Italian guitar virtuoso Matteo Mancuso joins The Logan Show to discuss his upcoming album "Route 96," his US and European touring, working with Steve Vai and Antoine Boyer, breaking down his practice routine, the moment he knew he "made it," the impact of his viral Rick Beato interview, re-recording his 2017 rendition of "The Chicken," and more.0:00 How crazy the last few years have ben for Matteo / new album / first single 1:47 Upcoming tour and lineup of his live band2:28 Touring so far ahead of the new album releasing and fans recording live versions of songs before they’re released5:29 Performing new songs on tour6:04 Why Matteo keeps the setlist the same on tour6:35 Re-recording “The Chicken”8:50 New single “Isla Feliz” ft. Antoine Boyer and deciding what should be the lead single from an album10:53 Collaborating with Antoine Boyer12:23 Collaborating with Steve Vai14:50 Steve Vai’s advice to record at 96kHz18:35 Black Centurion / love letter to his rock guitar heroes20:52 Matteo’s practice routine24:50 Improv onstage / backing tracks26:51 The moment Matteo knew he “made it”30:35 Wrap upFollow MATTEO MANCUSO online:https://www.matteomancuso.net/https://www.facebook.com/matteomancusoofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/matteomancuso.guitar/https://www.tiktok.com/@matteomancuso.guitarhttps://www.youtube.com/@MatteoMancusoofficial/Follow THE LOGAN SHOW online:https://www.facebook.com/realloganshowhttps://www.instagram.com/realloganshow/https://twitter.com/realloganshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@realloganshowOutro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light DividedUsed with permission.

Tailgunner (Napalm Records) bassist Thomas "Bones" Hewson joins the show to discuss the band's upcoming new album "Midnight Blitz" and how they began working with Judas Priest legend K.K. Downing, performing "Hit The Lights" on the recent Metallica "Kill 'Em All" tribute album "No Life 'Til Leather," playing a show with the late Paul Di'Anno, his thoughts on Yungblud, gushing over his favorite band Guns N' Roses, and more.0:00 Success of the “Midnight Blitz” single1:02 Meeting K.K. Downing1:55 Playing a show with the late Paul Di’Anno2:16 Is Iron Maiden aware of Tailgunner2:50 How K.K. became the producer of “Midnight Blitz” album3:46 K.K. “challenged” band to write a ballad5:28 Working with Ozzy Osbourne’s keyboardist Adam Wakeman7:01 Thoughts on Yungblud9:22 Favorite 80’s ballads10:46 Touring with Steel Panther11:40 Recording “Midnight Blitz” over a 6 month period13:40 Writing “Guns For Hire” by himself15:34 The benefits of working with both K.K. and Olaf from Enforcer17:44 Will Tailgunner tour the US in 2026 & the pain of obtaining visas21:37 Having “Midnight Blitz” artwork done by Death By VHS and the importance of great album art24:21 Pros and cons of A.I.28:23 Appearing on Metallica “Kill ‘Em All” tribute album30:54 Best NWOBHM albums of all time32:57 Thoughts on Guns N’ Roses new songs and the greatness of “Chinese Democracy”38:02 Other great NWOTHM bands39:50 Wrap upFollow BONES online:https://www.instagram.com/bonesonbass/Follow TAILGUNNER online:https://linktr.ee/tailgunnerhqhttps://www.facebook.com/tailgunnerhqhttps://www.instagram.com/tailgunnerhqhttps://www.tiktok.com/@tailgunnerhqhttps://www.youtube.com/tailgunnerhqFollow THE LOGAN SHOW online:https://www.facebook.com/realloganshowhttps://www.instagram.com/realloganshow/https://twitter.com/realloganshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@realloganshowOutro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light DividedUsed with permission.

Alice In Chains singer and guitarist William DuVall looks back on 20 years in the band and carrying on the legacy of Layne Staley, as well as PETA's request for the band to temporarily change their name to Betty In Chains in support of an elderly, disabled circus elephant, his upcoming performance and new song "Black Horizon" with supergroup Metal Allegiance, producing records and working with Chained Saint and Dropsonic, his cover of Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage" for the Chris Cornell tribute project King Ultramega, and more.0:00 Response to PETA asking Alice In Chains to temporarily change name4:16 Getting involved with Metal Allegiance and writing / recording new song “black Horizon”9:26 Remembering Brent Hinds and the future of Giraffe Tongue Orchestra13:49 Working with young new band Chained Saint18:54 Producing the new Dropsonic album21:16 Wanting to produce more records25:37 Honoring Chris Cornell with King Ultramega supergroup32:42 Reflecting on 20 years in Alice In Chains and carrying on Layne Staley’s legacy37:50 Does Alice In Chains record all of their shows40:11 Wrap upFollow WILLIAM DUVALL online:https://williamduvall.com/https://www.facebook.com/williamduvallmusichttps://www.instagram.com/williamduvallofficialhttps://x.com/williamduvallFollow ALICE IN CHAINS online:https://aliceinchains.com/https://www.facebook.com/aliceinchainshttps://www.instagram.com/aliceinchains/https://x.com/AliceInChainshttps://www.youtube.com/c/aliceinchainsFollow THE LOGAN SHOW online:https://www.facebook.com/realloganshowhttps://www.instagram.com/realloganshow/https://twitter.com/realloganshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@realloganshowOutro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light DividedUsed with permission.#aliceinchains #grunge

Frontman and guitarist of the great Blackberry Smoke, Charlie Starr, joins me to break down all eight of their studio albums, and how the band is honoring and paying tribute to their late drummer Brit Turner with the release of their first ever best of album, Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best of Blackberry Smoke, Vol. 1.

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Check out my first interview with Charlie (2024):https://youtu.be/gWC13H2H7m0

Watch Blackberry Smoke perform "The Whippoorwill" for Off The Avenue:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW-Lj6XkLj

00:00 Intro

0:47 Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime

1:30 Why Blackberry Smoke re-recorded Sanctified Woman

4:20 Recording first album with Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl and not having enough songs

5:50 What happened to BamaJam Records

7:14 Little Piece of Dixie and working with outside songwriters

9:28 Writing with Travis Meadows

11:11 Recording Blackberry Smoke songs written entirely by others

13:44 How the first two albums hold up for Charlie

14:11 Changing the setlist for every show

15:53 Touring with Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

17:10 The Whippoorwill and help from Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band) and his record label

21:06 How Charlie’s divorce affected songwriting

21:59 Disagreement with Travis Meadows when writing One Horse Town

23:57 The Whippoorwill having Pink Floyd vibes and joking with Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)

25:44 How The Whippoorwill holds up for Charlie

26:36 Performing songs differently live versus the recording

28:13 Recording together live in the studio

28:42 Holding All The Roses, releasing it on Rounder Records and the end of Zac Brown’s label

30:50 Why Blackberry Smoke started their own label 3 Legged Records and the origins of the name

32:20 Becoming first independent act to have a #1 country album on Billboard (Holding All The Roses)

33:32 Working with Brendan O’Brien

36:27 The importance of a great producer

37:30 Why they only did one album with Brendan O’Brien

38:10 Like An Arrow and feeling good as a songwriter

39:04 How Benji Shanks joined the band

40:46 Working with Gregg Allman

43:54 The importance of Like An Arrow to Charlie

44:21 Find A Light and the Tom Petty connection with Best Seat In The House

45:20 Writing with Keith Nelson (ex-Buckcherry guitarist)

46:49 Tom Petty’s death caused Best Seat In The House to make the record

49:08 Relationship with Junkyard, Brian Baker and David Roach who covered ’Til The Wheels Fall Off

51:31 Covering Black Sabbath’s Children Of The Grave in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

53:00 You Hear Georgia and working with producer Dave Cobb

54:45 The impact of the pandemic on You Hear Georgia and writing with Warren Haynes

57:10 Deciding when a song’s co-writer will perform on the recording

57:56 Collaborating with Mark Morton of Lamb Of God

58:42 Be Right Here - the final album with drummer Brit Turner

1:02:09 Rattle, Ramble, and Roll Volume 1

1:03:12 Update on next Blackberry Smoke studio album

1:03:48 Covering Bad Company’s Run With The Pack featuring Paul Rodgers and Brann Dailor (Mastodon)

1:06:04 Remembering Brent Hinds (ex-Mastodon)

1:08:02 What’s next for Blackberry Smoke

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Outro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light Divided

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Former Megadeth bassist and thrash metal legend David Ellefson remembers the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, reflects on performing at Ozzy and Black Sabbath's final show, Back To The Beginning, discusses his current projects Kings of Thrash (with former Megadeth guitarist Jeff Young), Ellefson-Soto with Jeff Scott Soto, Dieth, his podcast "The David Ellefson Show," and more.

0:00 - Remembering Ozzy Osbourne

5:32 - Performing at Back To The Beginning

8:03 - Performing with Jake E. Lee

11:52 - Reconnecting with old friends at Back To The Beginning

13:32 - How the supergroups were put together at Back To The Beginning

14:55 - Final encounter with Ozzy

18:26 - Kings Of Thrash with Jeff Young and the nostalgia of playing old songs

22:14 - Revisiting “Youthanasia” and other Megadeth songs

24:26 - Potential new Kings Of Thrash music26:22 - Working with Chris Poland

26:52 - Ellefson-Soto project with Jeff Scott Soto32:24 - Tim “Ripper” Owens (KK’s Priest) & Laura Guldemond (Burning Witches) on new Ellefson-Soto album “Unbreakable”

34:59 - The difficulty of performing live with Ellefson-Soto

36:01 - Have bass, will travel & not getting jaded

40:28 - The status of Dieth

45:12 - Singing lead vocals for the first time on Dieth’s “Walk With Me Forever”

46:51 - Pushing Dave Mustaine to sing in Megadeth and having conviction in vocals

49:38 - Timeline for new Dieth music and how they write

51:34 - New podcast “The David Ellefson Show”

57:57 - Wrap up

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Outro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light DividedUsed with permission.

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show, Back To The Beginning, finally took place on Saturday, July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham, and as was expected for the last show, it was a rollercoaster of emotions.0:00 - Intro0:30 - Livestream issues1:15 - Mastodon1:59 - Rival Sons2:32 - Anthrax3:15 - Halestorm4:20 - Lamb Of God4:53 - Supergroup A (Jake E. Lee, David Draiman, Sleep Token II, etc.)8:52 - Supergroup B (Steven Tyler, Sammy Hagar, Vernon Reid, etc.)15:11 - Jack Black, Revel Ian, Roman Morello15:50 - Alice In Chains16:55 - Gojira17:44 - Pantera / Jason Momoa circle pit19:06 - Tool19:31 - Slayer20:11 - Fred Durst20:59 - Celebrity “thank you” videos21:42 - Guns N’ Roses23:00 - Metallica24:12 - Ozzy Osbourne28:12 - Black Sabbath31:51 - Wrap upJay Buchanan (Rival Sons) interview:https://youtu.be/A7H_4sUeTAIRudy Sarzo interview:https://youtu.be/s9Lj2Yr9WJoThe Rock Experience with Mike Brunn:https://www.youtube.com/@UCwh7jxrsMoOjx1KDIIC8Qjw Follow THE LOGAN SHOW online:https://www.facebook.com/realloganshowhttps://www.instagram.com/realloganshow/https://twitter.com/realloganshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@realloganshowOutro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light DividedUsed with permission.#ozzyosbourne #blacksabbath #backtothebeginning

Thornhill frontman Jacob Charlton talks the band's latest album "Bodies," their mostly sold out first ever US headline tour with Avoid, Ocean Grove, and Banks Arcade, the early days of the band and signing to UNFD, what's next for the band, being "s***" at social media, and more.

0:00-1:02 Selling out US headline shows

1:02-3:13 No VIP in Australia and the importance of it on tour

3:13-4:08 Touring in a BandWagon

4:08-5:31 How Thornhill decided best time to headline US for the first time

5:31-7:55 Playing new album “Bodies” in its entirety on tour

7:55-10:31 Touring in the US vs. Australia

10:31-12:07 Touring with Ocean Grove after covering them early on

12:07-14:07 Doing Battle of the Bands early on in career and not having a backup plan

14:07-16:40 Full circle moments for Thornhill and the greatness of being self-contained

16:40-18:18 How record labels lost their importance

18:18-20:24 Hating social media and “being s*** at it”

20:24-21:30 When “Lily and the Moon” intro looped on radio for 5 hours straight

21:30-22:34 Supporting Architects early on in career

22:34-25:15 Managing through the pandemic as a young band and writing “Heroine”

25:15-25:52 Needing a mental health break in 2022 and firing Matt Van Duppen

25:52-27:36 Balancing personal relationships with touring

27:36-30:12 What’s next for Thornhill and US festival scene

30:12-32:11 How genre-labelling has evolved

32:11-33:13 Wrap up

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Follow THE LOGAN SHOW online:https://www.facebook.com/realloganshowhttps://www.instagram.com/realloganshow/https://twitter.com/realloganshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@realloganshowOutro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light DividedUsed with permission.

Former Butcher Babies co-vocalist and current Acid Queen Carla Harvey details how she joined Lords Of Acid, her new project The Violent Hour, meeting and subsequently dating Anthrax and Pantera drummer Charlie Benante, her work as a death doula / grief specialist, and more.

0:00-2:22 Joining Lords Of Acid

2:22-3:14 Charlie Benante & Pantera

3:14-4:01 Meeting Jack White in Nashville

4:01-5:17 New band The Violent Hour & John 5

5:17-7:16 Writing and recording with Charlie Benante

7:16-8:08 How Carla met Charlie

8:08-8:28 The Violent Hour release timeline

8:28-11:05 Upcoming Lords Of Acid album / tour and her role in the band

11:05-11:42 Return to touring after Butcher Babies

11:42-12:43 Fan reaction to Carla joining Lords Of Acid

12:43-14:58 Not wanting to constantly tour

14:58-17:15 Working as a death doula / grief specialist

17:15-20:32 Everything working out and importance of authenticity

20:32-24:04 Dealing with detached retinas in both eyes

24:04-24:45 Upcoming special guests for The Violent Hour

24:45-25:34 The 80’s “glam” era of Pantera

25:34-26:19 Favorite Pantera album and current era of the band

26:19-26:50 Upcoming plans and Lords Of Acid release window

26:50-27:13 Favorite Lords Of Acid song to rehearse

27:13-27:40 Contributing to Lords Of Acid setlist

27:40-28:56 Wrap up

🎫 Buy tickets to see Lords Of Acid Live 🎫https://www.lordsofacidofficial.com/

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