Category Kansas City – KQRC – 98-9 The Rock!

Here’s our friend Corey Taylor from the same show that The Cult headlined in Kansas City. Turns out this was the very last Stone Sour show of the “Come What (Ever) May” tour. AND…in case you didn’t know, there was a huge rumor that Corey was going to end up as lead singer for Anthrax. We talk about that, AND find out that Corey has no plans to mellow out. He’s got plenty of inspiration to continue to write angry music!

Listeners will do and say just about anything to get free tickets. This guy made up one of the more elaborate stories I’ve ever heard in all the years I’ve been doing this.  There are so many unbelievable things about this guy’s tale, that I can’t let him go. I HAVE to hear how this thing ends. Just to see if he can imagine a payoff. Let this be a primer for you if you’re going to attempt to impress any radio guy. Have an amazing story…but make it believable on at least some level.

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And then…call back with a follow-up!

Yet another visit with the legendary (now) Rock n’ Roll Hall Of Fame drummer from Metallica. Lars and I have had so many memorable “radio moments” over the years. Most of them can be found on this site. There was the time his cell phone rang and I told him to take it..could be his Mom. To which he responded; “Most likely not since she’s dead.” And then there was the time in Philly when I called Denmark a 3rd world country.  This time around, I ask him what EVERYONE wanted to know: If Metallica were capable of “Death Magnetic” all this time, how does he explain the past 20 years?

For all the bad things that have been written/said about him…I have always enjoyed Lars. He’s always been gracious, and hung in every time. Here’s another example.

Back in 2007…before most people had even heard of this band, they showed how smart they are. They had just played their set at Family Values, and decided they were going to do a “spontaneous” autograph signing.  And knowing we were broadcasting from the event,  just set their table up in front of our booth.  And you know I wasn’t about to let that go unmentioned. So, we got Ivan, and Darrell to come on the air, and introduce them to KC! Last I the “band we’ll never play,” (KQRC Program Director said it) are co-headliners at the station festival. Go figure! Another reason we use the 7-second delay!

Funny…After the years I’ve spent making fun of Creed, one of my favorite “new” bands is Alterbridge. I really like their music.  And I’m not alone in that. It supports my theory that people don’t really hate Creed. They hate douchebags. And Scott Stapp, as we all know, is considered a douchebag.

On this day, the band stopped by before having to play an outdoor show during a horrible weather day.  We hung for a while, and they played a couple of songs live in-studio. It was an exercise in futility really. For all of their alleged expertise, whomever designed the (really nice) air studio, didn’t think of what would happen if a band came in, and didn’t run their stuff through a mixer.  The way the room was arranged, the mic pickup patterns phased each other out. So, it was extremely difficult to mix live on-air.  We eventually got it right toward the end of “Before Tomorrow Comes.” So…here ya go. Enjoy.