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Blue Öyster Cult

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🎸 Replacements

#176: John Haggerty

June 21, 2024

John Haggerty discusses his influential guitar playing with the bands Naked Raygun and Pegboy, the 1970s Chicago punk scene, and his upcoming show at Metro. He also shares his favorite guitar solos of the 1970s, heavily favoring classic rock and metal.

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#109: Todd Philips

March 17, 2023

Ben Riser and Scott Cade interview drummer Todd Philips about his career playing with bands like Blue Lavolta, Juliana Hatfield and The Lemonheads, and his current work producing movie trailers in Los Angeles. Philips discusses his start in the Boston indie rock scene in the late 80s/early 90s, touring experiences, and balancing his music and film careers.

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#34: Road Report #6: Pizza Party in El Paso!

October 1, 2021

Scott Lucas, Ryan and Gabe Rodriguez are on the road in El Paso, Texas during the Lifers tour. They discuss the shows so far, driving through Texas, and sampling local Mexican food. Gabe is working remotely from an Airbnb in Florida while waiting to move into a new house. The conversation touches on 1990s Internet message boards for the band, a blizzard adventure Ben had in 1996, and the anniversary of Cliff Burton's death. They call their friend Herb to reminisce about old tour stories. The episode wraps up with a call to their tour manager Janine and the arrival of a pizza they ordered from a local place called Grimaldi's.

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#33: Wes Kidd

September 24, 2021

Scott Lucas interviews his old friend and bandmate Wes Kidd about their wild times touring together in the 90s in the bands Rights of the Accused and Triple Fast Action. They reminisce about crazy pranks, trashed hotel rooms, getting beat up by gangs of kids, and disastrous major label debuts before Wes reveals what he's up to these days managing bands like Old 97's. Despite the painful memories, Scott and Wes share laughs over their unhinged youthful hijinks.