Welcome to the Shane Christopher Neal Podcast Show – Music Life Magazine’s Podcast Series. Each week Shane Christopher Neal of Music Inspired Media and BS Live Rocks interviews a new guest – different artists and people in the music industry – to talk about anything and everything music! Go behind the music, learn the history of your favourite artists, hear stories first-hand and much more!
July 16, 2018 – In this week’s podcast Shane Christopher Neal talks with Kevin Rudy of London, Ontario band HOWZAT.
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HOWZAT is a four-piece rock band out of London, Ontario. They released their debut single and video Storm in September 2015. Storm, had been getting rave reviews across Ontario and extensive airplay on college radio throughout Canada, United States and the U.K. In 2016, they release an EP called Rough Cutz.
The band is Kevin Rudy (vocals), Greigg Fraser (guitars), J-Rad Sterling (drums), David Buland (bass) and Dan Ransom (keyboards). HOWZAT released their second video House of Love in April of 2016, gathering more fans across the world.
In 2017, HOWZAT released the politically charged Luv Dust, recorded and co-produced by Juno award winner Siegfried Meier at Beach Road Studios. Charting at #1 on Banks Radio Australia for two weeks, hitting #7 on the nationally renowned Spider Web Radio in the United States and #1 on The 365 Radio network in the U.S. HOWZAT has recently started to gain some commercial FM radio spins in Canada along with numerous CBC and Sirius XM stations. Their 2016 single Storm was picked up by the syndicated TSN show Highways to Fairways on Canadian TV.
In 2017 HOWZAT were regional finalists in the 2017 CBC Searchlight and nominated for a JRLMA (Jack Richardson London Music Awards). Touring and constantly writing new material, HOWZAT has shared the stage with such bands as The Killer Dwarfs, Honeymoon Suite and Sloan.
In 2018 HOWZAT set up and recorded eight brand new originals at Jukasa Studios (Three Days Grace, Adam Lambert, July Talk). Earlier this year HOWZAT won $7500 in studio time from local radio 98.1 Free FM which took the guys to Emac Studios in London were two brand new songs were cut – Tell Me and Taking Flight – both part of Made in London compilation CD along with a brand new video for Tell Me.
With opening slots in 2018 with legendary bands Uriah Heep and Nazareth, big things are on the horizon for this Canadian Rock act!
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Past Podcasts:
PODCAST #1 – Riccardo Curzi of Absolute Leppard – January 1, 2018
PODCAST #2 – Rose Cora Perry and Tyler Randall of The Truth Untold – January 8, 2018
PODCAST #3 – Bobby Borg – former Warrant drummer turned author, speaker and music educator – January 15, 2018
PODCAST #4 – Canadian bassist Robert Laidlaw – January 22, 2018
PODCAST #5 – Vicky Hamilton – author and band manager who once worked at Geffen Records and managed Guns N’ Roses, Poison and Motley Crue – February 5, 2018
PODCAST #6 – Indie Week Canada founder Darryl Hurs – February 12, 2018
PODCAST #7 – Canadian band James Blonde – February 19, 2018
PODCAST #8 – Canadian musician Mike JB Sky – February 26, 2018
PODCAST #9 – Dr. Nadia Azar – March 5, 2018
PODCAST #10 – Record producer/songwriter Andre Kaden Black – March 12, 2018
PODCAST #11 – Angela Siracusa and Gil Grand of Catchin Waves Radio Promotion – March 19, 2018
PODCAST #12 – The Spoons – March 26, 2018
PODCAST #13 – The Strictly Hip – April 2, 2018
PODCAST #14 – Canadian Country singer Dean Young – April 9, 2018
PODCAST #15 – Rich Redmond (drummer for Jason Aldean) – April 16, 2018
PODCAST #16 – Bruce Pilato – April 23, 2018
PODCAST #17 – Niagara musician Ashlee Standish – May 23, 2018
PODCAST #18 – Niagara band Crutch
PODCAST #19 – Jason Hoeg of Toronto band Crisis Ctrl Club – June 4, 2018
PODCAST #20 – Rob Leclerc of Country 89.1 FM and Delmar Junction – June 11, 2018
PODCAST #21 – Lyric Dubee – June 18, 2018
PODCAST #22 – DJ Scoobie – June 25, 2018
PODCAST #23 – Canadian singer/songwriter Christie Palazzolo
PODCAST #24 – Canadian singer/songwriters Danny Lamb and A! Persona
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