LISTEN IN SYNDICATION (WORLDWIDE)

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Interview
Adam Gontier: Lead vocalist of Saint Asonia and the original voice of the multi platinum band Three Days Grace *ahem, graces The Kasey Ferguson Show with his presence! Ahead of Saint  Asonia’s upcoming Canadian and U.S. tour dates Adam swings by to  discuss everything from his vocal process and sobriety to the famous  Three Days Grace song Deftones Chino Moreno nearly sang on, which Marvel  movie soundtrack “Never Too Late” was originally written for, hiding  under his mother's piano and her gigs when he was a child, the  hilariously strange thing he found himself watching over the pandemic,  the kid who played Scotty Smalls in The Sandlot allegedly head-butting a  police officer after he was told he was too drunk to board a flight,  The Mighty Ducks Goldberg “The Goalie” getting caught with meth, the  advice he’d give to himself as a young man and more!

Music
Motive Black – Lift Me Up (ft Carla Harvey of Butcher Babies)
Phantom Elite – Inner Beast
Elysion – Raid The Universe
Dirty Honey - Gypsy
Heroes & Monsters  – Break Me (I’m Yours)
Stone Broken – Black Sunrise
Anthony Gomes – I Believe
Steel Panther – Magical Vagina
Matt Hughes Music Group – Rock Me Gently
Arch Enemy – In The Eye Of The Storm
Rust n' Rage – Ride On
Official Motörhead – Bad Woman
Danko Jones – Get Up
Enuff Z'Nuff – Cold Turkey (John Lennon cover)
Mr Big – Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Drill Song) (30th Anniversary version)
Saint Asonia – Bite The Bullet, Over It

Plus:  Kasey’s sicker than a season of Dr. Pimple Popper but Cousin Miri  insists his health is far less important than her bottom line. So, Miri cracks the whip and gets Kasey on a mic to make her some spending cabbage. To “help things along” she reads the first of Kasey’s many  court ordered public service announcements and fills him in on some of  the events that led to his community service (hint: it started with  mistaking the bathroom line for a conga line at a beer festival) and  what happened when he returned to Motel Ferguson (hint: it involves  singing Meat Loaf songs into the keyhole of his apartment door).

The Kasey Ferguson Show Acoustic Session: The “Unofficial Mayor of Gananoque Ontario”, Wayne “The Train” Huff.

The Short List: Kasey’s friend’s band refuses to change their ass  clenching-ly awful name so he’s compiled a list of band name suggestions  to help them reconsider including (but not limited to) Dedicated Meow  Button, Sounds Like Sodomy, Salad In A Can, Aural Contraception, Burning  While Drowning, Muff Cuff, Bobbing For Dimples, Conclusive Maybe, The Mansquitos, Nine Inch Nougat, Front Grunt, Catnip For Dogs, God The  Narcissist and Stabbed With A Gun.

Gimme Five : Miri pulls five funny slang terms for vagina out of her “panty hamster”.

Kingston Ribfest And Beer Show:
Ben from Bath, Ontario’s MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Company and Kasey catch up and discuss Mackinnon’s Lunenburg Fruit Beer, Moses himself parting clouds so he could watch his favourite bands at their Back To The Farm music festival, smokin’ doobies, the evils of edibles  and Ben making a deal with the devil to make it all stop and not keeping  up his end of the bargain. 

Julia from Founder's Original cocktails (Toronto) makes Kasey feel like he’s in an episode of Mad Men  as he samples Founders pre made Old Fashioned. The toothsome twosome  also discuss bloating, effervescent water, Kasey hosting a jazz show at  his high school radio station as a teen, Founders new Lemon Fizz and  Tequila Paloma until Kasey forgets how to talk.

Stu from Kingston’s Hard Way Cider Co. feeds Kasey Hard Way’s Raspberry Dreams while dishing on opening a tap  room featuring live entertainment and “getting the Led out”.

Jara from Clear Lake Brewing Co. (Bala, Ontario) waxes philosophical on campfire jams and the Muskoka  BeerSpa as well as why it’s not so sanitary Nordic counterparts make her  feel “icky”. Kasey invites the listeners to “drink a long with Kasey”,  and ponders places he doesn’t want beer on his body.

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Music

Black Label Society – Fire It Up

Judas Priest – Rapid Fire

Dio – Stand Up And Shout

Iron Maiden – Aces High

Yngwie Malmsteen – Far Beyond The Sun

Ozzy Osbourne – Secret Loser

AC/DC – Realize

Airbourne – Black Dog Barking

Thundermother – Loud And Free

The Donnas – Take It Off

Halestorm – I Get Off

Slash feat Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators – April Fool

PLUS: Kasey is grouchy from lack of sleep and decides this episode is going to be the “aural equivalent of a dog dragging its ass on the carpet”. Your sleep deprived host tries to cover up the episode’s smouldering turd-like stench by promising that there will be sandwiches (only to be admonished by management for his snack suggesting subterfuge and frequent liberties with the truth). 

Kasey also ponders the pros and cons of his life as an aging headbanger, suspects that if he spoke less about Swedish neo classical guitar shredders he’d probably get more of the coitus, and considers doing his next show wearing nothing but a loin cloth. Cousin Miri disagrees with Kasey’s proclamation that his scent is the “perfect blend of mahogany and musk” and throws shade on bassists and keyboard players. 

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Interview

Bryan Scott: Bryan is the lead vocalist of Into The Fire, Cult To Follow and The Union Underground, a band you may remember from their best known single “Turn Me On Mr Deadman”. We'll discuss what it was like to be on tour with Black Sabbath, eat lunch beside Ozzy, the Into The Fire EP and how The Union Underground came to perform WWE raw's theme song for a number of years in “Across The Nation”.

Music

Adler’s Appetite – Alive

Three Days Grace – The Mountain

Juke Kartel – Save Me

Alice In Chains – Fly

Sick Puppies – Stick To Your Guns

Motley Crue – Hooligan’s Holiday

Breaking Benjamin – Defeated

Framing Hanley – Lollipop (Lil Wayne cover)

The Union Underground – Revolution Man

Cult To Follow – Leave It All Behind

Into The Fire – From The Medicine

PLUS : Kasey nearly got run over by a beer truck and while the irony wasn’t lost on him, the near death experience prompted a toothy tirade aimed at the nimrods of the world who are still texting while driving. Doug Mcfly is still grounded and tries to weasel his way back into Kasey’s good graces. Cousin Miri pokes a gaping hole in Kasey’s violent plans for vengeance.

The Shortlist : Kasey has compiled a list of OTHER things you shouldn’t do while driving including (but not limited to) : sleep, color, make a diorama, do your Ray Charles impression, see how much gum you can fit in your mouth, play Cat’s Cradle, attempt to bite your dog back, jumping jacks, swallow swords, practice your golf swing, wear a beer helmet or tailgate a SWAT van.

Interview

Matt Brooks – Guitarist of Like A Storm. Not only have Like A Storm shared the stage with Shinedown, Alter Bridge, Korn, Steel Panther, Gojira, Godsmack and Black Stone Cherry among others, their single "Love the Way You Hate Me" was #1 on Sirius XM Octane in North America for 5 weeks. Like A Storm’s stateside success makes the band the highest-charting New Zealand rock act in US radio history. Pulled from the KFS archives this interview finds Matt discussing the band producing their own records, what possessed them to use a didgeridoo in metal songs, Kasey’s lackluster kiwi accent attempt (and possible future as an extra in Oliver Twist), the blues influence on “Wish You Hell”, the struggle that led to the song “Ordinary”, Noel and Liam Gallagher’s sibling rivalry and more.

Music

Dope – Now Or Never

Rev Theory – Light It Up

Dark New Day - Brother

Skillet – Rebirthing

Silverchair – One Way Mule

Drain STH – Enter My Mind

Like A Storm – Wish You Hell, Ordinary

PLUS: Kasey is beyond grateful that his show is being syndicated all over the world but because he’s the lone Canadian on many overseas stations he decides to clear up some common misconceptions “aboot” his home and native land of Canada for the international listeners. He’ll set the record straight on toques, wrestling polar bears, “free” Health Care, igloos, ice fishing and more. Meteorologist Miri chimes in with a winter weather report and Motel Ferguson loses power after a snow storm. Was it the storm? Was it the gunfire in Kasey’s dumpster fire of a building? Did the landlord just decide that poor folk don’t deserve NOT to freeze to death? Kasey weighs theories in an effort to explain “the night the heat went out in hell”. 

The Shortlist : Kasey has compiled a list of things he’d rather have than snow including, (but not limited to) : a game of Scrabble with Dog The Bounty Hunter, an Andy Griffith marathon, gout, a beard of bees, a prosthetic head, a collection of Ricky Martin cassettes, a salad and date night with Honey Boo Boo.

Music

Chuck Berry – Rock And Roll Music

Little Richard – Tutti Frutti

Dion – Donna The Prima Donna

The Kingsmen – Louie, Louie

The Champs - Tequila

Richie Valens – La Bamba

The Beatles – Money (That’s What I Want)

The Isley Brothers – Shout (Pt1 and 2)

Booker T & The MG’s – Green Onions

The Archies – Sugar, Sugar

The Chordettes – Lollipop 

Tommy James & The Shondells – Hanky Panky 

The Silhouettes – Get A Job 

Bobby Day – Rockin’ Robin 

Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock 

Herman’s Hermits – Into Something Good 

The Searchers – Love Potion No 9

PLUS: Kasey regales you with the sordid and true tale of the mighty antechinus, the animal that fornicates itself to death, goes “full grandpa” to enlighten the young whippersnappers out there on “hanky panky” and develops a strange fixation on cake.

The Shortlist: Kasey has compiled a list of realistic New Year’s resolutions for himself that you too can accomplish, including (but not limited to): wear a hat, make inappropriate dinner conversation, sustain sexy pear shaped form, sigh wearily while others are talking, help someone more fortunate, laugh at something that’s not funny, belch anytime anyone says “Pilates”, maintain smug self satisfied demeanor and spend more time indoors. 

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Interview

Craig David Wallace – Writer/Director/Producer (Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil, Slasher, Motherly) - Craig won an Emmy for his directing, and has been nominated for Best Direction at the Gemini Awards, Canadian Comedy Awards, four times at the Canadian Screen Awards, Best Short Film at the Directors Guild Of Canada Awards, and the 2013 Bell Media Fellowship Award at the Banff Media Festival. He has also been nominated twice and won once at the Writers Guild Of Canada Awards.

Craig is painting The Kasey Ferguson Show red and spilling his guts about everything from just why in the blue hell Space would cancel the gut busting horror metal masterpiece that was Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil, directing the only original series Chiller ever produced in Slasher and his most recent fright film, Motherly to his favourite horror comedies, the irony of accepting an award for a show that’s already been cancelled and of course, will we ever see more of Todd, The Metal God?

Music

Lizzy Borden – Deal With The Devil

Within Temptation – The Howling

Tool – Fear Inoculum 

Arch Enemy – Shadow On The Wall (Mike Oldfield cover)

Black Label Society – Parade Of The Dead 

New Years Day - Skeletons

Beast In Black – Go To Hell 

Bring Me The Horizon – Parasite Eve 

In This Moment – Bones 

Deftones – Graphic Nature

Alice In Chains – Bleed The Freak

Fear Factory – Invisible Wounds (The Suture Mix)

Type O Negative – All Hallows Eve 

White Zombie – Blood, Milk And Sky

Evanescence – The Other Side 

Primal Fear – Running In The Dust 

Ozzy Osbourne – Dead And Gone 

Buckcherry – Hellbound 

Judas Priest – Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

AC/DC – Witch’s Spell

The Cast Of Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil – Shadow In The Dark

Alice Cooper – Keepin’ Halloween Alive

PLUS: Doug “That Smells Bad Even For Sarin Gas” Mcfly prays for death and asks Cousin Miri to call an exorcist as he attempts to survive the post Frankenberry Franken-Shits. Doug’s swamp gas results in Kasey banishing him to the bathroom until his ass is no longer a soul destroying instrument of death.

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Additional music by Shawn Pierce

Intro : “Welcome To The Lair”

Interview Pt 1 Intro: “Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil - Main Title Theme” (w/ Michael Olekshy)

Interview Pt 2 Intro: Zit Rhapsody (w/ Michael Olekshy)

Interview

Tony Gardner : Special effects slayer and maniacal make-up artist, Tony Gardner has worked on everything from The Addams Family (1991) and the Foo Fighters horror film, Studio 666 to The Blob and Zombieland. He has also been bringing Chucky to life in film and television since 2004. 

Tony spills his guts on everything from getting his start under the legendary Rick Baker working on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video and his iconic half corpse from The Return Of The Living Dead originating as Halloween decoration for his home to the on set hilarity behind the unforgettable moth gag in Hocus Pocus, how it’s sequel Hocus Pocus 2 FINALLY got made, doing battle with Liam Nesson’s nose on Darkman, his recent work on season 2 of the Chucky TV series (to which he also serves as an Executive Producer) and the nonstop sidesplitting shenanigans that was making up Bruce Campbell everyday for Army Of Darkness.

Music

Killing Joke – Lord Of Chaos

Dymytry – Somebody’s Watching Me (Rockwell cover)

Lordi - House Of Mirrors

Gwar – Rise Again

Ice Nine Kills – Hip To Be Scared (feat. Jacoby Shaddix)

All Hail The Yeti – Funeral Heart

Underoath – We’re All Gonna Die

American Terror – Control

Fame On Fire – Dead Or Alive

Spirit Adrift – Mass Formation Psychosis

Sunflower Dead – Never Tear Us Apart (INXS cover)

Striker – Deathwish

Girish And The Chronicles – Children Of The Night

Hell In The Club – He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask) (Alice Cooper cover)

Lamb Of God – Wake Up Dead (feat. Dave Mustaine)

Crashdiet – Resurrection Of The Damned

Dorothy – Rest In Peace

PLUS : Doug “ the sugar suckin’ cereal killer” Mcfly has eaten all of the Frankenberry that Kasey was saving for Halloween. However, Kasey gets the last laugh when Douglas awakes from a sugar coma in a zombie-like stupor with the Franken-shits. Siri’s demonic cousin, Miri reminds Kasey that his love life is colder than an Alaskan funeral and the two argue the merits of Kerr’s Molasses Kisses as a Halloween staple.

The Shortlist : Kasey loves his Mom to death but that doesn’t stop him from sulking when she asks him to watch her cat, Cuddles while she goes to a Halloween Party. It wouldn’t be so bad if she didn’t take all the fun out of things by leaving him a list of instructions for watching said cat including (but not limited to) : no using it to raise the dead, enslave mankind or bring about the apocalypse, no allowing it to drink milk from the skulls of your enemies, no terrorizing it with ventriloquist dummies named Slappy, Al Jolson’s grave is not a litter box, no allowing it to battle that cat from Sabrina in a fight to the death, and absolutely no asking it “who you gonna call?” and pretending the cat’s meow means “Ghostbusters”.

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Interview
Marc Labelle (Lead vocalist of Dirty Honey) - Back in 2019, Dirty Honey became the first unsigned band to have a #1 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart with “When I’m Gone”. They co-headlined the “Young Guns” tour with Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WHV and have opened for The Who, The Black Crowes, KISS, Alter Bridge, Skillet and even Guns N’ Roses on the “Not In This Lifetime'' tour.

Marc and Kasey will discuss everything from favourite 80's Aerosmith songs, vocal health and Dirty Honey's recent gigs opening for Guns N' Roses to partying with Sammy Hagar and The Glorious Sons.

Music
Ratt – Lay It Down
Billy Idol – Flesh For Fantasy
Poison – Nothin’ But A Good Time
Cinderella – Shake Me
Skid Row – Big Guns
Bowling For Soup – I Ran (So Far Away) (Flock Of Seagulls cover)
Danger Danger – Naughty Naughty
Whitesnake – Slide It In
The Donnas – Safety Dance (Men Without Hats cover)
Britny Fox - Girlschool
Kix – Blow My Fuse
AC/DC – Sink The Pink
Hollow Drive – Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins cover)
ZZ Top – Got Me Under Pressure
INXS – What You Need
Punk Rock Factory – Down Under (Men At Work cover)
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Handsome Young Ladies – Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears cover)
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
Rick Derringer – Real American
Fox – Beds Are Burning (Midnight Oil cover)
Dirty Honey – No Warning

PLUS: Kasey’s roommate and confidante, Doug “I ate your Jane Fonda workout tape and replaced it with Sweatin’ To The Oldies” Mcfly, can’t decide what to wear on his date so Kasey and Siri’s caustic cousin, Miri attempt to help Douglas dress for success only to discover that his wardrobe consists mostly of 80’s relics like a polo shirt with an alligator on it and a Cosby sweater. The motley crew attempts to answer burning questions such as, does Doug look like Tom Selleck? Vaurnet or Raybans? To Swatch or not to Swatch? Is Doug’s date with Ms. Pac Man?

Kasey’s Hollywood Remake : Kasey takes you into a tailspin as he recasts the 80’s action extravaganza that is Top Gun with the likes of Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel, Fran Drescher, Gedde Watanabe and a talking bowl of minestrone soup

Favorite Album Of The 80’s : Some special guests pick their favorite album of the 80’s including Brian Andreas of Andreas,  Matt Hughes from The Matt Hughes Band and members of Cage Fight , Graveshadow, Elektric Mistress, Supermodel Taxidermy, Iron Kingdom and Upon Your Grave.

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Interview
Norman Greenbaum- The writer and performer of the Seventies classic, “Spirit In The Sky” joins Kasey for a conversation about all things Seventies from his favourite bands, artists, TV shows and album covers to eight- tracks, the evolution of musical equipment and recording techniques. 

Of course, Norman and Kasey will also have an in depth discussion about “Spirit In The Sky”. Norman will reveal several things you probably didn’t know about the song and take you behind the scenes and into the making of the iconic track. He’ll talk about his set up (including the infamous “Spirit In The Sky” Telecaster), the production, the lead up to, follow up and fallout of one of the greatest songs of all time. 

Music
Montrose – Bad Motor Scooter
Nazareth – Razamanaz
AC/DC – What’s Next To The Moon
Ozzy Osbourne – Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees cover) (feat Dweezil Zappa)
Cactus – Let Me Swim In Your Ocean
Thin Lizzy – The Rocker (Live)
Little Feat – Teenage Nervous Breakdown
Aerosmith – Chiquita
Rose Tattoo – Rock N Roll Outlaw
The Cranberries – Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Blackfoot – Dancin’ Man
KISS – Strutter (Live)
Lynyrd Skynyrd – The Ballad Of Curtis Loew
Faster Pussycat – You’re So Vain (Carly Simon cover)
Fanny Adams – Ain’t No Loving Left
Foghat – Slow Ride
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – If You Wanna Get To Heaven
Vains Of Jenna – Refugee (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers cover)
Procol Harem – Whiskey Train
Kula Shaker – Hush (Deep Purple cover)
The Outlaws – Green Grass And High Tides
Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky

PLUS: Kasey has decided that just about every toy from the Seventies was more dangerous than most of today’s conventional military weaponry and sounds off on the awesome absurdity of the Easy Bake Oven, Slip N’ Slide, Shrinky Dinks, Fisher Price Medical Kit, Kabangers and Clackers. He’ll dole out some stupendous Seventies facts from the average price of everything from a loaf of bread to a gallon of gas and Kasey’s Sleestak looking roommate, Doug “I have the eyes of Mr. Furley and the body of Fat Albert” Mcfly drinks Pop Rocks and a Coke while wearing a leisure suit.

Favourite Album Of The 70’s : Some special guests pick their favourite album of the Seventies including Will Hunt from Evanescence, Al Harlow from Prism, Brit and Dan from Lotus Shaker, “Downtown” Dave Brown from Bigmotorgasoline and Landon Martin from 1952 Productions.

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