The (mostly) 80s Music Podcast

Podcast talk with John Illsley, bassist for Dire Straits documenting his life in his memoir, "My Life In Dire Straits".

Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister has written a book, Twisted Business. Both Jay Jay and business partner, Steve Farber join our podcast.

We continue our celebration of March Metal Madness with Nöthin' But A Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. Authors Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock did an intensive dig into the musicians and insiders involved in the scene that launched the careers of Mötley Crüe and Poison on the west coast and Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot on the east. Our talk with Tom and Richard gets into the highs and lows of so many of the bands that many first saw on MT

Talk with Richard Bienstock, Author of Aerosmith, 50th Anniversary: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Bad Boys from Boston

Our talk with The Immediate Family. Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Steve Postell share their stories.

If you're familiar with the names Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Don Henley, James Taylor, Keith Richards and Carole King then you are familiar with The Immediate Family. Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel,Waddy Wachtel and Steve Postell have been involved in many of your favorite songs from the 70s and 80s and are also the musicians playing on stage with so many of these Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legends. After playing for decades for others they have now come togeth

BrownMark, bassist for Prince and the Revolution joins us to talk about his book, My Life In The Purple Kingdom.

Talking with Jefferson Starship in support of their EP, Mother Of the Sun on the What Difference Does It Make Podcast.

Melanie Vammen, Karen Basset and Sheri Kaplan Weinstein are back to talk all things Pandoras and what happens when a band breaks up and creates new opportunities. These musicians have formed a bond that continues to inspire. We encourage you to donate to ALS and Team Shattuck Also, relive the magic on our What Difference Does It Make playlist page and on Spotify As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases #80srock #garagepunk

Leslie Kogan Gold talks about musician and songwriter Andrew Gold