Alan Tecchio

He succeeded our own Jason McMaster as the vocalist for Watchtower and also fronted the metal bands Hades, Non-Fiction, Seven Witches and others. More recently, he and co-author Frank White published the coffee table book “Jersey Metal Vol. 1” documenting the New Jersey heavy metal scene circa 1969-1986. Alan Tecchio joins us to discuss all of the above and more.

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Rudy Sarzo

From his groundbreaking tenure with Quiet Riot through his arena-conquering stints with Ozzy and Whitesnake, bassist Rudy Sarzo has spent a lifetime bringing metal to the masses. We caught up with the iconic rocker to discuss Quiet Riot’s legacy, the heartfelt new song, “I Can’t Hold On,” his theory about the Randy Rhoads plane crash and why licking his bass was the least of his worries.

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Katon W. De Pena

Hirax singer Katon W. De Pena was front-and-center for the birth and rise of California’s legendary mid-‘80s thrash-metal scene. Today, at age 59, he’s as metal as ever and joins us to discuss Hirax, his former band Phantasm (featuring original Metallica bassist Ron McGovney), his connection to Celtic Frost frontman Tom G. Warrior, and the times a young Hirax fan named Mike Patton used to show up early to meet the band (and later returned the favor).

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Joey Vera

Best known as the bass player for Armored Saint, Joey Vera has also played with Mercyful Fate, Lizzy Borden, Fates Warning, Anthrax, Arch/Matheos and Motor Sister, among others. We cover as much as we can of his storied career, including how a car crash with Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee helped finance an early Armored Saint demo, why he turned down interest from Metallica and how Thin Lizzy and Queen blew his young mind.

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Joel Grind

He’s the mastermind behind thrash-metal band Toxic Holocaust and an accomplished studio technician whose credits include Power Trip’s acclaimed “Nightmare Logic” album. Joel Grind joins us to discuss his early fascination with recording, his DIY work ethic and how he got famed Megadeth artist Ed Repka to create Toxic Holocaust’s “Hell on Earth” album cover.

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Ed Aborn

By the end of the 1980s, drummer Ed Aborn and his Siren band mates hung up their dreams of heavy metal stardom and settled into adult life. Thirty-five years later, a quietly amassing overseas fan base spurred an invitation to reform Siren and play a huge reunion gig at Germany’s world-renowned Keep it True festival. Captured on film in the documentary, “I’m Too Old for This Sh*t,” (produced by Chris Jericho and directed by Nathan Mowery), the tale is retold by Ed on the Talk Louder Podcast where he also reveals how he helped Jason land his recent Accept gig.

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Year in Review

As 2022 comes to a close, we look back on memorable albums, concerts and

Talk Louder Podcast guests.

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The Black Halos

Back with all the snot and fury that made 2001’s “The Violent Years” an underground, glam-punk classic, the Black Halos hurl their latest sonic Molotov, “How the Darkness Doubled.” Guitarist Rich Jones and singer Billy Hopeless join us to discuss the new album, how guest vocalist Michael Monroe made a mic stand out of a suitcase (we have photographic proof!) and that time Nazareth singer Dan McCafferty (RIP) endorsed Hopeless as his replacement.

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Philip Shouse

Before joining German metal legends, Accept, guitarist Philip Shouse rock-n-rolled all night with Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley in their respective solo bands. Join us as he discusses working with our own Jason McMaster in Accept, helping choose the setlist for Gene Simmons and that time he was asked to autograph a Dangerous Toys album.

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Riki Rachtman

As the host of MTV’s “Headbangers Ball” and co-owner of Hollywood’s

notorious Cathouse nightclub, Riki Rachtman witnessed 100 lifetimes

of rock-n-roll debauchery. On the eve of his “One Foot in the Gutter” tour,

Riki joins us to preview the unapologetic and uncensored tell-all tales he

experienced firsthand behind the scenes of rock’s most excessive era.

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