Harper

Recap: Interview With “Shandi” Bassist HARPER

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man

Episode 129:  Interview with “Shandi” Bassist Harper

Last night I had the pleasure of interviewing bassist Harper on the subject of Kiss and more. Topics covered:

  1. Guitar tech for Paul on the Dynasty tour
  2. Rehearsing Shandi with Paul and Anton Fig, and recording it with Vini Poncia for the album
  3. Working with Peter Criss on his Out of Control solo band that never toured
  4. Loaning Ace the 12 string guitar he played on Fractured Too
  5. Missing the Space Ace
  6. Loaning the Shandi Thunderbird bass out to a legendary metal bassist who used it on his band’s landmark 1984 album (I love this story)!
  7. Working for LucasArts in the 1990s on a Star Wars video game for the N64
  8. Michael Bolton and his band
  9. An Oscar Award!?
  10. And so much more!

Please enjoy the show! I’ll try to get Harper back for any followup questions.

 

🅻🅸🆅🅴 Interview With “Shandi” Bassist HARPER – Wednesday live show!

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man

🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode

Episode 129:  Interview with “Shandi” Bassist Harper

Grab A Stack of Rock is proud to announce a special mid-week LIVE episode:  Please join Mike as he speaks to Tom Harper, professionally known as Harper, the guy who played bass on the Kiss hit “Shandi”!   And not only that, but Harper later spent time at LucasArts, helping create some of the greatest video games of all time, including Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.  Believe us when we say that some of the stories that Harper has are not widely known, and could break the internet.

For example, did you know that the Thunderbird bass guitar that he played on “Shandi” was later loaned out to a legendary metal bassist, who played it on every song of his band’s landmark 1984 metal classic?  We’ll tell you who tonight.

Harper spent time in Peter Criss’ solo band, was friends with Ace Frehley, played with Michael Bolton, and of course played the bassline you know and love from a Kiss classic.  He has also recorded his own solo covers.  There is plenty to talk about tonight, from bass to video games.  Some of these things may blow your minds!

Since this is a special live episode, if you join us in the chat you can ask your own questions of Harper.  We already have some special guest questions to run.  Please don’t miss us tonight, this is going to be a good one!

 

 

Wednesday December 10 at 6:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.