Episode 157 - Dee Snider!!!! This one was a bit surreal for me!!! Besides singing in Twisted Sister, Dee has also made appearances in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Private Parts, Cobra Kai and many more. He has a new solo album coming out on July 30th called “Leave a Scar” that is available for pre-order now.  Dee has some great stories to tell about Cobra Kai, Skid Row, his comeback, censorship and so much more! You don’t want to miss this episode! 

00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Welcome Dee!! 
02:06 - Cobra Kai 
03:38 - Inspiration for New Record "Leave a Scar" 
06:15 - Live Shows & Livestream Event 
08:02 - "Time to Choose" with Corpse Grinder 
09:32 - Bringing People Joy 
11:17 - Wanting to be a Rockstar & Joining Twisted Sister
13:33 - Projects After Twisted Sister & The Comeback 
17:50 - Advising & Counseling Skid Row 
20:55 - How Dee Handles Feuds 
22:11 - Dee Being an Asshole in the 80s & Decisions 
25:13 - Dee's Favorite Cameo 
27:08 - Censorship 
29:50 - Homeless Veterans & Melissa's Wish
31:45 - Wrap Up 

Dee Snider website:
https://deesnider.com

Dee Snider livestream:
https://www.metaldepartment.com/dee-snider/?v=7516fd43adaa

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans:
https://nchv.org

Melissa's Wish website:
https://www.melissaswish.org

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Episode 156- Nate Boyer!!! A true American hero, Nate was an Army Green Beret. Despite having never played football, he walked on at the University of Texas and eventually won a starting job. After spending some time on the Seahawks he has now focused on a film & TV career, as well as his charity work. Of course many know him from his interaction with Colin Kaepernick and helping come up with “the kneel.”  We’ll discuss this all in the interview, plus he answers the question if he would ever run for office! 

00:00 - Intro
02:35 - Nate's Upbringing 
04:02 - Learning from a Mistake 
05:47 - Life Changing Moment 
07:10 - Army Basic Training 
08:25 - Special Forces Training 
10:35 - Down Time in the Army 
11:45 - Epiphany 
12:45 - Joining University of Texas Football 
15:13 - Seahawks & Pete Carroll 
18:41 - Colin Kaepernick & Kneeling 
22:18 - Roger Goodell & NFL 
25:30 - Gratitude & Living in America 
27:50 - Chasing Dreams 
30:25 - Upcoming Film/TV Projects 
31:40 - MVP & Waterboys 
33:58 - Running for Office 
34:55 - Wrap Up 

Nate Boyer website:
https://nateboyer.com

MVP website:
https://vetsandplayers.org

Waterboys website:
https://waterboys.org/conquering-kili/

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Episode 155 - Jay Jay French!!! Jay Jay is the guitarist and founder of Twisted Sister.  It took the band about 12 years before they would really have their big break with Stay Hungry and obviously everyone knows the big hits from that record “We’re Not Gonna Take It” & “I Wanna Rock." The band fell apart and Jay Jay reinvented himself by managing Sevendust. Jay Jay has a new book coming out in September we talk about, plus auditioning for Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley, advice from the founder of Atlantic Records, his thoughts on censorship & more! 

0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:35 - Conspiracy Theories & UFOs 
0:05:22 - Time Travel & Religion 
0:13:02 - Guitar Player Joke 
0:15:15 - Guitar Solos & Guitar Heros 
0:17:20 - Doing Drugs & Dealing Drugs 
0:18:58 - Doing Acid & Controlling Hallucinations 
0:21:02 - Concerts & Focus on Being a Band
0:22:55 - Wicked Lester with Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley 
0:26:07 - Ace Frehley 
0:27:56 - Early Club Days of Twisted Sister 
0:33:03 - Club Owners & Mobsters in New York 
0:36:12 - Tenacity, Scaled Economics & Management 
0:38:40 - Overcoming Rejection 
0:40:30 - Producer Tom Werman & Claiming Success 
0:43:36 - Founder of Atlantic Records & Success 
0:47:05 - "Burn In Hell" & "Be Chrool To Your Scuel"
0:49:14 - Break Up of Band & Selling Stereos 
0:52:58 - The Story of Sevendust 
1:01:10 - Success & Tease of the Book 
1:03:41 - Dee Snider & Humbled by Failure 
1:05:35 - Licensing for Film, TV, & Commercials 
1:15:38 - Censorship & Banning Entertainment
1:17:50 - Twister Sister Reunion - "Never Say Never"
1:19:34 - Keith Richards 
1:21:25 - Zero Cancer & I.O.U.F. 
1:22:40 - Wrap Up 

Twisted Sister website:
http://www.twistedsister.com

O.I.U.F. website:
https://uveitis.org

Zero Cancer website:
https://zerocancer.org

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Episode 154- Margarita Monet- singer for Edge of Paradise! Margarita has had a very interesting journey from music school in Russia as a little girl to attending the art school at NYU. She eventually moved to LA and joined Edge of Paradise. The band had released several critically acclaimed records and toured the world. Their latest upcoming release “Unknown” is produced by the legendary Howard Benson (Halestorm, Kelly Clarkson).  We discuss all this plus Margarita’s amazing art work!

00:00 - Intro
01:01 - Living in Russia & Interest in the Arts 
03:57 - Moving to America & Cultural Differences 
05:50 - College at NYU & Arts Program 
07:05 - Performing Theater in New York 
08:05 - Lady GaGa & James Franco 
09:02 - Moving to L.A. 
10:00 - Meeting Guitarist Dave Bates 
11:23 - Changing "Bleed" to "Edge of Paradise" 
12:38 - Working with Producer Michael Wagner 
15:02 - Music Video Mishaps  
17:00 - Arrangements & Musical Style 
19:20 - Producer Howard Benson 
21:38 - Frontier Records & Who Cover 
23:10 - Style & Visual Aspects 
25:15 - Playing with The Bulletboys 
26:18 - Dave Lombardo & Fundraiser Show 
27:32 - Sonata Artica & European Tour 
29:28 - Future Tour Plans & Live Shows
31:43 - Dream Festivals & Tour
32:34 - Marketing Music into Media 
33:22 - Belief in Aliens & Something Bigger 
34:32 - Being Brave & Fearless
35:24 - Margarita's Art Work 
39:04 - You Rock Foundation 
41:10 - Wrap Up 

Edge of Paradise website:
http://www.edgeofparadiseband.com

You Rock Foundation:
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Episode 153 - UFO Researcher & author Ryan Sprague! This episode was an absolute blast!  I find the topic of UFOs & aliens absolutely fascinating, and we hit all the big cases plus some of the more obscure stuff.  Ryan has a book titled "Somewhere in the Skies" that is a collection of eyewitness accounts of UFOs and aliens.  He also has a podcast of the same name that goes in to greater detail.  Ryan has also appeared on two episodes of "Mysteries Decoded" and some other TV shows discussing various incidents.  In this episode we'll discuss Roswell, Area 51, alien abduction, Skin Walker Ranch, the Tic Tac Video, Bob Lazar and several other infamous cases.  Plus we discuss  other angles such as disinformation, government's role, religion and so much more! You won't want to  this episode!!! 🔥🔥🔥

0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:34 - Welcome Ryan & Podcast Chat 
0:03:57 - Theater & Playwriting & 
0:05:24 - Play "Reach" Adapted Into a Movie 
0:06:49 - Eye Witness Accounts of UFOs 
0:08:27 - Ryan's UFO Story 
0:12:45 - Orb Sightings In Australia 
0:15:11 - Giant UFO in a Drive In Theater 
0:17:53 - Phoenix Lights & Memory of UFO Sighting
0:18:52 - Kieran Woodhouse & Processing of Light 
0:21:17 - Shawn Kevin Jason & Area 51 Sighting 
0:24:36 - Yooperlite Rocks & Flashing Lights In Sky
0:28:30 - The Term "Flying Saucer" Coined at Mt Rainier 
0:30:00 - Orange Orbs in Sedona 
0:32:01 - CubeSat & Satellites for Gathering Data 
0:34:02 - Aliens in Bellevue, WA 
0:35:50 - Seeing a "Gray Being" at a Farm in Tennessee 
0:38:40 - Lack of Photo & Video Evidence of Aliens 
0:40:40 - Bret Sees Alien & Passes Polygraph & Brain Scan 
0:42:37 - Aliens & Religion & Lens of UFO Sightings
0:45:25 - Alien Abduction Victims & Therapy 
0:48:15 - Skin Walker Ranch 
0:51:10 - Kevin Day & The Tic Tac Video 
0:56:22 - Apocalyptic Messages & Nuclear Plant Failures
0:58:44 - Bob Lazar & Area 51 
1:01:00 - UFO Crash at Roswell 
1:05:05 - Salter & Disappearing Scar 
1:07:50 - Alien Autopsy Video at NASA 
1:09:25 - Astronauts Seeing UFOs & Moon Landing
1:11:55 - Travis Walton Alien Abduction 
1:16:40 - Trusting the Government 
1:18:29 - The Montauk Project 
1:23:15 - Mirage Man & Disinformation 
1:29:40 - Women's Refugee Commission 
1:31:50 - Wrap Up 

Ryan Sprague website:
https://somewhereintheskies.com

Women's Refugee Commission website: 
https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org

Chuck Shute website:
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Episode 152- Stephen Pearcy of Ratt!!! Ratt’s legacy continues to be a big part of pop culture today.  Their music was just featured in a recent Geico commercial. You’ve also heard their music in Stranger Things, Family Guy and tons of other places. Stephen tells me about some really great projects coming up that he has including 2 docu-series, a new double solo record coming out, a second book at some point and a role in an upcoming musical with my old pal Geoff Tate from Queensryche. This was a fun one!!! 

00:00 - Intro
01:36 - Welcome Stephen & New Solo Record
04:15 - Docu-Series - "Back for More" & ASY TV Show 
06:40 - Motley Crue's "The Dirt" & Stories To Be Told
08:02 - The Struggle & Work Ethic 
12:15 - Solo Band "Ratt Bastards" 
13:17 - Debut EP - "Ratt" 
14:05 - "Lack of Communication" & Playing Old Songs
15:48 - "Way Cool Jr" Song & Inspiration 
16:50 - Warren DeMartini & Original Members 
20:15 - Touring with Poison 
21:30 - Living the Ratt Life & Future Shows
23:20 - Thoughts on Vince Neil 
24:30 - Friendly Rivalry with Axl Rose 
26:30 - Docu-Series & Upcoming Books
29:30 - Eddie Van Halen 
30:25 - Upcoming Musical with Geoff Tate 
31:15 - Cancer & Animals 
31:40 - Wrap Up 

Stephen Pearcy website:
https://www.officialstephenpearcy.com

American Cancer Society website:
https://www.cancer.org

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

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com

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Episode 151: Roger Earl, drummer of Foghat!! Roger is an original founding member of the legendary band Foghat. The band’s legacy has continued way past the 70s with their music appearing on Seinfeld, Family Guy, Sopranos, Grand Theft Auto and many more. Their classic “Slow Ride” was named the 45th best hard rock song of all time by VH-1. Roger and I discuss his audition with Jimi Hendrix, why their first two albums are both self titled, producer Eddie Kramer being an asshole & much more!

00:00 - Intro
01:32 - Foghat Cellars & Wine
05:11 - Auditioning for Jimi Hendrix
09:22 - Playing with Mick Jagger's Brother
10:25 - Leaving Savoy Brown
12:40 - Robert Downey Sr & Rock n Roll Album
14:25 - Nick Jameson - Multi Talented Musician & Actor
18:33 - Jamming with John Lee Hooker, Muddy Watters & More
21:20 - Eddie Kramer was an Asshole
23:20 - Movie & TV Credits & Female Staff
25:19 - Current Foghat Lineup & New Record
27:10 - Show with Larry The Cable Guy & Jeff Foxworthy
29:03 - Losing Original Foghat Members & Remembering Dave
32:05 - New CD/DVD - "8 Days On The Road"
33:55 - St Jude's Hospital
36:25 - Wrap Up

Foghat website:
https://foghat.com/

St Jude’s Children’s Hopspital website:
https://www.stjude.org/

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Episode 150- Doc Coyle from Bad Wolves! This band has had  four number one rock songs on the charts, including their smash hit “Zombie” which is a cover of the Cranberries song.  Before he joined Bad Wolves he was in a band called God Foribd for 17 years, and he’s also filled in for Lamb Of God, written blogs for VH-1 and Metal Sucks, and hosts his own podcast, the Ex-Man with Doc Coyle. We went down some rabbit holes together and we talk conspiracy theories, UFOS, politics, the media and all that stuff. And of course we talk music and Doc opens up a little about what happened with the change at signer for Bad Wolves. Overall, one of the most enjoyable episodes of the show for me. Hope you agree!

0:00:00 - Intro
0:02:10 - Doc's Secret to Not Aging
0:03:14 - Fun, Responsibility & Focus
0:07:40 - Conspiracy Theories, UFOs & Aliens
0:16:00 - Government Agencies & Society Evolving
0:20:50 - Media, Fear & Skewed Information
0:24:45 - Doc's Early Musical Influences
0:28:24 - Slash - Favorite Guitar Player
0:31:07 - "God Forbid" Band
0:33:37 - Big Bands & Success
0:40:40 - Moving to L.A. & Promoting Yourself 
0:42:40 - Ozzfest & Money on Record Contract
0:44:50 - Playing with Other Bands & Writing for VH-1
0:48:50 - Touring with Meta Cohen
0:50:55 - Bad Wolves Cover of  "Zombie" & Cranberries Singer
0:55:42 - Casey Jones of Phoenix & Special Guest Singers
0:57:30 - Tommy Vext Leaves Bad Wolves
1:03:20 - Social Media & Negative Comments
1:11:32 - Politics, Divineness, & Information Warfare
1:19:10 - Monsters in the Shadows & Woke To Your Thing
1:21:05 - The South, Big Cities, & Politics
1:29:05 - New Singer for Bad Wolves & New Album
1:34:20 - Whitfield Crane of Ugly Kid Joe
1:36:30 - Water Charity & Interview Summary
1:39:10 - Wrap Up

Bad Wolves website:
https://badwolvesnation.com

Water Charity website:
https://www.charitywater.org

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Episode 149- Ty Willman of Green Apple Quick Step! This was a really fun interview! For those unfamiliar with Green Apple Quick Step, they were a really great Seattle 90s band. There were videos on MTV as well as songs on the soundtracks of The Basketball Diaries, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Homegrown. The band also did a lot of big shows including a European tour with Tool & Rage Against the Machine. Ty also worked on several side projects with members of Pearl Jam. He has some current musical projects coming out soon, and he also does some really cool art work that is available for sale.

00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Early Music Influences
04:25 - Inspirational Rock Show with Future Bandmates
07:09 - The First Show of Mookie Blaylock (Pearl Jam)
09:15 - Green Apple Quick Step Formation
10:40 - Friends with Seattle Bands
12:02 - "Dirty Water Ocean" Song & Video
14:20 - Music Video on Beavis & Butthead
15:10 - Touring with Rage Against the Machine & Tool
18:30 - Other Live Shows & Rockstock
20:00 - Van & Equipment Stolen
21:25 - Stone Gossard Produces 2nd Album
22:33 - "Dizzy" & "Los Vargos" Songs
24:35 - Record Label, Royalties & Spotify
27:15 - Playing with Alanis Morrisette & Taylor Hawkins
28:07 - Residency Tour & CBGB's
29:45 - Bumpershoot Festival
30:57 - Conan O'Brien & Red Sox at Fenway Park
32:07 - Side Project with Mike McCready
33:45 - Fishbone & NOFX Tour
35:20 - Candlebox
38:05 - "New Disaster" Album , "Kid" Song & Carson Daly
40:18 - "Star" Song on Homegrown Soundtrack
41:15 - Other Side Projects & "Fires" Band
43:15 - Playing on Stone Gossard's Solo Album
44:30 - "LawSun" Project with Ty's Father
46:15 - "Black Dog Forge" Rehearsal Space
48:05 - "Sit N Spin" Laundromat Concert Venue
49:05 - Ty's Artwork
51:57 -Seeing  Dusty 45's & Current Situation
54:23 - St Jude's Children's Hospital
55:24 - Wrap Up

Ty Willman Instagram:
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St Jude’s Children’s Hospital website:
https://www.stjude.org/

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Episode 148- Hugh Fink! Hugh has had a really amazing career. He started out working alongside Rodney Dangerfield as a comedian while also writing jokes for other people. He contributed to David Spade’s “Hollywood Minute” segment on Saturday Night Live and eventually landed a full time gig there for seven years. He has some great stories and insight about what’s it’s like working at SNL.  In addition to SNL, Hugh has written for the Drew Carey Show, ShowBiz Show with David Spade & even had a role in “This is 40.” This was a lot of fun! 

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Music & Comedy Connection
02:22 - NYU & Acting
03:28 - Starting Stand Up Comedy in the 80s
05:18 - Working with Rodney Dangerfield 
06:11 - Stand Up on TV 
07:13 - David Spade & Dark Humor
09:35 - Sam Kinison 
10:25 - SNL & Writing Timely Sketches
12:02 - David Spade & Eddie Murphy 
13:05 - Rejected Sketches & Cutting Sketches
16:10 - Mr Peepers with Chris Kattan 
17:32 - Going Off Script at SNL 
18:50 - Norm MacDonald 
19:52 - Chris Farley 
23:47 - Writing Monologues 
24:40 - Bill Murray & Chevy Chase 
26:45 - Charlie Sheen & Tracy Morgan
27:37 - Jeff Ross on SNL
28:30 - Getting a Job on SNL & NYU
31:05 - This is 40 Film Role 
31:45 - Sketch Comedy, Sitcoms & Screenplays 
33:30 - Performing Comedy in Israel 
34:45 - Showbiz Show with David Spade 
37:00 - Consultant & Comedy Writing Class 
38:21 - Comedy on TikTok & Instagram 
39:53 - Working with David Koechner 
41:05 - Opening for Jon Stewart at Carnegie Hall 
41:35 - Project with D.L. Hughley 
43:10 - Availability of Clips 
44:10 - Working with Lorne Michaels & SNL Cast 
46:50 - Casey Kasem Bit 
48:05 - People For the American Way & Free Speech
52:20 - Hugh Fink Website 
52:55 - Wrap Up

Hugh Fink website:
https://hughfink.com

People for the American Way website:
https://www.pfaw.org

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