Concert Pipeline: Recent Episodes
Steve Jones
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy ninth episode featuring She Wants Revenge, in which we chat with Justin Warfield about the band breakups in 2012 and 2020, Warfield’s solo album, an afro-punk Bowie tribute, his friendship with Ernie Reyes Jr., being an extra on Saved By The Bell, SWR’s current tour, and what led to the band’s reuniting to tour and make new music.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy eighth episode featuring Uncle Bard & The Dirty Bastards, in which we chat with Silvano Ancellotti about performing with Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys, signing to Angel Air Records, making a lockdown cover of “500 Miles” by the Proclaimers, having a band beer, challenges of releasing an album just before the pandemic, and their new album “The Story So Far,” out August 7.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy seventh episode s Steve’s Nostalgia Episode, featuring Everclear, Smash Mouth, and Motion City Soundtrack. First, we chat with Art Alexakis of Everclear about his band from the 80’s, Shakin’ Brave, the times he pulled Steve on stage at the Warfield in San Francisco, revisiting Everclear classics and unique covers on “Return to Santa Monica,” touring with Fastball, and finding old masters of “World of Noise” for 30 Years of Everclear. Then we cover Smash Mouth’s performance at Stanislaus County Fair featuring their new lead singer, Zach Goode, who was on episode 371 of Concert Pipeline recently. Lastly, we cover Motion City Soundtrack’s 17th anniversary Commit This To Memory tour from their stop at Ace of Spades in Sacramento.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy sixth episode featuring Aeon Station, in which we chat with Kevin Whelan about his storied career with The Wrens, including turning down an offer from Drive Thru Records as well as a $1 million contract, having to sell their own tickets at the beginning of their career, emmulating The Beatles, the impact of the Blues Brothers, the support of his wife including backing vocals, injuring himself at SXSW, and how his new album with Aeon Station, “Observatory,” came to life.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy fifth episode featuring Heavy Gus, in which we chat with Dorota Szuta, Stealth Ulvang (The Lumineers), and Ryan Dobrowski (Blind Pilot) about their connection through The Lumineers, their songs about longing, playing shows with Magic Giant in which Dorota was asked for her mommy’s milk, embroidering a stoned ice cream cone, and recording their new album “Notions” in Nashville, which will be released on August 5.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy fourth episode featuring Franky Perez, in which we discuss his cross country motorcycle trip playing music during the pandemic, an amazing moment playing in Slash’s band, his incredible experience making music for Sons of Anarchy and playing live with Katey Sagal, becoming the frontman of Apocalyptica through a Skype call where the other bandmates were shirtless, and his new album “Crossing the Great Divide.” Franky also performed several songs for the program!
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy third episode featuring Priest, in which we talk to Mercury about playing a show opening for Metallica, making music with his father, the progression from former band Ghost to Priest, having a song in the new Mel Gibson film “Hot Seat,” and their forthcoming album “Body Machine,” due out July 15.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy second episode featuring Jack Starr’s Burning Starr, in which we talk to Jack Starr about receiving positive sentiments from Metallica, differences between fronting a metal and a blues band, recording with Alexx Panza, and his upcoming album “Souls of the Innocent,” out July 15.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventy first episode featuring Smash Mouth, in which we chat with Zach Goode, the band’s new lead singer, about performing in Grease and RENT, the progress from his old bands Ghoulspoon to Devided by Zero, his Weezer cover band “Geezer,” the audition process for Smash Mouth, playing his biggest show ever in Mexico, and covering “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred seventieth episode, the fifth of five episodes from BottleRock in Napa covering interviews and performances from artists at the festival, features performances by Metallica, Twenty One Pilots, The Black Crowes, Fantastic Negrito, The Happy Fits, Foy Vance, Jordy and Peter Collins.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty ninth episode, the fourth of five episodes from BottleRock in Napa covering interviews and performances from artists at the festival, features Greensky Bluegrass and Taipei Houston. First, we chat with Paul Hoffman of Greensky Bluegrass about seeing Metallica play “Ride the Lightning” after a lightning storm at Mile High in Denver, dark bluegrass songs, and the new approach to their new album “Stress Dreams.” Then we sit down with Myles and Layne Ulrich about playing festival shows without an album released, the influence of Dave Grohl and incredible loss of Taylor Hawkins, and their upcoming album “Once Bit, Never Bored.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty eighth episode, the third of five episodes from BottleRock in Napa covering interviews and performances from artists at the festival, features Wild Rivers and Hendrick’s Gin. First, we chat with Devan Glover, Khalid Yassein, and Andrew Oliver from Wild Rivers about creating their own dating website to match up their fans, legitimizing their career for their parents by “Thinking Bout Love” going gold in Canada, partnering with Reverb to make their tour climate positive, and their new album “Sidelines.” We then talk to Mattias Horseman, Hendrick’s Gin Ambassador, about their 3-story bar, the culture that ties them to BottleRock, and their cucumber & rose petal essence that makes their gin unique.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty seventh episode, the second of five episodes from BottleRock in Napa covering interviews and performances from artists at the festival, features The Suffers. We chat with lead singer Kam Franklin about her first band “Blue Lights,” speaking about leadership on Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead podcast, the impact of performing on one of Letterman’s last late night shows, and their new album “It Starts With Love,” out Friday, June 3.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty sixth episode, the first of five episodes from BottleRock in Napa covering interviews and performances from artists at the festival, features The Alive and Liily. First we chat with Kai & Manoa Neukermans and Bastian Evans about rocking together since they were little kids, drumming with Pearl Jam at Oakland Arena, playing BottleRock every year, and opening for Chevy Metal with the late Taylor Hawkins. Then we hang with Dylan Nash, Charlie Anastasis, and Maxx Morando from Liily about musical theatre, playing shows in the Bay Area, performing in the Czech Republic, and their new album “TV or Not TV.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty fifth episode featuring Split Persona, in which we chat with Zander Hoschak and Brogan Kelley about the legend that is Dave Grohl, persistence in booking their own shows, opening for Puddle of Mudd, recording with Chet Roberts of 3 Doors Down, and crowd surfing.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty fourth episode featuring Datarock, in which we chat with Fredrik Saroea about his solo album “Rona Diaries: The Chamber Versions Live,” running into James Brown in a restroom, the many shows they played in the Bay Area, and Datarock’s upcoming ‘double vision’ tour and forthcoming album “Datarock’s Media Consumption Pyramid.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty third episode featuring The Happy Fits, in which we chat with Calvin Langman, Ross Monteith, and Luke Davis, about dropping out of college to pursue their band full time, trying to get to the Golden Gate Bridge and ending up under it, playing in a rock band fronted with a cello, Kevin Smith films, and who they are excited to see at BottleRock in Napa.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty second episode featuring Chuck Wright, formerly of Quiet Riot, in which we chat about his 40 year span in Quiet Riot, making his mom proud by giving her a gold record for “Metal Health,” touring with Alice Cooper, his Ultimate Jam Night series at Whiskey a Go Go, and his first solo album, “Throwing Stones,” out May 20.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixty first episode featuring Madame Gandhi, in which we chat about musical lessons learned from living in New York and India, spending time in Antarctica recording the sounds of glaciers, her trilogy of EPs, including “Vibrations,” which is expected this fall, and the upcomingBottleRock music festival in Napa.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred sixtieth episode featuring Elder Island, in which we chat with David Havard about the energy at the Fillmore and receiving their Fillmore poster, being friends with his bandmate Luke since 3 years old, their new album “Swimming Static,” and their upcoming US tour.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty ninth episode featuring Lance Keltner, in which we chat about the similarities between almost dying of the flu at 10 years old and almost dying of Covid last year, the impacts of these events on him musically, his supergroup Simranking, fun stories from the road, maintaining life-long bandmates, and his new abum, due out in June.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty eighth episode featuring Beautiful Machines, in which we chat with Conrad Schuman and Stefani Ku about throwing their keys away in the SFO garbage and starting anew in Europe, playing atop a van at Burning Man, ADHD, and their upcoming album “Singularity.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty seventh episode featuring Tombstones In Their Eyes, in which we chat with John Treanor about seeing The Rolling Stones as his first concert in 1975, never quitting writing music, and the progression of his music from “Sleep Forever” to his new EP “A Higher Place,” out April 26.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty sixth episode in which we remember Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters and cover Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum (Michael C. Hall’s band) from their show at Starline Social Club in Oakland.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty fifth episode featuring Albert Cummings, in which we discuss going from Stevie Ray Vaughn super fan to playing with his band Double Trouble, playing with BB King, putting out an album right before the pandemic and his forthcoming album “Ten” out April 8.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty fourth episode featuring Riot Act, in which we discuss the old days of Riot, touring with Sammy Hagar, AC/DC, and Rush, getting his favorite guitar back after he sold it, and their new album “Closer to the Flame.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty third episode featuring Barton Stanley David, in which we discuss moving to New York with just his backpack and a guitar, Nirvana & Tom Petty Tribute shows, and his new album “Crest,” out April 22.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty second episode featuring Kentucky Headhunters, in which we chat with Greg Martin about touring in Lynyrd Skynyrd, making a gospel rock album, having a band with family, and their new album, “That’s a Fact, Jack!”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fifty first episode featuring Bonham-Bullick, in which we chat with Deborah Bonham and husband Peter Bullick about her brother’s band Led Zepplin playing at her sixth birthday party, playing with Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Van Morrison, singing with Paul Rodgers and Robert Plant, and their upcoming self-titled album.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fiftieth episode featuring John Smith, in which we chat about meeting and playing for Paul McCartney, being in Sydney when Covid hit and barely making it home, and the difficult life events that led to writing and recording his new album, “The Fray.” John also played a few songs for Concert Pipeline during the program.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty ninth episode featuring Sandman Sleeps, in which we chat with Christina & Alex Peck, Karsten Andersen and Zack Jones about growing up in a musical family, going on tour with a Mexican death metal band as a teenager, battling Covid, and their new album “Crisis Actor” out March 26.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty eighth episode featuring Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons, in which we discuss her relationship with Prince, getting “Mental Hopscotch” on KROQ as the #1 song in 1980, and playing their biggest show ever at US Festival in 1983.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty seventh episode featuring Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons, in which we discuss her presence in Frank Zappa’s world, her cross-country road trip to spend 1 minute with Hugh Hefner, and her autobiography “Life is so Strange.” This is the first half of our two-part interview.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty sixth episode featuring Ryan Culwell in which we discuss moving from the Texas Panhandle to Nashville and back, the finishing songs he was working on for years, and his new album “Run Like a Bull” out January 28.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty fifth episode featuring Lizzie Edwards of Lizzie & The Makers in which we discuss musical impact from her father and grandfather, her love of performing at Pete’s Candy Store, and their new album “Dear Onda Wahl.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty fourth episode featuring Joshua Radin, in which we discuss his move to Sweden, his process of writing an album to process things, working with Howard Stern to raise money for Animal League, and having pizza with Weird Al. Joshua also performed “Hey You” exclusively for Concert Pipeline.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty third episode featuring Steve March-Tormé, in which we discuss the influence of his father (Mel Tormé) and step-father (Hal March), performing “Christmas Song” with his daughters and with his father, and throwing an epic party with Liza Minnelli. Steve also performs his own Christmas song “I Remember Christmastime.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty second episode episode featuring Jeff Pezzati and Bill Stephens from Naked Raygun, in which we discuss their parents’ musical influence on them, playing Wrigley Field, being Dave Grohl’s first concert, and their 31-year awaited new album “Over the Overlords.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred forty first episode featuring Marc Broussard, in which we discuss the way he is able to give back through his music, writing his first book “I Love You for You,” the incredible memories he had performing in Napa, and his latest album “A Lullaby Collection III.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred fortieth episode featuring Jim McCarty, in which we talk about the legends who passed through the band (Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck), touring with the Stones, breaking Ringo Starr’s snare drum and his new book “She Walks in Beauty.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred thirty ninth episode featuring John Craigie in which we talk about performing in legendary locations, his 90s covers album, unique items he has received from fans, and his newest album “Asterisk the Universe.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred thirty eighth episode featuring Steve Conte of New York Dolls (former) and Michael Monroe, in which we discuss playing in bands with his brother throughout his life, playing Johnny B. Goode live with Chuck Berry, and his new album “Bronx Cheer” out November 5.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred thirty seventh episode featuring Carmine Appice, in which we discuss Vanilla Fudge’s cover of “Stop in the Name of Love,” performing at the Fillmore in San Francisco in 1967, and his new album, “Energy Overload.”
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred thirty sixth episode featuring ToBy, in which we discuss the support he received from his grandmother with his rapping career, his release party for “The Coast” in San Francisco, covering Billie Eilish and Donald Glover, and his new album “L'Espirit” out October 15.
Concert Pipeline’s three hundred thirty fifth episode featuring Joe Louis Walker in which we chat about playing shows with George Thorogood, playing at the Fillmore in the 60s, and his 30th album Eclectic Electric, out November 12.