We break down the most recent Journey drama involving Neal Schon, Avenged Sevenfold and Arnel Pineda asking for a million fans to ask him to leave. We also have a beef brewing between Megadeth and Peter Frampton, but that one doesn’t have legs. We also think Frampton can do no wrong. We talk about how Jeff Beck’s legacy is living on with his wife and guitar tech bringing his guitar to his friends, like John Mayer & Billy Gibbons to play. Today is the 5th anniversary of Steve’s book “Hard to Handle” and we talk about his writing process, while Nikki gets the full scoop on some of the stories that didn’t make the final edit. Ahh, and forgive Steve for a bit of spontaneous laryngitis on this podcast. 

We break down the most recent Journey drama involving Neal Schon, Avenged Sevenfold and Arnel Pineda asking for a million fans to ask him to leave. We also have a beef brewing between Megadeth and Peter Frampton, but that one doesn’t have legs. We also think Frampton can do no wrong. We talk about how Jeff Beck’s legacy is living on with his wife and guitar tech bringing his guitar to his friends, like John Mayer &amp; Billy Gibbons to play. Today is the 5th anniversary of Steve’s book “Hard to Handle” and we talk about his writing process, while Nikki gets the full scoop on some of the stories that didn’t make the final edit. Ahh, and forgive Steve for a bit of spontaneous laryngitis on this podcast.

They Look Like a Bit of a Clown Car Right Now

Steve missed recording our podcast earlier tis week for an epic boat trip, so of course we need to hear about it. But, the real story is all things Jane’s Addiction. Steve gives us his unique take on being in a band that implodes on tour, and we look into recent band break ups, like REO Speedwagon and who’s next? Nikki’s pick is Kansas and Steve’s pick is Foo Fighters. 

Steve missed recording our podcast earlier tis week for an epic boat trip, so of course we need to hear about it. But, the real story is all things Jane’s Addiction. Steve gives us his unique take on being in a band that implodes on tour, and we look into recent band break ups, like REO Speedwagon and who’s next? Nikki’s pick is Kansas and Steve’s pick is Foo Fighters.

It’s more Addiction than Jane

We talk about how the Oasis reunion has brought Ticketmaster to the conversation again. We have the insider take with Nikki having worked for Ticketmaster and Steve having toured with Oasis. David Gilmour is talking abut selling Pink Floyd’s catalog again and we speculate on what it’s worth after Queen sold for over $1Bil. Did you ever wonder how money changes a musician? Steve talks about an interesting stipulation with his recent interview with Slash about Guns n Roses. As a drummer, as a musician, as someone who worked with brothers, we get Steve’s thoughts on Alex Van Halen’s forthcoming autobiography “Brothers.” We wrap with (obvs) the return of football season this weekend and our predictions for the San Francisco 49ers🤘

We talk about how the Oasis reunion has brought Ticketmaster to the conversation again. We have the insider take with Nikki having worked for Ticketmaster and Steve having toured with Oasis. David Gilmour is talking abut selling Pink Floyd’s catalog again and we speculate on what it’s worth after Queen sold for over $1Bil. Did you ever wonder how money changes a musician? Steve talks about an interesting stipulation with his recent interview with Slash about Guns n Roses. As a drummer, as a musician, as someone who worked with brothers, we get Steve’s thoughts on Alex Van Halen’s forthcoming autobiography “Brothers.” We wrap with (obvs) the return of football season this weekend and our predictions for the San Francisco 49ers🤘

It’s a happy anxious!

We’re both tired from the weekend, but we can rally to get into our feelings about Nicolas Cage playing John Madden in an upcoming biopic, which leads to football season starting and Steve’s experience sports betting as Nikki takes on a new sports picking endorsement, which of course leads us to Vegas baby! We mourn the loss of Phil Donahue by celebrating his greatest episode “Real Peter Criss vs Fake Peter Criss” and that puts us in the time machine marveling at how we survived a world before the internet and luggage with wheels?! Steve tells us about touring in the ‘80s before GPS & what it was like moving from Baltimore to Kentucky at 10 years old in 1975.

We’re both tired from the weekend, but we can rally to get into our feelings about Nicolas Cage playing John Madden in an upcoming biopic, which leads to football season starting and Steve’s experience sports betting as Nikki takes on a new sports picking endorsement, which of course leads us to Vegas baby! We mourn the loss of Phil Donahue by celebrating his greatest episode “Real Peter Criss vs Fake Peter Criss” and that puts us in the time machine marveling at how we survived a world before the internet and luggage with wheels?! Steve tells us about touring in the ‘80s before GPS &amp; what it was like moving from Baltimore to Kentucky at 10 years old in 1975.

Not Even Toast Can Help

We have been having non-stop thoughts about the Aerosmith cancellation and of course as people who have been on tour, (In Steve’s case- A LOT) we have the insider track on the Journey lawsuits. We’re letting go of the “No original members” grudge in rock, mostly, but we still hold the “Farewell Tour” grudge. We wrap it up with Rock star dads like Metallica & HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE! 

We have been having non-stop thoughts about the Aerosmith cancellation and of course as people who have been on tour, (In Steve’s case- A LOT) we have the insider track on the Journey lawsuits. We’re letting go of the “No original members” grudge in rock, mostly, but we still hold the “Farewell Tour” grudge. We wrap it up with Rock star dads like Metallica &amp; HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!

A Complete Transfusion Can be Better Than the Original

We reminisce about the last Black Crowes show at The Fillmore in 2010. Ever wonder what it was like for Paul McCartney to be asked non-stop about The Beatles for 50 years? Us too. Sleep is still our drug of choice, and we talk 49ers Super Bowl...again. 

We reminisce about the last Black Crowes show at The Fillmore in 2010. Ever wonder what it was like for Paul McCartney to be asked non-stop about The Beatles for 50 years? Us too. Sleep is still our drug of choice, and we talk 49ers Super Bowl...again.

We were having, band fights in 2010 that started in 1971

We get into bootlegs and how record companies should embrace the culture. How video games are the new music industry. We express our skepticism over the KISS Avatars and how we think young people are going to view older music in the future, with the exceptions of Liz Zeppelin and The Beatles, who will always be awesome. 

We get into bootlegs and how record companies should embrace the culture. How video games are the new music industry. We express our skepticism over the KISS Avatars and how we think young people are going to view older music in the future, with the exceptions of Liz Zeppelin and The Beatles, who will always be awesome.

It's from the 19s, and literally, it could have been 1967 or 1997

It's a quickie- Steve updates us on his trip to NYC, where he saw "An Enemy of the People" on Broadway, but failed to get to Murray's cheese shop in the East Village 🤦‍♀️ Fortunately the cheese can be mail ordered. We have feelings abut how awesome NYC is, while also sharing our first concert experiences and how they relate to the long debated battle between Sammy and Dave as the best singer in Van Halen.

It's a quickie- Steve updates us on his trip to NYC, where he saw "An Enemy of the People" on Broadway, but failed to get to Murray's cheese shop in the East Village 🤦‍♀️ Fortunately the cheese can be mail ordered. We have feelings abut how awesome NYC is, while also sharing our first concert experiences and how they relate to the long debated battle between Sammy and Dave as the best singer in Van Halen.

And then it just didn't happen...

We're excited for Steve's pending trip to NYC, where he's getting the same cheese that Nikki had shipped to SF. Cheese lovers unite! We pass judgement on the two Tennessee Eagles tribute bands who are suing each other. Steve updates us on his eye surge & Chauncey the Wonder Dog's leg surgery. We go over some new binges, like Three Body Problem, Baby Reindeer and Argyle. We also find out Steve is deathly afraid of snakes, while Nikki played with them as a child. Is anyone surprised? 😂

We're excited for Steve's pending trip to NYC, where he's getting the same cheese that Nikki had shipped to SF. Cheese lovers unite! We pass judgement on the two Tennessee Eagles tribute bands who are suing each other. Steve updates us on his eye surge &amp; Chauncey the Wonder Dog's leg surgery. We go over some new binges, like Three Body Problem, Baby Reindeer and Argyle. We also find out Steve is deathly afraid of snakes, while Nikki played with them as a child. Is anyone surprised? 😂

Bury me in that cheese vat...

We are talking about Gene Simmons claiming he sold the remaining KISS catalogue to the ABBA hologram team as an act of friendship and not about the money. Steve talks about the secret to a long term relationship with the benefit of his 34 years with his wife. We talk about how angry comic book guys get when a woman is cast as a super hero. We talk about our hypothetical future band names and make a Powerball pact!

We are talking about Gene Simmons claiming he sold the remaining KISS catalogue to the ABBA hologram team as an act of friendship and not about the money. Steve talks about the secret to a long term relationship with the benefit of his 34 years with his wife. We talk about how angry comic book guys get when a woman is cast as a super hero. We talk about our hypothetical future band names and make a Powerball pact!

They have no idea that they pooped on their parents.

It's like the Green Room but blakk! Listen daily as Nikki Blakk chats with former Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman on all things blakkstage within the music scene and more.

It's like the Green Room but blakk! Listen daily as Nikki Blakk chats with former Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman on all things blakkstage within the music scene and more.

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