Episodes
Don Dokken is best known as the lead singer and founder of glam metal band Dokken. He is known for his vibrato-laden, melodic vocal style which has made him an influential figure in American heavy metal/glam metal. Dokken formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as "Alone Again", "In My Dreams", and "Burning Like a Flame", and have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide.
Published 11/30/23
Lex Medlin is best known for his characters Beau Finado from CSI: Vegas, Owen French in Drop Dead Diva, and Detective Andy Williams in Southland. He has also guest starred on countless shows such as Supernatural, Monk, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Hot in Cleveland, Castle, The Mentalist, Modern Family, Criminal Minds, Shameless, Mayans M.C. as well as over 100 national commercials.    
Published 11/22/23
Roger Earl is an English drummer best known as a member of the rock band Foghat. A founding member, along with guitarist and vocalist "Lonesome" Dave Peverett, guitarist Rod Price, and bassist Tony Stevens, Earl is the only member to feature in every lineup of the band. Foghat rose to superstardom in the 70's with hits like Slow Ride, I Just Want to Make Love to You, and Fool for the City. They've recorded over 15 studio albums, and their 1977 release, Foghat Live went double platinum.  
Published 11/19/23
Randy is best known as the frontman for the rock band Zebra. Zebra has recorded four studio albums and had hits with the singles "Who's Behind the Door" and "Tell Me What You Want". (Which both had popular videos on MTV. The band still tours, and Randy also does solo shows and productions with an orchestra behind him playing classic rock songs.
Published 11/13/23
Jesse Colin Young is an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods. After their dissolution in 1972, Young embarked on a solo career, releasing a series of albums through Warner Bros. Records, including Song for Juli (1973), Light Shine (1974), Songbird (1975) and the live album On the Road (1976). Young continued to release music in the 1980s with Elektra Records and Cypress Records before deciding to release music through his...
Published 11/08/23
Grego Hawkes is an American musician and member of the Rock & Roll HOF for being the keyboardist and founding member of the American new wave band The Cars. He is credited with helping popularize new wave and synth-pop in American popular music. The Cars have sold over 23 million in the United States and had 13 singles that reached the Top 40. They also played both Live Aid and the US Festival.
Published 10/31/23
Princess Goes is the buzzy band led by the charismatic showmanship and signature voice of vocalist, lyricist, musician and actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under, Lazarus) alongside keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie, Cyndie Lauper) and drummer Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood). They released their latest album, Come of Age, earlier this month and embarked on a European tour and have a tour of the US coming up.
Published 10/26/23
Award winning actress Maddie Corman had been working professionally since she was a teenager, appearing in "after school specials" and such classic 80s teen fodder as Seven Minutes in Heaven and John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful. She was also series regular on Mr. President starring George C Scott, All American Girl and Almost There and had a recurring role on Madame Secretary, Divorce, Younger and Bull. Some of her other work includes guest starring on TV shows or co-starring in feature...
Published 10/16/23
Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. He has written the majority of the band's songs. The Dandy Warhols The band gained recognition after they were signed to Capitol Records and released their major label album debut, ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down in 1997. In 2001, the band rose to new levels of fame after their song Bohemian Like You enjoyed...
Published 10/06/23
Jesse James Dupree has spent the last four decades placing his personal vision in to forward motion, achieving success with the majority of endeavors he's chosen to commit his energies to. It all began back in 1992 with the platinum release of his debut JACKYL album (Geffen). Successful album releases followed both with the band and solo. In 2009, the first season of "Full Throttle Saloon" was broadcast on TruTV, featuring Dupree and partner Michael Ballard. Following a fire in September,...
Published 09/26/23
He's been murdered on CSI, interviewed 2 Beatles on separate continents in the same week, and famously once got Mitt Romney's advisor to call Governor Romney an 'etch a sketch' on CNN. Actor, comedian & broadcaster John Fugelsang hosts 'Tell Me Everything" weekdays on SiriusXM Insight #121.   He recently performed in 'The Bill of Rights Concert" alongside Lewis Black & Dick Gregory which aired on AXS.   He's also appeared at Montreal’s ‘Just for Laughs’ Festival, HBO’s U.S Comedy Arts...
Published 09/13/23
Musical Youth are a British reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England. They are best remembered for their 1982 single "Pass the Dutchie", which was a number 1 in multiple charts around the world. Their other hits include Youth of Today Never Gonna Give You Up, and Unconditional Love, a collaboration with Donna Summer.  Musical Youth recorded two albums and earned a Grammy Award nomination before disbanding in 1985 after a series of personal problems. The band returned in 2001 as a duo.
Published 09/06/23
Right Said Fred is made up of the Fairbrass brothers. (Richard and Fred.) They are best known for their smash hit, I'm Too Sexy, which spent 6 weeks at the No. 2 spot in the UK charts and 4 months is the UK top 10. On the US Billboard Charts it was 1 for 3 weeks and hit the top of the charts internationally in 32 countries. They have achieved 25 million sales worldwide and have won two Ivor Novello Awards and one BMI Award. They have released nine...
Published 08/24/23
Bill Wadhams is best known as one of the lead singers and guitarist for the band Animotion. They had a top ten hit with Obsession and also found success with the singles Let Him Go, I Engineer and Room to Move. Bill left the band the band in 1987 but reformed it in 2001 and they still tour. Bill also plays gig around Portland and has been working on a one-man show titled Up In The Air - A Musical Memoir.
Published 08/15/23
Ian Buchanan is known for his roles as Dr. James Warwick in The Bold and the Beautiful, Duke Lavery in General Hospital, Dick Tremayne in Twin Peaks, Dr. Greg Madden in All My Children, Ian McAllister in Days of Our Lives and Ian McFyfer in It's Garry Shandling's Show. He has also appeared in various other TV shows and movies such as The Nanny, NYPD Blue, Quantum Leap, Port Charles, Panic Room, Alias, and Nip/Tuck.
Published 08/03/23
Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez in a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame from his time playing drums with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. He appeared on the albums Greetings from Asbury Park. N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. After leaving The Boss, he has played in numerous Jersey Shore and Florida bands including the Wonderful Winos and the Hula Hula Boys.  
Published 07/26/23
Thaao is best known for his dual role as Tony DiMera and Andre DiMera on Days of Our Lives. He also appeared on Santa Barbara, and General Hospital where he played Victor Cassadine. He has also appeared on many major crime shows such as Kojak, Cannon, Hart to Hart, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe and Magnum P.I. plus he starred in the late 80's remake of Mission Impossible. An accomplished stage actor and master storyteller he has released book two books and his podcast, The Lost Treasures, will...
Published 07/22/23
Shannon DeVido has recently been seen co-starring in Lucky Hank that stars Bob Oedenkirk and High Desert which stars Patricia Arquette. Other credits include Manifest, Insatiable, Difficult People, Law & Order: Special Victims, Best Summer Ever and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
Published 07/12/23
Kevin Rowland is the lead singer for Dexys Midnight Runners. (Now called Dexys.) They are an English pop rock band from Birmingham, with soul influences, who achieved major commercial success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known in the UK for their songs Come on Eileen and Geno, both of which peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as six other top-20 singles. Come On Eileen also topped the US Billboard Hot 100, and with extensive airplay on MTV they are associated with the...
Published 07/06/23
Elie Honig joined CNN as a legal analyst in 2018 and is the best-selling author of two books, Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department and the latest, Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It, as well as the host of the podcast, Up Against the Mob. He has also worked for the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, specializing in prosecuting members of the mafia and he rose to Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime...
Published 06/21/23
Long regarded as one of the premier musicians in the world, David Sancious was an original member of Bruce Springsteen 's E Street Band, toured and recorded with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Santana, Seal and a long list of A-level musicians. He also created groundbreaking music with his band Tone. He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and as a solo artist he has released ten albums.
Published 06/14/23
Tommy Stinson's group Cowboys in the Campfire recently released the album Wronger. He is the former bassist of The Replacements and Guns N' Roses (1998-2014) and has had a solo career and been in Soul Asylum, Perfect and Bash & Pop.
Published 06/12/23
Liz Vassey is best known for her roles as Emily Ann Sago on All My Children, Captain Liberty in The Tick, Wendy Simms in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Nikki in the Web series Nikki & Nora. She has been a regular or recurring character in many other series including Maximum Bob, Brotherly Love, Necessary Roughness and Two and a Half Men. She has also guest starred or co-starred in many other shows such as Castle, Dharma & Greg, Dawson's Creek and Early Edition. Lately she has been...
Published 06/02/23
George Lynch is a guitarist, best known for his work with the hard rock band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band Lynch Mob. He is considered one of the most famous and influential 1980s metal guitarists and is known for his unique playing style and sound. He is ranked No. 47 on "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" by Guitar World magazine and No. 10 on "Top 10 Metal Guitarists of All Time" by Gibson.
Published 05/26/23
Mike Peters returns to CooperTalk.  Mike is best known for being the lead singer for The Alarm. Since 1981The Alarm that has had 17 Top 50 UK singles, a host of successful albums and over 6 million album sales worldwide. Following an initial breakthrough in the USA with 1983's The Stand along with Sixty Eight Guns that entered into the UK chart soon after, The Alarm headlined their own Spirit of '86 Concert before 26,000 fans in Los Angeles, that was beamed around the world via MTV's first...
Published 05/17/23