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We talk to Robert Mason - Lead Singer of the Hard Rock band Warrant. Robert shares stories from his amazing career in music as one of the most reliable vocalists of the era. From early beginnings as a keyboard player, landing the role as the singer for Lynch Mob in the early 90s and even heading out on tour with Ozzy Osbourne as a back up singer, Robert has seen and done it all. Along the way he r...

We talk to Thomas Hodge - Freelance Digital Illustrator, Designer & Author of the book 'VHS Cover Art'. Thomas (aka The Dude Designs) is at the forefront of the resurgence of the ‘old-school’ poster art aesthetic behind such films as 'Hobo with a Shotgun', 'They Live', 'Savage Streets' & 'The Heat'. We chat about his early fascination and l...

We talk to Lil Jim - Multi Instrumentalist and self confessed 'Accordian playing six foot five Goth'! Jim traces back his unique journey from being influenced by Cajun and Zydeco music as a child then being exposed to Rock & Metal whilst as a teenager. This unusual clash of musical worlds and styles would allow Lil Jim to create his now larger than life persona which continues to enc...

We talk to Mick Sweda - Guitarist for Hollywood Hard Rock Legends BulletBoys and great new pop rock band The Hot Summers. Mick traces back to his first steps in picking up the guitar and the roads which would eventually lead him cross country to Hollywood where he would join King Kobra and later form BulletBoys. Along the way we talk of the early struggles being in BulletBoys before MTV helped cra...

We talk to Adam Slack - Guitarist for rock and roll band The Struts. Adam takes us back to his early days growing up and his love of pop music before diving down the rock and punk path after being blown away seeing his first Green Day video - something that would later come full circle when his heroes would acknowledge his songwriting in the most amazing way possible. During his journey we learn o...

We talk to Scotty Dunbar - Hard Rock Aficionado & Singer for the band DMK. Scotty sheds light on growing up as a Hard Rock and Glam Metal Fan during the 1990s and how the music these bands created encompassed every twist and turn his life would take from that point on. We revisit his very first shows and meetings with his heroes to the life changing tragic event when he attended the fateful St...

We speak to Danny Bowes - Lead Singer and Frontman of UK rock band Thunder. Danny talks about the release of the bands brand new album 'All The Right Noises' then dives back into his history of first discovering music, becoming an avid collector of records to feed his new passion before taking us on the journey from his early bands through to the breakthrough success of Thunder and their...

We talk to Stephen Pearcy - Singer and Frontman of legendary Hollywood Hard Rock band RATT. Stephen recalls his days of travelling from San Diego to the bright lights of Hollywood in the late 1970s after hearing tales of an amazing rock n roll band on the brink of super stardom. That band would be a young Van Halen who Stephen would befriend and their influence would be core to his attitude and ap...

We talk to Brijitte West - Singer songwriter and founder of iconic New York City rock and roll band NY Loose. Brijitte shares stories of her time growing up in and around Manhattan of the late 80s and early 90s and the legendary clubs, bars and art galleries of that time where she would eventually become a staple of the live music scene with her gritty guitar anthems. It was a sound that would tak...

We talk to Ryan Roxie - Guitarist, Songwriter and Podcaster. We check back in with Ryan as our first return guest on the show for this Special Edition 77th Episode. Ryan shares stories of recording the first Electric Angels album in London along with memories of touring with Danger Danger, origins of the Roxie 77 name, CD Long Boxes, the arrival of the Seattle alternative music scene, making music...

We talk to Don Miggs - Singer songwriter, producer, author and lead vocalist for the band Whole Damn Mess.  Don has been surrounded by music since he was a young boy, watching his Dad and Uncles perform music at home and then finding his own journey into rock and roll through the band Miggs who recorded and performed successfully through the early to mid 2000s. Don discusses how growing older made...

We talk to Chris Laney - Swedish Music Producer, Songwriter and Musician who has worked with an endless list of quality Hard Rock and Melodic Rock Bands. He has become the go to guy for bands wanting a larger than life sound which has it's heart in the 80s but with a modern day punch in the face. Chris takes us back to growing up in Sweden, watching from afar the bands he loved from the USA t...

We talk to Jsu Garcia -  Film and Television Actor, Producer, Minister and Author. Jsu has a career in Hollywood spanning several decades starring in movies such as Wildcats, Predator 2, Collateral Damage, We Were Soldiers and Along Came Polly. Perhaps his most well known role which remains immensely popular to this day was as Rod Lane in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street. Jsu shares with us t...

We talk to Chris Catalyst - Singer songwriter, solo artist, frontman of The Eureka Machines and rock n roll journey man with the likes of Sisters of Mercy, Ugly Kid Joe & Terrorvision. Chris shares with us his experiences of carving his career as a full time musician being able to switch between performer and also someone working behind the scenes. We learn of his journey from Hull to the eye...

We talk to The Dollyrots - Kelly & Luis join us to talk all about their adventures in Hollywood during the early 2000s. They talk about their career changing meeting with producer John Fields (Pink, Soul Asylum, Busted, All Time Low), the underground music scene of Hollywood and risking everything for a career in music and something you love and truly believe in. We also discover all about Lui...

We talk to Alex Skolnick - World renowned guitarist who helped shape the Thrash Metal landscape with his breakthrough originality of bringing melodic guitar playing to one of the heaviest styles of music there is. Alex's love and passion for music has shown no boundaries and has seen him become as acomplished within the jazz and world music communities as he did in the world of Metal. We talk...

We talk to Matt Willis - Musician, Actor, TV & Podcast Presenter and Bassist for power pop band Busted. Matt openly shares heartfelt, often hilarious stories of growing up and his early steps into the music and entertainment industry as well as his whirlwind time in his hugely successful band both in the early 2000's and during their most recent reunion. We dive into stories of his time a...

We talk to Roger Clyne - Singer songwriter and lead vocalist for Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers and previously The Refreshments. Roger shares his journey and stories from growing up learning strong family values on his grandparents ranch, exposure to punk rock and absorbing new cultures which he would carry on his musical journey which is still going strong over three decades later. We hear tal...

We talk to Danny Vaughn - Singer songwriter and lead vocalist for the hard rock band Tyketto. Danny takes us right back to his early days growing up in New York City surrounded by all the amazing characters and cultures of the area and his very first steps into singing - first in the school choir and eventually becoming one of the areas most in demand rock vocalists. He would soon catch the attent...

We talk to Chuck Shute - Presenter of The Chuck Shute Podcast. Growing up in Seattle during the height of the alternative rock boom of the early 1990s could easily have proven tough for an avid Hair Metal Fan and Metal Edge reader like the young Chuck Shute. But after being bitten by the Hard Rock bug after hearing Skid Row's 'Slave To The Grind', Chuck would go on to embrace many s...

We talk to Ginger Wildheart - Musician, songwriter and lead singer of The Wildhearts. We chat to Ginger about his lifelong passion for horror movies and the films that originally got him hooked from late night TV films through to the VHS boom of the 1980s. Ginger recalls hunting down the most gory, uncut films he could find and how this passion went hand in hand with his love of music and the jour...

We talk to Mike Tully - Radio Presenter / Podcaster / Author & Glam Metal affcionado. We trace back to Mike's early introductions to Glam Metal whilst growing up in the New Jersey and New York area along with his own personal journey into rock and roll and his experiences within the underground music industry. Later on, Mike's journey would see him relocate to the West Coast to pursu...

We talk to Michael McKeegan - Bassist for Alternative Rock & Metal band Therapy? Michael chats to us about his childhood in Larne, County Antrim, growing up with his two brothers and becoming obsessed with VHS horror movies and heavy metal from a young age which would eventually lead to him joining the classic Northern Ireland band just as he was leaving school. Recently celebrating their 30th...

We talk to John Schneider - Actor and Musician who shot to fame at just eighteen years old as Bo Duke in the worldwide smash TV series The Dukes of Hazzard which ran from 1979 until 1985. John would later capture the imaginations of yet another generation of TV fans as he became Superman's adopted father, Jonathan Kent, in another hit TV show, Smallville. Alongside his successful acting caree...

We talk to Andrew Ricks - Singer and guitarist for UK Power Pop band The Stayawakes. Andrew recalls growing up on the Isle of Wight and seeing bands just a few years older than him achieving success in the charts which fed the fire to chase his own dreams of playing in a rock band. We chat about the formation of his early band Day of the Fight which would be the early building blocks for what woul...