Steven Van Zandt
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Oct 30, 2026
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It's named for the glitzy Las Vegas-like town amidst all the poverty.
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Guitarist Steve Van Zandt got Bruce Springsteen, Hall & Oates, and 50 other musicians to donate their time to make the strong political statement.
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They were looking for a way to express their outrage
Paul SimonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
at what was going on down there and what continues to be a a worsening situation.
Barbara VealePANELIST
In 1987, they recorded the title track to I Was a Teenage Zombie.
Barbara VealePANELIST
in the mid-1990s they helped to start the drag queen festival wigstock they toured america and europe open for chuck berry and james brown they were one of the last bands to play at the windows on the world restaurant at the world trade center and in 2002 played at a night of remembrance and hope festival at cbgb and the following year played at the cbgb 30th anniversary show In 2004, they played, Neil, do you know where? Little Stevens Underground Garage Festival.
Barbara VealePANELIST
Were you there? I
Neil RichterPANELIST
seem to remember being there.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's named for the glitzy Las Vegas-like town amidst all the poverty.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Guitarist Steve Van Zandt got Bruce Springsteen, Hall & Oates, and 50 other musicians to donate their time to make the strong political statement.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were looking for a way to express their outrage
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
at what was going on down there and what continues to be a a worsening situation.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's named for the glitzy Las Vegas-like town amidst all the poverty.
speaker_8SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Guitarist Steve Van Zandt got Bruce Springsteen, Hall & Oates, and 50 other musicians to donate their time to make the strong political statement.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were looking for a way to express their outrage at what was going on down there and what continues to be a a worsening situation.
Chris MolanphyHOST
The song made it culturally taboo to perform in South Africa.
Mark SimoneHOST
I told you no looting on that job.
Mark SimoneHOST
Remember there was one where you weren't supposed to take anything, but what's his name? Parisi said to Stevie Van Zandt, what do you think? And he goes, go ahead.
Mark SimoneHOST
What? You sure? I got your back.
Mark SimoneHOST
So apparently that's going on now.
Mark SimoneHOST
Remember there was one where you weren't supposed to take anything, but...
Mark SimoneHOST
What's his name? Parisi said to Stevie Van Zandt, what do you think? And he goes, go ahead.
Mark SimoneHOST
What? You sure? I got your back.
Mark SimoneHOST
So apparently that's going on now.
John ScherGUEST
You know, I remember him screaming at Bruce, jump off the stage, jump onto the piano.
John ScherGUEST
And Steve Van Zandt egging him on also.
John ScherGUEST
So I did that one year.
John ScherGUEST
And then the next year, I started doing more shows, started doing shows at the Rutgers Athletic Center, which is now Jersey Mike's, same building.
ScottHOST
coming to number four shaggy with hot shot
BrandHOST
Little Stevens with Bruce Springsteen, right? Not Billy Joel?
ScottHOST
Yes, sir.
BrandHOST
Okay.
Stine BendiksenGUEST
Magazine.
Scott SaldingerHOST
For 25 years, my guests today, Rocket and Sugar, have been the firepower behind Oslo's Cocktail Slippers, the all-female garage rock and power pop band whose high-energy sound caught the ear of the legendary little Stevie Van Zandt, landed them on Wicked Cool Records, and put them on stage as alongside artists, including one of my favorites, Elvis Costello, The Strokes, and Nancy Sinatra.
Scott SaldingerHOST
What started when Rocket helped carry a...
Scott SaldingerHOST
Previous band into a new identity as Cocktail Slippers has grown into a quarter century of friendship, lineup changes, relentless touring, glitter, grit, and refusing to stop making loud rock and roll music on their own terms.
22 MINS LATER
Scott SaldingerHOST
I think sometimes when you're either female or in the community and you're not normalized by other people.
Scott SaldingerHOST
So I applaud you for that.
Scott SaldingerHOST
I'm curious about the story about how Stevie Van Zandt discovered you and really helped fuel your progress over these years.
Scott SaldingerHOST
How did that all come about? Yeah,
MerkleyHOST
And maybe, of course, people could say that the Italians were cartoony too.
MerkleyHOST
Stevie Van Zandt.
MerkleyHOST
But Stevie Van Zandt acts like that all the time.
MerkleyHOST
Anyway.
MerkleyHOST
So, they have to have this little meeting outside.
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