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Ryan Roxie

He plays guitar for Alice Cooper, recorded an album with Slash and hosts the “In the Trenches” podcast featuring guests from across the rock-n-roll spectrum. From his early days in Candy an…

Bryan Small

He was digging his own grave from the late-’80s through the ‘90s until he got sober

and refocused his creative muse on his twangy, garage-punk, rock band, The

Hangmen. Some call Bryan Small …

Blake Ibanez

Power Trip was one of metal’s fastest rising stars until the untimely 2020 death of 34-year-old singer, Riley Gale. As tributes poured in from Anthrax, Machine Head, Trivium and Ice-T, am…

Craig Behrhorst

A veteran of the San Francisco rock scene, guitarist Craig Behrhorst befriended Metallica, Exodus, Death Angel and others when they played their earliest club gigs. He also took the st…

Stevie D.

When his plan to become Hollywood’s biggest drug dealer failed, Stevie D. and partner Josh Todd relaunched Buckcherry and scored massive radio hits with “Crazy Bitch” and “Sorry.” Today, he…

Thom Hazaert

He loves Def Leppard and Faster Pussycat as much as Korn and Deftones and has followed his passion for music into multiple music-biz pursuits, including journalist, manager, label boss, …

Away

For four decades, Michel Langevin, a.k.a. “Away,” has been the drummer,

artistic visionary and driving force behind Canadian prog-metal thrash

titans, Voivod. With the recent release of the band’…

As the bass player for the highly influential Big Boys, Chris Gates helped define

Austin’s early 1980s punk-rock scene. Next, he chased his dreams to Los Angeles

where he sought to “make it” as the fou…

One-Year Anniversary!

Dave and Jason are joined by producer Jared Tuten for a behind-the-scenes look back

on the one-year anniversary of the Talk Louder Podcast.

Created and Produced by Jared Tuten

She led NY Loose to the forefront of New York’s mid-1990s glam-punk

revival before moving onto other projects, including her most recent,

pandemic-inspired release, “Lockdown.” Brijitte West joins us f…

Legs Diamond

Legs Diamond flew under the mainstream radar despite arena tours with KISS, Ted

Nugent and Styx, but found a stronghold in San Antonio, Texas, where legendary

deejay Joe “The Godfather” An…

Eddie Spaghetti and Frank Meyer

Frontmen for their respective bands, the Supersuckers and Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, Eddie

Spaghetti and Frank Meyer join forces after a decades-long friendship to

release a…

Wayne Nagel

An architect of the Austin music scene for more than four decades, Wayne Nagel was

the co-owner of the legendary Austin Rehearsal Complex (ARC) where musicians

like Charlie Sexton, the Fabul…

Jimmy Ashhurst

Best-known for his eight-year stint as the bass player for

double-platinum rockers Buckcherry, Jimmy Ashhurst previously played in Broken

Homes and Izzy Stradlin’s post-GN’R band, the Ju …

Harald Oimoen

His photographs captured the early years of the Bay Area thrash scene and

were featured on landmark albums by Metallica, Slayer, Exodus and Possessed.

Along with co-photographer Brian Lew,…

Iron Maiden "Senjutsu"

From their early beginnings as a late-1970s club band to their latest 2021 album,

“Senjutsu,” Iron Maiden has grown into a worldwide heavy metal juggernaut whose

loyal fanbase re…

Juan Herrera

A mainstay in the San Antonio metal scene and the man behind the

coffee-table photo book, “As Viewed From the Pit,” archivist Juan Herrera joins

us to share his memories and lifelong passio…

Billy Rowe

He was on the cusp of superstardom in the mid-1980s when his band, Jetboy,

rivaled Guns N’ Roses and Poison as The Next Big Thing. When tragedy and record

biz politics grounded Jetboy, he pic…

Bart Gabriel

Bart Gabriel turned his passion for heavy metal into the business of

managing and producing like-minded bands. He also offers mixing, mastering and

promotional services, and helps guide the…

Albert Bouchard

As the drummer on such eternally classic songs as “(Don’t Fear) The

Reaper,” “Godzilla,” “Burning for You” and others, Blue Oyster Cult’s Albert

Bouchard is firmly cemented in rock-n-rol…