Forrest
Monday – Friday 2:00 pm – 7:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, motorcycles, downhill skiing, fly fishing (poorly), dogs, and sushi. That’s about it. I get yelled at at least once a month to remove something from Twitter by my boss and I’m a huge soccer fan, even trying out for an MLS team one time. I’ve never seen The Godfather.

Post Malone’s Nirvana Stream
Went down a Nirvana rabbit hole, ended up at Post Malone’s Nirvana show again with Travis Barker from Blink-182 on drums. 1 year later and I’m still impressed. I wrote Posty off, mumble rapper with face tattoos? Pass. I was wrong, I judged a book by a cover and I was wrong. This guy has worked with Ozzy and covered Bob Dylan so I should of known better than to judge someone just because they are different than me. Not playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” while wearing a dress is the most Nirvana thing ever. Kurt never cared about looking cool or playing his biggest hits. I think he would of liked the honest, raw, fun take on Nirvana songs, I did. – Forrest
2:04 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
7:31 Drain You
11:59 Come As You Are
16:22 Lounge Act
21:14 School
24:33 Heart-Shaped Box
30:31 Something In The Way
34:43 About A Girl
38:58 Stay Away
45:56 Lithium
52:58 Breed
57:29 On A Plain
1:02:33 Very Ape
1:05:27 Territorial Pissings
1:11:35 In Bloom

Interview with Joseph Williams
Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto, has a new solo album out now called “Denizen Tenant”. He talks about Eddie Van Halen, Toto ex-lead singer Bobby Kimball’s health, Star Wars, the death of his mother and if new music from Toto is in the works. – Forrest
Listen to “118. Joseph Williams (Toto)” on Spreaker.

2 Foo Fighters “Mountain” covers
Grohl covering Mountain not just once
But twice
Here’s my interview with Leslie West – Forrest
Listen to “109. Leslie West (Mountain) (2011)” on Spreaker.

Ricky Warwick
Ricky Warwick is the lead singer of Thin Lizzy and The Black Star Riders and is formerly from The Almighty from Scotland. Ricky discussed working with Keith Nelson (Buckcherry) and Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses) on the new album, hanging out with Guns N’ Roses on tour, what he thought of Metallica’s “Whiskey In The Jar”, opening for The Ramones, playing Motörhead with Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) and covering Britney Spears. His new album, “When Life Was Hard & Fast“, is out now on Nuclear Blast Records. – Forrest
Listen to “117. Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy/Black Star Riders)” on Spreaker.

Rock Is Dead?
Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Sevendust, Papa Roach, Great Van Fleet, Rob Zombie, Korn, Black Veil Brides and even former Ohio governor John Kasich all make points on why rock is not dead! – Forrest

Damon Johnson
Damon Johnson & The Get Ready have a new album out now, “Battle Lessons“. Damon is the co-founder of Brother Cain, the current guitarist in Thin Lizzy and the former guitarist for Alice Cooper and The Black Coat Riders. Damon talks about touring with Eddie Van Halen, golfing with Alice Cooper, streaming royalties for the song “Just Feel Better” that he wrote for Santana and Steven Tyler and his multiple connections to Guns N’ Roses. Damon also wrote songs for Sammy Hagar, Stevie Nicks and played guitar on a Damn Yankees album that was never released.
– Forrest
Listen to “116. Damon Johnson (Thin Lizzy/Alice Cooper/Brother Cain)” on Spreaker.

You gotta see this Zeppelin cover
Tom Morello (RATM/Audioslave), Vernon Reid (Living Colour) & Paul Stanley (Kiss) all have mentioed this cover for good reason, check this out. – Forrest
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Freddie Mercury on drums & Roger Taylor on guitar
I love behind the scenes videos like this – Forrest

RRHOF 2021 Nominess
Greg Harris, the President and CEO of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, calls in to announced the nominees for the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame including Iron Maiden, Rage Against The Machine, The Foo Fighters, Jay Z, Tina Turner and more. Greg discussed how the selection process works, the absence of bands like Judas Priest in the Hall of Fame, will there be a tribute to Eddie Van Halen and Hank Aaron memorabilia in the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum where Greg worked for 14 years. Fans can vote for Rock Hall nominees now at vote.rockhall.com. – Forrest
Listen to “11. Greg Harris (CEO Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)” on Spreaker.

The Story Behind “The Exorcist”
Troy is a featured contributor on the new discovery+ documentary, “Shock Docs: THe Exorcism of Roland Doe”.
Troy is also the author of more than 130 books on ghosts, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and the supernatural in America.
www.americanhauntingsink.com – Forrest
Listen to “114. Troy Taylor (Author)” on Spreaker.

Interview with Laura Corn
Laura Corn is the New York Times Best-Selling author of the book “101 Nights of Great Sex.” The latest version of “101 Nights…”, includes 101 electronic teases (“eTeases”). Originally released more than 2 decades ago, the book has sold nearly 2 million copies to date. – Forrest
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What an amzing Rush cover that I missed
Caludio from Coheed & Cambria! Perfect, I don’t know why I didn’t think about him earlier – Forrest

Metallica in truck commercial
This song has only been used in a commercial 1 other time and that was for a Call of Duty game, Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” is being used in a new F150 commercial. – Forrest

One of my favorite Tom Petty covers
I really like the band, “The Sword”. It’s sort of a Black Sabbath 70’s stoner sludge metal band. Their most recent album, “Used Future” was quite a different sound and I’m still trying to give it a chance. I got to see them in 2008 in a small bar with maybe 50 people, that’s a healthy estimate. A few weeks later they opened for Metallica’s “World Magnetic Tour” in 2008. Today they dropped this Tom Petty cover & I’m sort of blown away, it’s a great cover and I never would of picked them to play a Tom Petty tune but I guess everyone can appreciate his music. – Forrest
They also threw down this sick Rush cover.
& ZZ Top! My love for The Sword has been reinstated! – Forrest

Led Zeppelin like you’ve never seen before
Calling themselves “Americana/Rockabilly” here are “The Devil’s Daughers” covering Led Zeppelin. – Forrest

A “Tart” is a prostitute in England
Ric Lee is the drummer from Ten Years After with a new book out now, “From Headstocks to Woodstock: A Drummer’s Tale“. Ric talks about performing at Woodstock and The Isle of Wight festivals, how selling music publishing rights works and what’s better, Derbyshire Pudding or Yorkshire Pudding. – Forrest
Listen to “112. Ric Lee (Ten Years After)” on Spreaker.

New AC/DC video
This meme says it all.
Angus is 65! That used to be close to death when I was a kid. I hope they never stop. – Forrest

New Black Crowes
The Black Crowes have a 30th anniversary box set of “Shake Your Moneymaker” coming out.
Including an unreleased song, “Charming Mess”
Here’s my interview with guitarist Rick Robinson
Listen to “13. Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)” on Spreaker.
And with drummer Steve Gorman – Forrest
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Judas Priest talks to Black Sabbath
Such a cool interview, it’s amazing to see people that get interviewed all the time interviewing other people. My interview with Judas Priest is here. – Forrest

The Beatles Guitar Collection
Not the actual guitars they owned and played but all the models The Beatles they played through the years. – Forrest

The Muppets take on Queen
There has been fan made videos before of the muppets playing rock songs by bands like Guns N’ Roses and Animal jammed with Dave Grohl before but I’d never seen them take on a full song. Smart way to not have kids saying “Put a gun against his head” by having Animal just repeat “Mama” – Forrest

Ronnie Wood on Clapton, Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page
Great stories from Ronnie Wood (The Faces, The Rolling Stones) – Forrest

Jason Bonham
Jason Bonham on the new album, “Lockdown 2020”, from Sammy Hagar & The Circle out today. Jason is the son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. He talks about the death of Eddie Van Halen, playing “Stairway To Heaven” with Heart in front of Led Zeppelin and his dad. Jason played drums in place of his father with Led Zeppelin at the London O2 show in December of 2007. – Forrest
Listen to “111. Jason Bonham” on Spreaker.

Happy Birthday Malcolm Young
I still remember being made fun of in college for liking AC/DC, everyone else was into Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. AC/DC was for drunk hillbillies, which I was. It was power chords about women a partying and not saying anything to help out the world.h. I love all those bands like Dylan and Zeppelin but sometimes a cheeseburger is good and I would argue sells more than $50 steaks. I liked it and that was all that mattered. To me Malcolm was always the cool, quiet, wise Obi Wan of the group. Happy birthday Malcolm. – Forrest

STP, GNR & Metallica sons in a band
Scott Weiland’s (Stone Temple Pilots) son with vocals, Slash’s (Guns N’ Roses) son on drums and Robert Trujillo’s (Metallica) son on bass. Man I hope these kids don’t get into drugs but it’s almost in the cards for them – Forrest

New “The Police” documentary
A new documentary on “The Police” debuted yesterday on Reelz. – Forrest

Metal singer covers Skynyrd
Howard Jones was the lead singer of the metalcore band Killswitch Engage, I guess I never thought about him loving Lynyrd Skynyrd. Don’t we all? – Forrest

Ron White in real estate?
What a freakin’ house. “Kind of a chubby Jesus, you can leave that in or take it out I dont really care.”
I did an interview with Ron a few years ago and he was great. – Forrest
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Keanu’s Motorcycle Company
I’ve got 3 motorcycles just waiting right now to get back on the road this spring. Keanu seems like such a cool guy, a ride with him would be awesome. (Different motorcycles, not a ride “with” him) – Forrest

Brian Wheat from Tesla
Brain Wheat is a founding member and the bassist from Tesla. His new book, “Son of a Milkman: My Crazy Life with Tesla”, is out now. He talks his frienship with Def Leppard, his dream supergroup, his move to Texas and New York, what Tesla thought of grunge and how hard it is to take dogs on planes. Brian owns J Street Recorders studio in Sacramento, California. – Forrest
Listen to “110. Brian Wheat (Tesla)” on Spreaker.

Leslie West from Mountain has passed away
Leslie West from Mountain has passed away at the age of 75. Here’s an inteview with Leslie recorded in 2011 around his album, “Usual Suspects”. He talks about the guest musicians on the album, losing his leg, playing at Woodstock, jamming with Hendrix and writing Mississippi Queen. – Forrest
Listen to “109. Leslie West (Mountain) (2011)” on Spreaker.


Aerosmith + Mike Myers & Dana Carvey
Aerosmith was part of the original Wayne’s World skit on SNL.
They turned down the movie but then did appear in Wayne’s World 2.
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry reconnected with Wayne & Garth via video chat. (Very scripted but this still cool) – Forrest
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WVH Interview
One of ous sister stations (same company, different state) chatted with Wolfgang Van Halen yesterday. – Forrest

Ahmet Zappa
Ahmet Zappa is the youngest son of Frank Zappa. A new documentary on his father, “Zappa” is out now directed by Alex Winter from “Bill & Ted” and “The Lost Boys”. thezappamovie.com – Forrest
Listen to “108. Ahmet Zappa” on Spreaker.

Freddie Salem (The Outlaws)
Guitar player and singer Freddie Salem who was in “The Outlaws” from 1977-1983 talking about the new CD/DVD “Live At Rockpalast” recording on August 29th, 1981 in Germany. Freddie also answers questions about touring, The Outlaws having over 40 members throught the years and drinking a bottle of Crown Royal with Bon Scott from AC/DC. – Forrest
Listen to “107. Freddie Salem (The Outlaws)” on Spreaker.


Grohl covers Mountain, Dylan & Beastie Boys
How is Dave Grohl able to hit it out of the park every single time? In the era of celebrities getting cancled and saying the wrong thing, Grohl seems to just do Grohl and comes out even cooler each time. Every night in Hanukkah he’s covering another Jewish artist & I know Scott Cruize already blogged about it here, these are the coolest ones so far. – Forrest
Bob Dylan
Mountain
The Beastie Boys

Candice Night
Candice Night is the lead singer of “Blackmore’s Night” with her husband Richie Blackmore from Deep Purple/Rainbow. A new holiday EP, “Here We Come A-Caroling”, is out now. www.blackmoresnight.com – Forrest
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Heavy Metal Pastor
Kenneth Copeland scares me.
The Holy Man has a hit new song out that I’m digging – Forrest

Dave Mason (Traffic)
Dave Mason is a founding member of Traffic and was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Dave talks about his new album, “Alone Together, Again”, playing guitar on “All Along The Watchtower” with Jimi Hendrix, appearing on “Street Fighting Man” by The Rolling Stones and if he thinks Lyndsey Buckingham will ever return to Fleetwood Mac. Dave was a member of Fleetwood Mac in the 90’s with the album “Time” in 1995. www.davemasonmusic.com – Forrest
Listen to “105. Dave Mason (Traffic)” on Spreaker.

Isolated “Crazy Train” guitar
I didn’t think I could be impressed by this song anymore that I already was, I was wrong. – Forrest

Some amazing AIC covers
The Museum Of Pop Culture honored Alice in Chains this year and for a virtual celebration some bands and super groups turned in covers. These turnned out way better that I expected and Dave Navarro can wear anything and get away with it. Here are some of my favorites but I’m still combing through the full video.
Ann Wilson – “Rooster”.
She and her sister from Heart appeared on the Alice in Chains SAP EP in 1992 and Alice In Chains recorded albums at a recording studio in Seattle owned by Ann and Nancy Wilson, Bad Animals.
Mastodon – “Again”
I can’t believe a band this heavy can sound so much like Alice in Chains, did not see this coming.
Korn – “Would?”
Written as a tribute to Andrew Wood from the band “Mother Love Bone”, most Seattle bands from the 90’s say they were the 1st “grunge” band. Again I’m impressed how well their cover is, I wasn’t a huge fan of the Pink Floyd cover they released so this caught me off guard. (The breakdown at 2:52 makes the hair on my neck stand up)
Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) & Shooter Jennings (Waylon’s son) – “Down In A Hole”
Duff plays bass, guitar & drums? Well now I know.
Corey Taylor (Slipknot/Stone Sour), Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers), Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction/Alanis Morissette) and Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) – “Man In The Box”
Dave’s solo at 3:00 is almost note for note with the original version. Impressive, he could do his own thing but he sticks with the cover.
They also did a Pink Floyd cover that I enjoyed…
And Led Zeppelin! – Forrest
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd on his new live album, “Straight to You Live” recorded in Germany, meeting Stevie Ray Vaughn and Eddie Van Halen, why he loves the Stratocaster, does his Dodge Charger”Extreme Lee” still have the Confederate flag on the roof, and his father-in-law Mel Gibson’s level of fame. kennywayneshepherd.net – Forrest

Tribute to Alice in Chains
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The older I get the better Alice in Chains were to me. I wish I would have paid attention more to the band during their peak. Last year I did go to Seattle to see the condo where Layne Staley died.
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Plus the Museum of Pop Culture and got to see Jerry Cantrell’s guitar.
Today the band is being honored with the 2020 Founders Award at the MOPOP. – Forrest

Sandler covers Warren Zevon
I knew Adam Sandler could “play” the guitar but not in a serious way. I’ve seen him perform “The Thanksgiving Song”, “The Hanukkah Song” or “Lunch Lady Land” live on SNL.
But the guy can play – Forrest

Albert Bouchard from Blue Öyster Cult
Albert Bouchard is a founding member and former drummer from Blue Öyster Cult with the new abum “Re Imaginos” out now. He talks about how the new album is an old album, working with Robbier Krieger from The Doors, the story behind the infamous cowbell on “Don’t Fear The Reaper”, if he talks to the current members of Blue Öyster Cult and if he cares that they are not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. www.albertbouchard.net – Forrest
Listen to “102. Albert Bouchard (Blue Öyster Cult)” on Spreaker.

Utah animal overpass
Utah installed an animal overpass near Salt Lake City that is 350′ long and 50′ wide that allows animals to cross overtop the highway. It cost $5 million but I think it’s worth every penny and I wish the we had more of these. – Forrest

How is Angus so cool?
Angus, a pack of cigarettes, a cup of tea and an acoustic guitar. I could watch that for hours. – Forrest

Mick Box from Uriah Heep
Lead and rhythm guitarst Mick Box from Uriah Heep on the bands new 50th Anniversary Box Set, touring with Kiss in the 70’s and drummer Lee Kerslaked from Uriah Heep not getting credit for playing on the “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of A Madman” albums by Ozzy Osbourne. – Forrest
Listen to “101. Mick Box (Uriah Heep)” on Spreaker.