On the RoadCast - Snacks, Trucks and Rock'n'Roll: Recent Episodes
Conni and Vicky
Glitz, glam and endless nights of partying with nothing but sex, drugs and pure rock’n’roll – that’s what touring with a band is all about, right? You’ve got another thing coming! Grab a snack, buckle up and join your hosts Conni and Vicky for “On the RoadCast”podcast. It’ll be a wild ride through the ins/outs, ups/downs of the live music world. From horrendous moments of left behind band members at airports, accidentally scattered roadkill in equipment trailers and broken ankles at festival grounds to unforgettable, magnificent memories - joined by guests coming from all corners of the music.
Here it is - our final (😭😭😭) Sisters Festival Special for this year - featuring the all-girl Austrian powerhouse @crushtheband .
We're picking the "moms-on-tour-challenge" topic back up, but also
😵💫 when shows almost go down the drain (thanks, local prod! not.)
🫸se*ism and lines being crossed in the industry
(check out Crush's Zine "Let's make a scene" here http://www.crushtheband.at/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lets_Make_A_Scene-Online.pdf)
And, well, you know, more lighthearted subjects on: SNACKS, TRUCKS and ROCK'N'ROLL! 🍿🚍🤘
Thank you to @crushtheband for spontaneously joining us! We had a blast! 💕
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Not even broken rides or lack of naps could stop this superwoman from opening the 2024's Sisters Festival!
Everybody buckle up for a brand new drop of On the RoadCast x Sisters of Music with the lovely Baiba, featuring:
👴🏠 questionable venue choices
🎤 why Baiba didn't join Eurovision Song Contest
🌎 it's a small world (in the music business)
⭐ being artsy + freshly ditched + writing poems = ❓❓❓
What great hangs we had with our girl Baiba and we hope you're going to enjoy our recording as well!
Feel free to leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts -
and if you aren't a superfan already, you HAVE to check out Baiba.
See you again next week for the final Sisters Festival 2024 episode!
P.S.: Thank you Alice Phoebe Lou for letting us use your green room! 😬🙏
Welcome back, sisters (and brothers!)!👧👦🎉
For the second year in a row, the Sisters Festival took place at Arena Wien on July 12th 2024.
This time we had the pleasure to welcome Danish singer/rapper Iris Gold .
Riding along with the motto of the festival, we obviously had a lot of (but not exclusively) girl talk going on, such as:
How's touring as an expecting mother and can you still tour after having had a baby? 👶
Setting boundaries as a female musician ⛔
And ofc grub talk, crazy tour stories and this time: sunny swaps. 🕶️
Leave a 5 🌟 if you love what we do!
We'll be back next week with a new episode of Sisters Festival Special 5! Woohooo 🎉🎉🎉
Some call him the Savior of guitars aka String Jesus. 🙏🎸Some call him Minimal Effort (actually he, himself). 🤷🏽We (mostly) call him Mike Woods. 😎If you've seen shows of The Ataris, Versus The World or Silver Snakes - you've definitely laid eyes on this handsome friend of ours relentlessy shredding on stage!Or maybe at some of Flogging Molly's (and so many other bands) gigs giving some well deserved TLC to their beloved guitars.Mike is currently on tour across Europe with his band Versus The World and sacrificed day-off morning time to spill some tea (and coffee on Conni's couch) on your favourite topic: the secret life on tour 🚍Thank you for doing this with us, Mike.Don't forget about the straps!
This guy is a LEGEND! American Pie and Grey‘s Anatomy actor THOMAS NICHOLAS took some time in his busy touring schedule to talk to us - to say we had a blast is an understatement!! He‘s touring Europe with his punk band, playing shows and spreading good vibes (and funny tour stories) wherever he goes 🥳
Oh the good old days... Checkered Vans, skateboarding in parking lots (failing miserably and breaking every single bone in your body ofc), being stoked about the next summer festival's pop punk filled line-up... 🎶🛹
Thank you, Simple Plan for lending us your drummer Chuck Comeau for a little pre-show snack and chat sesh.
We're not only looking back on the late 90's and early 00's, but are also talking (music) biz and how things have shifted - both for bands/crew and fans.
Chuck also fills us in on what a typical day on a Simple Plan tour looks like and how the guys like to spend their off-time.
And ✨SURPRISE✨ we've got another Bowling For Soup story.
Thank you, Chuck for taking your time and the hangs!
(Hey Bowling For Soup, if you're down for a podcast recording and confirm if any of these things really happened - hit us up!)
Remember what your parents used to tell you back in the day?
"Don't get on a van with random people offering you candy!" 🍬🍬🍬
Well, Tom we hope your parents aren't disappointed, but to our defense, all we offered was homemade and questionably shaped Austrian funnel cake.
Besides serious grub-talk (surprise!), this is what you can expect from this fun episode with Tom May (The Menzingers):
- What's the salsa-relativity-index? 🥫
- Why you shouldn't trust preppy Bavarians weraing Rolling Stones t-shirts! 🚨
- Are Conni and Vicky actually dating? 😯
- What is a punisher? 😖
Let us fill you in on all those and many many more topics.
And if you like what we do, please show some love and leave a 5⭐ review!
Thank you to @tommayallday for joining us - we had a blast! 💕
Flash those pearly whites for the camera! 😁
If you've been on a Flogging Molly cruise or any other Sixthman cruise before, you've for sure seen their outstanding video and photography footage, capturing the wild days on the boat.
Maybe you have even found yourself on one of those recordings?
Wanting to know more about the person behind the lens of Sixthman's camera, responsible for immortalizing all the fun things on the decks of the Norwegian Pearl, we invited our friend Rich Johnson to take a seat on our (borrowed) podcast sofa.
Rich is a professional media and content creator and besides his work on ships, also takes unbelievable shots of musicians like Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Noodles (The Offspring), The Bouncing Souls, NOFX, ofc our beloved friends Flogging Molly and celebrities like John Stamos (UNCLE JESSIE!!!), Shaquille O'Neal and many, many more.
Check out his fantastic work on his Instagram @spectaclephoto!
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We had a HARD TIME focussing on this one with DEVIN CLARK, but hey, it was day 4 of the cruise 😅 Getting some insight on how Sixthman employees hustle in the background to make every show run smoothly!Devin, taking care of the backline for all of the stages on the ship is also the drummer of metal band CANE HILL and shares some memories of touring the world with us🌎 (… and especially memories of what happened to them at Vans Warped Tour 2016 👀)We also took some time to give Sixthman‘s Heather a praise for being an OG in the Flogging Molly Cruise Facebook Group and are ready to start our new podcast category: ‚Dear Heather,…‘Ok one last question… do Kangaroos stink? (… and don’t forget to leave a review 😘😘)
After a very successful whiskey tasting, Flogging Molly's OG Dennis Casey took a seat on our "On the RoadCast" aka "On the BoatCast" couch and spilled the beans about his initial thoughts on the first SALTY DOG CRUISE , what to expect at Flogging Molly aftershow hangs and his secret fave snack 💇🏻♀️
Again we didn’t hold back with the special video effects on this one (look closely for the Fight Club-ish surprise).
Thank you, Dennis for taking your time. We for sure can’t wait for our next hangs and the upcoming FM cruise in 2025.
All aboard? Aye aye, all aboard!
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You know it takes two to tango. 💃🕺🏾
But it only takes one KENT JAMIESON to manage, tour manage and mix punkrock superstars NOFX!
Looking back on literally decades of being out and about with these legends, Kent (a true legend himself) has for sure done and most likely seen it all. 😮
But not only NOFX can be found on this machine's resume, countless other bands have been relying on his qualities and skills, For example PENNYWISE, whose shows he mixed on the past Flogging Molly Cruise.
If you want more crazyness: go watch "Backstage Passport" on youtube, but first: C'mon aboard and join us on this brand new OTRC episode!
yours truly,
V+C
(& as always, make sure to leave 5 stars hehe)
Dreams do come true! 🤩💫
After (not so) secretly fangirling hard over THE BRONX foreeeeeever, we finally had the chance to invite their personal shred-master KEN to On the RoadCast!
If you've ever witnessed The Bronx's high-energy performance on stage, you probably wouldn't believe that their touring party is actually super calm.
Oh and thanks for getting us hooked on those Japanese Candies!
Check out this episode and enjoy Ken's valuable tour wisdom and lessons!
P.S.:
If you’re enjoying what we do and want to show some extra love, we’d be ecstatic if you left a 5* review!❤️
Ooooh oh oh it’s CASEY THE PUNK ROCK MAGICIAN ✨in a slightly NSFW edition on the Flogging Molly Cruise!! 🛳️🤫
Well, to be completely honest, if this episode was a Cinemax flick, it’d be NC-17 (or rated X for our more mature listeners).
Together with our buddy Casey, a touring magician that absolutely blows minds with his magic tricks.
We elaborated the more magical and also spicier things in life. We won’t give away too much but rest assured: this one is kinky!
They are bandmates. They are workmates. And they are... SHIPMATES!
Meet 3/4 of THE ATTACK and Flogging Molly Cruise veterans Brad, Charlie and Mikey, who squeezed in our cozy podcast nook to talk about working, drinking, playing shows together and why you might be questioning your life choices when you're in a band.
But besides making sure to keep punk rock alive, these guys also run their own merch company ENEMY INK!
Over the past years they have stepped up the shopping experience game on countless cruises (Star Trek, Damian Marley, etc.) and ofc on the legendary Salty Dog Cruise with their joint wisdom and knowledge.
Leave a 5 star review if you want us to be The Attack's background vox on the next SDC!
Oh, and Brad:
If you're landing a tad bit late on our couch because you had to see Gorilla Biscuits perform, we'll absolutely let it slide! <3
Somebody bring the liquid IV, please!
What's the price of fun nights with heavy drinking on the Salty Dog Cruise?
Having to cure the mother of hangovers the following day...
Kudos to ALL HAILs Mike and Spencer (yes - he's also in Flogging Molly) for making it out of bed (or the hot tub) and spilling some vodk... uhm tea and walking down memory lane together.
All aboard for a slightly pensive, yet hilarious new podcast episode SHIPment of On The RoadCast!
Streaming now on Spotify and AppleMusic.
Oh and btw, does anybody know what the time machine talk was about? #tooyoung
We got him hooked on JUMPY'S!
Lewis MacRae, vocalist of UK-based metalcore four-piece RITUALS joined us in the podcast van for a hilarious episode which is all about the snacks!!!
Right after touching down in Austria for their short tour alongside UP CLOSE, the guys visited the Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum (where Conni might or might not touched Arnie's d*ck..) and took a deep dive into Austrian culture.
If you want to know more about Lewis' scottish heritage and his family castle (?!) or the bands biggest highlight so far: playing Download Festival this summer, listen to this brand new episode!
Ahoy and welcome back, ye salty dogs!
Coming in hot right after their blow-the-roof-off-this-joint set in the champagne lounge of the Norwegian Pearl, George and Johnny of PET NEEDS spill the tea (UK-pun intended) about why their band was told to GTFO Serbia, how to go to Disneyland for free and many more stories you don't want to miss out on!
Are you ready for a shipload of fun? 🚢
We love this woman.
Funny, smart and the voice of an angel. It’s PÄM!!
She started out as a merchandise manager for TURBOBIER and now she is building her career as a singer and songwriter, while working a day job and using her social media platform to inspire women and encourage them to be who they are.
Nothing can stop her... not even almost freezing to death while trying to pee and falling into a river in Switzerland?
Keep an eye out for this one because PÄM has big plans.
It’s a family affair!
After playing the sail away party during daytime (apparently one of their favorite shows ever!) husband and wife Lorna and Dan from the band Skinny Lister joined us for our first Salty Dog Cruise episode!
These incredibly sweet people make touring work with their 3 year old daughter Bonnie, with help of a lot of their bandmates and other family members.
...kudos to the captain who was stirring the ship like a real pro - the band hadn't always been so lucky when it comes to drivers... 🥴
Spoiler alert: this episode features a really cute dog, so we highly recommend watching it :D
It's all about STRESS!
Running his own (stress-)studio, working as a tourmanager for SEILER & SPEER, mixing shows for bands like BOYSETSFIRE or touring as a guitarist with his own Punk Rock band ANTIMANIAX.. TOM ZWANZGER never takes a break!
Check out this mildly stressful but super funny episode with our whirlwind of a friend Tom and his dog Panzer.
This guy is CRACKING us up. Pun intended.
This year Mike and his band DeeCRACKS will celebrate 20 years of punk rock history with a big festival at Arena Vienna. (Nov 17th & 18th 2023)
...and it was quite the journey. Including eleven different bassists (Vicky already put in her application to be number twelve).
From being banned from the United States of America for a lifetime to making it big in Japan and how their approach has changed over the years - don't miss this super funny episode :)
This episode is HOT!!
..and not only because of the people in it!
While building his hot sauce empire „TOM’S HOT STUFF“, Tommy Hlatky also drums in various punk rock bands like DEADENDS and A GUY NAMED LOU.
His stories about touring in Japan are hilarious!
Have you ever heard about an OWL CAFÈ? (..and even better, a HIGHLAND COW CAFÈ?)
Listen and find out more!
Is there a better place to record the first episode of season 2 than under the Italian sun in MILAN?
And is there a better guest than DAVID BAQI, touring guitarist of Being as An Ocean and vocalist in Takers Leavers?
Both times the answer is NO.
We had such a great time chatting about moving tour memories and the importance of being a 'clutch' player in this industry.
Oh and if you want to hear the story of how Conni almost died while sleeping in a Minitours van this summer (with THE SAME driver that David was touring with when we recorded this episode.. small world) TUNE IN!!!
Love (and music) is in the air ♥️🎵
We're handing our guest mics over to power couple Aygyul and Pati for the final On the RoadCast Sister Festival special.
From the power of music and manifesting things through it, the freedom of finally being your true self as an artist and person to the bright but also the exhausting sides of the music industry - this episode covers all these topics and many more.
P.S. Aygyul is currently working on her new EP - stay tuned!
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Welcome back in the mobile podcast office and on the mics for the second „On the RoadCast x Sisters Festival Special“.
This time with two insanely talented musicians AMY MONTGOMERY and her drummer MICHAEL MORMECHA!
Chitty chatty about this is waiting for you to check it out:
🍑 Meeting your fans - naked (no fabric strings attached)
🥰 Romance in the rock'n'roll office
☕ One man - one cup (tour edition)
Enjoy!
Welcome, Servas and Hallo to the first Sisters Festival edition!
"Sisters of Music" is our local Viennese network for women, transgender and non-binary people in the live music industry - and we just organized our first own festival!! Of course we had to get some of the festival acts on the pod <3
On this one, the three members of DIVES are taking us on a truly wild - and slightly criminal - tour story ride:
🚨 Various car desasters!
🚆 How to tour the UK by train..
🥓 Can you actually live off of smoked sausage and croque monsieur on tour?
Find out how these stories ended on Spotify now and find the video version on Youtube on the Sisters of Music account: @sistersofmusic8947
Ultimate aftershow podcast craziness with our Aussie buds STAND ATLANTICs vocalist Bonnie Fraser and bass player Miki Rich at SBÄM fest 2023! We poured a few shots of Jägermeister "loosen up" (as if that was necessary with our two fun guests!) before constantly de-railing in our chitty chat on:
😵 Trying to figure out if we're in a parallel universe (you'll know once you listen) 🤘🏻 Punk rock and it's scene in Austria 🤢💩 Tour emergencies and hitting a whole new level of self-humiliation 🍿The world's best snacks - and why $0.20 gas station prosciutto should be a HARD pass
If you haven't loved STAND ATLANTIC before, you will def do after this hilarious episode with Bonnie and Miki - Out NOW!
SBÄM fest day 1 podcast action!!
Carlo and Harrison of VICTORY KID in the house, ready for some serious rambling. Let's see what we've got!
🎸 Taken - lost and stolen tour gear (sorry Ektomorf and Jonas..)
😍 Craigslist hookups - strictly band related ofc 😉
🤔 Real talk - honest opinion about SBÄM fest <3
This BRAND NEW episode is available on Spotify and iTunes. Don't miss out!
Buckle up for hysterical laughter and deep thoughts with Chris of punk OGs and SBÄM fest veterans ANTI-FLAG.
🧥 Hands off my jacket! How Eddie Vedder snagged Chris's desired leather jacket
🇮🇹 La dolce vita Italiana - what to learn from Italians to improve life's quality
😵 Farewell and godspeed, buddy! The many times guitarist Justin was (unintentionally) kicked off the travel party
🦄 Industry unicorns - women in the music business
Prepare for a truly wild ride!!
All eyes on MUDFIGHT! As you guys know, we love love love having musicians from the scene in Austria on our podcast. 🇦🇹 So, if you haven't heard of our friends mudfight yet, you should check them out immediately!
Max and Olly of the Austrian punk formation came by in our SBÄM fest podcast container and chatted with us about starting the tour life as a band and makes SBÄM fest so special to them 🥳
Enjoy this brand new drop!
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It's finally here! And we're not just talking about summer, but also Austria's biggest punk festival: SBÄM Fest 2023! For the first time in our history, we're out on grassy fields, recording some hot new episodes for you with members of your favorite bands! Eric Melvin of punk rock superstars NOFX gave us insights on
🎶 His incredible side project MELVINATOR 🎸 40 years of NOFX and the final tour 🙏🏻 his take on Buddhism 🚐 And ofc spilled some tea about tour
Btw he is also a personal coach! Book your session now 💫
Our newest episode of On the Roadcast is out NOW!!
Every hard'n'heavy music fan worth their salt will know the genre's legendary vocalist: George Fisher aka "Corpsegrinder" - frontman of American death metal giants Cannibal Corpse!
Once again we rolled up to our beloved out of home makeshift studio at Arena Vienna, smashed some snacks and drinks and shared some truly unfiltered real talk with George "The Neck" himself.
Are you ready? This is what we've got in stores for you:
-Why touring is NOT a piece of cake. "Get a real job" - George
-Audacious five finger discounts AKA Watch your sh*t (even backstage)
-Censored songs and how to play them live anyway
-Disneyland and Santa Claus (Wait. What?)
Have Fun listening to our last episode of season 1 and make sure to leave a 5* review! <3
After the severe weather unfortunately ruined their scheduled show at Nova Rock Festival 2022, the Austrian audience was even hotter to finally see DON BROCO live in concert at Arena Vienna!
The Bands drummer Matt (and their Tour Manager Alec) met with us to try out our newly discovered beep-button while talking (and swearing) about..
..the full story behind the bands name! (Don Loco, Don Bronco, Don Broco??)
..a literally "sick" Fan moment after partying with the band Four Years Strong.
and lots and lots of other hilarious stories you most likely haven't heard before!
This was also the first time a guest used a „telephone joker“ on this podcast.
Have fun with Episode 19 of ONTHEROADCAST - listen on Spotify and APPLEMUSIC!
What an insanely awesome day. What an incredible line-up. What amazing, fun and kind guests at the IMPERICON FESTIVAL 2023 SPECIAL
For many, many years we - your hosts Conni and Vicky - have been frequents at Impericon Festivals and were absolutely thrilled to be given the opportunity to record in our beloved "second living room" Arena Vienna for this special occasion.
Shaking things up a little, we prepared a bunch of ✨surprise questions✨ for our guests.
We were kicking things off with..
THE GHOST INSIDE
It's been ten long years since they had been to Europe last! Now they're back with a set of all-time favorite bangers! We had the pleasure to welcome Jim and Andrew for a little get together. Welcome back, guys! You’ve been greatly missed!
Next up we have..
The one and only PAT SHERIDAN , musical mastermind and string shredder at IT FOR AN AUTOPSY. So great seeing you again, man!
Of course we also had to have a chat with..
Our buddies and local metalcore matadors ANCHORAGE , who blew the roof off at the aftershow party. Wowza!
And Austria's heaviest pop-punkers VANDANS, who opened the festival for the very first time. Go boys!
Last but not least: The world's best merch team KARAH and HELGA THE TOUR HEN - so clucking cool!
We hope you’ll have as much of a blast listening as we did chatting!
♥️ Shoutout to our friends Austrian Audio , Klangfarbe Wien , Monster Energy, Arena Wien and ofc all of our listeners for supporting us! You're incredible!
It was about time to hit the road again!
Huge thanks to our buds at Szene Vienna, who let us chill on their (just a tiny bit suspicious looking) "casting couch", on which we were blessed to have Jesse and Conor of metalcore powerhouse Erra.
We invited the guitarist/vocalist and bassist for a quick chit chat between soundcheck and showtime before them heating up the crowd at their headliner show in Vienna.
Tune in and enjoy this episode with topics (and almost fights about things) like:
-Our version of "Battle of the Bands": fave bands, fave albums (you will be surprised by the picks!)
-EDM club aftermath disaster on tour ("I lost all my sht and injured myself while taking a dmp")
-What phrase you have to drop to be respected in Alabama (and despised in Georgia)
P.S.: @Jessecash You were right about a scene from the movie "Before Sunrise" being shot next to Flex Vienna (another favorite venue of ours!) - kudos to you for recognizing that spot! A movie worth watching ;-)
Welcome to this month's second release of your all time fave tourpodcast <3
Mitch and Thomas, guitarist and bassist for the California-based Metalcore/Post-Hardcore band SILENT PLANET spent some time with us to talk about their crazy life on the road.
Here's a little sneak peek for the brand new episode featuring @Silentplanet:
-How to lose (and eventually find) your drummer in China
-"Sorry, do you speak english?" aka language barriers on tour pt. 683
-What do Ace Ventura and Thomas have in common?
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Howdy and God dag! 🇺🇸🖤🇸🇪
So much fun talking to these lovely fellas from Invent Animate - American Guitarist Keyton and Swedish Vocalist Markus.
Taking our brand new mobile setup on the road, we sat down to snack, chit-chat and unpack the wildest stories!
-escaping death while in Chicago aka "The Windy City"
-why you shouldn't do winter sports on tour!
-what lenghts you can go to prank fellow bands..
-and the ever occurring mystery:
Who pooped on the tour bus?
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Whip out your hairspray and black eyeliner. It's Emo time!
Time traveling to some point in the early 2000s with our friend Sandy, guitarist for girl-power-vulva-rock band Vulvarine.
Emo culture, My Chemical Romance, from first to last, MySpace, snake bites, bangs and heavy make up are some of the hottest topics (pun intended) three former Emo girls could discuss.
Besides unveiling our deepest darkest secrets from the past and guilty pleasures we can't get rid off, we've got some more funny, crazy and weird stories about life on tour.
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..some people are real naturals! Can you believe this was our guests first take on a podcast?
Making time before a sold-out headliner show in Vienna, Dan Brown, guitarist and songwriter for Australian metalcore giants The Amity Affliction got comfy on our pop up studio's sofa at Vienna's SimmCity for a sizzling hot new episode of OTRC.
Get ready for these gems:
- which one of musical history's biggest pop stars (hint: her first name starts with M) took a dump in Bowling for Soups coach bus toilet at Warped Tour.
-why you should be careful when taking pics with fans teddy bears.. (how taking pics with a fans teddy bear can take a very very very wild and devastating turn)
-our shared (and slightly questionable) passion for taxidermy. Beaver pen**es and stuffed pets, anyone?
As you already know, we've got the sauciest tour stories from awesome, to sad and/or simply nuts!
Hold up... Nuts? Could that be a hint to one of our next podcast guest?
Today's guest proves that drummers must be masters of timing - not only musically.There's no other way if you want to pull off being an A1 drummer, host of the ,bummzack-podcast’ actor, beer brewer and dad of three at the same time!What a treat for us to share some cold ones, snacks and stories with Madsen' s drum crack Sascha Madsen himself.Looking back on 19 (!) successful years of band history, our guest had plenty of details to share.We're covering topics like professionally working with siblings, playing Germany's biggest festivals (such as Hurricane festival Southside, Rock im Park, Rock am Ring), personal milestones, touring the United States of America as a band performing songs with german lyric. Apparently without any travelling drama abd accident free, managing to get up on time every morning - Wait! Is that really a thing?Of course we didn't forget to cover Sascha's favorite road song and snack (vegans and veggie lovers - this one's for you!) and ask about future plans for his band Madsen.Also: If you want to know which superstar tossed Vickys bra back to her after she threw it on stage (and shattered her young and innocent heart by that) give this episode a listen on Apple Music or Spotify and don't forget to show some love by leaving a 5* review! <3
First of all - NO Austrian Audio gear was used when recording this podcast - unfortunately!
It was captured across two continents - with our phones - and a 7h time difference - so this episode is somewhat special. (and has pretty bad audio quality. sorry for that.)
Our guest Kenny joined in all the way from Arizona - just like Vicky, who is visiting him there at the moment.
Kenny has been on the road for over 15 years. He is the brain behind all the logistics and sales concerning merch for bands like Cannibal Corpse and he is also the TM assistant for Flogging Molly and touring the major part of the year!
He‘s the also biggest Christmas nerd and his tour bus decorations make most family homes look like prison cells 🎄
And talking about tour busses: Kenny has quite the crazy story about an accident that happened many years back.
Bottoms up!
Heavily buzzed on a shazillion shots of @jagermeister_at we're diving deep into the musical production world with the amazing singer/dancer/performer Betty Schurek (IG: @bettina_schurek), who has been starring in shows like "Grease", "Mamma Mia" and many more.Musical productions on the road are all about the glitz, glam and luxurious aspects of the touring industry, right?
WE BEG TO DIFFER!
Get ready for booze fueled insider talks about what's really going on behind closed stage curtains.
Crazy fans, performers puking on each other, flooded hotel bathrooms, sex, drugs & drama big time.
Welcome to the real world of musicals!
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Guitar and bass aficionado, tech crack, tour vet and former pro-Zamboni-driver Dakotah Cole spends incredible eight to nine months a year touring! While working on the road he's keeping bands like Halestorm, Flogging Molly, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Lagwagon, Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men, Hanson and many others stringed gear in mint condition 24/7.
From becoming a dad, withstanding the sometimes unhealthy lifestyle that comes with the industry and overcoming personal hardships linked to it, to spontaneously taking unadvised minors for a joyride - this episode covers it all and might really be the craziest we've done so far!
P.S.: no git tech's arms were twisted during the recording of this podcast.
In this episode we welcome Tito Picon - all the way from Texas, where, according to him, they have some of the best burritos in the world!
He‘s been working as a tourmanager for over 25 years and he‘s also a self-taught and really amazing light designer. You can find him on the road with bands like Darkest Hour and Suicide Silence.
This episode is filled with poop stories (even more than usual) and gives a pretty good overview of the differences between tour- and production management ☺️
We also talk about celebrity lookalikes (sorry Vicky!) and about the moments we knew that being part of the music touring world was our calling.
..when two worlds collide.. freestyle mountain biking and music touring!
We loved having Daniel and Elias, also known als the RUSO BROS on our podcast! ❤
These two dudes are on the road for about 6 months every year, riding freestyle shows like Masters of Dirt or at music festivals all over the world.
It is the longest episode so far, but we could have gone on foreeeever. From being robbed in Italy, to almost losing legs, to spontaneously flying overseas with a shitload of gear, to our favorite memes - there were tons of super interesting topics!
Our biggest takeaway - music is actually a huge part of their freeriding world - check out the episode to find out more!
Happy Halloween - Listen up it's getting spooky!!
(& maybe you'll pee your pants of laughing just like we did recording this absolute gem of a podcast episode)
We welcomed Dead Richy Gein - Singer and Frontman of BLOODSUCKING ZOMBIES FROM OUTER SPACE! Your favorite new Horror- and Halloween Shock Rock Band!!
Richy gave some insight on all the creativity and work that flows into running a special like the Zombies. And told us some weird ass stories about serial killers.
Welcome to our dear friend Engel Mayr!!!
He‘s not only the guitar player of Russkaja and has his own⚡️ HEAVY METAL BLUES ⚡️band - he’s also producing, recording and mixing music in his own studio! (& he‘s the one who created our awesome Podcast-Intro)
Do you want to know what happens when you accidentally snack on brownies with 400€ worth of weed in it?
You’ll find the answer to that question on out podcast as well as a million Limp Bizkit references.
SBÄM - Artist, Promoter, Label Owner and altogether one of the coolest cats in this industry is joining us for this episode!Stefan is talking about how he startet out as an artist designing artwork for bands like Lagwagon, Blink182, NOFX and many more.
As a promoter he has seen some stuff! From over 20 years ago, when he promoted his first concert, to his very own punk festival - Sbämfest - that keeps getting bigger and bigger every year.
Next year a whole documentary on his life and work will hit the screens… until then.. listen to the podcast and find out more about this amazing person.
We could literally talk for hours and hours and hours… about life on the road, travelling all over the world, getting to work at cool festivals or in historic venues and meeting amazing people along the way - but all that glitters is not always gold. In this episode we look back at some of the crazy shit that happened in 2022 as well as some of the biggest challenges and hardships. Some hints on what you can expect: ,You better f*cking survive , because I don’t remember CPR‘
,We were surrounded by rats, they were squeaking all around us'
,It looked like someone ate 12 Burritos and then exploded‘
He's a simple man! Drummer of Vienna based rock band Igel vs. Shark and touring audio engineer Lukas 'Linschi' Linschinger is joining us for this new episode!
He has seen both sides of the plate - as a musician and engineer. He remembers his biggest moments from playing right before AC/DC in Spielberg with his band to mixing punk shows for Rentokil in huge arenas supporting Rise Against.
Tune in if you want to know the story behind his second nickname "Mocca Moses" and why he doesn't have the best memories about bananas ;)
RICKY FIZZ - badass lady punkrocker, and bass player of the THE RUMPERTS joined us for this one!
..she told us about her times sleeping on sticky and dirty venue floors, occasional catfights in the band and we talked about what it‘s like to be a woman in this crazy business.
Her favorite tour snack is an unusual one - find out more about it in this episode.
We start it off with a banger! Our very first guest is no other than MATT HENSLEY!
Accordion player of Flogging Molly, pro skater (who owned a long-held world record for the highest ollie) and passionate artist.
Tune in for Matts incredible stories about the early years of touring with Flogging Molly, getting lost in Australia, accidental roadkill or if you want to learn about the art of butthole-tanning! (and of course to find out about his favorite tour snack)
Join your hosts Vicky and Conni for this short pilot episode of "On the RoadCast" to get glimpse of what the podcast is all about. It will be a wild ride through the ins/outs, ups/downs of the live music world.