The Rick Thorne Show

Greg Dickson of the ska band Toxic Energy talks with Rick Thorne about his radio show days, growing up on heavy metal in Baldwin Park, finding ska, and rehearsing next door to a pre-fame No Doubt, where Eric Stefani let him bring his trombone into their room. He also talks about marketing a band, rude boy culture, whether the juice is worth the squeeze, and his company Hydra Promotions.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:56 Meet Greg Dickson

0:04:33 Radio days, SiriusXM & SoundExchange

0:11:17 Baldwin Park & heavy metal

0:16:13 Rehearsing next to No Doubt

0:22:40 Marketing a band

0:26:50 Rude boys & ska culture

0:32:04 Grunge, ska & the '90s

0:35:29 Is the juice worth the squeeze?

0:41:10 Hiring a vocalist

0:45:27 Colonel Parker & Elvis

0:51:27 Hydra Promotions

0:56:33 What keeps him busy

1:01:06 Outro & credits

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Jackass co-creator and director Jeff Tremaine takes Rick Thorne from the Rockville BMX scene to working at Freestylin' and Snowboarder magazines and running Big Brother magazine from 1992 to 2000. He explains how Jackass grew out of the Big Brother videos with Johnny Knoxville, why they quit MTV, how snorkeling with 10-foot alligators led to Wildboyz, and talks about The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia and winning over Nikki Sixx for The Dirt.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:52 Rockville BMX roots

0:06:17 Spike Jonze & the freestyle crew

0:11:30 Freestylin' & Snowboarder magazines

0:16:47 Big Brother videos & how Jackass began

0:22:34 Bulls & season one

0:27:59 Stunts MTV wouldn't air

0:34:09 Quitting MTV & Wildboyz

0:38:58 Wildboyz & Gumball episodes

0:44:45 The Whites of West Virginia

0:51:05 Nikki Sixx & The Dirt

0:55:19 Safety & what's next

1:00:33 Outro & credits

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Mike Davenport, bassist for The Ataris, sits down with Rick Thorne to talk about leaving the band in 2006 to start Versus the World, playing Hellfest to a crowd of about 80,000, and the Santa Barbara scene that also produced Nerf Herder. He opens up about his upcoming memoir This Is Where the Hero Dies, losing his father at 19, the pre-foreclosure business and Craigslist ads that brought the feds, learning Transcendental Meditation while in camp, and raising his two kids on his own.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:51 Meet Mike Davenport

0:05:24 Ataris memories & a fan's tribute

0:12:31 Versus the World

0:20:15 Hellfest & an 80,000-person crowd

0:25:56 Santa Barbara scene & Nerf Herder

0:30:55 Punk Rock Museum & DIY scenes

0:34:35 His memoir This Is Where the Hero Dies

0:36:48 A foreclosure business & Craigslist

0:43:19 Family, closure & forgiveness

0:48:49 Learning Transcendental Meditation

0:54:52 Habits & personal growth

1:01:02 Raising his kids & getting back to touring

1:06:08 Handling fame

1:12:39 Wrap-up, SOLI sponsor & credits

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Shiragirl tells Rick Thorne how she worked Warped Tour for the Truth campaign in 2003, crashed the tour in a pink RV the next year, convinced Kevin Lyman to let her stay, and launched the Shiragirl stage for female-fronted bands in 2005, the year Paramore played it on their first-ever tour. She also talks about building her company Gritty in Pink with Live Nation as lead investor, her all-girl Sublime tribute band, and rallying support for L7's Jennifer Finch.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:48 Meet Shiragirl

5:42 Asking Kevin Lyman: why no girls?

11:43 Crashing the tour in a pink RV

14:08 Launching the Shiragirl stage in 2005

15:47 What is Gritty in Pink?

23:01 Growing a company & investors

27:02 Doing more than one thing

30:50 L7's Jennifer Finch & women in rock

34:42 Her all-girl Sublime tribute band

37:36 Festivals & a new cover recording

43:19 Band stories & TV gigs

48:12 Warped Tour Long Beach & what's next

53:15 Wrap-up, SOLI sponsor & credits

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Pro street skateboarder Jeff DeChesare tells Rick Thorne how winning the YouTube Skate League (YSL) and landing an inward heelflip down the Santa Monica pier triple set got Street League's attention, leading to wild-card spots at SLS Spot Takeover events in Cleveland and Vegas, and why he's more careful skating street before a contest. He also talks about growing up skating in North Jersey near Morristown, moving to Orange County, skating big stairs and roofs, and joining Mystery Skateboards.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:55 Meet Jeff DeChesare

0:04:58 The SLS Spot Takeover wild card

0:09:10 Winning the YouTube Skate League

0:12:05 The Santa Monica triple set clip

0:15:54 Contest vs. street attitude

0:23:00 Competing in Vegas

0:25:47 Who he skated against

0:32:01 Growing up in North Jersey

0:37:05 East Coast winters vs. SoCal

0:43:08 Moving to Orange County

0:46:56 Triple flips down stairs

0:52:44 Contests & the World Series

0:56:29 Board brands & joining Mystery

1:02:33 Outro & credits

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Rick Thorne heads to Bullhead City, Arizona, for the first Día De Los Locos Festival and talks with the bands backstage. He catches up with The Ghostwood Murder, Miles to Nowhere, Talking Bombs, Jason DeVore of Authority Zero, and Frank and George of Voodoo Glow Skulls, who explain how the festival came together.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:58 The Ghostwood Murder

2:50 Miles to Nowhere

6:42 Talking Bombs

9:55 Authority Zero's Jason DeVore

11:08 Touring & booking in Europe

15:28 Voodoo Glow Skulls on the festival

19:38 Outro & credits

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Comedian Tania Estrada, crowned the Latin Queen of Comedy, talks with Rick Thorne about structuring bits for bigger laughs, dealing with hecklers, and what she learned working with comics like Paul Rodriguez. She breaks down how club shows really work, from seating to networking, and talks about her YouTube cooking show, Tania's Treats.

CHAPTERS

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:51 Meet Tania Estrada

0:07:00 Coffee & habits

0:11:28 Structuring your material

0:15:17 Crowds that irritate comics

0:21:13 The Spanglish Show & the Latin Queen

0:27:25 Owning the stage

0:33:15 A Compton sports bar show

0:39:37 How club shows work

0:43:42 Tania's Treats cooking show

0:49:35 Betty Crocker & Gordon Ramsay

0:54:06 Cooking channel & animation

1:00:19 Laugh Factory & where to follow

1:04:30 Outro & credits

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BMX photographer Tony Donaldson tells Rick Thorne how he went from riding a Schwinn Predator in the early '80s to writing to Super BMX and moving to LA 37 years ago to shoot freestyle. He explains why riders hate newspaper photographers, what working at the magazines was like, and tells the story of meeting a 16-year-old Mat Hoffman, who tossed a bra into the team trailer after a show.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:32 Meet Tony Donaldson

6:10 First BMX bike & photography

10:16 Freestyle vs. racing

17:13 Flatland still matters

21:10 Shooting angles vs. newspapers

27:00 Magazine days

31:23 Contests, games & esports

37:53 Life after the magazine

40:40 Shooting legends & a 16-year-old Hoffman

42:45 Amateur finals & big wins

46:56 Old-school reunions & Woodward

51:54 Outro & credits

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Flatland pioneer Dave Nourie tells Rick Thorne how winning novice led Bob Haro to call two weeks later and sponsor him, and how five years on the road with the Haro team, sometimes riding for 1,500 kids, taught him showmanship. He also talks about alternative school, working JT sales, advice from Kevin Jones, teaching old-school trick clinics in Japan, and taking the show back on the road 40 years later with the Back for More crew.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:53 Meet Dave Nourie

4:34 Winning novice & Bob Haro's call

11:38 Early jobs & Haro demo days

16:55 Alternative school & quitting the job

20:17 Working for JT sales

27:40 Kevin Jones' advice & individual style

32:40 Teaching a clinic in Japan

36:48 Touring with the Haro team

40:09 Back on the road 40 years later

44:41 Back for More crew & Argentina

51:25 Outro & credits

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Freestyle motocross pioneer Colin "Scummy" Morrison takes Rick Thorne back to the first ramp-to-ramp jump show in Vegas in 1998 and the hard-partying Metal Mulisha years. He talks openly about riding through injuries on pills, rehab in 2012, secretly relapsing and being high while interviewing Nikki Sixx, whose book helped him get sober, overdosing on fentanyl-laced Xanax in his truck and waking up in jail, and what keeps him sober today.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:50 Meet Colin "Scummy" Morrison

5:58 Supercross roots & Jeremy McGrath

10:59 The Metal Mulisha party years

15:17 Pills, pain & riding hurt

21:47 DUIs & a changing sport

27:58 First rehab in 2012

33:08 Relapse

37:08 Dope sick & back to rehab

42:30 The Big Book & recovery

48:01 Ego & fearlessness

51:32 Trauma, balance & sobriety

56:47 Outro & credits

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