Chuck Shute Podcast

John Norum is a singer, songwriter and guitarist.  He is most known for being the guitarist in Europe but also spent time with both the band Dokken & Don Dokken solo.  He also has maintained a successful solo career as a singer and guitarist.  His latest solo album "Gone to Stay" is available now.  We discuss the new album, future music with Europe, working Don Dokken, almost joining UFO and more!

00:00 - Intro
00:41 - John's Voice & Singing
03:11 - Early Musical Days
05:46 - Phoenix Connections
07:30 - Touring Plans & Live Shows
11:58 - Face The Truth Revisited
13:40 - Norma & Hollywood
16:40 - Solo Albums & Record Labels 
18:30 - Leaving Europe in the 80s
22:30 - Working with Don Dokken
25:25 - Flirting with Joining U.F.O.
29:15 - New Europe Album & Tour
30:43 - Solo Music Videos
33:54 - Starving Children Charity
35:30 - Outro

John Norum website:
https://johnnorum.se/

Europe band website;
https://www.europetheband.com/

Unicef website:
https://www.unicefusa.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Carla Harvey is a musician, actress, artist and grief counselor.  Heidi Shepherd is a musician and actress. Together, they are the co-lead singers of the band Butcher Babies.  The band has a new single out now "Best Friend" - a cover of the Saweetie song.  There is more music coming soon, as well as upcoming shows and new music videos.  We discuss all of this plus the history of the band, the band's wine, Guns 'N Roses and more! 

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:37 - Recent Tour
0:03:35 - New Single  "Best Friend"
0:08:15 - Heidi's Family
0:09:27 - Best Friend Music Video
0:12:10 - Making Music Independently
0:13:25 - Butcher Babies Wine & Desert Rock Winery
0:15:13 - Cutting Out Hard Drugs & Less Partying
0:19:25 - Paris Hilton & Kim Kardashian & Strawberry Cocaine
0:21:01 - Carla Quitting Playboy to Work at a Funeral Home
0:25:02 - Grief Counseling & Helping People with Music
0:26:35 - Playboy Company & Playboy Mansion
0:31:05 - Formation of Butcher Babies & Tribute to Plasmatics
0:33:58 - Not Putting Value in The Hate
0:36:20 - Early Shows in L.A. & Punk Rock Antics
0:42:01 - Band Blows Up & Early Tours
0:46:02 - Band Arguments & Touring with Other Bands
0:50:07 - Acting
0:54:00 - New Album, Music Videos & Singles & Art
0:56:15 - Guns 'N Roses
0:58:10 - St. Jude's Children's Hospital And Pitbulls & Addicts
0:59:45 - Outro

Butcher Babies website:
https://butcherbabies.com/

Carla Harvey website:
https://www.carlaharvey.com/

St. Jude's Children's Hospital website:
https://www.stjude.org/

Pitbulls & Addicts website:
https://www.pitbullsandaddicts.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Tripp Eisen is a guitarist & songwriter, formerly with the bands Static-X, Dope & Murderdolls. He is currently with Teeze/Roughhouse, Face Without Fear, and his new band, Project-X that will do Static-X material. He is very open in this interview about his legal issues, his feelings towards his ex-bandmates, his current musical projects and more. 

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:43 - Tripp's Background
0:02:25 -Joining Teeze/Roughhouse
0:04:31 - Producer Max Norman
0:05:20 - Popularity of Roughhouse
0:07:10 - Bands in the 90s
0:08:10 - Audition with Marilyn Manson
0:10:40 - Mistakes w/ Roughhouse & Musical Styles
0:12:35 - Stuffed Doll & Trent Reznor
0:14:10 - Halloween & Manson Show
0:16:15 - Dope Formation & Gap Between Bands
0:18:35 - Dope Launch & Touring, & Broken Foot
0:23:16 - Joining Static-X & Murderdolls &  Leaving Dope
0:31:05 - Static-X, Touring, Girls Backstage & Rockstar Life
0:32:35 - Irresponsible Behavior, Arrest & Remorse
0:40:12 - Prison Experience
0:44:10 - Learning Experience & Preventing Mistakes
0:47:27 - Working Through Guilt & Moving Past Incident 
0:51:10 - Hiatus from Music & Keeping Low Profile
0:54:35 - Rebuilding & Offers to Rejoin Dope & Static-X
0:59:30 - Songwriting Disputes with Static-X
1:05:14 - Tripp's Version of Static-X Called Project-X
1:13:30 - Inspiring Other Musicians & Drugs & Alcohol
1:15:18 - Rock To Recovery
1:16:40 - Website, Social Media & Podcast
1:19:15 - Outro

Face Without Fear Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/facewithoutfear/

Rock to Recovery website:
https://rocktorecovery.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Adam Ferrara is a comedian, actor and podcaster. He had recurring roles on Rescue Me & Nurse Jackie and was also the co-host of the American version of Top Gear for seven seasons.  His latest comedy special “It’s Scary in Here” is available now for free on YouTube. We discuss all this in the interview plus where he got his work ethic, living with Kevin James, why performing at the roasts is difficult and more!

00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Adam's Studio
01:47 - Beatles & Music Fan
02:50 - Pete Townshend & Writing Bits
06:10 - Work Ethic, Job Experiences & Learning
10:03 - Playing in a Band & Early Stand Up
12:45 - Colin Quinn & Writing to Understand
13:22 - Riffing and in the Zone
15:26 - George Carlin & Chris Rush
16:40 - Picking Up Headliners & Grinding
19:30 - Last Day Job
23:10 - Working with Kevin James
24:20 - Joe Namath
25:28 - Tea Leoni, Michael Tucci & Acting
29:43 - Criminal Minds & Crying
30:30 - Dennis Leary & Rescue Me
32:10 - Rescue Me & PC Culture
33:25 - Nurse Jackie
34:53 - Italian Family, Sopranos & Edie Falco
36:15 - East Coast, West Coast & Woke Culture
40:20 - Adjusting Sets For Different Cities
41:28 - The Roasts
42:58 - Pushing Past Fear & Channeling Energy
44:15 - Top Gear & Driving Cars
50:30 - Adam's Dad, Derek Luke & Humanity
54:01 - When The Work Takes on a Bigger Life
56:38 - Leary Firefighter Fund
57:18 - Outro

Adam Ferrara website:
https://www.adamferrara.com/

Leary Firefighter Fund website:
https://learyfirefighters.org/grant/

Chuck Shute website:
https://chuckshute.com/

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Michael Crain is a guitarist, singer, producer and songwriter best known as the guitarist of the bands Kill the Capulets, Retox & Dead Cross. He joined Dead Cross with Justin Pearson, Mike Patton & Dave Lombardo. The band has new album out now, simply titled “Dead Cross 2.”  We discuss the new music, Michael’s cancer battle, Mike Patton’s burnout & more!

00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Dead Cross Genre
02:15 - Mike Patton & Songwriting
04:25 - Dave Lombardo & Band Formation
09:47 - Mike Patton Burnt Out
13:02 - Other Projects for Michael
13:58 - Songs on New Album
14:40 - Ross Robinson & Producers
17:17 - Beating Cancer & Inspiration
25:05 - Touring, Making Records & Band Life
28:05 - Dogs & Charity
29:01 - Outro

Dead Cross website:
https://deadcross.bandcamp.com/

Humane Society website:
https://www.humanesociety.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Derek Day & Franco Gravante are the singer and bass player of the hard rock band Classless Act. The band recently opened shows on the Stadium Tour alongside Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett. They have an album out now titled “Welcome to the Show” and an acoustic EP coming out soon as well as a club tour. We discuss all this in the interview along with how the band formed, the advice they got from the stadium bands and more! 

00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Band Introductions & Instruments
01:20 - Next Tour & Stadium Tour
02:43 - Origin of Band & Chemistry
04:05 - New Album "Welcome to the Show"
04:45 - Band Early Days
06:40 - Up & Coming Bands & LA Scene
08:04 - Acoustic Album
09:26 - Writing Music
11:18 - "On My Phone" & Technology
12:35 - Negativity on Social Media
14:12 - Vince Neil, Tommy Lee & Bob Rock
16:03 - Advice From Stadium Tour Bands
18:20 - Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show
20:42 - DMC of Run DMC
21:09 - Big Stars, Kindness & Alice Cooper
22:55 - Upcoming Shows
24:28 - The Innocent Project
25:07 - Outro

Classless Act website:
https://classlessact.com/

The Innocent Project website:
https://innocenceproject.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Tiffany is a singer, songwriter, actress & former teen icon. Her 1987 cover “I Think We’re Alone Now” knocked Michael Jackson off the #1 spot on the charts. She has a new album coming out called “Shadows” that features members of L.A. Guns. We discuss the new album, her old manager/producer George Tobin, her Behind the Music episode, her thoughts on Britney Spears and more!

00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Current Band, Tour & Record
02:01 - Inspiration Behind New Album
03:33 - "Bed of Nails" Song & Backstory
07:57 - Growing Up Musically
09:28 - "I Like the Rain" Single & Struggling
12:58 - Tenacity, Resiliency & Dad's Spirit
16:21 - First Time Singing & Early Career
21:45 - Manger George Tobin & Writing Songs
24:30 - "Color of Silence" Album & Breakout
25:15 - Behind the Music & Music Business
27:47 - Britney Spears
29:38 - Children's Miracle Network & Jackets
31:15 - Outro

Tiffany website:
https://tiffanytunes.com/

Children's Miracle Network website:
https://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Rob Benedict is an actor/musician and Stephen Norton is a drummer. Together they make up half of the indie rock band Louden Swain.  The band has new album out on November 11th called “Feelings & Such” that they are here to discuss. Plus playing the Supernatural conventions, music videos, songwriting and Rob’s role in “Waiting.”

00:41 - Stephen's Background & Meeting Rob
02:46 - Rob's Path to Music
05:40 - Louden Swain's Influences
07:27 - "Guilty One" & Work Permits
10:02 - Arrests & D.U.I.'s
13:15 - Lyrics, Oasis & Band Fights
15:40 - Personal Struggles & Supporting Each Other
18:15 - "Sleepyhead" & Song Collaborations
19:27 - "Wine & Roses" Song
20:11 - "That's the Rub" Song & Music Video
23:14 - "Gamma Ray" Music Video & Margot Robbie
24:28 - Actors & Directors Helping with Music Videos
25:46 - Song in Jenna Fischer Movie & Other Movies
27:06 - Band Names & Origin
28:50 - Covers Vs Originals & Signing Actors
30:55 - Upcoming Shows, Viper Room & Mini Tours
32:55 - Waiting Movie
35:30 - American Stroke Association
37:33 - Outro

Louden Swain website:
https://www.loudenswain.com/

American Stroke Association  website:
https://www.stroke.org/

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Greg Graffin is a musician, author and professor of evolutionary biology.  He is best known for being the singer of Bad Religion, a punk rock band he started in 1980 at age 15. His latest book “Punk Paradox” is a historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution. We discuss some of the topics of the book including his parents divorce, staying off drugs, hair metal, selling out and his final conclusion of what he’s learned looking back on his life.

00:00 - Intro
01:02 - Punk Paradox Book Title
04:02 - Memories & Reflecting in Book
05:16 - Kid With Wooden Leg
06:43 - Parents Divorce
08:40 - Gravitating Towards Music
09:55 - Simon & Garfunkel
12:42 - Kids Finding Their Path
16:06 - Staying Off Drugs
18:08 - Impersonations & Tom Snyder
20:32 - Hair Metal & Style
22:05 - Selling Out
23:50 - Conclusion of the Book
26:00 - Local Food Bank
27:10 - Outro

Bad Religion website:
https://badreligion.com/

Find Your Local Food Bank
https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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Cody Jasper is a singer, songwriter and guitarist.  He was previously the singer for the band Moon Fever, where he had millions of streams and opened for Buckcherry, Shooter Jennings, Eric gales, and filter. He is now a solo artist and has new album out called “Ministry of Madness.”  We discuss the new album, leaving Moon Fever, his new record label, getting a blue tick and more!

00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Abbey Road Studios
01:53 - Set List & Upcoming Record
02:25 - New Record Label
03:35 - Warren Haynes
04:25 - Moon Fever
06:30 - Cocaine Song & Sobriety
07:55 - Other Moon Fever Songs
08:45 - New Solo Stuff
10:36 - Dancing with Depression
14:10 - Eclectic Mix of Songs & Production
22:25 - Hiring a PR Agent & Getting Press
24:30 - Blue Tick & Follow Backs
26:25 - Big Shows & Practicing
27:35 - Living In Texas & Big Cities
29:40 - Upcoming Shows & Projects
31:50 - Freedom Music Project
33:10 - Outro

Cody Jasper website:
https://codyjasper.com/

Freedom Music Project website:
https://thefreedominmusicproject.com/index.html

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/

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