Brent Smith of Shinedown called Jaxon ahead of their return to Camden next month. Brent's always full of positive vibes, and two cover everything from staying fit on the road, to the band's history with Philadelphia, to the upcoming 20th anniversary of their debut album. 

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It took too a long time but Pierre finally had a conversation with Brandon Flowers of the Killers. It was quick but they discuss the new track Boy out from the yet to be titled album out early next year, the tour coming to Philly September 27th at the Big Joint (grab your tickets here) and about the Franklin Music Hall... like Pierre, Brandon has trouble calling it anything other than the Electric Factory. Check it out!

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Joe Perry is back in the saddle again… WMMR’s Brent Porche welcomed the Aerosmith guitarist in Studio Z ahead of his show with the Joe Perry Project later this month in Atlantic City.

On this run of tour dates we’ll hear music from Perry’s upcoming album Sweetzerland Manifest MKII, due out later this year. The LP is a family affair; Perry says he wrote several of the songs with his sons Roman and Tony. The proud dad explains: “I love working with my kids… I mean, they’re grown men now… but I always learn something when I work with them.”

One of those tracks is the new single “Quake”.

In addition to the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer himself, the Joe Perry Project features a talented lineup: his longtime drummer Joe Pet on the drums, and the additions of Buck Johnson on the keys (who fans may know from his work with Aerosmith and the Hollywood Vampires), plus Chris Wyse on bass (Hollywood Vampires/Ozzy Osbourne) and Gary Cherone (Extreme/Van Halen) on vocals.

“I’m excited about those songs,” Perry says of the new material, “and as usual, we’ll probably dig out a couple of really deep Aerosmith cuts.”

Perry hinted at what the Bad Boys from Boston have in store for their 50th anniversary, plus what to expect at Aerosmith’s ‘Deuces Are Wild’ residency in Las Vegas, news on the Hollywood Vampires and more.  Grab tickets to the upcoming Joe Perry Project show here.

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Hey Gang! Brent Porche here.. I had the chance to have a good ol' face-to-face chat with the lead guitarist and founding member of the Grammy nominated powerhouse Disturbed, Dan Donegan. To date, Disturbed has sold over 17 million albums worldwide, making them one of the most successful rock bands of the modern era. We discuss their brand new, 8th, studio album (as yet untitled) due out later this year. We also touch on the 20th anniversary's of their debut album The Sickness (2000) & their sophomore album Believe (2002) as well as the 10th anniversary of Fight or Flight's debut album. 2023 is going to be a huge year for the Chicagoland rockers.. find out why, and MUCH more! Check out the full gallery of photos from the epic day that was the 2022 MMRBQ here

Thanks for taking a few minutes to give it a listen!

Enjoy! -bp

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Froggy's first visit to the studio with the Preston & Steve Show and they brought a ton of surprises: a new song, a new album release date, a new soda, and a new show. They also talk about having their song in Kevin Smith's new movie Clerks III.

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Everclear is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the band with a reissue release of their 1993 full-length debut album, World Of Noise and a tour with Fastball and The Nixons.

Before their stop at The Keswick Theater on June 23rd, the band stopped by The Preston & Steve Show for an intimate early morning gig and deep conversation. 

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The legendary Sheryl Crow joins The Preston & Steve Show to discuss the new documentary 'Sheryl' premiering next week, being a woman in the entertainment industry, her first cover band Cashmere, and more.

Be sure to watch the new documentary 'Sheryl' premiering May 6th on Showtime.

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Pierre had a conversation with Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers about the new album Unlimited Love. They talk about the time off and how it allowed the band to get to and finish songs they might not have if it were not for the time that Covid gave to the band, why he turns on the radio every time he gets into his car, also did Anthony and Flea bond over the Grateful Dead in high school? Check it out!

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 Pierre Robert hosts an April 7, 2022 playback of Bruce Springsteen's guest DJ appearance. Guests include Kevin Gunn, MMR's Creative Director who found the long lost tape and David Dye who hosted Bruce in the Rittenhouse Square studio that Sunday afternoon in 1974.  

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From deep in the MMaRchives, comes a long-lost recording of Bruce Springsteen, live on the air at WMMR studios at 19th & Walnut on Rittenhouse Square… playing songs of his choosing and filling in the MMR audience of his next moves.

Bruce was in between the release of his 2nd and 3rd albums, doing a college tour with a setlist that included songs from his debut Greetings From Asbury Park as well as the follow up, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle.  It would be a year before the world exploded and Born to Run propelled Bruce and the band to unimagined stardom.

David Dye, WXPN’s former World Café host, and in the small ‘MMR studio that day remembers, “ I am pretty sure this was a weekend shift, probably Saturday afternoon.  The only way I ever set up having Bruce on the air was to ask him at a gig.”

Bruce spent an hour + there playing a wide variety of songs.  Dye recalls, “Believe it or not Bruce could be shy, as you may hear.  That’s why I suggested the guest DJ idea- figuring that would be easier.  It was.  Particularly got better when he discovered the oldies compilations and that led to him playing “Stay” by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs.”

The 10 inch reel to reel recording was found by current MMR creative services director, Kevin Gunn, an avowed Bruce-head.  He gently badgered our engineering department to repair an old reel to reel tape machine back to serviceable order to dub the recording from analog tape to digital form and ready it for playback.

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Brent Porche sat down for a chat with Marc Labelle from Dirty Honey & Wolfgang Van Halen from MammothWVH ahead of their co-headlining Young Guns Tour that stopped in Philadelphia at the end of March! Brent and the boys talk about the origins of the tour & what it means for both bands to have the duty of “carrying the rock flag” for the next generation of rockers.

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