Phil Soussan is a bass player, songwriter and music producer.  He has worked with some absolute legends including Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Page and Billy Idol. His latest project, Last in Line has a new album out on March 31st titled “Jericho.” We discuss the new album, songwriting process, satanic themes in music, working with Jani Lane & Vince Neil and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Technical Difficulties 01:38 - New Last in Line Album 03:50 - Progression of the Band 05:18 - The Evolution of the Songs 07:58 - Songwriting Process 11:35 - Biblical Themes & Positive Message 14:28 - Satanic Imagery in Music & Ultimate Sin Cover 16:35 - Music Bringing People Together & Challenges 18:20 - Work with Jani Lane 19:20 - Common Thread Among Superstar Frontmen 20:40 - Phil's Continued Success & Taking a Break 24:25 - Phil's Work with Vince Neil 26:05 - MusiCares & Randy Castillo 27:38 - Paralyzed Veterans of America 28:40 - Outro Phil Soussan website:https://philsoussan.com/Last in Line website:https://www.lastinlineofficial.com/MusiCares website:https://www.musicares.org/Paralyzed Veterans of America website:https://secure.pva.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Dean Janikowski is the kicker for Washington State University. He was All Pac-12 in 2021 and had a great season in 2022 hitting 11 of 14 field goals including a 50 yarder. Dean also recently raised over $17,000 to help people  with cancer treatments. We had a great chat about the mental aspects of football, some of the coaches he has worked with, the foundation dedicated to his mom and more! 00:00 - Intro00:45 - Sebastian Janikowski (No Relation) 02:27 - John Carney & Becoming a Kicker 04:20 - Kicking Strength 06:14 - Growing Up in Small Town California 07:20 - Choosing Wazzu Over Other Schools 09:10 - Structure at WSU 12:10 - WSU Visit & Garner Minshew 12:58 - Mike Leach 17:02 - Becoming the Coug Kicker 19:15 - The Mental Part of Kicking 22:15 - Coach Dickert 23:10 - Cowboy's Kicker & Missed P.A.T.s 24:30 - Laces Out 25:26 - Icing Kickers 26:15 - Cougs Season & Bowl Game 28:05 - Sidelines, Coaching & Fans 30:00 - Trolls in Games & Social Media 31:32 - Heather Janikowski Foundation & Story 38:01 - Goals for Next Year 39:35 - New Analytics for Kickers 40:33 - Outro Heather Janikowski Foundation website:https://hj.foundation/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Susan Bennett is a voice actress and former backup singer for Roy Orbison & Burt Bacharach. She has done voiceover work for McDonalds, Coca Cola, Home Depot, Visa others. You can still hear her voice in the Delta terminal. She is most known for being the original voice of the American version of Siri. We discuss all this plus her voice role in the new horror film Margaux and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Music & NHL Marriage02:05 - Singing & Voiceover Work 04:15 - Path to Siri Voice Job 06:25 - Payment for Siri & Speaking Gigs 07:27 - Different Voices & Auditions  15:53 - Current Band & Freelance 16:48 - Memories with Roy Orbison & Burt Bacharach20:30 - Weird Siri Stuff 21:35 - Voiceover For Horror Movie & Dialogue 23:30 - Cameos & Business Side 27:30 - St. Jude's Children's Hospital 28:10 - Outro Susan Bennett website:https://susancbennett.com/St. Jude's Children's Hospital website:https://www.stjude.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Rick Hunolt is a musician most known for playing guitar in the thrash metal band Exodus. He has a new project called DieHumane with former Type O Negative drummer Sal Abruscato. We discuss the new project and the old days in Exodus including opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers, touring with Pantera, and more! Lots of great insight into the music business and life from Rick! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:43 - Last Name Pronunciation 0:01:32 - DieHumane Formation0:04:12 - Being Accessible to People 0:07:19 - New DieHumane Single & Musical Style 0:10:31 - Label, Management & Playing Live 0:13:39 - Singer Garret West & Tour Plans 0:16:55 - Mike Patton, Jim Martin & Faith No More 0:18:10 - Touring With Dio's Black Sabbath 0:20:07 - Opening for R.H.C.P. 0:21:13 - Bonded By Blood & Joining Exodus 0:25:22 - Les Claypool & Blind Illusion 0:26:26 - Bonded By Blood Accolades 0:27:17 - Tour with Venom & Slayer 0:30:32 - Pleasures of Flesh & Sylvia Massy0:32:10 - Dynamo Festival 0:33:32 - Fabulous Disaster & Impact is Imminent 0:35:15 - Drummer John Tempesta & Easy to Work With 0:37:17 - Respect, Relationship with Exodus & Future Touring Plans 0:40:16 - Getting Sober, Rock Bottom, Homelessness & Purpose 0:46:35 - Guitarists & Rick's Strengths 0:48:45 - Force of Habit Album 0:51:40 - Another Lesson In Violence 0:52:40 - Touring with Pantera & New Pantera Tour 0:55:36 - New Metal Bands & Musicians 0:58:21 - Getting Along in a Band, Ego & Staying Grounded 1:02:25 - New DieHumane Album & Pre-Order 1:03:35 - St. Jude's Children's Hospital 1:04:22 - Podcasting & Bad Interviews 1:06:21 - Insight in Music Business 1:08:00 - Outro DieHumane Album Pre-Order:https://wurmgroup.com/collections/diehumaneSt. Jude's Children's Hospital website:https://www.stjude.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Mike Portnoy is a drummer who has played with several bands including Dream Theater, Twisted Sister, Avenged Sevenfold and Sons of Apollo. He is currently promoting his band The Winery Dogs upcoming album “3” and subsequent tour. We discuss The Winery Dogs, Mike’s work ethic, drumming styles and much more! 00:00 - Intro00:42 - Twisted Sister Reunion 02:13 - New Winery Dogs & Mixer Jay Ruston 03:35 - Song Titles & Specific Songs 06:35 - Streaming Music & New Music 09:02 - Goal with New Record 10:30 - New Tour & New Dates 12:30 - Juggling Schedule & Multiple Bands 13:18 - Work Ethic & John Sykes 14:15 - Other Drummers & Drumming Style 17:15 - The Gig That Got Away & Other Gigs19:13 - Retirement & Practice 20:11 - Dude Where's My Music 20:35 - Neil Peart's Charity21:25 - Outro The Winery Dogs website:http://www.thewinerydogs.com/ Mike Portnoy website:https://www.mikeportnoy.com/Neil Peart Charity website:https://glioblastomafoundation.org/news/tribute-to-rush-drummer-neil-peart/neil-peartChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Todd Kerns is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being the bass player and backup singer in Slash’s solo band. Other bands and musicians he’s worked with include The Age of Electric, Toque, Bruce Kulick, and Faster Pussycat. His latest project is called Heroes & Monsters and includes guitarist Stef Burns (ex Alice Cooper) & drummer Will Hunt (Evanescence). We discuss the new band, working with Slash, singing vs playing bass, his Bill Murray story and more! 00:00 - Intro00:45 - Todd Singing 02:46 - Songwriting Process & Slash 05:24 - New Project as a Trio & Stef Burns07:41 - Will Hunt & Making the Record09:45 - Singing Vs. Playing Bass Only 12:15 - Heroes & Monsters New Album 20:26 - Work Ethic & Inspiration 24:40 - Bill Murray Story 26:52 - Cat Charity 28:14 - Outro Todd Kerns website:https://toddkerns.com/#homeChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Andrew Thorp King is an author, speaker, and record label owner. His most recent book “Failure Rules” discusses how people can learn from failure and use it to their advantage.  We have a really fascinating conversation about success, failure, money, risk, finding your true passion in life and more! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:45 - Idea of Failure Being "Good" 0:05:34 - Favorite & Most Successful Endeavors 0:08:41 - The Term "Safetyfile" & Friends0:14:03 - Pink Slip Bowler 0:16:31 - Nothing is Safe, Risk & Comfort Zones 0:19:51 - Money, Greed & Envy 0:25:34 - Billionaires & Competition 0:28:30 - Too Greedy & Monopoly 0:29:50 - Thing 1 & Thing 2 0:33:56 - Using Rejection as Fuel 0:37:16 - Record Label & Passive Income 0:38:25 - Rock Bottom, Welfare & Shame 0:45:25 - Using Cards Dealt as Motivation  0:47:55 - Perseverance0:50:38 - Division, Standing Out & Being Authentic 0:58:58 - Knowing When to Shift 1:01:30 - The Book Process 1:03:00 - Cigars 1:04:19 - Leary Firefighter Fund 1:05:51 - Outro Andrew Thorp King website:https://www.andrewthorpking.com/the-bookLeary Firefighters Foundation  website:https://learyfirefighters.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Join us for the final episode of 2022, with comedian Sidney Smith, author/activist Arno Michaelis and police officer/podcaster Knocko Nolan.  We will be breaking down some of the biggest news stories of the year and giving our own opinions.  Some serious deep philosophical stuff and also a ton of laughs! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:51 - Guest Introductions 0:04:07 - Kanye West 0:13:45 - Johnny Depp & Amber Heard 0:22:30 - Tom Brady & Gisele0:30:55 - Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck 0:37:05 - Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock 0:52:33 - Elon Musk Buys Twitter 1:03:48 - The Economy, Money & Happiness 1:14:37 - Helping the Less Fortunate & Life Purpose 1:33:25 - Social Systems & Problems 1:43:44 - Guest Charities 1:46:35 - Outro Sidney Smith website:https://www.sidneysmithcre8tiv.com/Parents 4 Peace website:https://www.parents4peace.org/America's Mighty Warriors website:https://americasmightywarriors.org/_1/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

The Year in Rock 2022! We're going over the year's biggest news, releases, concerts, reunion, gossip and more! We also reveal our favorite new rock music of 2022.  With special guests Troy Patrick Farrell (ex White Lion, Tantric) and Joe Scibilia (Rock 'N Roll & Coffee Show).  0:00:00 - Intro0:00:30 - Welcome Troy & Joe! 0:03:16 - Eddie Vedder Vs Nikki Sixx 0:07:10 - Judas Priest Band Shake Up 0:10:22 - Nita Strauss Quits Alice Cooper 0:13:22 - Neil Young & Spotify 0:18:26 - Touring & Budgeting Money 0:21:50 - 3 Days Grace & Shinedown 0:27:56 - Foo Fighters & Grammies 0:29:50 - Skid Row Changes Singers 0:36:20 - Great White Changes Singers 0:39:25 - Pantera Reunion 0:43:02 - Quiet Riot & Original Band Members 0:46:35 - Potential Van Halen Tribute Tour 0:49:30 - Nirvana Nevermind Cover Controversy 0:51:20 - Motley Crue & Def Leppard Stadium Tour 0:54:52 - Tommy Lee Dick Pic & Only Fans 0:57:25 - Mick Mars Replaced by John 5 1:01:05 - James Kottak of Scorpions & Kingdome Come 1:06:45 - Jason McMaster Fills In 1:09:25 - Dave Ellefson 1:11:31 - Sebastian Bach Fight1:13:06 - Journey Sues Journey 1:18:08 - In Memoriam1:19:30 - Taylor Hawkins & Drugs 1:24:26 - Joe's Favorite Music of the Year 1:28:10 - Troy's Favorite Music of the Year 1:34:10 - Chuck's Favorite Music of the Year 1:37:40 - Upcoming New Music, Tours & Bands 1:41:57 - Holiday Charity Shout Out 1:43:52 - Outro Troy Patrick Farrell website:https://drummertroy.com/Rock & Roll & Coffee Show website:https://anchor.fm/rnrcoffeeshow/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Salvation Army website:https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Alexa Rae is a drummer, songwriter and music producer. She has grown her Instagram to over 117,000 followers and had several videos go viral. Her current band, Pinktastic Plastixx recently opened for  English Beat and continues to grow their following. In this episode we discuss Alexa’s musical upbringing, people she’s worked with, social media and more! 00:00 - Intro00:50 - California & Arizona Life 02:26 - Twin Sister 03:43 - Musical Influences & Learning Music 06:28 - Learning Drums & Drum Kits 08:05 - Berkee Online School of Music 09:37 - Writing Music & Collaboration 11:36 - Pinktastic Plastixx & Opening for The English Beat 14:23 - Playing Jams, Plus, Women in Music & Maya Karli17:00 - Teaching Music & Working 18:00 - Social Media Strategy 22:36 - Viral Videos 26:00 - Other Page with Salem Darling 29:27 - Sponsorships31:23 - Female Drummers United 32:04 - Inspiring Others 33:45 - Difficult Songs 35:21 - Upcoming Shows & Viper Room 37:03 - Sweet Relief Charity 39:40 - Outro Alexa Rae link tree:https://linktr.ee/alexa.drumsSweet Relief website:https://www.sweetrelief.org/Chuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!