The LA Lloyd Podcast

It was so much fun doing this Podcast with Lzzy Hale from Halestorm for the LA Lloyd Rock 30 Hale-O-Ween special.  Lzzy and LA Lloyd will reflect back to their youth growing up in a rural area trying to find anyone nearby that was passing out that precious candy to fill our pillow case.   Back From The Dead is the latest album from Halestorm.  Lzzy shares a story about one of the songs on the albu...

On September 17, 2002, Theory Of A Deadman released their self-titled debut album.  We celebrate this 20-year anniversary with their vocalist Tyler Connolly.  LA Lloyd has found archived audio of the first interview he did with Tyler in San Antonio, TX only days after the album was released.  It definitely gets a great reaction from Tyler when he hears the audio. 

According to the band, "Thundermother don't just play rock n' roll.  Thundermother are rock n' roll."  Charismatic and grateful describes the all-female Swedish Band whose motto is "We fight for rock n' roll."  They have some great stories to share about their beginning that has now taken them on the Scorpions Rock Believer World tour as the support act.  As their song says, "Watch Out."

While many bands released new albums during the peak of the pandemic, Sully Erna decided to ride it out and use the downtime to be with his closest friends and family.  With the uncertainty of touring, Godsmack began working on new songs that will eventually be released in February 2023 on the album Lighting Up The Sky. Another bombshell that Sully drops is Lighting Up The Sky will probably be the...

Shinedown continues to break records.  First, they have more NUMBER ONE SONGS on the LA Lloyd Rock 30 than any other band.  Since they debuted on the Rock 30, over the years they have accumulated nineteen #1 songs including their latest Daylight. The latest album from Shinedown is Planet Zero.  This album has been the most successful album for the band not only in the United States but globally as...

This Podcast with Ayron Jones is rated F for FILTHY!  While some may misconstrue that word as negative or nasty, Ayron says, “Where I come from, it is used as the highest compliment.”  He worked with Marty Frederickson and Scott Stevens in Nashville to write his new single. Also, check out a reflection where back in January 2022, Ayron performed on the Shiprocked 2022 cruise.  Fans got to see a on...

Love 'em or hate 'em, Nickelback is back!  LA Lloyd has nothing but love for the band.  Get ready for their vocalist Chad Kroeger and guitarist Ryan Peake to discuss many interesting topics.  First, Chad will discuss his vocal cords surgery that led to cancelled tours and a long rest for the vocalist.  The good news is Chad got very motivated and began writing a lot of new material.  The lead-off...

Megadeth released their latest album The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! on September 2, 2022.  Dave Mustaine joins LA Lloyd to discuss many of the tracks on the album and some guests who contributed to the album including Sammy Hagar.  The current single from Megadeth is called Soldier On which features some serious shredding from Megadeth.

Three Days Grace released their latest album Explosions on May 6, 2022.  Just the same as many bands regarding recording a new album, the dynamic shifted tremendously.  Each member had to work on their parts individually due to lockdowns resulting from COVID-19.  While using ZOOM technology to communicate, Howard Benson produced the album and assisted everyone on how to get the best from each othe...

Pop Evil has literally co-hosted the LA Lloyd Rock 30 every time they have released a new album or featured single.  Their vocalist Leigh Kakaty joins LA Lloyd for his 16th appearance and there will be several things discussed on this Podcast.  First of all, what is the story on their Twitter page showing a photo of Leigh with Mike Tyson?  Eye of the Storm is a song that came to be when the band w...

Over the past few years LA Lloyd and Chris Motionless have struck up a friendship.  So it's fitting that LA Lloyd welcomes Chris to hang out before the release of Motionless In White's album Scoring The End Of The World comes out June 10, 2022. Did you know a photo taken with Chris Motionless and LA Lloyd became a meme that went viral?  The phrase said "Still getting together with your friend from...

The Offspring has had one hell of a ride since their first Number One song "Come Out And Play" was released in 1994.  LA Lloyd struck up a relationship with them that same year that has continued through the present.  Dexter and Noodles, vocalist and guitarist, are featured on this LA Lloyd Podcast.  Let The Bad Times Roll is the tenth album from the band and their first offering in eight years.  ...

Chris Jericho: Professional wrestler, Podcast host and frontman for Fozzy.  We will cover a lot of things including the release of a new album called Boombox, best and worst guests on the Talk Is Jericho Podcast, and a rock and wrestling cruise.  When Chris Jericho was last on the show, we were together at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Dallas in 2019 where he was on a pane...

Dorothy Martin, vocalist for Dorothy, the band, released her latest album "Gifts from the Holy Ghost" April 22, 2022.  The title of Dorothy's album derived from Dorothy witnessing her guitar tech overdosing and literally died.  She prayed for him to come back, which he did, and witnessing this grew her spirituality tremendously. Rest in Peace is the first single from "Gifts from the Holy Ghost." D...

Caleb Shomo gives an in-depth interview with LA Lloyd discussing the band's past, present and the future of Beartooth.  Beartooth's album Below has already had a great run with their top-20 song The Past Is Dead.  Caleb says this song was written prior to the Pandemic.  However, when you listen to the track, it seems the band was able to predict what the future would look like based on the lyrics....

Jerry Cantrell is on his solo tour for the Spring of 2022.  Back in January of this year, he co-hosted the LA Lloyd Rock 30 to talk about the solo tour and his latest album "Brighten." Jerry released the album October 29, 2021 and features Duff McKagan on bass, Gil Sharone on drums, Greg Puciato on background vocals, Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums, Tyler Bates on strings, percussion and guitar, Vincent...

Since the LA Lloyd Rock 30 began July 4, 2000, P.O.D. was one of the first bands to help launch the show.  Move forward to 2022 when P.O.D. vocalist Sonny Sandoval and guitarist Marcos Curiel are always happy to sit down and chat with LA Lloyd.  But for their 6th appearance, this one was very unique as it was recorded in the middle of the sea on the Shiprocked cruise.  Many things will be covered...

LA Lloyd delivers another fun interview from the Shiprocked Cruise .  Emily Armstrong, Dead Sara vocalist, returns with an engaging conversation from an artist's standpoint as a performer on essentially what could be described as a "festival on the sea." The first meeting LA Lloyd had with the band was at SXSW in 2012 as they were promoting their new single "Weatherman."  It was very cool to see t...

Nita Strauss made a name for herself as lead guitarist for the Alice Cooper Band.  But she has stepped out on her own with a solo song featuring David Draiman from Disturbed called Dead Inside.  THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE as she made headlines for Billboard magazine stating, "Nita Strauss Is First Solo Woman to Top Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart in Over 30 Years."  How does Nita feel about this?  You...

Falling In Reverse have released what LA Lloyd feels is their best single ever called Zombiefied.  And who better to tell you the story of that song than their vocalist Ronnie Radke.  Zombiefied has been going up the Rock 30 chart very fast and will be featured on Falling In Reverse's new EP Neon Zombie. Other topics discussed with Ronnie include his love of Freddie Mercury, what he does with all...

Here's another from the LA Lloyd Archives recorded May 4, 2021 Josh Katz from Badflower and LA Lloyd have one major thing in common; panic attacks.  There's several things that could cause it in Josh's world like playing their new song "F The World" in front of an audience.  That may not sound so scary, but due to COVID, all the members couldn't get together for a full rehearsal before doing it li...

LA Lloyd left the studio and went on location for the Rock 30 Thanksgiving weekend special to Wise Guys in Round Rock, TX to hang with some wise guys known as Otherwise .  It's the time of year where you hang with your friends and talk about the things you are passionate about.  Fortunately for you who listen, we talk about food, drink and Rock and Roll. Did you know that Otherwise wrote a song fo...

How does one convince Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder to contribute their vocals on one of the greatest Rock songs ever written?  Tom Morello will answer that question when he co-hosts the LA Lloyd Rock 30.  Tom will explain how he managed to pull off AC/DC's Highway To Hell with a ripping lead guitar solo with two of the most iconic vocalists.  In addition, have you checked out Tom Morello's M...

LA Lloyd received some exciting news a few weeks ago that he was sworn to secrecy.  Finally on October 22, the secret was released from the culprit who goes by Slash . A new single from Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators is now out called The River is Rising.  In addition, there is an album called 4 that will be released on Gibson Records February 11, 2022.  And yes, there will be...

LA Lloyd has been trying for a couple years to work out a co-host spot on the Rock 30 with  Greta Van Fleet .  Finally, it happens weekend of May 1-2.  It is perfect timing as the band has just released their new album  The Battle At Garden’s Gate  that came out April 16, 2021.  Jake Kiska, guitarist and Danny Wagner, drummer will tell you a lot of stories behind the songs on the album.  Be sure t...