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The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 171 - John Doe - Power Chord Hour PodcastJohn Doe returns to the Power Chord Hour to talk about the upcoming X and Los Lobos tour, the making of the final X record Smoke & Fiction, what a band looks for in a producer and how that changes later in a bands career, what new songs have translated live the best and much moreJOHN DOEhttp://www.xtheband.comhttps://linktr.ee/theejohndoehttps://xtheband.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-fictionhttps://www.instagram.com/xthebandofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/theejohndoePCHInstagram...
2025-08-1131 minThe Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 160 - John Jughead Pierson (Screeching Weasel, Semi-Famous) - Power Chord Hour PodcastJohn Jughead Pierson make his return to the show to talk all about his new band Semi-Famous and what it was like turning a fictional band into a real one. Plus tons more!JUGHEADhttps://semi-famous.bandcamp.comhttps://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.comhttps://www.instagram.com/jugheadsbasementhttps://www.instagram.com/semifamous27PCHInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhourTwitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhourFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourYoutube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3...
2024-09-231h 35The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 156 - Chris Envy (Showoff) - Power Chord Hour PodcastShowoff singer Chris Envy joins the show this week to discuss the bands new ep Haverstraw, why timing is everything, taking signs from the universe, working with the likes of John Feldmann and Mark Trombino, fall touring plans and much more!SHOWOFFhttps://thebandshowoff.bandcamp.comhttps://linktr.ee/thebandshowoffhttps://www.instagram.com/Showoffbandhttps://www.facebook.com/ShowoffMusichttps://www.manickatrecords.comPCHInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhourTwitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhourFacebook...
2024-08-1258 minThe Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 138 - Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr.) - Power Chord Hour PodcastAfter a mini break we are back at it with an interview with indie rock legend Lou Barlow! I covered a lot of ground with Lou with topics including:- Lou's current East Coast backyard acoustic tour- Reconnecting with John Davis and writing new music for The Folk Implosion- Starting the RAW Impressions Podcast with wife Adelle Barlow- Why some bands on autopilot isn't necessarily a bad thing- The Get Up Kids writing a song called Lou Barlow- Kicking around song ideas...
2023-06-2041 minThe Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 128 - December 2022 Rundown - Power Chord Hour PodcastTalking new music and music news of December 2022 plus -- A look back at a years worth of guests- Partying it up in Illinois for NYE- CJ Ramone and John Doe living inside of my heart- Allister putting on the best show of 2022- New plans for the radio show in 2023- Passing out on balconies in Maui &more!Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 8 to midnight est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY. Stream the...
2022-12-271h 21The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 108 - John Doe - Power Chord Hour PodcastIt's not everyday you get to talk to legends but I'll be damned if I'm not to talking to one on this episode! On the show we have musician and actor John Doe. We discuss John's new record Fables in a Foreign Land along with topics such as:- Writing murder ballads with Shirley Manson of Garbage- If John felt any pressure releasing Alphabetland after X hadn't released an album since 1993- Having to find a replacement bass player for a tour because Willie Nelson took yours- Being in...
2022-06-061h 08The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 107 - May 2022 Rundown - Power Chord Hour PodcastNew music and music news of May 2022 plus:- The Menzingers releasing one of the best albums of the 2010's- Podcast intros that are way too long- The insane amount of festivals that popped up in a post Warped Tour world- Hoping to one day be as cool as John Doe- Interviewing musicians, actors and hypnotists- Bands releasing some of their best work in the later years- Losing seventy dollars on a Jawbreaker show you didn't go to & more!
2022-06-011h 25The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 98 - March 2022 Rundown - Power Chord Hour PodcastThis week its all about new music and music news of March 2022 plus- Getting stoked for the upcoming Midtown reunion shows- The differences between a radio show and a podcast- Doing interviews outside your comfort zone- Original blink-182 lineup reuniting to rerecord Flyswatter- Why John Doe is eternally cool- Compiling a playlist of all music from past Power Chord Hour guest & much moreSupport the artists heard on this episode Hot Water Music - Feel The Void
2022-03-291h 18The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 95 - John Jughead Pierson (Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts) - Power Chord Hour PodcastThis week I talk with the punk rock legend that is John Jughead Pierson! You know Jughead from Screeching Weasel, Even in Blackouts, The Mopes, The Mitochondriacs and his podcast Jughead's Basement. On this episode we talk-creativity that you can't turn off-how John losing his record collection was a catalyst for Jughead's Basement-revisiting early Screeching Weasel for inspiration for The Mitochondriacs-the similarities and differences between writing a play and writing a song-the far reaching (and long lasting) impact of Lookout Records-the...
2022-03-061h 42The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 94 - February 2022 Rundown - Power Chord Hour PodcastThis week I'm talking new music and music news of February 2022 plus:-planning a show for the summer-what I'm looking forward to this Record Store Day-my favorite NOFX record turning 25-the modesty of John Jughead Pierson-celebrating 6 years of the show-reading I Slept With Joey Ramone-reading George Clintons book and having to keep stopping to research old Soul artists-the importance of Sum 41 and Simple Plan in my younger days-my excitement for new music from The...
2022-02-281h 23The Power Chord Hour PodcastEp 66 - John Easdale (Dramarama) - Power Chord Hour PodcastThis week I had the honor of talking with Dramarama frontman John Easdale about releasing their first new album (Color TV) in 15 years, moving from Wayne, NJ to LA in the 80's, playing with legends like Clem Burke and Sylvain Sylvain, releasing their first album on a French record label and so much moreCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appemail me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers...
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