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 69 - Richard Bush of The A's/The Peace Creeps
The A's were one of Philadelphia's hottest bands in the 70s. Their mix of new wave and power pop created some of the best music of that wonderful period - the barely pre-MTV era (1977-1981). Lead sin…
01:10:14 |
Tue 30 Aug 2016
Episode 68 - Arthur Alexander of Sorrows
Arthur Alexander grew up in Warsaw Poland with dreams of becoming the next Elvis. His dreams brought him to NYC where he paid his dues on the CBGBs scene of the mid-70s with his first band The Poppee…
01:31:14 |
Tue 23 Aug 2016
Episode 67 - Blanche Napoleon on Dan Hartman
In the mid-70s, Blanche Napoleon impulsively moved to NYC and befriended the excellent singer-songwriter Dan Hartman. She also managed to stumble into a music career when Dan made her a background si…
01:17:59 |
Tue 16 Aug 2016
Episode 66 - Robert Tepper
Robert Tepper is a legend. His immortal classic, "No Easy Way Out" from 1985's Rocky IV, while not a huge hit on the pop charts, remains one of the most beloved soundtrack songs in movie history. Who…
01:14:03 |
Tue 09 Aug 2016
Episode 65 - Jon Fiore of Preview/Solo
Jon Fiore was the lead singer of another great, but forgotten, early 80s rock band called Preview. Like many other bands we've showcased, they came in with a lot of promise, released an excellent deb…
01:15:22 |
Tue 02 Aug 2016
Episode 64 - Tim Cappello (aka the ”Sexy Sax Man”)
Who can ever forget the sight of the greased-up beefcake saxophone player performing "I Still Believe" on the boardwalk among the barrels of fire in the 1987 classic movie, The Lost Boys. It's an ima…
01:22:17 |
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Episode 63 - Fiona
As big as "hair metal" was in the late-80s, there were very few women singers that were as big as the boys and could hold their own next to them. That is, except for Fiona, who released a string of h…
01:23:13 |
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Encore - Christopher Thorn of Blind Melon
This is an encore presentation of one of our biggest (and many think best) episodes. Because only the last 50 episodes show up in iTunes, I wanted to post this again so it could be accessed more easi…
01:25:17 |
Fri 15 Jul 2016
Episode 62 - Jai (Jason Rowe)
Jai was the stage name of Jason Rowe, who in the 90s recorded one of the great lost albums with Heaven. Referring to his style as "a mod for the hip-hop generation", Heaven produced one of the best s…
01:22:54 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Episode 61 - Taco
This week is the one and only Taco ( yes, that is his real name - Taco Ockerse )! He hit it big in 1983 with his hypnotic take on the classic 'Puttin On The Ritz', which reached #4 that year, and was…
01:06:40 |
Tue 05 Jul 2016
Episode 60 - Peter McCann
Peter McCann is the man behind the immortal classic, "Do You Wanna Make Love" which was a #5 smash in 1977. He's an admitted one-hit-wonder, but his career is much broader than the one hit. He starte…
01:12:16 |
Tue 28 Jun 2016
Episode 59 - George Winston
George Winston is an icon of New Age music (or "rural folk piano" as he calls it) and an American treasure. His beautiful piano songs have become a part of the country's fabric and some of his albums…
01:11:37 |
Tue 21 Jun 2016
Episode 58 - Neil Taylor
Neil Taylor has been a hugely successful session guitarist for over 30 years, ever since some of his buddies called him up one day asking if he could rush over to the studio and lay down a guitar sol…
01:33:55 |
Tue 14 Jun 2016
Bonus - Jan "The Man" Reports Back From The Axl/DC Concert
Our intrepid producer, Jan "The Man" is a huge AC/DC fan, and has been trying to finagle a way to see them for literally years.
With a lineup change, and Brian Johnson leaving the band recently to…
With a lineup change, and Brian Johnson leaving the band recently to…
00:46:55 |
Fri 10 Jun 2016
Episode 57 - Ben Watkins of The Flowerpot Men/Juno Reactor
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the release of Ferris Bueller's Day Off this month, our guest this week is Ben Watkins, former lead singer of The Flowerpot Men who had that excellent track "Beat …
01:16:07 |
Tue 07 Jun 2016
Episode 56 - Rolo McGinty of The Woodentops
The Woodentops were an excellent British alternative pop band of the mid-to-late 80s. However, within just 2 years, they released 3 wildly different albums and then called it quits. The debut, Giant,…
00:57:29 |
Tue 31 May 2016
Episode 55 - Anthony Kaczynski of Figures on a Beach/Fireking
Anthony Kaczynski was the lead singer of the great Detroit synth band Figures on a Beach throughout the 80s. They started out as a more avant-garde focused outfit along the lines of early Simple Mind…
01:35:01 |
Tue 24 May 2016
Episode 54 - Sarah Shannon of Velocity Girl
The 90s were the golden era of killer indie rock bands fronted by chicks and one of the best of the bunch was Washington D.C.'s Velocity Girl lead by Sarah Shannon. The band put out three albums in t…
01:11:20 |
Tue 17 May 2016
Episode 53 - Amanda Blue of Spider/Shanghai/Solo
Amanda Blue was the lead singer of one of those great rock and roll with a touch of new wave bands of the late 70s/early 80s called Spider. They cracked the top 40 once in 1980 when "New Romance" rea…
01:21:42 |
Tue 10 May 2016
Ep 52 - HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO US! - with Mark Brzezicki of Big Country
To celebrate The Hustle's 1st Birthday, we created a full circle moment. This week's guest is Mark Brzezicki, drummer of the iconic Scottish band Big Country! You may remember in the intro to The Hus…
01:26:22 |
Tue 03 May 2016
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