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Backstage Pass

By: Pantheon Media
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  • Backstage Pass is a series of six episodes that tracks the evolution in the early 70’s of an era when production and staging exploded in the ‘rock and roll’ industry. Get your own Backstage Pass and go on the road to some of the biggest and most iconic ever musical events during that time.  Hear how the industry grew from the Moody Blues touring with two small trucks in the UK carrying all their equipment accompanied by just a handful of ‘roadies’ to Abba, the Rolling Stones and many bands and artists having multiple articulated or semi trucks on the road. The growth was seismic - Abba’s fleet of trucks had ‘Abba bigger than Volvo’ emblazoned on the side - tours criss crossed continents, massive crews and endless road boxes and crates of gear and specialist equipment travelled by air as well as road and shows would take days to set up and take down. With your Backstage Pass you will hear from some of those that were there. Their stories, told with warmth, affection and humour will tell you how they made it happen. You will also hear how some of the crew(s), went from being the archetypal long haired hippies dressed in blue denim to carve out long careers for themselves to become internationally recognised and acclaimed industry leaders in the field of stage lighting and production. Whatever line they are now in, all are agreed that working with the lighting company was the ‘best apprenticeship ever’. They are waiting to share their stories so grab your Backstage Pass and join them.   Backstage Pass is a podcast mini-series produced by Chris Smith and Christian Swain edited by Jerry Danielsen and is a joint production with Pantheon Podcasts, the home for music lovers. 
    2022
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Episodes
  • The Metallica Report: Trailer

    The Metallica Report: Trailer
    Jul 24 2023
    The Metallica Report is coming! Keep up with all things Metallica by going straight to the source for your news. This weekly report is hosted by Steffan Chirazi, long-time rock scribe and editor of the band’s online mag, So What!, and Renée Richardson, a well-known Bay Area radio personality who now oversees the band’s foundation, All Within My Hands.   Steffan and Renée will keep you in the loop each week with updates, features, and interviews. They’ll also get YOUR questions answered by those in the know. It’s your quick, weekly fix covering our most relevant topics of the day. The first report drops this Wednesday July 26! http://metallica.lnk.to/TheMetallicaReport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • Episode 6: Where are They Now?

    Episode 6: Where are They Now?
    May 4 2022
    In this the final episode of Backstage Pass, our six part series telling the story of the development of rock and roll lighting and production in the seventies by  those that made it all happen, we hear about the various crew members scattering to the four corners of the world and what they are doing now.  They are multi talented as you will have heard in the previous episodes of Backstage Pass and job descriptions range from sheep farming in New Zealand, to becoming a trade envoy, from heading a multi national lighting company to founding an internationally renowned restaurant chain. A few others have remained in the business one of who is now recognised as one of the world’s top lighting designers, another is one of Europe’s top rigging experts, both worked on the London 2012 Olympic games, whilst others run their own exhibition and event staging consultancy, a conference and wedding venue, previously a recording studio, another heads up a ticketing agency in Canada, whilst teaching fly fishing and making chocolate chip cookies feature too and not just as hobbies. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Episode 5: The End is in Sight

    Episode 5: The End is in Sight
    Apr 28 2022
    At the start of the penultimate episode of Backstage Pass, giving more than a unique insight behind the scenes into the world of rock and roll, you can hear about a band coming to blows, which was not unusual, doing the hard yards and making the deals, having your own wizard in the company cupboard, making waves of the ocean kind and taking to the high seas, a glowing press review which led to strained relations, the start of big outdoor shows in the UK, the gentleman star drummer who didn’t have a backstage pass and fell foul of onstage security and ESP Lighting giving birth to EST, a trucking company and how they both keep rolling. Part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
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