The Heavy Hooks Show Ollie Winiberg

Ollie chat with Dream Theaters bassist, John Myung!

Ollie welcomes drummer Mike Portnoy (WineryDogs, Sons of Apollo, Dream Theater, Liquid Tensions Experiment and more....) to the Heavy Hooks Show!

Protocol and ex-Toto drummer, Simon Phillips joins Ollie to talk about his career. Simon has drummed for Jeff Beck, The Who, Judas Priest, Nik Kershaw, Joe Satriani and many more. He talks about his time in Toto, the history of heavy metal, his biggest Spinal Tap moment, trialling for AC/DC and whether or not the opportunity is now easier for people to become musicians than it was in a time before the internet.

Australian guitar sensation, Plini, joins Ollie to talk about his career. From being voted the best guitarist in prog rock to being endorsed by Steve Vai. Plini has celebrated millions of streams world wide and he opens up about his journey through the music industry whilst giving some fantastic advice for aspiring musicians.

With over 260,000 subscribers on YouTube, Doug Helvering has become an internet sensation just from releasing reaction videos to rock, metal and everything in between. During his video's Doug dissects music and educates his audience as to what he is hearing. Having reacted to bands like Tool, Metallica and Slipknot, Ollie wanted to get to know the legend that is, Doug Helvering.

Nightwish lead singer, Floor Jansen, chats to Ollie about her solo work, the future of Nightwish, being branded as "female fronted" and being the inspiration behind the name of a new species of Beetle (not Beatle!)