Baxie talks to Jeff Jourard from the Hollywood Stars!  Jeff talks about joining the band and about their incredible history.  Created as the West Coast's answer to the New York Dolls, the Hollywood Stars were a band who recorded two largely abandoned albums in the 1970's. However two of their songs were taken and recorded a couple of multi-platinum selling albums. ("Escape" which appeared on Alice Cooper's Welcome to My Nightmare and "King of the Night Time World" which appeared on Destroyer by Kiss).  Jeff's own career includes early stints with Martha Davis and The Motels as well as an early version of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers!  Prepare yourself for an incredible story!  Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, and on the Rock102 website.

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(Ep. #187) Jeff Jourard from Hollywood Stars, The Motels, and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Baxie talks to Ian Dench from EMF! Ian talks about the band's amazing new album, "Beauty and the Chaos", the success of their 1991 international hit "Unbelievable", the band's 27-year hiatus, their 2022 comeback, writing the hit "Beautiful Liar" for Beyonce, managing early success, and a whole lot more! Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, and on the Rock102 website!

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(Ep. #188) Ian Dench from EMF

Baxie talks to Dean Dinning--bass player from the multi-platinum selling band Toad the Wet Sprocket! Dean talks about the band's incredible beginnings, their highly unusual contract with Columbia Records, their incredible success with songs like "Walk on the Ocean" and "All I Want", and the 30th anniversary of their album "Dulcinea". Dean also talks about the band getting back on the road and about the possibility of a new album!  Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, and on the Rock102 website!

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(Ep. #189) Dean Dinning from Toad the Wet Sprocket

Baxie talks to longtime New Jersey rock fixture Tom Kanach. After years of playing around New York and New Jersey, Tom is out with a new band which features top notch players like former David Johansen guitar player Johnny Rao and Peter Wood from Dramarama. The name of the new band is KANAK and their first EP (which came out earlier this year) called "On the Outside" was produced by the legendary Ed Stasium! Their next EP is slated to come out next month. And their music has been great! Tom talk all about that and many of the other people who have been instrumental in his music career! Incredible story! Listen on Apple Podcast, SoundCloud, Spotify, and on the Rock102 website!

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(Ep.#190) Tom Kanach from KANAK

Baxie talks to Prog Rock legend Leslie Mandoki--leader of The Mandoki Soulmates. The band is a wildly successful collaboration between Leslie and some of the biggest names in Rock Music. It's a list that has included Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull, Jack Bruce from Cream, Peter Frampton, guitarist Al Di Meola, John Lord from Deep Purple, Chaka Kahn, Roger Hodgeson from Supertramp, Midge Ure from Ultravox, Greg Lake from ELP, and dozens more! And this year, the Mandoki Soulmates have released their latest album, "A Memory of Our Future"!

But that's not all! The story behind the band and its early beginnings is absolutely amazing! But the story of his life is even more so---having been a political refugee from the Communist controlled government of his native Hungary. This is one of the most harrowing and inspiring stories in Rock history!

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(Ep. #191) Leslie Mandoki from Mandoki Soulmates

Baxie talks to Iain Slater from Scottish post-punk/funk band APB! This was incredibly influential band whose 1981 single “I’d Like to Shoot You Down” became a surprise hit through the NYC club scene—unbeknownst to the band! A new collection of Radio 1 session on the BBC has just been released by Liberation Hall Records. It also included several sessions with the late John Peel. Coming Monday on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, the Rock102 website, and on the all new Rock102 app (available for FREE for both iPhone and Android)

(Ep. #192) Iain Slater from APB

Baxie talks to Hayley Cain--lead singer of Hayley & The Crushers! After four albums the band is about to release their latest EP "Unsubscribe from the Underworld". It's a great collection of five infectious pop-fueled Punk songs. It is the best record that they've ever released. And it's gotten the full endorsement from people like Josie Cotton (who signed the band to her Kitty Robot record label) and the legendary Paul Roessler who produced the record! It's a totally solid piece of work. And Hayley is an absolute blast! Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Rock102.com, or on the all new Rock102 mobile app!

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(Ep. #193) Hayley Cain from Hayley & The Crushers

It's a special classic episode of BAXIES MUSICAL PODCAST with the legendary Bill Stevenson from The Descendents! Originally posted in January of 2021, Bill talks about the band, coffee, his near-death experience, Milo, and about playing with both Black Flag and All! Since the interview was released, The Descendents have released the album 9th & Walnut (with the original lineup). The band has also announced that they are currently working on a new record too! They're also currently on tour with The Circle Jerks! Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, Rock102.com, or on the new Rock102 app for iPhone or Android!

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(Ep. #194) Bill Stevenson from The Descendents, All, Black Flag

In this episode Baxie talk to former Happy Monday's guitarist Kav Sandhu. Next month Kav is releasing the album "Northern Gentleman" as Blitz Vega. This was a collaboration between himself and the late Andy Rourke--former bass player for the Smiths. Although the record was scheduled to be released in 2022, those plans were cut short due to Andy's declining health. Last year, following his death of pancreatic cancer at the age of 59, Andy urged Kav to go ahead and release the album. It's a powerful and poignant story. The record is not only amazing, it also includes guitar performances from Johnny Marr. This is the first time that Andy and Johnny had played together since The Smiths broke up 37 years ago! Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, the Rock102 website, and on the Rock102 app!

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(Ep. #195) Kav Sandhu of Blitz Vega, Happy Mondays

Baxie talks to legendary Massachusetts based singer/songwriter Juliana Hatfield! Since the late 1980's Juliana has released nineteen solo albums (with the promise of more on the way). She's released three albums of covers--including last year's "Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO". Plus, she released several records with her first band, The Blake Babies. She's also had numerous collaborations with the likes of Evan Dando of The Lemonheads and Paul Westerberg of The Replacements. Juliana talks about all of that, songwriting, touring, and many of her hits like "My Sister"(1993), "Spin the Bottle"(1994), and "Universal Heart-Beat"(1995).

Juliana is going on tour this month with Soul Asylum and will be making a stop at The Sinclair Theater in Cambridge on November 4th. She and the Juliana Hatfield Three will also make a stop at The Drake in Amherst on November 3rd.

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