Michael Lardie talks Great White and mixing Appetite for Destruction - Ep. 22

As some of you may recall, early on in this show’s history when we were first getting started, a journalist by the name of Art Tavana got in touch with us and said he really enjoyed what we did and had some great stories to share. Some of those stories included an incredibly in-depth piece he was working on for LA Weekly on the whereabouts of reclusive guitarist Izzy Stradlin (which has since been published and very well received,) and being right there in the thick of the reunion. Art was one of the extremely lucky 500 audience members watching Axl, Slash, and Duff reunite as Guns N’ Roses at the Troubadour on April 1st 2016. Well, for the first time in this two-part episode, Art Tavana joins us in studio.This episode however, we are focused on another special guest, none other than Great White guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Michael Lardie. Not only was Michael there during the peak of Great White’s career all the way through the present day, he also was there during the Appetite for Destruction era of Guns N’ Roses. That’s right; Michael gets into mixing songs from Appetite, and even engineering their famous performance of “Welcome to the Jungle” at the MTV VMAs in 1988. We also get into Michael’s history as Night Ranger’s keyboardist from 2003 to 2007, and of all things, Sharknado and Law & Order (you’ll have to listen to find out.) Great White’s newest album “Full Circle” just came out, so be sure to pick it up and support a band that’s still touring and making new music in 2017.