Life In The Stocks

This conversation you're about to hear was recorded live on the final day of the Flogging Molly Salty Dog Cruise 2023. My guest is legendary pro-skater, punk rocker and all-round nice guy, Steve Caballero. This is not a conversation about skateboarding or punk rock, however. Those conversations with Cab are out there and they are excellent. This is something a little different. This is a conversation about life, faith, and the human condition. Thank you to Cab for being so courageously open and vulnerable with me. And thank you to everyone who was on the boat with us. The Salty Dog community is the greatest community I have ever known and I truly cannot wait to set sail with you all again. Until then, stay safe, and look after yourselves and each other. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This conversation you're about to hear was recorded live on the final day of the Flogging Molly Salty Dog Cruise 2023. My guest is legendary pro-skater, punk rocker and all-round nice guy, Steve Caballero. This is not a conversation about skateboarding or punk rock, however. Those conversations with Cab are out there and they are excellent. This is something a little different. This is a conversation about life, faith, and the human condition. Thank you to Cab for being so courageously open and vulnerable with me. And thank you to everyone who was on the boat with us. The Salty Dog community is the greatest community I have ever known and I truly cannot wait to set sail with you all again. Until then, stay safe, and look after yourselves and each other. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's conversation is another double-header interview. Hollywood legend Billy Bob Thornton and Grammy Award-winning recording engineer J.D. Andrew from The Boxmasters join me for Episode 305 of Life In The Stocks to talk rock 'n' roll, Christmas music, Captain Beefheart and a whole lot more. Cheers to the fellas for taking the time out. I really enjoyed this one. I hope you do, too! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first in the history of Life In The Stocks - two guests from different projects join me on the podcast. I welcome both Marty Friedman (Megadeth/Solo) and Debbie Gough (Heriot) onto Episode 304 of LITS to discuss the launch of the the Jackson Virtuoso guitar, and that leads into a larger conversation about guitar music and heavy metal in general. There's something for everyone in this episode, from inspiration and influences to the past, present and future of the genre. I hope you enjoy!!! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keith "Monkey" Warren from The Adicts joins me for Episode 303 of Life In The Stocks to talk all things Adicts and all things punk rock. You can catch Monkey giving guided tours at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas this week. Happy Halloween!!! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author, artist and filmmaker James Spooner joins me for Episode 302 of Life In The Stocks. We discuss his debut documentary feature film Afro Punk, which came out 20 years ago this year, and the accompanying exhibition that James has running at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas from now until March 2024, called Black Punk Now. We talk about punk music in relation to African American culture, mainstream versus alternative culture, commercialism, capitalism, racial issues, gender politics, the Me Too movement, the Black Lives Matter movement, and so much more. It's a proper intellectual and socio-political deep dive this week, and we get into some really interesting and important stuff. I hope you take something positive away from it. Thanks to James for the stimulating and enlightening conversation. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My great friends - and now I can finally say touring buddies - Barney Boom & Laila K from Sonic Boom Six join me for the first episode of Series Four of Life In The Stocks for a super in-depth heart-to-heart discsussion that covers everything from friendship, wellbeing and self-empowerment to the music industry, the UK ska punk scene, the past, present & future of Sonic Boom Six, and a whole lot more. I love these guys like family. I hope you enjoy this conversation. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm honoured and thrilled to be welcoming one of my all-time favourite artists and absolute dream guests onto the podcast this week, Mr. Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins. What a treat! Thank you to everyone who's listened to and supported the show over the last seven years. It's been a crazy ride. And thank you to Billy for giving up his time to join me for this milestone episode of Life In The Stocks. Here's to the next 300 episodes and beyond!!! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've reached the penultimate episode of Life In The Stocks Series Three, and joining me for Episode 299 of the podcast is one of my all-time favourite singers and long-time dream interviewees, the awesome & amazing Donita Sparks from L7. I've wanted to have Donita on the show for YEARS, so I'm very pleased we finally got to make it happen. And she did absolutely not disappoint. This is one of my favourite conversations to date. I hope you all enjoy it too! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A bonafide rock 'n' roll bad ass joins me for Episode 298 of Life In The Stocks. Tommy Stinson was an original founding member of The Replacements, one of the most influential and underrated rock 'n' roll bands of all-time. And when that band came to an end and Duff McKagan left Guns N' Roses, Tommy started playing bass with GNR, and he remained with the group from 1998-2014. So he's served extended tenures in two of the most iconic and awesome rock bands ever. And we get into all of it in this episode of LITS. We also talk about his friendship with Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. No big deal. (It's a huge deal. And Tommy is a bad ass.) Check out his new Cowboys In The Campfire record Wronger, which is out now. Replacements fans will love it. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we approach Episode 300 of Life In The Stocks, I have members of a few seminal and incredible alternative rock bands lined up as guests, starting with this: Episode 297 with Greg Norton from Hüsker Dü. We talk all about the eighties alternative rock scene in America and Greg's time in Hüsker Dü. We also discuss his new band UltraBomb, and his time away from the music business working as a chef running restaurants, and the similarities between the music and hospitality industries. It's a great talk and Greg is a real gent. Enjoy! Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OG punk legend and business man (those two antithetical terms are not, in fact, mutually exclusive) Shawn Stern joins me for Episode 296 of Life In The Stocks. Alongside his brother Mark Stern, Shawn co-founded Youth Bridge, BYO Records and Punk Rock Bowling, the annual gathering for punks of all ages in Las Vegas, Nevada. We talk about all of that and more in this episode, which is a great insight into not only the evolution of US punk but also live events and the music industry in general. I hope to get myself out to Punk Rock Bowling in the not-too-distant future - every year I see the line-up and I get so envious of everyone going. Enjoy the podcast! And please subscribe to the show if you aren't already. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm thrilled to welcome Warped Tour founder, college professor, philanthropist and all-round scene legend and gentleman Kevin Lyman onto the podcast this week. Kevin is someone I've always wanted to have on the show and it was so good to finally make it happen. Huge shout out to his daughter Sierra for linking it up. If you're interested in US punk rock, the inner workings of the music industry and the organisation of mass scale live events, Woodstock '99, Kevin's take on the whole Dickies debacle, why the Warped Tour came to an end, what he's up to nowadays and the future of punk music, this is an episode you DO NOT want to miss. Thanks to Kevin for taking the time out to do it. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It blows my mind that I can be 294 podcasts in and still be recording some of my favourite Life In The Stocks episodes to date. It gets me so excited about the future and what's still to come. But let's not get ahead of ourselves...joining me for Episode 294 of LITS is Spike Slawson from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the best covers band in the world, and his solo project Uke-Hunt - you see what he did there?!? This is a great chat. We discuss frontmanship (is that a word?) and show business, getting sober and the effect that has on your craft, censorship, creativity and the joy of discovering music, Pittsburgh and the socio-economic and political history of that part of the US, the history of American punk, the ever-evolving Gimmes line-up and so much more. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brendan B. Brown from Wheatus joins me for Episode 293 of Life In The Stocks. And what a lovely man he is. We had a great conversation, from Teenage Dirtbag and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden to Weezer, Bowling For Soup & the Noughties New York music scene, plus a whole lot more. Be sure to go see Wheatus on tour throughout the UK in September, October & November - there is no excuse to not see them, as they're literally playing EVERYWHERE. Dates and tickets can be found at wheatus.com/shows Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life In The Stocks Episode 292 is the audio from my Live Q&A with A frontman, songwriter & producer, Jason Perry. As always, a huge thank you to Terry and the rest of the team at the West Hampstead Arts Club for being such fantastic hosts and facilitating these live events. And thank you to Jason, Adam & Giles Perry for being a part of what was a very special, fun and enjoyable night. Thank you to everyone who came down as well. I hope to announce a couple more live podcasts before the year is over. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The last couple of episodes have been very special to me - both last week's chat with Canadian broadcaster Strombo and this week's conversation with Rebecca Schnell. It's so nice to talk to people that I share professional common ground and passions with, and I think it makes for (hopefully) really interesting conversations - and something a little bit different to the typical musician interviews that I tend to do. It's always stimulating to step outside of that box and the last two episodes have been two of my favourites from the last seven years. Rebecca is a Monster Truck driver and someone that I get to work with on the annual Hot Wheels tours that I've been hosting in the UK for the last two years. She is also an emergency room nurse, and one of the most impressive and inspiring people that I know. I absolutely love this conversation and I know you're going to love it too, just like you're going to love her because she is an absolute superstar. Follow Rebecca on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.schnell_mtdriver/ Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is one of my favourite podcast episodes to date. George Stroumboulopoulos, aka Strombo, is one of the very few broadcasters and interviewers that I genuinely look up to and admire. He is an absolute legend in the game. I was both honoured and thrilled to have the chance to sit down and talk to him about the art of interviewing, our mutual love of conversation and connection, music, art & culture. I feel like I've found a kindred spirit in George and I really hope that you enjoying listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it. You can follow George on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/strombo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&__coig_restricted=1 And check out his radio show on Apple MUSIC here: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/strombo/1496683317 Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 289 of Life In The Stocks features highlights from my Live Q&As at this year's Copenhell Festival with Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Zakk Wylde (Pantera) and Halestorm. I had an absolutely incredible time at the festival and definitely intend to go back - whether it's as a performer or a punter. It's one of the best festivals I've ever been to and I'd like to say a huge thank you to Darren, Toke, Jens and the rest of the team for having me. Follow me on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: @mattstocksdj My first two books (Life In The Stocks Volume One & Two) are also out NOW and available to buy from all reputable online book stores. Signed copies can be purchased direct from the publishers: rarebirdlit.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RIP Mick Huston. Your talent, kindness & generosity of spirit has been a guiding light in my life. You will be sorely missed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.