Talk About the Passion

Episode 14 is a talk with Keith Bennett. Keith is a veteran of the Boston hardcore and metal scene and has played in multiple bands, most notably Wrecking Crew in the 80's and currently PanzerBastard. Keith talks in length about getting into music as a kid, his stories are intense and hilarious. Keith speaks from his heart and gets into some pretty heavy subject matter at times, and yes there is some salty language on this one. All said, this 90 minute episode is packed with a ton of great stories and I definitely hope I can get him back on for another one. 

Episode 13 is a conversation with my friend Mark McKay, founding member of Slapshot. Mark and I talk about all different types of music from The Clash to Kiss and Dead Can Dance, how Slapshot came to be and their role in hardcore history. We share similar stories of meeting a grumpy Henry Rollins, his love of reading and he talks about some amazng writing endeavors he's involved in right now. This was a great chat, Mark has some great stories and any fan of 80's hardcore will enjoy this episode. 

Episode Twelve is a conversation with Kevin Cafferty. We talk about the film he made called It's a Bash about RI band Neutral Nation, growing up in Rhode Island, his radio show he had for a long time as well as his work in television. Kevin is an interesting and funny guy and I learned quite a lot from him. 

Episode 11 is a conversation with my friend and former bandmate Breaux Silcio. Breaux and I talk about him growing up in Louisiana. Him moving to Massachusetts and his journeys through different genres of music. This episode is a long one at almost ninety minutes. Breaux is an intersting and smart guy and we talk quite a bit about Rush, Kiss, Sabbath and everything in between. 

Episode 10 is a conversation with Boston area musician Kevin Patey. Kevin played in the rockabilly band Raging Teens, and now performs under the name Jittery Jack performing rockabilly/50's inspired rock and roll. He talks about growing up in England and discovering music on the radio, moving to the United States as well as a comprehensive story about how the Raging Teens formed around the rockabilly scene in Boston in the 90's. Kevin is yet another hilarious guest and his stories are filled with anecdotes and details that make him a great guest I hope to have on again. 

Episode 9 is a conversation with my friend Tommy Hardy. He's sometimes called Tommy Somerville, here he's my friend Tommy Hardy talking to me about music, comedy, the band Kiss, growing up in Somerville, Massachusetts, the infamous "Rosalita Man" video, more Kiss as well as more personal stories. Tommy is a great story teller, an all around hilarious guy. Check it out. 

A long conversation with my friend Richard Guerin who works for Orange Mountain Music, the company that releases the music of Philip Glass as well as other artists. Richard is also part of Salem Classical, bringing live classical music to Salem Massachusetts.

Richard is from the classical music world with little knolwedge of the hard rock music world I come from and I know little about classical music, so this episode explores some of the differences as well as some of the similarities within both worlds. 

Episode 7 arrives a day late and a little shorter than all of the other interviews I've posted. Regardless, this was a great conversation with my friend Gretchen Shae of the Boston based band The Knock-Ups. She talks about the role her mother and godparents played in her musical development, getting back into playing music after a break for a few years, getting to play on stage with U2 in Boston in front of thousands of people, teaching at Berklee as well as being on the board of directors for New Beginnings Re-Entry Services which helps incarcerted women re-enter society after prison. 

Gretchen is an extremely driven person and was a perfect guest for the podcast, enjoy!

Episode 6 is a talk with John Brookhouse, vocalist and guitar player from Worshipper, a great metal band out of Boston, MA. John talks about getting into music as a kid in Maine, through college as well as some of the other musical projects he's been involved in throughout the years. John talks about how they recordd a Pink Floyd cover for an upcoming tribute to The Wall, as well as his involvement with the new internet radio site Gimme Radio. This is a music nerd heavy episode that is great and covers a lot of different genres and artists, enjoy!

Today's episode is a short one. This is not an interview episode; like the first episode of the podcast this is just me talking. I talk about some myths I heard as a teenager involving Ozzy Osbourne, Dio and Neil Peart, how the larger than life rockstar aren't as larger than life as thet were in my time. I talk a little about growing up in Swampscott, MA and what type of enivornment that was for longhaired teenage outcasts. 

I'm working on doing more of these types of episodes in the future. Until then, bare with me wth these! that