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ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON: Dokken’s Don Dokken and Foreigner’s Jeff Pilson On this episode of Westwood One’s Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon: Plus a secret previously unreleased 1980’s recording from one that era’s most popular bands. In Mitch’s first interview, singer Don Dokken discusses his band’s new live package Return To The East (2016) featuring the ‘classic lineup’ featuring George Lynch, ‘Wild’ Mick Brown and Jeff Pilson. Plus, Don offers an update on the current lineup’s upcoming studio album, talks early days including Great White & Guns N’ Roses, his approach to songwriting, future work with the ‘classic lineup’, The Beatles, Up From TheRead More →

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Westwood One’s ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON: THIN LIZZY drummer Brian Downey & GENESIS’ Tony Banks Mitch’s first interview is with longtime THIN LIZZY drummer Brian Downey. He talks about his new band Brian Downey’s Alive And Dangerous, discusses Thin Lizzy’s classic albums: Live And Dangerous, Thunder And Lightning & the importance of Jailbreak. We also talk about working with guitarist John Sykes, producer Chris Tsangarides, not recording with Black Star Riders, the end of Think Lizzy, making a new album, Rory Gallagher and much more. The second interview is with GENESIS keyboardist TONY BANKS. We discuss his new album Five, the current status ofRead More →

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Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon: Cheap Trick drummer Daxx Nielsen & Alice Cooper’s Michael Bruce On this episode of Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon. Cheap Trick drummer Daxx Nielsen talks growing up in & around the band, his father Rick Nielsen, singer Robin Zander, pass drummer Bun E. Carlos, joining the band, the albums he’s made with the band (Bang, Zoom, Crazy…Hello, We’re All Alright, Christmas Christmas), work on their next new album, Harmony Riley and more. Our second interview features former Alice Cooper guitarist Michael Bruce. He talks about his book No More Mr. Nice Guy: The Inside Story Of The Alice Cooper Group,Read More →

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ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON: Every Mother’s Nightmare, Black Label Society’s ZAKK WYLDE & Michael Des Barres LISTEN HERE: In this episode, Every Mother’s Nightmare vocalist Rick Ruhl talks about the band’s history including their new album GRIND and classic single Love Can Make You Blind. The second interview is with iconic guitarist ZAKK WYLDE. He discusses Black Label’s Society’s new album Grimmest Hits, touring with Corrosion Of Conformity, the upcoming Ozzy Osbourne dates and looks back at his time with Ozzy. And to end the show, Mitch talks with former Detective & Power Station singer Michael Des Barres. Topics covered include Led Zeppelin, beingRead More →

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ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON: Don Felder of The Eagles, George Thorogood and Mike Skill of The Romantics Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon is your source for extraordinary interviews with some of the best artists in the world of rock n’ roll. LISTEN HERE: This episode of Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon is a classic rock spectacular. First up is former The Eagles guitarist Don Felder. He discusses his current tour with Styx & REO Speedwagon. And the question of, was Hotel California too big of a hit? And teaching Tom Petty & more. Next up, Bad To The Bone artist George Thorogood walks youRead More →

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ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON: Interview with Mark Kendall of Great White and Gene Simmons from 1980 On this episode of Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon he talks with guitarist Mark Kendall of Great White and discusses the band’s new album Full Circle, goes in depth on his sobriety, the NFL’s L.A. Rams and more. Mitch celebrates the 37th anniversary of his first interview. On June 9th 1980, at age 11, he interviewed KISS’ Gene Simmons. Listen to that episode in this interview. And finally, the episode closes with musician Bobby Whitlock. He talks about his current tour, being a member of Derek And TheRead More →

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ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON AND HIS INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE KULICK If you are an 80’s rock music fan, afficianado or enjoy behind the scenes talk of your favorite musical artists of the 80’s rock era, check out the Mitch Lafon Podcast Series, Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon. In this episode, Mitch talks with former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick to discuss the band’s landmark album REVENGE on its 25th anniversary. The two discuss its historic importance in the band’s catalog, the involvement of Vinnie Vincent, Dick Wagner, Kevin Valentine & Tommy Thayer as well as unreleased tracks and the different drummers that auditioned for theRead More →

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ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON AND HIS INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT MASON OF WARRANT & HONEYMOON SUITE If you are an 80’s rock music fan, afficianado or enjoy behind the scenes talk of your favorite musical artists of the 80’s rock era, check out the Mitch Lafon Podcast Series, Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon. In this episode Mitch talks with Robert Mason of WARRANT and discuss the band’s latest album ‘Louder Harder Faster’, being Ozzy’s secret off-stage singer, Jani Lane, working for Disney and more. Mitch’s second interview re-introduces America to iconic Canadian band Honeymoon Suite as guitarist Derry Grehan talks about their new album Hands Up,Read More →

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ONE ON ONE WITH MITCH LAFON INTERVIEW WITH DEE SNIDER Looking for great interviews with your favorite musicians of the 80’s rock era? Look no further than Mitch Lafon and his audio podcast One on One with Mitch Lafon. In Mitch’s latest interview, he talks with heavy metal legend, Dee Snider. Dee talks with Mitch about his new solo album We Are The Ones, the Fair Play Fair Pay Act, protecting the artists, Twisted Sister’s final show and a lot more. Check out Mitch’s latest episode #275 and be sure to follow Mitch at the links below. Listen to episode #275 of One on OneRead More →

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ONE ON ONE WITH MITCH LAFON AND HIS INTERVIEW WITH ERIC BRITTINGHAM If you have been following along with Mitch Lafon and his interviews then you have been thoroughly entertained.  In Mitch Lafon’s latest edition of One on One With Mitch Lafon, Episode 240, he talks with Cinderella/Bret Michaels’ bassist, Eric Brittingham. In this interview, Mitch and Eric discuss working with Poison front man Bret Michaels, the current status of Cinderella, find out if he is angry with Cinderella vocalist Tom Keifer. They also talk about the Devil City Angels, Rikki Rockett, playing for Jimmy Bain in Last In Line, and much more. Listen to theRead More →