DBG Times: April Edition - Ep668

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Decibel Geek Podcast

1:28This is the Decibel Geek Podcast with Chris Sinzak and Aaron Camaro.

1:43We are back at it once again because yes, it is time for the times. The times you want to remember, the things you never want to forget. We're going to cover it all right here today on the Decibel Geek Podcast. My name is Aaron Camaro, joined as always by my awesome friend, Chris Sinzak. Are you ready to take a trip through the times with me? Yeah, let's do it. All right. Before we get into all this, I just want to say one thing, and it happens to us every time we do a GeekWire. We'll talk about a story and say, okay, we're on top of things. These are the latest

2:16and greatest happenings, blah, blah, blah. And then as soon as we're done, like the thing we were talking about has an advancement in the story. And that happened to us once again, when we were talking about the whole fiasco on the Monsters of Rock cruise between Stevie Rochelle and Sebastian Bach. But we were talking about it going, man, it should be interesting when Stevie Rochelle comes out with a, some tells his side of the story. No sooner we get done editing that episode, boom, there's Stevie Rochelle putting out a update on it. So yeah, I noticed we got a little message

2:50here on the Decibel Geek hotline. You want to check it out? Yeah. All right, here we go.

2:56Hey Aaron, Stevie Rochelle here. I'm a little under the weather. I think I caught something on the cruise, but I'm just leaving you a voicemail. I just listened to your show. A couple things. One, I don't have a wife. I've never had a wife and I've never been married. But I do have two amazing kids. And myself and their mother could not be more proud of them. But I do have a girlfriend named Stephanie, who I've been dating for three and a half years, who's awesome.

3:28And she was with me on the cruise. And Stephanie was not with me when I walked up to Sebastian. She was in the same venue, but she was sitting in a booth with her girlfriends. I was talking with Michael Lean, Jeff Scott Soto, and David Ellison of Megadeth, along with a bunch of other people from Adler's Appetite, Crash Diet, and the rest. A lot of bands were there. It was the VIP party and it's only bands and their significant others. No fans are there. So obviously we know

4:03the long-standing history. And if you want to use this audio clip and share it on your show, go ahead. We know the long-standing history between myself, Metal Sludge, and Sebastian Bach. And in my article that I posted late Thursday night, and it obviously went everywhere yesterday, it's now been shared on Metal Sucks, Brave Words, Sleaze Rocks, and on and on and on. Not to mention all over social media. I detailed what happened with me and Sebastian

4:36on the cruise and prefaced it with some setup about our history and friendship going back to 1989 when we first met, before he became a superstar, so to speak. It's no secret, his history, but I've dug a lot of it up and re-shared it in some type of chronological order to kind of show how this man is still a loose cannon on the doorstep of turning 60 years of age.

5:07And it's funny, when you look through social media and you see all kinds of comments and people going, well, what about Axel? Well, what about this guy? What about that guy? Well, yeah, there are a few others that have had some history, but as far as Axel's concerned, I don't think Axel's had in the last 25 years, but I think he threw a microphone at his drummer or at the drum, the bass drum a couple years ago. But other than that, Axel's been a model citizen, not only with Guns N' Roses, but when he did his ACDC stint as well. And Sebastian's

5:43still acting like an asshole. You know, berating fans, berating women, calling women those names publicly on the stage with a microphone. It's, it's unacceptable. Um, and he did that to my girlfriend. Now, what happened is on the cruise, Sebastian Bach and Michael Sweet both spoke to people on the Monsters of Rock cruise staff, photographers and related, knowing I was on the cruise. They said they wanted to talk to me to quote unquote, confront me. Uh, the words were

6:16something to the effect of, we'll see how much of a tough guy he is when he's in front of us. We can look him in the eye and he's not hiding behind his keyboard. Okay. Well, that message made its way through the cruise and found its way to the tough camp, to my bass player. First, he informed me, then some people from the cruise informed me. And at some point myself and Michael Sweet also communicated, hung out, talked, shared numbers and had a good chat or two. And we're all

6:47good. We're all on the same page. Michael also confirmed that it was Sebastian Bach that brought my name up first. Sebastian wanted to speak to me or so he told people. And so when he walked into that party, 10 minutes later, I went up to him. I went up to him alone. I did not go with my band. I did not go with anyone else. No posse, no entourage, me, myself, and I, he was with his wife. My girlfriend was sitting in a booth on the other side of the club. She didn't even know

7:18he was there. And at some point I opted to walk up to Sebastian myself, put out my hand and did exactly what I said in my article. Hey, Sebastian, Stevie Rochelle here. I heard you wanted to speak to me and he lost his mind. Yeah, there's a part two.

7:39So there you have it. And then obviously, as I stood in front of him, homophobic slurs, all kinds of, you know, profanity, screaming, yelling, making a scene, throwing a temper tantrum for lack of a better description. Basically what we've seen him do on stage when something happens in the crowd that he doesn't like, that kind of breakdown, that kind of meltdown, that kind of temper tantrum. That's basically what he did in the club. As I stood six inches

8:13from his face, I didn't raise my voice. I didn't yell. I didn't scream. I didn't call him any names. Nothing of the sort. And after he called me fat, I don't know, five, six times, he called me a homo multiple times. He called me a fat homo. He told me my sight sucked and my band sucked and all the other nonsense. He also continued to ask me if I wanted to see his cock. So with that, Sebastian lost his mind. He was holding wine. He was drinking.

8:50And all I said was, is that it? Okay. And then, you know, he made multiple threats verbally and, you know, like he was going to do something to me. And the only thing I said that might have been, I guess, a little encouraging was, I'm right here. Come and get me. And I stood there smiling. And then when the security did get in between us and broke us up and said, hey, Stevie, let's step over here. I calmly said, no problem. I walked away. I was cooperative. They asked me to leave the club.

9:24I did. Sebastian Bach stayed. As I was being walked out, my girlfriend saw this and came up to me and said, where are you going? I said, I have to leave the club. They're asking me to because Sebastian freaked out. And she said, okay, let me go tell the girls I'm going to leave. So she walked back into the club by herself to go to talk to her girlfriends and tell them she was going to leave. And that's when Sebastian accosted her, calling her a cunt and a whore and a bitch and a fuck you

9:58and everything else. Um, I was already outside the club with a couple of security guys. They also had about three or four security guys at the front of the club because they didn't want me to rush back in. I guess that, you know, these are professional security teams, I guess, that are hired by the crews, um, and the morgue staff. And they know how these things go. But the couple of guys that I was with said they were really happy that I was calm, cool and cooperative, which I was. Um, and at the end of the day, after my girlfriend was berated by Sebastian, she then came out with her girlfriends.

10:31She was upset, visibly shaken and a little scared. Obviously he's an intimidating guy, especially for a female, not for me. Uh, I smiled and stood in front of him and, uh, all of his verbal threats and all of the, I can't wait to see them and all of the things that he said on podcasts and interviews over the last 20 or 25 years, you can Google it. It's out there. Sebastian has said numerous times one day I will meet Stevie Rochelle and we'll see what happens then. And we'll see

11:03how tough he is. And, you know, implying he was going to hurt me. Uh, this is the same thing he did with William Shatner. This is the same thing he's done with Chris Jericho of Fozzie. This is the same thing he's done with Ronnie Radke of falling in reverse and countless fans that have engaged him on social media, whether it was on X or Twitter or Facebook or Instagram. Sebastian obviously is known for this kind of behavior. So it's not a shock. But as I stated in my article, which I wrote

11:34yesterday, uh, that published late Thursday, early Friday, he wanted to speak to me. It wasn't one or two. He told this to multiple people. It went around the ship. So I made his wish come true. And of course, once I walked up to him, uh, he had a meltdown and that's it. I hope you guys are good. Uh, shout out to the decibel geek podcast, geek wire, whatever your branding is there. I'm looking at

12:05it as I'm talking. Hope you guys are well. And, uh, I look forward to talking to you down the road. Thank you very much. There you go. How you like that? A nice little message from Stevie Rochelle. Wow. I did, did not know he did a check-in. That's cool. Yeah. Pretty cool. And what a spaz Sebastian Bach is. What an idiot. You need to talk all that trash. Be like, Oh, wait till I see him face to face and then not even do nothing except yell and scream and offer to show him your wiener. And

12:35that's great. Like it's an honor to fight you, but first you must gaze upon my penis before this fight can ensue. How stupid is that? I don't even know what to say. It's like, uh, it's kind of like the, uh, knockoff version of the, uh, Axel and Vince feud. I don't know. It's the, but the thing thing is, is like, I mean, of course, Sebastian didn't do anything because Stevie would absolutely mop the floor with the guy. But imagine what the whole rest of the club, all the different musicians

13:08sitting in there must be thinking while they're watching this, thinking what a fucking idiot Sebastian Bach is. They're probably all going, come on, Stevie, knock his fucking teeth out. Come on, Stevie. Hit him, hit him. No, but he's totally, he's totally right though. What he's saying? Cause it's just like, it's like, how old are you, man? And then also this many years and still acting like this, it's just, it's really pathetic. And ain't it funny that the guy that wants to run around calling everybody else bigots is the guy fat shaming and calling somebody a homo and all that

13:43stuff. What the hell? Well, he's also the guy that wore that, uh, AIDS raid parody shirt back in the day. Yeah. So I remember that. And, you know, proudly wore it, only apologized, I think, cause he got caught. Yeah. Cause people freaked out over it and didn't like it. And rightfully so. Well, as far as content for podcasts like ours, he's the gift that keeps on giving. I'll give him that. Right. Yeah. I think to me though, personally, the biggest news coming out of this whole thing is that three quarters of the classic era tough band were all together on that boat playing.

14:19Yep. So it was like a nice little kind of almost complete reunion for the band. And Stevie Rochelle said that if, uh, the Packers win the Superbowl, I should say when the Packers win the Superbowl, he's open to doing some more, uh, cheeseheads singles. Oh boy. Yeah, baby.

14:39I'm sure Baco's already pre-ordered it. Oh, I know it. I know it. Wow. I just thought that was pretty cool at Stevie called and kind of, you know, shared the story with us. And like I said, we didn't know because, you know, we hit a redone recording and all of a sudden there's Stevie's article. Well, I'm already, you know, even though I'm sure we're going to cover a lot of great anniversaries and stories coming up, but I got to say, I've already got the artwork in my head of like a split screen of Bach and Stevie for the, uh,

15:10the cover art for this one. Oh yeah. That's, uh, that'd be good. I think all the other websites have done it that this story is really carried hard. You know, it's, it's like metal sludge ain't quite what it used to be, but then something like this happens and it's, it's total metal sludge. Like that would be the number one story on there. If it was the way it was back in the day. Yeah. I read all, I read the whole thing and it was a long article, but it's, it's done meticulously. And if you have any question about the person that guy is, just read it. Yeah. 100%. All right. So

Album Anniversaries

15:47down to business, it's the decibel geek times. Things we're going to remember are rockstar death days, album anniversaries, and we're going to talk about the future. Well, not really because I mean, by the time you're getting this, we're already into may, but we've had a pretty packed month here at decibel geek. We had the big 666th episode we had to put in there. So everything just kind of got pushed back a little bit. So before we roll into may, we're going to take one last look back at April and a bunch of great albums came out. So we'll cover all that. But as always, we start

16:20with the rockstar death days. These are the people you want to remember in the month of April, or you should have, or squeak it in right now, real quick while you got a chance. These are the people we lost. I mean, it's the whole month. There's damn it, a whole list of people. Of course, the modern day that rock and roll died, April 5th. Why? Because on April 5th, you've got the rockstar death day anniversaries of Kurt Cobain, Cozy Powell, Lane Staley, Mark St.

16:52John, and then last year or a couple, well, two years ago now, CJ Snare added to that list. So, I mean, that's a crazy thing. There's no other date like this in my entire list of rockstar death days where so many rockstars fall on the same date. Yeah. The Lane Staley, Kurt Cobain one is the weirdest to me. Yeah. Yeah. It's like the guy that brought grunge to the heights dying and then kind of the Lane's death felt like a marker to the end of grunge. Yeah. Yeah. In a lot of ways,

17:27it sure was. Kurt Cobain, his, you know, story, everybody knows it. It's very, very well documented and still to this day, all these years later is still being questioned about how it really went down. One of the most conspiracy theory laden deaths in all rock history. I could, we, you know, if there's interest, you guys let us know in the comments. I'd love to do just a whole talk about that whole conspiracy because I have thoughts for sure. Yeah. Maybe that's something we can do down

17:59the line. And then of course, Cozy Powell, he was 50 years old back in 1998. He was driving a fast ass sports car without his seatbelt, using a cell phone and drunk in bad weather over a hundred miles per hour. Goodbye, Cozy Powell. Wow. Yeah. Living the rock star life. I mean, I don't know if that's the rock star. That's the careless life, I guess. And by 98, he wasn't a young man by that point anymore. What are you trying to say? 50s old now? Midlife crisis? Yeah. Old enough to know better,

18:34I suppose. Yeah. Yeah. Poor Lane Staley. He was only 34. Of course, we all know that downfall of drugs, the death drugs. I thought he was 27. No, no. Kurt Cobain was 27. Oh, I thought you said Kurt Cobain. Yeah. No, Lane Staley was 34. Right. In 2007, Mark St. John, the guitarist for Kiss for one album, Animal Eyes. Man, things went downhill for him after being relieved from his Kiss duties, like downhill fast. I feel kind of sad for him because, I mean, yeah, I mean, he was, I don't know.

19:07It's, how did they even, how did they even get Mark St. John? What is that story? Like, he just kind of comes out of nowhere. Because Paul knew Grover Jackson from Jackson Guitars, and Grover knew all the hotshot players around LA, and that's how they connected. Yeah. Yep. But it didn't last. Some people say he had problems with his hands, some kind of arthritis. Other people say that story's bullshit, and Kiss just wanted to get rid of him, but needed a reason to tell people they were getting rid of him. A lot of little conspiracy on that, too. And he

19:41didn't, I don't know, he's been accused of some weird stuff, and he did some time in jail where he got the shit beat out of him. They say that really affected him for the rest of his life, and also meth. Yeah. That'll do it. Yeah. I remember he was making convention appearances in the 90s, and he did not look well. Yeah. That's too bad. You know, you always think, you know, oh, you get an opportunity to be in this, like, mega band. Like, you're set for the rest of your life, but that's

20:13not always the case. No, that's a crazy. And one of those convention things, he did a very long interview, and it's transcribed somewhere on the internet, at least it used to be. And it's pretty revealing. You know, you got to bear in mind, it's an addict talking, so some of it, you'd be like, oh, come on, man. But he does make points where it's like, I can see why that would be a very hard gig for him to have, especially at that period of time for the band, because you're replacing an even bigger head case with Vinnie Vincent. Right. But then again, Vinnie Vincent also contributed a lot,

20:48too, as far as songwriting. But I mean, even if Mark St. John came in with the greatest song ever, I doubt KISS would have let them use it just because of what they went through with Vinnie Vincent and becoming too reliable on a guitar player. They needed somebody that they could just kind of tell what to do. I will say there, if you've never heard it, there's a independent release he put out called, it was called the Mark St. John Project with albums called Magic Bullet Theory. Yeah. There's some good stuff on there. I mean, it's total guitar nerd stuff, but if you're

21:20into that thing, you'd like it. But he seemed like the wrong kind of player for them. Yeah, he was probably more suited to be like a shrapnel kind of guy. Well, not even so much that. He was a little more diverse than a lot of the shrapnel guys were. I could have seen Paul Gilbert do it more quicker than him, but I don't know. He was like Alan Holdsworth type player. And he'd never play the same thing twice. So he's like, he might as well be playing jazz or something. Yeah. Yeah, definitely

21:51not in KISS. But man, Animal Eyes is a killer album with some amazing guitar solos on it. That opening track, Into the Fire, I've Had Enough, Into the Fire, that song's amazing. Yeah, I love that song. That song just kicked it. That riff, oh man. Mark St. John was awesome. Yeah, and his soloing on that song is killer. I'm headed out of the fire, into the fire. Nothing and no one is stopping me now. I'm gonna fall into the fire. Just in time, they'll make it to me. I'm gonna fall into the fire.

22:30Nothing and no one is stopping me now. Out of the fire, into the fire. Just in time, they'll Make it come home Pushing and holding Won't catch another man Freeing and screaming No time no dreaming I've got the power Kisses me out of my mind

23:08Yeah, and then, like I said, on that same day, C.J. Snare from Trickster. He was real sick. Firehouse. Did I say, I said Trickster before, too. Yeah, Firehouse. What am I thinking of?

23:38I always get those bands mixed up, and I feel bad about it because they're completely different bands, but kind of get lumped together in my mind, I guess. Same era. Yeah, they were the last gasp of those kind of bands. Passed away at the age of 64, only two years ago in 2024. But there's a whole bunch. You got Wendy O. Williams on this list. She passed away back in 98 at the age of 48. Two days after Cozy Paul died, Wendy O. Williams died. She had some issues, you know, but she led a crazy life, too.

24:13She tried to kill herself a few times. She had an overdose in 97, which they think was intentional, almost killed her. She even took a hammer and a knife in 93 and tried to kill herself. But eventually in 98, she kind of wandered off into the woods and shot herself and died. That's terrible. Yeah, very tortured soul. Yeah, I love Wendy O. Williams, though. She was so cool. Like, that album she did with all the KISS members on it is just amazing. And, you know, she's so unique.

24:43She's got that kind of tough-ass woman voice. I love me some Wendy O. Williams and the plasmatics. I like the plasmatics. Wendy, not so much. I like her as a performer, but her voice, not for me. Yeah. Ain't nobody like her. I mean, you hear her. I'll give you that. You're not going to mistake her for anybody else. No. I heard quite the actress before she got into rock as well. Yeah? Well. You talk about, like, adult actress? Yeah, adult actress. Yeah, see, there ain't no telling.

25:14I wish she would have wrote a book. Oh, she could have had an amazing book, I'm sure, from all her adventures. Because, yeah, she definitely lived her life while she was here. That's one of them things, though, you're trying to write a book, that means you've got to relive that stuff. And maybe there was a lot of things in there she didn't want to relive. Yeah. I feel sad for her. She was awesome. I love Wendy O. Williams. Do you want to punk and grind me new?

26:00Do you want to punk? Do you want to grind me new? You want to punk and grind me new? On that same day, many years later, in 2023, at the age of 71, we lost somebody so cool.

26:32He played bass for the Stones, and David Bowie, and Peter Frampton, and Billy Idol, and Michael Monroe, and David Lee Roth. But I think we probably know him best as a bass player from Fraley's Comet. That's John Regan. Passed away at the age of 71. We got to interview him back in episode 82. That was so long ago. Thinking about this, we're at 667. John Regan came on on 82. He passed away at home. Man, what a nice guy.

27:02I would always get such a kick out of my birthday would come up, and you'd get all these birthday wishes. But then John Regan's in there. Or one time, I think I posted a picture like Ace had done something good in school, and John Regan was like, Hey, kid, keep up the good work. And I'm like, what kind of world am I living in where the guy that was on my very first rock T-shirt, my first T-shirt was a Fraley's Comet, like, he's like, telling my kid, way to go, you know? Pinch me or something, you know?

27:33Yeah, and he would take the time to write a personal, you know, birthday message. Yeah. Always encouraging any time I ever talk to him. And I'll never forget the day he died. Our listener, who's going to most likely hear this, Gregory Mews, him and his wife were in town, and we were at a local brewery having a beer when we got the news at the same time. So we immediately toasted one to John. Yeah. One of the real good guys in the industry. Hell yes.

28:04And an amazingly talented dude, too. Hey, you don't get to play for the Stones and Bowie and Frampton and all them. It ain't no good. Yeah. I mean, what a resume. That's one of my biggest regrets in my CD collecting is I never got that 4xFate CD when it came out, and now it's so hard to find. Oh, contact Todd Howarth. I'm sure he's got some. Yeah? Maybe I ought to do that. He's always at the conventions and kiss things, do it, you know, selling all of his stuff.

28:34Right on. I like Todd Howarth, too. You could tell that that hurt him when John passed away. And, you know, those two were tight. I mean, shit, they practically did the whole second sighting album by themselves. Yeah, they pretty much did, with Eddie Trump producing. Yeah. She feels over-overcooked. Watch out. Head start turning. Ugly dog click to a poster girl. You only see him in a magazine. She said, put that spotlight on me.

29:08I'm gonna show you how it's done tonight. Firefly fighting like heat and steel. Sparks the flyer from her high heel. Long legs, a killin' scared. Ginger Rogers in a miniskirt. I thought she said that the girl can't dance if she's got no soul. The girl can't dance. Oh, no. The girl can't dance if she's got no soul. The girl can't dance.

29:38Oh, no. All right, from there, 1992, at the young age of 38, my favorite rock comedian of all time, my favorite comedian period of all time, the one and only Sam Kinison, the wild thing in 1988. He was driving to Nevada from California for a sold-out show in 92 in a sweet-ass Pontiac Trans Am,

30:12and he got hit by a drunk driver, and it killed him.

30:18If I had to pick one comedian out of all of them ever and say that's my favorite, I'd go with Sam Kinison. He's a lot of people's favorite and was revolutionary for his time, although I remember the cry of every parent was, all the guy does is yell, but I was just like, but he yells better than any person ever.

30:41But he was kind of the rock and roll comedian, and he was such a performer. He was originally like a revivalist preacher. Right, yeah. You could tell from his delivery that that's the background he'd come from. There was a great interview with him on, I think it was on Arsenio, and he was asking about that, and he's like, well, how did that go? And Sam went into it, and man, he's like possessed, you know, and it came off very convincingly.

31:12But yeah, but once he got into comedy, man, he really, he lapped up the attention. He really loved being famous. Yeah, and he fit right in with all the rock stars. Sam Kinison was right place at the right time for all that stuff. And I'm not going to tell the whole story because it's too long, but if you've never heard Mark Maron's Sam Kinison story, make sure you look that up. It's just because he, he used to do a lot of coke with Sam back in those days because he was a doorman at the comedy store. Yeah. And Sam would be there all the time. So he ended up like bunking with him at the same apartment for a while.

31:46And there was like, I'll just say there was a crazy incident, and it's just hilarious, though. But like Mark had to actually leave L.A. because of Sam and that whole cabal of people that traveled around him. He said, I was going to lose my mind if I didn't leave town. Wow. Yeah. L.A. said Sam was an insanely funny person, fun to hang out with, but also there was a real dark side to that guy, too. Yeah. But yeah, very memorable comedian. Anyone who grew up in that time, you couldn't escape Sam Kinison back then.

32:16No.

32:20Wild thing, I think you move me.

32:25Ah, it just came to my mind. I thought I'd say that. You make me trust you, and it's stuck the knife in my heart.

32:34You're a lying, unfaithful, untrustable trap, and I think I love you. You make my heart scream.

32:47You took everything.

32:52I'm wild thing.

32:57I don't care.

33:19I don't care. all right then to just last year on the 12th i don't have his age but he was getting up there man he'd been around for a while roy thomas baker the famous producer he did so much good stuff over the years i don't know how he died i think it might have been a heart attack i think

33:53he was working on a yes album at the time so i mean all them years he was still at it you know still a pretty in-demand guy and another character too yeah yeah he's a trip he's another one that producer that looks like he could be a member of the band yeah the stories of him and motley crew are kind of legendary and yeah and also uh today as we record this is the anniversary of flush the fashion by alice cooper oh yeah which is the the one he produced yeah the crazy album

34:25well one of the crazy albums the beginning of the run of crazy albums sister's on the street now looking for some joe only got about an hour to pay for her new note gets a hundred for a body a nickel for a soul these are real facts every player must know every player must know we're in fact every player must know

34:55red lights gay fires ruin in the heat god cross gay bars on your precious feet you let it so be all right from there back to 2010 on the 14th at the age of 48 man it's a lifetime of drugs and

35:39alcohol taking its toll on the lead singer of typo negative peter steel those guys were working on new music at the time when he died but when peter steel dies typo negative dies with him because i mean you're never gonna find somebody that can replace peter steel there's some kind of new release of archival stuff coming out of them i heard recently oh really like unreleased typo negative stuff

36:09it may just be live stuff but i heard something about some release that's supposed to come out this year about them i think that's what it is i think it's a live concert that's gotten the good treatment and that's coming out which is cool you know i think typo negative is one of those bands that like normally when like the lead singer the front man the face of the band when he dies that just takes that band to a whole nother level because people look at it as mythology and mystique because the guy is gone

36:41but typo negative kind of the reverse of that you know they kind of got forgotten because peter steel's not around anymore and so i think this is a band that younger kids would probably find to be pretty damn cool so hopefully this will help them get some new recognition with people that maybe never heard the band before all right now hear me out uh-huh peter steel hologram i'm not against it if you're gonna do it that's a pretty good one

37:13i mean he already looked like a ghost just make sure he's got a good green tint to him and there you go yeah we know what their favorite color is for sure after all yeah oh yeah for sure i o i i o i

37:50Get on it, never forget

38:08Some stupid tomorrow Some stupid today Some stupid tomorrow Go away, go away Yes, today Some stupid tomorrow

38:40Some stupid today Some stupid tomorrow Go away, go away Yesterday And then on the 15th, man, this is a tough one right here.

39:20At the age of 49, after a long battle with cancer, he picked it up in 95, or I guess realized he had it in 95, lived for another six years. The album, you know, took over 10 years to record over the years and finally got released in 2012. Talking about the unmistakable lead singer of the Ramones, Joey Ramone. Yeah That's a tough one too, man, because 2001, I guess the Ramones were getting pretty revered by then.

39:54There was hot topics. Well, that was like he did get to, you know, they never had the financial success that they should have had, but he did get to see the legend grow, you know, because around the time they got put into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and like late 90s, early 2000s, there was like a lot of respect being paid to them. So I was glad he got to live to see that. And that solo album, Don't Worry About Me, is fucking awesome. Yeah, he's got two solo albums and both of them are really good.

40:25Yeah. Do you think the Ramones are the band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that sold the least amount of records? No, because I mean, there's so many oddball ones that have gone in over the years, but I don't know if those count as official inductees or if they're like side awards. I don't know. But I mean, it's got to be close. I guess the Ramones would be the perfect example of it where their reach as far as like influencing other bands that would go on to do huge things really overshadows what they did in their own careers.

41:02Yeah. Well, they created the culture. Yeah, because you go like, well, without the Ramones, you lose all kinds of music over the years. I mean, like when I was young, you'd hear bands you like covering the Ramones and be like, that's awesome. And then only to find out later on that that's a cover song. It's a Ramones song. Like you'd hear Skid Row doing it and stuff and you'd be like, man, man, there must be something to this. You know, so then you finally pick up the Ramones and go, oh, yeah, you know, how come nobody ever talks about this band?

41:34Yeah, I guess I should correct myself. I guess that all of those go back to the Stooges. They were kind of the beginning of punk because they were hugely influential on the Ramones. Yeah. But, I mean, the Ramones are who influenced all the guys over in the UK and that's how you got the Sex Pistols and the Clash and the Damned and all those bands. So, you know. And the kids that are coming up on the Sunset Strip, they're listening to all that stuff. Yeah. And then in the 90s, you had Brancid and that whole run of Degeneration and all those bands were also Ramones Disciples.

42:04They just, they had so many waves of young kids get into them over here. Even the Donnas. You listen to some of those first Donnas albums when they were real young, they sound like Ramones songs being sung by chicks. Yeah. So, yeah, the reach of the Ramones, you know, lives on. I mean, there's kids discovering that stuff nowadays and going, eh, we can probably do this. Joey would have been one of those, like, bucket list interviews. I hate that I never had the opportunity. Yeah, for sure. That was way before podcasting.

42:35Yeah. Or us podcasting, anyway. Somebody was probably out there doing it. Yeah. What's happening on Wall Street? What's happening at the Stock Exchange? I want to know. What's happening on scum backs? What's happening with mass dance? I want to know. I watch you at the people every single day.

43:09While she's reporting me, they stay out of her way. I watch you every day. I watch you every night. She's really innocent. Maria Baccaramo. Maria Baccaramo. Maria Baccaramo. Let's see.

43:49So from there, let's go to the 17th, back in 1983. Man, what a crazy story this is. Felix Papalardi. He was a kick-ass producer. He was a songwriter, a singer, a multi-instrumentalist. That's why Leslie West recruited him to be in Mountain. I need a bass player. I also need somebody that can sing when I'm not singing. I need somebody to help me write some songs. You're a producer, too? Shit, you're hired. We've talked about this before because Felix's wife was pretty overbearing.

44:24Leslie West did not like her at all because she would kind of Yoko Ono her way into situations with that band to the point where finally that's what made him break up. Like, Leslie West couldn't handle being around that woman no more. She's nuts. Felix Papalardi didn't want to hear it. His last words? Leslie West might have been right. He got shot by his wife with a gun that he bought for her. And it killed him. It's a brutal story.

44:55Brutal. Brutal story. What a talented guy. Talented guy. Didn't exactly know how to pick the ladies, though. I guess. I don't know. If you want to see Felix Papalardi now, he's in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. That's where Ace is. Yeah? I'm pretty sure. See? Now that makes me want to go. I love going to cemeteries and visiting rock star graves. I'm with you, my love.

45:35Yes, I'm with you, my love.

45:42It's the morning and just sweet, too.

45:47I'll stay with you, darling, now. I'll stay with you till my season's dried up. I've been waiting so long to be where I'm going. Here's one that I'm just kind of starting to get into that I really didn't appreciate when I was younger,

46:41because I was never a big Allman Brothers fan. But back in 2024 at the age of 80, he got up there. Dickie Betts passed away. This guy, I mean, like I said, I came up on Kiss and Motley Crue and Poison and Ozzy and stuff like that. I ain't cared about the Allman Brothers. But then one day I'm watching a video, and it's the Allman Brothers, and Dickie Betts, if he had been playing any faster, that guitar would have lit on fire.

47:12And I was just blown away by his guitar solo because it was so melodic and soulful but fast, and then it would slow down, and he was just doing all this amazing stuff with the guitar. And I'm like, holy shit. So I went and put all Dickie Betts' CDs, all his stuff on my CD hunt list, because, I mean, I just kind of fell in love with his guitar playing, and I had no idea. Awesome player. Yeah. I'm not a Giant Allman Brothers fan either, but I always respect it as playing.

47:43And a friend of mine in college who actually owns the bartending company that my wife and I help out with sometimes had one of his old Telecasters in the dorms here. And, yeah, we used to take turns playing that thing, and it played like a dream. But, yeah, amazing guitar player. And, like you said, soulful but had a few tricks up his sleeve as well. Well, I've got my paper on days like you Love, listen, and fight Well, there ain't nothing new

48:15But for a little while tonight Everything's gonna be alright When that good time still comes around, yeah Well, I can't get enough Of that wonderful stuff It made me feel so fine Hey, now It dives me out of my mind Somebody said it can't be done We're gonna mess around Have a little fun When a good time still comes around

48:46Yeah I'm up I'm up I'm up I'm up I'm up let's see from there we'll go to the 20th and this one sucks i never knew nothing about humble

49:25pie until we started doing this show and now i would count them as one of my top 10 favorite bands of all time and that all goes to the credit steve marriott such a great guitar player an amazing singer and it makes sense because they were a huge influence on kiss and so being a little kiss fan that i've always been and grew up to be a big kiss fan it only makes sense that i would love humble pie but back in 1991 at the age of 44 and he was pretty much in semi-retirement like he didn't

49:59care to you know try to do big humble pie reunions stuff like that he just would play at the local pub go down and jam with his buddies but at the age of 44 and 91 steve marriott dies in a house fire that was a sad one when that i remember here i remember when i heard that for the first time in 1991 i had no idea who steve marriott was i knew he was an influence on paul stanley and i knew that he was in humble pie but and i think i knew i don't need no doctor but i didn't know like

50:32how great he was at the time yeah so good if you guys don't know humble pie man you better get acquainted that stuff is amazing it's here and there but the stuff that rocks is just killer and he is so talented and such a great singer midnight road midnight road ain't long i ain't denying the bedside but the goose side lasts for long

51:12See, when you live off the road, it's dog-eat-dog I'm a hog from Midnight Rollin' Sittin' on my butt and I'm waitin' for the bus The last pound red light and I'm smokin' pit the bus

51:38Oh, I mean it

51:42From there you go to the 23rd Two days after Steve Marriott

52:12I was kind of surprised that this guy lasted as long as he did Johnny Thunders passes away at the age of 38 Yeah, I stayed at the hotel that it happened in a couple years ago But it's questionable how he died, right? Like some people say it was an overdose, but other people say it was... What's the story? Do you know it? Well, like his body was contorted in some strange way Oh, yeah I can't remember as far as his valuables go

52:43I don't know a ton about it, but there are people that question it But I mean, I think he just OD'd Yeah That's my take on it, but... Wasn't he like found folded in half or something like that? That's what I'm saying Like his body was all weird It was all, I don't know, like contorted Huh I don't know how to explain that But maybe it was a drug deal gone bad and somebody fucked him up Yeah, real bad Buying heroin just ruined his life

53:14Yeah I'm sure it was heroin related even if it was foul playing Right, yeah No doubt about that No doubt about it I watched some interviews with him and it's... Like they always ask... Like the interview I watched the other day He's like, sits down and you can tell he's all doped up And at first he asked the guy interviewing him Like, is this gonna be another one of them interviews Where you just wanna ask me about doing drugs the whole time? And the guy was like, well, I mean... Are you on drugs? Are you on drugs?

53:45And he was like, yeah And then it falls right into that conversation Like, is your life better when you're on drugs? He's like, well, you know, it don't matter if I am or not You know, it's all the same And like, you know, would you recommend other people to do the drugs that you do? And he's like, eh, I'd never tell nobody not to But, you know, this ain't no life to live And these kind of feel sad for him Because like, you could tell he's either really messed up or really sick from not being messed up

54:17Is this near the end of his life? Yeah, I think it was one of the last ones And he was in rough shape Yeah, the last video was around the time that he died And he did a big show over in Japan Because he still had a big following over there And he looked terrible Yeah, just... I don't know, it's surprising he didn't die sooner Because from what I've heard, he just was massively hooked on the stuff Yeah, and that's a guy that was pretty revered when he was alive

54:48But I don't think a lot of people remember him too much now Not really Not really I mean, him and Jerry Nolan both You know, heroin took him too young too Yeah Or I think he had quit But the damage had been done to his body I got that album, L-A-M-F Mm-hmm By Johnny Thunders I've got it behind me, behind the Ramones picture It's pretty damn good Yeah There's some really cool songs on that thing So if you don't know about Johnny Thunders, check out that album It's pretty good

55:18Too much junkie business Too much junkie business Too much junkie business Too much junkie business Too much junkie business I don't wanna breath around with you And then I got one more on the 26th back in 2022 at the age of 71 OG bass player for Autograph from Asia And then I got one more on the 26th back in 2022 at the age of 71 OG bass player for Autograph from 83 to 89 And then he rejoined in 2013 until he died And then I got one more on the 26th back in 2022 at the age of 71 OG bass player for Autograph from 83 to 89 And then I got one more on the 26th back in 2022 at the age of 71

55:52OG bass player for Autograph from 83 to 89 and then he rejoined in 2013 until he died Talk about Randy Rand And then I got one more on the 26th back in 2022 at the age of 71 And then I got one more on the 26th back in 2022 at the age of 71 And then I got one more on the 26th back in 2022 at the age of 71 OG bass player for Autograph from 83 to 89 and then he rejoined in 2013 until he died Talk about Randy Rand Did you know that in the down time between 89 and 2013 when he came back to the band This guy was a pretty revered leather smith Really?

56:22Like he was really good at working with leather so much that Harley Davidson hired him And he was like subcontracted and did all kinds of designs and prototypes and things for Harley Davidson Wow So in the world of leather smithing, Randy Rand was the man He was the leather star Yeah He had heart issues, but he made it to 2021 And like I said, he was playing with the band at the time he passed away So that's pretty cool

56:52Pretty cool Oh Zero just fits me in a glass She's like a heart right for romance She always looks the best Don't need the starting line She'll put you in her tans She's got more on the floor She'll leave you on it

57:24Baby's built for speed Baby's all I need Baby's built for speed Baby's all I need Baby's built for speed Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need

57:54Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Baby's all I need Yeah, April's a tough one.

58:31I mean, they all are. I mean, none of them are any good. But April's pretty thick, full of them. All kinds of people that are super talented and super missed. And, of course, every year on April 5th, it's like you've got to kind of get nervous. Like, oh, shit. I hope I don't have to add anybody to the ultimate rock star death day of April 5th. We've had enough death lately. Yeah, for sure. But there you have it. Those are the people you want to remember because they're gone.

59:03And if we don't remember them, then they're really truly gone. But if we do remember them, keep them in our hearts, keep them in our ears. And that way, they live on forever. So those are your rock star death days. From there, something a little more cheerful. It's album anniversaries. These are the ones celebrating the big ones. The 20s, the 25s, 30s, and on down the line.

59:30If I did the entire month of April, we would be here for a month. You just pick the highlights. Like, I really had to whittle this list down. So if I miss something, yeah, it's for good reason. Tell us in the comments. We could use the engagement. There you go. That's what it's all about these days, since they won't let us keep track of damn geeks of the week anymore. Those sons of guns. Exactly. Oh, and yeah. Well, it's not GeekWire. I'll save the Mooger Fugger for then.

Eagles of Death Metal

59:56All right.

Eagles of Death Metal

59:56So let's jump all the way back to 20 years. There was some cool stuff that came out recently, 5 and 10 years ago. But we've got to jump back further to keep this going. This is the second full-length studio album from the Eagles of Death Metal. It's a follow-up to 2024's debut album. This is kind of a Queens of the Stone Age side project. Because you've got Josh Homme on guitar, bass, and drums. Yeah, Josh Homme playing drums on this thing. The songs off this album were featured in movies and TV shows and video games.

1:00:29And even a Nike commercial. 2026 was the year that if you wanted to come out with an album and you had some catchy stuff, you're probably going to make some side money off the video games and stuff it gets included in. After the release of the album, they're going to go on tour with The Strokes and later on with Guns N' Roses,

1:00:49whom Axl Rose refers to as the Pigeons of Shit Metal live on stage in front of the whole audience. What the hell? Any time their name comes up, I immediately think Pigeons of Shit Metal because of Axl. Axl Rose, yeah. That was all him. I remember at the time I was kind of upset by that because I like that band. They got some good stuff. And what the fuck's wrong with that, dude? You chose these guys to open for you and then you're going to talk smack about them. Because, I mean, you're telling me that Axl Rose don't have the final say on who opens for GNR?

1:01:24He does, but I'm assuming somebody looked him in the eye backstage and it pissed him off. I'm so real, I don't need to fake it. Ooh, here's your chance, now you need to take it. Ooh, cause I can be your daddy, be your rock and roller. And you can be my sugar, be my cherry cola.

1:01:54Got some need, yeah, I need to shake it. Here's one you wouldn't think of.

1:02:26Celebrating a 20-year anniversary in 2006. It's the fourth solo album from Ian Gillen. Yeah, it's called Gillen's Inn. In celebration of his 40th anniversary as a professional singer, this one features re-recorded versions of songs throughout his career and as a solo artist. Plus Deep Purple and Black Sabbath and all that good stuff. It's got guest appearances by Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Joe Satriani, Don Aries on here,

1:02:57Jeff Healy, Uli John Roth, John Lord, Ian Pace, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Yannick Gares, Joe Elliott is even on here, and a whole bunch more. It doesn't chart in the U.S., but it does pretty damn good in Australia, Germany, and Japan. So 2006, Ian Gillen, back with his 40th anniversary celebration. Sad to say I missed that one. Yeah, I was going to say, Chris Sinzak's favorite singer of all time. I decided to reform and pray, make mercy for my soul.

1:03:33I prayed in church, drew away my bad habits, prayed out of church, adopted an entirely different role. I gave money to the poor until I was poor, but at least I ensured that I would go up there instead of down below to the inferno, where the evil flames empty the higher burn higher. And higher, and higher, and higher, and higher.

1:03:58I'm going to go to heaven, take my guilt through and get me in. I'm going to go to heaven, let's get bad things from sin.

1:04:22Hey, talking about bands that have no problems selling albums everywhere on the planet in 2006, it's Godsmack. Back with their fifth full-length studio album, entitled Four. Yeah.

1:04:53Have you heard the first Godsmack album? Well, that's the thing. They don't count that. I mean, have you heard the second Godsmack album? The second one? Yeah, of course. And you've heard this one. Oh, come on. That's not fair. Did you hear Sully from Godsmack and that girl Dorothy are a thing? Oh, really? Yeah, they announced it this past week. Yeah, I had no idea. Well, that's cool, I guess. Yeah, they're on tour together this summer, so.

1:05:26Oh, wow. Right on. Sam Bam Colton playing guitar for Dorothy. That's cool. No, he's playing with Godsmack. Oh, yeah, that's right. Because he played on Dorothy's album. I bet you that's what got him the gig. He played on her album, and Godsmack needed a guitar player, and she said, yeah, this guy, he's awesome, which he is. They gave him a chance, and now he's there. The biggest losers in that deal is Faster Pussycat, because that's where he come from. Oh, so who's going to fill in for him?

1:05:57Probably Ace Vaughn Johnson. Oh, so he's been out of the band. I thought he was, no, no, he's been in L.A. Guns. So, yeah, that would make sense. Yeah, he's in L.A. Guns, but when he's not messing up things for L.A. Guns, he's back in, I don't know. I just don't know about that guy. He joined L.A. Guns, and then their albums got bad. Yeah, well, I can't argue that their albums have definitely gotten bad. So, I don't know. But, yeah, 2006, real good times for Godsmack. This one's produced by Andy Johns, of course, known for his work with Zeppelin,

1:06:28The Stones, Humble Pie, Free, Van Hagar, L.A. Guns, Ceredolla, and most importantly, the Killer Dwarfs. Oh, that's right. Hit singles off of this one, Speak and The Enemy, and like I said, it's Godsmack in 2006, so you know this thing's going to number one. Where do I begin? I don't know now Where to go now I don't know if I'll ever get in, no

1:07:03It's all broken Not a word spoken And I don't know how to go out God help me now All right, up next, how would you like a little history lesson, condensed style?

Survivor

1:07:45All right Let's talk about Survivor Survivor formed in Chicago in 1978, right? And then in 1982, it's Rocky III, and of course the song Eye of the Tiger, one of the biggest bands in the world The singer at that time is a guy named Dave Bickler Bickler gets fired in 83, and a dude named Jimmy Jameson replaces him Jimmy Jameson's awesome too In 1984, the moment of truth I bet you that's your favorite Survivor song, ain't it, from the Karate Kid?

1:08:16No, it's Burning Heart from Rocky IV I can't think of another band in rock history that made more out of movie soundtrack appearances than Survivor They were the movie soundtrack It was them and Kenny Loggins on like every soundtrack Yeah, right Yep, Kenny Legons Legons I forgot about Kenny Legons So then in 1988, after the huge success of that song with the Karate Kid, they break up So then from there, in the 90s, you get Jimmy Jameson's Survivor

1:08:49So Jimmy Jameson was the guy that replaced the original singer They find success on their own And then he goes on with his version of Survivor in the 90s The rest of the band at that point reunites with Dave Bickler So now, there's two Survivors traveling around In the 90s, this is So there's two different versions of this band in the 90s So the other band, they sued Jimmy to make him stop But they lose So he gets to keep on going as Survivor at that point

1:09:19So they write songs for a new album But then they can't get signed because they don't have the rights to the name Survivor And nobody's going to hire them unless they're Survivor Big trouble for them In 1999, Jimmy Jameson's Survivor comes out with an album called Empires And then right after that, there's another lawsuit But this time, the rest of the band wins After they win, they fire Bickler And then Jimmy Jameson reunites with Survivor

1:09:51Isn't that crazy, that whole deal? It is And we see more and more examples of this as time goes on And these bands get long in the tooth Yeah Dave Bickler, don't worry about him He's got himself a sweet gig He's the dude singing on the Bud Light commercials Real men of genius That's the dude, that's Dave Bickler from Survivor I wish they would bring those back Me too, I love those I don't know why they changed it Originally it was Real American Heroes

1:10:22And then they changed it to Real Men of Genius I wonder why that was I don't know Yeah, I just always remember Real Men of Genius And how clever and funny they were all the time Oh yeah, they should bring that back Yeah People would love it Whatever happened to commercials that were enjoyable to see Now it's just like Hey, here's some drug you never heard of And didn't even know you needed And how's Taco Bell not brought the Chihuahua back? Yeah Whatever happened to Spuds McKenzie He must still be alive out there somewhere, huh? Yeah So then, that brings us up to now

1:10:532006 And their eighth and final studio album In 2006, what record label would seek out Survivor and say Boys, you got one more in ya Frontiers You know it And it's their first album in 18 years After that, Jimmy Jameson leaves And then Robin McCauley's brought in Isn't that crazy? See, I had no idea before reading this that Robin McCauley was ever a part of Survivor Me neither, but his voice is perfect for that

1:11:25Yeah, probably the best singer they ever had, maybe I don't know, Jimmy Jameson was pretty awesome, too Yeah, back in his prime