The Hook Rocks!

With strong hooks and big melodies the Bowling Green, Kentucky based band Kiss Kiss Bang is ready to get back on the stages of clubs & concert halls in 2021. Guitarist/Vocalist Andrew Hopper stops by The Hook Rocks Podcast to discuss their new EP Hungry, High, & Seeing Things. Learn more about this emerging band, their influences, & music in this great interview. Please enjoy the conversation!Part of The Pantheon Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hooked on rock and heavy metal after his first listen of Metallica Master of Puppets Jordan Griffin's journey into music was set. With so many influences who inspired him to pick up a guitar and sing his dream of being in a band and performing on the same stages as his heroes has become a reality. Jordan visits The Hook Rocks Podcast to discuss his band Them Evils and their music, plus what they will be doing in the future. Please enjoy the episode!Part of Pantheon Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been over a year since state by state restrictions were put in place due to COVID19. Concerts, sporting events, and most large gatherings were either paused, postponed, or cancelled as a result. As we moved forward and numbers decline restrictions are being lifted. Capacity limits have become the norm in most states with some having none at all. Live music is starting to come back but what will the experience of seeing a band in concert be like? I chat with Southern California promoter and Mr. '80s Julian Douglas to discuss the unknowns of the post pandemic concert experience. Please enjoy the episode!Part of The Pantheon Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The band is Greenleaf and the new album is Echoes From A Mass. The veteran groups latest is full of energy and melody with a darker lyrical tone. Guitarist Tommi Holappa explains how the outside reality affected their music but how they were able to keep the bands signature sounds. Like many bands, the creative process acted as a bubble from the outside world keeping bands connected to their craft. Please enjoy the episode!Part of The Pantheon Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connecting with feelings of past experiences you need in order to find the right words for a song, can leave one in a vulnerable state. Sydney Sherwood embraces this wave of emotion and often shares her personal moments with the lyrics that connect with people. Jay Scott talks with Sydney about her music, songwriting, and trying to stay creative during the past year. Please enjoy the episode!Part of Pantheon Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soul and Blues come to mind whenever I listen to the music of Justin Ross. From Texas, he is able to fuse these genres seamlessly with a edge very few artists can do. On the latest Hook Rocks Podcast I chat with Justin about his music, his feelings on rock music, and what happens next in this wide ranging conversation. Please enjoy the episode!Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fellow podcasters Chicks Who Love Music visit Jay Scott & The Hook Rocks Podcast to discuss all things rock music. From the music of our youth to today's rock, to live music experiences to how and why image is so important to the genre! Our roundtable discussion with Gillian, Kia, & Lesley concludes with Jay's favorite concert memory as a pre-teen. Check out this great conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!Part of The Pantheon Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having one of the best rock albums "Heatwave" in 2020 the band Thundermother is looking to recapture the momentum they had prior to the pandemic. With a special edition package of the album ready for release Guernica Mancini sits down with Jay Scott to discuss the bands interesting history, her writing process, and what fans can expect this year and into 2022. We also discuss the interesting topic "The State of Rock Music". Please enjoy the episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The album is Rejoice in The Suffering and the artist is our latest guest on The Hook Rocks Podcast, Queensryche's vocalist Todd La Torre. We discuss his new album and the recording process during the pandemic. As the conversation moved forward we engaged in the topic of cancel culture and how polarizing our country has become. Todd has an interesting point of view and expresses his thoughts in an articulate way. Whether you agree or disagree I'm sure you will find our chat interesting, as I did. We even get an update on Queensryche. Please enjoy the episode!Part of The Pantheon Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prior to the grunge scene in Seattle the cities punk scene was vibrant and teen angst ran wild. Harassed by cops and authority, it gave teens the sense of unity and the music was the extension of their anger. The band The Living was a huge part of that scene that later saw members Duff McKagan move to Southern California and form Guns'n'Roses and also where Mother Love Bone drummer Greg Gilmore honed his craft. I chat with vocalist John Conte about this moment in Seattle music history and how the re-release came to be. Please enjoy the episode!Part of Pantheon Podcast Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices