Cutter's RockCast

The leader, the frontman, the songwriter, the mastermind, and whatever other titles you can come up with all describe this week's guest. He is Tobias Forge, but better known as Papa from the band Ghost. Their new album 'Impera' is out now and features guitar work from Fredrick Akesson of the band Opeth. The imagery, the music, the history we talk about it all with Tobias Forge of Ghost.

Chris Jericho may already be a legend in the world of wrestling. From ECW to WCW to WWE and now one of the main players in the world of AEW. As time goes Chris is starting to become a legend in the world of hard rock as well. Fozzy started their career as a band 20 years ago playing covers, but Chris and his guitar partner Rich Ward quickly solidified themselves as the real deal. Now with a few top 10 singles under their belt, they have just released their best album yet in 'Boombox.' We catch up with Chris about the band, the album, the success and some fun stories along the way.

***This conversation originally took place on my morning show The Rick and Cutter show on WAPL the day after a very amazing Fozzy show***

Jay Weinberg comes from a lineage of drummers. His dad Max was the drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, plus he played drums for Conon O'Brien's various late-night talk shows. Now that's just the introduction. Jay has been in the rock scene blazing his own path for years. About 8 years ago that path brought him to Des Moines, IA to become the drummer in Slipknot. Could anything prepare him for that? Let's find out.

Nita Strauss has spent the past almost decade playing guitar for Alice Cooper, that's a great gig. Well, she also has one of the most anticipated rock albums of 2022 coming out later this year. It'll be her second solo album and this is the first to feature singers. Her first song out was with David Draiman of Disturbed called "Dead Inside" and it gave her her first number one rock song. The first time a solo female has done so in almost 30 years. Oh and she plays guitar for LA Rams home games, and has a fitness brand. She's an incredible human being who just so happens to be one of the most talented guitarists in the world.

The man at this point should need no introduction, but we shall anyway. Munky is one of the founding members and guitarist in the (can we say legendary?) band, Korn. His real name is James Shaffer and he like most of us had a tough time at the beginning of the pandemic. Like every good artist, he took those issues and turned them into art. Last year at the heart of the lockdowns himself and his bandmates self-funded a new album. With that it's time we once again catch up with Munky from Korn.

The band Plush are an all-female band from the east coast who are all teenagers but don't let their age fool you. These girls have the rock and roll gene and their music is as furious as any band's out there. They were handpicked by Amy Lee to open the Evanescence and Halestorm tour. Now they are out with Slash and they have their 2nd top 40 rock single. Oh and their lead singer Moriah Formica was a contestant on the voice and their drummer Brooke Colucci once went viral for playing drums along to Tool. Those two are the ones joining us for a conversation on Cutter's Rockcast.

Jelly Roll is someone you may know as that Nashville rapper who plays country music. Well it's not just that, there's so much more to the artist Jelly Roll and has now gotten into the rock world. Unlike another rapper who jumped into the rock world, Jelly Roll is very sincere about it. The man has soul in his voice and powerful words in every song he writes. We now get a taste of that as "Dead Man Walking" has become a top 10 rock single. This isn't just a one-off rock song though, he's here for the long haul. In this episode, Jelly Roll explains why and where this genere mashing came from.

Now that the Young Guns tour has kicked off with Mammoth WVH and Dirty Honey. Now after having Wolfgang on last week our old friend Marc Labelle lead singer of Dirty Honey joins us. It's rock and roll and it's all about rock and roll, songs, songwriting, touring, live sound, and covering Prince songs. Oh and hockey, lots of hockey.

The name Van Halen and rock and roll go hand in hand. Wolfgang is continuing to prove that. With the self-titled release, Mammoth WVH is a piece of just sold hard rock with great songwriting. Featuring number one singles with one of those songs being a dedication to his dad Eddie, Mammoth WVH has definitely gotten people's attention. The album was 100% recorded by Wolfgang and has put together a killer live band to go out on tour. Next up is the Young Guns Tour with Dirty Honey.

Bad Omens are getting set to release their 3rd album 'Death of Peace of Mind' on February 25th. The music has grown and has been turned a little on its side since their first album in 2016. Lead singer and principal songwriter for Bad Omens Noah Sebastian joins us to talk about this music and why. Oh and why did he cut his long hair off?