Focus on Metal

This week our guest is drummer Rod Morgenstein. Rod is primarily known for his work with Winger however he’s active in several other bands including The Jelly Jam with Ty Tabor And John Myung.

They just released their fourth disc “Profit” and are heading out on tour in support of it.

Rob’s site is at RodMorgenstein.com The Jelly Jam can be found at TheJellyJam.com/ while you’re there check out their “Profit” bundles.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

We caught up with Doug Aldrich just days before he was heading out with The Dead Daisies touring in support of their new one “Make Some Noise” due out any day now.

Head to thedeaddaisies.com/ for tour dates and other info and point your browser to dougaldrich.com/ for news and merch from Doug.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

After several missed connections we FINALLY were able to get an interview with the always busy Mike Portnoy.The guys currently in six bands so we gotta cut him some slack.

The best place to keep up with all things Portnoy is at mikeportnoy.com

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Widow ( facebook.com/widowtheband/ ) just released “Carved in Stone” via Pure Steel Records and that means it’s time for Chris Bennett to do another guest host stint on Focus on Metal.

So that’s what’s on tap this week as Chris and I discuss the new release as well as a ton of other metal topics.

Settle in cuz as usual when Chris and I get talking this one’s a long one.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

In case you lost track this week we are back to an artist view on Little Mountain Sound and we welcome Jaime St. James ( jaimestjames.com/ ) to the show.

Black ’n Blue recorded their second album “Without Love” at Little Mountain back in 1985 with Bruce Fairbairn in the producers seat, Bob Rock engineering and Mike Fraser as second engineer.

Lots of great stories from Jaime this week and we hope you enjoy part 8 of our Little Mountain Sound project.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

It’s a very guitar-centric show this week as we bring you Paul Gilbert and Tyler Morris. Paul Just released his latest “I Can Destroy” and he’ll tell us all about it.

I hear ya asking, who’s this Tyler Morris guy. Tyler is an up and coming player that’s shared the stage with the likes of Vai and Malmsteen and the dude’s only eighteen.

Plus we’ll spin some great guitar tracks for you.

Find out more about Paul at paulgilbert.com

Tyler can be found on the web at tylerdmorris.com

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Long known as the band Jason Newsted came from, Flotsam And Jetsam ( flotsam-and-jetsam.com/ ) has continued to make great music and their latest S/T release on AFM Records proves that the fire is still there. Guitarist Steve Conley gave us a call and gave us an update on the band and the album.

I also got the chance to talk with John Adams from Houston based Love N War ( facebook.com/upannie/ ), another great band you need to know about.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

A couple of returning guests this week. First off we had the pleasure of talking with Michael Schenker again right before he heads off to do Michael Schenker Fest at Sweden Rock. We discuss guitars, the future, the past, and of course the great new Temple of Rock release “On A Mission. Live in Madrid”.

Also back this week is Fang VonWrathenstein from Lords of The Trident giving us an update on all things LOTT.

Track of the week Static Renegade is from their new release “Lost in The Volume” from past guest 3D in Your Face.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Making his third appearance on the show this week it’s Carmine Appice. Carmine just published his autobiography “Stick It!” and he came on to talk about it as well as other stuff he’s got going.

Also this week we have Houston based Azrael’s Bane. They just did a nice rerelease of “Modern Day Babylon” and they are working on new stuff right now. I had the whole band on and we had a damn fine metal chat.

Keep up with Carmine at carmineappice.net/ and find out more about Azrael’s Bane and get yourself a copy of “Modern Day Babylon” at azraelsbane.net/

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

He’s back…recurring guest Tracy G returns this week to discuss many things including the new Tracy G Group release “Tramp”, the anniversary of “Angry Machines”, and other tales from the Dio days.

We also talk about the oddness of lead singers and why Mike Beatty, the vocalist for the Tracy G Group, breaks the mold.

You can score your own copy of “Tramp” and more great Tracy G music at tracyg.com/

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.