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Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with Michael Ferentino from Love In Reverse.

We discuss Love In Reverse, Bedtime For Robots, and many other topics.

Watch the latest video for "Bella Baby" here: Bella Baby

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with John Allen of Charm City Devils.

Charm City Devils return to their bluesy, modern-edged and southern-tinged hard rock anthems. They can tell you about the desire to rock the masses, but you've heard all the puffery before.

Rather than bore you with the same old bio, they wanted to give it to you straight. They are Baltimore and Baltimore is in all of us! They have lived their entire lives in and around this city. Baltimore was once vibrant. The town had jobs, low crime, and was a place to truly call home. While it is tough to argue that Baltimore doesn’t have a myriad of issues, we still want to tell the story of what still thrives here, which is the music.

Real-life experiences are what they write about, what they sing about and what they care about.  

Baltimore to them is what Boston is to Aerosmith. It keeps them grounded, motivated, and inspired. It’s the main reason they chose this profession and why they will always pursue their dreams.

If nothing else, the return is a reminder that not all the news in Baltimore is bleak and in the face of adversity we have to “Roll on, Roll on, on like a Skipping Stone!”

John Allen – Lead Vocals

Ted Merrill- Guitar

Jason Heiser – Drums

Rick Reynolds - Bass

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with Nathan Spades of Dark Station.

In the spring of 2018, five Southern California musicians came together, leaving their respective projects behind, to form a new band. A band with the ability to seamlessly transition from crushingly heavy riffs to unforgettably haunting melodies and lyrics. With inspiration drawing from the top late 90's and early 00's rock bands, there's a certain familiarity to the music that's refreshing and yet evolved into what can only be described as Dark Station. 

"Down in The Dark" is poised to cement the band's name as a commendable force in the rock world. With rock on the rise, Dark Station has risen to the challenge of aiding in rock's revival. This is the new age. This is Dark Station.

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with Anna-Marie O'Brien, author of Adventures of a Metalhead Librarian. Lonn Friend, former RIP magazine editor and all around great guy, penned the Foreword and joins us for the conversation.

In this heartfelt debut memoir, Anna-Marie O’Brien shares a poignant coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll and what it took for her to survive in the big city.

In 1990, Anna-Marie left her disappointing Midwestern childhood behind and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 to pursue her heavy metal dreams on the Sunset Strip. Bands like Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, and Guns N’ Roses were at the height of their popularity, and she landed right in the middle of the heavy-metal music scene.

Welcomed by sunshine and possibilities, her California adventure began the very first day she arrived in magical Laurel Canyon.

Soon, she was working in the music industry, and then for Metal Blade Records. Working with her favorite bands and witnessing music history was a dream come true. But, things were not all as they seemed. Grunge music had arrived from Seattle, and it was taking over the metal scene. Los Angeles turned into a dark force, forcing her to make tough choices in order to survive.

This is a story of big magic, following your heart, and starting over. Anna-Marie is a real-life librarian, and a lifelong fan of heavy metal and rock music.

This is Adventures of a Metalhead Librarian.

Purchase the book here: Amazon

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with Eve To Adam.

Join Sherry for a conversation with Jim Santora, Jr., the author of Underrated Rock Book: The 200 Most Overlooked Albums 1970-2015.

Underrated Rock Book declares rock music isn't dead, it’s just changing its course; rock music has a new direction, which might not be to your tastes.  What is a fan of rock music to do?  The Underrated Rock Book is for you.

This book is for any fan of rock music that is looking to go back and find lost classics, obscure albums, artists that were forgotten and some that never saw the light of day.  The Underrated Rock Book covers all rock genres from 1970 to 2015.  That’s 45 years of albums that have been cast away, until today.  The book will make you think and wonder why you never paid attention to the albums and some of these artists before.  The book will also start debates as to artists and/or albums that are truly underrated.  Better keep your computer or streaming device close at hand.  Reading this book will have you grabbing the headphones to listen to many of the songs featured in these pages.  It’s an interactive read, so eyes and headphones required.

You can purchase Underrated Rock Book here: Amazon

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with Paul Wandtke from Dead Original.

DEAD ORIGINAL the new grunge infused trio featuring Paul Wandtke (Bedlem, ex Trivium), drummer Rob Lerner and bassist Sean McCole have premiered the video for their single "Fade To Light." The band just released two singles October 18th through TLG / INgrooves Music Group and will be playing shows with Candlebox in November.

"Fade to Light was written about the mind of a Kamikaze pilot and it’s neither embracing or slandering them, it’s just kinda role playing like, “maybe this is what they were thinking during Pearl Harbor.” This song idea came to me when I was on tour in Japan helping the Trivium guys out on drums. I was chilling in my hotel room and this groove came into my head and I just thought about Japanese Kamikaze pilots and Pearl Harbor and it just made think; what would or what does it take for a human to conjure the thought of being a suicide pilot ya know?" says Paul Wandtke.

Paul Wandtke whom got his start in the music industry as a work for hire drummer (ex Trivium and the hit musical Rock of Ages) was feeling inspired to pick up a guitar. He now fronts Dead Original.

Dead Original is a blend of grunge, groove power, simple riffs, melodic hooks and some progressive elements via some tastefully placed odd meters.

Dead Original reactivates the spirit of the 90s with their extremely well executed concoction of grunge influenced riffs - Matt Walker (drummer for Morrissey, ex Smashing Pumpkins)

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with Eric Jayk from the band Wildstreet.

WILDSTREET began in 2006 and released their self-titled debut album on Retrospect Records in 2009. The band spent the next 4 years touring nonstop & performing at US festivals including: Rocklahoma (5 consecutive years), SXSW & M3 Rock Festival. The band won the Best Buy/Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands for Rockstar Energy’s Uproar Festival, and opened for Avenged Sevenfold, Sevendust and Three Days Grace in Camden, NJ in 2011.

In 2011, the band released Wildstreet II..Faster..Louder! to widespread critical acclaim. They made an appearance on “Jimmy Fallon and their songs were licensed to TV shows on E!, MTV, VH1, Oxygen & TBS. Later that year, the band released the official music video for “Poison Kiss,” which got the attention of rock fans worldwide. In 2012, the band released the single “Easy Does It,” and its official music video.

After taking a 2 1/2 year break & dodging rumors of a band breakup, WILDSTREET exploded back onto the NYC scene in 2016, headlining Gramercy Theatre with a new lineup. 

The band worked on their latest single “Raise Hell” after Rocklahoma. Released in December 2017, it ushered in a new period for the band. They headlined Irving Plaza for the single’s release party, and  handpicked by Dorothy to open for her New York City tour date at The Bowery Ballroom. In February 2018, the band released a lyric/concert video for “Raise Hell.” WILDSTREET spent the remainder of 2018 in the studio recording, WILDSTREET III. Recently, WILDSTREET filmed the official music video for “Tennessee Cocaine” released the single on August 23rd and their next single and video "Three Way Ride" is available November 15.

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with Tina Hutchence. 

Tina Hutchence, sister of the late INXS front-man, Michael Hutchence, has recently published an intimate biography on her brother Michael, My Brother, Lost Boy of INXS,

He died at only 37 but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael's big sister, Tina, adored him from the start. From a 12-year-old holding him in her arms as a newborn, to being his teenage nanny, Tina remained Michael's trusted confidant until his sudden death. Tina's intimate and detailed telling of her brother's story

Christina 'Tina' Hutchence was born in Melbourne, Australia and managed to attend school in all three eastern states across six schools in four years. As a teenager she moved to Hong Kong and followed her mother into the motion picture industry as a makeup artist, a career she continued in after moving to California in her early twenties. Tina continues to keep Michael's memory alive sharing his story and supporting the Traumatic Brain Injury Association. She is the mother of two children and a proud grandmother.

Purchase the book here: Book Depository

Join Sherry for Just Push Play - A Music Podcast: Interview with John Malkin from The Simple Radicals.

 

The Simple Radicals are a retro rock band from the great blues and rock city of Chicago, Illinois, featuring John Malkin on Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar and John Griffin on Lead Guitar and Vocals. Together, they capture the passion and energy of their collective musical experience, with different tastes, sounds, and styles. The music they create is pure, visceral rock 'n' roll - poignant, from the heart, topical and direct.