On Part 5 of the history of Fleetwood Mac, I delve into the group hiring Californian guitarist Bob Welch to replace Jeremy Spencer and the different sound he brought into the group, Welch's simmering dissent and personal disconnect with his bandmates, and the 1971 release of the group's fifth (and first with Bob Welch) album, Future Games!

On this episode of the Fleetwood Mac history podcast, I talk about what the band gets up to after Peter Green leaves the band. We talk about Danny Kirwan being thrust into a lead creative role while dealing with his own issues, the bands first full length release without Green called Kiln House, Jeremy Spencer's 50's rock influences on Kiln House, and the eventual departure of Spencer and introduction of new guitarist Bob Welch!

I talk to Ted from the Toronto quartet Death Waits! We talk about their latest hard hitting, full length release Burn Everything and the wild seven year journey it took to record along with lineup changes!   You can listen to the album on Death Waits Bandcamp page here: https://deathwaits.bandcamp.com/album/burn-everything

On Part 3, I talk about Peter Green's last song he wrote for Fleetwood Mac, The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown) and how it was indicative of his mental health struggles and eventual departure from the band. I go into Peter's life after Fleetwood and tribute quotes from different musicians after his passing, Jeremy Spencer being lured into a cult and the band being thrust onto Danny Kirwan's shoulders!

On episode 2 of Viral Music History's series on Fleetwood Mac, I talk about how Peter Green and the rest of Fleetwood Mac discover their newest guitarist, 18 year old Danny Kirwan. The band starts to shift a little creatively during this time with Danny's addition with singles Albatross and Oh Well, and Peter Green and Kirwan's only full length release together, Then Play On. Unfortunately, drug use starts to take its toll on the group's mental health during this period and I start discussing the potential fallout from all of this.

On this first edition of Viral Music History, we begin with the early beginnings of Fleetwood Mac! This episode covers how Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood met each other through John Mayall's Bluesbreakers group, where their blues roots are inspired from, the impact of the single Black Magic Woman, their first two album releases and more!

They’re baaaaack!! Forge The Sun makes their grand return to the Viral Music Hub podcast and now they have a DEBUT album called Heart of The Sunrise. Listen to them talk about the album’s recording process and much more! Find Forge The Sun's music and social presence here: https://linktr.ee/ForgetheSun

I have songwriter Lindsay Littrell and their producer/lead guitarist Garrett Langebartels of Naptime Recordings! We talk about their latest project, LITTRELL, a currently three piece band working on a full length release! We go over the professional chemistry Lindsay and Garrett have and how it's helped form their sound so quickly, Lindsay balancing their family life with music, and some of Garrett's other projects for Naptime Recordings!   Follow LITTRELL's journey behind the scenes recording the album on their Instagram and Patreon!

I talk to musician Rob, whose music and professional journey took him from his roots in New Jersey all the way to Poland and Scotland! We talk about his latest music project The Sound of Settling and his debut track called Healing Failures. Rob also goes into his experience of being away from music for over 5 years while in medical school overseas and how it felt to get back to one of his passions.  Find Rob's music and socials here: https://mylinks.ai/thesoundsofsettling

On the latest Viral Music Hub, I have a long time friend and former coworker of mine Tyler Suarez on the show. We talk about his latest album Plutonomy and what concepts he drew from in its creation, his musical growth over the years, his day job as a kindergarten music teacher, and the impact that his Aunt Dawn’s passing during the Sandy Hook shooting had on his life and music.   Tyler’s music and socials can be found here!  

Finally Viral Music Hub is back with upcoming singer songwriter Arselia Kent! We talk about her two new singles Death of Me and Monsters, the musician/producer relationship she has with her brother, her upcoming album Villain and much more!   Find Arselia’s music and socials here!

Finally after four months, Viral Music Hub has returned! I bring on a long time friend of mine, Austin to talk about his Pittsburgh based band Rex Tycoon. He talks about the eclectic influences on the band's sound like The Replacements and Lou Reed like vocal delivery, how he has taken on the bulk of show booking responsibilities, the pandemic allowing the band to practice and grow over the period of two years, his aversion to making long album releases and much more!   Find Rex Tycoon's streaming music, show tickets, their music video for their song Glue and their social media here: linktr.ee/rextycoon    

This time around, I have Tyler, Ryan and Vince from Michigan band Graystation! They sat with me before their jam session to talk about their upcoming new single Hit Me Like a Bullet, how they all found each other, their constant experimentation with different sounds, Tyler's experiences working at Guitar Center, Vince's music engineering abilities helping to organize their creative visions and much more!   Graystation on Spotify Graystation on Instagram

I have a long time internet friend of mine Dustin Blackwood on the show to talk about his brand new, debut EP Even If It's a Lie on what might be the most emotional episode of the show so far. We talk about the painful breakup and journey thereafter that left Dustin displaced and unsure, how he used the experience to fuel the creation of the EP, how he made the jump from only playing covers to writing his own material, and Dustin and I rant about Kingdom Hearts.   Find Dustin's EP Even If It's A Lie and all his social media here!

For the first time, I have an in person interview with one of Connecticut's great creators Nasma and perform an unplugged version of her song Love Jones with her! She talks about the making of her new songs Time and Place and Love Jones, balancing her photography with her music pursuits and how she uses her photography income to help support her music, how she went from helping her friends with their music to getting behind the mic herself, traversing her shyness and introverted demeanor and channeling her confidence, how her merchandise she created literally went up in flames, and much more!   Listen to Nasma's music, book a photoshoot with her, and see her social media here!    

I have Stage Drive frontwoman and solo acoustic artist Kayla Drange on the show and she performs her upcoming new song Casual live! We talk how I was introduced to her and Stage Drive from fellow Detroit rock band Forge The Sun, her new song Damage Control and Stage Drive's latest song Ego, how she balances the band and her own music and the pros and cons of both, her challenges of being a female in the business, her incredibly personal and honest songwriting and more! Listen to Stage Drive's Ego here Stage Drive Instagram Kayla Drange on Spotify Kayla Drange Instagram Kayla Drange TikTok Her new Music TikTok!  

I talk to Jason Vilches about his original EP Desolate and he performs the song he wrote for his daughter called Uncondtional! We also talk his acoustic band Teacher's Pet, lessons learned being in a band, raking Kid Rock over the coals, our favorite video game soundtracks and reminiscing over Guitar Hero, where the hell the Hamburglar and Grimace went off to, and much more!   Find Jason's music and social media here!

I talk to Milwaukee music duo Simplified Characters about their debut album release Medley! For the first time ever on the show, they actually play one of their unreleased songs LIVE on the podcast! I talk about discovering them from trying to get Courtney Barnett's attention on TikTok by covering her songs, how they're able to make music together as a couple, their lovely dog Buddy, starting to get their feet wet playing live, and much more!   Simplified Characters Spotify Simplified Characters Bandcamp Simplified Characters Instagram Simplified Characters TikTok Simplified Characters Facebook

I'm joined by the incredibly talented and unique artist Alysari, as she talks about her beautifully written song Mama, I Didn't Sign Up For This that was based on a Russian soldier's texts to his mother about the current situation with Ukraine. We talk about how the song expectedly blew up to the tune of over 2 million TikTok views and how she handled the reaction to it, her other business of selling handmade jewlery on Etsy, her amazing bird companion Roger and his bird compatriots, her music inspiration derived from 70s singer songwriters and much more! Alysari Designs Etsy Jewelry Shop Alysari on Spotify Alysari Instagram Alysari TikTok

I talk to Gunnar about his beatmaking project on SoundCloud called Dark Aether Productions! We talked how he started out playing flute in school and how he transformed into making his atmospheric style of music, his passion for photography and videography, his amazingly supportive relationship with musician Bellv and how they are able to help each other creatively (featured on the first episode of Viral Music Hub!), our shared passion for gaming and much more!   Dark Aether's SoundCloud TikTok Instagram