CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with drummer Carmine Appice. Carmine is a legendary drummer who first came to prominence with the late 1960s band Vanilla Fudge. After 5 albums he left to join the popular band Cactus and then joined the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice. He later joined Rod Stewart's backing band and co-wrote the hits Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? and Young Turks. Through the years he has recorded albums with artists such as KGB, Paul Stanley, Ted Nugent, King Kobra, Blue Murder, Sly Stone, Pink Floyd, Michael Schenker and many others. He also penned the best selling drum instructional book The Realistic Rock Drum Method and recently released his biography Stick It!: My Life of Sex, Drums and Rock 'n' Roll. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014.

Steve Cooper talks with musician Midge Ure. Midge is best known for being the front man for Ultravox. He was in the band from 1979–1987, and then again from 2008–2013. During his first stint they released hit singles such as Vienna, Dancing with Tears in My Eyes and Reap the Wild Wind and also co-wrote the Band Aid hit Do They Know It's Christmas with Bob Geldof.  In his early career he played with Rich Kids, Visage and Thin Lizzy. As a solo artist he has recorded nine albums with his debut, The Gift from 1985 placing number 2 on the UK charts.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Yul Vazquez. Yul is best known for his roles as Yunis Sablo in The Outsider, Victor Lazaro in Magic City, John Reyes in Russian Doll and John Gavin in Narcos: Mexico. He has been seen on such TV shows as Seinfeld, SEAL Team, Midnight Texas, I Am the Night, Divorce, Madam Secretary, Bloodline, Louie, Treme and many more. He has appeared in many movies including Runaway Bride, The Cobbler, O.G., Gringo, Crown Heights, The Infiltrator, Captain Phillips, American Gangster and The A-Team. He is also an accomplished musician, photographer and artist and received a Tony for the play Motherf*cker with the Hat.

Steve Cooper talks with musician Steve Kilbey. Steve is best known for being the singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for the rock band The Church. The Church are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave, neo-psychedelia, and indie rock, their music later came to feature slower tempos and surreal soundscapes reminiscent of dream pop and post-rock. They have recorded 17 studio albums and are best known for the hit single Under the Milky Way. As  solo album or in collaboration with other artists Steve has recorded over 20 albums and in 2011 was inducted to the Australian Songwriter's Hall of Fame.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Amanda Wyss. Amanda was discovered by an agent as a teen while starring in the play, The Bad Seed at a local LA theatre and then went on to work in many commercials and landed her first television role, recurring on Universal's When the Whistle Blows as Dolph Sweet's daughter. Some of her film performances are in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Better Off Dead, Silverado, Hunter's Moon, Badland, Triggered, The Sandman, The Hatred and the award-winning Powwow Highway. She's also worked extensively in television, with roles on St. Elsewhere, Cagney & Lacey, Highlander, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Dexter, Major Crimes, Cold Case, The Division, Murder in the First, All Rise and The Resonator: Miskatonic U. 

Steve Cooper talks with musician Pete Byrne. Pete is best known as the lead singer for the pop/new wave duo Naked Eyes. Naked Eyes rose to prominence in the early 1980s. The band had four US top 40 singles. The group's first hit, Always Something There to Remind Me was a cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard. The band had subsequent hits with more of their own compositions, Promises, Promises, When the Lights Go Out and (What) In the Name of Love. On June 8, 2021, Naked Eyes released its latest album, Disguise The Limit.

Steve Cooper talks with musician Brad Gillis. Brad is a guitarist most famous for playing with the band Night Ranger. Since forming in 1979, him and drummer Kelly Keagy are the only members to have appeared in every incarnation of the band and all studio releases. Having sold over 17 Million albums worldwide, performed across more than 4000 stages, and captivated a radio audience that exceeds 1 Billion, Night Ranger has both epitomized and transcended the arena rock sound and style well beyond that era. They have earned widespread recognition that includes both multi-platinum and gold album status all while leaving their indelible mark on the music industry with a long list of best-selling albums (Dawn Patrol, Midnight Madness, 7 Wishes, Big Life and Man In Motion). Their popularity is fueled by an impressive number of instantly recognizable hit singles and signature album tracks, including legendary titles such as Sister Christian, Don't Tell Me You Love Me, When You Close YourEyes, (You Can Still) Rock In America, Sentimental Street, Goodbye, Sing Me Away, and Four in the Morning.

Steve Cooper talks with actor/musician C. Thomas Howell. Tommy is best known for his roles in the movies E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Outsiders, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, The Hitcher, Soul Man and many others. He has also been recurring in numerous TV series such as Southland, Grimm, Criminal Minds, The Walking Dead, SEAL Team, Bosch, Animal Kingdom, The Blacklist, The Punisher and Ray Donovan. He recently took up guitar and is doing a series of storytelling with music concerts.

Steve Cooper talks with actor Don McManus. Don has been a working actor for over 30 years and has starred, guest starred or been recurring in various television shows and films. His feature credits include: The Starling, Vice, Under the Silver Lake, Grand Piano, Grandma, The Maze Runner, Lucky Bastard, For A Good Time Call, Magnolia, The Shawshank Redemption, Under the Tuscan Sun, National Treasure, Hannibal, Air Force One. His TV credits include: Sorry For Your Loss, Mom, Justified, 24, Northern Exposure, NCIS, Private Practice, Rescue Me, Parks and Recreation, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Dexter, Seinfeld, Frasier, The Closer, CSI, Mad About You and his stage credits include: New York Public Theater, Manhattan Theater Club, San Francisco’s ACT, The Old Globe Theater, the Matrix Theater, ANTAEUS. He is a graduate of Yale University.

Steve Cooper talks with American music historian/radio personality/talk show host/author Eddie Trunk. Eddie is best known as the host of several hard rock and heavy metal-themed radio and television shows. His resume includes being a disc jockey at WDHA, WNEW, Q104.3 and SiriusXM and has also hosted TV shows such as VH1 Classic's That Metal Show and AXS's Trunkfest with Eddie Trunk. He also has written the book Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and the follow up Volume II.