Tour Talk

Hello and welcome to a very special one off episode of Tour Talk as I’m joined by Frank Bello of thrash metal legends Anthrax to discuss his brand new book Fathers, Brothers and sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment and Anthrax. It really is a fantastic read and what struck me most was that even though this a co-write with Joel Mciver this book is very much in the voice of Frank. The book is a fantastic insight in to Frank’s life and he is incredibly honest when discussing some deeply per...

Introducing 'My Friend Of Misery' editor & co-producer of Tour Talk for his On Screen / Mic debut... Rob Anderton. Here's a glimpse behind the scenes at what it takes to put an episode of Tour Talk together and the various strains our 'friendship' endures trying to create a podcast and getting it out to the world. Please join us over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tourtalkpod for all the good extra stuff.Hosted by Dario Nikzad & Nate BergmanAll the hard work is done by ...

Please help Dave support War Child Canada by heading over to Cameo and have him create a video request for you! https://www.cameo.com/6010220c4a8626001ef4e3a8Hello this is episode 26 of tour Talk and this week I was joined by the awesome Dave ‘Brownsound’ Baksh from Sum 41We talk bar fights, crossing borders with paraphernalia on board the bus and how the band narrowly avoided not only the London bombing but also being on the flight that took off from Newark on 9/11. Being a geordie...

So here we are, Episode number 25 of Tour Talk and in honour of hitting this little milestone we’ve decided to do something a bit different this week as we take a look back at some of our favourite moments from the proceeding 24 episodes. We’re genuinely blown away that we’ve made it this far and the fact we have people tuning in from all over the world including Australia, Canada, Pakistan, Spain, The Czech Republic, Malaysia, the UAE it is crazy to think we’re reaching out this far so ...

Are You Ready?We talk what it takes to be mentally and musically ready... not just for touring but for the highs and lows that come with song writing, booking tours, working in difficult environments with testing personalities and being able to bring your best show when that phone call lands saying 'you're playing a show tomorrow.'New episodes go live every Monday so be sure to follow / subscribe / to Tourtalkpod at a safe and socially respectable distance on the Socials!Please join us ...

NEVER CROSS THE STEAMS… Unless you’re interviewing two awesome musicians who also run their own podcast… please welcome Ethan & Clint from Metal Up Your Podcast!The guys are ideal guests for us here on Tour Talk because as well as hosting their own podcast they’re also song writers, touring musicians / sessions musicians working out of Nashville and Ethan has also worked on the crew side of the industry guitar tech’ing for Kings Of Leon before actually going on to be part of their live ba...

It’s Monday so that must mean it’s time for a new Episode of Tour Talk and this week we’re delighted to have Carla Harvey from The Butcher Babies on the show! We find out what it’s like for her still getting starstruck at meeting her idols backstage which leads us on to an incredible story where Carla got to spend an entire evening hanging out with Mick Jagger. We also talk about the times we’ve ended up in places you shouldn’t be backstage, hosting pizza parties, how to make ...

Finally we're back on tour again!This week it's just myself and Nate chatting about what it was like for him to finally be back on the road, playing shows out in the States. We find out what it's like playing gigs post covid, how people are responding to seeing live music again and what's changed in general. Of course we find out what he's missed and what he hasn't and as always there's a couple of funny stories!New episodes go live every Monday so be sure to follow / subscribe / to Tourtalkp...

Would you believe it, this is Episode 20 of Tour Talk! This time around we’re joined by Karina Rykman an amazing bass player who’s done everything from America’s Got Talent, jazz trio’s, riff rockin’ with our very own Nate right through to fronting her own band. We start by finding out what Karina’s all about, how she cut her teeth in the industry and what she’s aiming to achieve with her own solo work. We learn how Nate and Karina met and how that led to a recent song writi...

Welcome to Episode 19 of TT and this week we’reDelighted to have Baz from Massive Wagons on the show. Wagons were actually one of the bands I used to play alongside on unsigned shows the best part of 10 years ago when we were all starting out and it’s been awesome to see them go from strength to strength, it’s amazing to see a brilliant and super dedicated band reaping the rewards of their relentless hard work!So we begin at the beginning and learn how MW started out playing covers in l...