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Booked On Rock with Eric Senich
Conversations with authors, musicians, and insiders revealing the stories behind classic rock's greatest songs, albums and artists.
Episodes
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Body Count's Body Count (33 1/3)"/Ben Apatoff [Episode 157]
Ben Apatoff's latest book Body Count’s Body Count - part of Bloomsbury Academic's 33 1/3 series - is an exploration and look back at the 1992 self-titled debut…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Rain King: The Life and Music of Adam Duritz and Counting Crows"/Geoff Harkness [Episode 156]
Geoff Harkness is a first-time guest. He’s here to talk about his latest book Rain King: The Life and Music of Adam Duritz and Counting Crows. This is the…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of Warren Zevon"/James Campion [Episode 155]
James Campion is a returning guest. He’s here to talk about the life and career of the late great Warren Zevon and his 2018 book Accidentally Like a Martyr…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Heroes of the Metal Underground: The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands"/Alex Anesiadis [Episode 154]
Alex Anesiadis is the author of Heroes of the Metal Underground: The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands. This is the only encyclopedic…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Silhouettes and Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"/Adam Steiner [Episode 153]
Adam Steiner is a returning guest. His latest book is called Silhouettes and Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Who & Quadrophenia"/Martin Popoff [Episode 152]
We’re coming up on the 50th anniversary of one of the best-selling albums ever - The Who’s classic 1973 album Quadrophenia. Returning to the podcast to talk…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Ozzy @ 75"/Daniel Bukszpan [Episode 151]
Daniel Bukszpan is this episode’s guest. He's the author of the brand new book on Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy @ 75! Seventy-five career accomplishments and life events…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"I Love Grunge: 'Grunge Is Dead' Outtakes"/Greg Prato [Episode 150]
Greg Prato is back on the podcast. Greg has released I Love Grunge: 'Grunge Is Dead' Outtakes, a follow up to his 2009 book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichBilly Joel Drummer Liberty DeVitto ("LIBERTY: Life, Billy, and the Pursuit of Happiness) [Episode 149]
Legendary Billy Joel drummer Liberty DeVitto is this episode’s guest. In 2020 he wrote his memoir titled Liberty: Life, Billy and the Pursuit of Happiness. We…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Suzanne Vega: Every Album, Every Song"/Lisa Torem [Episode 148]
Lisa Torem is a returning guest. Her latest book is another from the Sonic Bond On Track Series. It's Suzanne Vega: Every Album, Every Song. Suzanne Vega’s…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Jive 95: An Oral History of America’s Greatest Underground Rock Radio Station, KSAN San Francisco"/Hank Rosenfeld [Episode 147]
Hank Rosenfeld's book The Jive 95: An Oral History of America’s Greatest Underground Rock Radio Station, KSAN San Francisco is an oral history of KSAN in San…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichTalking Music & Podcasting with Jon Lamoreaux of "The Hustle" [Episode 146]
It’s another edition of The Dialogue. A chill ‘n chat with authors, fellow podcasters, listeners and more. My guest is Jon Lamoreaux, the host of one my…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual"/Tamsin Embleton [Episode 145]
Tamsin Embleton is the author and editor of the book Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual. This book is a must-have for anyone who works in or…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood"/Nina Antonia [Episode 144]
Thirteen years ago, author Nina Antonia wrote the cult bible of all things Johnny Thunders with her book Johnny Thunders: In Cold Blood. It’s the definitive…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band & the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s"/Alan Paul [Episode 143]
New York Times best-selling author Alan Paul is this episode's guest to talk about his new book Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichBest Rock & Roll Books To Read This Summer [Episode 142]
Looking for a good rock and roll book to read this summer? Here are some of the best books recently released for you to dig into under the sun! Visit the…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Wild Mood Swings: Disintegrating The Cure Album by Album"/Martin Popoff [Episode 141]
Martin Popoff returns to the podcast. He’s got a brand-new book out titled Wild Mood Swings: Disintegrating The Cure Album By Album. Presented in a Q&A format…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Secret Stars: The Greatest Underdogs of the Rock 'n' Roll Era"/Matt Berenson [Episode 140]
Matt Berenson is this episode’s guest. His book is Secret Stars: The Greatest Underdogs of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Era. Get ready to discover amazing musicians that…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion"/Steve Turner & Adem Tepedelen [Episode 139]
Mudhoney’s Steve Turner and author Adem Tepedelen are here to discuss Turner’s brand-new book Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion. The book…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Living Colour's Time's Up (33 1/3)"/Kimberly Mack [Episode 138]
Kimberly Mack is on the show to talk about her book Living Colour's Time’s Up (33 1/3), an in-depth exploration of the 1990 Living Colour album Time's Up. The…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Backstage Pass: The Grit and the Glamour"/Joe Matera [Episode 137]
Joe Matera is a rock journalist who has interviewed artists from all over the world covering the full spectrum of genres. His book Backstage Pass: The Grit and…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichDavid Paton (Pilot, Alan Parsons Project, Elton John, Jimmy Page, Kate Bush, Pretenders) [Episode 136]
David Paton is the singer, songwriter, and bass player with the group Pilot. He's written the worldwide hits "Magic", "January", and "Just a Smile". He was a…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichAlbums Underrated, Overrated & Rated Just Right: Podcaster Rob Kassees On 'Dark Side of the Moon', 'Pet Sounds' & More [Episode 135]
It’s another edition of The Dialogue: A chill ‘n chat with authors, fellow podcasters, listeners, and more. My guest is Rob Kassees, he’s the host of a…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Peter Asher: A Life In Music"/David Jacks [Episode 134]
David Jacks is this episode's guest to discuss his book Peter Asher: A Life in Music. It covers the life and career of English guitarist, singer, manager, and…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska"/Warren Zanes [Episode 133]
Warren Zanes' new book Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska is the fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Don’t Call It Hair Metal: Art in the Excess of ’80s Rock"/Sean Kelly [Episode 132]
The 1980s. It was the era of excess. Bigger is better. A little just ain’t enough. It was a time when the musical and cultural ideals of rebellion and freedom…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Tool: Every Album, Every Song"/Matt Karpe [Episode 131]
Tool is one of the most unique bands in rock and metal history. Their music extremely complex and intelligent while their insistence on privacy makes them an…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"To Live Is To Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton"/Joel McIver [Episode 130]
Author Joel McIver is back with a revised edition of To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton. In the book Robb Flynn of Machine Head…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Van Halen: Every Album, Every Song"/Morgan Brown [Episode 129]
Van Halen is undoubtedly one of the most influential rock n' roll bands America has ever seen. In Van Halen: Every Album, Every Song (part of Sonicbond…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Book of Top 10 Beatles Lists"/Charles F. Rosenay [Episode 128]
Most people have a favorite Beatles song. In fact, most people grew up having a favorite Beatle. In Charles F. Rosenay's The Book of Top 10 Beatles Lists…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Eagles: Every Album, Every Song"/John Van der Kiste [Episode 127]
John Van der Kiste is on the podcast to talk about his brand new book Eagles: Every Album, Every Song. As part of Sonicbond Publishing’s On Track series, this…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"AC/DC at 50"/Martin Popoff [Episode 126]
Martin Popoff pays tribute to AC/DC by examining fifty significant milestones in the band’s history. From the early years to their rise to the top with Bon…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Judge This Book By Its Cover"/Ron Young of Little Caesar [Episode 125]
Ron Young’s story is a roller coaster ride through the music business. His personal rise and fall began as the son of an abusive mother. But music would be his…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Twist: An American Girl"/Adele Bertei [Episode 124]
Iconic underground rock and roll musician Adele Bertei tells her harrowing story of transforming trauma through art and it’s all told through the voice of…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichJeff Beck, The Mafia & The Business Of Rock & Roll with Simon Napier-Bell [Episode 123]
Simon Napier-Bell has been a leading figure in the music industry for over forty years. He’s managed the Yardbirds, Marc Bolan, Boney M, Asia, Ultravox, Japan…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Queensborough Rock"/Stephen Shaiken [Episode 122]
Stephen Shaiken is here to talk about his rock and roll novel titled Queensborough Rock - the story of a young struggling rock and roll manager Jack Bernstein…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Alice Cooper In The 80s"/Chris Sutton [Episode 121]
Chris Sutton is back on the podcast and this time he’s here to talk about his brand new book Alice Cooper in the 80s. It features all new interview material by…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Tom Petty’s Southern Accents (33 1/3)"/Michael Washburn [Episode 120]
Michael Washburn is our guest to talk about his book Tom Petty’s Southern Accents, part of the 33 1/3 series published by Bloomsbury Academic. Tom Petty’s…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Lunacy: The Curious Phenomenon of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, 50 Years On"/John Kruth [Episode 119]
Author John Kruth is a returning guest to talk about his new book Lunacy: The Curious Phenomenon of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, 50 Years On. This month…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"A Life In The Wings: My Sixty Year Love Affair with Rock and Roll: A Memoir"/David Spero [Episode 118]
David Spero was one of the pioneering DJs of the then new FM format in radio, a free form limited only by the DJ's imagination. He left radio in 1973 to become…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichThe Dark Side Of Rock 'n' Roll w/ Chauncey Haworth, Lothar Tuppan & Mark Slade of Twisted Pulp Magazine [Ep. 117]
Twisted Pulp is a monthly magazine that brings back all that we loved in the classic pulp magazines like Mad, Cracked and CARtoons and comics like Eerie, Heavy…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Lanegan"/Greg Prato on Singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age)[Episode 116]
Greg Prato is a returning guest to talk about his brand new book “Lanegan”. Mark Lanegan is among the greatest voices of grunge rock’s golden era. His…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Tori Amos: Every Album, Every Song"/Lisa Torem [Episode 115]
Lisa Torem is a returning guest to talk about her book “Tori Amos: Every Album, Every Song”. It’s part of the “On Track” series of books by Sonicbond…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichJefferson Airplane's 'Surrealistic Pillow' at 56/w Richard Butterworth ("Jefferson Airplane: Every Album, Every Song") [Episode 114]
On this month in 1967, Jefferson Airplane released the album Surrealistic Pillow. It’s considered to be one of the greatest albums to come out of the late 60s…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Allman Brothers Band: Every Album, Every Song"/Andrew Wild [Episode 113]
Author Andrew Wild returns to the podcast to talk about his brand new book “The Allman Brothers Band: Every Album, Every Song”! The story of the Allman…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983"/Jen B. Larson [Episode 112]
Jen B Larson is on the podcast to talk about her new book called “Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983”. “Hit Girls” is the story of local and…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichThe 20 Best-Selling Rock Books Of All Time [Episode 111]
What do you think is the best selling rock book of all time? In this episode we’re counting down the 20 best-selling rock books of all time and joining me to…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Alice Cooper @ 75"/Gary Graff [Episode 110]
Author Gary Graff is on the podcast talk about his new book "Alice Cooper @ 75"! This book covers the life and career of one of the greatest artists in rock…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono"/Madeline Bocaro [Episode 109]
Madeline Bocaro is our guest to talk about her book “In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono”. Madeline tells the story of Yoko Ono and there’s a good…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichJason Aldean Drummer Rich Redmond [Episode 108]
Rich Redmond is a man of many talents, among them is as one of the top call touring and recording drummers in music today. He's been Jason Aldean's drummer in…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Rock Camp: An Oral History, 25 Years of the Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp"/David Fishof [Episode 107]
Odds are you’ve seen it on TV and you may even be lucky enough to say you were there. For the last 25 years the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp has given aspiring…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichRanking The 70s KISS Albums with Peter Gallagher [Episode 106]
In part two of my discussion of KISS in the 1970s with author Peter Gallagher, we rank the 14 albums released by the band including the eight studio albums…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"KISS In The 1970s"/Peter Gallagher [Episode 105]
Peter Gallagher is back on the podcast. Last time we had him on to talk about his book Warren Zevon: Every Album, Every Song. This time he’s here to talk about…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichTalkin' (More) 'Bout Van Halen w/ Corey Morrissette & Mark Camire of "And The Podcast Will Rock" [Episode 104]
This episode’s guests are Mark Camire and Corey Morrissette, hosts of And The Podcast Will Rock - the podcast devoted to Van Halen. Each week Mark and Corey…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichLed Zeppelin News with LedZepNews.Com's James Cook [Episode 103]
James Cook is the founder of LedZepNews, the leading unofficial Led Zeppelin news website. This month he’s celebrating 10 years of covering the band and he’s…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Rock N Roll Will Only Break Your Heart"/Kenward Cooper [Episode 102]
Most music memoirs and autobiographies are about the artist paying their dues and then reaching the big time. In “Rock N Roll Will Only Break Your Heart”…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichTalkin' 'Bout Van Halen w/ DLR Cast hosts Steve Roth & Darren Paltrowitz [Episode 101]
It's a dialogue with Steve Roth & Darren Paltrowitz, hosts of The DLRCast - the podcast devoted to all things David Lee Roth! TOPICS DISCUSSED: * David Lee…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Anatomy of 55 More Songs: The Oral History of 55 Hits That Changed Rock, R&B, and Soul"/Marc Myers [Episode 100]
Following his 2016 smash hit “Anatomy of a Song”, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers has collected fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Jordanaires: The Story of the World's Greatest Backup Vocal Group"/Michael Kosser & Alan Stoker [Episode 99]
As told by the late great lead tenor Gordon Stoker, this is the story of the greatest backup group in the history of recorded music and that is undoubtedly the…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Pink Floyd: Every Album, Every Song"/Richard Butterworth [Episode 98]
Pink Floyd are one of the most innovative, enduringly successful bands in history. Their influence is incalculable. 1973's ‘Dark Side of the Moon’, though far…