Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame

“Yeah. Yeah. I could’ve done a Footloose thing about, my God, they’re banning dancing just like Footloose or whatever. I’d have to see the movie and then use that, you know, in my doomed fight against them.”

— Jerry Roach, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/17/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Jerry Roach, original owner of Cuckoo's Nest nightclub in Costa Mesa.

 

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“But when Jerry started promoting, trying to get a record deal for those guys and calling all his relationships, I can’t tell you how many times either they thought he was on drugs or they hung up the phone on him. They could not believe that he was working with a group with the title N.W.A. and we all know what that stands for. So it was a little crazy, but I will tell you that Jerry was relentless.”

— Terry Heller, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/14/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Terry Heller, nephew and associate of Jerry Heller (co-founder Ruthless Records with Eazy-E, as well as being N.W.A.’s manager). Heir and complete insider to the West Coast rap scene of the late 80s and 90s. Terry talks about Ice Cube, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, Ruthless Records, and the movie Straight Outta Compton. Current CEO of Preferred Roofing preferredroofinginc.com

 

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“Well, the biggest hit is probably Ballroom Blitz and also Fox on the Run. And there’s the song Action, which was covered by Def Leppard. There’s the hit No You Don’t, which was covered by Pat Benatar.”

— Stevie Stewart of The Sweet, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/13/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Stevie Stewart and Jimmy Buckard of The Sweet.

 

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“Harry Connick Jr. did not like us and didn’t want to be on the same music label we were on.”

— Tim Commerford, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/12/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews bassist and vocalist, Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage, Wakrat. Current band is 7D7D, a two piece featuring Tim on bass and vocals, and Mathias Wakrat on drums.

 

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“I play the Devil’s advocate all the time. So what if everybody does anyways. No, I play bass. I’m a bass player, and I play electric and upright.”

— Jonny Ray Bartel, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/11/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Jonny Ray Bartel, electric, upright Bassist of The Heroes, and Denny McGahey, singer of Shattered Faith. Bartel is previously of The Knitters with X’s Exene & John Doe, Jimmy & the Mustangs, Red Devils (signed by Rick Rubin to Def Jam Records), The DIs (ex-Gears/TSOL), DJ Bonebrake & the Blasters with Dave Alvin. Shattered Faith (Posh Boy Records).

 

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“And there’s a famous picture we did in the early days where they cut half of my face and half of his face. And the photographer literally cut the pictures, put them together, and used that as a poster. It blew people’s minds at the time. You talk about being identical- when you take exactly the same picture, you just push them together.”

— Michael Aston, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/10/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Michael Aston, singer and frontman of Gene Loves Jezebel.

 

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“Well, I was always a still photographer when I was a kid, and I always loved movies. My whole life was movies and film, and I was actually at school, studying medicine. I was pre-med and getting ready to go to med school but, you know, it wasn’t my passion.”

— McG, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/07/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews McG, director, producer, and former record producer, as he talks about his early days growing up with the band Sugar Ray, meeting The Offspring, and then Hole who introduced him to Drew Barrymore, which led to him directing the film Charlie’s Angels.

 

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“I thought I’d be lucky to sell a house or two in my first year, trying doing it full time. I ended up selling 40 houses in my first year.”

— Paul Mars Black, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/06/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Paul Mars Black, original singer of L.A. Guns and drummer of The Mau Mau’s.

 

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“One of the big things right now is vintage clothing. So a lot of vintage clothing, a lot of mid century modern furniture. We’ve got, of course, older antiques too, things from Hollywood Regency, to farmhouse.”

— Chuck & Martha Garcera, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/05/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Chuck and Martha Garcera, owners of King Richard's Antique and Vintage Center Mall.

 

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“I think the main thing to be successful in campaigns is just staying out there in the public, being accessible to people, and being responsive and of service. And that’s what I’ve tried to do.”

— Mayor John Stephens, 15 Minutes of Fame interview

 

Air date: 03/04/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Mayor John Stephens, City of Costa Mesa CA.

 

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