Chuck Shute Podcast

Greg Walls is guitarist who was an early member of Anthrax and has also played with Stephen Pearcy. He has some great stories of the early days of Anthrax, hanging with Metallica, the New York rock scene and more! Check it out! 00:00 - Intro00:33 - Early Days of Anthrax 06:15 - Scott's Drive & Business Sense 08:40 - Anthrax Lineup Changes 09:38 - Fistful of Metal & Greg's Contributions 12:06 - Scott's Book Signing 14:35 - Songwriting Credits & Making Peace 23:57 - Reaction to Greg's Video 25:50 - Memories of Metallica 28:55 - Different Paths & Other Musical Projects 32:55 - Dave Mustaine 33:42 - Real Estate Career Vs Music Business 36:05 - Playing with Stephen Pearcy 37:42 - Future Musical Projects 38:50 - Tragedy Strikes 42:38 - Children's Burn Foundation 44:06 - Outro Greg Walls YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@GregoryWallsChildren's Burn Foundation website:https://www.childburn.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Violet Saturn is a young up and coming band consisting of siblings  Lauren Carr Reed (vocals) and Spencer Carr Reed (guitars).   The band makes melodic pop-punk songs in the vein of Paramore.  They recently released a new album titled "All The Cool Kids" on the Big Machine Label (Sheryl Crow, The Struts).  We discuss the new album, songwriting, visual style, the L.A. rock scene and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Welcome Violet Saturn! 01:05 - New Album "All The Cool Kids" 01:30 - Signed to Big Machine Label Group 04:28 - Writing Songs & Learning to Produce 05:11 - Sweetest Life & Early Songwriting 06:00 - Young & Dumb & Songwriting Process 07:31 - Learning Music 09:01 - All the Cool Kids 11:27 - Developing Style 12:24 - Nick Ruiz of Joyous Wolf & L.A. Bands 13:47 - Troubadour 14:36 - Love You Madly 15:47 - Who Is She? with Josh Freese & Chris Chaney 16:54 - Over Songwriting & Recording 17:54 - You Should Go & Guitar Solos 19:30 - Korn, Influences & Modern Music 21:17 - Paramore & Opening Bands 22:07 - Getting Along as Siblings 23:17 - Losing Things in Malibu Fire 24:25 - Future Live Shows Locally & Tour27:58 - Humane Society & Pets 29:02 - Outro Violet Saturn website:https://www.violetsaturn.com/The Humane Society website:https://www.humanesociety.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Mike Tramp is a singer, songwriter and guitarist.  He is best known for his work as the singer in White Lion. The band had several hits, sold millions of records and toured with AC/DC, Motley Crue, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne and others. Mike also put out two albums with the band Freak of Nature and several solo records. His latest album “Songs of White Lion” is a re-imagining of many classic White Lion songs. He will hit the road soon in support of the record. We discuss all this and more! Check it out! 00:00 - Intro00:40 - New Album - Songs of White Lion 03:21 - Guitar Player Marcus Nand 04:34 - Full Band Shows & Set Lists 06:05 - Solo Vs. White Lion 07:25 - Cry For Freedom & Big Game Album 08:25 - Hunger, Work Ethic & Showmanship 10:35 - Reflecting Back on the 80s Good Times 13:25 - Melodic Songs & Campfire Songs 14:47 - White Lion Future & Vito Collaboration 17:18 - New York Music Scene 20:05 - Early Musical Background 21:00 - No Rockstar Fantasies 22:40 - Business & Money 26:34 - Freak of Nature 29:05 - Producing or Mentoring 31:10 - Teaming Up with Other Artists 33:10 - Charities 34:15 - Promotion 35:00 - Outro Mike Tramp Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MikeTrampOfficial/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Steve Augeri is a rock singer & songwriter, best known for fronting the band Journey for 8 years.  Steve also played with Tall Stories & Tyketto and now has a solo career.  His new album "Seven Ways 'Til Sunday" is available now.  He'll be hitting the road soon for Parti-Gras with Bret Michaels, Night Ranger, Jefferson Starship & Mark McGrath. We'll discuss all this and more in this episode! Check it out! 00:00 - Intro00:31 - New Album "Seven Ways 'Til Sunday" 03:25 - New Song "Desert Moon" & Neal Schon 04:31 - Songwriting Royalties 05:35 - New Song "Magic" & Guitarist Adam Holland 06:50 - Performing Songs Live 07:56 - Tall Stories & Tyketto 09:20 - Early Days & NYC Rock Scene 13:42 - Shows with Mr. Big 15:01 - Musical Hiatus to Journey Gig 17:51 - Learning from Journey 21:50 - Current Situation with Journey 25:05 - New Shows with Bret Michaels 27:05 - Mark McGrath 28:20 - Underworld with Kee Marcello 30:40 - Marketing Music Now 35:55 - Walburton, Northshore & Bissell Charities 38:13 - Outro Steve Augeri website:https://www.steveaugeri.com/Northshore Animal League website:https://www.animalleague.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

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!