I have long time friend and singer/songwriter Em Whitehurst from the band Survival Guide, I met her when she was the lead singer for pop punk outfit Tsnumai Bomb and alternative band The Action Design. We first toured together in 2002 on Warped Tour (One of my first tours) and eventually my old band I Am Ghost would buy her tour van, lots of stories about Em and more this week.
This week I have Singer/Songwriter Christo Bowman from the band Bad Suns, we met each other recently at a mutual friends birthday and decided to hang out and get to know each other a little better, I learn about his story and more on this weeks episode.
This week I have producer Mike Pepe, he’s been a long time friend and I’ve worked with him on a couple of studio sessions, I get to know Mike better and learn about how he got his start in music and how it led him to be the high in demand producer and writer he’s become today!
This week I have Shiragirl on the show, we talk about how she got started in music, how she got started her own stage dedicated to women on Warped Tour, and now she has a company that has Live Nation behind it empowering women called Gritty In Pink, all that and more on this week’s episode.
On this Episode I have the former drummer and founder of Less Than Jake, he also was the man that created Fueled By Ramen and help see many bands to success. We talk about the Punk Rock Museum opening in Vegas, as well as how he got into all his different bands/businesses.
This week I have a long time friend Ronnie Ficarro on the show, I’ve known him now for 21 years. He was the first person I met on the Warped Tour in 2002, he and I played in I Am Ghost, Falling In Reverse, Mest, and TIN Band together for a period of time, he now plays bass on the road for Mammoth WVH, and other countless acts. He’s one of my closest friends and everyone this week gets to learn about Ronnie Ficarro!
This week I have Actor/Comedian/Podcaster/Writer Rebecca Lee! She recently was in Comedy Central’s “Out Of Office.” I learn about how she make the trek to Los Angeles to seek out her career, we talk about her growing up and how she got interested in becoming all the things she set out to do. She also is the host of podcast- “How The Fuck Did You?” We talk all about that and more on this weeks episode.
This episode I have drummer Ben Hilzinger from the band Eve 6 and he also plays drums for the band Cannons. I met him before he was in either of these bands, we kept in touch and I met him through Mike Herrera of Mxpx. Ben and I have kept in touch over the years and I learn his story of how he came to LA from Washington to make a career as a drummer.
This week I have Jim and Han from the band Hot Milk from Manchester UK! I met them at this event I was throwing in L.A. called “Legends & Devils” at Grand Master Recordings, they stopped in at the club, and I saw Han was wearing this cool jacket, and I went up and started talk to them, and that’s how we became friends. I had them on the show when they were visiting America writing new music, and they stopped by Idobi and I got to learn all about them.
This week I have long time friend and singer songwriter Seth Trotter from band The Higher, I did some of my early touring along side his band on tour packages, I even got to play drums on some of their newly released material! We talk about the career of Seth and what’s next for The Higher going forward.
