C101 ROCK REPORT Vinnie Paul

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Here's what's trending in the world of rock. It's the
iHeartRadio Rock Report.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
No Pantera would groove metal kings in the nineties. Their
music tastes venture beyond all things heavy and nickelback Bassis.
Mike Kruger shared one of Bennie Paul's surprising musical loves
during a recent podcast appearance. In fact, Kruger revealed one
particular pop star that Paul tried to sell him on
during one of their trips to the famous Clubhouse strip
club in Dallas.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
I remember riding a Lamo with those guys from the
gig in Dallas to the Clubhouse one time, and Vinnie
was just like, if you could do backflips in a lemo,
he would be doing backflips in a limo for Christina Aguilera.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
He was like, listen to this and he would just
buy crank this Aguilera stuff.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
You know, It's just.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
Like, Wow, what a Twilight's Own episode of men Like
you know, I got one of the probably most influential,
one of the most influential metal drummers in the world
ever playing me Christina Aguilera songs.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Kruger was a guest on the Meat Meat podcast with
Ryan Rainbow when he addressed Nickelback's long running friendship with Pantera.
Within discussion, Ruger shared that despite Pantera's status as metal
icons and Nickelback's place at the time as one of
the most popular rock radio bands that was crossing over
to the mainstream radio, there was no second thoughts about
what others might think. He went on to shout out
Hearts Wilson's sisters Helstorms, Lizziehill, and Pat Denazzar as favorites

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