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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 SenichKISS at 50 with Author James Campion [Episode 97]
Fifty years ago next month - January of 1973 - Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Ace Frehley launched the band KISS. Author James Campion (Shout It…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichThe Rock & Roll Hall Of Lame, Van Halen, AC/DC & Rob Halford Confessions w/ Comedian/Author/DJ Claudia Stavola [Episode 96]
Claudia Stavola is a stand-up comedian, writer for Madhouse Magazine and the weekday morning host for Monsters of Rock on Dash Radio. She has just released a…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation"/Steven Hyden [Episode 95]
Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, ‘Ten’, they’ve sold 85 million-plus albums…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Inner Light: How India Influenced the Beatles"/Susan Shumsky [Episode 94]
The spiritual journey of the Beatles is the story of an entire generation of visionaries in the sixties who transformed the world. The Beatles turned Western…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Recording Icons / Creative Spaces: The Creative World of Mark Howard"/Mark Howard [Episode 93]
Mark Howard has always made unique records. For Howard, it’s not just about the recording process ― making great music is also about creating unique…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich“Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything In Between”/Michael Tau [Episode 92]
Michael Tau had spent years obsessed by the extremes of musical expression. “Extreme Music: Silence to Noise and Everything In Between” is the culmination of…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Addicted To Noise: The Music Writings Of Michael Goldberg"/Michael Goldberg [Episode 91]
“Addicted to Noise” collects the best interviews, profiles, and essays Michael Goldberg has written during his forty-plus years as a journalist. From combative…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Anthems We Love: 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives"/Steve Baltin [Episode 90]
Which Beach Boys’ song brings Paul McCartney to tears? What makes “Light My Fire” a rite-of-passage song for teens in every generation, according to Doors…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichTom Petty's Musical Legacy w/ "Tom Petty Project" Host Kevin Brown [Episode 89]
This episode’s guest is Kevin Brown, who is the host of an absolute must listen podcast for any Tom Petty fan called “The Tom Petty Project”. Kevin digs into…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Top of the Mountain: The Beatles at Shea Stadium 1965"/Laurie Jacobson [Episode 88]
On a sweltering Sunday evening in August 1965, 56,000 people traveled by plane, car, bus, ferry, and subway train to pack New York’s Shea Stadium. They were…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichDavid Lee Roth & Sammy Hagar Then, "Right Now" & In The Future w/ Author Greg Renoff [Episode 87]
Greg Renoff is the author of “Van Halen Rising: How A Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal” and “Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Elton John at 75"/Gillian Gaar [Episode 86]
Few rock artists continue to gather more and more adulation with age. Sir Elton Hercules John is an exception who proves the rule. In “Elton John at 75”…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"21 Songs from 10 Years (1975-1985)"/ Fiona McQuarrie [Episode 85]
“Mixtape” is a journey through one of the most exciting eras of popular music. Each chapter covers a song released between 1975 and 1985, and features in-depth…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Learning to See: A Photographer’s Guide from Zero to Your First Paid Gig"/David Molnar [Episode 84]
Whether you want to take better photos in your everyday life or make a full-time income as a photographer, maybe even working in the music business shooting…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"MusicQuake: The Most Disruptive Moments in Music"/Robert Dimery [Episode 83]
Discover music that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy — causing fascination and intrigue in some and rejection and scorn in…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Beat The Odds In Business & Life"/Sandy Gennaro [Episode 82]
Sandy Gennaro is a world-class speaker and drummer who has recorded and toured with several globally known artists including Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and the…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick"/Brian J. Kramp [Episode 81]
"This band has no past" was the first line of the farcical biography printed on the inner sleeve of Cheap Trick’s first album, but the band, of course, did…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Billy Joel: Every Album, Every Song"/Lisa Torem [Episode 80]
‘In the beginning,’ Billy Joel entertained Long Island locals, with The Hassles and Attila, prior to forging a solo career in 1971. One year later, the…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Rock On Film: The Movies That Rocked The Big Screen"/Fred Goodman [Episode 79]
When the use of Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” turned 1955’s ‘Blackboard Jungle’ into a teen sensation and a box-office smash, it proved the opening shot…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Phil Collins in the 80s"/Andrew Wild [Episode 78]
Phil Collins was everywhere in the 1980s. He had more top forty singles in the US than any other artist: fourteen as a solo artist and eleven with Genesis…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Music Never Stops: What Putting on 10,000 Shows Has Taught Me About Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Magic"/Peter Shapiro [Episode 77]
Peter Shapiro is the best known and most influential concert promoter of his generation. He owned the legendary Wetlands in Tribeca and has gone on to even…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"It's All in the Mind: Inside the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, Vol. 2"/Robert R. Hieronimus, Ph.D. & Laura E. Cortner [Episode 76]
Get to know the formerly undiscovered artists and the technical wizardry behind your favorite scenes. Symbolic interpretations and subconscious messages of…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Iconic Guitar Gear"/Greg Prato [Episode 75]
Renowned guitarists (or experts) discussing “tools of the trade” in their own words serves as the basis of “Iconic Guitar Gear”. Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichAC/DC, Cheap Trick, KISS Stories & The Paranormal w/ Author Susan Masino [Episode 74]
Rock journalist Susan Masino is the author of "Famous Wisconsin Musicians" and "Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy: My Life and Times With AC/DC, Van Halen and Kiss"…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Loudmouth: A Novel"/Robert Duncan [Episode 73]
Thomas Ransom, born to a severely dysfunctional southern family transplanted to New York City, is left to his own devices by neglectful parents, and spends his…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Beatle Who Vanished"/Jim Berkenstadt [Episode 72]
HOW COULD DRUMMER JIMMIE NICOL SIMPLY VANISH AFTER PLAYING WITH THE BEATLES IN 1964? “The Beatle Who Vanished” is the first historical account of Jimmie Nicol…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Motörhead: Every Album, Every Song"/Duncan Harris [Episode 71]
A perfect companion to the recorded output of a unique band, this book part of Sonicbond Publishing’s “On Track” series, covers all of Motörhead’s studio…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Warren Zevon: Every Album, Every Song"/Peter Gallagher [Episode 70]
Bruce Springsteen called him “one of the great, great American songwriters”, Jackson Browne hailed him as “the first and foremost proponent of song noir”, and…
Booked On Rock with Eric SenichClassic Rock Expiration Dates, McCartney/Lennon Misunderstood, Is Dylan Still Worth Listening To? Author Tim Riley Sounds Off! [Episode 69]
Author and NPR critic Tim Riley is our guest to talk about his prolific career as a music critic, author of several books on rock history, his brand-new…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (& Lived to Tell About It)"/Bill German [Episode 68]
At age sixteen, Bill German began publishing a Rolling Stones fanzine out of his bedroom in Brooklyn. And when he presented an issue to the band on a street in…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey"/Michael Goldberg [Episode 67]
If you don’t recognize the name James Calvin Wilsey, odds are you’ve heard him. His hypnotic guitar work on Chris Isaak’s top ten single from 1989 “Wicked…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Clash: All The Albums All The Songs"/Martin Popoff [Episode 66]
Established in 1976 at the fore London’s punk rock insurgence, The Clash featuring lead singer and guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and singer Mick…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001, Expanded Edition"/Eric Davidson [Episode 65]
Nirvana, the White Stripes, Hole, the Hives—all sprang from an underground music scene where similarly raw bands, enjoying various degrees of success and luck…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott & AC/DC’s Back In Black, Updated Edition"/Jesse Fink [Episode 64]
An affectionate, honest tribute now updated with new revelations about the rock and roll icon who helped make AC/DC an international sensation, the second…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Take A Sad Song: The Emotional Currency Of 'Hey Jude'"/James Campion [Episode 63]
In “Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of ‘Hey Jude’,” James Campion dives deeply into the song's origins, recording, visual presentation, impact, and…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Photographs of Janis Joplin: On the Road & On Stage"/Elliott Landy [Episode 62]
Celebrated photographer Elliott Landy presents an intimate look at the legendary female singer-songwriter, Janis Joplin. Landy's iconic images of Janis, both…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll: Diary of a Black Punk Icon"/Jean Beauvoir [Episode 61]
Jean Beauvoir joined the Plasmatics in 1979, playing bass and keyboards for the most notorious band to emerge out of the New York City punk scene. By 1982, he…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Hearts on Fire: Six Years that Changed Canadian Music 2000–2005"/Michael Barclay [Episode 60]
“Hearts on Fire” is about the creative explosion in Canadian music of the early 2000s, which captured the world’s attention in entirely new ways. The Canadian…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics"/William Irwin [Episode 59]
More than 40 years since their formation, and 125 million album sales later, Metallica is as relevant as ever. Much has been written about the band, but “The…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral"/Adam Steiner [Episode 58]
Ushering in a new era of confessional music that spoke openly about experiences of trauma, depression, and self-loathing, Nine Inch Nails' seminal album…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Black Sabbath in the 1970s"/Chris Sutton [Episode 57]
The 1970s saw the rise of rock and metal as a force in record and ticket sales. Right there at the birth of this was Black Sabbath, whose first album came from…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Uriah Heep in the 1970s"/Steve Pilkington [Episode 56]
Incredibly, Uriah Heep have now been active for a full fifty years. Few, however, would argue that the period which has come to define them the most, the years…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed"/Jim Berkenstadt [Episode 55]
"Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed" examines the secrets, myths, legends, hoaxes, conspiracies, and the wildly inexplicable events that are such an…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present"/J.R. Moores [Episode 54]
It began with the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” It was distilled to its dark essence by Black Sabbath. And it’s flourished into a vibrant modern underground…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich“Craig's Record Factory: A Young Entrepreneur's Journey Through the 70's and 80's”/Craig Odanovich [Episode 53]
Craig Odanovich grew up in Flour Bluff, Texas. In an era before Dairy Queen officially expanded their menu beyond dessert, he learned entrepreneurial…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Beyond & Before: Progressive Rock Across Time & Genre"/Paul Hegarty & Martin Halliwell [Episode 52]
Called by Record Collector “the most accomplished critical overview yet” of progressive rock and one of their 2011 books of the year, “Beyond and Before” moves…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Unchained: The Eddie Van Halen Story"/ Paul Brannigan [Episode 51]
Arriving in California as a young boy in the early 1960s, Edward Van Halen and his brother Alex were ripe for the coming musical revolution. The sons of a…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Frank & Co: Conversations with Frank Zappa 1977–1993"/Co de Kloet [Episode 50]
Co de Kloet and Frank Zappa were friends for many years, and during that time Co recorded nearly every conversation the two men had. They also corresponded…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Promo Man: Backstage Tales From The Vinyl Jungle"/Nick Panaseiko & Bob Klanac [Episode 49]
If you’ve never heard of Nick Panaseiko, that’s entirely understandable. He was a backstage guy, making sure that the act onstage is playing to a full house…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Electric Light Orchestra: Every Album, Every Song"/Barry Delve [Episode 48]
The ELO story is one of continued success for over 50 years. From inauspicious beginnings in 1971, where live audiences barely reached double figures, ELO…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Aerosmith On Tour, 1973 - '85"/Julian Gill [Episode 47]
"Aerosmith On Tour" focuses on the touring history of one of rock’s legendary bands based on local reviews of the shows and the contemporaneous critical…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"1970: A Year In Rock "/John Van der Kiste [Episode 46]
1970 was a year of change in pop and rock music, with divisions between both becoming ever more blurred. More ambitiously constructed epics, heavy rock numbers…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Paint My Name in Black and Gold: The Rise of the Sisters of Mercy"/Mark Andrews [Episode 45]
In the early 1980s two bands dominated the independent charts: the Smiths and the Sisters of Mercy. They have proved to be equally influential. In every city…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Yes In The 1980s: Decades"/Stephen Lambe [Episode 44]
When Yes ran into problems recording their tenth album in Paris at the end of 1979, it was almost the end. Yet in the 80s the band rallied, firstly as part of…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Led Zeppelin: Every Album, Every Song"/Steve Pilkington [Episode 43]
Think about Led Zeppelin and the image coming to mind would be of them straddling the world as the archetypal 'rock gods', defining the 1970s like no other…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Nothin' But A Good Time: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Glam Metal"/Justin Quirk [Episode 42]
From 1983 until 1991, Glam Metal was the sound of American culture. This was the world stalked by bands like Bon Jovi, Kiss, W.A.S.P., Skid Row, Dokken, Motley…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Where Did You Get That Shirt?"/Bill Zygmant & David Bedford [Episode 41]
Renowned British photographer Bill Zygmant and Beatles historian and author David Bedford have released a new book entitled “Where Did You Get That Shirt?”…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide For The Advancing Songwriter"/Mike Errico [Episode 40]
This is the songwriting class you always wish you'd taken, taught by the professor you always wish you'd had. "Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide For The…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"U2's The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots In Mythic America"/Bradley Morgan [Episode 39]
U2 planted the seeds for 'The Joshua Tree' during an existential journey through America. As Irishmen in the 1970s, the band grew up with the belief that…
Booked On Rock with Eric Senich"The Doors: Every Album, Every Song"/Tony Thompson [Episode 38]
The Doors remain one of the most original acts in the history of Rock and Roll. However, their actual music is sometimes overshadowed by the cult of Jim…