Barstool Backstage

STATE CHAMPS ON THE POD!
Chopped it up with the pop punk boys at Barstool Chicago last week talking about Riot Fest, the Mt. Rushmore of Pop Punk, weed, and the butt rock revival. GREAT CONVO.
We also got into Diddy's jail situation, shitty bands, streaming fraud, Chappell Roan and her online hate over rational political thinking, and why it's never been more difficult to navigate the music industry. 
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RILEY GREEN ON THE POD!
Dante sat down with Riley at Faster Horses in Michigan to talk his influences, SEC Football, and how to stand out in country music. 
We also get into the Diddy situation, Ai vs. Humans, the future of the music industry, and the possibly imaginary Taylor Swift/Dua Lipa beef. 
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JUST THE BOYS THIS WEEK!
We chop it up over Kendrick getting the halftime show, Linkin Park adding TWO friends of the podcast to the band, Taylor Swift getting shit on for not picking a political side, and we pick what our political walkout songs would be if we were running for president.
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HARDY X BARSTOOL BACKSTAGE

We have one of country's biggest stars, HARDY, on the pod this week to talk storytelling in songwriting, his new beer, meeting Chad Smith from RHCP through Nickelback, and his love of early 2000's rock.

Shout out Faster Horses festival for letting us shoot!
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ALANA SPRINGSTEEN X BARSTOOL BACKSTAGE

Rising country superstar Alana Springsteen sat down with the boys in Chicago to talk cooking, Virginia, writing heartbreak songs and how seeing Luke Bryan at the Grand ol’ Opry when she was 10 changed her whole life.

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MAJOR SUPERSTAR IN THE BUILDING THIS WEEK: THOMAS RHETT
We sat down with Thomas Rhett at the Windy City Smokeout in Chicago to talk about his career, coming from a musical family, writing HUNDREDS of songs to make it as a songwriter, and the state of country music. All time dude.
We also get into On/Off the list, Dante's Yak punishment, Da Baby's role in rap's downfall, and we ask: Who is the Greatest American Rock band of all time?
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PACKED EPISODE WITH ALL THE BOYS.
We talked with Matthew Koma, one of the best songwriters of our generation & lead singer of Winnetka Bowling League about his career, writing EDM hits like "Clarity", writing for Bruce Springsteen, being interviewed by Joe Exotic, & his family with Hilary Duff. Hilarious interview.
We also get into all of the insane interviews we've been doing, our new Gibson guitars, the Tenacious D situation, WTF we've been listening to, & we pick the song of the summer so far. 
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WE HAVE BIG CAT ON THE POD!!!
We're talking Grateful Dead, The Vegas Sphere, Mushrooms, & John Mayer on today's episode. We have one of the best minds in media here to talk about the music he loves and the insane experience he just had in vegas seeing Dead & Company over the weekend. 
All time episode. LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE!!!

We sat down with the new lead singer of Sublime, Jakob Nowell, to talk about taking over the reigns for his father, his relationship to the songs, his favorite Sublime songs, the Coachella performance, and the wild musical journey he's taken over the past decade to try and make it on his own.

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JUST THE BOYS THIS WEEK... minus Dave who is in Germany.
We got a lot to talk about. First off, we confront Dante on his excessive horniness on our social media. Next up, we talk about the rise of band's not being able to sell tickets and the impending death of the Rock Star. We break down why the industry is losing stars and how the audience is determining who sticks around more than ever. We set the table for our Nashville trip next week, & have a long discussion over which current artist would make for the a solid topic of a Biopic. 
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