Cutter's Rockcast

Scott Stapp joined me on my morning show before the kickoff of the Creed reunion tour. Scott and I have known each other for a long time and I couldn't be happier for the man. We chatted about the reunion, the tour, the music, his solo album, his sports teams, and even the other band that people love to hate, Nickleback. Enjoy a candid conversation with Scott Stapp for part one of our two-part series on the biggest rock band in the world at the turn of the century, Creed.

Two decades of writing and releasing music while touring the world, yet there's a good chance you may have never heard of the East Coast Punk/Hardcore band Four Year Strong. Hopefully with this episode of the Rockcast, that all changes. Four Year Strong will release what may be their best album yet, Analysis Paralysis on August 9th. With an actual rock single starting to crank up the charts called "Uncooked" and songs filled with attitude and a screw it let's party attitude we're ready for the new Four Year Strong. Dan O'Connor is one of two lead singers in the band and he's here to talk about new music and tell us what's so special about this legendary East Coast music scene. 

Myles Kennedy is the lead singer of the band Alter Bridge, he is also the lead singer of Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. That much you should know, but Myles is also an accomplished solo artist and on the best vocalists in rock, plus one of the hardest working and one of the nicest people I know. Last week out of nowhere Myles announced his third solo album The Art of Letting Go due out on October 11th. With that, he also released a new song called "Say What You Will. So I immediately shot off a message and asked Myles to come back and fill us all in. You can see Myles on tour this fall in Europe and this winter back state side. 

Islander jumped on the hard rock scene around 2014, and the band and Mikey became some of my favorites. After a couple of top 20 rock hits the road has been a bit bumpy for the band, but now they are doing it their way and are pumping out the heaviest songs of their career. With a new album on the way June 28th called Grammy Nominated which was completely fan-funded they are ready to bring their message of love to the masses. 

You may remember a band called Sleep Signals, if not that's OK, they broke up last year. But, lead singer Robert Cosgrove is back with a new project called Eyes Like Midnight. It's a completely different take on the kind of music Robert loves to create and with no rules in place, they are set to make their mark on the unsuspecting rock world. This band is so new they haven't even played a major concert yet. That changes at this year's Rockfest in Cadott, WI which is only 30 minutes from where Robert grew up. Yes, that means we are both Wisconsin boys, so you know I had to shed some homestate love. Don't sleep (no pun intended) on this new band. It's time for some new music discovery with Robert Cosgrove of Eyes Like Midnight. 

You may know Keith as the guitar player and backing singer for Breaking Benjamin. Keith is also a prolific solo artist having just released his new solo album called Infinity Now. Keith Wallen sits down for a conversation about songwriting, swinging both bands and to complain about TikTok and Spotify. Ok, we both kind of become crotchety old men with that conversation. Honestly though, we're music heads in our 40s so what would you expect? 

The Ghost Inside is a SoCal hardcore band who amassed a following doing what any great band does, tour your asses off. In 2015 that was put on hold when the band was involved in a bus accident that caused serious injuries for some in the band and killed their bus driver. Then in 2020, they were back after years of healing only to be stuck because of the Pandemic. Now in 2024 they just put out what might be their best album Searching For Solace featuring their first true radio hit "Wash it Away." I'm stoked to welcome lead singer Jonathan Vigil to the Rockcast. 

This conversation with the Nashville songwriter turned hard rocker Tim Montana took place backstage at the Epic Event Center on May 8th before Tim opened up for the band Saint Asonia on a one-off show to get ready for some big festivals he's been playing. Tim's story is one big middle finger to the man and about that country-rock thing? Yeah, he's been a hard rocker the whole time. 

P.O.D. jumped into the rap-metal/hardcore scene at about the same time Rage Against the Machine did, but adding their own influences of hip-hop, reggae, and Latin beats to their brand of hardcore immediately set them apart from the pack in the '90s. During the nu-metal explosion, they had number-one songs and platinum-selling albums. Now, it's been over 30 years and P.O.D. may have just put out one of their heaviest and well-put-together albums yet in Veritas. They are still out there grinding and joining us from the road is lead singer Sonny Sandoval. 

The band Nothing More ten years ago exploded on the modern rock world with their self-titled album. Since then they have put out some of their best work and it looks like that journey will continue with their new album Carnal due out on June 28th. Joining from their current tour with Wage War we get into the details of the songs and the raw emotion that has inspired this new album. 

You know Kerry King as the legendary guitarist of what some would say are the ultimate heavy metal band, Slayer. Well a few years ago Slayer announced their retirement, they were hanging up the riffs for good. So Kerry being Kerry King took some songs he had already been working on and decided to put out a solo record. He's got a great lineup of musicians with him including Paul Bostaph of Slayer, Phil Demmel formerly of Machine Head, Kyle Sanders from Hellyeah and singing is Mark Osegueda of Death Angel. That reads like a supergroup of metal lineup, but here they are playing with Kerry King. The finished product is the album From Hell I Rise due out on May 17th. Kerry sits down with me to fill us in on how this project came out of the ashes of Slayer.I should also mention that Slayer did reunite and are playing some select festivals later this year, but how that happened will have to be saved for another conversation down the line. 

There are few voices more recognizable than that of Sebastian Bach. Back in the day Skid Row was one of the biggest bands in the world, and it's been a long time since we've heard Bach music that has the same potential as those first two Skid Row records, but here in 2024, that narrative can be changed. His new solo album called Child Within the Man comes out on May 10th and there's a great reason to be excited about it, the songs absolutely kick ass! Sebastian may have never sounded this good. I'm being dead serious about that. Listen to the tunes and then come back and listen to explain this album and share some stories too. Buckle up! It's time for Bach n' Roll!

This week we are getting an introduction to a new band you might want to pay attention to. If you've been to any of the Machine Killer tour dates, featuring Static-X, Sevendust and Dope then you've seen Lines of Loaylty live and you already know that this is a band turning heads, and making bodies groove. They have a heaviness, a groove, and catchiness all rolled into a big sound very rarely heard from a three-piece band. Hailing from Southern Wisconsin they got their break during the pandemic and haven't looked back. Lead singer and guitarist Glenn "Nubz" Morrison (just wait until you hear how he got is name) of the band Lines of Loyalty is here on the latest episode of Cutter's Rockcast. 

Ryan McCombs is the lead singer of Drowning Pool, but he is also the lead singer of Soil. Seems like a lot, but if anyone can do it, it's Ryan. Drowning Pool just started the next leg of the Snafu Le Tour with co-headliners Saliva, and Ryan gives us a taste of playing this tour with their good friends in Saliva, including why it's called the Snafu Le Tour. But what about the possibilities of new Drowning Pool music? We find out on this episode of Cutter's Rockcast. 

Landon Tewers is just one of those creative types but in all the best ways. The Plot in You was his vision from the start after coming out of another band 15 years ago, but he's been able to do this, do some solo records all while producing and recording on the side for other artists. They have a new series of EP's, two of them are out with a third on the way soon and it's time to have a lengthy sit down with one of the best pure songwriters of the metal core generation. 

Henry Cox is the lead singer of the (don't call them a pop-punk) British band Boston Manor. They have a killer straight-ahead new rock song called "Container" and maybe a new album coming? That we cannot confirm yet, so let's ask Henry and talk a little shop on episode 364 of Cutter's Rockcast. 

Dayseeker recently announced a new acoustic EP called Replica that is due out in April. The EP features songs from their past two albums reimagined and a cover of the classic Evanescence song "My Immortal." You can also catch Dayseeker on tour this spring with Staind and Seether.

You would know Dicky Barrett as the lead singer and founding member of the legendary Ska-Punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, but now he and some friends got together to form this "90s punk rock supergroup" called The Defiant. The Defiant is Pete Parada on drums (The Offspring), Greg Camp on guitar (Smash Mouth), Johnny Rioux on bass (Street Dogs), Joey La Rocca on guitar and keys (The Briggs), with Dicky Barrett front and center (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.) Together the five create a rock n roll pedigree that culminates into a riot of melodic punk.Dicky was also the announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! for almost two decades and in this conversation, we found out he even gives tours of the punk rock museum in Las Vegas.

Surprise! The band Fame on Fire today (Feb. 23rd) released a killer brand new song called "Nightmare (The Devil)" Our old friend Bryon Kuznitz, lead singer of Fame on Fire stops by to tell us all about it and what the future looks like for Fame on Fire. Plus I had a bangover from being at the Pantera concert the night before we talked.

At the time of this conversation (last week) Daughtry's latest single and by far his heaviest song to date, was sitting at number 2 on the rock charts. As of the posting of this conversation, that song has officially gone number one and as we found out in this conversation, it sure means a lot to him to have a number-one ROCK song. As you may or may not know Chris's story starts with a finalist finish on American Idol almost 20 years ago, and for a while he wasn't doing the type of music that was close to his heart. In 2020 that changed and he ain't looking back. Now with the song "Artificial" having this success, a duet with Papa Roach, tours with Shinedown and Creed, a new tour later this year with Breaking Benjamin, Daughtry have cemented themselves amongst the rock elite.