CROWCAST #44 - Pete Bailey

Shane & Ronnie sat down with frontman Jon Harvey of Canadian Rockers Monster Truck.They discussed the upcoming Uk tour that kicks off in Dover on the 29th September and new album 'Warriors' released on the 30th September.Monster Truck's 2011 EP The Brown EP found success for them in Canada. The single "Seven Seas Blues" charted in the top ten of both the active rock airplay chart and the alternative rock airplay chart in the spring of 2012. After the release of two EPs, their debut album Furiosity was released on Dine Alone Records on May 28, 2013 and distributed on Universal.The band's second studio album entitled Sittin' Heavy was released on Mascot Records on February 19, 2016.The band won the 2013 Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year.They played the Download Festival in 2013 and supported Vista Chino on their European tour in October and November 2013. The band started recording the Sittin' Heavy album in January 2015 after touring with Alice in Chains, opening for them on their 2014 North American tour.Their track "Sweet Mountain River" was included in Ubisoft's music game Rocksmith 2014, "Seven Seas Blues" in EA Sports' NHL 13, and "Old Train" was used in an episode of Orphan Black, "Variable and Full of Perturbation". The first single from their second studio album was released on October 19, 2015, a track called "Don't Tell Me How to Live".A song, "The Enforcer", was also available only when pre-ordering the album. Their song "Righteous Smoke" is featured in EA Sports' NHL 17. The song "The Enforcer" was also used as the goal song for the Toronto Maple Leafs after every goal scored with a "Go Leafs Go" chant added to the song.The band's third studio album, True Rockers, was announced on June 1, 2018, upon the release of the lead single "Evolution".The title track featuring Dee Snider was released as a promotional single the following week. The album was released on September 14, 2018.In November 2021, Monster Truck was featured in Kid Rock's re-recording of their song "Don't Tell Me How To Live", released as the first single from Kid Rock's triple album. Kid Rock's recording features a rap rock sound. On March 14, 2022, it was announced that drummer Steve Kiely had departed from the band.This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronnie sat down with Kris Barras to discuss his brand new album Death Valley Paradise, a successful headline tour & a recap of what's happened since his last appearance on CrowCast over a year ago. This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Weird week in the The Crows Nest, sadly a few of the band members have been unwell so this week Ronnie had to fly solo. He sat down and chatted to guitarist & frontman Rich and Drummer Robyn of British hard rockers STONE BROKEN. During the conversation they discussed life inside and out of the band since they last appeared on CrowCast (EP 18 on YOUTUBE) highs and lows. They also discussed their upcoming new album release REVELATION which available now to pre order, official release 22nd April 2022. And their Revelation UK tour that kicks off on the 20th April. Stone Broken are a British rock band, formed in 2013. They are from Walsall, West Midlands, England.Stone Broken comprises Rich Moss, vocals and guitar, Chris Davis, lead guitar, Robyn Haycock, drums and backing vocals, and Kieron Conroy, bass.The band self-released their debut EP, The Crow Flies, in 2014. Their first album, All In Time, was released independently in January 2016. Having signed to the Frontiers Records label later that year, the contract was subsequently dissolved and Stone Broken signed to the Spinefarm Records label in 2017. In 2018, the band released their second album, Ain’t Always Easy. In late 2019, the debut album was re-issued on Spinefarm, and included a re-recording of their best known song, "Wait For You".This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We sat down and chatted to Kob drummer of the The Punk Rock Factory who have been going viral over the past year with their take on pop punk Disney covers. We discussed marketing, and also a point were he thought he couldn't drum anymore. This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we were joined by good friend Andrew Hunt who we met back in 2016 at Steelhouse Festival fronting Buffalo Summer, Andrew shares his ups and down throughout the music career leading him to join Valhalla Awaits who are gaining a lot of attention recently.This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lee Small is a singer/Songwriter that hails from The Black Country in the West Midlands U.K.Over the years Lee has had the pleasure & great honour of working with some of the biggest names in the business ranging from Alexander Oneal to Wildhearts frontman Ginger.Many will know of Lee from being part of Tom Galley's Phenomena project Or also his times with Lionheart, SHY and The Sweet, whilst also having a successful solo career.This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcomed radio presenter, radio programmer, audio producer and good friend Pete Bailey from Primordial Radio, this was a great insight into how he got into radio and how passionate the Dj's are at Primordial, loads of fun and and some cracking conversations. This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We return after a few months away from our audible version of Crowcast, we've been very busy behind the scenes. On this episode we are joined by Singer Songwriter Oli Brown. We discussed his journey throughout the music industry touring the US from a young age. Oli spoke of his times with Raveneye and his new project Oli Brown and The Dead Collective. This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re delighted to welcome radio presenter and PR guru Emma Scott! Emma has worked for the two biggest radio groups in the UK – Bauer Radio and Global Radio – at stations like Kerrang! Radio, Power FM, Capital FM, Heart, Galaxy FM, Metro FM, Juice FM and Hallam FM.This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack J Hutchinson is a London based guitarist and singer songwriter. Described by Classic Rock Magazine as “Southern-smoked blues-rock with hooks, choruses, the lot”, his most recent album ‘Who Feeds The Wolf?‘ reached #1 in the Amazon Blues Chart and the iTunes Blues Chart Top 5. To date, he has released two solo albums, including the critically acclaimed ‘Paint No Fiction‘.Hutchinson has toured internationally, including headlining tours of Brazil, Spain, Russia, France and Germany. He has also played various high profile festivals across the world, sharing stages with acts such as ZZ Top, Bad Company, Rival Sons and Blackberry Smoke.In 2020 he featured on the Earache Records album ‘New Wave Of Rock N Roll’, which hit the Official UK Vinyl Chart Top 10. In 2022 he returns with a hard hitting, guitar driven new album, ‘The Hammer Falls’.This has been edited from an episode from our weekly show that streams LIVE @ 9pm Every Tuesday on Facebook LIVE, TWITCH and YOUTUBE.https://www.thosedamncrows.com/crowcastvideo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.