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Episode 820: Music Storm 2021 Part 2 | Chris Collins Show

Episode 820: Music Storm 2021 Part 2 | Chris Collins Show

Not 1 but 2 MUSIC STORM 2021 episodes—and 2 PREMIERES! The CHRIS COLLINS Show celebrates MUSIC STORM 2021 Part 2. We’ve invited STRIKE A CHORD music guests from seasons 7 and 8 to talk all things music, current song releases and what we can listen to in the future.

EC Mayne LIVE from Texas is working on a new album—cooking up some club bangers! “Ahhh man the south got something to say. The West and East coast get ready—cause them southern states are bringin some serious heat and candy painted rims to the rap game!” Follow EC Mayne on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ecmayne/

Omar Feliciano from The Phoenix Within joins the show from Queens NY! The Phoenix Within is playing a fully SOLD OUT 3 days at Inkcarceration 2021. There’s some major bands performing at this festival—Slipnot, Mudvayne, Rob Zombie, Halestorm, Beartooth and many more. How stoked is the band? “LET US OUT!” Omar and the band are completely blown away to play with many of their favorite rock idols. AND—then on to the Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2021! Keep up with The Phoenix Within at https://thephoenixwithinrock.weebly.com/

Cloe Wilder POP sensation has teamed up with MTV's mental Health awareness campaign. Cloe is a huge advocate for speaking on mental health—“I’ve been reflecting on that lately.” AND—CLOE has made it onto Chris’s playlist—“I’m hard ROCK—but I WANNA BE ALONE WITH YOU moves me!” Learn more and follow CLOE on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cloewilder

Finnish POP FOLK band Jonas and I joins the show from Finland to PREMIERE their brand new single I’LL BE FREE. 2021 has been a challenging year for the boys—but they have embraced their fears—changes in their personal lives—and fought off polar bears! Did they mean Reindeer?! This is how Jonas and I write a song! Chris reminds the boys—“the only constant is change!” SO DEEP! Keep up with Jonas and I at http://www.jonasandi.com

Texas RAPPER KAYNE joins the show to promote his NEW single Damn Shawty—great music video! What’s going on in KAYNES world? Have you ever played a little video called Grand Theft Auto? Ever wish you could transport yourself into that video game world and take over? KAYNE did! Big ol’ bitties or low resolution triangle titties—he made it happen! Follow KAYNE on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/Kayne8008/

Animal Sun brother-duo Will and Steve join the show to PREMIERE their brand new visual album Echoes of a Dream. Inspiration happens when you least expect it. Animal Sun reveals how a 3 year old previous track Girl in Blue became the blueprint to create an entire musical universe for this album. Also — the boys let the animal out of its cage showcasing their brand-new music video ‘More Than A Friend’ for the first time ever on the Chris Collins Show. Follow Animal Sun on IG at https://www.animalsunofficial.net/

Artist's Social Media:
  • EC Mayne
  • The Pheonix Within
  • Chloe Wilder
  • Jonas And I
  • Kayne
  • Animal Sun
  • Episode 819: Music Storm 2021 Part 1 | Chris Collins Show

    Episode 819: Music Storm 2021 Part 1 | Chris Collins Show

    The PANDEMIC can’t stop us! The CHRIS COLLINS SHOW celebrates MUSIC STORM 2021 Part 1. STRIKE A CHORD music guests from seasons 7 and 8 return to the show to talk all things music! Including a PREMIERE of a brand new single, current song releases, and music in progress.

    Tiana Kocher is vaxxed and ready to be sassy… her new single, YOU TRIED IT.

    Michael Cuenca from Some Daggers Wear Red is also a filmmaker! His latest film SO GOES THE NIGHT got the nod from judge FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA as a finalist in the 2020 ZOETROPE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION.

    Dezmond Walker gets us right side up announcing his debut R&B EP Sophisticated Sad Boy with featured track MOVE ON. Yes there are Heartbreak songs on this album but like Dezmond say’s “there’s something on the other side.” Chris wants his style—and smile!

    Rebel Mel of DUOLOS wants everyone to know that weddings are no longer boring—play MY PLEDGE! Do you know the most pretentious people on the planet? Tune in! Rebel spells it out!

    AJ Gordon of Saturn till June PREMIERES a brand new single MALIBU DAZE. Remember when you dated two different people at the same time but they were more or less the same? Chris is still stuck in a CALIFORNIA HAZE when it comes to his love life.

    The BAD GUY Texas native YT WILL brings the smoke! And cigar! The DEMI-GOD is working on a new album called WORK IN PROGRESS—you gotta grind to meet that goal!

    Artist's Social Media:
  • Tiana Kocher
  • Some Daggers Wear Red
  • Dezmond Walker, R & B / Rap
  • DOULOS, Christian Hardcore Punk
  • Saturn ’Til June, LOUD AND ELECTRIC
  • YT Will, Demi God
  • Episode 818: Drummer Chris Dalley, Authority Zero | Chris Collins Show

    Episode 818: Drummer Chris Dalley, Authority Zero | Chris Collins Show

    Drummer Chris Dalley of Authority Zero is back on STRIKE A CHORD to promote their new EP “The Back Nine.” A lot has changed for the band. Former guitarist Dan Aid got an acting gig on Good Girls TV series making room for a new guitarist. Enter Eric Walsh who joined the band through an online audition and COVID turning the band into avid golf enthusiasts?! Little known fact. Chris is the biggest Authority Zero fan girl!!! He dreams of having tits just to get them signed by the band. “The Back Nine” is a golf reference to the last nine holes—or is it? “So it’s not about the golf course it’s about intercourse?” Dalley pleads the fifth. Awesome EP! Check it out https://www.authorityzero.com.

    Authority Zero's Social Media:
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  • Episode 817: Magician, Rhett Guter | Chris Collins Show

    Episode 817: Magician, Rhett Guter | Chris Collins Show

    Ladies and Gentlemen. Boys and girls. Let’s welcome Rhett Guter with a round of applause for Virtual Mind Reading! Magician Rhett Guter joins JUST TALKING from the beautiful sandy beaches of Cabo San Lucas to spread jealousy and virtual zoom magic. Rhett breaks down the Theatre of the Mind—a good magician forces you to question what’s real and possible. His first trick gets Marissa sexually excited with Shakespearean references while Chris struggles to find his fuzzy balls. "Virtual Magic is a brand new genre of performing arts." It’s live on your phone and the audience is part of the trick—AND the interaction is real!!! Skeptical at first. It doesn’t take long before Rhett goes to the darkest nether regions of Chris and Marissa’s mind—only to come back with hard gum and Nine Inch Nails—he nailed it! Experience the magic on your side of the screen—Rhett Guter www.playupstream.org.

    Rhett Guter's Social Media:
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  • Episode 816: Elizabeth Kim, GEN Z Critics | Chris Collins Show

    Episode 816: Elizabeth Kim, GEN Z Critics | Chris Collins Show

    Elizabeth “Betsy” Kim cofounder of GEN Z Critics comes in hot during JUST TALKING. Betsy tells it like it is. Millennials are out and Z’s are in! Z’s don’t like avocado toast and skinny jeans—AND the death of film criticism is because of social media—BUT lip gloss can bridge the gap and keep the peace. Listen up Academia. Betsy leads the charge. She is sick of watching Citizen Kane in every film class because it’s “important” but The Weeknd can’t get a Grammy?! Betsy’s #1 Oscar pick this year is Nomadland. Betsy’s parting gift of wiZdom—“Always be weary when a Boomer says oh things used to be better in my day.” Damn KidZ! Get your NFT’s off my feed!

    GEN Z Critics's Social Media:
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  • Episode 815: ANSON, Alternative Rock Band | Chris Collins Show

    Episode 815: ANSON, Alternative Rock Band | Chris Collins Show

    This week’s STRIKE A CHORD guest ANSON has the perfect track to celebrate the feeling called Runway! How many girls named Hailey have broken a guy’s heart? Only Chris knows. Can a songwriter ever have too many songs? ANSON channels his inner Prince and has an albums worth of unreleased music—but not one love song about his girlfriend. There’s a lot of competition in the Pop Punk genre. You’ve got to have the right hair, a cute smile, an ocean deep perspective of life as a musician. ANSON doesn't want to “ride the wave he wants to be the wave!” Surfs up! Write that love song!

    Anson's Social Media:
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  • Episode 814: Sports Matters, Matt Burt | Chris Collins Show

    Episode 814: Sports Matters, Matt Burt | Chris Collins Show

    It’s been a hell of a week! President Joe Biden shoots the second amendment with enough holes that even Phil Swift couldn’t fix with Flex Tape! Utah Gov. Spencer “cock-blocker” Cox mandates prenatal child support from fathers to slow down abortions. Former Olympic Athlete and Trans-Kardashian Caitlyn Jenner wants to run for California Governor but does she have the balls to win?! Exit light. Enter night — Metallica’s Enter Sandman gets covered by Paul Raci in American Sign Language. We all miss Kurt Cobain so Google’s AI software Magenta wrote a new Nirvana song called Drowned in the Sun — I remember when humans made the music.

    Sport Matters Social Media:
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  • Kevin Drake:
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  • Matt Burt:
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  • Episode 812: Finnish Country-Folk band Jonas and I

    Episode 812: Finnish Country-Folk band Jonas and I

    Everything’s fine! Welcome to Marissa’s — me, my mask and spa facial gone wrong Mickey Rourke impression. Good news for Californians. Not only do we have the carpool lane but now you can get into the elderly carpool COVID vaccination lane to jump ahead of corona traffic! Ladies, the contraceptive "male pill" is here, all us guys need to do is rub some Nestorone on our shoulders, ha! —but are women ready to pass the responsibility of birth control over to a … Man? Mormons declare war on Porn. Utah’s governor Spencer Cox wants to “cox block” the real dick vs dildo challenge on iPads.

    Jonas and I's Social Media:
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  • Episode 810: Dan Mitre, Associate Director of Community Development at Ubisoft

    Episode 810: Dan Mitre, Associate Director of Community Development at Ubisoft

    Dan Mitre a VIDEO GAME FANATIC! And Associate Director of Community Development with Ubisoft joins JUST TALKING discussing all things gaming. Why does Ubisoft continue to prioritize pushing more monetized content?—should LOOT BOX games be classified for 18+? Who's LOOTING WHO? Marissa sues her virtual son for spending 20k on video game character skins and Chris is dodging flying genitals in Cyberpunk 2077. Come on Twitch—WHY was Dr. Disrespect banned?

    Dan Mitre's Social Media:
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  • Episode 808: Vox Film Critic Alissa Wilkinson

    Episode 808: Vox Film Critic Alissa Wilkinson

    CCS Contributor, Alissa Wilkinson joins JUST TALKING to drop her favs and predicted winners for the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS and upcoming Oscars! Here’s Alissa’s list of the BEST FILMS: The Painter and the Thief, Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Promising Young Woman, Mank and Judas and the Black Messiah. NETFLIX has the most films up for BEST DIRECTOR at this year’s Golden Globes and prompts L.A. Times to unmask the 87 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Martin Scorsese fights a tug of war to keep Cinema an “Art form” rather than algorithm generated “content.” AND should DISNEY + release episodes for binge watching or weekly releases? A tossup?!

    Alissa Wilkinson's Social Media:
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  • Episode 807: 100th Episode

    Episode 807: 100th Episode

    Our 100th show! It’s been a journey! From the Studio—to the COVID-19 Bunker! Chris and Marissa dig into show archives and pull clips of our most memorable guests. Marissa gives her Golden Globe Best Picture predictions and Princess Elizabeth from the 7 Deadly Sins learns how to stuff a turkey—it’s all about SEX! Chris blames Jurassic Park for his confusing childhood—and fossil excavator Harrison Duran sets the fossil record straight. LiLi Joy recaps her Blake Shelton experience on The Voice. Stay tuned for More Music. More Music Talk. Our music podcast OFF THE FRET premieres with The Blowies in March.

    Episode 805: Kevin Drake Sports Matters (Super Bowl LV)

    Episode 805: Kevin Drake Sports Matters (Super Bowl LV)

    Have the BUCKS made SUPER BOWL history without even playing the game? Find out when CCS Contributor Kevin Drake from SPORTS MATTERS joins in on JUST TALKING. Kevin predicts CHIEFS for the win! What’s this trash talk between LeBron and “COURTSIDE KAREN?” Ejection? Really? AND Chris takes a swing at the JAKE PAUL Punching Bag. Chris and Marissa go OFF THE FRET with MORE Music and MORE Music Talk. Grammy Award winning artist The Weeknd pulls 7 million out of his own pocket to rock the halftime show at the super bowl. And he didn’t have a single Grammy nomination this year—“Blinding Lights?”

    Kevin Drake's Social Media:
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  • Matt Burt's Social Media
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  • Episode 804: Brock Pierce / Eddie Scarry and Animal Sun

    Episode 804: Brock Pierce / Eddie Scarry and Animal Sun

    Bitcoin Billionaire and 2020 Presidential Independent Candidate Brock Pierce and Washington Examiner Journalist Eddie Scarry join JUST TALKING to tackle Where Do We Go From Here? The Millennial VOTE, Student Loans, the Environment, REDDIT and FREE SPEECH! Who are these Twitter “Birdwatchers?” AND, Bernie’s Mittens, Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham round out the conversation! Animal Sun returns to STRIKE A CHORD to discuss the New year New band and New single “Every Word”.

    Eddie Scarry's Social Media:
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  • Animal Sun's Social Media:
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  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Youtube
  • Episode 803: Mike Cuenca, Some Daggers Wear Red

    Episode 803: Mike Cuenca, Some Daggers Wear

    Returning to STRIKE A CHORD is vocalist, musician and filmmaker Mike Cuenca, debuting his new dark alternative band Some Daggers Wear Red—AND a quarantine “Bieber” look. Marissa gets frosted tips listening to Cuenca’s Flesh Upon Flesh. Chris has a loss of words for the “suck it dry” scene from Cuenca’s film Like a Dirty French Novel. If you want to name your band try “magnetic poetry” on the refrigerator door—imagine the possibilities?!

    Mike Cuenca's Social Media:
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  • Episode 802: Dezmond Walker

    Episode 802: Dezmond Walker

    R&B artist DEMOND WALKER joins the Chris Collins Show as our STRIKE A CHORD artist to discuss his latest single, Move On. DEZMOND breaks down the key components to a long term relationship and the ‘Beautiful Blessing’ that has affected his life forever. Also—DEZMOND WALKER premieres brand new music for the first time ever on a major platform.

    Dezmond Walker's Social Media:
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  • Episode 801: Cabaret performer, Ana Guigui and God of the South, Kayne

    Episode 801: Cabaret performer, Ana Guigui and God of the South, Kayne

    Our guest on JUST TALKING is Cabaret Music Artist Ana Guigui and Director Roderick Menzies to talk about their latest collaboration: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? A PANDEMIC CABARET. Are Americans suffering from 'Confinement Stress?' When will the theaters reopen? Will the theatre need to be more of an interactive experience post-pandemic to attract a millennial audience? Also—the self-proclaimed “God of the South” KAYNE joins Strike A Chord sending a message for southern rappers to stay in your lane!

    Ana Guigui's Social Media:
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  • Apple Music
  • Facebook
  • Youtube
  • Spotify

  • God of the South, Kayne's Social Media:
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  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Spotify