Stay ConnectedFigure Eights is a music podcast hosted by Nick Leet from the MPLS rock band “High on Stress”
Join Nick as he interviews musicians, producers and music industry professionals.
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Join me as I talk to the very talented, Craig Wedren, frontman of Shudder to Think. We talk about his life, Shudder to Think, approach to songwriting as well as his successful career scoring TV & Film including School of Rock (Jack Black), Shrill (Aidy Bryant), Reno 911, Moxie (Amy Poehler) and so many others. It was quite a pleasure.
Join me and special guest co-host, Bill Muller from the band Saint Small, as we talk to Matt Gentling about his life, hobbies, history of Archers of Loaf, joining Band of Horses and all sorts of bass guitar talk. Fun conversation with a great guy. Go see him this summer at Lollapalooza with the Band of Horses.
"I lived my dream"
Join me as Gary Lee Conner of the Screaming Trees talks to me about SST Records, the early 90s Seattle scene, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Mark Lanegan, drugs, van crashes and everything else under the sun. Awesome in depth conversation.
Join me as I chat with Record Producer / Engineer, Jim Ebert, as he takes me through his career producing the "Hey Album" by Marvelous 3, solo Butch Walker records, Matthew Ryan, Meredith Brooks, Madonna, Jason Falkner and more. He also talks to me about his program "Cancer Can Rock" which is for a fantastic cause. Nice guy! Great talent.
Join me as I chat with Mike Malinin. Mike was the drummer of the Goo Goo Dolls from 1995-2013 starting with the "A Boy Named Goo" Tour, through the huge success of "Dizzy Up the Girl" and more. He's now the band leader and drummer for country music legend, Tanya Tucker. Really fun talk about punk rock, country music and Minot, North Dakota. Give it a listen!
Join me as I speak with music journalist and author, Charles R. Cross. He was the Editor of The Rocket in Seattle for fifteen years (1986–2000) during the height of the Seattle music mania. He is also the founder of Backstreets Magazine, a periodical for fans of Bruce Springsteen. His 2001 biography of Kurt Cobain (Heavier Than Heaven) was winner of the 2002 ASCAP Award for Outstanding Musical Biography. We chat about Kurt Cobain, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, cancel culture and so many more topics. Fun music fan chat. Give it a listen!
Join me as I chat with musical wizard, Jason Falkner. Jason chats with me from his porch about being in the studio with Paul McCartney, the origins of Jellyfish, the Grays, playing shows with Cheap Trick and many other wild adventures. He's most likely been on some of your favorite records. Fun chat with a one of a kind musician.
Join Nick as he talks to Sam Powers, former bass player of Superdrag as they discuss touring with Guided by Voices, playing live shows with Lees of Memory and what's he's been up to since his time in Superdrag. Good talk!
Join Nick as he talks to David Bash. David is the founder and CEO of the International Pop Overthrow Music Festival that talks place all over the country as well as a handful of other countries including the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England. They chat about the festival, record collecting, COVID and silver linings. Nice talk!
Join Nick as he chats with American actor, comedian, and writer, Brian Stack. Brian is best known for his sketch comedy work on all three Conan O'Brien late-night talk shows, previously working on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and on O'Brien's current talk show, Conan on TBS. Stack left Conan in April 2015 to join the writing staff of the CBS series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Topics include entertainment giants Chris Farley, Jon Favreau, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Steve Carell as well as musicians Neil Young, Jeff Tweedy, the Replacements, Lou Reed and more. Hilarious guy! I'm Wiki Bear...yay!
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