Archive for category: Classic Rock Interviews

These are the interviews from the most recent editions of the weekly national radio broadcast of In The Studio .

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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedoes

Tom Petty archival interview for “Damn the Torpedoes ” In the Studio
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Fleetwood Mac- Tusk- Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham

Imagine an entire season of the tv "reality series" show Survivor if it had been filmed in a locked down recording studio instead of a remote island, and with guitars instead of spears, and you have the story of Fleetwood Mac's 1979 double opus "Tusk". Part 1.
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The Police- Reggatta de Blanc- Sting, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers

"Outlandos d'Amour'  has a certain grotesque, naïve charm about it," Sting offers in this interview about the second album by The Police, "but 'Reggatta de Blanc'  is infinitely a better record." Both the critics and the rock audience agreed, garnering two #1 hits in the UK with "Walking on the Moon" and "Message in a Bottle", plus topping the album sales chart there with "Reggatta de Blanc".
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Foreigner- Best Of- Mick Jones, Lou Gramm

Foreingner’s founder Mick Jones and original singer/co-writer Lou Gramm get their green cards for permanent citizenship in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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R.E.M.- Monster- Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills

REM interview with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills for “Monster”
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Cheap Trick- Dream Police- Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander

we find out from my guests Cheap Trick lead singer Robin Zander and guitarist/songwriter Rick Nielsen that the band had actually interrupted recording their fourth studio album, "Dream Police", in order to do that first Japanese tour in 1978. Several hits would eventually come from "Dream Police", including "Voices","It's the Way of the World", and the title song, but those would have to wait while Cheap Trick scuttled all plans while they learned to surf the tsunami of success from the unexpected live album.
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Aerosmith- Pump- Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer

Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, and Joey Kramer pay at the "Pump" by joining me In the Studio to discuss the phenomenal 1989 seven million-selling album.
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Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense- David Byrne, Jerry Harrison

Talking Heads groundbreaking “Stop Making Sense” interviews with David Byrne and Jerry Harrison In the Studio with Redbeard.
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Motley Crue- Dr Feelgood- Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars

Motley Crue interview of “Dr Feelgood” with Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil
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Woodstock pt1- Carlos Santana, Pete Townshend, Graham Nash

Woodstock Festival July 1969 was unequaled in sheer scale, still heard in the voices of Carlos Santana, Pete Townshend, the late Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane, Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and the late Alvin Lee of Ten Years After, all here In the Studio in part one.