Rockonomics Podcast
Rockonomics explores the price tags and paychecks of the business that is sex, drugs and rock-…
Episodes
May 7, 2019 • 69 mins
Michael Devin is a New England bred, self-taught musician who’s played with the likes of Kenny Wayne Shepard, Lynch Mob and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience. Since 2010 Michael has been the bassist for the band Whitesnake who are currently on their Flesh and Blood World tour.
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April 30, 2019 • 52 mins
Brandon Hinson has worn many hats in his 20 years in and around music. Starting out as a musician he went on to found his own management company, worked as a production manager for Clear Channel Concerts, served as tour manager for Smash Mouth and currently oversees clubs and theaters for Live Nation in Charlotte, NC.
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April 23, 2019 • 28 mins
Drew Fortune returns to the podcast to talk about his upcoming book No Encore: Musicians Reveal Their Weirdest, Wildest, Most Embarrassing Gigs which is available now for pre-order and hits the shelves on July 16th featuring recollections from dozens of artists including Alice Cooper, Peter Frampton, Shirley Manson, Sammy Hagar and many more. Hear Drew read a jaw-dropping excerpt from Dave Navarro recounting one of his drug-fueled ...
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April 16, 2019 • 55 mins
Eva Gardner's professional career began shortly after graduating UCLA with honors when she toured and recorded as the original bassist in The Mars Volta. Since then she’s played with the likes of Gwen Stefani, Moby, Cher, Veruca Salt and has spent the last 12 years touring the world with Pink.
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April 9, 2019 • 41 mins
Mark Schulman is an in-demand drummer who’s played for Richard Marx, Simple Minds, Billy Idol, Pink and many others. But it was a blown audition for the band Bad English that left a profound effect and led him to dedicate himself to conquering anxiety and become the consummate professional musician, author and corporate speaker that he is today.
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April 2, 2019 • 44 mins
Most of us know Fred Armisen from his decade on Saturday Night Live, 8 seasons on Portlandia and countless other TV shows and movie cameos. But before comedy became the driving force in Fred's career he was a young struggling musician playing drums for the post-hardcore Chicago based band Trenchmouth. On this week's podcast we zero in on Fred's musical past that has always informed so much of his comedy.
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March 26, 2019 • 55 mins
Jesse Valenzuela has been with the Gin Blossoms from their humble beginnings back in Tempe, Arizona before their regional success garnered the attention of the major labels and eventually resulted in getting signed by A&M. Their first full length album New Miserable Experence was a multi-platinum success that paved the way for them to become one of the 90’s most successful alternative rock acts. After a 3 year break up the Gin Blos...
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March 19, 2019 • 50 mins
Brendan B. Brown is the mastermind behind the band Wheatus who most of us know for their 2000 hit Teenage Dirtbag and cover of Erasure's A Little Respect. It's been a long, strange trip since then but some 19 years later Wheatus are still at it having become a fairly well-oiled DIY machine that continues to record and tour the US and abroad regularly.
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March 12, 2019 • 51 mins
Joel Hoekstra is easily one of the busiest musicians out there today. He currently juggles performing in three extremely successful global acts: Cher, Whitesnake and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. In between those commitments he’s appearing at the Monsters of Rock cruise, playing gigs with the Rock of Ages band and contributing to various sessions, collaborations and solo projects.
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March 5, 2019 • 70 mins
Ashley Reeve is a California born and bred bassist who's played with Cee-Lo Green, Adam Lambert, Ed Harcourt, Money Mark and Filter to name a few. Drummer Jason Sutter is a fellow upstate New Yorker who's resume includes the late great Chris Cornell, Marilyn Manson, Foreigner, and The New York Dolls among others. The two are currently the rhythm section for Cher on her Here We Go Again tour and share their individual stories of the...
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December 18, 2018 • 39 mins
Ethan Thompson and Pete Nappi make up 2/3 of the band Ocean Park Standoff. Formed in 2016, along with musician/DJ Samantha Ronson, Ocean Park Standoff hit the ground running with the breakout single “Good News” and a 2017 Summer tour supporting Third Eye Blind and The Silversun Pickups. They've continued their ascent in 2018 with more touring and charting another hit with “If You Were Mine” which reached #15 on Billboard Adult Pop ...
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December 11, 2018 • 25 mins
Hear additional interview content from Dokken/Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson, Rolling Stone writer Gavin Edwards, Daughtry Keyboardist Elvio Fernandes, Maroon 5's Sam Farrar, Toad the Wet Sprocket's Dean Dinning, Masters of Reality drummer John Leamy and Better Than Ezra's Michael Jerome. These are interview snippets that didn't make the original podcast episodes.
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December 4, 2018 • 62 mins
Michael Jerome is a genre-fluid drummer who’s played folk, blues, gospel, pop, ambient and electro-metal with the likes of Richard Thompson, The Blind Boys of Alabama, John Cale, Toadies and Better Than Ezra to name a few. Currently touring with The Richard Thompson Trio Michael takes us through his more than 30 years of providing the back beat to up some of music's most enduring artists.
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November 27, 2018 • 80 mins
Singer Chris Shinn is probably most widely known for replacing Ed Kowalczyk in the band Live from 2012-2016. Prior to that Chris has had a rich and diverse career that's veered from playing in Unified Theory with ex-Blind Melon and ex-Pearl Jam members to recording a solo album with a murderers row of Nashville studio legends. He's currently putting the finishing touches on his latest solo work he recorded in his home studio when w...
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November 20, 2018 • 32 mins
Guitarist Ryan Roxie is a veteran rocker who’s played with Candy, Electric Angles, Gilby Clark, Slash’s Snake Pit but is probably best known for his longstanding work playing with Alice Cooper starting in 1996. He's also a solo artist whose latest effort, called Imagine Your Reality, was released this past Spring and features a cameo by Cheap Trick vocalist Robin Zander.
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November 13, 2018 • 50 mins
Sam Farrar is a utility musician (samples, keys, guitar, percussion) for Maroon 5 and first appeared on the music scene as the bass player for Phantom Planet. Since then he’s become a well-regarded songwriter and producer who’s worked with the likes of Sara Bareilles, Gomez, Daryl Hall and Maroon 5 which eventually led to him touring with them beginning in 2012 and continues to this day.
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November 6, 2018 • 67 mins
Elvio Fernandes is a keyboardist and rhythm guitarist who's been writing, recording and touring with Daughtry since 2012 when he left his day job as a real estate broker to chase his dream. Since then he's played some of the world's most prestigious venues, made numerous TV appearances and has grown his Camp Roc Star from a youth summer music camp to a year round music academy.
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October 30, 2018 • 59 mins
Guitarist Sadler Vaden cut his teeth playing for the South Carolina based rock trio Leslie before joining the seminal Atlanta band Drivin' N' Cryin'. After a move to Nashville Sadler eventually hooked up with Jason Isbell in time to support his breakthrough album Southeastern. 5 years, 2 studio albums and couple Grammy’s later Sadler and his bandmates in the 400 Unit are being compared to Tom Petty's Heartbreakers and Springsteen'...
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October 23, 2018 • 63 mins
Dean Dinning is the bassist for the band Toad the Wet Sprocket who emerged from Santa Barbara and made a name for themselves in the 1990's with the hits "All I Want" and "Walk on the Ocean". Three consecutive Gold or Platinum albums helped the band build a very loyal following that solidified itself when it raised 5x the goal amount for a Kickstarter campaign in 2013 to market their album New Constellation. Dean spoke with Rockonom...
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September 4, 2018 • 56 mins
Bassist Andy Stoller was a long-time member of Tracy Chapman’s band and contributed to her Grammy winning, multi-platinum New Beginning album. He’s also performed or recorded with Pearl Jam’s Mike McCreedy, Peter Garbriel, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Chuck Prophet, Pete Droge and many more. Currently he plays with Ann Wilson of Heart and has just wrapped up this summer's Stars Align tour with Jeff Beck and Paul Rogers
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