February 10, 2025 • 9 mins
In this episode I basically reintroduce myself and talk about what I'm about and I also bring up some old interviews I have done in the pass than talk about the next coming episode
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's up, everybody. This is Sea Bass for I'm rocking
with Sea Bass. That's right, guys, I'm back, and if
you don't remember me, I'll explain just who I am
and what I'm about. Before I do that, though, I
want to thank iHeartMedia for helping me get in the
show back on its feet. Yes, guys, that's right. This
show will now be on the iHeartMedia app and you
can go on the app and you can stream it
(00:22):
right there by your phone. It's pretty easy, guys, So
thank you. iHeart. Now to explain just who I am. Well,
I'm a twenty seven year old that loves rock music.
I like talking about the eighties, the seventies, the nineties.
I even like to talk about the modern rock scene
as well. I like talking about bands like Motley Crue, Aerosmith,
(00:43):
Pink Floyd Rat, Judas Priest. I'm actually wearing a Judas
Priest shirt right now, so yeah, I like to talk
about all that stuff. I've even interviewed a lot of
rock stars in the past. For those who don't remember that,
or do remember that, you guys remembered that I interviewed
that Arena rock show our local heroes. Also, I also
(01:04):
interviewed a bass player named Adam Steele. He's a good
friend of mine. He is in a band called The Wonderlands.
Definitely check them out. They are a very very good band.
They are all original, they love to they have that
it's that one Republic vibe going on. They're very talented,
very good guys. That arena rock show. What a party
(01:28):
those guys. Those guys go all out with their stage show.
There's so much energy to that band. Special shout out
to Nicky Starr and also T Bone. I've also interviewed
the former bass player of Heart, Steve Fawson. It's a
very cool guy. He's actually in this band called Heartbey Heart.
They sing things from the seventies Heart and also the
(01:51):
eighties Heart. It's actually pretty cool. I actually got to
see them a few years back. It's a free show actually,
and I got to talk to the guys after the
show and they were like signing autograss at the end.
That was a pretty cool experience. It's a long long
drive home though, I mean I want to say that's
the longest drive I've done, but it was a pretty
long drive. I've also interviewed the guitar player Rick Ventura
(02:15):
from the eighties Ban Riot, who formed a new band
called Riot Act. I was talking about his new album,
Closer to Flame. Really good album, definitely check it out.
But yeah, I've interviewed all kinds of people. In fact,
let's hear a snippet of a couple of people I
have talked to. And today we're gonna have a very
very special guest here on the phone. His name is
(02:36):
Pac McManus. You might know him from the band Mama's Boys.
He's also done his solo project known as The Pack
McManus ban. He's from Ireland and here we are we're
going to introduce you to you. Hello, this is Pat McManus. Yes, indeed,
how are you good, sir?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
I'm very well.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And you pretty good. So what have you been doing lately?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, I should be doing a few games here in Ireland,
know the things that have sort of been allowed to
open up duties of the pandemics. So it's we're starting
to get back on on on track a little bit here,
you know. So it's been a severe lockdown, but we're
managing to get through it. Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah, thanks. Here in America, we're trying to do everything
we can to go back to rock shows and things
that we enjoy, you know, and it's.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Getting there a bit of normality. Said, you know, it's
been it's been a crazy time to be honest with you,
you know. So it's been difficult for a lot of musicians.
But we're trying to get through it the sts we can,
you know, and it's just nice. We've done a few
shows and it's just so nice to get back out
there and stay in front of people again and you know,
(03:45):
put a smile back on the.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Theaters as well, you know, right, And yeah, it's it's interesting,
you know. I mean a lot of you know bands
out there, you know, they're doing you know, virtual tours
and some of them free gigs and everything. So yeah,
I can definitely understand you guys. You're doing everything you can.
What what gigs have you guys playing?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
You do some live streams and all. When when during
when we were when the verity of the lockdown, Kevin,
we weren't allowed to do anything here and so that
that kept was going on. It also, you know, it
kept the bands were really really glad to let me
doing something, you know, and I said, it meant an
awful lot of them you know, mentally and everything else,
(04:24):
just you know, to play to them and play a
few songs them, so that from that point of view,
it was great. You know.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
That was Pack McManus from the Pack McManus band, and
also the nineteen eighties band Mama Boys, the very undergraded group. Uh.
I say, my favorite song from that group is Somebody
Rescue Me. It's a great song, love the guitar in it,
and the music video is really cool. You definitely should
check them out if you've never heard of them. They're
definitely one of those bands that got overlooked. They also
(04:54):
did a cover of Mama We're All Crazy Now from Slaine,
which I know Quiet Right as all so Donna cover
of that song, and he actually talks to me about
that and he talks about how Quiet Riot did that
and also they did it. It's kind of interesting. But yeah,
definitely a very good group to check out. Here is
another guest that I've interviewed. I gotta tell you've been
really successful, and I actually bought two of your albums.
(05:17):
They came in just in time to show but the
Power of Three your first album, if I remember correctly,
that's your first album.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
That was the there's three albums in the three series.
The first one title had the band named three point
two because one of the guys wasn't involved. But yes,
there was three albums in that. That wasn't my first album,
but it was my first big break.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Okay, don't get album. I think my favorite album off
this is Lover to Lover. What inspired you to write
that one?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You know, it's funny. Back in the day of nineteen
eighty eight, that was that came out Keith Emerson, the
keyboard player. They're like the most famous, best known keyboard
play in the world for new rock music. I wanted
to do something a little more accessible than the ELP
stuff you've been doing, which a lot of they're classically
influenced music. And I brought that song and just on
(06:09):
guitar love it a lover face to face and he goes, oh,
I like that. He goes, let me see what I
can do. He worked till like two three in the morning,
came back the next day we're going to rehearse other songs,
and he played this on this eight track tape recorder.
He had this basically what you're hearing this arranged exactly
the same, This huge middle section all the stuff, and
(06:30):
I was like, you did that last night ago, Yeah,
what do you think? And it blew up big. You know.
It was sort of exactly what three should have been,
which is song oriented. We have a hook chorse you
can sing, but a lot of cool music around it,
and he put that together like that. It was just
part of the process. And sometimes it just happens. You
(06:51):
don't know why.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yeah, yeah. Sometimes you'll wake up randomly and go like
I got it.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, definitely, And sometimes it's when you're going to sleep,
and that's bad because then he'd never go to sleep.
Your brain sort of disarmed at a certain point, you know,
the analytical side and the creative side of the different
sides of your brain.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That was. That was Robert Barry. One of my first
interviews I've done. Wasn't too bad of an interview, although
I just I just realized I said my favorite album
off the album. What the why did I say that?
I don't know. I don't know if he caught that
or not. But still was a good interview, and one
of my favorite songs is Lover or the Lover Still
(07:31):
is definitely worth to check out. He's done things with
you know, Keith Emerson and all that. Uh yeah, he's
definitely definitely a talented guy, super nice guy too. Always
enjoyed talking to him anyway. Yeah, those are some of
the people I've interviewed, and hopefully I'll get some more
people to interview later in the future. But also I'm
(07:54):
going to talk about movie soundtracks, some cool movie soundtracks
from the eighties, the nineties, some modern stuff as well.
Now I'm gonna do all all that stuff. I'm just
talking about the history of music and the bands and
where they came from, how they became big. I might
also do a little album duel. Basically, you're gonna take
(08:16):
one album from a band, take another album from that
same band, kind of compare them and see which songs
are better. For example, ac DC Back in Black versus
Highway to Hell. Is the first track better than the
first track of Highway to Hell? That is an opinion,
of course, you know, yeah, don't don't take it lightly.
(08:37):
But that's that's one thing I always enjoyed doing. Now,
next week, I plan on talking about the late John
Skis from from White Snake and the band Blue Murder,
great guitar player he passed away. The other like a
few days ago, so I love to do a little
(08:58):
like tribute to him and kind of talk about his stuff. Anyway, guys,
thank you for the support and hopefully we can continue
down the road and just talk about great music. This
has been Sea Bass from rocking with Sea Bass. Take
care and keep on rocking.
What's up, everybody. This is Sea Bass for I'm rocking
with Sea Bass. That's right, guys, I'm back, and if
you don't remember me, I'll explain just who I am
and what I'm about. Before I do that, though, I
want to thank iHeartMedia for helping me get in the
show back on its feet. Yes, guys, that's right. This
show will now be on the iHeartMedia app and you
can go on the app and you can stream it
(00:22):
right there by your phone. It's pretty easy, guys, So
thank you. iHeart. Now to explain just who I am. Well,
I'm a twenty seven year old that loves rock music.
I like talking about the eighties, the seventies, the nineties.
I even like to talk about the modern rock scene
as well. I like talking about bands like Motley Crue, Aerosmith,
(00:43):
Pink Floyd Rat, Judas Priest. I'm actually wearing a Judas
Priest shirt right now, so yeah, I like to talk
about all that stuff. I've even interviewed a lot of
rock stars in the past. For those who don't remember that,
or do remember that, you guys remembered that I interviewed
that Arena rock show our local heroes. Also, I also
(01:04):
interviewed a bass player named Adam Steele. He's a good
friend of mine. He is in a band called The Wonderlands.
Definitely check them out. They are a very very good band.
They are all original, they love to they have that
it's that one Republic vibe going on. They're very talented,
very good guys. That arena rock show. What a party
(01:28):
those guys. Those guys go all out with their stage show.
There's so much energy to that band. Special shout out
to Nicky Starr and also T Bone. I've also interviewed
the former bass player of Heart, Steve Fawson. It's a
very cool guy. He's actually in this band called Heartbey Heart.
They sing things from the seventies Heart and also the
(01:51):
eighties Heart. It's actually pretty cool. I actually got to
see them a few years back. It's a free show actually,
and I got to talk to the guys after the
show and they were like signing autograss at the end.
That was a pretty cool experience. It's a long long
drive home though, I mean I want to say that's
the longest drive I've done, but it was a pretty
long drive. I've also interviewed the guitar player Rick Ventura
(02:15):
from the eighties Ban Riot, who formed a new band
called Riot Act. I was talking about his new album,
Closer to Flame. Really good album, definitely check it out.
But yeah, I've interviewed all kinds of people. In fact,
let's hear a snippet of a couple of people I
have talked to. And today we're gonna have a very
very special guest here on the phone. His name is
(02:36):
Pac McManus. You might know him from the band Mama's Boys.
He's also done his solo project known as The Pack
McManus ban. He's from Ireland and here we are we're
going to introduce you to you. Hello, this is Pat McManus. Yes, indeed,
how are you good, sir?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
I'm very well.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And you pretty good. So what have you been doing lately?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, I should be doing a few games here in Ireland,
know the things that have sort of been allowed to
open up duties of the pandemics. So it's we're starting
to get back on on on track a little bit here,
you know. So it's been a severe lockdown, but we're
managing to get through it. Okay.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah, thanks. Here in America, we're trying to do everything
we can to go back to rock shows and things
that we enjoy, you know, and it's.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Getting there a bit of normality. Said, you know, it's
been it's been a crazy time to be honest with you,
you know. So it's been difficult for a lot of musicians.
But we're trying to get through it the sts we can,
you know, and it's just nice. We've done a few
shows and it's just so nice to get back out
there and stay in front of people again and you know,
(03:45):
put a smile back on the.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Theaters as well, you know, right, And yeah, it's it's interesting,
you know. I mean a lot of you know bands
out there, you know, they're doing you know, virtual tours
and some of them free gigs and everything. So yeah,
I can definitely understand you guys. You're doing everything you can.
What what gigs have you guys playing?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
You do some live streams and all. When when during
when we were when the verity of the lockdown, Kevin,
we weren't allowed to do anything here and so that
that kept was going on. It also, you know, it
kept the bands were really really glad to let me
doing something, you know, and I said, it meant an
awful lot of them you know, mentally and everything else,
(04:24):
just you know, to play to them and play a
few songs them, so that from that point of view,
it was great. You know.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
That was Pack McManus from the Pack McManus band, and
also the nineteen eighties band Mama Boys, the very undergraded group. Uh.
I say, my favorite song from that group is Somebody
Rescue Me. It's a great song, love the guitar in it,
and the music video is really cool. You definitely should
check them out if you've never heard of them. They're
definitely one of those bands that got overlooked. They also
(04:54):
did a cover of Mama We're All Crazy Now from Slaine,
which I know Quiet Right as all so Donna cover
of that song, and he actually talks to me about
that and he talks about how Quiet Riot did that
and also they did it. It's kind of interesting. But yeah,
definitely a very good group to check out. Here is
another guest that I've interviewed. I gotta tell you've been
really successful, and I actually bought two of your albums.
(05:17):
They came in just in time to show but the
Power of Three your first album, if I remember correctly,
that's your first album.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
That was the there's three albums in the three series.
The first one title had the band named three point
two because one of the guys wasn't involved. But yes,
there was three albums in that. That wasn't my first album,
but it was my first big break.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Okay, don't get album. I think my favorite album off
this is Lover to Lover. What inspired you to write
that one?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You know, it's funny. Back in the day of nineteen
eighty eight, that was that came out Keith Emerson, the
keyboard player. They're like the most famous, best known keyboard
play in the world for new rock music. I wanted
to do something a little more accessible than the ELP
stuff you've been doing, which a lot of they're classically
influenced music. And I brought that song and just on
(06:09):
guitar love it a lover face to face and he goes, oh,
I like that. He goes, let me see what I
can do. He worked till like two three in the morning,
came back the next day we're going to rehearse other songs,
and he played this on this eight track tape recorder.
He had this basically what you're hearing this arranged exactly
the same, This huge middle section all the stuff, and
(06:30):
I was like, you did that last night ago, Yeah,
what do you think? And it blew up big. You know.
It was sort of exactly what three should have been,
which is song oriented. We have a hook chorse you
can sing, but a lot of cool music around it,
and he put that together like that. It was just
part of the process. And sometimes it just happens. You
(06:51):
don't know why.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Yeah, yeah. Sometimes you'll wake up randomly and go like
I got it.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Yeah, definitely, And sometimes it's when you're going to sleep,
and that's bad because then he'd never go to sleep.
Your brain sort of disarmed at a certain point, you know,
the analytical side and the creative side of the different
sides of your brain.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That was. That was Robert Barry. One of my first
interviews I've done. Wasn't too bad of an interview, although
I just I just realized I said my favorite album
off the album. What the why did I say that?
I don't know. I don't know if he caught that
or not. But still was a good interview, and one
of my favorite songs is Lover or the Lover Still
(07:31):
is definitely worth to check out. He's done things with
you know, Keith Emerson and all that. Uh yeah, he's
definitely definitely a talented guy, super nice guy too. Always
enjoyed talking to him anyway. Yeah, those are some of
the people I've interviewed, and hopefully I'll get some more
people to interview later in the future. But also I'm
(07:54):
going to talk about movie soundtracks, some cool movie soundtracks
from the eighties, the nineties, some modern stuff as well.
Now I'm gonna do all all that stuff. I'm just
talking about the history of music and the bands and
where they came from, how they became big. I might
also do a little album duel. Basically, you're gonna take
(08:16):
one album from a band, take another album from that
same band, kind of compare them and see which songs
are better. For example, ac DC Back in Black versus
Highway to Hell. Is the first track better than the
first track of Highway to Hell? That is an opinion,
of course, you know, yeah, don't don't take it lightly.
(08:37):
But that's that's one thing I always enjoyed doing. Now,
next week, I plan on talking about the late John
Skis from from White Snake and the band Blue Murder,
great guitar player he passed away. The other like a
few days ago, so I love to do a little
(08:58):
like tribute to him and kind of talk about his stuff. Anyway, guys,
thank you for the support and hopefully we can continue
down the road and just talk about great music. This
has been Sea Bass from rocking with Sea Bass. Take
care and keep on rocking.
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