GREG D’ANGELO (WHITE LION) 12/13/2022
PRE-RECORD TO 12/14/2022 AIRDATE
THIS THAT AND THE OTHER RADIO SHOW ON WWW.DIRTYRADIO.FM
CHANNEL (2) DIRTY RADIO CLASSICS WITH HOST TROY PATRICK FARRELL

“IT REALLY
COMES DOWN TO WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO BE IN A “BAND”?  IF YOU’RE GONNA TAKE THE LEAD ROLE,  YOU ALSO HAVE TO TAKE THE ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY
TO MAKE SURE IT’S FAIR FOR EVERYBODY & THAT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY”

“THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT TAKING THE DOUGH AND
RUNNING, YOU REALLY NEED TO BE A LEADER AND MAINTAIN THAT STABILITY, IT’S A
RESPONSIBILITY”.
GREG
D’ANGELO ON LEAVING WHITE LION

SHOW NOTES:

00:00        INTRO & SHORT BACKGROUND ON GREG D’ANGELO
(ANTHRAX, WHITE LION, STEPHEN PEARCY BAND).
02:34         GREG D’ANGELO ON THE PHONE

04:25         WE DISCUSS ANTHRAX (WHETHER
GREG WAS IN THE RECENT ANTHRAX YOUTUBE DOCUMENTARY)
05:35         REGRETS LEAVING
ANTHRAX?  EVER THOUGHT YOU COULD’VE BEEN
IN THE BAND BEYOND THE EARLY YEARS?
                    AND HE DISCUSSES WHY
HE LEFT “I WANTED TO
PLAY WITH BETTER MUSICIANS”, “IT WAS TOUGH PLAYING WITH THE BASS PLAYER”
07:00         ANTHRAX HAD PUNK
INFLUENCES, (SEX PISTOLS, RAMONES), “I WAS MORE LED ZEPPELIN, BAD COMPANY, DEEP PURPLE”

08:45        THE BAND CITIES (W/ AJ PERO (TWISTED SISTER)
ON DRUMS)), GREG D’ANGELO REPLACED AND THEN WAS REPLACED BY AJ PERO
09:30         WE DISCUSS SOME OF THE PIONEERS
IN THE NEW YORK, EAST COAST AREA FOR EARLY 80’S HEAVY METAL; PRIMARILY DRUMMERS
                   (BOBBY RONDINELLI, JOE FRANCO,
TONY PETRI, JOE MARKOWSKI, CARMINE APPICE)

12:00         JACK STARR’S BURNING STARR
W/ BRUNO RAVEL (DANGER
DANGER)- SESSION WORK ONLY

14:00         WE DISCUSS PLAYING TOP 40
MUSIC, MULTIPLE SETS ETC IN THE SCENE (AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW, HE REFERENCES
THAT HE IS     ESSENTIALLY DOING THAT NOW
IN THE LEGENDS OF CLASSIC
ROCK (WITH CHUCK WRIGHT (QUIET RIOT) TERRY ILOUIS (XYZ-GREAT WHITE)) ETC

14:45         GREG DISCUSSES GETTING
INTO WHITE LION, THE AUDITION PROCESS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO NICKY CAPOZZI (HE
LEFT DUE TO HEALTH RELATED ISSUES) + “THINGS WEREN’T GOING RIGHT FOR THEM”, DROPPED BY ELECTRA (ALBUM
SHELVED), SO THEY NEEDED “NEW
BLOOD”

16:30         GREG DISCUSSES HIS AUDITION
PROCESS AND HIS THOUGHTS ON MEETING THE WHITE LION GUYS, AND THEIR STYLE OF
MUSIC

17:30         “I HAD TO DO A MENTAL ADJUSTMENT, PLAYING IN A POP
GIG, PLAYING FOR THE SONGS, AND UNDER PLAYING”.  HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENCES FROM THE 2
YEARS OF PREP THEY HAD FOR PRIDE, A FULL BAND EFFORT TO A 2 WEEK PREP FOR THE
OTHER ALBUMS ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF TOURING AND GETTING THE ALBUM OUT “YESTERDAY”.  IN ADDITION TO WOOD-SHEDDING THE SONGS AS A
BAND MINUS SINGER MIKE TRAMP WHO WOULD COME IN AT THE END WITH MEDLEYS HE
CREATED WITH DEMOS FROM REHEARSALS.

22:00         WE DISCUSS THE MANY HITS OF
BANDS THAT HAD HUGE HITS WITH SONGS THAT DIDN’T HAVE ANY DRUMS, BUT IN CONTRAST
THAT RADAR LOVE (A
#1 VIDEO ON MTV), HAD AN ACTUAL DRUM SOLO IN IT WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT FOR
THE TIME.

WE DISCUSS HOW MICHAEL
WAGENER (PRODUCER) INSTRUCTED GREG TO DO HIS OWN BIG SOLO IN RADAR LOVE,
AND HOW HE CAME UP WITH THE PARTS AND THE DYNAMIC OF PLAYING IT LIVE.

27:00         WE DISCUSS THE MANY BANDS
THAT WHITE LION OPENED FOR/TOURED WITH AND A FEW PRANKS AND STORIES HE
REMEMBERS FROM GETTING HAZED.  (WHITE LION TOSSED AN ADULT
MAGAZINE “FORUM” AT THE STRYPER SHOWS BECAUSE STRYPER TOSSED OUT BIBLES).

29:55         “YEAH, THE BUSINESS IS WHY WE LEFT”, “I THINK THE
BAND COULD’VE LASTED”.             WE
DISCUSS THE CLIMATE MUSICALLY (BOTH IN WHITE LION AND WITH GRUNGE COMING IN) WHICH
ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTED TO JAMES LOMENZO AND GREG D’ANGELO DEPARTING THE
BAND.  GREG BLAMES “OUR GROWN-UP MANAGERS”
WHO LACKED SKILL AND DIRECTION.



31:00         WE GET INTO THE ZAKK WYLDE CONNECTION (JAMMING
W/ ZAKK WHILE ON TOUR W/ OZZY).  THE BAND
WENT OUT AS “LYNYRD
SKYNHEAD” AND WOULD ULTIMATELY BECOME “PRIDE AND GLORY” OF WHICH FOUND GREG D’ANGELO EXITING
1 WEEK BEFORE