Tim “Ripper” Owens is the former singer for Judas Priest who now sings for KK’s Priest, The Three Tremors and his own solo career. Tom Collier is the guitarist and singer for the band Held Hostage. The band has a new album out now with guest vocals from Tim. In this episode we discuss the new album, Covid boosters, Bolivian cocaine, mental health and more! I haven’t laughed this hard on a podcast in a while! 00:00 - Intro00:56 - Tom's Story 01:20 - Tom Meeting Tim & Shows 03:15 - KK's Priest 04:43 - Held Hostage New Album07:30 - New Songs & Production  on the Album 10:35 - New Song "Be a Man" & Manning Up 13:02 - New Song "Rise" and Suicide 15:55 - Raising Money and Songs About Veterans 17:58 - Joe Lynn Turner 18:33 - Tim's Sense of Humor 19:33 - Covid Vaccine Boosters & Testing 22:02 - Bolivian Cocaine 24:10 - Meet & Greets 25:23 - Seattle Cover Band & Chris Cornell 26:50 - Other Projects for Tim & Solo Career 29:24 - Mental Health Charity 29:55 - Outro Held Hostage website:https://www.heldhostageband.com/Tim "Ripper" Owens website:https://timripperowens.comMental Health Charity website:https://www.nami.org/HomeChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Jeremy Hotz is a stand up comedian and actor who has appeared in a number of TV shows, films and comedy specials.  He got his start as a writer for the Jon Stewart Show and would later win a Gemini award for his work on the TV show "The Newsroom."  In this episode we discuss his stand up persona, working with Jason Priestly, getting out of a potential mugging, his current stand up tour and more! 00:00 - Intro00:45 - New Tour & Poster 02:42 - Comedy Clubs In L.A. 04:22 - Comedy Awards 05:58 - Instagram Models & Only Fans 07:30 - Playboy Mansion & Hefner 09:30 - Comedy Central & Australia 10:36 - Developing the Stand Up Persona 12:50 - Dealing with Anxiety & Medication13:40 - Shackleton The Wonder Dog & Fans 14:55 - Canada Vs. L.A. 17:30 - Writing on The Jon Stewart Show 19:50 - The Newsroom 20:45 - Canadian Culture & Life 25:20 - Crime Shows, Murder & Prison27:10 - Running From the Police 29:15 - Half-Hearted Mugger 30:22 - Writing Checks,  Money & Investments 32:55 - Nudity & Junk 34:00 - Call Me Fitz & Jason Priestly 35:46 - Film Work & Radio Show 38:16 - Comedy Gives Back 39:53 - Finding Shows 40:40 - Outro Jeremy Hotz website:https://jeremyhotz.comComedy Gives Back website:https://www.comedygivesback.comChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Tyler Bryant is the lead guitarist and vocalist for his band, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown. They have previously toured with ZZ Top, AC/DC, Guns ‘n Roses, & Aerosmith.  The band has released 4 full length albums with the 5th one “Shake The Roots” coming out on September 9th.  We discuss the new album, record labels, Tyler’s inspiring journey to stardom, dealing with anxiety and more! 00:00 - Intro00:37 - New Album "Shake The Roots" 01:35 - Deciding to Record On Their Own 04:25 - Learning From Other Producers 05:23 - Production & Recording Sound 10:40 - Being Driven, Work Ethic & Back Story 18:15 - Picking Who You Work With 19:35 - Republic Records & Wayside Album 21:30 - Relationships & Positive Attitude 25:07 - New Song "Ghostrider" & Insecure Voice27:27 - Anxiety, Panic Disorder & Medication 32:10 - Expressing Emotions Through Music 33:35 - Hard Learned Song & Lyrics 34:58 - Shackles 36:08 - Songs in TV/Film Placement & Song Order 38:30 - Good Thing, Wanting More & Growing 41:00 - Sell Yourself  42:45 - Opening for AC/DC 44:30 - Axl Rose, Guns 'N Roses & Private Jet 49:11 - Headlining Vs Opening & Live  Shows 54:15 - Naming the Band 55:40 - St. Jude's Children's Hospital 56:25 - Outro Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown website:http://www.tylerbryantandtheshakedown.comSt. Jude's Children's Hospital website:https://www.stjude.orgChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

James Michael is a musician, songwriter and music producer. He is best known for being the singer of Sixx AM, and he also has made music as a solo artist. He has a new solo record coming out in September that he performs all the instruments on. We discuss the new record along with the history and future of Sixx A.M., his musical inspirations, songwriting and more! 0:00:00 -Intro0:00:53 - Interviews & People0:01:37 - Early Beginnings 0:03:50 - The Last Americans 0:05:02 - Red Lobster & Early Music Career 0:09:04 - Competitive Business & Luck 0:10:58 - First Record Deal & Meeting Nikki Sixx 0:13:00 - Thoughts of Quitting & Hyper-focused 0:16:20 - Sixx A.M. Formation0:25:50 - Success of Sixx A.M. & Nikki Sixx 0:27:45 - Getting Along as a Band 0:29:33 - Dealing with Fame & Rockstar Perception 0:37:20 - Fan Perception & Personal Privacy 0:40:35 - Deep Conversations with Nikki & D.J. 0:41:30 - Inspiration  For Music 0:43:35 - Songwriting & Modern Vintage 0:48:03 - Drummer for Band & Future of Sixx A.M. 0:51:07 - New Solo Record in September 0:53:28 - Record Labels & Business Side0:56:30 - Listening to Music 0:59:40 - Retaliators Soundtrack 1:00:48 - Social Media 1:03:12 - Animal Charity 1:04:00 - Solo Album & Promotion 1:05:00 - Down to Earth Musicians 1:07:48 - Outro James Michael website:https://www.jamesmichaelmedia.comThe Humane Society website:https://www.humanesociety.orgChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Nicole Stuart, Andrea Orbeck & Desi Bartlett are celebrity fitness trainers and authors. Together they wrote a new book “Total Body Beautiful” which is available now for Amazon pre-order.  The book includes celebrity endorsements from Ashley Tisdale, Anna Faris and Heidi Klum, along with a foreword by Kate Hudson. In this interview we discuss some of the topics in the book including diet, exercise, hormones, mental health, meditation and more! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:42 - Author Introductions 0:03:42 - Meeting Each Other 0:06:32 - Writing a Book Together 0:08:29 - Celebrity Endorsements 0:11:35 - Reversing Aging & Hormones 0:18:22 - Healthy Diet & Nutritional Profile 0:22:01 - Making the Mental Shift to Healthy 0:24:30 - Changing Habits & Comfort Zones 0:26:35 - Gyms 0:27:22 - Celebrity Diets for Films 0:29:45 - Motivation & Saying Things Out Loud 0:31:12 - Energy Vampires & Choosing Your Tribe 0:35:42 - Kia Kia, Expressing Emotions & Meditation 0:39:25 - Pilates & Emotion 0:40:35 - Why Strength Training Is Important 0:42:55 - Variety of Workouts & Adaptation 0:44:20 - Starting Exercise 0:46:30 - Insiders Tips & Treating It Like a Game 0:49:06 - Workout Names & Having Fun 0:50:22 - Wine Workout 0:51:21 - Video Supplement 0:52:30 - Fat Shaming & Body Positivity 0:59:05 - Short Film 40ish 1:00:30 - Book Release & Party 1:03:30 - PS I Love You Foundation 1:04:55 - Outro Total Body Beautiful Amazon Pre-Order:https://www.amazon.com/Total-Body-Beautiful-Secrets-Looking/dp/1718202857/ref=sr_1_1?crid=SRVDCQFUZD2F&keywords=total+body+beautiful&qid=1661648951&s=books&sprefix=total+body+beautiful%2Cstripbooks%2C170&sr=1-1Total Body Beautiful Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/totalbodybeautiful/?hl=enPS I Love You Foundation website:https://psiloveyoufoundation.orgChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Dug Pinnick is a singer, songwriter and bass player who’s played with a ton of great musicians. Some of his projects include Tres Mts. (with Jeff Ament), KXM (with George Lynch & Ray Luzier), and The Mob (with Reb Beach & Kip Winger). Of course his main gig is with King’s X and they have a new album coming out called “Three Sides of One.” In this episode we discuss the new album, a scary car accident, his relationship with Chris Cornell, religion, philosophy and the Tommy Lee dick pic. I had an absolute blast talking to dUg! 0:00:00 - Intro0:00:47 - Health & Diet 0:07:13 - Let It Rain & Led Zeppelin 0:09:03 - Flood,  Dark Humor, Division & Earth 0:15:42 - Christianity & Faith0:17:22 - Give It Up & Death0:20:40 - Panic Attacks & Car Accident 0:25:30 - Temple of the Dog & Chris Cornell 0:30:50 - Beatles Influence 0:32:30 - All God's Children & Michael Sweet 0:35:00 - Christian Gay Conversion Camps 0:41:50 - Life Philosophy & Understanding Each Other0:45:45 - Gay, Black or Christian? 0:47:45 - Smoking Weed 0:49:45 - Brand of Fear & Transgenders 0:51:07 - Tommy Lee Dick Pic & Mick Mars 0:54:15 - New King's X Record & Tour 0:58:45 - Compassion International  King's X website:https://www.kingsxrocks.comCompassion International website:https://www.compassion.comChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Moriah Formica is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She appeared on The Voice in 2016 and got 4 chair turns (this is really good). She released a solo record and would later go on to form the band PLUSH, who’s debut is available now. The band has opened for Evanesence, Sevendust, Slash, Halestormღ, & MammothWVH. They have some big festivals lined up, as well as shows with the Alice In Chains/ Bush/ Breaking Benjamin tour. We cover this all in the episode along with good/bad advice she’s gotten, dealing with trolls, fishing and more! 🤘🏻0:00:00 - Intro0:00:48 - Last Name 0:01:26 - Early Musical Beginnings 0:03:22 - Discovering Voice Talent & Music Lessons0:05:45 - First Live Performance 0:07:07 - Rock Vs. Pop Music 0:10:06 - The Voice Experience 0:15:05 - Miley Cyrus Advice 0:19:40 - Michael Sweet of Stryper 0:24:00 - Singing Steelheart's "I'll Never Let You Go" 0:25:30 - Keeping Voice in Shape 0:29:45 - Lizzy Hale from Halestorm 0:31:53 - Clearing Band Name Confusion 0:33:06 - Song Meanings & Guidance Counselors 0:37:30 - Introvert, Time Alone 0:40:15 - Tony Harnell from TNT & Support 0:42:58 - Chickelback & Trolls 0:49:05 - Age Difference 0:50:55 - Tours, Management & Festivals 0:56:26 - Fishing 0:58:42 - Snakes & Slash 1:03:09 - Animals & Veterans 1:03:55 - Outro Plush website:https://plushrocks.netAnimal Charity website:https://www.humanesociety.orgVeteran Charity website:https://www.woundedwarriorproject.orgChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Richie Kotzen is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has over 20 solo albums as well as records with Poison & Mr. Big.  He has a new record coming out with Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden), called “Better Days… And Nights” which will be the second for Smith/Kotzen. He also has new record with the Winery Dogs coming out in 2023. Currently he’s on tour with his solo band. We discuss all this plus his tryout with Ozzy Osbourne, opening for The Rolling Stones, playing with Roger Daltrey of The Who and more! 00:00 - Intro00:51- Smith/Kotzen 03:30 - Recording In Studio Vs Home 05:55 - New Winery Dogs Album 07:02 - New Music & Shows 10:30 - VIP Meet & Greet Experience 13:45 - John Corabi & Covers 17:35 - Poison & Chapters of Career 19:07 - Almost Gig with Ozzy Osbourne 22:40 - Latest With Solo Music 24:30 - Recording & Equipment 29:05 - Bass Guitars & Gene Simmons31:31 - Mr. Big & Eric Martin 37:00 - Billy Sheehan & Pat Torpey 40:40 - Opening for The Rolling Stones 43:26 - The Who & Roger Daltrey48:02 - The Power of No  49:30 - Final Promoting & Charity 51:10 - Outro Richie Kotzen website:https://richiekotzen.comSmith/Kotzen website:https://www.smithkotzen.comWinery Dogs website:http://www.thewinerydogs.com/ALS charity website:https://www.als.org/get-involved/ways-giveChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Michael Sweet is a singer and guitarist, most known for fronting the Christian metal band Stryper. He has also worked on projects with George Lynch (Sweet/Lynch), Tracii Guns (Sunbomb) and fronted Boston from 2007-2011.  In this episode we discuss new music and live shows from Stryper, an update on Michael’s eye surgery, Metallica being cancelled, the end of times and bourbon! This was a lot of fun! 00:00 - Intro00:37 - Eye Surgery & Health Update 03:50 - "See No Evil, Hear No Evil"05:05 - "Rise to the Call" & Videos 06:04 - Playing Guitar 07:25 - New Album, Songs & Videos 09:03 - Apocalypse & End Times 13:05 - Cancel Culture & Metallica 15:20 - No Gender & Evil Consuming Society 16:46 - Making Mistakes & Apologizing 17:30 - Cancelling Stryper & Openness of Views 19:20 - Drinking Alcohol, Christianity & Party Phase 25:45 - Getting Along with People with Other Views 27:10 - Richard Christy & Other Famous Fans 28:35 - Stryper Tour, Album, Documentary & Battle Van 30:20 - Ark of CapeCod 30:55 - OutroStryper website:http://www.stryper.comArc of Cape Cod charity website:https://www.plymouthcapearc.org/our-missionChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

Wolf Hoffmann is the guitarist and founding member of metal band Accept. The band recently released a new album “Too Mean To Die” and will be touring the U.S. for the first time in 10 years! In this episode we discuss the new tour and old tours, including KISS, plus the band’s portrayal in Stranger Things, Wolf’s solo albums and more! 00:00 - Intro00:40 - Accept's First U.S. Tour In 10 Years02:30 - Old Tours06:00 - New Lineup & Three Guitarists 08:55 - Set List, Opening Act & VIP Meet & Greet 13:33 - Package Tours & Management15:35 - Touring with Kiss17:15 - Tour with Kings X 19:10 - Accept in Pop Culture 23:05 - Solo Albums 24:25 - Sebastian Bach 25:53 - Big Fans, Sales & Critical Acclaim 27:55 - Charity 29:01 - Outro Accept band website:https://www.acceptworldwide.comChuck Shute website:http://chuckshute.comSupport the showThanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!