and Film Dave Kushner to the show and hear more about his 3 year old Chocolate Lab Mochi and her love of swimming pools, sleep walking habits and being a daddy's dog. Fun talk with a great storyteller. Dave is currently offering a Guitar Master Class that will take students from beginner to stag...

Love it when a guest brings infectious enthusiasm when talking about their dog so it was an absolute pleasure to have singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs come on the show and discuss her rambunctious 5 year old Boston Terrier Frank . We have a lot of fun while covering how Frank adjusted to sharing his home with a newborn, overcoming his mistrust of the guitar, mastering the "leave it" c...

Drumming phenom Brooke Colucci welcomes us into her world to see, meet and hear about her dogs Jinjer , a 3 year old Dachshund , and Frank , a 5 year old Boston Terrier . And if you're talking dogs with Brooke then you can't pass up the chance to celebrate her late great English Bulldog Angus . These three dogs couldn't be any less similar so it was a pleasure getting to know the uniqu...

If we were to subtitle this episode it would earn the moniker "The Party Poms and the Adventure Pugs". That's because this week's guest, Killswitch Engage bassist Mike D'Antonio, has a Pug era and a Pom era. Currently living in the Pomeranian era with a 3 year old named Sprocket and a 9 year old named Maverick, we also touch upon the bygone pug era that was defined by Raisin...

It's always great to find an artist who you know will be perfect for this show and our guest this week, Ben Wells of Black Stone Cherry , is just that. Not only is Ben a dog dad to three wonderful beagles - Henry (13), Hank (8) and Sunny Pearl (2) - but he also just released a children's book titled Good Girl Sunny Pearl which he wrote, illustrated and published. To top it all off Ben and...

"Scuzzy guitars galore" has been used to describe the trio helmed by this week's guest although the band's name leans more towards the low end of the drum kit. It's Mississippi bred John Barrett of Bass Drum of Death who joins the show to introduce us to his 3.5 year old rescue Egg whose DNA test revealed primarily a Beagle and Husky mix while also throwing in some Australian Cattle dog and, oxymo...

We're ringing in the new year with a great new episode featuring Halestorm drummer Arejay Hale and his wife Emily who give us the backstory to rescuing their 13 year old nap loving Schnauzer mix Oreo . We address Arejay passing the Oreo "sniff test", becoming one of those "obnoxious dog dads", Oreo's recent health scare and much, much more. Halestorm will be on tour stateside throughout January be...

Happy Holidays dog people. Among the hustle and bustle we're happy to bring you a great conversation with Mike Knowlton the multi-instrumentalists from the innovative post-punk project Unlettered who is not only a dog dad to a senior English Cocker Spaniel and ex-show dog Jack but was also a fosterer for over 40 dogs when he resided in New Jersey. punkrockphilosophy.com called Unlettered's latest...

Thrilled to have influential hardcore/punk rock legend Greg Hetson from the Circle Jerks , Bad Religion and Redd Kross on the show to talk about his 12 year old Basset Hound rescue Squishy . We hear all about Squishy's ninja like agility, iron stomach and how Green Day's Tre Cool's dad facilitated Greg's first dog adoption. Circle Jerks will be playing this year's Coachella on April 13th and 20th...

This week we are back with an all new episode feauring a great, candid and emotional conversation with Adam Roth of Grizfolk who joined us to talk about his 8 year old German/Australian Shepherd mix Penny Muffins who he rescued from euthanasia and went on to inspire a gotcha day song and video that went viral with over 1.5 million views. Grizfolk recently released a 5-track EP back in October enti...

This is an encore episode featuring Alicia Bognanno of Bully who came on the show back in August of 2023 to celebrate the life of her Husky, German Shepherd, Chow and Pit Bull mix Mezzie whose loss influenced much of the writing of her critically acclaimed LP Lucky For You . We also learn all about her Chihuahua, Rat terrier, Poodle mix Papa who was best friends with Mezzie but polar opposites in...

This is an encore episode featuring Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara that originally ran on 3/24/23. Tegan joined us to talk about her then 2.5 year old Border Collie-German Shepherd mix Georgia who was a challenging dog at first but with some training, patience and love became an integral part of her life and family. Tegan and Sara just released a new single Right On Time on November 15th, their grap...

This is an encore episode featuring our conversation with 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Peter Frampton . Peter came on the show back in February of this year when he was merely a Hall of Fame nominee and gave us his first in-depth interview about his service dog Bigsby , a 3 year old black golden doodle who was trained to assist him as he navigates the effects of Inclusion Body Myositis...