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The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman

Rock ‘n’roll and the occult have gone hand-in-hand ever since it was rumored that Robert Johnson sold his soul to The Devil. Hollywood iconand rock’n’roll witch Pleasant Gehman takes you to the dark depths where music and heathen hedonism meet the occult. No-hold-barred conversations with famous (and infamous) guests include stories that seem too wild to be true...until you realize there’s no way they could be made up. From backstage and touring debauchery to tarot, synchronicityand sex magick to

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The Devil's Music 42: Bruce Moreland

The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman ·

2022/03/09

Punk rock legend and rock’n’roll icon, Bruce Moreland had a huge hand in shaping early punk in Los Angeles as well as influencing international alternative music. A pioneer of punk and death rock -later known as goth- he was an integral part of Wall Of Voodoo, The Weirdos, The Skulls, Nervous Gender and Concrete Blonde during the 1970’s to 1990’s before forming his own band Ravens Moreland. In this episode, Bruce and hostess Pleasant Gehman, who’ve been pals since 1977, discuss the wild days of the

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The Devil's Music 41: Adele Bertei

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2022/02/17

Multi talented Adele Bertei burst into the public eye as one of the stars of the 1970’s No Wave scene, as organist for James Chance and The Contortions. Since then, her entire career has been extraordinary. She’s a musician, singer, film director/producer as well as a song writer and literary writer. Musically, she’s worked with everyone from Brian Eno, Culture Club and Deborah Harry to Thomas Dolby, Tears For Fears, Anubian Lights and several others. Adele and hostess Pleasant Gehman have known

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The Devil's Music 40: Jeff Drake

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2022/01/26

Jeff Drake is the singer and guitarist for The Joneses, which he co-founded with skateboard champion Steve Olson in 1981. Their glam punk sound- thrashy, trashy rock’n’roll that owed as much to The Ramones and New York Dolls as it did the Rolling Stones- made them the darlings of the early 1980’s LA underground music scene. They put out a single in 1982 and were featured on the compilation “Hell Comes To Your House Part Two” in 1983, which lead to national touring. Then everything came crashing down

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The Devil's Music 39: Liz Worth

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2021/12/22

Multi-talented Liz Worth is a Canadian treasure. She’s an author, poet, ritual performance artist, former music journalist and a tarot expert. Her first book, “Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History Of Punk In Toronto And Beyond” brought alternative music into the attention of the mainstream and was called “trailblazing”. A well-known Tarot reader, she’s also instructor and author of two books: “The Power Of Tarot” and “Going Beyond The Little White Book: A Contemporary Guide To Tarot” In this episode,

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The Devil's Music 38: Ace Von Johnson

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2021/12/10

Guitarist extraordinaire Ace Von Johnson has played with so many bands it’s hard to keep count. Just some of them are glam-metal lords Faster Pussycat, the industrial Neon Coven and a plethora of punk combos including Unwritten Law, U.S. Bombs, Madcap, Cheap Sex and infamous New York hardcore icons Murphy’s Law. He’s been with LA Guns since 2018, and they’ve just released a new album called “Checkered Past” Aside from music, Ace is also a voice actor and canine advocate: he adores pit bulls. A Los

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The Devil's Music 37: Chip Kinman

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2021/10/20

Chip Kinman is a punk rock icon whose astoundingly versatile career is still going strong nearly fifty years later. The Dils, formed with his late brother Tony made an impact in the first wave of 1970’s California punk bands before abruptly switching gears to pioneer cowpunk with Rank And File with Alejandro Escovedo... before moving on to the industrial drone of Blackbird. These bands were followed up by Cowboy Nation and more recently, the bluesy Ford Madox Ford. In this episode, Chip and longtime

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The Devil's Music 36: Jane Wiedlin

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2021/10/06

Rock’n’Roll Goddess Jane Wiedlin probably doesn’t need an introduction, but... here it is anyway. She’s a founding member of The Go-Go’s, a prolific songwriter and mistress of catchy pop tunes. Just some of her several hits include The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are sealed” and her solo work: “Blue Kiss”, “Rush Hour” “Tangled” and “But For The Grace of God” by Keith urban, which went to number one. Among others, she’s collaborated with Sparks and more recently, Italian musician Pietro Straccia on

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The Devil's Music 35: Arrow De Wilde

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2021/09/22

Force of nature Arrow De Wilde is the singer of Starcrawler, who’ve caused a sensation practically from the moment they burst onto the scene. Her fierce stage presence and a smoky voice that somehow yearns and growls at the same time could fit into almost any genre from 70’s glam to classic rock and jaded , artsy post-punk. An LA native, Arrow is also an artist and model. In this episode, Arrow and hostess Pleasant Gehman talk about Starcrawler’s most insane road stories-including audience members

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The Devil's Music 34: Judika Illes

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2021/08/26

Judika Illes is an author, tarot reader, aroma therapist and a metaphysical practitioner/instructor. She’s a prolific writer and her numerous books -covering everything from witchcraft and spells to myths, the paranormal, gods and goddesses, faries and genies- have made her a household name in the esoteric/occult community. In this episode, Judika and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss everything from mummy embalming in ancient Egypt, past lives to Studio 54 and the early punk scene at CBGB. They also

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The Devil's Music 33: Amanda Diebert

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2021/08/11

Amanda Diebert is multi-talented and her creativity knows no bounds. She’s an author, actor and hosts the podcast “Café At The End of The World. A New York Times Bestselling comic book writer, her credits are too numerous to mention. Same goes for television writing; she’s scripted shows for almost every network and streaming platform including “Masters of The Universe” and He Man” for Netflix. She’s also got a new graphic novel out, a noir lesbian detective story, “Work For A Million”. In this

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The Devil's Music 32: Javier Escovedo

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2021/07/28

Rock’n’roll icon Javier Escovedo is perhaps best known for being the founding member of the legendary early West Coast punk combo The Zeros. A life-long musician hailing from Chula Vista, California, he formed the The Zeros in 1976. After playing three gigs total, by early 1977, they put out a record on Bomp, literally becoming a sensation with their shredding guitars and poppy stick-in-your-head anthems. In the 80’s he moved to Austin,TX and had success with The true Believers. Still super

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The Devil's Music 31: Alice Bag

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2021/07/15

Legendary punk rock goddess Alice Bag is a multi-talented trailblazing artist. Musician, singer/songwriter, author of two critically acclaimed books, educator and ferocious feminist. She’s also a rock’n’roll historian, creator/curator of the “Women In LA Punk Archives”, a platform with first person accounts of the lives of several female musician and scene makers in the 1970’s. She burst onto the scene fronting one of the first punk bands in Los Angeles, The Bags. She’s been in several other

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The Devil's Music 30: Marci Darling

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2021/06/30

Marci Darling is a writer, dancer and magic maker. She’s the author of four books, mystery novels “The Champagne Scandal” and “Martini Mystery”, Divorce Diva” and most recently the newly published travel memoir, “Magic Carpets, Flying Ships And Moonlit Kingdoms”. Nomadic by nature, she’s lived, worked and traveled all over the world. She may also be the only person to graduate from Harvard with the self-bestowed title of Princess on her diploma. In this episode, long time pals Marci and hostess

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The Devil's Music 29: Howard Paar

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2021/06/16

Multi-talented Howard Paar has been a primary rock’n’roll influencer for over four decades. His career in the music business evolved organically from his excellent taste in music. Starting out as an indie club promoter and deejay, he morphed into being a publicist before becoming an artist relations executive and award-winning music supervisor for film and television. He’s worked with some of the biggest names in the biz, including The Clash, INXS, The Go-Go’s, The English Beat, The Psychedelic

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The Devil's Music 28: The Wild Women of Backstage Pass

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2021/06/03

In the mid-to late 1970’s, during the gray area when Los Angeles was still all about glam rock while embracing the nascent punk scene, a group of groupies became an all-girl band called Backstage Pass. Instantaneously, they took Hollywood by storm, got international press, made a splash wherever they went, stealing -and in some cases breaking-the hearts of musicians who’d go on to be household names...at least in rock’n’roll circles. In this episode, hostess Pleasant Gehman chats with her long time

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The Devil's Music 27: Miss Guy

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2021/05/20

Guy Furrow, aka Miss Guy is a multi-talented rock’n’roll legend: singer for the acclaimed punk/glam band The Toilet Boys, deejay, music producer, songwriter photographer and makeup artist. Born in Southern California, he came of age and hit his creative stride in the New York City rock scene when it was still something to be wildly excited about. He became fast friends and collaborators with his mentors Deborah Harry and Boy George; his duets with both can be heard in this episode. The Toilet Boys

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The Devil's Music 26: Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman

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2021/05/06

Pee-wee Herman has been a household name for decades, but the man behind the iconic tv series Pee-wee’s Playhouse and spin-off movies is even more fascinating. Paul Ruebens is an actor, comedian, and writer. He’s been featured in way too many films to mention as Pee-wee and also playing serious roles, including the flamboyant hairdresser/drug dealer in Ted Demme’s crime film Blow. You may have heard him doing voiceovers in a number of cartoons and not even realized it was him. In this episode, Paul

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The Devil's Music 25: Fayette Hauser Part 2

The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman ·

2021/04/22

Fayette Hauser is author of the book “The Cocokettes: Acid Drag And Sexual Anarchy”. Fayette was a founding member, and her book chronicles the wildly gender-bending 1960’s San Francisco theatrical group whose existence spawned disco star Sylvester and informed everyone from John Waters to RuPaul. Fayette’s been involved in every countercultural youth movement that’s occurred in the past fifty years- her life story is wild that this is the second of two episodes.She was a beatnik teenager in

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The Devil's Music 24: Fayette Hauser Part 1

The Devil"s Music with Pleasant Gehman ·

2021/04/09

Fayette Hauser is author of the book “The Cocokettes: Acid Drag And Sexual Anarchy”. Fayette was a founding member, and her book the wildly gender-bending 1960’s San Francisco theatrical group whose existence spawned disco star Sylvester and informed everyone from John Waters to RuPaul. Fayette’s been involved in every countercultural youth movement that’s occurred in the past fifty years- her life story is wild that this is the first of two episodes. She was a beatnik teenager in Greenwich Village,

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The Devil's Music 23: Theresa Kereakes

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2021/03/24

Theresa Kereakes is a rock’n’roll photographer whose iconic images have appeared in music publications and in galleries and private collections worldwide. She’s shot instantly recognizable photos of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Deborah Harry, Patti Smith, The Damned, The Ramones, Joan Jet, Iggy Pop and The Dead Boys-both on and off stage- many featured in her book, “Unguarded Moments : Backstage And Beyond” a collection of her extraordinary work. Currently based in Nashville, she spent much of her life

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