01052022 TTTO WITH GUEST (FORMER BULLETBOYS) MICK SWEDA (THE HOT SUMMERS) *FIRST INTERVIEW AFTER ANNOUNCING HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE REUNITED BULLETBOYS

MICK SWEDA (FOUNDING MEMBER OF BULLETBOYS, NOW FORMER MEMBER AGAIN) DOES HIS VERY FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE ANNOUNCING HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE REUNITED BAND (ON FB LIVE JAN 3, 2022).WE DISCUSS THE HOW'S AND THE WHY'S AND HIS NEW BAND "THE HOT SUMMERS"WE HEAR THAT HIS DECISION WAS MADE PRIMARILY BECAUSE DRUMMER JIMMY D'ANDA WAS LEAVING AFTER THE DEC 16, 2021 SHOW AT THE WHISKY A GOGO IN HOLLYWOOD, CA AND THAT THEIR MANAGER WAS ALSO MOVING ON.  THE WHISKY SHOW NEVER HAPPENED (BASSIST LONNIE VENCENT DIDN'T GET ON A PLANE TO LA) AND WHAT WAS TO BE THEIR "UNOFFICIAL" FINAL SHOW WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.SINGER MARQ TORIEN ALONG WITH IRA BLACK (OF GODS N MONSTERS, LIZZY BORDEN) PERFORMED THE SHOW ACOUSTICALLY AND RUMORS ARE MARQ HAS HIRED IRA TO REPLACE MICK AND IS ON THE HUNT FOR A NEW RHYTHM SECTION TO FULFILL PREVIOUSLY BOOKED SHOWS.WE DISCUSS THE NAME OWNER SHIP AND A FEW OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST AS HIS SON IS ON GENERAL HOSPITAL AND HE'S STILL PLAYING AMATEUR LEAGUE HOCKEY.A NICE CANDID CONVERSATION WITH MICK SWEDA ON #THISTHATTHEOTHER WWW.DIRTYRADIO.FM CHANNEL DIRTY RADIO CLASSICS(THIS 3 HOUR SHOW AIRED LIVE 2-5PM PDT ON JAN 5, 2022 AND WILL REPLAY JANUARY 8TH AT 5PM PDT IN ITS ENTIRETY)Note:  at the top of the interview- Longtime Marq Torien led Bulletboys guitarist NICK ROZZ is heard predicting the reunion would end “at the holidays”. This interview was conducted June 18, 2021 & aired June 22, 2021.  Also to add, he off the record stated “Ira Black will be the new guitarist”.  Ira (Lizzy Borden/Of Gods N Monsters) was with Marq at the what became an acoustic show at the Whisky this past December.It was a bold prediction at the time and it was included with the Mick Sweda interview.