Industry 45 - From the Drum Throne

Former TESLA drummer Troy Lucchetta has teamed up with RIZZ & The Believerz ! Brand new single is out called  "Don't Stop Tryin" 

They’ve been racking up the sales and accolades since 1983, HONEYMOON SUITE has moved over 1 million records worldwide and won the JUNO Award for Group of the Year in 1986. The band has many songs placed in major motion pictures and TV over the years such as the hugely successful Miami Vice TV series of the mid 80’s. In 2015, they were honored by Canadian radio for passing 100,000 plays of “New Girl Now” along with three of their other hits: “Burning In Love,” “Wave Babies” and “What Does It Take.”

2024. Even after 41 years, it isn’t enough for a band to merely remind you they’re still doing what they do. They need to reassure you they mean it. And that’s just what melodic-rock titans HONEYMOON SUITE are up to on the impassioned title track from their latest album, Alive.

Following up on the 2022 deluxe reissue of their classic Clifton Hill album, and 2017’s Hands UpEP, Alive is their first full length in 16 years. Their last single, 2020’s “Find What You’re Looking For,” hurtled the group back into the Billboard Top 30 in their native Canada for the first time in nearly two decades and the material on Alive seems destined to follow suit. Produced by Canadian hit machine Mike (K) Krompass (whose résumé includes songwriting and production work for Meghan Trainor, Steven Tyler, Theory of a Deadman and Smash Mouth), the album is 10 new tracks of sonic heaven. 

Both CD and colored vinyl are rounded out by fresh reproductions and modernized remixes of two big hits from the group’s thick catalog: 1988’s “Love Changes Everything” and 1983’s “New Girl Now,” which became their first radio and MTV smash after winning a homegrown-music competition sponsored by Toronto rock station Q107. The Canadian CD release also includes two exclusive acoustic versions of “Alive” and “Doesn’t Feel Like That” as bonus tracks. Signed copies of Alive are available exclusively through their webstore.

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Honeymoon Suite has released ALIVE there brand new full studio album. Here is Derry talking about the song BROKEN off the new record.

My friends in Sons of Silver from LA released a brand new single called "TELL ME THIS". They are looking to put a full length LP out this summer called Runaway Emotions. Here is my conversation with Pete about the new single and working with TIM PALMER (David Bowie, The Cure, U2) 

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FULL INTERVIEW with Skynyrd guitar player Rickey Medlocke. Rickey released a brand new single "Never Run Out Of Road" all in support of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman Movement (MMIW). 

Rickey was an original member of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd dating back to the early 70's. He had left the band in the Mid 70's---he talks about how close he was to getting on the plane with the band on October 20th 1977 when members of the band perished in a horrific plane accident.   Rickey talks about Damon Johnson joining the band and about the songs and what it's been like to play in one of the most recognizable bands of our generation. 

FULL INTERVIEW COMING SOON...

In this teaser Long time Skynyrd guitar player Rickey Medlocke talks about where he was on October 20th, 1977 when the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane took a fatal crash in Mississippi.  Rickey was in the band at the beginning in the early 70's and left band before 1977- he re-joined them in 1996 and has been in Skynyrd since. 

Brand new single from IN THEORY is out "WORLDS ON FIRE" ! Tony is here to talk about the latest single and the latest update with IN THEORY - which features Tony and  Mike Mostert . In Theory is a Muscle Schoals -style Led Zeppelin. 

HERE Is the FULL One hour episode of ROCKIN' REWIND Radio Show that aired on CLASSIC 1220 AM Radio.  My Guest for the hour was Journey drummer Deen Castronovo.  We chatted about Hardline, Bad English and meeting Neal Schon for the first time, Neil Peart of Rush, Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger and also Deen shares his gratitude for a second chance at playing in Journey .  You can check out Journey August 2nd in Toronto with Def Leppard and Heart.

HARDLINE                               HOT CHERIE
NIGHT RANGER                  FOUR IN THE MORNING
KILLER DWARFS                 DRIFTING BACK 
JOURNEY                                BE GOOD TO YOURSELF
BAD ENGLISH                      WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE 
HONEYMOON SUITE      BURNING IN LOVE
RUSH                                           TOM SAWYER
TRIUMPH                                 FOLLOW YOUR HEART
JOURNEY                                 DON'T STOP BELIEVING 
LEE AARON                             YESTERDAY 
EVAN ROTELLA                    YESTERDAY IS GONE 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Interview Announcement: Drummer Deen Castronovo sits to discuss his great career and music journey! everything from Bad English, first meeting Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, his band Revolution Saints and getting a second chance with JOURNEY...

Castronovo, known for his exceptional drumming skills and versatile style, has captivated audiences around the world.  You will hear about his new album with the Revolution Saints (Jeff Pilson and Joel Hoekstra) , we talk about his current drum set up and getting a second chance after being kicked out of Journey and what it means to him today.  

This Interview is FUN, Intense and Deen not only is a ROCK STAR behind the drum kit but also in interviews ! 

Looking forward to hanging with him Aug 2nd in Toronto when Journey is in town along with Def Leppard and Heart :) 

Here is a short teaser of my Interview with Journey drummer Deen Castronovo- FULL INTERVIEW coming soon! We talk abut Bad English, Revolution Saint, Journey and his second chance with the band.