Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident and licensed Private Investigator with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on 50+ television stations weekly, plus key podcast and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast." His third book is slated for a 2023 release via Backbeat Books.
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On Episode #036 of the Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz podcast, Darren spoke with Fozzy frontman (also AEW World Champion and Talk Is Jericho host) Chris Jericho, singer/songwriter Michael Monroe, and Refused frontman Dennis Lxyzen.
Topics of discussion included productivity, DIY work ethic, Cheap Trick, The Kinks, Japan and Chris Jericho's Rock N' Wrestling Rager At Sea.
On Episode #035 of the "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" podcast, Darren spoke with Megadeth's Dave Ellefson, 3/4 of the band The Mavericks, and the Tom Keifer Band's Tom Keifer. Topics of discussion included writing memoirs, Thom Hazaert, David Lee Roth, vocal maintenance and having a multi-faceted career.
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with some inspiring and very-entertaining from very different walks of life, Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls, Lacuna Coil frontwoman Cristina Scabbia, and Everclear founder Art Alexakis. All three have new albums and plenty of touring ahead.
Points of discussion include touring, swimming, solo albums, Century Media Records, the future of the Summerland tour, and what Spinal Tap co-founders David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel are currently up to.
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with former Creed frontman Scott Stapp, legendary producer and artist Todd Rundgren, and Bananarama co-founder Karen Dallin. Topics discussed -- beyond new music and tours -- included golf, the original U.K. punk scene, Hawaii and creativity.
More information on the guests featured on this episode of the Paltrocast can be found online via: www.scottstapp.com, www.toddrundgren.com and www.bananarama.co.uk.
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, TOTO guitarist and legendary session musician Steve Lukather, and Leah Van Dale, the Capo Cagna wine founder who you may also know as WWE Superstar Carmella.
More information on the guests featured on this episode of the Paltrocast can be found online via: www.judaspriest.com, www.stevelukather.com, and www.instagram.com/capocagna.
Paltrocast Episode #013: Diamond Dallas Page, Emigrate's Richard Z. Kruspe & Marci Zaroff
Episode #008: Greg Holden, Dee Snider & Greg Behrendt
Mike Love co-founded The Beach Boys over 55 years ago alongside Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson and Al Jardine. Last year, Love released a double album through BMG titled Unleash The Love, his first solo album in decades. One year prior to that, Love released an autobiography, Good Vibrations: My Life As A Beach Boy. Meanwhile, The Beach Boys remain active as ever, performing over 170 shows in 2017 alone. Simply put, Mike Love shows no signs of slowing down, and I spoke to him about that by phone last December. More on Mike Love can be found online at www.mikelove.com.