The Lumineers Jeremiah Fraites - Ho Hey, World Tour on the Way
The Lumineers are heading out on a world tour in January, 2026, so it feels right to encore our delightful conversation with the band's co-f...
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Every performer who's ever been on the road has at least one bizarro story that could have been pulled straight from the iconic music mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap. Co-hosts Allen Keller...
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Heart's Nancy Wilson - Chappell Roan's Guitar Hero
Nancy Wilson's been in the news a lot this year -- jamming live with Chappell Roan on a badass cover of Heart's hit song "Barracuda"; having...
Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida - Maida in Canada
Lead singer Raine Maida gives us a “peace” of his mind with stories about the time Sammy Hagar tried to get Our Lady Peace kicked off the Va...
Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp - True Confessions
Gary Kemp, whose career highlights as a musician and actor include writing Spandau Ballet's seminal hit "True," tells us about about the tim...
Actor Ed Begley Jr. - Surviving a Bizarre Gardening Accident
Just in time for Spinal Tap 2: Ed Begley Jr. is our very first TMEP Show guest who actually appeared in "This Is Spinal Tap." In Ed's memora...
VIP Allen Sees Spinal Tap At Jimmy Kimmel Live
This week the feature film, Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues, premieres in theaters across the USA starting on Friday, September 12. To mark...
Quick Taps - Paul McCartney | Penny Lane For Your Thoughts
Enjoy an entire Quick Tap dedicated to the guy who wrote “Good Day Sunshine” because, well, it sounds like he spreads that wherever he goes...
Aussie Musician Ben Lee - Down Underdog
Ben tells us about living the rock star life whilst traveling around Japan with Sean Lennon, Sophia Coppola, Spike Jones, and the Beastie Bo...
Mercury Rev’s Grasshopper - Too Effing Loud for Lollapalooza
Multi-instrumentalist Grasshopper revs up some stories about working with The Band legendarians Garth Hudson and Levon Helm; how Mercury Rev...
Kills Birds Nina Ljeti - Winging It
Singer Nina Ljeti, from L.A.’s power quadrophonic band Kills Birds, tweets about the time a producer responded to his unrequited love for he...
Comedian JL Cauvin - Spinal Trump Moments
Top Trump impersonator JL Cauvin spills the Goya beans on why the President is trodding on the Constitution like a Druid stomping on a tiny...
Margaret Cho - Testing Limits, Stereotypes, and Sex Toys
The Notorious C.H.O. tells us how ABC TV hired a consultant to teach her to be *more Asian* for her 1994 sitcom All-American Girl; about win...
Tap Into Summer - Fired-Up for Spinal Tap 2!
We're excited, you're excited, everyone is excited about the long-awaited release of the Spinal Tap 2 feature film on September 12, 2025. So...
The Police's Stewart Copeland - Stalker Anthems + Temper Tantrums
Late May and early June 1983 is when The Police's defining song "Every Breath You Take" was released and promptly steamrolled its way to #1...
Julie Bowen - Gettin' Down On Jim Morrison's Grave
The 49th anniversary of Jim Morrison and the Doors taking the stage for the first time as the house band at LA's legendary Whisky a Go Go is...
Devo's Jerry Casale - Whip It...Good
Peace and reconcilation are possible. Devo's Gerald "Jerry" Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh being together on the road for their "50 Years of D...
OK Go's Dan Konopka - The Danimal Abides
OK Go's new album, "And the Adjacent Possible," delivers a full-on OKGo-ian video for the song Love that rivals the legendary videos that pu...
Violent Femmes Brian Ritchie - Just Keep Going
Among auspicious April events in rock 'n' roll history, April 13, 1983, is the date that Violent Femmes released their beloved, eponymous fi...
Amy Brenneman - Clothing Optional
People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith is taking over Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Luminaries including Bruce Sp...
Fred Armisen - Ian Rubbish Beats Up The Californians
With the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary still freshly in the rearview, we're revisiting our conversation with the OG Californian himse...