These are the classic rock interviews and rock music interviews from the most recent weekly episodes of In The Studio with Redbeard.
Don Henley- Building the Perfect Beast- Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar
Don Henley interview about making his Building the Perfect Beast
Pink Floyd- The Wall pt2- Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason
Pink Floyd's monumental opus The Wall...the numbers that it has generated are starting to rival the Great Wall of China: #87 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 Albums of All Time; worldwide sales of an estimated 30,000,000...
Pink Floyd- The Wall pt1- Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason
Roger Waters admitted to me that in 1980 Pink Floyd had been guaranteed one million dollars per night to perform "The Wall" on a stadium tour. "And I refused to do it outdoors," Waters tells me in this classic rock interview. "But how can you do a show, that's about the alienation you feel about doing stadium shows, in a stadium?"
Eric Clapton- Journeyman 30th Anniversary
Eric Clapton's mid-Eighties trifecta of studio albums, starting in 1985 with Behind the Sun followed by August, peaked in Fall 1989 with Journeyman. Thirty years on it has aged remarkably well, a combination of strong songs,…
Bryan Adams- Reckless
Bryan Adams In the Studio for “Reckless”
Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed- Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman
Original Rolling Stones bassist Bill Woman joined by guitarist Mick Taylor for seminal “Let It Bleed” interview.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedoes
Tom Petty archival interview for “Damn the Torpedoes ” In the Studio
Led Zeppelin II – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin II interview with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant In the Studio.
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".
R.E.M.- Monster- Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills
REM interview with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills for “Monster”
Fleetwood Mac- Tusk pt2- Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood
Fleetwood Mac “Tusk” interview with Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, part two
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".
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.
Supertramp- Crime of the Century- Roger Hodgson
Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson with a rare interview In the Studio for “Crime of the Century”
Motley Crue- Dr Feelgood- Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars
Motley Crue 30th anniversary of “Dr Feelgood” with Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil