Chuck Shute Podcast

Eric Roberts is an Academy Award nominated actor who’s appeared in over 600 films and TV shows. Some of the most notable include Babylon, The Righteous Gemstones, The Dark Knight, The Expendables and many more. We discuss some of the roles he’s had including his cameo in The Cable Guy, potentially working with Quentin Tarantino, having a family in entertainment, and so much more. Lots of good stories and wisdom in this one! Check it out! 00:00 - Intro00:43 - Social Media 01:35 - Work Schedule & Helping Others 06:08 - Working on "Babylon" & The Oscars08:40 - Upcoming Film "Sweetwater" 09:50  - Cameo in "The Cable Guy" 11:52 - John Waters & Director Styles 14:04 - Civilization of Maxwell Bright 15:10 - Music Videos 16:07 - Hunt to Kill & Stone Cold Steve Austin 17:05 - Inherent Vice & P.T. Anderson 19:17 - Sitcom Work 20:32 - Entourage 22:05 - The Righteous Gemstones 23:35 - Turning Down Roles & Favorite Genre24:55 - Reality TV 25:58 - Doing Talk Shows & Interviews 29:03 - Quentin Tarantino 31:25 - Working with Difficult Personalities 33:40 - Recognizing Signs of Addiction 37:15 - Entertainment Family & Stuttering 42:45 - Reactions from Audience & Crew 48:01 - Keaton Simons 49:00 - Writing a Book 49:50 - Natural Child Project 51:13 - Outro Eric Roberts IMDB:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000616/Natural Child Project:https://www.naturalchild.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Ace Von Johnson is a musician, voice actor and pit bull advocate.  He has played with the U.S. Bombs, Unwritten Law, Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns, his current band.  They have a new album out on April 14th called “Black Diamonds” as well as some west coast live dates.  We discuss the new album, RocknPod, dealing with trolls, playing live and more! 0:00:00 - Intro0:01:00 - RocknPod & Meet & Greets 0:05:45 - Nashville Rock Scene 0:09:34 - New L.A. Guns Album 0:16:15 - Cover Songs & Warped Tour0:23:00 - Punk Rock to Hard Rock Gigs 0:31:31 - Trolls, Mental Health & Social Media 0:45:45 - Kind Fans, Gratitude & Opinions 0:54:12 - New Projects & L.A. Guns Playing Live 1:02:20 - Money Side of Music Business 1:11:17 - Pitbull Charities & Paying It Forward Ace Von Johnson website:http://www.acevonjohnson.com/site/L.A. Guns website:http://lagunsmusic.com/Humane Society website:https://www.humanesociety.org/Linda Blair's Worldheart Foundation website:http://www.lindablairworldheart.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Slaves to Humanity is an Orange County based rock band that plays a sound described as “sunset grunge.” Singer Aidan Amini and guitarist Pierce Akers discuss the history of the band, appearing on the show No Cover with Alice Cooper & Gavin Rosdale, the new single Bully and so much more! Definitely a band with a bright future! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:50 - From 4 Piece to 5 Piece 0:02:19 - Aidan's Path From Guitar to Singing 0:04:38 - Guitarist Pierce Akers & Influences  0:06:43 - Slaves to Humanity Sound 0:08:27 - Guns 'N Roses 0:10:18 - First Incarnation of Slaves To Humanity 0:13:33 - New Version of Slaves to Humanity 0:15:56 - Building Following, KLOS & Violet Saturn 0:18:05 - Musical Connections & Collaboration 0:21:32 - Newest Single "Bully" & Bully Experiences 0:33:10 - Songwriting Process 0:35:37 - Song "I Love It" 0:38:25 - Songs With Scott Holiday of Rival Sons 0:39:30 - Future Album Release Plans & Promotion 0:42:19 - Manager Shep Gordon's Advice & Branding 0:44:25 - Sunset Grunge & New Sound  0:45:50 - Gavin Rosdale's Advice 0:48:10 - Younger Generation & Sensitivity 0:54:20 - Five Day Stint in Seattle 0:58:20 - New Bands 1:01:05 - St. Jude's Children's Hospital 1:03:08 - Outro Slaves to Humanity band website:https://www.slavestohumanity.com/St. Jude's website:https://www.stjude.org/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Ronni Le Tekrø is a guitarist and songwriter, best known for playing in the Norwegian hard rock band TNT with Tony Harnell. He has new album out soon with Ledfoot that has some psychedelic, blues and folk influences. We discuss this new album along with the TNT reunion, live shows and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Limited Edition Lava Lamp01:40 - Little Rosie & Crying 03:08 - Ego In The Coffin 04:15 - Other Songs 05:35 - Sister From The Color Purple 06:15 - This Hurtful Game & Sad Songs 06:50 - Album Pre-Order 07:36 - Live Shows & TNT Reunion 08:23.- New Music with TNT 09:25 - Relationship with Tony Harnell 11:10 - Everyone's a Star 12:18 - Tonight I'm Falling & 80s Nostalgia 13:19 - Knights Of The New Thunder Album 14:26 - My Religion & Realized Fantasies 15:44 - Label & Promotion 17:39 - Relationship with Zakk Wylde 18:37 - Love Is For Suckers & Dee Snider20:05 - Producing New Bands 21:03 - Amnesty International 21:44 - War With Russia & Putin My Ass Song 24:03 - Outro Ronni Le Tekro website:https://www.ronniletekro.com/TNT band website:https://tnttheband.com/Amnesty International website:https://www.amnesty.org/en/Chuck Shute website:https://chuckshute.com/Support the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

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!