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Hosted by Ultimate Classic Rock · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 116 episodes
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The UCR Podcast explores the past, present and future of rock and culture's biggest legends. Hosted by Matt Wardlaw and members of the UCR team, you'll stay up to date with the latest interviews, news, roundtable discussions and more.
Ultimate Classic Rock hosts The UCR Podcast, a news show with 116 episodes published.
We're happy to welcome Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears to talk about his new book, An Astrological Memoir: Welcome to Your Life: Love, Death & Tears for Fears. The memoir was released earlier this month and is already
Lzzy Hale is with us today to talk about what it feels like to be part of the new Women in Metal exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She also digs into the cover of Soundgarden's "Loud Love" that was recently rele
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is here with us to talk about his current tour with the Chophouse Band, a run of concerts including dates with his friends Blackberry Smoke as well as longer headlining shows. Fans
Rob LoVerde and Jim Davis of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab join Matt today for separate conversations to discuss their approach to audiophile reissues of classic albums. They talk about some of their recent releases, includi
Director Wes Orshoski is with Matt today to talk about Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer, his new film about late Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno. We discuss the movie and also, the previous films that Wes has done ab
Adria Petty and longtime producer/archivist Ryan Ulyate join Matt to discuss the latest Petty Legacy release, Live at the Paradise Rock Club 1978, which bottles a great performance from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers re
Kim joins Matt to talk about his new memoir, A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond. We go deep into the history of Soundgarden, including talking about some of their very first recordings. K
We've got a TON of coverage including lots of photos and videos of the first Rush reunion concert which happened last night (June 7) in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum. For today's podcast episode, Matt welcomes the person
Legendary Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock joins us today to talk about his new documentary, I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol. Glen tells Matt about the formative days for the group, how things fell apart and how he's lived ou
Today, we're heading back to the '80s with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, who reflects on the work that the band did during that decade, including 1984's Under Wraps. There's a new "Unwrapped Edition" box set for the album
Billy Corgan is with us today to talk about the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins "Rats in a Cage" tour happening this fall to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark double LP, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
April Wine guitarist Brian Greenway joins Matt to discuss his nearly 50-year history with the group. He takes us through his memories of recording many of the Canadian band's most popular singles, including the rocky roa
Guitar legend Ritchie Blackmore gives a rare interview to the UCR Podcast to discuss his history with both Rainbow and Deep Purple. He looks back at how Rainbow came to be and how the group progressed as they made their
Joe Satriani is with Matt for the second installment of our two-part look at the upcoming SatchVai album. You can hear an interview with Steve Vai that was posted as our previous episode as well. Joe shares his view on t
We've got conversations on tap featuring both Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. In our first episode, Steve joins Matt to talk about the current SatchVai tour as well as the album that's been taking shape. They also discuss ot
Mark Menghi of Metal Allegiance and Brann Dailor of Mastodon are with Matt today to talk about the latest release from King Ultramega, the all-star collective that’s been honoring the music of Chris Cornell, including hi
Metal maniacs and hard rock fanatics, this one's for you. We've got two separate conversations today. Former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland joins Matt to talk about his current project, Nuclear Messiah and their new alb
Episode 100 finds Matt and UCR's Gary Graff teaming up to look at this year's class of inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (announced on Monday evening during American Idol). What can we expect from Iron Maiden
Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Vitale joins us today to talk about his upcoming reunion with members of Dan Fogelberg's touring band. He shares his memories of playing and recording with Dan and we also get into h
Eric Mills of the Fogelberg Foundation is the guy you want to speak with if you want to learn more about the fascinating career of Dan Fogelberg. Eric joined Matt for a conversation about Dan's life and career and how he
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