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In this episode of the podcast Edgel speaks with Marc Roberge, guitarist / frontman and songwriter for the band OAR!

More about OAR
O.A.R. (short for Of A Revolution) is an American rock band, founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland.[1] The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo, and touring members, trumpet player Jon Lampley and keyboardist Mikel Paris. Together, the band has released eight studio albums, including their latest release, The Mighty, in March 2019. The band is well known for their live shows and extensive summer touring, and have released six live records with the latest release, Live From Merriweather, in November 2019. Four of the band members grew up in Rockville, Maryland and attended Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School. After graduating, they went on to study at Ohio State University. There they met the fifth member, saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo from Youngstown, Ohio.

Their newest album, "The Arcade", was released on July 15th, 2022. The album was produced by Jantz Spalding.

In this episode of the podcast, Edgel sits down with recording artist Stacey Ryan. After years of writing music and teasing songs, her song "Don't Text Me When You're Drunk" went absolutely mental on TikTok, becoming one of the most viral songs in TikTok history. Eventually leading to a recording contract with Island Records in 2022. Stacey is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter whose influences draw from pop, jazz, blues and R&B. 

In this episode of the podcast, Edgel sits down with Pat Monahan, the lead singer of TRAIN.

Train has sold over 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide

In late 2009, Train released the album Save Me, San Francisco, from which the album's three singles—the RIAA 6× platinum-certified international hit "Hey, Soul Sister", "If It's Love" and "Marry Me"—reached numbers three and 34 respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified gold by both the RIAA and ARIA.[4] In April 2012, Train released California 37. The first single from the album, entitled "Drive By", reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a Top 10 hit in the UK. This album was followed by Bulletproof Picasso (2014), Christmas in Tahoe (2015), Train Does Led Zeppelin II (2016), and A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat (2017). Their album AM Gold will be released on May 20, 2022.

In this episode of the podcast, Edgel sits down with legendary producer David Bottrill.

David is the architect of some of the most influential rock, prog and pop albums of all time. TOOL, SILVERCHAIR, PETER GABRIEL, RUSH, KING CRIMSON, GODSMACK, DREAM THEATER and tons more. 

Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian-American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director Zach Braff in his work, which helped a career rebirth in the mid-2000s. Hay has also been a member of Ringo Starr's Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

Hay has made appearances in movies such as Cosi and in television shows such as The Larry Sanders Show, JAG, The Mick Molloy Show, A Million Little Things, and Scrubs.  along with episodes of ABC's What About Brian, NBC's The Black Donnellys, CBS's Cane, and the BBC hospital drama Casualty, have included performances of some of his previous songs; in Scrubs he performs an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit "Overkill". 

In this episode of the podcast, Edgel speaks with Ben Bruce, the founding member of the band Asking Alexandria.  He is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of rock band Asking Alexandria and has also performed as a solo artist. Bruce founded the band while he was living in Dubai.  Ben currently resides in Charleston SC.

Asking Alexandria are a British rock band from York, North Yorkshire, consisting of guitarists Ben Bruce and Cameron Liddell, drummer James Cassells, lead vocalist Danny Worsnop, and bassist Sam Bettley

In this episode of the podcast, Edgel sits down with Steven Le Vine.

Steven is an award-winning PR strategist, and founder of grapevine pr + consulting, based in Los Angeles, Austin, and Nashville, since 2006. The firm's clients include major tech companies and consumer brands, as well as high-profile experts and celebrities, including  William Shatner, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb, and actor/activist Danny Pintauro ('Who's The Boss?').

He has secured clients wide-ranging press from sit-down interviews with Oprah, The View, The Talk, NBC Today, CBS News and CNN to placements in Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Crunchbase, Entrepreneur, Inc., Rolling Stone, American Songwriter, Stereogum, SPIN, Yahoo Music, Fast Company, Forbes, Benzinga, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, HuffPost, Harvard Business Review, Associated Press, Men’s Journal, Business Insider, People, Us Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and more.

Le Vine is a frequent media personality and contributor for prominent consumer and trade business publications, including Forbes and Entrepreneur, as well as a founding member of the Rolling Stone Culture Council. His firm has taken home dozens of awards, including for ‘Agency of the Year’ and ‘Campaign of the Year’ in the PR World Awards and Ragan's Media Relations Awards, as well as other awards programs.

In this episode of the podcast Edgel speaks with frontman and lyrical architect of the successful rock band INCUBUS.  Brandon has also been releasing his own music which will continue through 2022 in tandem with continued efforts from Incubus. 

Brandon recounts his earliest memories of music, sitting under the piano while his mom played and sang. They discuss Brandon's religious 'holy roller' type family and how that shaped his musical path.  Brandon and Edgel also discuss the struggles of fame and how meditation has become integral in helping Brandon cope with the challenges that come along with it. 

In this episode of the podcast Edgel interviews Brian Vander Ark of the band 'The Verve Pipe' who is most recognized for their platinum song 'The Freshman' that dominated the charts and airwaves in the late 90's.  Brian's story is inspiring and impressive. Enjoy!

In this episode of the podcast, Edgel speaks with Joe Trohman, founding member and guitarist of the multi-platinum band, Fall Out Boy.

Joe got his start as a teenager in the east coast hardcore / punk scene and organically built Fall Out Boy from the ground up.  You'll hear him talk about his humble beginnings and what it took to be a touring musician with no money, no label and just a few packs of ramen noodles.

This interview took place just one day before the 2021 Fall Out Boy, Weezer and Green Day tour was set to take place. Ultimately some of the shows had to be cancelled due to members of the crew testing positive for Covid-19 but eventually they finished the tour with huge success.  Enjoy!