Lipps Service with Scott Lipps

Scott sits with Ben Thatcher and Mike Kerr of UK power duo Royal Blood, who's newest album, Back to the Water Below, hit the #1 spot on the UK chart for the fourth time in their career… They get into their experiences exploring and eating in NYC, their humble beginnings in Brighton, and the band's early days that lead up to the recording of their debut album, which is 10 years old this year… Along the way they talk about meeting Jimmy Page, working with Josh Homme, and the journey leading up to the new album, including the process of writing and self-producing it in their own studio… They get into the meaning behind some of their highlight tracks and end with naming their top 5 best musical duos, top 5 Royal Blood songs, and top 5 riffs of all time... Tune in for a fun time and some laughs with UK powerhouse, Royal Blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits with lead guitarist and singer of legendary Emo-punk pop band Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat world, the morning of their NYC performance at Central Park Summerstage…They get into a brief history of Jimmy Eat world from early teenage years listening to hair metal to eventually getting into their early influences like Pixies, Fugazi, Rocket from the Crypt and more…They discuss how the band got together, the early years, the Capitol record years leading up to being dropped and how they secured a new deal w Dreamworks and made the iconic record Bleed American…They discuss the process behind that record leadiing up to other subjects like Taylor Swift, AI and how Prince came to cover "The Middle"..They finish out talking about the tour with Manchester Orchestra and a great set of top 5s, from the greatest Jimmy Eat world songs to the best pop punk songs… Tune in to a great episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits in person with the iconic Irish singer songwriter, Andrew Hozier Byrne best known for his 2014 breakthrough debut including Take me to Church on the heels of the release of his third album, Unreal Unearth…They get into his upbringing and his story from not being able to find musicians to play on Take me to Church to how it exploded via Bandcamp and Reddit..Along the way they touch on great stories like his first appearance on Letterman, performing with Anne Lennox on the Grammy's…life on the road and his philosophies on life..They dive into the meaning behind the new record and the Dante's Inferno references and remember Sinead O'Connor before getting into his top 5 lists of greatest Irish artists of all time and top 5 voices in music..and finally touch base on his current upcoming tour of the US and Europe..Hosier is a great conversationalist with always a lot to say, tune in for a great episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits in person with Nick Hexum of 311 and gets into his path and journey in life from learning Jimmy Buffets "Margaritaville" at 12 to his early roots in Jazz and covers until the 311 sound was born…They reminisce on great stories about The Clash, Joe Strummer to his early days of touring in RV's and eating top Ramen after moving to LA at 17…They discuss faking it until you make it with Nick name dropping on phone calls the industry players out of Music Connection magazine to how they landed a deal with Capricorn...They get into their body of work, the 13 albums and talk about key moments like Amber, Love song and how "Music" and "Evolver" are looked back at today.They end with a top 5 quick round and talk a bit about the new record they are working on now... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits in person with the always fantastic Luke Spiller of The Struts on the day of their NYC show and they catch up about everything from the Taylor Hawkins performance to life on the road to the new record and acoustic EP…They begin by chatting a bit about Luke's fashion obsessoin and segue way into life on the road and the summer festivals and the competitive nature of the shows…They get into the idea of AI and rock music and talk about their new record and how it was recorded- to the new video, and tour and end with the Top 5 Rolling Stones songs and the Top 5 rock songs of all time…Tune in for a fun one… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits in person with the multi platinum 2x Grammy winner, Jason Mraz on the heels of the release of his eighth album, Jason is a force of positivity and inspiration today and they start with his early beginnings in Virginia…They get into his early life, surrounded by the music of his parents and up to his days in school and finally migrating to the west coast after a short stint at school in NYC.They talk about his early coffee shop days, how he got into music, from his first indie record deal to his major label deal with Elektra records..They discuss the genesis of his first hit "Remedy" to "I'm Your's" up to the night he won 2 Grammys..They getting into the recording and writing process of the new record, the meaning behind the album , the tour and even touch base on AI an the writing process.Last but not least, they end with 2 sets of the top 5 questions… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits with Emmy award winning actor and star of the Sopranos and White Louts as well as countless other projects as well as his band Zopa ,Michael Imperioli and they get into everything under the sun…They get into Michaels upbringing and discovering Queen to his love of acting, meeting Martin Scorsese and auditioning for Goodfellas -They discuss winning a Emmy for the Sopranos and the night he threw it in the garbage..They talk Jennifer Coolidge on White Lotus and the strange way he tracked down his band members of Zopa and what’s going on with the band currently today…Along the way the share Lou Reed stories, stories about NYC, working w Deniro and Pesci, how he got fired from his first theater gig and his connection w James Goldifini…. Tune in for a great episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits with singer, songwriter, artist, author, director and rapper Modsun and they catch up on all things in this exciting new interview..They get into his relationship with MGK, Travis Barker to Feldy and so much more, starting out with growing up in Minnesota to Long beach and how he got his start as a drummer, playing covers of some of the bands he loved and how being part of that inner circle…They touch base on the 27 club to Dylan to sobriety to tour life and how he got to where he is today..Last but not least they discuss the festival circutit hes starting and new mucis…get ready for a great show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott sits with the legendary producer of Nirvana's Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkin's Siamese Dream as well as the drummer and songwriter of alt rock band Garbage… They get into Butch's upbringing, being surrounded by music at a young age from a mother that was a music teacher. They get into his formative years playing piano and eventually getting into drums up to attending college for film composition and eventually starting Smart studios while playing in early bands like Eclipse and Spooner… They talk about the first Pumpkins record Gish up to Nirvanas Nevermind and the Pumpkins Siamese Dream.. They talk about early memories of Kurt Cobain sending Smells like teen spirit rehearsals to Butch along with driving in Billy Corgan's car listening to the early songwriting process..They get into working with other bands like Sonic Youth and Killdozer early on. They end by discussing Garbage, the tour, the new record and everything in between… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics include 2:33 on the amped show they have, Twisted sisters 3:23 on growing up around music 5:00 on Dani performing at Ultra5:45 on growing up around 80's music and Rocknroll 7:17 on Dani wanting to be a astronaut 9:45 on both getting bit by the acting bug early on 11:50 on Dani fangirling over Hillary Duff  16:15 Bella on entourage 17:32 Could Entourage exist today?23:00 growing up on Disney 25:45 Bella Thorne’s first concert 28:15. Dani on her first EDM DJ gigs and mushrooms 28:38 Dani on her name Com3t 29:17 Bella, on making new music?31:52 on Bella’s performance at Carnegie hall34:34 Bella, on losing the manuscript to her first book on a plane 37:58 Dani’s life highlight- Djing at ultra 38:45 Bella-on her jewelry line, Thorne42:50 on their podcast Twisted Sisters 45:24 on SnoopDog and Twisted sisters 46:15 on cruising in Snoopdogs caravan and going to Ihop with him 49:35 Dani on her new music50:00 Bella on wanting to create a lingerie line 54:00 on the sisters writing music together 55:34 on Bella’s love of Billy Squier57:05 Dani’s top 5 most underrated DJs 58:05 the top 5 highest paid Dj's in the world?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices