Ep358: The Return of The Dead Daisies with Doug Aldrich

The Dead Daisies are back with a new album "Radiance" and guitarist, songwriter Doug Aldrich joins us to talk about the album, his career, early vinyl, the unique environment of The Dead Daisies, hard lessons in a life of rock and roll and more!

Topics include:

• Show intros / messy house
• What happened to Doug’s record collection?
• The records that inspired Doug in his youth
• Doug’s 1st time on record – “Mansfield - Gonna Rock You”
• Did Doug have a ‘Plan B’?
• The changes in the music industry
• Easter Egg on the “Radiance” album
• Creating the “Radiance” LP
• How the Dead Daisies songs are written
• The operation of The Dead Daisies, leadership of David Lowy
• The Dead Daisies able to do things other bands cannot do
• Being in bands that change members regularly
• Was Tommy Clufetos originally going to plan on ‘Radiance’?
• Doug’s experiences in uncredited session work
• Doug’s alias “Earl Baker”, House of Lords session work
• Hurricane and the album cover controversy
• Doug turning down playing for Dio in the late 80s
• Next steps for The Dead Daisies, tour
• Interview wrap up
• “Radiance” album and a black light

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