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Hosted by Chris & Matt Kansy · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 68 episodes
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Life on the road and what it takes to put on a world-class live performance by some of the world's top musicians. Interviews with the people that are behind the scenes. Touring personnel, stage managers, carpenters, tour managers, lighting, video & sound engineers, concert promotors, riggers, and much much more.
Chris & Matt Kansy hosts Radio Check - Life In The Concert Touring Industry, a arts show with 68 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Joe Sanchez first launched his career in the late 80’s as a personal assistant for UK rockers The Cult. He went on to spend the next 25 years touring the global arena circuit production managing high-pro
Send us Fan Mail Lee Charteris is a multi-award-winning production manager who flourished in our industry in the 1990s early 2000s. Like a lot of his peers from that era, he started by humping gear in and out of vans aro
Send us Fan Mail As far back as the early 90s when guitarist Marty Friedman was a member of the classic Megadeth line-up, he’s had a fascination with Japanese music and culture. On this episode we explore Marty’s 20 plus
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the current Nine Inch Nails “Peel it Back” tour. We have with us longtime lighting designer Paul “Arlo” Guthrie and longtime front of house sound mixer Jamie Pollock. Together
Send us Fan Mail Greg Price knows how to push air. He has made his reputation by mixing the most powerful bands our industry has ever produced. Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Rage Against the Machine, Tool and now Metallica amongs
Send us Fan Mail Radio Check recognizes the farewell performance of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath with a special episode celebrating the “Back to the Beginning” concert that took place at Villa Park in Birmingham. We w
Send us Fan Mail Dallas Schoo is one of the last bastions of original guitar techs who paved the way for how things are done today. He launched his career by chance while at college in Boulder Colorado in 1971. He tells
Send us Fan Mail Nigel Buchan has been the head of production in the Southwest for over 30 years producing shows for Evening Star and then Live Nation. Before moving to Phoenix in the early 90’s, Nigel who hails from Eng
Send us Fan Mail Sooner Routhier is one of the most versatile creative designers in our industry having the unique ability to cross over into any musical genre producing visually striking shows at the highest level. From
Send us Fan Mail Sideman is the title multi-instrumentalist Andy Fairweather Low prefers. Eric Clapton, Roger Waters and George Harrison have all called him their right-hand sideman. AFL, who has an incredible memory for
Send us Fan Mail Eric Piontkowski is on the leading end of the next generation of great production managers. “Ski” as he prefers to be called, is a strong example of how hard work and determination lead to amazing things
Send us Fan Mail Tim Lougee, aka “Gooch” has been tour managing at the highest level for 35 years. His learned, effective outlook and approach to his work is refreshing and makes for great story telling. We visit tales o
Send us Fan Mail Mark Spring pulls no punches. He says what’s on his mind unapologetically. Springo, a Parnelli Lifetime Achievement recipient, shares sensational stories with Matt and I spanning his 40 plus year career.
Send us Fan Mail Britannia Row came into being as a rental house for Pink Floyd to hire out their touring equipment as a way to support their crew between tours. Bryan Grant joined Britannia Row in 1979 eventually going
Send us Fan Mail Chris Adamson is one of the true legends we have in our industry. He started his career in the late 60’s carting band equipment around Britain for several London bands eventually hooking up with Peter Gr
Send us Fan Mail Matt and I return after an 8 month break to catch up on things. We discuss the state of the industry, touch on tour safety, sustainability and mental health. We also get into our continued love of music
Send us Fan Mail Chris Chaney has been in more bands and has played bass guitar on more records and soundtracks than he can remember. He tells Matt and I great stories from both the road and studio. Chris also gets into
Send us Fan Mail Danny Carey and I have spent countless hours talking about music while on the road together. In this episode we welcome the Tool drummer to continue the conversation. We explore our favorite drummers, ou
Send us Fan Mail To celebrate Radio Check’s 50th episode, we welcome none other than Mr. Show Biz himself, Jake Berry. We discuss his early days in Devon driving feed trucks where his chance meeting with Rick Wakeman gav
Send us Fan Mail Matt and I reconvene after a 3-month hiatus with drum tech and all-around great guy Joe Paul Slaby. We get into our long touring history together as well as some of the great drummers he has worked with
Marty Friedman
1 appearance on this show
Danny Carey
Tool
1 appearance on this show
Kurt Wagner
Lambchop
1 appearance on this show
Chris Roberts
Grammy-winning, multi-instrumentalist, original Broadway cast member of The Civil War, founding member of One Flew South · Bailey Plumbing / Safety First Electric / Comfort Heating and Cooling
1 appearance on this show
Robert Scovill
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2 appearances on this show
David Lawrence
Professor · Grant McGregor
1 appearance on this show
Tom Kenny
actor, comedian and singer
1 appearance on this show
Todd Fox
President · Visa Economic Empowerment Institute
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Lyman
Founder of Warped Tour · Vans Warped Tour
1 appearance on this show
Michael Tait
1 appearance on this show
Adam Davis
Associate Partner at Bain & Company · Ecosystem Investment Partners
1 appearance on this show
Steve Lawler
President and CEO · North Carolina Healthcare Association
1 appearance on this show
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