12132022 ADVANCE PRE-RECORD WITH GREG D'ANGELO (WHITE LION, ANTHRAX, LEGENDS OF CLASSIC ROCK, STEPHEN PEARCY OF RATT)

GREG D’ANGELO (WHITE LION) 12/13/2022 PRE-RECORD TO 12/14/2022
AIRDATE
THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW ON WWW.DIRTYRADIO.FM CHANNEL
(2) DIRTY RADIO CLASSICS WITH HOST TROY PATRICK FARRELL


“IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO BE
IN A “BAND”?  IF YOU’RE GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ROLE,  YOU
ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE IT’S
FAIR FOR EVERYBODY & THAT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY”

“THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TAKING
THE DOUGH AND RUNNING, YOU REALLY NEED TO BE A LEADER AND
MAINTAIN THAT STABILITY, IT’S A RESPONSIBILITY”. GREG
D’ANGELO ON LEAVING WHITE LION

SHOW NOTES:
00:00        INTRO
& SHORT BACKGROUND ON GREG D’ANGELO (ANTHRAX, WHITE LION,
STEPHEN PEARCY BAND).
02:34         GREG
D’ANGELO ON THE PHONE

04:25         WE DISCUSS
ANTHRAX (WHETHER GREG WAS IN THE RECENT ANTHRAX YOUTUBE
DOCUMENTARY)
05:35         REGRETS
LEAVING ANTHRAX?  EVER THOUGHT YOU COULD’VE BEEN IN THE BAND
BEYOND THE EARLY YEARS?
                   
AND HE DISCUSSES WHY HE LEFT “I WANTED TO PLAY WITH BETTER
MUSICIANS”, “IT WAS TOUGH PLAYING WITH THE BASS PLAYER”
07:00         ANTHRAX HAD
PUNK INFLUENCES, (SEX PISTOLS, RAMONES), “I WAS MORE LED
ZEPPELIN, BAD COMPANY, DEEP PURPLE”
08:45        THE BAND CITIES (W/ AJ
PERO (TWISTED SISTER) ON DRUMS)), GREG D’ANGELO REPLACED AND THEN
WAS REPLACED BY AJ PERO
09:30         WE DISCUSS
SOME OF THE PIONEERS IN THE NEW YORK, EAST COAST AREA FOR EARLY
80’S HEAVY METAL; PRIMARILY DRUMMERS
        
          (BOBBY
RONDINELLI, JOE FRANCO, TONY PETRI, JOE MARKOWSKI, CARMINE
APPICE)

12:00         JACK
STARR’S BURNING STARR W/ BRUNO RAVEL (DANGER DANGER)- SESSION
WORK ONLY

14:00         WE DISCUSS
PLAYING TOP 40 MUSIC, MULTIPLE SETS ETC IN THE SCENE (AT THE
END OF THE INTERVIEW, HE REFERENCES THAT HE IS
    ESSENTIALLY DOING THAT NOW IN THE LEGENDS
OF CLASSIC ROCK (WITH CHUCK WRIGHT (QUIET RIOT) TERRY ILOUIS
(XYZ-GREAT WHITE)) ETC
14:45        
GREG DISCUSSES GETTING INTO WHITE LION, THE AUDITION PROCESS AND
WHAT HAPPENED TO NICKY CAPOZZI (HE LEFT DUE TO HEALTH RELATED
ISSUES) + “THINGS WEREN’T GOING RIGHT FOR THEM”, DROPPED BY
ELECTRA (ALBUM SHELVED), SO THEY NEEDED “NEW BLOOD”

16:30         GREG
DISCUSSES HIS AUDITION PROCESS AND HIS THOUGHTS ON MEETING THE
WHITE LION GUYS, AND THEIR STYLE OF MUSIC

17:30         “I HAD
TO DO A MENTAL ADJUSTMENT, PLAYING IN A POP GIG, PLAYING FOR THE
SONGS, AND UNDER PLAYING”.  HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE
DIFFERENCES FROM THE 2 YEARS OF PREP THEY HAD FOR PRIDE, A FULL
BAND EFFORT TO A 2 WEEK PREP FOR THE OTHER ALBUMS ESSENTIALLY
BECAUSE OF TOURING AND GETTING THE ALBUM OUT “YESTERDAY”. 
IN ADDITION TO WOOD-SHEDDING THE SONGS AS A BAND MINUS SINGER
MIKE TRAMP WHO WOULD COME IN AT THE END WITH MEDLEYS HE CREATED
WITH DEMOS FROM REHEARSALS.

22:00         WE DISCUSS
THE MANY HITS OF BANDS THAT HAD HUGE HITS WITH SONGS THAT DIDN’T
HAVE ANY DRUMS, BUT IN CONTRAST THAT RADAR LOVE (A #1 VIDEO ON
MTV), HAD AN ACTUAL DRUM SOLO IN IT WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT FOR
THE TIME.

WE DISCUSS HOW MICHAEL WAGENER (PRODUCER) INSTRUCTED GREG TO DO
HIS OWN BIG SOLO IN RADAR LOVE, AND HOW HE CAME UP WITH THE PARTS
AND THE DYNAMIC OF PLAYING IT LIVE.

27:00         WE DISCUSS
THE MANY BANDS THAT WHITE LION OPENED FOR/TOURED WITH AND A FEW
PRANKS AND STORIES HE REMEMBERS FROM GETTING HAZED.  (WHITE
LION TOSSED AN ADULT MAGAZINE “FORUM” AT THE STRYPER SHOWS
BECAUSE STRYPER TOSSED OUT BIBLES).

29:55         “YEAH,
THE BUSINESS IS WHY WE LEFT”, “I THINK THE BAND COULD’VE
LASTED”.            
WE DISCUSS THE CLIMATE MUSICALLY (BOTH IN WHITE LION AND WITH
GRUNGE COMING IN) WHICH ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTED TO JAMES LOMENZO
AND GREG D’ANGELO DEPARTING THE BAND.  GREG BLAMES “OUR
GROWN-UP MANAGERS” WHO LACKED SKILL AND DIRECTION.



31:00         WE GET INTO
THE ZAKK WYLDE CONNECTION (JAMMING W/ ZAKK WHILE ON TOUR W/
OZZY).  THE BAND WENT OUT AS “LYNYRD SKYNHEAD” AND WOULD
ULTIMATELY BECOME “PRIDE AND GLORY” OF WHICH FOUND GREG D’ANGELO
EXITING 1 WEEK BEFORE TRACKING THE DEBUT ALBUM.

WE DISCUSS “FARM FIDDLIN’” AND “BABY PLEASE DON’T
GO”- THE ONLY TWO RELEASED “PRIDE AND GLORY” RELATED
RECORDINGS RELEASED WITH GREG D’ANGELO ON DRUMS IN ADDITION TO
JAMES LOMENZO AND ZAKK WYLDE.

GREG SAYS THAT THE ENTIRE PRIDE AND GLORY ALBUM WAS FULLY
RECORDED (DEMO’D) BEFORE HIS EXIT WHERE BRIAN TICHY WOULD TRACK
THE ALBUM THAT WAS RELEASED



34:30         GREG
DISCUSSES WHY HE LEFT WHITE LION- WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN DISCUSSED
PRIOR TO THIS INTERVIEW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SOURCE.  WHILE
HE DOESN’T NAME “SPECIFICALLY”, BOTH WHITE LION/PRIDE AND GLORY
AND HIS DEPARTURE IS WHAT WE WE’RE SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSING.

IT AGAIN LEADS TO BUSINESS ISSUES (PUBLISHING, SONG WRITING ETC,
HOWEVER THE BAND WERE EQUAL PARTNERS).  IT APPEARS THAT LIKE
WHITE LION, PRIDE AND GLORY WOULD LEAVE THE RHYTHM SECTION TO NOT
GET EQUAL CUTS OF ALL OF THE BUSINESS ASPECTS (I READ THAT AS
PUBLISHING, SONGWRITING).

    
          
“IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO BE IN A
“BAND”?  IF YOU’RE GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ROLE, YOU ALSO HAVE
TO TAKE THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE IT’S FAIR FOR
EVERYBODY & THAT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY”

“THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TAKING
THE DOUGH AND RUNNING, YOU REALLY NEED TO BE A LEADER AND
MAINTAIN THAT STABILITY, IT’S A RESPONSIBILITY”.

37:30         WHY DID
WHITE LION FAIL WHEN GREG AND JAMES LEFT BEFORE THE US TOUR IN
1991?
                   
GREG GOES BACK TO DISCUSSING THE DEMISE OF THE BAND DUE TO THE
DEMISE OF THE BROTHERHOOD.  “YOU NEED TO HAVE ELEMENTS OF
THOSE IDEAL IN ANY BUSINESS, IF YOU’RE NOT TREATING SOMEONE
FAIRLY, THEY’RE GONNA SPLIT; YOU NEED TO TREAT PEOPLE
FAIRLY”.


HE DOESN’T BLAME MIKE AND VITO, HE BLAMES MANAGEMENT THAT WAS
AS I INTERPRET AS SHORTSIGHTED.


39:40         GREG
BELIEVES BEYOND THE BUSINESS ISSUES, THE BAND COULD HAVE SURVIVED
IN OTHER MARKETS DESPITE THE MUSICAL CLIMATE CHANGING.


40:30         I ASK
POINT BLANK- “HOW DO YOU GET TO THE GOAL LINE OF
RECORDING/RELEASING THE S/T DEBUT PRIDE AND GLORY ALBUM AND
BAIL.  HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?  “SIMILAR
ISSUES”


WE DISCUSS IF GREG KEEPS UP WITH THE OLD WHITE LION GUYS,
(ODDLY ENOUGH HE TALKS LEAST WITH JAMES LOMENZO WHOM HE DEPARTED
THE BAND WITH AS WELL AS A RUMORED LAWSUIT).


42:30         WE
DISCUSS IF GREG HAS ANY UPDATE WITH VITO BRATTA AND WHAT THE LAST
MEETING WAS LIKE.

43:15         I ASK WHAT
GREG THINKS OF “TRAMP’S WHITE LION” AND HIS OPINION OF THE WORD
“SCABS” AS OUTLINED BY ANOTHER INTERVIEWER.
“I THINK SCAB IS A LITTLE EXTREME”, “EVERY BAND OUT THERE
WOULD BE A SCAB BAND”, “PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THOSE SONGS”
46:00        
GREG RESPONDS TO SEEING “TRAMP’S WHITE LION” WITH MIKE TRAMP’S
2005-2009 VERSION OF THE BAND. “I WAS SMILING WHILE I WAS
WATCHING IT”
48:15        
WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU PLAYED A WHITE LION SONG?  GREG
PLAYS “RADAR LOVE” IN THE LEGENDS OF CLASSIC ROCK BAND WHICH DID
EXTENSIVE TOURING OF 60 PLUS DATES IN 2022.  WE TRANSITION
INTO WHAT’S GOING ON NOW WITH THE LEGENDS BAND.

50:20         WE DISCUSS
HIS BRIEF STINT IN ROUGH RIOT (PAUL SHORTINO/CARLOS CAVAZO)





52:00         MEETING
STEPHEN PEARCY OF RATT “I WAS GETTING MY MAIL- HE WAS WATERING
HIS ROSES”
                   
HE LEFT BECAUSE “IT RAN IT’S COURSE, IT WAS TIME TO DO SOMETHING
ELSE”


                   
GREG D’ANGELO WAS CONSIDERED TO BE IN RATT “THAT WAS PART OF A
CONVERSATION FOR AWHILE”, “STEPHEN WARREN AND JUAN COULDN’T SEE
EYE TO EYE, WHAT A SHAME”, “THEY REALLY SHOULD BE OUT THERE
PLAYING”.
GREG DOESN’T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY
MANAGER/MANAGEMENT THAT COULD GET RATT TOGETHER. “WHAT’S THE
NUMBER”? (MONEY)


 


56:15- WRAP UP
FINAL PLUGS FOR THE LEGENDS OF CLASSIC ROCK-

BRIEF UPDATE ON HIS STUDIO ENGINEERING, GEAR

GREG HAS PLATINUM AND GOLD ALBUMS IN HIS BATHROOM

GREG DISUSSES MOVING LA WHEN HIS SON GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL. 
“I’M GONNA PULL UP TO GRADUATION IN A U-HAUL”.


GREG DISCUSSES A FEW OF HIS COOL CARS (ASTON, FERRARI,
McLAREN)

WE DISCUSS OUR “NET WORTH”

FINAL GOODBYES!