With a new album - his first in 10 years - hitting streaming services and stores, Sebastian Bach joins me on this episode to talk about Child Within the Man, his vinyl collection, the inspiration for the song "Hard Darkness," his favorite new s

Chip Chats - Stewart Copeland (The Police)

Dec 29th, 2023 22m 43s

Stewart Copeland opens up about the influx of Police-related projects in 2023 — including two albums and a book — which he sees as an opportunity to create space for pursuing his other passions in the upcoming year. In this interview with the l

Chip Chats - John Oates

Oct 31st, 2023 31m 11s

With an illustrious five-decade, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career as one half of the Hall and Oates duo coming to an end, John Oates discusses how writing and recording his own material has made music fun again. Oates has a handful of sold-out

Chip Chats - Andy Summers (The Police)

Oct 10th, 2023 33m 40s

A bucket list interview, I had the chance to chat with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Andy Summers of The Police on my birthday. Andy released a coffee table book of his photographs called A Series of Glances during the summer of 2023 and

Chip Chats - The White Whale (Searching for a Blind Melon bootleg)

Sep 27th, 2023 8m 3s

For nearly 30 years I've been trying to find a recording of the March 9, 1994 Blind Melon concert at the State Theater in Detroit, Michigan. Lead singer Shannon Hoon spotted me in the crowd and said my name from the stage. Getting a copy of the

Chip Chats - Sergie Loobkoff & Sean Kennerly (Samiam)

Jul 7th, 2023 1h 5m

Pop-punk veterans Samiam released their ninth album, Stowaway, in March. On this episode, guitarists Sergie Loobkoff and Sean Kennerly join me to discuss the making of the album, the challenge in keeping a band active for 30+ years, how they fe

Chip Chats - Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule)

Jun 16th, 2023 28m 11s

Warren Haynes of Gov't Mule joins this episode to discuss the music he grew up with, the band's new album, Peace ... Like a River, this summer's Dark Side of the Mule tour and more.Gov't Mule tour info and news: https://mule.net/Gov't Mule l

Chip Chats - The Blue Stones

May 19th, 2023 21m 26s

This episodes features a conversation with Tarek Jafar and Justin Tessier of the Canadian rock duo The Blue Stones. Having released their third album, Pretty Monster, in November 2022, the duo is finally getting the chance to do a headlining to

Chip Chats - Towne & Stevens

May 16th, 2023 1h 5m

Blind Melon guitarist Rogers Stevens and bassist Nathan Towne began writing songs together in 2017. During the pandemic, the duo continued writing and started recording those songs. In May of this year, the debut album from TOWNE & STEVENS drop

Chip Chats - Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs)

Feb 23rd, 2023 25m 50s

Mike Portnoy's name is one of the most recognizable in the hard rock community. As the co-founder of Dream Theater (1989-2009), Portnoy's either recorded or toured with artists such as the Transatlantic, Sons of Apollo, Metal Allegiance, Neal M

Chip Chats - Paul Crook (Meat Loaf, Anthrax)

Feb 7th, 2023 41m 4s

Guitarist Paul Crook joined Meat Loaf's band, Neverland Express, in 2003 and has been in the band ever since. When Meat Loaf's health took a turn for the worse in 2016, Neverland Express began playing shows, with Meat Loaf's blessing, with Amer

Chip Chats - 2022 Year in Review Roundtable

Dec 29th, 2022 1h 27m

I love talking about music. I love talking about music with friends. As a way to recap 2022 - from albums to concerts to things we're looking forward to in 2023 - I invited those friends that I love talking about music with to join me at the fi

Chip Chats - John Bush (Armored Saint)

Nov 25th, 2022 32m 22s

Armored Saint's John Bush joins me for this episode of CHIP CHATS from a tour bus somewhere in Texas. Armored Saint is in the midst of a nearly sold-out national tour with W.A.S.P. and things couldn't be going better for the band that formed in

Chip Chats - Joe Lekas and Ben Douglas of Palm Ghosts

Nov 8th, 2022 54m 28s

Joe Lekas and Ben Douglas of the Nashville, Tennessee band Palm Ghosts join me for this episode to talk about their new album, Post Preservation, writing lyrics, touring during the pandemic, the soaring price of concert tickets, the (un)importa

Chip Chats - Billy Duffy (The Cult)

Oct 7th, 2022 31m 26s

On the eve of The Cult's eleventh album (Under the Midnight Sun), I have the chance to have a lengthy conversation with guitarist Billy Duffy who talks about splitting time between L.A. and the UK, playing new music on tour, The Cult's influenc

Chip Chats - Blind Melon

Sep 27th, 2022 54m 46s

This is why you should always interview the opening band! Had it not been for Soundgarden's publicist declining an interview request I made while as a college student in 1991, I may never have met Blind Melon. The friendship I made with those g

Chip Chats - Ian Devaney (Nation of Language)

Mar 31st, 2022 36m 13s

Nation of Language's debut album, Introduction, Presence, was released shortly after the world went into lockdown. At the time, with no end in sight (ie - no touring to promote the album), the trio - Ian Devaney, Aidan Noell, and Michael Sue-Po

Chip Chats - Steve Stevens (Billy Idol)

Feb 1st, 2022 38m 13s

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens recently collaborated with The String Revolution to honor Randy Rhoads' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by covering the Ozzy Osbourne song, "Crazy Train." It's a unique twist on the heavy metal c

Chip Chats - Remembering Bob Saget

Jan 13th, 2022 8m 7s

We were all surprised to learn of the passing of Bob Saget on January 9, 2021. Bob played America's dad as Danny Tanner on Full House and was a well-respected comedian whose stand-up performances are legendary. In 2019, I started a podcast at m

Chip Chats - Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)

Nov 16th, 2021 27m 42s

What more can you say about the guitar legend Zakk Wylde? Zakk got his start playing in Ozzy Osbourne's band in the late '80s before forming Black Label Society in 1998. BLS will be releasing their 11th studio album, Doom Crew Inc., on November

Chip Chats - Aaron and the Lord

Nov 3rd, 2021 28m 49s

Always great to chat with Aaron Perrino (The Sheila Divine, Dear Leader) about what he's working on. Aaron teamed up with Steven Lord (The Dirty Bangs) on a new project called Aaron and the Lord. The duo, with help from Tanya Donelly (Belly), M

Chip Chats - Drake White

Oct 19th, 2021 36m 28s

My 17-year-old daughter, Liv, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from an AVM on June 4, 2018. I had never heard of AVM and was left with so many questions. A year later, People magazine ran a feature on the country/southern rock singer Drake

Chip Chats - Kevin Kiley (LURK)

Sep 15th, 2021 22m 19s

It's easy to write off LURK as a punk band but there's so much more to the Chicago band's music. Lead singer Kevin Kiley says in a press release that they were hoping for a Ramones-meets-Devo-meets-B52s-meets-Cramps sound and you can hear a lit

Chip Chats - Steve Wynn

Sep 3rd, 2021 30m 50s

You may know Steve Wynn from The Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, The Baseball Project or his solo career. Having been a professional musician for four decades, Wynn's released a wealth of material that I've only just started digging deeply into. H

Chip Chats - Eric Wagner of The Skull (2017)

Aug 24th, 2021 27m 20s

This morning, August 23, 2021, I learned that ex-Trouble singer Eric Wagner had passed away from Covid Pneumonia. While I had been considering share older interviews on CHIP CHATS, I was planning on waiting but with Eric's passing, I wanted to