”OZZY came down to see me…because he wanted a new guitar player to replace Jake E. Lee. He ended up going with Zakk Wylde.” - Gene Marchello
Ep.255: Interview with GENE MARCHELLO of MARCHELLO
Ep254: Interview with RICHARD FOOS, Co-Founder SHOUT! FACTORY & RHINO RECORDS
“All James Brown music was out of print in ‘78, ‘79…except for his latest album that wasn’t selling very well. We went to [his record label] and they gave us the rights [to his music]…it was our biggest seller ever.” - Richard Foos
Ep.253: Interview with JOEY VERA of ARMORED SAINT
“I’m not a huge fan of really long records…when CDs came out it was like, oh my God we can put like 75 minutes worth of music on this thing, let’s do it…for me it was too much.” - Joey Vera
Ep.252: Interview with CRASHING WAYWARD
“We are Modern Rock, but what is Modern Rock?” - Pete Summitt
Ep.251: Interview with COLIN BURGESON
“The funny thing is, what inspired the album’s title has absolutly nothing to do with [the music] whatsoever.” - Colin Burgeson
Ep.250: Interview with LARS CHRISS of LION’S SHARE
In the early years, we got a lot of negative criticism…because we didn’t have a heavy enough [or] evil enough record cover…we had a couple of dolphins jumping in a chess board.” - Lars Chriss
Ep.249: Interview with RICK MONROE (AND THE HITMEN)
“Some guy thought it would be a great idea to sell [my song] to a company called Vivo…so 65 million people [in India] had this song pre-loaded into their phone.” - Rick Monroe
Ep.248: Interview with NINA DIGREGORIO of FEMMES OF ROCK
“All the performers [in FEMMES OF ROCK] have their own personalities, and their own following, and their own kind of ‘thing’ they bring to the stage. So everyone is unique to everyone else.” - Nina DiGregorio
Ep.247: Interview with TIM DURLING of TIM’S VINYL CONFESSIONS
George Dionne interviews TIM DURLING, the host of TIM’S VINYL CONFESSIONS, about his YouTube channel and series of music related publications.
Ep.246: Best Albums of 2025
George Dionne breaks down the “Best Albums of 2025”
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