Patcast By Pat Monahan

American Authors came from all over the country and met each other in Boston. With the success of their double platinum single 'Best Day of My Life', they've became a very busy touring operation. This week we find out how it all started, how they deal with a band full of different musical tastes, and how they survived a float crash in the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It's all on the Patcast… More on American Authors: http://weareamericanauthors.com/

This week on the Patcast, one of the biggest rockstars of all time joins us for a conversation--it's Kiss's Paul Stanley! He tells us what it's like to start a band that becomes a phenomenon that becomes a legend, and we announce the winners of the Sail Across the Sun cruise giveaway! More on Paul Stanley: http://paulstanley.com/

Have you ever wondered how a record gets made? This week we're taking you behind the scenes with one of the greatest mix engineers of all time--Mark Endert. He's mixed records from tons of artists--Miley Cyrus, Maroon 5, Madonna, Fiona Apple, Train--too many to list! He tells us what mixing a record is all about, and how he became such an in-demand mixer, this week on the Patcast...

This week, we look back at 2014! Lots of music and stories. We'll revisit some of our favorite performances, we check in with the Train Crue, and we have a surprise visit from DJ Soffrock!

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On the first ever Patcast Holiday Show, we've got festive songs and greetings from some of our favorite guests ever and a few surprises and presents for all of our listeners.

Jane's Addiction wouldn't feel the same without the thunderous low end of Chris Chaney's basslines. This week, he tells us how he went from playing clubs in the Bay Area, to playing in the studio on hundreds of albums, to touring with Alanis Morrisette, to being a member of Jane's Addiction. Plus, find out why Pat doesn't like Taylor Hawkins. It's the Patcast. More on Jane's Addiction: http://www.janesaddiction.com/timeline

As a principal songwriter in the band INXS, today's guest penned and performed some of the biggest rock anthems of all time. On this week's Patcast, Pat and Jerry sat down in Sydney, Australia, for a chat and performance with the fascinating and super-talented Andrew Farriss. More on INXS: http://inxsonline.com/

Newton Faulkner is a British singer songwriter with a unique approach to the guitar. He's had some huge hits in the UK, but is still relatively unknown in the US. He stopped by to visit us with his brother/co-writer/backup singer Toby last time we visited the UK, and we had an amazing hang. This week on the Patcast, Newton and Toby Faulkner tell us all about their music, their lives, and play us a bunch of songs. More on Newton Faulkner http://www.newtonfaulkner.com/uk/

Christina Perri is one of our favorite new singer songwriters. This week on the Patcast, find out how a late night interpretive dance, a secret trip to Florida, and a deep love of the Twilight series led to her having hit singles on pop radio. More on Christina Perri: http://www.christinaperri.com/headorheart

Sara Gilbert is a host of and the creator of CBS's The Talk, but you may know her from her many acting roles, including her characters on The Big Bang Theory and Roseanne. Her wife, Linda Perry, host and creator of The Linda Perry Project, a hugely successful songwriter, and former lead singer of 4 Non Blondes. Today the two of them are our guests on the Patcast...

As the founder of Aware Records, Gregg Latterman went from a 9 to 5 job in finance to a 24/7 job getting some major artists' careers started--John Mayer, Five For Fighting, The Fray, and Train. In fact, Gregg was the guy who got Train a record deal and was there for the entire beginning of our career. This week, we hear the story of Aware Records and of Gregg's life in music, and we find out some stuff we never knew about our own band's record deal!

This week on the Patcast, we bring you the conlusion of our session with the great Nile Rodgers! Lots of music, lots of bio, and lots of knowledge with the man who brought us so many of the hits from Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Madonna, David Bowie, Daft Punk and so much more...

Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Madonna, INXS, Duran Duran, Daft Punk. What do they all have in common? They've worked with our guest: Nile Rodgers. Over the next 2 weeks, we'll hear, in his own words, the story of Nile's crazy life in music, right here on the Patcast.

Chris Clawson is the President of Lifefitness, a company that makes Pat's all-time favorite treadmills. On this week's Patcast, we sit down and talk to Chris about how a career in minor league baseball led to him being one of the most influential people in the fitness world today. More on Life Fitness: http://www.lifefitness.com/index.html

Lewis Black is one of our favorite comedians of all time. From his outrageous standup to his 'Back in Black' segments on The Daily Show, he has spent decades making people laugh and fiercely editorializing the world around us. And this week, he's our guest on the Patcast. More on Lewis Black http://lewisblack.com/

Sammy Choi is the head of entertainment for the NFL. Anytime you hear music or see an entertainer at a football game, Sammy had something to do with it. He has a crazy job, and he's a fascinating guy, and this week he tells his story on the Patcast.

This week on the Patcast, Jakob Dylan sits down with us to talk about his huge successes with the Wallflowers, his take on the past, present and future of music, and what it's like to grow up around some of the most influential musicians of all time. More on Jakob Dylan: http://www.jakobdylan.com/

This week, it's a 2-for-1! We talk to some of the people that helped in making Train's new album--Bulletproof Picasso--and we sit down with Pat's 'Wonder What You're Doing' duet partner, Marsha Ambrosius, and find out how she ended up working with the biggest singers in the world. Plus, we'll hear lots of new music from Train. It's a making of/behind the scenes episode of the Patcast!

This week on the Patcast, we sit down with Gabe Saporta, lead singer and philosopher of the band Cobra Starship. He tells us about his early days in Midtown and Humble Beginnings, and the path that led him to Cobra Starship's electro-pop-punk sensibility. Live from New York, it's another session of conversation and live music on this week's Patcast. More on Cobra Starship: http://cobrastarship.com