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Nick Hexum of 311 Aug 13, 2023

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Scott sits in person with Nick Hexum of 311 and gets into his path and journey in life from learning Jimmy Buffets "Margaritaville" at 12 to his early roots in Jazz and covers until the 311 sound was born…

They reminisce on great stories about The Clash, Joe Strummer to his early days of touring in RV's and eating top Ramen after moving to LA at 17…

They discuss faking it until you make it with Nick name dropping on phone calls the industry players out of Music Connection magazine to how they landed a deal with Capricorn...

They get into their body of work, the 13 albums and talk about key moments like Amber, Love song and how "Music" and "Evolver" are looked back at today.

They end with a top 5 quick round and talk a bit about the new record they are working on now...

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Luke Spiller of the Struts Jul 30, 2023

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Scott sits in person with the always fantastic Luke Spiller of The Struts on the day of their NYC show and they catch up about everything from the Taylor Hawkins performance to life on the road to the new record and acoustic EP…

They begin by chatting a bit about Luke's fashion obsessoin and segue way into life on the road and the summer festivals and the competitive nature of the shows…

They get into the idea of AI and rock music and talk about their new record and how it was recorded- to the new video, and tour and end with the Top 5 Rolling Stones songs and the Top 5 rock songs of all time…

Tune in for a fun one…

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Jason Mraz Jul 16, 2023

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Scott sits in person with the multi platinum 2x Grammy winner, Jason Mraz on the heels of the release of his eighth album, Jason is a force of positivity and inspiration today and they start with his early beginnings in Virginia…

They get into his early life, surrounded by the music of his parents and up to his days in school and finally migrating to the west coast after a short stint at school in NYC.

They talk about his early coffee shop days, how he got into music, from his first indie record deal to his major label deal with Elektra records..

They discuss the genesis of his first hit "Remedy" to "I'm Your's" up to the night he won 2 Grammys..

They getting into the recording and writing process of the new record, the meaning behind the album , the tour and even touch base on AI an the writing process.

Last but not least, they end with 2 sets of the top 5 questions…

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Michael Imperioli Jul 02, 2023

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Scott sits with Emmy award winning actor and star of the Sopranos and White Louts as well as countless other projects as well as his band Zopa ,Michael Imperioli and they get into everything under the sun…

They get into Michaels upbringing and discovering Queen to his love of acting, meeting Martin Scorsese and auditioning for Goodfellas -

They discuss winning a Emmy for the Sopranos and the night he threw it in the garbage..

They talk Jennifer Coolidge on White Lotus and the strange way he tracked down his band members of Zopa and what’s going on with the band currently today…

Along the way the share Lou Reed stories, stories about NYC, working w Deniro and Pesci, how he got fired from his first theater gig and his connection w James Goldifini….

Tune in for a great episode!

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Mod Sun Jun 18, 2023

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Scott sits with singer, songwriter, artist, author, director and rapper Modsun and they catch up on all things in this exciting new interview..

They get into his relationship with MGK, Travis Barker to Feldy and so much more, starting out with growing up in Minnesota to Long beach and how he got his start as a drummer, playing covers of some of the bands he loved and how being part of that inner circle…

They touch base on the 27 club to Dylan to sobriety to tour life and how he got to where he is today..

Last but not least they discuss the festival circutit hes starting and new mucis…get ready for a great show!

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Butch Vig Jun 05, 2023

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Scott sits with the legendary producer of Nirvana's Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkin's Siamese Dream as well as the drummer and songwriter of alt rock band Garbage… They get into Butch's upbringing, being surrounded by music at a young age from a mother that was a music teacher. They get into his formative years playing piano and eventually getting into drums up to attending college for film composition and eventually starting Smart studios while playing in early bands like Eclipse and Spooner… They talk about the first Pumpkins record Gish up to Nirvanas Nevermind and the Pumpkins Siamese Dream.. They talk about early memories of Kurt Cobain sending Smells like teen spirit rehearsals to Butch along with driving in Billy Corgan's car listening to the early songwriting process..They get into working with other bands like Sonic Youth and Killdozer early on. They end by discussing Garbage, the tour, the new record and everything in between…

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Bella Thorne and Dani Thorne May 22, 2023

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Topics include

2:33 on the amped show they have, Twisted sisters
3:23 on growing up around music
5:00 on Dani performing at Ultra
5:45 on growing up around 80's music and Rocknroll
7:17 on Dani wanting to be a astronaut
9:45 on both getting bit by the acting bug early on
11:50 on Dani fangirling over Hillary Duff
16:15 Bella on entourage
17:32 Could Entourage exist today?
23:00 growing up on Disney
25:45 Bella Thorne’s first concert
28:15. Dani on her first EDM DJ gigs and mushrooms
28:38 Dani on her name Com3t
29:17 Bella, on making new music?
31:52 on Bella’s performance at Carnegie hall
34:34 Bella, on losing the manuscript to her first book on a plane
37:58 Dani’s life highlight- Djing at ultra
38:45 Bella-on her jewelry line, Thorne
42:50 on their podcast Twisted Sisters
45:24 on SnoopDog and Twisted sisters
46:15 on cruising in Snoopdogs caravan and going to Ihop with him
49:35 Dani on her new music
50:00 Bella on wanting to create a lingerie line
54:00 on the sisters writing music together
55:34 on Bella’s love of Billy Squier
57:05 Dani’s top 5 most underrated DJs
58:05 the top 5 highest paid Dj's in the world?

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Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme May 07, 2023

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Scott sits with his longtime friend Nuno Bettencourt from the band Extreme who some might say is the best guitar player in the rock/music world today…

They catch up for a minute then share so many stories from how Extreme was born over Queen, to his relationship w Brian May and Eddie Van Halen and of course the infamous Led Zeppelin story..

they get into Nuno's upbringing, how his brothers turned him on to music, his first concert, to the new album and inspiration behind it and all the praise they have been receiving thus far…

they end the episode with some quick fire questions like the 5 most underrated guitar players to the 5 best frontmen in Rocknroll..

Stay tuned for some old friends catching up and for a exciting episode with one of the best guitar players around…

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Silversun Pickups Apr 24, 2023

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Scotts sits with indie Rock darlings, Brian Aubert and Nikki Monninger of Silversun pickups and talk about their incredible 23 year history.

Along they way they talk about the grammy nomination and even touch base on current pop culture subjects like the Last of Us to the Fast and Furious to stories about Elliot Smith to Motley Crue. They get into the band name, how they band met, their early years in Silverlake, through Lazy Eye to the current album Physical Thrills.

Along they way they talk Butch Vig, this current tour and so much more.

Tune in for a exciting episode and we look forward to part 2.

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Stephen Sanchez Apr 10, 2023

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Scott sits with new rising Star Stephen Sanchez who has amassed over 4 billion global streams of his single Until I found you and can call amongst his admirers Sir Elton John, who has called him of his newest favorite artist.

They take it back to the beginning, and speak about his upbringing and the music that surrounded him at a young age. They get into his early influences like Frank Sinatra, the Inkspots, Nat King Cole , Elvis and how he first discovered his voice. They talk about moving to Nashville, finding his community and how he started posting on Tik Tok which lead to his deal with Republic records…

They get into his new record, the rest of his journey, his current sold out tour, and share some great stories along the way!

Tune in fore a great episode

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