Category: Bands

121 – The Many Transitions of Johnny Truant

121 – The Many Transitions of Johnny Truant

March 17, 2017 | By | Add a Comment

Johnny Truant is the vocalist for the band The Truants, a self-described “SAN FRANCISCO BASED POST-PUNK/WEIRDO ROCK BAND. WE ARE QUEER, DARK AND CONFRONTATIONAL, YET MOTIVATED BY THE JOY OF ROCK N ROLL. WE WILL MAKE YOU DANCE. WE WILL MAKE YOU SWEAT. WE WILL MAKE YOU QUESTION YOUR SEXUALITY.” Johnny talks with MLR’s Erik Core about […]

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119 – HeWhoCannotBeNamed

119 – HeWhoCannotBeNamed

October 31, 2016 | By | Add a Comment

He Who Cannot Be Named has been playing punk rock for over 25 years, most of that time with the punk rock band “Dwarves”. An original member of this San Francisco based combo, he wrote or cowrote many of their songs, was voted guitarist of the year by Flipside Magazine in 1991, but he is […]

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117 – Slackbone: Chris Korp

117 – Slackbone: Chris Korp

June 20, 2016 | By | Add a Comment

Chris Korp sits down with Music Life Radio’s Erik Core to discuss the “legend” of the band Slackbone. Slackbone was a Bay Area punk rock band formed by a group of baggage handlers, after purchasing instruments from their local music shop who was holding a going out of business sale. The first incarnation featured Wayner (lead vocals),  […]

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115 – Timekode: Deni

115 – Timekode: Deni

February 27, 2016 | By | Add a Comment

Timekode is the solo project of a maverick of a woman called DENI. Deni is a Producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, video artist, record company owner & author. Deni received a bass guitar from Marc Bolan (T.Rex) as a kid, and started off playing bass and singing in more traditional bands (Wildfire, the Lulu Boys, Mistress), […]

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112 – Diesel Harmonic: David Denny

112 – Diesel Harmonic: David Denny

November 1, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

David Denny is a guitar maestro, singer, songwriter and recording engineer.  He was a founding member of the 60’s psychedelic band Frumious Bandersnatch, went on to play guitar in the Steve Miller Band  on and off for several years (writing one of the band’s hit’s with the song “The Stake” (Nobody Loves You Like the […]

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110 – Frost*: Jem Godfrey

110 – Frost*: Jem Godfrey

August 17, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

Jem Godfrey is an Ivor Novello Award winning, BAFTA nominated musician and composer. He wrote and/or produced numerous top 10 hits with various pop acts during the 2000s and also scored four number 1 records across the world, spending a combined total of 8 weeks at the top of the UK charts alone. Most recently […]

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108 – Disco Donnie Lemmon

108 – Disco Donnie Lemmon

July 4, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

 “Disco” Donnie Lemmon, a veteran of the NW music scene, and founding member of “the Hardcount” “Guns of Nevada” and “Jack the Hotrod”. He is also in “Creedence Rising”, a tribute band to Creedence Clearwater Revival, and has branched out into a solo project called “LEMMON”.  MLR Producer Dan Sauter grew up in Kent WA […]

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