This week we talk on the phone with Damon Johnson of Black Star Riders. He talks about their upcoming tour with Judas Priest and Saxon. He also talks about how he got the Alice Cooper gig after Allen shares the story of his son Ian's experience at an Alice show that Damon played back in 2006.
This week we talk about our trip to Atlanta to see Vinnie Vincent's first public appearance in approximately 20 years. We also talk about the expo in general, including other guests, fellow podcasters, and friends and fans we met while we were there.
Vinnie Vincent made his first public appearance in 20 years at the Atlanta KISS Expo on January 19, 20, & 21, 2018. On Saturday, Vinnie did a Q&A session for the expo attendees. At the end of the session, Vinnie played an acoustic guitar and sang a few songs. Those songs ARE NOT INCLUDED here due to copyright concerns.
This week we talk about 2018 show we're going to see. We also talk about some shows we'd like to see and Allen brings up a couple rumored reunions he's read about online.
Three Sides of the Coin co-host Mark Cicchini joins us for a chat about growing up in Detroit, his experiences with the early Kiss Expos, and a great story about Blackie Lawless! Hear all this and more on this week's episode!
Tod joins us this week and discusses what got him into music along with his time with 707, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Frehley's Comet, and Four By Fate. He's clever and funny and we enjoyed him a great deal.
This week we welcome Rudy Sarzo to the show. Rudy talks about his time with Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, and Ozzy Osbourne, among others. You'll really get a kick out of his sense of humor.
We've got something very special for our 100th episode... a conversation with Tim Rozner!
Sit down and kick back while we listen to stories from the road with production manager Tim Rozner. In a rare interview Tim shares behind the scenes stories about some of the biggest names in the music business including Muddy Waters, Aerosmith, KISS, and Styx.
In this week's episode, we discuss a 2016 documentary called "Hired Gun" that focuses on musicians who replace original band members, either in the studio or on the stage.
Pink Floyd's "The Wall" turns 38 today so we thought it would be a good album to talk about. We also introduce a new segment called "This Day in Music History."
Allen's wife Laura suggested that since it's Thanksgiving that we each pick 5 people (living or dead) who we'd invite to Thanksgiving dinner and why.
In this episode we discuss some favorite KISS tunes from the Eric Carr era and Bill tells us why he came up with this topic.
Hellooo Peeople! After 2 Weeks off we have KISSFAQ guru, fellow podcaster, and author Julian Gill to discuss answer the question is KISS 2.0 really going to happen and will you go?
The death of Tom Petty really got us thinking about some of the artists who passed this year. This week we take a look back a some of those who have passed and our favorite tunes by them. Rest In Peace.
This week we finally get around to talking about our trip to the Nashville Rock N Pod Expo.
In this episode we talk on the phone with John Regan of Four By Fate and Frehley's Comet fame. We discuss how he met Ace Frehley, his work at SIR in New York and a very interesting Gene Simmons story plus much much more. Could the reunion of Frehley's Comet in PA be the beginning of something awesome?
This week we discuss some of our favorite debut albums with special guest Ken "The Podfather" Mills. Ken's podcasts are PodKISSt: The KISS Fanzine for Your Ears!, Zilch! A Monkees Podcast!, Cheap Talk with Trick Chat, and POP! A Pop Culture Podcast. Make sure you check them out. Enjoy the show!
In this episode we continue the conversation we started with Christopher Williams at the 2017 Rock N Pod Expo in Nashville on August 26th.
We had a nice long chat with Accept drummer Christopher Williams at the Rock N Pod Expo in Nashville. As a matter of fact, we had such a good time talking to him that we continued our conversation with him a few days later via Skype. Christopher is one awesomely funny dude. Check out this episode as he talks about his first time jamming with Accept, his Peter Criss drum kit from the KISS Reunion Tour, and more. Enjoy and share!
Rick is the front man for Nashville based hard rock band Every Mother's Nightmare. He stopped by our table at the 2017 Rock N Pod Expo to talk about their upcoming album. Visit http://emnrocks.com/ to find out more.
Matt stopped by our table at the 2017 Rock N Pod Expo and talked about the song "Pride" which was a collaboration with Gene Simmons of KISS. Visit Matt's website (https://www.mattmccormackmusic.com/) to hear the song.
Inglorious are five young men with a mutual love and respect of the classics of Hard Rock music, big guitar riffs, and soulful vocals. Their influences stem from iconic rock and roll shrine of Rock albums from the 1970s. We recently had a chat with Colin Parkinson, their bassist. Check it out! Make sure to stop by their website (http://inglorious.com/) and show them some love.
Grammy award winning keyboardist Gary Corbett joined us at the 2017 Rock N Pod Expo for a quick conversation. He's had quite an interesting career in music. Check it out.
Check out our interview with Producer/Composer/Guitarist Scott Van Zen from the 2017 Rock N Pod Expo in Nashville, TN. Scott has written/produced the main titles, background, source music for major TV networks, shows, commercials and much more. He has also worked on musical collaborations with major artists such as KISS. You can find out more about Scott on his main website, http://www.vanzenmusic.com/, or you can take private lessons or purchase instructional videos here, https://www.scottvanzenguitarschool.com/.
Check out this Rock N Pod Expo interview with the one and only Walter Egan!