Great White Audie Desbrow. Jail, Drugs, And Rock & Roll. The Real Story!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Great White was one of the most iconic rock bands of the 80's. So many great songs that still wind up on all the classic rock radio stations today. We sat down with Great White drummer Audie Desbrow. He's an amazing story teller who keeps it completely real. In this smart, funny, and very surprising interview we think even the die hard fan will be shocked as to what we learn. Audie leaves it all out on the table. This episode is brought to you by our newest sponsor, Westlake Drum Center!. Enjoy!
Great White was such an underrated band! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
If the band has reached platinum status, they simply cannot be underrated. Get a thesaurus.
Awesome band. "Hooked" and "Psycho City" are terribly underrated albums and Mark Kendall is *criminally* underrated as a guitarist. Shame about the revolving door of singers and that they couldn't keep it together.
loved GW in the 80's, still listen
The Great White and White snake tour in the 80s was the best!
Met Great white about 10 years ago and got backstage passes. Hung out with them for about an hour and they offered us beers and sandwiches. Just sat around and chatted with them. The absolute nicest and coolest guys we ever met.
I'll never forget back around 2001 when myspace was a thing, I sent Audie a message for shits and giggles and I told him how he had the best sounding bass drum i've ever heard, especially in the part halfway through Mista Bone when it gets really quiet and all you can hear Is that beautiful bass drum sound, he replied and told me all about his kit, the heads and beater used, etc. Freaking amazing! I'll never forget that. I bet if you email Lars, he wouldn't give 2 shits about you LOL
I met Metallica in '84 at a meet and greet... while they still played CLUBS.
James and Lars were the biggest asswholes you could ever meet.
Same here! He was great at responding back to people on MySpace
Lars who?
@@stepanbandera5206 😃🤘😆😆😆😆😆
If Lars made his email public he'd get 10,000 emails a day.
I've always said Audie is such an under rated drummer. One of my favorites. Great White entire band so so talented. Gonna Miss Jack. RIP. One of the most soulful voices of Rock N Roll
I was thrilled when I saw Great White open for Whitesnake in '88 at The Forum in L.A. What a great show. I'd already been a fan of GW for a few years at that point and was thrilled to see them finally at The Forum. I remember Jack Russell said something to that effect like, "It took us ten years, but we finally made it to The Forum!" That was so inspiring to a young musician like me. I still haven't played The Forum, but I've played bigger gigs than I ever imaged, had some great times. What impressed me most about GW live that night was how spot on they were, how in the pocket they played. Absolutely rock-solid set. Mark Kendall is a criminally underrated guitar player and Jack is one of the best vocalists ever in the history of rock. What a voice! And Audie was great on drums, Lardie was great on keys, backing vocals and rhythm guitar, and Lorne Black held down the bassline. Whitesnake was great and it was wonderful to finally see Coverdale getting his due and the whole band was amazing. But at the end of the night, I realized Great White were by every measure their equal and could also have been headlining that night.
Good dude, love the stories. Im 63-great rock NEVER gets old!
Audie I hope you see this, dude its been 45 years, we go all the way back to Sky People days, our bands played a few gigs together back in the 80s , fantastic to see you still rockin after all these year...man did we have fun....be safe brother
Ive always thought Audie was up there among the greats , just one badass drummer .I was on his wagon from the start...Hi-way nights, double bass getting it thru the whole damn song, love Audie's drumming....
Thanks Audie - you the man!
Missed you guys...keep'em coming!!
For me i have the Great white Jack Russell albums. That is enough for me. New singer not into drugs or booze and can totally sing. That great by me. 53 and still love Great white. Keep rocking. Ron Indianapolis.
From the time I turned into a Metalhead at 13 I have never picked my fav bands by if they were the biggest most popular band it was always about the music. Great White’s music spoke for itself. Jump in the car go cruise and crank it up. One of hard rocks great vocalists. Mark had a way with his guitar work of knowing when to burn it up and knowing when to let the lyrics rock the song. We all were so lucky to have lived thru the best years to be young and know what real music was all about!
Awesome to watch Audie enjoyed all three times I seen you guys. With Jack, Terry, and Jani Lane. You and I both have Birthdays in May. So cool ❤😊 🎶
I’m a 90’s grunge kid that just recently got into GW! Love them!
Met Audie last Summer..we opened..very nice guy..very
I love these videos, I could listen to these stories for hours. I feel bad for the maid but that coke-story cracked me up. Brilliant.
Great White, great band from day one!
Loved Great White. Save all your love👍👍👍👍
Nice interview. Im a Alice in Chains type 90s music and classic rock guy but lately have my car set to Hair Nation. These bands were legit good.
Wait til you find out Alice in Chains was a Hair Band.
@@JimNedCreekYeah, I saw them opening for Extreme at Hammerjacks, Baltimore. 😂
Seen great white with Tesla in mid 90s best show I’ve ever seen still one of the best
This blows my mind! I had ZERO idea Jack Russell dealt with such crazy issues. 😮. I was like 10 when I discovered Great White in the 80’s! I wore those tapes OUT! Gosh. I hope the guy is in a better place
Great White in there it don't get better than that !
In their prime
I definitely agree…I’m a big Tommy Aldridge fan myself..I’ve been drumming for about 35 years myself
Audie... my teacher of all drums!!
Good to see Audie still rock n rollin, great stories too
Great interview... good stuff Audie!
Jani Lane kicked ass in GW!! I would have loved to hear Jani & GW produce some original shit. I bet it would have really worked!
Saw them open for Whitesnake back in 87. They were solid!
I did too, in Columbia, S.C....same year , yes, yes, yes....Great White kicked ass , as did Whitesnake..great damn show !
Me too , they were better than whitesnake
Caught them last June in OAK Grove KY and they were nothing short of fantastic. I dig the new singer Brett! He really has a great stage presence! I'm really hoping to see them again!
That's not great white
Still got one of Audie’s drumsticks from a great show at the Marquee in London in 1987 🥁
I've never met these guys but I've only heard good things about them . I've met a lot of bands though. My Uncle was the GM at Dayton Hara Arena from the late 77'- 89' and I practically lived there. When he took over in 77' i was 12 years old. In 78' Nazareth played there and Dan McCafferty was probably the nicest coolest person i ever met. Before they went on I played an acustic cover of Jet Lag for them backstage and I remember him being so excited that here was this 13 year old American kid playing his song. The whole band signed my guitar. Now 45 years later I've still got that guitar, and we've got a pretty tight bar band playing that song every Saturday night. The only song in our set that I take the lead vocal on... we do things a different way, back in the USA
I saw Great White and Tesla there in 88
I jammed with Audie & Tracy .G & later joined the the Tracy G band . Memories
I loved Great White. Saw them open for Judas Priest in probably 82 or 83.......I think Hooked was my favorite album.
You have a wonderful way of seeing the guys get everything done before the time you are feeling well I'm glad you made it
Ha ! I was a knucklehead teen drummer in the late 70’s myself and I did the Columbia House record thing too.
I got Jonny Winter , Kiss alive 1 , Jeff Beck Edger Winter and I think a Montrose Anyway still have all my records
Audie you are a very talented drummer and Im not ashamed to say, I copied some of your playing style back in the day. 👍
Love this #audiedesbrow #greatwhite #jackrussellsgreatwhite
Incredible story!! To make it through all that... well said, great story telling, thanks for sharing!
I remember back in the day trying to play Bruford and Bonham 🤣🤣🙃 .
Another awesome video boys, thanks and keep up the good work
I bet you I've seen Great White 30 times in the 80's and early 90's.
Those are some great stories
Yeah Mitch Malloy was in there for a while.
I went to a Great White and Dokken show in the late 90s in Kingsport Tennessee at a hotel ballroom (Meadowview Convention Center) seriously couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 hundred people in attendance but was awesome and after the show out in the parking lot as they were loading everything in there tour buses a couple of the guys in Great White asked me and a buddy if we had any weed and we did so they invited us on the bus and we all sat there for a hour or so and got high as hell lol dudes were as kool as could be with no egos whatsoever .just down to earth dude like we were .
I saw you guys open your tour in Kalamazoo. I will never forget that! Thank you. I still have my Great White CDs. Always will.
This was one of the best interviews!
this is very fun interviews
Saw them in 1984 they opened for Judas Priest.
You're Insight and honesty Living through it. You're so right. You do chop right through it caught you live in 22.
You got a great pop
And your energy Rock me.
Love this channel. Bring us more!
Sounds like it's next to impossible to replace Jack Russell.
Yes! Band-Maid!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One smooth Drummer, he's there when he needs to be, Stellar Player. Saw him a few times over the decades 🤘
That guy made it through fairly unscathed..he's all there. 😊
Seems like a really cool guy
Holy shit! This one was pretty entertaining!
This one should have been longer. Must’ve snow great stories there.
Awesome. Glad to see a new post……it’s been too long!!
Bought that cassette when it came out. Stickit!
Same time white snake and black n blue and Zi think y an t all came out at the same time. Only 4 I bought around that time.
I've seen you guy's in Victorville Ca back in 2016. And Grew up in La Puente Dude.😅
The psycho City album should have had several top 40 hits. Best Great White album.
Sounds like the same resurrection story that Skid Row is experiencing with their younger singer. Good for you guys. Still wish you all could reconcile with Jack, but the show must go on.
RIP Jack
Good lord I never knew how many singers they went through
Loved great white all those years with Jack. Jani filled in nicely. The dude was so talented but he wasn’t an official member. All the other singers just didn’t fit at all for me and I would checkout from every singer and just wished Jack was back but I understand why and I’m still a big Jack fan he’s still sounding great but hearing this guy with them it seems to fit a lot better to me than those other singers and happy for the band. Keep it going Audie✌🏼
all bull shit aside, life is short, would love to see the original line up back even just for a one off show, jacks health is not getting any better, would be cool to just go do a show as friends shake hands and just go about your day, cause after someone in the band dies its gonna be wish we could have played together one more time..
......and I thought I had wild drug stories.......ha
I always thought Mark was every bit a player EVH was, no jokes, you don't think so go play some of Marks stuff Mark just wasn't all this flashy gimmicky stuff . . a lot of folks specially non guitar players have no idea whats Ed does, all his tricks and gimmicks whereas Mark is more of a solid player, he often picks every note and some very very fast stuff that makes your fingers sore real quick, and your picking wrist, Ed was a LOT of hammer on pull off stuff, I mean think about it, finger "tapping" that's a hammer on so people should know you can play an entire solo without a picking hand or anything picking strings, whereas there are other pure players that pluck each note and don't use much hammer on or pull off and on that uber fast stuff its a BICH to keep up without tons of practice and you must stay in good shape, take a year back you don't jump in where you left off you have to develop again, yea Ed was a LOT of gimmicky stuff alternating hammer on pluck, 4 notes only 2 were plucked so its a lot easier to sounds super fast, Ed had a space between his notes, which leaves time for your picking hand to catch up whereas Mark has this one song where he comes in and its this half note to full note roll like a drummer would do and I tried it and I was like still don't sound right welp he was picking every single note at insane speeds.. and Mark is a great rhythm player as well, its just a different style and tone package, lyrics are the same in a lot of ways high notes, women whiskey drugs and cars, they were the same a lot I thought the range was just different as Daves voice was a bit lower than Jacks so it was a lot of mid rangy stuff whereas jacks voice was a lot of high note stuff and again there wasn't the gimmicky pull off slide to stuff Ed liked to play in VH's rhythms and leads and people hadn't heard much of that so they thought Ed was some kind of guru in the flesh when really he just adapted to his own style what was easy for him to play best guess is Ed wasn't that great of a picker so to keep up he had to develop that kind of style, its all good, its all good music, not a competition in my opinion . . but pick up a guitar play some of Eds stuff then jump over to Marks stuff you'll see what I am talking about.. Mark had or has oodles of guitar talent, oodles .. Ed did to but imma put Mark above Ed for technical playing ability, prowess, not talking musically or melodically that's all subjective.. Melodically maybe Ed gets there? i like em both just as much so I cannot call that one, ROCK AND FUG#EN ROLL!!!!
Hard drinking over decades can cause dementia in your older years. My dad died from it. Loved his music.
There's like 5 Great Whites now.
He was a good ass drummer loved his drum kits
58 times !
Thank God we couldn't get a babysitter that night... we've seen Dokken and other bands at the Station...she loved Great White...they always had the rest doors locked...all 8 of them chained...God rest their souls...100% the owner's fault
Let’s not forget the code enforcement officer who signed off on the safety inspection of that venue.
Terry was good. The album Full Circle is pretty badass
I smoked a joint with Audie outside tipatina’s in New Orleans. Dude was cool as f*ck!
Get Jack back ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I remember seeing Great White opening for Judas Priest on JP's Defenders of the Faith tour in 85, at Stabler arena in Bethlehem, it must of been after Great White's release of their self titled LP, because they still had a harder edge, and a more metal sound than the broader commercial, radio friendly fare that helped propel them to fame in the mid/late 80's. I remember I ordered the cassette from Columbia House after seeing them, Out of the Night, Stick it, and a cover of the Who's Substitute is about I remember from it tho. Great White was always kinda mid, imo
That was 1984. 😉
Did the band Centaur make an album?
What's.going.man.doing.all.right.
Very cool interview. I'll say this...Jack is always going to be Great White (though I understand the split) and Terry...he was fantastic. And now what...on their 5th singer? Are we sure Great White doesn't have a Mark Kendall problem?
Jack could sing but was a asshole back in dante fox! Great band but a big part was lorn (doyle) black r.i.p. who was a great guitarist. He lived with my friend mike. We went to school together he actually taught me how to play closer to the heart by rush. Partying took a tole on Lorne and sadly he passed way to young. He mentions Lorne and sadly not one of them attended his funeral or sent condolences.
Audster
As a Union Card holder “The Road” is venues and Local Crews wiping ur ass. The real heroes are the Local the Roadie don’t do crap Exocet leave garbage on the stage
Is Brett the band's 6th lead singer?
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Jack's the only vocals
Like a Cholo was a great band.
I worked a show on the technical crew for this band when Mitch Mallory fronted them and he was a great singer but I agree he didn't fir the mold. He was hired by Van Halen to replace Roth and then got inducted to the hall of fame I believe and the band wanted Roth to sing on the show and Roth came back so they screwed Mitch. He is a great vocalist that get a crowd going but I didn't think he fit the Great White hard rock mold. I think it was obvious to everyone but they all say the same thing. Great vocalist, wrong band. That's what happens when you are in this business and have had name notoriety. I also worked a show with them as a tech in a casino when Jack Russel came back which was long before the first time and it was not long after that Jack was gone forever. He had to sit on a stool. We were told he was recovering from some kind of back injury. but he belted those songs out perfectly. I worked with them many times back in the day just working as a stagehand before I got into production work and just starting in the arena rock days.
Bill Ward
Imagine if Audie went out with a woman named Mercedes, and they owned a BMW.
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They are agreat band it's to bad jack got involved with drugs and Alcohol after that nightclub fire alot of people that know hom say he blames himself and never got past it
This band is pretty sad ! Jack is a physical mess but he still has the voice go figure ! Either get back together and have some respectably or call it a day !
Such a one-sided view on life. Why should they call it quits when people enjoy going to these new shows?
@gregc8483 one sided it's sad if you enjoy a non great white cover band by all means go! I saw them when they were a local band I'd like to preserve the memory not some broken down jack or some kid singing rock me
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Lots of Fun Then
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I wish these musicians from the 70s,80s and 90s would cut there hair,quit the hair dye and grow old gracefully. Let the young bands have there chance. You all will never get your youth back. Just quit trying to look your twenties. It ain't working bro
This guy is a moron. Janies gf. Gee who was that. Watch a video
Better guy now a f prick when they opened for Alice in Jan '90 and again for Scirpions months later April '90.
Nobody cared them we were 5 6 feet tall tattooed guys by my mustang 1969 blasting the album Hooked just by the arena door they walked in both times he ignored and walked like a diva passing us.
Tracy G yikes he brought Dio to nightclubs level by joining the band.
is he a better person now or did you grow up?
@@stratonut...lol well put
It's wasn't Tracy g it was the dissolution of metal and the rise of grunge and did wasn't releasing great stuff in the 90s
@@randymoran67 The 90s was the hey decade for Thrash Metal,the coming of Pantera,ect
what you talk about??
were you even there then?
Ozzy,Priest,ect were filling up arenas.
Metal fans never cared grunge or if they did they still liked metal.
woooa bro,,?
Listen to the Dio g albums,,
@@stratonut He grew up'
Thx for your fish IQ reply bro
Nice interview i was hige fan but no Jack i cant have it still GW…same goes for any band, VH was DLR, when bands change singers for whatever reason they have change names-all but 1 band for me-ACDC is only exception
PCP. Waqawawawawa…lol!!!!!!
The 90’s in Myrtle Beach SC, The Purple Gator Rock n Roll Club, my Squaw said we saw Great White.🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️Blurry Decade , if she says we did? We did.
I grew up in Norwalk California from '76 to '86 and Great white is still my Favorite band. I was born in Fullerton and Raised on pure fucking Rock and roll.
One word of advice if your ever in Norwalk stay awy from the " one ways and dont fuck with Norwalk Sheriff's department. Bad juju baby.
Audie Desbrow 🥁
Great interview !!!!❤❤❤