Wanna know the secrets of the musical multiverse? Sit down, grab an axe, and get abducted. Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. Hosted by Zakk Jones, these discussions are full of great stories, anecdotes and a little bit of insanity along the way. This podcast is funded in part by the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music ...
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One of the longest running podcasts. We talk about hard rock and metal. Hosted and produced by Mark Strigl. Guests have included members of Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Exodus, System Of A Down, Motorhead, Kiss, Megadeth, Korn and many more. Established in 2005 by Mark Strigl and John "Ostronomy" Ostrosky. Please visit MarkStrigl.net for more info. Bonus content by Mark Strigl is available on Patreon.
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TM 967 Keri Kelli (Night Ranger) with Greg Koch of Metal Warrior, plus Ozzy Osbourne
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48:00Emily and Mark Strigl talk about Ozzy and share a Talking Metal interview with him from 2007. The episode also feature an all-new interview with Keri Kelli of Night Ranger and Greg Koch. It was recorded a couple weeks ago. We talk about the Metal Warrior project and more. https://metalwarrior.com/ Coming soon: the return of Mark Strigl's Patreon. F…
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TM 966 - 8 Elements of Metal, Rock the Tides & More
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9:23Mark Strigl talks. Email me for tshirt info - [email protected] See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Talking Metal 965 Air Guitar, Iron Maiden and Shreddy Mercury
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14:14Mark Strigl talks to Shreddy Mercury. Join Me This Saturday Night in NYC! June 21! I’m honored to be one of the judges at this year’s Air Guitar Manhattan Regional Championship—and I want YOU to be there with me for what’s guaranteed to be an epic night of fun, music, and mayhem. I’ll be judging alongside Frank Bello from Anthrax, Josh Bernstein fr…
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TM 964 Mark Talks Tommy of Motley Crue, Maiden and More
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16:00Recorded and posted May 31, 2025 - Mark Strigl talks about stuff. Talking Metal shirts are for sale - email me if you want one - [email protected] Sign up for my email blast here: http://eepurl.com/hjKGNH See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Mark Strigl interviews Wolf Hoffmann of Accept. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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This episode is part of the 20 year anniversary run of Talking Metal. Jerry Dixon of Warrant interview. Listen to Mark Strigl celebrating classic hard rock music on SiriusXM. Want a Talking Metal t-shirt? Email me: [email protected] Currently sold out of the small size. Follow Mark on X: @strigl See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an…
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Talking Metal episode 959 - Is anyone hearing this? More content from Mark Strigl is found on SiriusXM and YouTube. Follow Strigl on X. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week I had the pleasure of meeting Sherri Chung, an award winning film & television composer. She has scored numerous feature films, documen…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week I had the pleasure of sitting down in person with Jaak Sooäär, a world-renowned guitarist and educator from Estonia. He filled me in on…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features songwriter Abigayle Kompst, a fantastic up-and-coming talent based in Nashville. A recent graduate of Belmont Univer…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features Sean McGowan. Sean is a world-renowned solo jazz guitarist, educator, and author. We had a wonderful conversation ta…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features Jaime Slutzky. Jaime is a behind the scenes wiz at helping music educators build their online platforms, increase au…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features Ray Suhy. Ray is a guitarist that is fully entrenched in both the metal and jazz worlds, playing for bands like Six …
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features Frank Potenza. Frank is one of the founding fathers of jazz guitar pedagogy who spent his early days at Berklee and …
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Mark says goodbye to the podcast version of Talking Metal. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features Adam Levy. Adam is a prolific sideman, session player, bandleader, and educator. His talents can be heard with artis…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features one of the absolute legends in this industry, Bobby Broom. From playing with Sonny Rollins and Miles Davis to leadin…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl is joined by some of the Patreon supporters to discuss the album 1986 album Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? by Megadeth. For more on Mark visit MarkStrigl.net See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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TM 954 Adam Wakeman From Ozzy's Band & Mark Stein From Vanilla Fudge
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1:03:57On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Jazz Sabbath, Jethro Tull, HeadSpace, Rick's son) and Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge). Topics in the interview with Adam include his killer new album called A Handful of Memories, working outside of music, home restoration, carpentry, Jazz Sabbath, Ozzy…
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TM 953 "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (Halford and Bach)
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23:03On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with his long time friend "Metal" Mike Chlasciak. Topics include his upcoming show on Nov 27 at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ, drummer Ron Lipnicki, Rob Halford, Mike Davis, Marc Lopes, Sebastian Bach, Judas Priest, the Resurrection album by Halford, his Metal Heroes camp, and much more. Check out Meta…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with Rev Jones. Topics include Jack Frost, Leslie West, Michael Schenker , James Kottak, Athena Lee, George Lynch, George Thorogood, Rowan Robertson, Rev's new album In the Key of Z and much more. For more on Rev Jones check out his website: RevJones.com Find all-things Mark Strigl here: MarkStri…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl talks with Billy Joel's drummer Chuck Burgi. Chuck has played with Hall & Oats, Bon Jovi, Tokyo Motor Fist, Steve Brown, Rainbow, Blue Öyster Cult, Bob Kulick and many more. Part 1 of Mark talking with Chuck can be found here on Apple Podcasts. The video and musical tribute to Bob Kulick, The World I Us…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Phil Lewis of L.A.Guns talks with Mark Strigl about the new album Checkered Past, tour dates, the band's setlist, playing in NYC in 2019, his former job at Fx as an audio engineer, the Man in the Moon album, Don Arden, Ozzy Osbourne, the band Girl and more. A new studio album by L.A. Guns, "Checkered Past" is comin…
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TM 949 Johanna of Lucifer & Udo Dirkschneider
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41:52On this episode, we have two new interviews. Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O./formerly of Accept and Johanna Sadonis of Lucifer. Topics with Udo include the new Game Over album by U.D.O., the socially conscious theme he has been covering in his songs, how the floods in Germany affected his son Sven and his family, the recent gigs he has played and much …
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with Doug Pinnick. Topics include the new dUg Pinnick solo album Joy Bomb which can be heard on Apple Music. George Lynch, KXM, Ray Luzier, Grinder Blues, the new and forthcoming King's X album, Billy Cox, Jimi Hendrix and more. This episode also includes a conversation on Ride the Lightning by M…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with guitarist Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge. Topics include Mick Mars, Tim Bogart, his book Psychedelic Solo, Mark Stein, Carmine Appice, jamming with Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, the Ed Sullivan Show, upcoming tour dates and much more. Check out the song "Stop In the …
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TM 946 What Is Happening With Paul Di'Anno?
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21:05Mark Strigl talks about Paul Di'Anno, the former singer of Iron Maiden and other stuff. Find all-things Mark Strigl here: MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show by making a PayPal donation. Please consider sharing this episode on social media and leaving a 5-star review on Appl…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with legendary rock manager Doc McGhee. Topics include the new scripted Netflix Kiss movie, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, touring during COVID, the Kiss A&E Biography documentary, Bon Jovi, his history, The Moscow Music Peace Festival, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the final Kiss show, and more Ki…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl and John "Ostronomy" Ostrosky speak with guitarist, vocalist, songwriter Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society and the Ozzy Osbourne band. Interview topics include the new BLS album Doom Crew Inc., songwriting, Dario Lorina, BLS tour dates during the times of COVID-19, the No More Tears album, writing songs…
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Mark Strigl speaks. Find all-things Mark Strigl here: MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show by making a PayPal donation. Please consider sharing this episode on social media and leaving a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. Get bonus content and support Mark on Patreon for as lit…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features the zen master himself, Tim Lerch. A world renowned guitarist and educator, Tim has decades of experience as a consu…
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TM 942 Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden Discussion
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1:03:14On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl and his supporters talk about the album Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden. Find all-things Mark Strigl here: MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show by making a PayPal donation. Please consider sharing this episode on social media and…
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Mark talks. Find all-things Mark Strigl here: MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show by making a PayPal donation. Please consider sharing this episode on social media and leaving a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. Get bonus content and support Mark on Patreon for as little as $…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features the multi-talented Chase Potter. I've known Chase for almost 10 years, and he is a staple in the Midwest and Brookly…
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TM 940 Tommy Krash of Leviathan Project and Tom Wallace of Guild of Others
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30:09On this episode, Mark Strigl speaks with Tommy Krash formerly of Britny Fox, He is currently working with Tim Ripper Owens in the Leviathan Project. He also has a new project called Infinity Rain which can be heard of Apple Music. The second interview is with Tom Wallace of the project Guild of Others which also features Derek Sherinian, Steve Pott…
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TM 938 Jack Frost & Did Frank Hannon of Tesla Really Get The Vax?
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52:37On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks to guitarist Jack Frost. This chat starts 32 mins into the podcast. Topics include Brothers In Arms, Andrew Freeman, Keith St. John, Paul Shortino, Seven Witches, Aldo Nova, Joey Vera and much more. Pre-order the Brothers In Arms album here. Also in this episode, Emily and Mark talk about COVID-1…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with legendary guitarist George Lynch who is known for his work with Dokken and Lynch Mob. Topics include his new instrumental album Seamless (out 8/20/21), Tom Morello, guitar gear, Eddie Van Halen, the Starwood club, The Whisky a Go-Go, his new band, Michael Devin, touring during Covid-19, the …
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Watchtower, Cassius King) At the top of the show, Mark shares his feelings on the new HBO documentary Woodstock 99. The first interview is with the one and only Dee Snider! Topics include his new album Leave A Scar, his band, th…
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TM 935 Concerts Return Or Do They?, Maiden, Pantera & More
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48:22Mark Strigl talks with Victor Ruiz about the new Iron Maiden song, Pantera, and if concerts should be returning with COVID-19 cases once again going up. Find all-things Victor Ruiz at MarsAttacksRadio.com Find all-things Mark Strigl here: MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show …
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features the wild mr. Noel Johnston. Besides being an in demand guitarist in the greater Dallas area, he teaches at the Unive…
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TM 934.5 Mark Checks In From A Broken iPhone 12 ProMax
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9:30Mark talk into his broken iPhone for 10 minutes. Subscribe to Mark's email blast here: www.MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show by making a PayPal donation. Please consider sharing this episode on social media and leaving a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. Get bonus content a…
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TM 934 Graham Oliver formerly of Saxon & Rob Clores
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1:04:50On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark speaks with guitarist Graham Oliver who is a founding member of Saxon and now plays with ODS (Oliver Dawson Saxon) and keyboardist Rob Clores. Topics with Graham include his granddaughter, 2020, Biff Byford, Steve Dawson, Saxon, song-writing, Denim and Leather, Power and the Glory, Paul Quinn, Lemmy, Pete Gill…
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TM 933 Kiss On A&E, CDs Are Worthless & Mack Mullins Of The CEO
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33:55On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl talks about his recent move, the Kiss Biography on A&E, trying to sell CDs and more. This episode also includes an interview with Mack Mullins of the CEO. Check out the Georgia rock band's new album, Redemption, which features Vince Hornsby of Sevendust on bass. The CEO'S Website: theceoband.com Follow …
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TM 932 Kiss A&E Biography, Personal Update & More
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17:23Mark talks about the upcoming Talking Metal guests and the Kiss A&E Biography. Subscribe to Mark's email blast here: www.MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show by making a PayPal donation. Please consider sharing this episode on social media and leaving a 5-star review on Apple…
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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with D.J. Viola who is the Director of the new Kiss Biography. Topics discussed during the interview include the history of Kiss, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Dave Grohl, Tom Morello, The End of the Road tour, the future of Kiss, the upcoming scripted show on Kiss, and much more. _________________…
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Beyond the Frets is your chance to hear in-depth conversations with legendary guitarists, educators and composers about their process, struggles, accomplishments and thoughts on the modern music industry. This week's episode features the consummate guitarist and educator Jake Estner. Jake is someone I've admired for years, having found him on Insta…
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TM 930 Blizzard Of Ozz - Ozzy Discussion
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1:07:24On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl talks with a panel made up of Patreon supports about Ozzy Osbourne's album Blizzard Of Ozz which was released in the UK in 1980 and in the US in 1981. Subscribe to Mark's email blast here: www.MarkStrigl.net Follow Mark Strigl on Twitter: @talkingmetal Follow Mark Strigl on Instagram. Support this show …
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