Life In The Stocks

Me old mate Beano returns for his second Life In The Stocks appearance this week to discuss his latest album Survival of the Friendliest, his new book Fool Hardy Folk Tales, his upcoming tour, and a whole lot more. As always, it was an absolute pleasure talking to the artist commonly known as Beans On Toast. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.com/life-in-the-stocks-veracious-conversations-with-musicians-creatives/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been a while since I've had anyone this chatty on the show. Marko is one hell of a talker. He's got stories for days. He's also a complete music geek, and his knowledge of early Californian punk rock is second to none. There's all kinds of fun stuff in this episode - if you like NOFX, Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, and that whole Fat Wreck Chords scene, you'll going to love it! We also talk about Sugarcult and the twentieth anniversary of their debut album, Start Static. Enjoy the show!Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.com/life-in-the-stocks-veraciou

Welcome to the first podcast of 2022, and Episode 247 in total. My first guest of the year is Jim Lindberg from Pennywise who joins me to discuss a wide range of topics from the formation of Pennywise in Hermosa Beach and the local punk scene in that area, which gave the world bands like Black Flag, Circle Jerks & Descendents, to parenthood and his relationship with his father, The Other F Word documentary, Jim's new solo album, Songs From The Elkhorn Trail, Epitaph Records, coming up alongside bands like Rancid & The Offspring, his decision to leave Pennywise in 2010, and a whole lot more. It was a great chat - Jim is a lovely dude and a brilliant songwriter.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musi

Welcome to the last Life In The Stocks episode of the 2021 with Rob "Blasko" Nicholson from Ozzy Osbourne's band & Zakk Sabbath. Blasko is also a music manager who looks after the likes of Clutch and Black Label Society, and he's previously played in Prong, Danzig, and Rob Zombie's band. We had a great talk about passion, ambition, drive, tenacity, humility, positivity, and his time working in/on all the aforementioned bands and projects. I'm still in the process of moving house at the moment, and all of my equipment is in boxes, so I'm going to take the rest of this year off to unpack my life, enjoy Christmas, and prepare for 2022. Who knows what the hell is going to happen then?!? Thank you for your ongoing support with this podcast.Please, if you feel like supporting the show, head over to www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocks and become a Life In The Stocks Patreon. Every donation really makes a bug difference to my ability to keep doing the show.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocks

My guest this week is the one and only Father Zakk Wylde from Ozzy Osbourne's band and the mighty Black Label Society. This was the first time we'd properly spoken since being on tour together in 2020, right before "you know what" hit, and it was so good to catch up!Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.com/life-in-the-stocks-veracious-conversations-with-musicians-creatives/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, I'm joined by the absolute shredding guitar player, Nita Strauss. You might know Nita best as the guitarist in Alice Cooper's band, but she's also a ripping solo artist with one album already out (Controlled Chaos) and a second one on the way. As well as being an amazing musician, Nita is also a solid gold human being and we had a really great talk. Enjoy!Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.com/life-in-the-stocks-veracious-conversations-with-musicians-creatives/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This one has been a long time coming. And this man needs no introduction. Welcome to the first of what will hopefully be many more conversations with one of the realest people in music: Lars Frederiksen from Rancid. What an honour. Dream guest material.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.com/life-in-the-stocks-veracious-conversations-with-musicians-creatives/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have another UK guest joining us today for Episode 242 of Life In The Stocks. I've decided I need to show more home country love and feature more British guests on the podcast, continuing today with Laurent Barnard, aka Lags, from Gallows - one of the most formidable UK punk bands of the last two decades. The band's guitarist and primary songwriter joins me to discuss Gallows Mk 1 with Frank Carter, and Gallows Mk 2 with Wade McNeil, as he reveals the full story of the band from a group of young punks on the DIY local music scene in Watford to signing with a major label for one million pounds, Frank's departure, Wade replacing, where the band is at now, and the future of the group going forward. We squeeze in all kinds of other stuff along the way, too.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreo

Something a little bit different this week...I don't feature as many industry / behind the scenes guests as I'd like to on Life In The Stocks, but I always enjoy talking to them when I do, especially when they happen to be a close personal friend of mine, like this week's guest, Ben Ray from Slam Dunk. Slam Dunk is, for my money, the best alternative festival in the UK. It caters to everyone. And Ben's grown in from a ska punk club night in Leeds to one of the most successful festivals in the country. We talk all about that journey on this podcast, and lots of other fun stuff along the way.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, W

Episode 240 of Life In The Stocks features the one and only Paul Stanley from Kiss. I'd never met Paul Stanley before this Zoom call, and I've wanted to interview him for years, so it was an absolute pleasure to finally sit down with the Starchild and hear about his time in the hottest band in the world. We talk about his 45 year friendship with Gene Simmons, the creative and interpersonal dynamics within Kiss, original line-ups, evolving over time, doing what you love, never backing down, the legacy of Kiss, the strong possibility that the band will continue without Gene & Paul, and Paul's latest solo project, Soul Station. His new album, Now And Then, is out NOW and it's frickin' awesome. If you like soul music, you will LOVE it.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocks

Episode 239 of Life In The Stocks features guitar wizard John 5. John 5 has played with everyone from Paul Stanley & David Lee Roth to Lynyrd Skynyrd & Rob Zombie, and we get into as much of it as possible in this podcast. Be sure to check out John's new solo record Sinners, which is out NOW.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.com/life-in-the-stocks-veracious-conversations-with-musicians-creatives/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This one has been on the cards for a while - at least in my mind! Alice In Chains head honcho Jerry Cantrell has been a dream guest of mine since I launched Life In The Stocks in 2017, and it's an honour to finally have him on the show. The only other podcast Jerry's done before this one is Let There Be Talk with Dean Delray - which, coincidentally, is the one of only two podcasts that I regularly listen to, the other being WTF with Marc Maron. So that makes this appearance on Life In The Stocks extra special. We talk all about Seattle and coming up in that scene with *those bands, we discuss working on movies like The Cable Guy and Jerry Maguire, playing with Duff McKagan, Jerry's love of blues and country music, his relationship with William DuVall, his admiration for Mike Patton, and his three incredible solo albums, Boggy Depot, Degradation Trip, and Brighten - out October 29th. Thanks to Jerry for coming on the show. I hope we can do another one in person someday.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagr

I figured we'd relaunch the show with two episodes seeing as how we've been away for two months. And what better way to reintroduce Life In The Stocks to the world of podcasting than with a conversation with a bonafide punk rock legend: Paul Cook from Sex Pistols & The Professionals. Paul is a lovely man and we had wonderful conversation about his life and times in the aforementioned bands. The new album by The Professionals is called SNAFU and it's out now. And you can catch the band on tour all over the U.K. throughout October. Tickets can be purchased via theprofessionalsband.comFollow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Water

I'M BACK!!! It's been a long old break - two and a half months - and it feels great to be relaunching Life In The Stocks with one of my favourite humans: Keith Buckley from Every Time I Die. I explain the long hiatus in the intro. I also give all the info on my upcoming Live Q&A tour with Keith in February 2022. We're visiting London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Belfast & Dublin. Tickets can be bought here: https://everytimeidie.net/tourFollow Keith on Twitter: @deathofthepartyFollow Keith on Twitch: twitch.tv/officialkeithbuckleySubscribe to Keith on Patreon: patreon.com/keithbuckleyFollow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon,

Life In The Stocks Episode 235 features the one and only John Joseph from Cro-Mags, Bloodclot, and now a multi-published author with FIVE books to his name. We had a great conversation, too. We talk about how adversity builds character, the PMA effect, spirituality, endurance, addiction & recovery, and John shares lots of old New York stories and tales of running wild as a kid, freebasing, robbing drug dealers, and ultimately getting clean & sober. It's a great talk that's guaranteed to entertain & inspire.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.c

Episode 234 of Life In The Stocks features Ben Weasel from Screeching Weasel. Ben is somewhat of a divisive figure in the punk rock community, but very few outlets or platforms seem to have given him the chance to tell his side of the story following the incident at SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2011. So I thought it was about time I invited him on to my podcast to set the record straight. And we ended up having a super in-depth, interesting & insightful conversation that covered everything from cancel culture & wokism to racism, politics & socio-economics, comedy & censorship, controversy, redemption, parenthood, and a whole lot more. Forget about what you think you know about Ben Weasel. Go into this podcast with an open mind, and see how you feel at the end. If you're not familiar with his band either, Screeching Weasel are one of the most influential pop punk bands of all-time. They are well worthy of your time - if you like that kind of music, there are very few who do it better. Follow me on

Keith Morris is a real punk rock original. The Black Flag, Circle Jerks & Off! frontman was right there for the birth of west coast punk, and we get into the whole history of it here in Episode 233 of Life In The Stocks. We discuss the early days of Black Flag, The Decline of the Western Civilisation, Repo Man, playing golf with Harry Dean Stanton, his friendship with Jeffrey Lee Pierce from The Gun Club, the Circle Jerks then & now, Off! and the new album & film that the band is working on, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keith's incredible but albeit short-lived side project Midget Handjob, and his amazing book Story of a Punk Rock Survivor. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creat

I'm joined for this special episode of Life In The Stocks by musician, photographer & graphic designer Sean Yseult. The original White Zombie bassist doesn't do a lot of podcasts, so it was an honour and a joy to welcome her onto the show. We had a lovely chat about her time in White Zombie, her amazing book I'm In The Band, New Orleans, New York, Beavis & Butthead, our mutual friend Michael Alago, and some wild nights during the nineties with the likes of Johnny Depp, Timothy Leary, Gibby Haynes & Al Jourgensen.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebir

Mick Harris from Napalm Death, Painkiller & Scorn joins me for Episode 231 of Life In The Stocks. The godfather of the blast beat and inventor of the term grindcore joins me to talk about our hometown of Birmingham, the Birmingham doss, fishing, grindcore, Napalm Death, Kool Keith, John Peel, Digby Pearson, Earache Records, and a whole lot more. This man is a true character and a true original. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreon.com/lifeinthestocksMy first book, 'Life In The Stocks: Veracious Conversations with Musicians & Creatives (Vol. 01)' is also out NOW and is available via Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's & Rare Bird Publishing. https://rarebirdlit.com/life-in-the-stocks-veracious-conversations-with-musicians-creatives/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out info

Episode 230 of Life In The Stocks features a long overdue first appearance of my old pal Rou Reynolds on the podcast. The Enter Shikari frontman and published author joins me for an in-depth discussion about his incredible new book, A Treatise on Possibility, which is one of the most well researched and thorough books I've ever read - especially from a musician. It's definitely for the deep thinkers, but if you've found yourself questioning the very nature of human existence during this pandemic period - why are we here, what happened to lead us to this point, and where do we go from here - then Rou's book is an essential addition to your library. Apologies for taking so long to get you on the podcast Roughton, but it was well worth the wait for this chat.Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdjCheck out the Life In The Stocks Patreon page, support this podcast, and get all kinds of extras in return, from bonus podcasts & DJ mixes to archive print interviews & radio shows. www.patreo