Jay Jay French joins The Talk Toomey Podcast to discuss his new book, Twisted Business. Jay Jay and I talk about his early days before Twisted Sister, protesting injustice in the 1960s and his Kiss audition. We also talk about the bar scene in the 70s and how it will never be able to be reproduced now. Jay Jay also discusses the 10 year struggle before getting signed and if they ever thought of changing the name in those years. We get a little Sevendust talk in there and did you know there were Boy Scout Cookies??? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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In the world of music podcasting, there are basically two categories - podcasts by fans, and podcasts by famed musicians that have reached the pinnacle of success. Somewhere in the middle of that is the Talk Toomey podcast. Hosted by Joshua Toomey, who previously was a member of national recording artists Primer 55, Talk Toomey avoids the pitfalls of fandom and the backslapping glad handing that comes from successful bands shamelessly talking to each other. Instead, you get focused, powerful and real looks into “the inner circle” of being a hard rock/heavy metal band, complete with questions most are too afra...