Cutter's RockCast

Kaytie and I had a real quick conversation with the lead singer of Nothing More, Jonny Hawkins. Their second album 'The Stories We Tell Ourselves' came out last Friday and after being able to spend a lot of time with it, we needed to geek out on it. This won't take long for you to listen to, so enjoy our conversation about one of the best newer bands on the block, Nothing More.

He is the outspoken bassist who is most well known for his work in Rage Against the Machine. There was of course those 3 albums with Chris Cornell as the front-man for the band Audioslave. Now Tim along with his RATM/Audioslave bandmates, guitarist Tom Morello & drummer Brad Wilk, are back with Prophets of Rage. Now on the mic though are B-Real from Cypress Hill and Chuck D from Public Enemy. Tim and I caught up ahead of the debut Prophets of Rage full length album coming out this Friday.

The band Wayland have actually been kicking it in the rock n' roll scene for a some time now. After releasing a couple EP's and touring non-stop they have finally announced a full length album called 'Rinse and Repeat' due out on Sept. 22nd. They also have a new drummer in Nigel Dupree (yes he is the son of Jackyl wild man Jesse James Dupree) Ahead of them playing the annual Harley-Davidson Rally in Milwaukee, WI I had them stop by the studio to say hi and they brought their guitars. A little conversation, a little music all before a few drinks later on that day. It's Wayland Unplugged on the Rockcast.

Lock Kaytie, Rylan and myself in a studio and this is what you get. A conversation about sex at rock concerts. We've all seen it, go to a festival or just a normal show at a club and there's someone who just couldn't wait until they got home, or even to the car. No guests just us hosts sharing stories. This is not PG, it's not rated X, but it's definitely not PG.

Listen, the stories about Scott are almost stuff of legend at this point. A few years ago I was skeptical that he had turned it around, sobered up, concentrated on his family and his music. Maybe we were all a little skeptical that the lead singer of a band that has sold over 50 million records could come back to earth, but he did. Since, Scott and I have had some talks, I've met his wonderful wife and he's still one of the most entertaining frontmen in the business. Sure he still lives in his world (like saying Trapt and The Sick Puppies are up and coming rock bands,) but it's a safe and well maintained world. Kaytie and I caught up with Scott just ahead of his headlining solo run on the Make American Rock Again tour.

Cutter went backstage to speak with Pop Evil frontman Leigh Kakaty. The guys talked about the love for Wisconsin and Michigan, the upcoming 5th album and the newest line-up change.

Blacktop Mojo is not a household name, in fact you may have seen this episode title and said out loud, "who?" Well that's what Kaytie and I are here for and we love when we get to introduce you to new bands. Blacktop Mojo comes from a small town in Texas where they grew up on a good dose of country music and cheap beer. Their second album 'Burn the Ships' is out now. It features their rising single "Where the Wind Blows" and their incredible cover of Aerosmith's "Dream On."

We pick up this conversation kind of in the middle, so let's catch you up. Kaytie and myself backstage with the entire band, talking about the music industry, the band, and doing it all by yourselves. When you hear us say something about someone named Dimitri, that is their manager and someone I've known for a long time. This is a good quick look at one of rock's up and comers.

Johnny Stevens is the reclusive lead singer of the New York based, grammy nominated rock band, Highly Suspect. I've been trying to have this conversation with Johnny for the better part of a year. Their latest album is called The Boy Who Died Wolf and as it turns out the writing process as already begun on album number three. Art, Poetry, Acting and of course rock music is all covered in this intimate conversation with Johnny Stevens for Rockcast number 24.

Backstage at a one off show in Wisconsin, Kaytie sat down for a pre-show conversation with Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger from Halestorm. They talk about living and working in Nashville, playing with other Superstars, Lzzy's "Ask Lzzy" segments and much more.

Hinder stopped by my home radio station Razor 94.7 to talk about their new record 'The Reign' Plus a live acoustic performance of a couple classic Hinder tracks. Oh and what smells in the back of that RV?