09-17-25 - Free Tickets To Joe Perry Project Are The Only Thing Good About The Show According To John As He Reviews The Show While Bret Saw NIN

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness (09-17-25)

Episode Title: Free Tickets To Joe Perry Project Are The Only Thing Good About The Show According To John As He Reviews The Show While Bret Saw NIN
Airdate: September 17, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogan, Brett Fesley, Dick Toledo

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Overview

This episode features the crew recapping two very different concert experiences from the previous night: Brady's less-than-impressed review of the Joe Perry Project concert and Brett's glowing take on Nine Inch Nails (NIN). The team dives into detailed, humorous analysis of rock veterans on stage, discussions of professionalism versus chaos, and the uniquely entertaining disasters that can occur at shows featuring legendary, but perhaps aging, musicians.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Joe Perry Project: A Train Wreck with Charisma

(Segment starts ~01:16)

• Band Lineup & Context:

  • Joe Perry (Aerosmith), Chris Robinson (Black Crowes), Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots), Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), plus a backup singer and drummer.
  • Several band members filled in last minute with little rehearsal.

• Disorganization & On-Stage Blunders:

  • Joe Perry, supposedly sober, appeared drunk: "He proved it last night. What a mess. Drinking beer on stage. He doesn't even try anymore." – Email read by Brady [01:14]
  • Chris Robinson, described as “laced with crack,” brought erratic energy.
  • Numerous performance flubs: Perry botched signature songs (“Walk This Way”), forgot cues, started songs in wrong keys, broke a guitar string and gave up mid-song.
  • Onstage confusion was glaring: "Song starts with drums. And Joe looks at him and then his hands drop to his side and he looks at everybody in the band. He just shrugs his shoulders." – Brady [04:58]

• Notable Backup Singer:

  • Talked up for her performing presence and curves; the guys debate descriptive terms (big, healthy, husky, “not Lizzo”), with a running commentary on stage presence and attractiveness.

• Atmosphere:

  • Sparse crowd at Wild Horse Pass ("maybe half full").
  • “There was nobody there. And these guys seemed like that for the love of music, they just went out there and played.” – Brady [06:20]

• Rock and Roll Mess Becomes Fun:

  • The band’s constant missteps and chaotic execution added a bizarre charm.
  • “It was such a train wreck. It was good because it was almost like seeing a band... in 1970. You’re like, these guys got something, but they're just a mess.” – Brady [06:15]
  • Comparison to Corey Feldman’s notorious shows: “That was the best, worst show I’ve been to since Feldman.” – Brady [01:55]

• Free vs. Paid:

  • Brady and the crew emphasize that the free tickets made the disaster more entertaining than frustrating.
  • "If I'd have spent money, I'd have been upset. But since I didn't, I got to see Joe Perry and Chris Robinson and Robert DeLeo do a garage band rehearsal just doing cover songs." – Brady [09:06]

• Set List & Standout Songs:

  • Played a mix of Aerosmith, Black Crowes, and Stone Temple Pilots covers, plus lesser-known Joe Perry Project tunes.
  • “Their songs are good, and a couple of them are Aerosmith songs that I guess Joe wrote that Aerosmith kind of dismissed.” – Brady [09:11]
  • Chris Robinson’s vocals: Transforms every song into his own style.

• Final Assessment:

  • “For the Joe Perry project to get better, one crucial element I would suggest is: Get rid of Joe Perry. He seems to be the biggest problem in the Joe Perry project.” – Brady [16:44]

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2. Nine Inch Nails: The Professional Alternative

(Segment starts ~12:44)

• Polished and Powerful:

  • Brett describes NIN as “like a machine.” – John [12:44]
  • Light show and stage production were impressive.
  • “They had this DJ…boom, the curtains go up, and then there's Trent on a piano, plays the first two or three songs acoustic.” – John [12:50]
  • Use of both main and center stage kept show dynamic.

• Set List Curation:

  • Started with newer, slower material but played hits near the end and closed with “Hurt.”
  • “The set list…played all the hits at the end…started with the new album to start…huge error.” – Brady [13:32]

• Band Leadership:

  • “It was Trent. Yeah, Trent. He is Nine Inch Nails.” – John & Brady [13:49-13:57]

• Professionalism Contrasted:

  • “Imagine Nine Inch Nails last night if Trent just stops because he started a song in the wrong key.” – Brady [17:09]
  • Enthusiastic mention that NIN gave the audience exactly what was expected and paid for.

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3. Reflections on Rock Shows, Age, and Audience Expectations

• Aging rockers and their evolving stage presence are discussed with both sympathy and brutal honesty.
• “It's rough to be the youngest guy there. And you just turned 53 back in July. You're like, wow, Aerosmith is old.” – Brady [11:55]
• Discussion on how the love for music sometimes outweighs technical mistakes, especially in small venues.
• The crowd’s desire to have a good time makes audiences overlook—or even appreciate—the chaos: “The audience wanted it to be so good.” – Brady [20:11]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Joe Perry’s Performance:

  • “Joe Perry's been lying to his fans for years about being sober, and he proved it last night. What a mess. Drinking beer on stage. He doesn't even try anymore.” – [Email read by Brady, 01:14]
  • "He broke a string in the middle of a song... took the guitar off and just threw it down and ran over to the mic and started to sing. He didn’t even try." – Brady [05:21]
  • “For the Joe Perry project to get better, one crucial element I would suggest is: Get rid of Joe Perry.” – Brady [16:44]

• On the Backup Singer:

  • “She’s a little bit thick, but she’s got just this sex appeal on stage.” – Brady [02:38]
  • “Her hair’s great and her boobs dance just perfect.” – Brady [02:59]
  • “She’s got curves in all the right spots, but, you know, just a bigger gal.” – Brady [03:46]

• On the Chaos:

  • “It was almost like seeing a band…in 1970... They're just a mess.” – Brady [06:15]
  • “Because it was so close quarters, Aerosmith’s Joe Perry is stumbling around doing terrible. Just awful.” – Brady [09:41]

• On NIN’s Contrast:

  • “They were like a machine.” – John [12:44]
  • “Set list… played all the hits at the end.” – John [13:32]

• On the Supergroup Status:

  • “I've never been to a show with that many heavy hitting... I mean, that's an all-star supergroup... insane how much talent is on that stage.” – Brady [08:09]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:16] – Show Introductions and Concert Assignments
• [01:55] – Brady Reviews Joe Perry Project: "Best, worst show since Feldman."
• [04:58] – Walk This Way Fiasco and Band Confusion
• [06:20] – Sparse Attendance and 'For the Love of Music' Vibe
• [09:06] – Free Tickets Justify Enjoying the Chaos
• [12:44] – Brett Reviews Nine Inch Nails: “Like a machine”
• [13:32] – NIN Set List Structure and Discussion on Concert Pacing
• [16:44] – “Get rid of Joe Perry” as the solution
• [20:11] – Audience Forgives the Band Their Sins
• [24:12] – Cracking Jokes About the Backup Singer
• [28:39] – Comparing Good and Bad Concert Experiences
• [31:25] – Would Go to Joe Perry Project Again for Disaster Potential

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Tone and Language

The episode features the show’s trademark irreverence, sarcasm, and playful—but sometimes pointed—banter. John, Brady, and Brett pull no punches, both mocking and celebrating the eccentricities of rock legends, poking fun at concert mishaps, band aging, and the sometimes-absurd loyalty of rock fans. The humor is unfiltered, with quick asides about pop culture, body image, and the realities of seeing classic rockers in 2025.

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Summary Verdict

• The Joe Perry Project show was an entertaining disaster: full of musical confusion, performer missteps, and rock ‘n roll legends acting like they’re still in their twenties…with none of the precision, but plenty of heart (and beer).
• Nine Inch Nails delivered a flawless, tightly-produced set, serving as a stark example of what happens when veteran performers stay sharp.
• Both hosts agree: sometimes the worst shows make for the best stories—especially when they're free.

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Sample Quote:
"For the Joe Perry project to get better, one crucial element I would suggest is: Get rid of Joe Perry. He seems to be the biggest problem in the Joe Perry project." – Brady [16:44]

Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[Brady Bogan]

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[John Holmberg]

Yep.

[Brady Bogan]

And I went to the Larry King Project. I mean, the Joe Perry Project. You end up going, oh, I went. Here's the thing about the Joe Perry Project. And I'll read this. This email was the first thing I read today. Said, john, did I see you last night at the Joe Perry Project show? If I didn't, consider yourself lucky. Joe Perry's been lying to his fans for years about being sober, and he proved it last night. What a mess. Drinking beer on stage. He doesn't even try anymore. Chris Robinson from the Black Crows is the singer. He's also doing a lot more than just smoking weed. That dude is laced with crack. I want my money back, Monty.

[John Holmberg]

All right, review.

[Brady Bogan]

Well, here's my review. That was the best, worst show I've been to since Feldman.

[John Holmberg]

You're putting it on Feldman?

[Brady Bogan]

I'm putting it just above Feldman level. Joe Perry messed up the intro to Walk this Way. Now, keep in mind, this is. This is the Joe Perry Project. The guitar player for Aerosmith, he brought.

[Brett Fesley]

He had that one. Is that the album he plays that? There was a Joe Perry project album?

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah, he's got a couple songs from there, too, but it's a. Chris Robinson from the Black Crows is the singer. Robert Deleo from the Stone Temple Pilots is the bass player. Brad Woodford is the other guitarist from Aerosmith. And then he, his normal drummer is the drummer from Stone Temple Pilots. But he wasn't there. It was Joe Perry's regular guy and he was great. And then the girl that was doing backup singing, I immediately. I went with my friend Chris. I immediately recognized her from when we went to go see the Black Crows because she just does one dance and she's just. She's a little bit thick, but she's got just this sex appeal on stage.

[Brett Fesley]

Carries yourself.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, her hair's great and her boobs dance just perfect. But she's a little bit bigger, but not in like a little. Like, she's. It's a good fat. But she's not fat. She's big, healthy.

[John Holmberg]

She's husky.

[Brady Bogan]

That's what your parents called. That's why you got into this this way. Okay. That. It isn't healthy ever, but okay.

[Brett Fesley]

It's a nice way of putting it.

[Brady Bogan]

It isn't nice. It's a lie. And lies aren't nice. So it's not healthy. Is not what she is. It's pro. It's a. She's a bigger green. She's a. A full figured gal.

[John Holmberg]

Pig. You got one, huh?

[Brady Bogan]

I took some video on my glasses. You can kind of get her, but she's not a pig. Oh, she's got shape. She's got a big set. So is Lizzo. No, Lizzo's fat. I would just say shape too. You know me well enough. Yeah. Oh, everybody's shape. Taylor Swift is a stick.

[Brett Fesley]

Tell me the shape.

[Brady Bogan]

Lizzo is a boulder. Everyone has a shape. I mean, Lizzo might. Lizzo is a rhombus. So. No, she's got curves in all the right spots, but, you know, just a bigger gal. All right, so. And it moves, right? All right, like, it's not like that.

[John Holmberg]

She's not going white and it's going the other way.

[Brady Bogan]

She's not sloppy. When she's moving, you're like, man. So I'm like. So she was there as the back backup singer for the Joe Perry Project. And in the middle of the thing, this. I'm gonna do my impression to Joe Perry. And there's that girl in the thing. Thanks for coming on in rehearsal. And then.

[Brett Fesley]

So he's not drinking anymore, Chris.

[Brady Bogan]

No, no, he's sober. Chris Robinson from the Black Crows is translating and basically says, that's our backup singer for the Black Crows. She's filling in tonight and she's here. Never even came for a rehearsal. Like, she just flew in and she was by far the most prepared. So coming off the stage, you just hear like, that's sort of some Of Walk this way. I don't know what that is. And the drummers got the sticks in the air and you can see him like. Song starts with drums.

[John Holmberg]

Joe, what are we playing?

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah. Song starts with drums. And Joe looks at him and then his hands drop to his side and he looks at everybody in the band. He just shrugs his shoulders. And then the drummer starts. It's like Brad takes it and was like, oh, yeah, okay. I forgot you are the. The only song that you did. Like, they did three or four Aerosmith songs. Each one of them. Joe Perry's a train wreck.

[Brett Fesley]

Clearly a mess up. Not.

[Brady Bogan]

He was just one of many.

[Brett Fesley]

Okay.

[Brady Bogan]

And yeah, the dude who emailed him is right. Chris Robinson's on cocaine. That dude is just. He's. It was a frantic, anxious energy. And then they. And Joe Perry broke a string in the middle of a song. You know what? Professional guitar players break a string. They work around it. Took the guitar off and just threw it down and ran over to the mic and started to sing. He didn't even try. He didn't even look for a tech to bring him another guitar. Just threw it on the ground and start. And it was. It was not good. And by that. Well, then they. By the end, they got it together to do like the last couple songs fairly well. Well, it was. And it was. It was. It was not good. It was.

[Brett Fesley]

There's a treat tonight at the Hollywood Bowl.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, they're going to the Hollywood bowl even.

[Brett Fesley]

And Steven Tyler's coming.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah. He said, see you tomorrow night at the Hollywood Bowl. And I said, he's a combination of. Of Wes. Scott Glenn from Urban Cowboy. Oh, yeah. And. And Larry King. He has turned into a perfect combination of Larry King and Scott Glenn. And I mean, it is. He's a mess. Then he wander over and he'd take a swig. I was definitely there. Took a swing off the beer, a swig off the beer. And then he. And then he'd go back into another. And then he. And then Chris Robinson screams out at the crowd. I mean, it was such a train wreck. It was good because it was almost like seeing a band. You know, this would have been like seeing Aerosmith's first couple of bar shows in Boston in 1970. You're like, these guys got something, but they're just a mess. We watched them get so drunk that it was just, you know, and then they. And then, you know, it's a band's dream. You play bars, you're not very good. You're working it out you're having the time of your life. Then you get good. Then everything is, you know, on stage has to be precision and perfect and there's tracks and click timers and all this other stuff. And you go see Aerosmith and they don't make mistakes and there's nothing wrong as. And then they. They were maybe, I don't know, the showroom up at Wild Horse Pass was maybe half full, a little more. There was nobody there. And. And these guys seemed like that for the love of music, they just went out there and played. They. Somehow or another they made Vaseline by the Stone Temple Pilots. Black Crows song. Chris Robinson doesn't try to do anything like he. He just singing it like he wrote it and it's. And it. Somehow or another it worked like that was a good one. Robert DiLeo has zero stage presence.

[John Holmberg]

Never has.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh no. He's just a hell of a player. Brad Woodford is thousand years old. He doesn't move. He had shiny boots on. That was it. And Joe Perry is just. If he's not drunk, then he's just maybe a little bit R. Word. He was gone. It was kind of awesome.

[Brett Fesley]

Stop drinking. But it's permanent effect.

[Brady Bogan]

But I've never been to a show with that many heavy hitting. I mean, that's an all star super grid. That is. I didn't realize that it's either insane how many. How much talent is on that stage. And the one song they came, they left and came back for this cruddy encore. I don't know what they were doing. And started with Walk this Way. And even the crowd's like, no. When Joe started playing, it's like, no, that's not how this starts. And like, what's he doing? And it's not even close. He started this one thing. Chris Robinson screams. It's my favorite. Different time of the night. And Joe Perry goes. And Chris Perry goes. That's because it's the Joe Perry punk rock song. And then he starts playing this song. It's kind of a punk thing. And they're going. And then Joe Perry starts singing. Then he goes. He stops in the middle. It's his own song. He started it in the wrong key, started singing in the right key. Real. And the rest of the band is not even playing. After like 30 seconds, they just stopped. Like, he's all over. Let him go. I don't know what he's doing. And he just stops. He goes, just do it again. Try it again. Like, okay, we're. I didn't pay for it. I Got tickets for free.

[Brett Fesley]

That's why it's called a project.

[Brady Bogan]

Some of them, yeah. Well, you learned the hard way for 200 bucks that that's a project. Those tickets weren't cheap down low. Oh, man, this is.

[John Holmberg]

So they should have had Jam Master Jay there playing his record to walk this way instead, or what?

[Brady Bogan]

I mean, Brett had been a good move. Yeah, they should have. Out. Does anyone in this audience know either version, the rap or the real?

[John Holmberg]

It was that bad.

[Brady Bogan]

And then somebody could have said, I know, like, 80% of it. Come on up here. You're going to do better than Joe. But because it was so close quarters, Aerosmith's Joe Perry is stumbling around doing terrible. Like, just awful. And then that girl who didn't rehearse at all was clearly just I effing Chris Robinson for cues like, when is it my turn to go? And she. She had her parts down pat. Like, just background singing is not easy when you're trying to harmonize with drunks. And she was. She was great. That. And she jiggles just right. It was. It was. It was a. If I'd have spent. If I'd have spent money, I'd have been upset. But since I didn't, I got to see Joe Perry and Chris Robinson and Robert DeLeo do a garage band rehearsal just doing cover songs. They have a few of their own. It's okay. Their songs are good, and a couple of them are Aerosmith songs that I guess Joe wrote that Aerosmith kind of dismissed. So he took them.

[Brett Fesley]

And I know maybe you saw both on the replay or maybe not, but would it be. Was it better than Feldman's dance?

[Brady Bogan]

Feldman's dance was not good. Yeah, it would have fit right in last night. It would have been. Had he just sashayed right out onto the stage last night. I'm like, that makes sense. That makes tons of sense right now. To have Feldman dancing to this. That's. It was. Feldman's a. Feldman's a mess, but he's sober.

[Brett Fesley]

He put it together last night. As far as there's no excuse communicating.

[Brady Bogan]

Well, Feldman's sober. Some would say he needs a drink.

[John Holmberg]

Whose guitar solo is better, Feldman's or Joe Perry? Last night, almost morning sickness.

[Brady Bogan]

Magnetic upd. Holmberg's morning sickness. The only thing missing from last night's show was Corey Feldman on stage blaming everybody else for what's going wrong. Wow. And then they put a couple together, and you had some fun. And it's like, okay, now they're getting it. And then, I don't know how of all the songs for him to not do, right. Aerosmith. And he. He butchered a couple of them. He missed full. Like, how many times has that guy played, you know, same old song and dance. How many times? And in the middle of it, he. He didn't go from the. The chorus back to the verse. He just kept playing. And you know, it's bad when your ears hear it. And then everybody on the stage head whips over to him, like, where's he going? It was. It was sort of hilarious. But truly for the love of music, and I know all the. And, man, oh, man, I. By far. I was the youngest person there, and it's rough to be the youngest guy there. And you just turned 53 back in July. You're like, wow, Aerosmith is old. It was hilarious. So, yeah, that. I'm assuming Nine Inch Nails was a little more polished. Yeah. Trent's not going to tolerate. Or Trent's not going to start like, you know, closer and then go. No, I started in the wrong key. Like, what is going on? This is yours.

[John Holmberg]

You know, they were like a machine.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

I mean, they really were. Light show was amazing, as it always.

[Brady Bogan]

They're gonna be like, yeah.

[John Holmberg]

The only thing is, he started out, like. They had this DJ that started out playing this, you know, heavy industrial set. And all of a sudden, boom, and then the curtains go up, and then there's Trent on a piano, plays the first two or three songs. Like, acoustic, like, piano stuff. Like, that was the kickoff. And I'm looking. I'm like, yeah.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, yeah, you're ready to go. And then there's just four songs later.

[John Holmberg]

But the cool thing was they had, like, the. The main stage, and then they had a stage in the middle of the arena. So they would switch back and forth. Like, three songs here.

[Brady Bogan]

Cool.

[John Holmberg]

Go over here and do the. Do the big one with the big video screens and stuff.

[Brady Bogan]

That's kind of what Shined down did. Shine down had a secondary stage in the center of.

[John Holmberg]

Similar to that. Similar to that.

[Brady Bogan]

It was.

[John Holmberg]

It was cool. I mean, the set list, that was kind of like, you know, played all the hits at the end. There was only, like, two up front.

[Brady Bogan]

You had to sit through the new album to start the. No, huge error.

[John Holmberg]

And ended with Hurt, which is like a slower song.

[Brady Bogan]

You know what?

[John Holmberg]

That was the last final song start.

[Brady Bogan]

If you're gonna play the piano, kick it off with something like that.

[John Holmberg]

But, like, the vocals, it was Trent. Yeah, Trent.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah, he originally.

[John Holmberg]

He is Nine Inch Nails.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah. It's all he's the only guy in it. Yeah. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

But it. It was cool.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah. The crazy thing is you start to wonder have. Have these guys been in music so long they've forgotten what the audience wants? Because when you start off with slow, you're like. Like, if they were in the audience, they would have complained. You know, as music guys.

[John Holmberg]

Right.

[Brady Bogan]

Like, don't kick it off with something slow. I know you're trying to be different, but the audience doesn't want your new album. So mix in some good stuff in between the songs in your new album. Give me that. Every once in a while, especially when you're 30 years old, like him or more.

[John Holmberg]

Start off with a big hit, you know, like, Head Like a Hole. Just kick it off at something. Kick in the nuts.

[Brady Bogan]

But because he's got him. Yeah, he's got openers and closers that'll just knock you on your. And did he play stuff from the new movie soundtrack?

[John Holmberg]

I don't think so. I. I'm not sure. I haven't really dug into the new 9 inch.

[Brady Bogan]

I started thinking midway through, I want to go to the Nine Inch Nails more than I want to go to Joke.

[John Holmberg]

You ready to leave?

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, no. On the way over, I was ready to leave. I didn't know what I was going to get into. But I love. Chris Robinson is amazing. Yeah. And Robert DiLeo is amazing. And Joe Perry is normally amazing, but man off night. Weird thing. Yesterday afternoon, I was just flipping through the channels and that Roar channel has old Saturday night lives on all the time. And the one that they played was Tom hanks. It was 1991. Tom hanks was hosting and Aerosmith was the musical guest. I'm like, that's strange. And Aerosmith, they did a Wayne's World. And Aerosmith was on the Wayne's World singing Wayne's World theme. And the first question that Wayne asked said, I understand you guys are doing all your tours now and recorded your whole album without drugs or alcohol. And Joe Perry goes, that's right. Yep. No more of that. We're totally sober and conscious of this. And he goes, no beer, no alcohol. Joe Perry's like, yep, no way. And then Joe Perry's like, way. And they just had that way, no way argument for a minute. And then I went and watched Joe Perry after that complete and utter lie. That fantasy. He is. But, you know, got to chalk some of it up.

[John Holmberg]

Is this your set list?

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, yeah. Gotta talk some of it up to being 70 something also, but opens with.

[Brett Fesley]

The Joe Perry Project.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, yeah. They Had a few right off the bat that were the Joe Perry. And the first one they did, Let the Music do the Talking, is an Aerosmith song that they never recorded. No, that's. No, I know, I know. But it's an Aerosmith song anyway. Well, it's his.

[Brett Fesley]

Oh, yeah.

[Brady Bogan]

So he's like that. It is an arrow. See, it even says Aerosmith cover. They just never ran with it. It's an Aerosmith song. And he put it on the album because it was. It never ran off of the Joe Perry project. But it was an Aerosmith song. Yeah. And then, you know, the, The. I'm not upset at all with what they played. They did the Black Crows, a couple of Hay Jones covers. Chris Robinson sells it. The rest of the band didn't seem interested in the song at all, especially Joe Perry. So for the Joe Perry project to get better, one crucial element I would suggest as a Get rid of Joe Perry. He seems to be the biggest problem in the. In the Joe Perry project.

[John Holmberg]

How about the STP songs?

[Brady Bogan]

They didn't do Interstate Love Song because I think backup vocal girl didn't know. She didn't know it, maybe. That would be my guess. So they didn't do that one. That's pretty much the same Vaseline. They made a Black Crow song.

[John Holmberg]

Okay.

[Brady Bogan]

And Chris Robinson just sang what he wanted. And it was great. Like, he, He. They made it a soul song. And I don't know how he did it, but it was. It was pretty great. He's so confident in who he is that he doesn't try to sing like anyone else ever. Even the Aerosmith stuff was Black Crozy because of him. He's great, but he's also got a drug problem. I'm convinced of it. All. All of this is speculation, but Last Child Good. Yeah.

[Brett Fesley]

And that's Chris Robinson again.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, he's saying all. Yeah, yeah. It was. Train Kept Rolling was solid. That's not in the order they played it last night. Last night was, you know, and it started at 8:35 and ended at 10:20. It was like perfect Old man concert. It was like, this is great for a Tuesday night. I'm home by 11. This is gold. And I don't know, everybody walk. Walked out of there. And this is the thing. I don't know that anybody ever spends their money and wants it to suck. So you're apologetic for whatever happened on stage after so you don't feel like you've been rooked. But I can't imagine everybody waking up is turning to whoever they went with and saying, God, that was awesome. The day. The next day, you're kind of like, that was really bad. When you think that was a bad show. Considering the polished musicians that were on stage again, imagine Nine Inch Nails last night if Trent just stops because he started a song in the wrong key.

[Brett Fesley]

It's like, it was a jam band. Let's get up there on stage.

[Brady Bogan]

No, I would have. I would have. I would have accepted a jam band who's like, let's just make it up as we go.

[Brett Fesley]

Yeah.

[Brady Bogan]

These are songs that these dudes should absolutely know. And they haven't rehearsed for three weeks. They even said, so last gig was three weeks ago. And Chris Robinson's like, I just got here this morning and you flew yourself, I guarantee it. And so they were kind of like, yeah, I think they did a quick run through. They trusted. They're all great at what they do. And then it just occasionally just smashed into walls, which made it sort of fun.

[John Holmberg]

That was Joe Perry, not no Walk.

[Brady Bogan]

I mean, dude, all the Aerosmith songs were kind of half. Halfway good. It was weird.

[John Holmberg]

So what was Kotaro's review on it? Because I know he's an apologist.

[Brady Bogan]

We both walked out saying the same thing. And I said, well, that was just for the love. And he started laughing and he goes, I loved it. He goes, it's just. It's something. Well, he did. He did. He was basically. He's a musician and he's like, it's just a bunch of dudes having a good time. I'm like, they were on, like. And he. He said the same thing. Goes, dude. He was gone. Joe Perry seemingly was not 100% sober. If he's sober. I've seen boxers in their 60s with better brain connectivity than what Joe had going last night. And then he went over and he'd swig off of a bottle. He could say it was just water in a near beer, but it was. It was affecting him. And now ask me, would you go again? Absolutely. Because if it goes off Feldman worthy, it's. It's hopeful. One direction or the other, it's either going to go full Feldman or it's going to be great. Because you can't miss with the song list.

[Brett Fesley]

Yeah, that's pretty solid.

[Brady Bogan]

It was. It was. It was pretty fun and the audience wanted it to be so good. And it really took long. So thank you to Joe Perry. That project needs a little work. Those Hollywood bowl tickets can't be cheap. Now you're putting. I mean, that is a that is a. That is a super group of musicians.

[Brett Fesley]

But no, maybe last night was the rehearsal for tonight.

[Brady Bogan]

Well, they need more work. If last night was a rehearsal, you're walking away from rehearsal going, we're not ready for that.

[Brett Fesley]

They are opening for the who.

[Brady Bogan]

We're not ready for. They are.

[Brett Fesley]

Yeah.

[Brady Bogan]

So the who's at Hollywood Bowl. So there's gonna be quite a lot of people there.

[Brett Fesley]

Yeah.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, this is not good. This is not a good thing.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, it's the who. There's. Okay. I was gonna look up tickets for tomorrow, but if it's the who.

[Brady Bogan]

So this was a run through. You're probably right, because it was a. Yeah, it could be trouble. It literally could have been, hey, John, do you know this one? I'm like, yeah. All right, Come on up. And I know Chris Robinson had a little monitor for words. So did the background girl before the show.

[Brett Fesley]

They're like, what do you want to do tonight?

[Brady Bogan]

Well, let's do this. Well, I mean, that was a. That was a set list from another show. And they pretty much followed it. Other than maybe two or three. They were. They weren't making anything up. I'd have. I would have forgiven it had they just said, I don't know. Do you know this one? And then I was at a show, the most authentic. This sounds weird. Most authentic show I've been to as far as that goes. And brace yourselves for when I say who it is was Hootie and the Blowfish. I was the Zone did a show with Hootie and the Blowfish years ago. I can't remember if it was web theater or Celebrity or whatever it was. It was celebrity. It was cut in half. They had the. They didn't do the second half of the stage. And in the middle of it, you know, they're killing. And I'm like, who do? The Blowfish. They're good musicians. And Darius could sing. He could sing Seven Dust. He could sing Joni Mitchell. Like, this dude could sing anything, especially at the time. So I'm like, you know what? I've been kind of mean to Hootie and the Blowfish. These guys can put it on. End of the night, they do that phony encore. And Darius even says, we just hid behind our. Our racks for a second waiting for you guys. We knew you're gonna. You knew we were taking it over. You guys knew. So that was kind of stupid, right? So let's just keep playing. And he played. They went off stage again. And the crowd. The crowd was so into it. And Darius came back out, and he goes, that was it. Like, that was. Unless you want more. Like, we're done. Holmberg's morning sickness. And boom. It's an eruption. He goes, okay. And he turned to the guys, and they brought their instruments. You saw the lights come back on and all the equipment, like, they were really gonna leave. And I'm like, Or they're messing with us. Played another song or two left. Crowd goes crazy again. He goes, all right, maybe one more. And then he said, what do you guys. What do you want to do? And one of the guys said, I don't know. We know Interstate Love Song. Like, okay. So they started to play Interstate Love Song. And they got about three quarters of the way through, and the drummer is just all over. And Darius started laughing. He goes, okay, we. We thought we knew that. We don't know that. And he goes, what else is there? And somebody shouted something from the crowd. I don't remember what it was. They start. The guitar player goes. He goes, all right. And they get through about a third of that one. And then they just went into something else and started laughing and jammed out. And I'm like, this is legitimately a real encore. Like, they didn't. They played for another 25 minutes. The House lights came up, and they're like. And they were just like. They didn't have a lighting thing that nobody knew what to do. So they're just like, all right, we'll just run it. Having fun. That was awesome. Ricky Rackman, Tame Me Down. And the boys from Rat came and did that thing called Partners in Grime. And I got my money back 25 years later from Ricky, $9.98. And Ricky's argument was, it was for charity. And I'm like, I hope charities out of business. You guys were so bad. The charity. I don't know who it was for. Suicidal Housewives. I'm like, oh, yeah, if they'd have seen you, they'd have. All they'd have done themselves. That charity doesn't exist anymore. Everybody you were trying to help kill themselves for you. Being part of the charity was terrible. And he came back in with a bag of nickels. Next time I saw him. That's her.

[John Holmberg]

Which one?

[Brady Bogan]

The one with the fuzzy hair. She is.

[John Holmberg]

Relationship.

[Brady Bogan]

No, no. She's big.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah.

[Brady Bogan]

She's remarkably hot. And her. She just jiggles just right. And she had it together, man. She was good. She put it together. She needs to be a star. But first she needs to. Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Drop 20.

[Brady Bogan]

Well, yeah. To what Brett said. I Don't like saying that. What? Nice. But yeah, that's absolutely true. Maybe even more. See? Yeah, you started it. I'm. Look, I'm just on your coattails on this whole she's too fat for the stage thing. I didn't say that. She's not fat. That's a huge. No, no, she's not. She's not. It's not a huge fish. Don't. Don't quote the great Rob Schneider. What is that movie? Deuce Bigelow. Is that. No, no, that's the manimal. Or no. Yeah, that's a huge. All right. That's a huge. No, no, no. Stop it. I could compare her to. I could compare her to someone, but it would be mean. But Brett was married to her. I don't want to use names. Hopefully. Hopefully. I didn't give that away. But at her best, your ex wife had that same thing.

[John Holmberg]

I'm gonna go watch Rob Schneider.

[Brady Bogan]

You know what I'm talking about. She's just. She was like a full figured gal. Curvy. I know you're thinking others outside. Goddamn. Don't you dare.

[John Holmberg]

I said nothing.

[Brady Bogan]

But she has curves and is very pretty. I'm not gonna say you ever would have married a hog. What's the matter with you? Of course she's pretty. Brett's got standards.

[Brett Fesley]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

I'm just gonna drink.

[Brady Bogan]

That's how Joe Perry sounded last night. I just kept waiting for him to hit the mic and go, all right, Houston, hello. What do we have online too? Walk this way. Yeah, there we go.

[John Holmberg]

I just thought I gotta pull the pictures up. I just saw pictures of. I think it's. I don't think it was last night's.

[Brady Bogan]

Show, but he's literally Scott Glenn and Larry King's love child. It's. It's. There's. It's uncanny.

[Brett Fesley]

So he sounds like Larry King.

[Brady Bogan]

He doesn't sound like anything like that. Yeah, it's. It's Scott Glenn and Larry King, man. And Chris Robinson just looks like a dude that they found at a bus station that I'll sing for cocaine. Even the picture on the Joe Perry project poster is. It's Scott Glenn and Larry King. So weird.

[John Holmberg]

West Hightower.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah, West Hightower. When you see him live, when you get that picture of him on stage moving around, and it's live. Joe Perry. It's Larry King. Houston. Hello. How are you? Larry King here playing live. We're gonna do Walk this Way after the break and then later we're gonna talk to Anna Nicole Smith's son.

[John Holmberg]

So was Delayo the only one that had it together last night?

[Brady Bogan]

I don't know. He might have been on mushrooms or something. He just stood there and then it was really weird because the hot big girl was doing her back that background dance thing which just kind of just heard dancing in place. And at one point Robert Delail from Stone Temple Pilots just kind of slowly walked all the way across the stage and got by her and just kind of bobbed his head like, all right, who are you? And it was ultra creepy. It was just sort of like, no, don't just walk over there again. Walk this way, please, by all means. And then Joe said, did someone say walk this way?

[Brett Fesley]

Every time I see Joe Perry, like in a. The one picture over there, it. It's got to be 20 minutes of flair that he puts on between the.

[Brady Bogan]

Necklaces, the bracelets, his hair. For however old he is. That dude's hair is remarkable. So much of. Can't all be real. Like that's how he looked last night.

[John Holmberg]

That is.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah, that's Larry King and Scott Glenn combo. Now we're going to play Train Kepper. Rolling. We love this one. It's a great number. And we're going to do it live for you now on the Larry King Project. Train Gabber. Rolling. All like. Oh, sorry. Yeah, it was weird. Tonight we talked to Mark garagos about the O.J. trial again on the Joe Perry Project. Weird.

[John Holmberg]

Glad I went to Nails.

[Brady Bogan]

I don't know, Brett. You don't have any good stories. You just watched a band, watched a great show, watched a band go out there and perform like professionals. Yeah. Do exactly what you paid for. I didn't. I went to a thing that was like a. I went to a Corey Feldman senior show.

[Brett Fesley]

I took in more Dancing with the Stars than I ever have.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah, it's a good show.

[John Holmberg]

How was it?

[Brady Bogan]

Entertaining. Oh, it's Corey. You'll get into it.

[Brett Fesley]

Yeah. Not good.

[Brady Bogan]

No, terrible. I watched the clip.

[John Holmberg]

We expect.

[Brett Fesley]

You know, he looked like. He just. He definitely was sober.

[Brady Bogan]

Well, he's been sober for a long time.

[Brett Fesley]

I know, but for some reason he, he. It was tv, Corey. I mean, you look at him like, oh, this guy's a former movie star. Not like Meltdown.

[Brady Bogan]

Let's not go crazy with star.

[John Holmberg]

I expect him to be like a lot of films.

[Brady Bogan]

Yes.

[John Holmberg]

You know, I expected him to try to out dance his partner who's a professional dancer.

[Brett Fesley]

Oh, no, he did. You know, he. They separated once. Twirler off and did his Michael Jackson.

[Brady Bogan]

He does. Yeah, he went into the MJ thing. Andy Richter, Conan's sidekick, was also equally horrible.

[Brett Fesley]

I, I couldn't even stick around for that.

[Brady Bogan]

But Corey Feldman's just not a likable person. The one thing about Dancing with the Stars and I'm watching Corey dance right now again, and it's already bad. The one thing is the Mormon throwdown's pretty tight. Those girls are bad. It makes you kind of interested in the idea of it because the girls that do this dancing are spectacular. And partner, so are the men. Like the dudes are in their dream. They're dream boats. Brady. There's some kind of in shape. And Corey's partner is stunning. That's it. There you go. You got it.

[John Holmberg]

She looks Kardashian ish.

[Brady Bogan]

She is. Her, her body is ridiculous. This girl is beautiful. And unfortunately for viewers, he's probably going to get voted off in the first week or two. So you won't get to see her. But she is a spectacular specimen.

[Brett Fesley]

They want to keep him on if they can't.

[Brady Bogan]

And then in fairness, the dude dancers are.

[John Holmberg]

There he goes.

[Brady Bogan]

Corey doing his Michael Jackson. And it's in the middle of a tango. Yeah. And, and the, the really good looking people are, are, are going to be kicked off soon. But there's some really beautiful people that dance.

[Brett Fesley]

And so he, you know, follows up with, I'm doing this. I have scoliosis.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh, he's got excuses. That's all the guy does.

[Brett Fesley]

Like, I'm just honored to be able to work on my posture here.

[Brady Bogan]

Everything that guy does is an excuse for why things aren't very good.

[Brett Fesley]

They all have a look. Well, not all of them.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah, I want to see Joe Perry out there. We're gonna do the tango now. I forgot how it goes, but. 2, 3, 4. Yeah, you got to see that, that Joe Perry project if it rolls back in town sometime soon. There's only eight shows in the whole year.

[John Holmberg]

We should get him for you fest next year.

[Brady Bogan]

Oh my. We should get him for the Christmas show. It was that bad. Do it as a the happy endings. And I know there'll be people.

[Brett Fesley]

Just give us 20 minutes.

[Brady Bogan]

Yeah, give me, give me one. So just try to get through. Walk this way without screwing it up. It's the you you've had. He's had to play that song a hundred thousand times all over the world. And he gets into the wild horse showroom and just butchers the beginning to the point where the rest of the band's like, stop, Joe. That's not how this song starts. And the drummer's laughing and then Joe's like, oh, right. And then the drummer starts the thing and then he, he nailed it from there. But it was like, how are you not, how do you not know this one? How is it that this was rehearsal with the new guitar?

[Brett Fesley]

The drums man. I didn't hear him.

[Brady Bogan]

I couldn't hear anything. I'm 150 years old. He would have been better off just saying the notes into a microphone. Hello, Houston. Houston, hello. He was just a disaster. And honestly, I want to kind of go back and watch again. Let's get a wake up song, shall we? Don't do Walk this way. I don't want to hear that thing ever again. Maybe it's. We'll scream it together. Five eight, five nine, eight hundred. It's 98 KUPD. Wake up. Arizona's most powerful, powerful rock radio station.