The Hustle
Every artist has a story. Whether big or small, they‘ve all seen the ups and downs and worked hard to maintain careers in music. We chat with some of the most interesting legacy artists in pop music and go in depth on their careers, how they feel about them, what it‘s like being a ”rock star” and also hear their best stories. If you‘re a music junkie you will love these long form conversations with beloved figures from your life.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 85 minutes
- Episodes
- 756
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 88 - Fee Waybill of The Tubes
The Tubes were revolutionary for their time, mixing rock music and theatricality in a way few others were doing. At the center stage stood Fee Waybill, one of the greatest frontmen in rock history an…
Episode 87 - Wally Palmar of The Romantics
We're kicking off a series on the artists behind some of the indelible hits of the 80s with a legend, Wally Palmar of the Romantics! They are one of the most successful power pop bands ever and recor…
Episode 86 - Kevin Russell of 707/Solo
707 were one of the underappreciated AOR bands of the early 80s. They should have been right up there with Foreigner and tourmates REO Speedwagon, but it never quite got as big. They did score one mo…
Episode 85 - Cleveland Rocks! with Mark Avsec of Wild Cherry/Breathless/Donnie Iris and Jonah Koslen of Michael Stanley Band/Breathless/Solo
This week we pay respects once again to the great music city of Cleveland with a local legend two-fer.
First up is keyboardist and songwriter Mark Avsec. Mark's first big break was when he joined Wi…
Episode 84 - Susan Ottaviano of Book of Love
Book of Love were one of the key synth pop bands of the 80s and early 90s. Though they never reached the level of global success that colleagues like Depeche Mode or Erasure did, they had a dozen or …
Episode 83 - Lesley Woods of The Au Pairs
The Au Pairs were one of the great British post-punk bands of the late 70s/early 80s. History has shown they were also one of the most revolutionary. Their aggressive mix of political screeds encased…
Episode 82 - John Lever of The Chameleons/The Red-Sided Garter Snakes
In my humble opinion, The Chameleons are possibly the most underrated band of all-time, most certainly of the 80s. Every single fan of The Cure or The Smiths should also own their three core albums (…
Episode 81 - David Newton of The Mighty Lemon Drops
Something magical was happening in Britain in the 80s. The country produced amazing, genre-defining bands throughout the entire decade with legends like The Smiths, Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnyme…
Episode 80 - Sue Saad of Sue Saad and the Next
Sue Saad was the frontwoman for the great Sue Saad and the Next, another in a long line of excellent bands that should have been much bigger. They were discovered in L.A. in the late 70s by Richard P…
Episode 79 - Mike Reno of Loverboy
Episode 78 - Ellen Foley
Encore - Bruce Blackman of Starbuck
Episode 77 - Stephen Bishop
Episode 76 - Glen Burtnik
Episode 75 - Michael Harville of Sugarbomb
Episode 74 - Jacob Slichter of Semisonic
Episode 73 - David Sterry of Real Life
Episode 72 - Mark Gable of Choirboys
Episode 71 - Tito Larriva of The Plugz/The Cruzados/Tito & Tarantula
