Forrest
Monday – Friday 2:00 pm – 7:00 PM
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Doug “Cosmo” Clifford from CCR
Doug “Cosmo” Clifford, the drummer from Creedence Clearwater Revival, on his new album, “For All The Money In The World”, Leslie West from Mountain seeing CCR perform at Woodstock, releasing 3 albums in 1969 and working with Joe Satriani. The audio in this interview is not the best, putting it mildly – Forrest
Listen to “138. Doug “Cosmo” Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival)” on Spreaker.
Jimmy Cliff Interview
The legendary Jimmy Cliff on working with Tim Armstrong from Rancid, was Robin Williams depressed, if tourism is good for Jamacia and what a young Bob Marley was like. His new song, “Human Touch”, is out now. jimmycliff.com – Forrest
Monroe Grisman from Petty Theft
Monroe Grisman is the guitar player from the Tom Petty tribute group “Petty Theft” from San Francisco. We talk everything Tom Petty from guitars to Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash, Dave Grohl and live shows.
Listen to “136. Monroe Grisman (Petty Theft)” on Spreaker.
Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet
Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet talks about the success of the band from 168 million views on YouTube to sold out shows at London’s O2 Arena and 5 million airplays on the radio in the U.S. He also talks about playing with Nick Mason and Roger Waters from Pink Floyd, his friendship with Queen and his podcast, “Rockonteurs”. His 1st solo album in 25 years, Insolo, is out now. garykemp.com – Forrest
Steve Lukather – Toto
Steve Lukather from Toto talks about the passing of Eddie Van Halen, playing guitar on “Beat It” on the album “Thriller”, what he spends his money on, his connection to Journey, his issue with the Weezer cover and the new live Toto album, “With A Little Help From My Friends”, out now. – Forrest
Gary Numan
Gary Numan on his new album, “Intruder“, out now, Trent Reznor, Fear Factory, the US back in the Paris Agreement and what an Atheist tells their kids. – Forrest
Listen to “132. Gary Numan” on Spreaker.
Geoff Downes (Asia/Yes)
Geoff Downes from Asia, Yes, and The Buggles on being in the first video shown on MTV, keyboard players he looked up to and being impressed by guitarist Alex Lifeson from Rush. A five-disc box set from Asia, The Reunion Albums: 2007 – 2012, is out now. – Forrest
Listen to “Radio Forrest” on Spreaker.
Adrian Conner (Hell’s Belles)
Guitarist Adrian Conner from the all-female AC/DC tribute group “Hell’s Belles” on meeting AC/DC, moving to Texas, live streaming, dealing with COVID and more. – Forrest
Listen to “129. Adrian Conner (Hell’s Belles)” on Spreaker.
Can you mix Zeppelin, Tool, Sabbath, Billy Squier & Thorogood into 1 song?
Never heard of these guys and just happened to stumble onto a Pantera cover they did but check this out. I totally love their biker, leather, bearded dirty image. It’s like if ZZ Top came out in 2021 and smoked weed in a garage. You gotta see their Billy Squire and Bon Jovi covers. – Forrest
Cranberries Singer Covers Fleetwood Mac
Wow, just 1 guitar and a singer and it’s so good. Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Sometimes you see someone live and you realize, oh yeah, that’s why you’re famous. Sadly Dolores passed away in 2018 – Forrest
Dee Snider isn’t goofing around
I was blown away by his last solo record, “For The Love Of Metal” and Dee Snider is back! New album “Leave A Scar” out July 30th. Dee Snider goes hard in the paint. – Forrest
Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top)
Photographer: Roger Kisby
Billy F Gibbons from ZZ Top has a new solo album out Friday, June 4th called “Hardware“. Billy calls in to talk about the new release along with working with Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses), getting a guitar from Jimi Hendrix, string advice from B.B. King, if ZZ Top is working on new music and Billy’s connection to Boise, Idaho where his guitars are made by John Bolin from Bolin Guitars. – Forrest
Listen to “128. Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top)” on Spreaker.
Dexter returns this fall
Sometime around 2010 I thinik I was going through a pretty tough time with insomnia and even tried melatonin but nothing was working. I’d stay up to like 3 or 4 in the morning unable to sleep every night. Eventually I’d give up laying in bed and I’d flip through the TV for a few hours and Showtime was offering all the seasons of Dexter on demand for free. I gave it a chance and -bam- hooked. I was already a few seasons behind but caught up soon enough. Next to “Lost” though I think it’s one of the worst endings of a TV series but now it’s coming back for a 10-episode series this fall. I’m in. – Forrest
Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick
Bassist Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick on opening for Queen, his kids meeting rock stars, his open heart surgery, the 12-string bass, playing the theme song for “That 70’s Show” and the new album out now, “In Another World”. – Forrest
Listen to “127. Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick)” on Spreaker.
Steve Crooper interview
Steve Cropper from Brooker T. & the M.G.’s and The Blues Brothers has a new album out now called “Fire It Up”. Steve talks about the new release, co-writing “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” with Otis Redding and “Soul Man” by Sam & Dave plus working with Albert Johnson, playing guitar with Steven Segal and being in the movie “The Blues Brothers”. – Forrest
Listen to “126. Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the M.G.’s/The Blues Brothers)” on Spreaker.
I’ve been everywhere man
Made famous by Johnn Cash, check this cover of “I’ve Been Everywhere” by the L.A. Rats which is just sort of just Rob Zombie with a different bassist, Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe. – Forrest
Wait, Big Black died?
I never got into “Ridiculousness” because I can’t watch people bailing on skateboards and breaking legs but I always liked “Rob & Big Black” and “Fantasy Factory”. I sort of stopped paying attention but Big Black died in 2017!? I had no idea. – Forrest
A freaking baby!!
Super cool story but I am not comfortable with that 6 month old baby on a boat! They move so quick and figure out latches and gates faster than you think they will. I’m kind of glad my parents weren’t into anything extreme like ridiing bulls or hang gliding. Learn more about the couple here. – Forrest
These 2 douches
I can’t believe these are real people, they’re so gross I thought it was a joke at first. The tight pants, the sunglasses inside, wearing a winter hat in Bel Air, the shirt open down to navel, 6 elevators while talking about waste, bragging about square footage, the stupid looking shoes, name dropping his divorce. I would be so disappointed if this was who I grew up to be. Imagine what you could have with $500,000,000. I’d rather have a couple of different cabins with land and a killer garage full of muscle cars and guitars. The artwork in this house is ugly. An Avengers poster would look better than that stupid wing sculpture. If you really wanted to change the world that doesn’t seem like a very good start. A wall of vintage playboys? So sleazy. I wouldn’t take this house if it was free, I’d rather keep living in my under 1k sq foot house in Boise. (The pods in the pool by the night club are kind of cool though)
– Forrest
Dude on a hoverboard in LA
This is the type of stuff I expected to see in the year 2021. – Forrest
This man is living in 2030! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fgXLCEPldS
— Buitengebieden (@BuitengebiedenB) April 24, 2021
GNR gear for sale
I might actually take out a loan and buy one of these. I’d love to own an iconic, historic guitar. – Forrest
Steve Shippy (paranormal expert)
Steve Shippy is a paranormal investigator and documentary filmmaker and is the host of the new documentary, “Shock Docs: Ed Gein – The Real Psycho” now streaming on Discovery+. The iconic psychopaths featured in the blockbuster movies “Silence of the Lambs,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Psycho” were not just fictitious villains, they were inspired by a real-life personification of evil – Ed Gein. For the first time in history, cameras are allowed on the Gein property where the gruesome evidence was first discovered. Steve talks about what he discovers and shares stories from his connection to the rap world with Tech Nine, ICP and DMX. – Forrest
Listen to “124. Steve Shippy (Paranormal Expert)” on Spreaker.
What! How?
9 year old Nadi Bushell first came to fame for her Dave Grohl challenge.
Now she’s done a full cover of The Pixies “Where Is My Mind” which plays at the end of Fight Club.
Do you think there is any editing on this? It’s amazing! – Forrest
Michael Brewer of Brewer & Shipley
Michael Brewer from Brewer & Shipley on 420 to promote the documentary, “One Toke Over The Line And Still Smokin‘” out on Vimeo. Michael talks about Jerry Garcia, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, being on Nixon’s Enemies List, getting booed off stage with Humble Pie and touring plans for the future. – Forrest
Listen to “123. Michael Brewer (Brewer & Shipley)” on Spreaker.
One Toke Over the Line…and Still Smokin’ from Full Circle Productions on Vimeo.
Check out this Hendrix Cover
Guitar center hands Zakk Wylde a guitar, “Here’s an acousic guitar, not sure if you can play Hendrix on it though.” Zakk laughs in reverb. I wish I could go back in time & show this to Jimi 10 minutes after he wrote it, “Here’s a hairy biker dude that plays Black Sabbath you inspired, he might be drunk too”. – Forrest
AI program writes songs for The Doors & Nirvana
Check these out, an AI program used data from other songs to write music for rock stars who died at the age of 27. The robot wrote the song then they got real singers to voice the lyrics. This story sounds like a bad idea but they really aren’t bad songs, I’d argue these are all better than WAP.
Jimi Hendrix
Nirvana
And this one I really like, The Doors! – Forrest
Classic Rock Guy Listens To The Top 10 Metal Songs
This guy has some great videos on his page including interviews with guys like Steve Lukather and Joe Satriani. He’s like a great radio DJ but on YouTube. – Forrest
Anthrax + Testament = Rush
The 4 founders of Thrash Metal: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer & Anthrax. Sometimes a 4th band is mentioned, Testament. Check members of Anthrax and Testament covering Rush and nailing it! – Forrest
My Favorite Remix Videos
These are my favorite remix/mashup videos. I watch at least one of these a week, I’m not even sure why. – Forrest
Pig Calling Goes Metal
Check this dude’s YouTube page, tons of different videos where he does all the instruments and this his newest. – Forrest
Richie Kotzen
Guitar player Richie Kotzen from Poison, The Winery Dogs and Mr. Big calls in to talk about his new album with Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden. He talks about being an Iron Maiden fan, how he records multiple instruments when making a solo record, not playing with a pick and if he’s talked to the guys from Poison after getting kicked out. “Smith/Kotzen” is out now. – Forrest
Listen to “122. Richie Kotzen (Poison/Mr. Big/The Winery Dogs)” on Spreaker.
The Muppets Rock
The fan made ones are fun, not that well done but when videos first started to go viral these were huge. There used to be a “Mr. Brownstone” one floating around I can’t find anymore but I did find these two.
The offical video is much better – Forrest
Steve Albini’s “junk”
Steve Albini is a producer famous for the album “In Utero” by Nirvana, “Razorblade Suitcase” by Bush, “Point #1” by Chevelle, “In Color” by Cheap Trick (1998 version), “The Weirdness” by Iggy & The Stooges and “Walking into Clarksdale” by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. This is cool to see all his gear and recording rooms. – Forrest
Retro Tube Radio
Saw this online today, not an endorment or product placment as I’ve never heard of this before but I dig the look. I think it’s $299 but it links to a Kickstarter page where it looks like you donate money to the company and get $100 off the speaker in return. I’m confused, if you can afford to sell it for $299 then why is is $399 retail? Are you taking a $100 hit or donation? The Kickstarter has raised $888,173 out of the $20k goal. Maybe this is like the Elon Musk deal with the flame thrower to test the waters and get enough month to produce the product – Forrest
Shavo Odadjian & Friends – Dead and Bloated (Stone Temple Pilots Cover | 2021)
Much like Van Halen I don’t think I fully appreciated STP until after they were gone which is sad, they had some really good songs. The only complaint I have is the lead singer totally looks like he’s lip-syncing because he totally is, I think footage of him in the studio not looking at the camera would of been better. It’s like watching someone sing in the mirror to themselves while trying to act cool.
Always loved their Zeppelin cover – Forrest
John 5 Plays Hello Kitty Guitar
Current Rob Zombie and former Marilyn Manson/David Lee Roth guitarist John 5 grew up watching Hee Haw so he can finger pick better than anyone I’ve ever seen. – Forrest
Mark Farner interview
Mark Farner, formerly from Grand Funk Railroad, on Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Peter Frampton, his near death experience, stories about “American Band” and “I’m Your Captain”, his Native American heritage playing with Ringo Starr and more. His new DVD, “From Chile With Love” is out now and available at markfarner.com. Mark tours as “Mark Farner’s American Band” – Forrest
Listen to “121. Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)” on Spreaker.
Drone footage of a volcano
Here’s some Iceland volcano footage from a guy named Bjorn Steinbekk. – Forrest
Interview with a 46 year concert promoter
Danny Zelisko has been a concert promoter for over 46 years and has a new book out now, “ALL EXCE$$ – Occupation: Concert Promoter“. Danny talks about shows with The Grateful Dead, meeting some of the Beatles & Dave Grohl’s cooking skills. – Forrest
Listen to “120. Danny Zelisko (concert promoter)” on Spreaker.
Off the grid house
This is me right now after I watched this video & wondered where it all went wrong. – Forrest
Grandpa Billy Idol
Imagine hiring Billy Idol as your babysitter. – Forrest
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Updated TMNT Theme Song
New Teenage Mutant Night Turtles theme song with Mike Patton from Faith No More singing – Forrest
Steve Lukather from Toto
Steve Lukather from Toto on his new album, working with 3 of the 4 Beatles, getting gutiars from Eddie Van Halen, blasting music at his neighbor and “Africa” playing on a loop in the desert. “I Found The Sun Again” is out now. – Forrest
Listen to “119. Steve Lukather (Toto)” on Spreaker.