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Sammy Hagar Interview, Van Halen Red Rocker, Madpod
July 8th, 2006
Sammy Hagar Interview on MADPOD!
And He’ll play for free!
After spending several years as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the mid-’70s hard rock band Montrose, Sammy Hagar began a solo career that produced several hits and made him an album rock favorite. Hagar became a true star once he joined Van Halen in 1985, but he was a popular hard rocker ever since his first album with Montrose.
After giving up a boxing career, Hagar began singing in the late ’60s, performing with various California bands including Skinny, the Fabulous Catillas, Justice Brothers, and Dust Cloud. During this time, he built up a solid reputation in the Californian hard rock scene. Former Edgar Winter guitarist Ronnie Montrose asked Hagar to join his band, Montrose, in 1973. Hagar recorded two albums with Montrose before going solo in 1976, taking the group’s bassist, Bill Church. Montrose’s drummer Denny Carmassi later joined Hagar’s band, along with keyboardist Geoff Workman. Hagar’s self-titled Sammy Hagar was his first chart entry; it eventually went gold. In 1979, he created a new supporting band featuring Workman, Church, guitarist Gary Pihl, and drummer Chuck Ruff. This lineup played on Hagar’s most popular solo album, 1981’s platinum Standing Hampton, plus 1982’s gold Three Lock Box with only one member missing * drummer Ruff was replaced by David Lauser. After Three Lock Box and its number 13 hit single “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy,” Hagar played several shows with guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Kenny Aaronson, and drummer Mike Shrieve; the group recorded a live album under the name HSAS, as well as a studio version of Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” His 1984 album VOA contained the hit single “I Can’t Drive 55,” which peaked at number 26. In 1985, Hagar replaced David Lee Roth in Van Halen; his first album with the group was 1986’s 5150. Hagar released his last solo album, Sammy Hagar, in 1987; the title of the record was changed to I Never Said Goodbye in an MTV contest, but no copies of the record were ever issued with that name. Hagar stayed with Van Halen through the remainder of the ’80s and half of the ’90s. Another madpod exclusive 45-minute chat with Shadoe from Sammy’s home in Mill Valley California.
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MADPOD LEVEL 42 Interview
June 30th, 2006
MADPOD#182 LEVEL 42 INTERVIEWAt the beginning of their career, Level 42 was a jazz-funk fusion band,
following in the footsteps of such pioneers as Stanley Clarke. By the
end of the ’80s, they were a pop-R&B band with a number of hit singles
to their credit. Featuring the stellar Mark King (bass, vocals), Phil
Gould (drums), Boon Gould (guitar), and Mike Lindup (keyboards), the
band formed in 1980. Before they released their first single, “Love
Meeting Love,” the band was pushed to add vocals to their music in order
to give it a more commercial sound; they complied, with King becoming
the lead singer. Released in 1981, their self-titled debut album was a
slick soul-R&B collection that charted in the U.K. Top 20, resulting in
the release of The Early Tapes by their former record label, Polydor.
Level 42 had several minor hit singles before 1984’s “The Sun Goes Down
(Living It Up)” hit the British Top Ten. Released in late 1985, World
Machine broke the band worldwide; “Lessons in Love” hit number one in
Britain and “Something About You” hit number seven in America. Their
next two records, Running in the Family (1987) and Staring at the Sun
(1988), were a big success in the U.K., yet only made some headway in
the U.S. Both of the Gould brothers left the band in late 1987; they
were replaced by guitarist Alan Murphy and drummer Gary Husband. Murphy
died of AIDS-related diseases in 1989; he was replaced by the renowned
fusion guitarist Alan Holdsworth for 1991’s Guaranteed. The band
followed Guaranteed in 1995 with Forever Now. Mark King rejoins Shadoe
from the UK.
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Exclusive Bananarama U.S. Interview
June 2nd, 2006
The most successful British girl-group in pop history, Bananarama formed in London in late 1981. Drawing equal inspiration for their name from the childrens television program The Banana Splits and the Roxy Music song Pyjamarama, the trio comprised lifelong friends Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin along with Siobhan Fahey, whom Dallin befriended at the London College of Fashion. After getting their start singing at friends parties and at nightclubs (where they performed accompanied by backing tapes * none of the women played their own instruments), they came to the attention of ex-Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook, who produced Bananaramas first single, a cover of Swahili Black Bloods Aie A Mwana. After the group backed Fun Boy Three on the single It Aint What You Do, Its the Way You Do It, the Three returned the favor for 1982s He Was Really Sayin Somethin, a cover of the 1965 Velvelettes song that was the first of Bananaramas 26 U.K. chart smashes. While their initial hits, including Shy Boy, Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) and Cruel Summer (their first U.S. smash) were roundly dismissed as fluffy pop fare, the success of 1984s rape-themed release Robert DeNiro’s Waiting convinced the group to tackle more serious topics; however, the follow-up single, Rough Justice * a song protesting political tensions in Northern Ireland * bombed, and the trios career stalled. In 1986, Bananaramas fortunes improved considerably when they joined forces with the production team of Stock, Aitken & Waterman, who produced the album Wow!; the groups most successful outing to date, the LPs cover of the Shocking Blues Venus was an international chart-topper, and both Love in the First Degree and I Heard a Rumour were major hits as well.
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MADPOD BARRY WINSLOW INTERVIEW ROYAL GUARDSMAN
May 17th, 2006Barry Winslow The Royal Guardsmen from Ocala, FL =97 Bill Balough (bass), J= ohn Burdette (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards = (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guita= r) =97 enjoyed their reign of pop fame in 1966-1968 by recording a = series of songs taking off from the Peanuts cartoon character Snoopy and = his fantasy about aerial dog fighting with German World War I flying ace = Baron Von Richthofen. The million-selling “Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron” = was the first and most successful of these novelty records in the fall of = 1966, and its follow-up, “The Return of the Red Baron,” also made the Top = 40.”Snoopy’s Christmas” topped the seasonal charts at the end of = 1967, and surfaced as a recurrent to date! After a few = non-Snoopy singles, the Guardsmen released “Snoopy for President” in = the summer of 1968 at the height of the Nixon/Goldwater era. The= group scored a final Top 40 hit with its two-year-old, reissued debut = single, “Baby Let’s Wait,” in the winter of 1968-1969. The original = group split in 1969; a version with some replacement members continued for = another year. Barry and his wife Sheryl have two children living at home and are = members of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church where they are very involved in = the ministry of helps, and he of course also in singing. Barry also = has three children living in Florida, one living in Missouri, and one = living in Tennessee. Sheryl manages the Winslow Ministry office and = totally supports his music. Barry rejoins Shadoe from the Ozarks of = the “Show Me” State!
The Go Go’s Kathy Valentine
May 13th, 2006
Susan Cowsill Interview, Influenced the Partridge Family Series
May 8th, 2006Interview courtesy: Valerie Turner Polishook
Susan Cowsill began her career in the music industry at the tender age = of seven years old, when she joined her brothers Bill, Bob, B= arry, Paul, and John and her mother Barbara in the = pop group the Cowsills in 1966. While best remembered as the = real-life group that inspired the television series The Partridge = Family, the Cowsills scored a handful of fine hit singles = (including “Hair,” “Indian Lake,” and “The Rain, the Park and Other = Things”) and released six albums before the group disbanded in 1971, when = Susan was 12. While the Cowsills did periodic reunion shows = (and cut a well-received new album in 1998, Global), Susan = took a break from the music business for most of the 1970s, though she cut = a pair of singles for Warner Brothers in 1977. It was in the = early ’80s that Susan began making a serious name for herself again in = music, initially as a backing vocalist. She became a full-time = member of Dwight Twilley’s band and sang on several of his albums in = the 1980s, including 1984’s Jungle, which spawned the hit = single “Girls.” In the 1990s, Susan’s career moved into higher gear; = she was in demand as a backing vocalist, lending her talents to albums by = Hootie & the Blowfish, Giant Sand, the Smithereens, = Carlene Carter, and Jules Shear, and she began to step back = into the spotlight when she joined the alt-country supergroup the = Continental Drifters, which also featured former Bangles = guitarist Vicki Peterson and Peter Holsapple of the = dB’s. Susan and Peter also formed a personal partnership when = they wed in 1992, while Vicki and Susan devoted some of their spare = time to a side project, the Psycho Sisters, who played club dates = and released a single. The Continental Drifters won enthusiasti= c reviews and a potent cult following in the United States, and even = greater commercial success in Europe, releasing three albums and an EP = between 1994 and 2001. Susan soon formed a solo band with C= hris Knotts on guitar, Rob Savoy on bass, and Russ Broussard on drums; Broussard, who had played with the Continental = Drifters, married Susan in 2003, and as a side project they put = together a zydeco band, the Bonoffs, which gigged periodically around = their adopted hometown of New Orleans. In 2005, only 38 years after = appearing on record for the first time, Susan Cowsill finally released her = first solo album, the critically acclaimed Just Believe It, = which featured guest appearances from Vicki Peterson, Lucinda = Williams, and Adam Duritz. Susan speaks to Shadoe Steele = from her home in New Orleans.
MADPOD Jack Blades Interview Night Ranger, Damn Yankees
April 28th, 2006Jack Blades Interview Madpod
In addition to fronting one of the mid 80’s most successful mainstream/arena rock bands, Night Ranger, bassist/singer Jack Blades has either recorded with, penned songs for, or produced albums for some of rock’s biggest names. Originally hailing from Palm Springs, California, Blades joined countless local bands in the Southern California area during the early ’70s, during which time he attended San Diego State University (as a pre-med student). By the latter part of the decade, Blades had relocated to San Francisco, where he joined the dance-rock group Rubicon. The band issued a pair of obscure releases, 1978’s self-titled debut and 1980’s American Dreams, before splitting up. Blades and Rubicon guitarist Brad Gillis decided to form a new band together, one that would be more aligned to hard rock than their previous outfit. The early ’80s saw the formation of Night Ranger, along with members Alan Fitzgerald (keyboards), Jeff Watson (guitar), and Kelly Keagy (drums, vocals), who fit in perfectly with such then-thriving melodic rockers as Journey, Loverboy, and Van Halen. It didn’t take long for Blades to re-appear in another similarly styled band however, the all-star Damn Yankees, which consisted of Tommy Shaw, Ted Nugent, and Michael Cartellone. Jack Blades speaks with Shadoe from his home in the San Francisco’s Bay area.
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April 26th, 2006MADPOD #155 Tommy Chong Interview
April 22nd, 2006Interview arrangements courtesy of Jeff Abraham.
At their peak in the 1970s, Cheech and Chong represented the mainstream =
embodiment of the attitudes and lifestyles of the underground drug =
culture.� Much as W.C. Fields shot to fame by making =
alcohol the focus of his act, the duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong emerged from a cloud of pot smoke, simultaneously =
championing and lampooning the stoner community which became the team’s =
most ardent supporters; although derided by critics and dismissed by the =
general populace, the team’s stature as counterculture heroes was =
unquestioned, and for both aging hippies and dazed-and-confused teens, =
their comedy defined an era.=20
The team began to take shape in the late 1960s when, after entering =
show business as a guitarist in Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers,�Chong=
established City Works, a wild improvisational troupe later joined by Richard “Cheech” Marin.� When City Works dissolved, Cheech and =
Chong continued as a duo, formulating a musical comedy act.� The =
music proved short-lived, however, when audiences began reacting favorably =
to the team’s spacy pothead raps; after establishing their comic persona, =
the duo rarely deviated from the course =97 for record after record and =
film after film, they remained blissed-out stoners, their humor locked in =
the druggy stasis of the doper mentality.� Tommy Chong looks back on =
his career�with Shadoe Steele while on tour in Stamford Connecticut.
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MADPOD Cheech and Chong PROMO
April 20th, 2006Tommy Chong talks weed, Bush and more!
Sister Mary Elephant…
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MADPOD #152 Stephen Pearcy RATT Interview
April 14th, 2006MADPOD: Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy joins Shadoe from Los Angeles.
You remember “Round and Round”.
MADPOD #152 Stephen Pearcy RATT Interview
MADPOD PROMO RATT's Stephen Peary Music Played in Space?
April 12th, 2006MADPOD: Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy joins Shadoe from Los Angeles.
You remember “Round and Round”.
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