Episodes
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Ollie chat with Dream Theaters bassist, John Myung!
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Ollie welcomes drummer Mike Portnoy (WineryDogs, Sons of Apollo, Dream Theater, Liquid Tensions Experiment and more....) to the Heavy Hooks Show!
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Protocol and ex-Toto drummer, Simon Phillips joins Ollie to talk about his career. Simon has drummed for Jeff Beck, The Who, Judas Priest, Nik Kershaw, Joe Satriani and many more. He talks about his time in Toto, the history of heavy metal, his biggest Spinal Tap moment, trialling for AC/DC and whether or not the opportunity is now easier for people to become musicians than it was in a time before the internet.
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Australian guitar sensation, Plini, joins Ollie to talk about his career. From being voted the best guitarist in prog rock to being endorsed by Steve Vai. Plini has celebrated millions of streams world wide and he opens up about his journey through the music industry whilst giving some fantastic advice for aspiring musicians.
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With over 260,000 subscribers on YouTube, Doug Helvering has become an internet sensation just from releasing reaction videos to rock, metal and everything in between. During his video's Doug dissects music and educates his audience as to what he is hearing. Having reacted to bands like Tool, Metallica and Slipknot, Ollie wanted to get to know the legend that is, Doug Helvering.
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Nightwish lead singer, Floor Jansen, chats to Ollie about her solo work, the future of Nightwish, being branded as "female fronted" and being the inspiration behind the name of a new species of Beetle (not Beatle!)
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Ollie chats to Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci.
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Haken guitarist, Charlie Griffiths, tells Ollie all about his newest solo album "tiktaalika", covering Spinal Tap on Cruise to the Edge, creating (arguably) the worlds first ever palaeontology-based rock and metal album and Haken.
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From Teenage Dirtbag to roast dinners. Wheatus Frontman Brendan Brown covers (almost) everything with Ollie.
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DragonForce guitarist, Herman Li, joins Ollie to talk about the success of the band, the next studio album, how music genre's hit differently, that they are unsigned and the future of DragonForce.
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Better Strangers drummer Nic Collins joins Ollie to talk about the band, his friendship with Taylor Hawkins, drumming for Genesis and what it's really like being the son of, arguably, the most famous drummer in the world...Phil Collins.
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The Dream Theater front man joins Ollie Winiberg for a cheeky chat on the first episode of Season 2! James talks about winning a Grammy (and that you get fined for selling it!), his newest solo project, his picture with Mike Portnoy, advice for unsigned musicians, the power of the internet.. look just everything, ok? James and Ollie cover everything! Enjoy!
