Jake E is the only Swedish artist with projects simultaneously featured on Spotify’s Metal Trends playlist and national commercial radio in the same month. Alongside music, he is an actor, starring in the upcoming Hollywood fantasy film Eonblade with Doug Jones. He has collaborated with Mark Mangold on cross-genre AOR and modern rock projects, contributed to over 40 albums, earned multiple Gold and Platinum certifications, and featured in international campaigns for major brands such as IKEA.

EPISODE LINKS:
https://www.youtube.com/@JAKEEOFFICIAL

TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
4:03: what is the pressure like on stage versus on camera?
8:10 Are singers are more introverted?
11:30 Leg day
18:30 Getting songs to ryhme
22:00 Bands having backing track bass instead of real bass players and effects of COVID & #AI on the business and
23:25 AI music backlash?
27:10 What got you into singing
31:15 What happened to guitar solos

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC

Robin is a Former SAS Soldier. Writer, Veterans Campaigner and Public Speaker. Operations Nimrod and Mikado.

🔴 Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/09ikwotikx

Episode Links:
https://robinhorsfall.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-horsfall-52243220/

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC

Brad is a RIAA Certified Gold and Platinum Guitarist. He is passionate about guitars and sharing his over 40-plus years of experience in the music business.

GUEST LINKS:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@badbrad

OUTLINE:
0:00 Intro
1:45 What is the next stage of me guitar playing after 5 years?
2:35 Why is singing and playing guitar so hard?
3:45 Does the crowd prefer the lead guitarist and lead singer to be separate people?
5:47 Brad manages to ignore Scottish airport announcement woman
9:32 Forgetting lyrics on stage
26:11 Guitar is a continuing journey
32:03 Brad's advice to me

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC
Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/

Rudy is a bassist, animal rights activist, author of Off the Rails, mentor and host of Six Degrees of Sarzo podcast.

GUEST LINKS:
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Off-Rails-Aboard-Crazy-Blizzard/dp/1537437461
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarzo.rudy/
X: https://x.com/rudysarzo
Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/rudy-sarzo-the-dash-podcast--2986148

OUTLINE:
0:00 Intro
1:15 How to go through struggles
7:59 Asking God for help in your music career
19:59 Why he loves Ozzy and England
24:45 Bands playing with pre-recorded music

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC
Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/

Steven, a songwriter and guitarist has written for dozens of major publications including Guitar World and Rolling Stone and recorded a treasure trove with classic Rock Stars on his cassette player. Here Steve is hanging with #EVH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EyQLuVgKE8

GUEST LINKS:
YoutTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SteveRosenInterviews
Book: https://www.tonechaserbook.com

SPONSORS:
https://playcast.io

0:00 Intro
2:12 Where did the interviewing all begin? First interview with Joe Cocker.
7:56 Passing up one of the first-ever Queen interviews
9:37 Why were you terrified in your first interview?
17:23 Dealing with the growing list of your Rockstar guests that have died
27:06 How Steve became friends with EVH
42:48 EVH smoking in Steve's house
53:56 Reliving their life without fame to have a happy family?
58:00 Rockstars coping coming away from the stage high
1:07:56 Journalism as an outlet for the pain of stars
1:15:19 Steven’s own band
1:22:46 Joe Satriani
1:26:41 Prince
1:29:36 Steven Rosen
1:34:28 Michael Jackson

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC
Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/

Robin is a Former SAS Soldier. Writer, Veterans Campaigner and Public Speaker. Operations Nimrod and Mikado.

🔴 Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/09ikwotikx

Episode Links:
https://robinhorsfall.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-horsfall-52243220/

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC

DW is a Producer and Film Director @ Ukraine Story | Documentary Filmmaker | Attorney | Journalist | Covering Paris 2024 Olympics.

SPONSORS:
https://playcast.io

GUEST LINKS:
Roman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-sheremeta-14972a50/
DW: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dw-p-59111859/

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC
Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/

Roman is a Professor of Economics, Board Member, Founding Rector of American University Kyiv.

DW is a Producer and Film Director @ Ukraine Story | Documentary Filmmaker | Attorney | Journalist | Covering Paris 2024 Olympics.

SPONSORS:
https://playcast.io

GUEST LINKS:
Roman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-sheremeta-14972a50/
DW: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dw-p-59111859/

OUTLINE:
0:00 Intro
1:11 Our foundational and presuppositional base of ethics
5:43 Trump's degrading quality of advisors
11:52 Is Trump doing a master plan to force the EU to move?
21:54 Persecution of Christians in Ukraine
40:06 American just want to make their international problems go away
58:14 Psychological damage in Ukraine

PODCAST LINKS:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC
Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/