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Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket Has All You Want On FM 2.0 Conversations

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:08:00 +0000

Glen Phillips of the iconic band Toad The Wet Sprocket joined us and we dove into the recently released LP "All You Want". We discussed the songs "I Will Not Take These Things For Granted", "Crazy Life", "Crowing", "Windmills", "Transient Whales" and more. Dean Baldwin joined in on the conversation which talked about bridges in a song, the influence of Toad The Wet Sprocket on the 90s of being thrust into the pre-grunge / post-grunge unique lane of their own style. We also got into dealing with divorce and starting a new life. Creative ways to write songs, and so much more!

Big Pharma and The Music Business, PLUS the music of Wicked Love

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:42:00 +0000

Brendan Ferreira of the rock band Wicked Love joined FM 2.0 Radio and FM 2.0 TV to talk about their music. In this discussion we talked about:

Smart Cars
Having two personalities as a front man in a rock band: The stage persona and the personal man. Brendan talks about the conflicts that arise.
We feature the song "Body Fire" which has total Def Leppard "Adrenalize" album vibes.
We talk about the band EUROPE
The loss of CJ Snare of Firehouse
Then we get into a deep discussion about how rock music in the 80s was a form of escapism from the threat of a nuclear war. This leads to a discussion of rock of the 80s vs grunge of the 90s. Then we dig into the fact that depressing music has been pushed on people into order to drive up pharmaceutical sales. Is big pharma the real string puller of the music industry?
We discuss the song named after the band name "Wicked Love" which has Dokken meets Ratt vibes
Then we talk about a time a band named SEX WITH WOOD sent out a band flyer
We talk about crazy band names
We feature the latest single "Light It Up"
Brendan talks about what great people the guys in Five Finger Death Punch are
Brendan then talk about the band they can 't stand when they performed with them.

Matt Scannell on Vertical Horizon's 25th Anniversary of "Everything You Want" & More!

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000

(Watch The Video Spotlight) Matt Scannell of ‪Vertical Horizon joined The Don of FM 2.0 and talked about the 25th anniversary of their break out album "Everything You Want" as well as other songs such as "The Man Who Would Be Santa", "You're A God", "Best I Ever Had", and "We Are". Then, at the end of the conversation, we went into an EMOTIONAL overtime as we began to speak about his friendship with Neil Peart.

Air Supply - Lost In Love And They Have Learned Much: An Epic Conversation With Graham Russell

Thu, 23 May 2024 11:13:00 +0000

Graham Russell is an absolute legend in music as the songwriter, guitarist, keys, and vocals of the band he formed with his close friend Russell Hitchcock famously known as Air Supply. We talk about: – Russell Hitchcock – Graham’s Mastery At Creating The Hook – Lyrical Breakdown of “Sweet Dreams” – Alan Parsons – Men Who Love Air Supply – “Lost In Love” backstory