Tad Doyle (full name Thomas Andrew Doyle) is a musician, formerly of the band Tad and now his own solo projects. He has been called “the godfather of grunge” as his band Tad was one of the first grunge bands in Seattle.  Initially on the famed Subpop record label, they later scored two major label deals. The band toured with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Primus & Sweet Water, among others. After the band ended Tad had some other projects and now make music under the name Thomas Andrew Doyle. His latest album “Forgotten Sciences” is out now. We discuss the new record, mental health, the Seattle music scene, film work and more! 00:00 - Intro00:46 - Welcome & Names01:25 - Seattle & San Diego 03:30 - Seattle Favorites 04:40 - Physical & Mental Health  07:50 - Recording New Music 08:40 - Forgotten Sciences & Mental Health 18:30 - Cutting Down Album & Streaming 21:00 - Truth & Parenting 24:12 - Goal With Record & Soundtracks 30:05 - Why No Tad Reunion 33:10 - Discovering Music & Streaming 34:45 - Possible Live Music 36:35 - Seattle Live Music Venues 38:50 - Seattle Bands & Shows 42:28 - Acting for "Singles" & "Twin Peaks" 44:40 - Subpop Records & Store & New Bands 46:35 - Musical Collaborations Past & Future 49:30 - Doing Different Musical Styles 51:55 - American Cancer Society 53:16 - OutroThomas Andrew Doyle website:https://www.taddoyle.com/American Cancer Society website:https://www.cancer.org/donate.htmlChuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Frank Robb is an alligator expert and founder of the non-profit EEARSS (Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services).  He became a Chicago legend when he caught the alligator Chance the Snapper in Humboldt Park in 2019. We discuss that incident along with many interesting facts about alligators and how they may have some answers to curing disease in humans. 00:00 - Intro00:37 - Frank's Background 03:20 - Alligators Vs. Crocodiles 05:25 - Location, Size, & Lifespan 07:45 - Alligators, Gender & Pollutants 09:43 - Alligators & Intelligence 12:27 - Alligators With Dogs & Humans 15:10 - Alligators Diet 17:27 - Sounds Alligators Make & Teeth 19:55 - Alligators & Their Young 21:18 - Gator Holes & Predators 24:00 - Humans Feeding Alligators & Social Media 28:35 - Alligators & Manatees Hanging Together 29:32 - Chicago Gator Chance "The Snapper" 37:15 - Alligators Endocrine Systems 39:25 - Alligators & Echosystem 40:40 - Pythons 42:25 - Alligators, Disease & Conservation Issues 48:17 - Giant Snakes & Risk 51:45 - EEARSS 52:46 - Outro EEARSS website:https://eearss.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Andy Haynes is a comedian, writer, actor and podcaster.  His latest special, The Coward of Gramercy is available now for free on YouTube.  In this interview we discuss the Seattle comedy scene, navigating offensiveness in comedy, eyebrows, sobriety and more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:43  - Wife & Bert Kreischer 0:02:40 - Comedy Journey & Seattle Scene 0:10:42 - Phoenix Comedy Scene 0:14:20 - Comedy & Making Money  0:19:19 - Wokeness, Comedy & Offended 0:27:12 - Fahim Anwar Edgy? 0:31:59 - Competition with Comedians 0:34:05 - Smart Comedy 0:35:40 - Eyebrow Issues 0:38:45 - Alcohol & Weed Issues 0:41:50 - Sobriety & Mental Health 0:43:15 - Instagram Explore & Camping 0:46:00 - Comedy Tour & New Special 0:48:30 - Seattle Scene Changes 0:51:00 - Soccer & Saudis 0:56:55 - Mexican Food, Basketball & Sports Bets 1:01:35 - American Native Indian College Fund 1:05:36 - Outro Andy Haynes website:https://www.imandyhaynes.com/American Indian College Fund website:https://collegefund.org/Chuck Shute website:https://www.chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Ari Nagel is an American mathematics professor and a sperm donor who has fathered more than 140 children. He has been nicknamed the Sperminator or the Target Donor, after the American retail corporation in whose stores some of his artificial-insemination donations were performed.  In this episode we discuss Ari’s backstory and how he became a sperm donor, the complications of having 140 kids, legal issues and more. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:07 - Background & Growing Up 0:04:03 - Motorcycle Accident, Money & Travel 0:07:36 - Craiglist Ad & First Donations 0:11:13 - Ari Compared to a Clinic 0:13:01 - Ari's Involvement in Children's Lives 0:15:35 - Complications & Different Rules & Prices 0:22:07 - Health Issues 0:23:45 - Making the Exchange 0:25:47 - The Moms & Vetting Process 0:32:00 - Child Support,  Legal Issues & Parenting 0:37:00 - Father's Day Weekend 0:37:37 - Happiness, Time & Travel 0:43:17 - Addiction & Retirement0:45:59 - Kids & Moms Upset 0:47:49 - Good Father 0:49:30 - Attachment 0:50:42 - Settling Down with a Woman 0:52:55 - Helping & Different Families 0:57:03 - Dr. Oz & Talk Shows 0:59:20 - Outlook 1:00:56 - Outro Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Penelope Spheeris is a film director, producer and screenwriter.  She directed all 3 of "The Decline of Western Civilization" with a 4th one on the way.  She also directed Suburbia, Black Sheep and Wayne's World.  This was one of the  most fun interviews I've done this year, maybe ever.  Lots of great stories about Hollywood, working with Chris Farley, her unreleased movie about Ozzfest, UFO abductions and so much more!  Check it out! 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - The Decline of Western Civilization 3 04:01 - Childhood & Background  06:00 - Movies & TV Shows & Creative Outlet  11:00 - Hollywood Business  12:25 - Lorne Michaels & Early Days  14:30 - Misunderstanding Punk Rock 16:50 - Frustration With Movie Choices 20:50 - Black Sheep & Chris Farley  24:15 - John Candy 25:34 - Happiness, Meditation & Film Industry 30:00 - Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne & Oz Fest Movie 36:17 - UFO Abductions 39:30 - Autobiography Coming Soon 40:28 - Rockstar With Mark Wahlberg 42:13 - Working with the Weinsteins 44:00 - Crispin Glover 45:20 - Flea from RHCP 46:15- Establishment, Homeless Crisis & Mental Health 52:10 - Rescues Rock 53:15 - Outro  Penelope Spheeris website: https://penelopespheeris.com/ Rescues Rock website: https://www.rescuesrock.com/ Chuck Shute website: https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Brett Crozier is a retired captain in the United States Navy and author.  His current book "Surf When You Can" shares the inspiring and unexpected lessons he learned from a lifetime of honor, service and leadership.  We discuss his Navy career, life lessons he talks about in the book and more! 00:00 - Intro00:46 - Jack Carr on Rogan Praising Brett 01:40 - Making Decisions 02:40 - Never Turn Down Espresso 09:22 - Top Gun Inspiration & Challenging Yourself  13:10 - Adrenaline & Flying Jets 15:35 - Jets Vs. Nuclear Reactor 17:35 - UFOs18:48 - Kindness & Nice Guys Finish Last24:49 - Prioritizing 32:15 - Surf When You Can & Balance37:27 - Life Moving Fast & Rocking Chair Test 38:50 - Speaking Up Even When Scared 42:55 - Veterans Village San Diego 44:42 - Outro Surf When You Can Book: https://www.amazon.com/Surf-When-You-Can-Leadership-ebook/dp/B0BHTP34L6Veteran's Village of San Diego website:https://vvsd.net/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Gary Cherone is a singer & songwriter, best known as the singer of Extreme and former singer of Van Halen. He also the current singer for the Joe Perry Project. His band Extreme has a phenomenal new album titled “Six” that we discuss track by track. We also talk a little about the albums Pornograffiti and 3 Sides to Every Story. Lots of great stuff from Gary!00:00 - Intro 00:49 - New Extreme Album "Six" Artwork 02:25 - Production, Songwriting & Sound05:40 - The Song "#Rebel"l & Keyboard Warriors 08:30 - The Song "Banshee" & Rhyming11:10 - The Song "Small Town Beautiful" 12:30 - The Song "The Mask" 14:04 - Industrial Sound On Songs 17:30 - The Song "Hurricane" 19:33 - The Song "Beautiful Girls" 21:22 - Pornograffit & Genre 24:08 - 3 Sides to Every Story & Freddie Mercury 28:10 - Album Promotion 28:55 - Outro Cover pic by Joe Orlando for Full Access Detroit Extreme Band website:https://extreme-band.com/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Dee Snider is a musician, actor and writer. He was the lead singer of Twisted Sister as well as Widowmaker and a solo band. He famously testified against censorship of music in a 1985 senate hearing.  Dee returns for the second time on my show to promote his new book “Frats”, about high school fraternities set in 1970s New York. We discuss the book, people trying to cancel Dee, how we can help people get along better, his marriage advice and more! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:44 - New Book "Frats" 0:05:45 - Fights & "Toxic Masculinity" 0:10:50 - Sensitive Culture & Comedy 0:16:35 - Intent, Kindness & Being Civil 0:21:43 - Trying to Cancel Dee 0:25:50 - Chasing Kids with a Chainsaw 0:26:42 - Accepting Differences 0:28:55 - Kid Rock Video 0:30:05 - Moderates Vs. Extremists 0:33:06 - Expecting The Best In People 0:36:55 - Hanging With Trump 0:39:20 - Fighting for Artist Royalties  0:40:58 - Wanting to Be Rich & Famous 0:47:45 - Jobs Taken by A.I. 0:49:30 - Inspiring & Lifting Up 0:50:55 - Turning Down Opioid Commercial 0:52:07 - Married for 47 Years 0:55:25 - Upcoming Projects 0:57:15 - Charities 1:00:10 - Outro Dee Snider website:https://deesnider.com/Melissa's Wish website:https://www.melissaswish.org/Homeless Vets charity website:https://nchv.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Klaus Eichstadt is the guitarist and founding member of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe. They had two massive hits with “Everything About You” & “Cat’s in the Cradle.”  They also have shared the stage with Def Leppard, Guns ‘n Roses, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Bon Jovi and more. The band has a new album out now called “Rad Wings of Destiny” and a U.S. tour with Fozzy & Pistols at Dawn. We discuss the band’s history, new songs, live shows, & more! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:40 - Ugly Kid Joe Tour 0:01:53 - Whit's Vocals 0:04:45 - Ugly Kid Joe Early Days 0:05:31 - Playing Songs Live & Aging 0:09:13 - AC/DC Singers 0:12:27 - Aerosmith & Steven Tyler 0:13:20 - Playing with Big Bands 0:15:28 - Reception of Current Tour 0:17:01 - New Songs & Set List 0:18:40 - Guitarist Dave Fortman 0:19:25 - Cordell Crockett & Mike Squires 0:20:35 - Drummer/Singer Cam Greenwood 0:22:06 - God Damn Devil, Demo & Eric Valentine 0:23:32 - Everything About You Song & Video 0:26:25 - Original Members Roger Lahr & Mark Davis 0:28:15 - Band Hiatus & Other Projects 0:32:27 - Creative Direction & Artwork  0:35:32 - Skating, Surfing & Snowboarding 0:36:55 - Ugly Kid Joe & Skid Row Tour 0:37:55 - Playing Music & Stepping Away 0:42:35 - Wanting To Be Cool & Accepted 0:46:05 - Motley Crue 0:46:56 - Touring with Fozzy & Pistols At Dawn 0:48:10 - Exercising 0:49:26 - Possible Live Album 0:51:15 - Panhandlin' Prince & Trump 0:52:15 - Hits & Album Tracks 0:53:50 - Adding Tour Dates & Meet n Greets 0:55:36 - Trans People 0:57:30 - Thrash Metal & Metallica 0:59:05 - Phoenix, Rob Halford & Alice Cooper 1:01:27 - Outro 📸 Photo by Voltage Junkie- https://instagram.com/voltage__junkie?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==Ugly Kid Joe website:https://uglykidjoe.net/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Huck Johns is musician and hat maker.  He spent a long time in the music business and has some cool experiences such as getting a call from Slash inquiring about trying out for Velvet Revolver, writing a song with Kid Rock and touring with Ted Nugent.  He has since left Hollywood and moved to Tennessee and focused on making custom hats.  Some people who have worn his hats include Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons and Jake Kiszka (Greta Van Fleet).  It was fun chatting with him and hearing his insights and stories from the music business! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:37 - Living in Franklin, TN0:04:22 - Growing Up in Detroit & Singing 0:14:35 - Invitation From Slash to Try Out For V.R. 0:19:55 - Auditioning for Rent 0:24:10 - Co-Writing with Kid Rock 0:32:57 - The Entertainment Industry & Success 0:39:30 - Solo Music Career & Record 0:47:05 - Working with Jimmy Ashhurst 0:50:47 - Black Robot 1:01:25 - Music Business 1:06:55 - George Clooney Story 1:13:30 - Huck's Hats 1:20:07 - Heartstrings Foundation 1:26:15 - Outro Huck Johns music website:https://www.huckjohns.com/Huck Hats website:https://huckhats.com/Heartstrings Foundation website:https://heartstringsfoundation.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!