SLAM: Music Survival Guide

Jack Mangan and Eric Haley visited the Brandenburg Labs booth at NAMMShow 2026 to speak with legendary musical inventor and Internet Hall of Fame Inductee: Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, about his latest innovation: Okeanos Pro Headphones. His biggest claim to fame is co-inventing the .mp3 file format. Topics covered: -Augmented Reality Immersive Headphones. The sound changes as you walk around the ro...

An 8-minute NAMM hallway conversation with Chad Leon, singer and guitarist of the mighty Kings of Thrash . Lyrics reference: Megadeth. SLAM Bumper: Jason McMaster -Be humble -Forming your neuro pathways. -Practice thinking positively Camera work: Eric Haley. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

A 10-minute NAMM hallway conversation with Joel Hoekstra, hyper-talented guitarist with Whitesnake, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Revolution Saints, and numerous other projects, including Joel Hoekstra’s 13. Lyrics reference: Whitesnake. -Making 10 cents an hour. -You’re treated like a king and then you’re a bum and then you’re a king. -Try and look at it logically. Camera work: Eric Haley. This podca...

Iconic singer, Lorraine Lewis (solo artist, ex-Vixen) talks to Support Life And Music hosts Mark Pruett and Jack Mangan about sexuality in Rock n’ Roll, being selective about her band, David Lee Roth, Rikki Rocket, waitressing at Bob’s Big Boy, her OnlyFans page, ways to cope and deal with it all, and much more. Lyrics quote: Lorraine Lewis SLAM Bumper: Sam Saltman I'm not that different. My traje...

Professor Elemental - “The preeminent Rap (Chap Hop) superstar of the U.K.” SLAM Bumper: 1 minute Lyrics reference: Professor Elemental. -If you've got other orangutans you want to speak to on your presumably orangutan-themed podcast, you just crack on, mate. -What would I be doing today if I felt on top of the world? How would I treat myself? -The business of silliness is really important. -Lonel...

This may be one of the most powerful episodes we’ve done. Chris Hathcock of The Reticent talks to us about their recent album, “please,” which Jack Mangan ranked as a Noteworthy Album of 2025. Chris understands the psychology and reality of music and depression at about five levels deeper than anyone else. Jack is usually pretty stoic, but he gets emotional during the course of this conversation....

Regiment - Tyler Heath Intranced - James-Paul Luna Persekutor - Vlad the Inhaler Three of the best NWOTHM vocalists in the game today talk about the challenges and rewards of the musician life. Lyrics Reference: Saxon Host(s):Jack Mangan, and Mark Pruett (The Whiskey Network) Jack’s T-shirt: Fender SLAM Bumper: Bobby Blitz Lead quote: People are eating this stuff up. Everybody who's in the room is...

Bobby Blitz of Overkill SLAM Bumpers: Doro Pesch Quotes from this episode: it's almost like the secret silent killer, isn't it? I'm grateful to be able to have lived my life in Levi's and motorcycle boots. I was drinking with Pete Steele. I mean, what do you think's gonna happen? This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

Keith Roth! Satellite radio listeners hear his distinctive raspy voice on SiruisXM’s Ozzy’s Boneyard and Hair Nation, but he’s also a musician who’s worked with too many projects to list, including David Johansen, Bon Jovi, The Ramones, The Dictators, and Frankenstein 3000. Lyrics Reference: The Rolling Stones SLAM bumper: Burton C. Bell and David Ellefson Three Episode Quotes: There you go, let's...

Michael Brandvold and Evo Terra return to discuss the pros and cons of music streaming for fans, musicians, performers, and everyone else. Lyrics Reference: Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers SLAM Bumper: Sam Saltman Quotes: -I still buy vinyl, but here's the thing. I don't buy vinyl to actually listen to vinyl. I buy vinyl from artists I love to support the artist. -You can take steps on your own, on...

Monique Powell, iconic singer of Save Ferris, who were one of the absolute best of the 90s Ska bands, and are still delivering good times and great music today. “I believe that every person that buys a ticket to a Save Ferris show is precious, and deserves our love and respect.” “I cared immensely about them, but they didn't care about me.” “You make your own waffles in the morning.” This podcast...

Two of the world’s top media strategists and thinkers join hosts Jack Mangan and Dr. Sheila Unwin: Ariel Hyatt of CyberPR and Megan Matousek of Loco+. Lyrics reference: Prince SLAM Bumper: 10 voices in 1 minute “He was one of the… he still is one of the most dynamic and sexy performers I've ever seen.” “How can you start a movement, even if it's only 20 people, in your dining room listening to you...

Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad Lyrics Reference: Grand Funk Railroad Bumper: Brian Pulido The most incredible first-hand Jimi Hendrix story I’ve ever heard. “Come over here and put your hand on the television set.” “That's what's the matter with the world, is corporations.” “When I died, Dude, I was in heaven.” LINKS TBD This podcast uses the following third-...

Another author panel! Three incredible Southwest authors talk music, creativity, overcoming the battles, persistence, and other great stuff. Featuring: S.C. Mendes, Jenn Czep, David Lee Summers Lyrics reference: Iron Maiden “It's not a cult. It's not a cult.” “Bill and Ted. . . were Wyld Stallyns. . . they had the video they were making, they had cool-looking instruments, they had a logo, but they...

Darryl McDaniels, best known as DMC of Run-DMC joins Jack Mangan to talk about his career, his life, and his struggles with depression and alcoholism. Check out his amazing book, “Ten Ways to Not Commit Suicide.” Lyrics Reference: Run-DMC “The more you front like you're strong and you got it together, your f***ing strength stays back, because they know you lying” “I'm living proof you can beat and...

Alysen Rowse, author of “We've Got Tonight, The Life and Times of Notorious Groupie, Alysen Rowse,” joins us to talk about life, death, sex, drugs, fun, dangers, highs, and lows in the music world. Lyrics reference: Van Halen You need the groupies, you need the laughter back. Without them, rock and roll is boring. “And if you feel unsafe, you know, the road is a family. You call the tour manager.”...

Ryah Deines, Ray Van Horn, Jr., Bert Edens, and Mark Pruett For every Stephen King, for every Rush, there's maybe 10 that will be really lucky if they can make a living wage. I think all of us go through these moments where we're on top of the world, we're in possession of our full confidence, and then we're on the flip side. Fixing food for other people is absolutely my love language. What's an i...

This week's summit: the immortal author, publicist, musician, music expert, activist, DJ, badass: Nathan Carson of Nanotear .  Topics and quotes:  Any art that I appreciate, I like knowing where it comes from and what those people's influences are, and so I think it's just a natural curiosity for me to trace all those roots  Hole in the Sky, to me, is very much a better Black Sabbat...

Lyrics reference: Korn Topics and Quotes: You have to speak a very, very great language, very intellectual, to sing in French. I needed to tell many things that I kept very… for a long, very long time, inside my body, inside myself, my brain. Try to understand that no one will come to knock to your door to save you. Because many people can't understand that, and they don't want to understand, beca...

All-Star panel: Kevin J. Anderson (Bestselling novelist behind the Terra Incognita trilogy, plus the Clockwork Angels series with Neil Peart of RUSH, and numerous other titles in major franchises, including Dune and Star Wars). Michael Sadler - Founding member of iconic prog band: Saga. Bob Madsen - of The Highlander Company Records, also known for “flippity-flappity bass”  Lyrics reference:...

Chris Caffery of  @transsiberianorchestra  Trans-Siberian Orchestra,  @thisissavatage  Savatage, Doro, his solo band, and others. This features two excerpts from his MetalAslyum interview with Jack Mangan and Rich Catino. Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DetM4JJ3IsU&t=3s  Quotes from this episode:  There's not a lot of money coming fr...

The amazing Doro Pesch joins Jack Mangan for SLAM Summit: Music Survival Guide 32! Lyrics reference: Warlock  An amazing story involving lightning.  Doro’s Metal Queen Metal Music cruise The “Warriors of the Sea” album.  I think our live versions, they are always 10,000 times better than the studio versions because of the fans.  It's very hard for musicians to survive only on s...

David “Rock” Feinstein of The Rods, and formerly of Elf. Lyrics reference: The Rods Topics and quotes:  I had to call Ronnie back and say, “Ronnie, as much as it breaks my heart. . .”  Lots of amazing stories about his cousin Ronnie James Dio, their time together in Elf, the tragic 1968 car accident, Ronnie’s departure to join Rainbow, Ronnie’s talent. . .  The Rods legendary career...

Mike Bollenbach of Full Well Studios Lyrics reference: Alice Cooper Quotes:  Being in the studio with Alice Cooper and Bob Ezrin  The music industry is in a sort of depressing state when it comes to compensation for your recorded material  As an engineer in the year 2025, you need to be adaptable. You need to be able to embrace the new technology that's coming out. You need to be ab...

Gabriel Bey - a Phoenix-based musician, entrepreneur, and a major idea slinger for the improvement of culture and community, especially in the arts.   It takes you a lifetime to learn all of these things, so much better when you have someone to show you the way.  Hopefully you can find your niche and live a healthy life playing music. If you're a local artist, you're playing in nigh...