TRIXTER STEVE BROWN - on touring with Scorpions, and working with Def Leppard manager.

Steve Brown is know throughout the ROCK N ROLL biz and one of the nicest guys out there. Full of energy and great stories of his past. We tapped into Steve's energy while he told us about early days of Trixter, his parents basement where they rehearsed, very first gigs, shopping the first deal, and meeting some of the biggest stars in the Metal. Steve's personality is very contagious. We think you will enjoy this 15min clip. Don't forgot to subscribe to 80s MRB and stay tuned for much more.

[@SteveBrownROCKS]

Thanks for having me on! Wonderful Job putting it together 🤟🏼⭐️🙏🏻💥

[@philmccracken8947]

DUDE, you Rock!!!

[@melissavaughnvoiceoverarti6436]

I could have easily listened to another hour of your fantastic stories. They are right - your positive personality is contagious :-) When we spoke, you and I, on the MoRC I really enjoyed our conversation. Here's to the next chat. ROCK ON, STEVE! Greetings from Spain! Melissa (proud wife of Danny, from Tyketto) :-)

[@SteveBrownROCKS]

@@melissavaughnvoiceoverarti6436 Thanks so much Melissa. Give Danny my love. See you soon 🤟🏼⭐️

[@Debra-k1f]

Love you Steve, you're one in a million ❤️

[@desertmomencounters8313]

Ya, but it isn't Trixter without Pete and Gus. People need to swallow their pride and bring back the magic . ❤

[@80smetalrecyclebin]

Steve is a buddy of ours. We had a great time with this interview. Thank you STEVE BROWN!!

[@ozzygonzalez8350]

Big shout out to Steve'O I always new he was going far and he did congrats bro, all best wishes.....

[@mastershredder78]

It's a bummer that MTV turned a cold shoulder against these types of rock bands. There's no reason that Nirvana and those "grunge" bands couldn't coexist with the hard rock bands from the 80's.

[@elimarsilvanikock7818]

true that bredren i was hooked on trixter firehouse and some bands of that time!!!!

[@hugolafhugolaf]

The problem is that back then (and still now, to some extent), the consumer didn't have much of a choice : they listened to what the major labels chose to release, and since the quality of glam/metal/hard rock bands was somewhat diluted, and grunge hit the ground running and became big overnight, the big labels all wanted to sign the next Nirvana or STP or Alice in Chains or whatever, because that's where the big bucks were. So they stopped promoting great metal bands with great musicians who made you forget about your problems, in favor of whiners in plaid shirts who reminded you of them.

[@iggypopisgod9]

@@hugolafhugolaf truth be told, the era ran its course and peaked with Appetite. Nobody topped that lp, till this day. Music industry is fickle: they always seek the next big thing. In this case, Seattle.

[@YBM2007]

@@hugolafhugolaf Rock music never recovered from the 'alternative wave' imho, the only good it brought was the Staley era AiC. Also a general impression is that the grunge-only fans are total losers, on par with nu metalheads

[@sirchromiumdowns2015]

The glam thing had been so played out by that time, it was bound to cause a revolt.

[@bobsorace8306]

I saw the Warrant, FIrehouse and Trixter show and it was amazing! It was also the last "80's metal" show I'd see until this shit kicked back up again in the 2000's. I'll always be an 80's metal guy at heart!

[@LBart218]

I saw that show too!

[@Debra-k1f]

Red Rocks 1990 ❤

[@paulcummings287]

this dude...is why I love 80s rock still....what a legend.

[@lauriesci]

Steve Brown is the best so humble and caring. 🤘❤stay golden my brother

[@leticiabromley6013]

Not a huge Trixter fan, but Steve's right about the look, which was not the hair metal look, that made them stand out--plus that first single 'Give It To Me Good' had an organic sound to it which also stood out. I will jump to the past decade, where Steve was called in twice by Def Lep to fill in for both Viv and Phil during Lep's tours, 2014 and 2018 respectively. Steve had their total confidence. Good guy.

[@melissavaughnvoiceoverarti6436]

Wow! I did not know that SB filled in for Viv and for Phil !!!! Kudos, indeed!

[@justinhayes7860]

The most underated shredder in the buisness.Has a gift of not just shredding but can write some ear candy that sticks with you ...and can produce some of slickest melodic hard rock I've ever heard...,one of my favorite musians

[@JasonDavisVoice]

Steve is a good dude and a huge talent. He's easily one of the top guitarists from the 80's hard rock era.

[@stevedamien638]

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[@wadeguidry6675]

It's a shame that these guys were basically getting big at the beginning of the end. This dude seems pretty cool. Love the story.

[@stevedamien638]

They opened for Scorpions when i saw them and we thought it was the roadcrew having fun on stage

[@dimetime333]

I love Trixter. In my car rotation now. I remember seeing Warrant, Trixter and Firehouse 3 different times. I think it was Blood, Sweat and Beers tour. I'd sit in my room for hours figuring out these guitar licks. Im petty sure I even lost my virginity to the first album. Fuckin' beautiful memories. Thanks for the music. Would love to see more of these interviews with Trixter.

[@ZKAttack]

Great interview - Steve is great, loved listening to this

[@scottperrin9655]

as a kid in a band only a few years younger than the guys in Trixter when they broke, they were a big inspiration in the "hey, we're only kids but we can do this" department. I've luckily been able to see them live twice...once in 91 and again in 2013...great live band

[@supersithlord]

His new band, Tokyo Motor Fist, is awesome!

[@jboling513]

great interview! this cat seems to have seen a lot and made it through in good shape. I like the positivity and humble-ness (sp?). thanks for sharing some detail behind what some us could only dream of SB!

[@joanchapman4664]

One of the nicest, down to earth and funniest guys I am glad to call a friend. So happy for his success.

[@Joseph-xp3hh]

I had the pleasure of opening up for Trixter here in Florida when they were just coming up still doing club tours , I remember walking past their dressing room as they were doing their pre show pump up , they hit the stage on fire !! and tore every ones heads off!! Very impressive for the age they were at.God bless em!!!

[@kevinkaatz883]

Steve is one of the better guitarists of the genre. And he sings great too

[@bagrat22]

Not only is Steve my friend, he was the greatest promoter of his band, I was a journalist in New Jersey and this dude could make a bag lady come to see his band. Talk soon brother. I miss those days.

[@johnnyblackout]

Great interview! And their ballad Surrender was huge on MTV too. That song was everywhere - and deservedly so - wonderful ballad. I really liked the follow-up record Hear! and the two albums they did for Frontiers as well.

[@martyblack7245]

The Entire Grunge Scene, stole Trixter’s look. I have screamed it for decades!… “Give it to me Good” & that whole first album kicked ass! It is one of my favorites of all time !definitely top 10 Steve Brown is super underestimated guitar players of the time. That Les Paul Mandolin work, is some good stuff!

[@stevebrown2239]

Steve Brown?!! Me too!! That’s my actual name, REAL name Steve Brown!! Can’t go wrong about it!! Loving it 😍!!! Thank You for posting!! The 80s was also MY era!! Thank You 🙏!!!!!

[@edwinjahnes2739]

It was cool watching you guys get bigger and bigger. Being from Dumont - I had a friend named Danielle who knew you guys . Danielle took me to the River edge diner one night and I met you guys. It was awesome seeing a young band from Bergen county make it big. Great Time in the 80’s.

[@littleclay5875]

Very cool story! It's awesome listening to these guys. Great channel

[@cancelbubble6535]

I was a casual fan of Trixter, meaning I only knew them from their MTV videos. I thought they were OK, but I never bought any of their albums. I saw them on the Warrant tour and thought they were pretty good. When their show started, their roadies were playing their instruments and Trixter came on stage and pretended to beat them up and take the instruments back. I thought that was kind of funny. They also did a cover of Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" where the drummer sang it and ran around the lower level of the arena high fiving fans. I thought that was cool. Steve and PJ also later went on in a band called "40 Ft. Ringo" which I thought was pretty good. PJ Farley has a couple of solo albums which are really good, too.

[@fer-nando5641]

A cool down-to-earth guy and extremely talented guitar player.

[@hnybee113]

GIVE IT TO ME GOOD!! I was a huge Trixter fan.

[@dinamarcaalexis]

This Guy is super cool...I can tell

[@rkline65]

This guy is such a talent. He’s pretty active on social media like instagram, and he has def kept busy over the years. But I am surprised he never latched on to somebody’s band, say like Lita Ford has had the same backing band for the past 10 years….just a more stable situation instead of all the jumping around he’s done from project to project.

[@rww71]

What’s awesome about this video is I just saw Trixter acoustic and met Steve and talked to him after the show - hearing him talk about Roth and other bands and being humble and cool makes this even better. Steve is cool as fuck. If he has an ego I didn’t see it - and I know how good he is as a guitarist and a song writer. Just wanted to say Steve is a great dude and puts on a great show. Go buy a ticket and ask him for a picture after the show - he will likely oblige.

[@ninevoltromeo]

Had the opportunity to meet Steve a couple times years back when he was playing with 40 Foot Ringo, when a band I worked for opened a couple of nights with them. Both Steve and PJ are cool guys. Was a lot of fun to see them.

[@yeahwella]

Great interview but it is too short! You left us hanging! Please have part 2.

[@tel5690]

Thanks Steve for sharing this. I remember seeing you guys in the 90's Good old days... You rock brother

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Great stuff. Great video and great info. Thanks

[@tylerthompson1842]

Such a great name for 80’s metal band lol

[@elimarsilvanikock7818]

brilliant musician , fits in any band like a golden glove

[@kenjoseph3733]

Seen Trixter summer of 91 in Syracuse NY. Met the band outside. Great guys. Great show.

[@maxinedavieds8102]

We loved TRIXTER back in the day, we live near Paramus,NJ. Great to see Steve with Wizards of Winter the past few years.

[@sconni666]

He acknowledged Voivod. Best part of the interview.

[@dizzyred1390]

This cat was a real player … he was no joke ! Great lines n melody classy guy

[@traveller1973]

I remember the Blood, Sweat, and Beers tour!! I saw it in Seattle. I can remember if it was at the colosseum or at the arena, but it was an awesome show.

[@drunkdadchronicles]

i used to talk a lot of smack over the years aimed at Trixter....my mistake these are humble, talented hard working dudes that love to rock and never deserved the treatment they got. Thanks Steve for sharing your story i had you guys pegged wrong, what a great story you have.

[@airikwilliams6720]

Love the band ,love the video and love the album !

[@jergervasi3331]

Steve is awesome. Check out his band Stereo Fallout!

[@Cookenour]

I caught one of Trixter's drumsticks! 2 Friends and myself got to see Trixter Fall of 90 with Slaughter and Poison at Freedom Hall here in Johnson City, TN. We were on the floor near the stage, and I had a beautiful brunette with brown eyes on my shoulders screaming for Steve Brown to look at her all the while I'm grinning to have her legs around my neck as she looked at him ;) Anyway, Trixter and Slaughter come out once Poison finished their set and all three bands sang KISS's "I want to rock and roll all night" as the closing. The three lead singers sang, three drummers drummed, and so on until the end and Trixter's drummer tossed a drumstick one way which led to a big gang up fighting for it. Then, he walked our way and tossed his other drumstick to which I jumped and caught it barely between two fingers and quickly pulled it close n tight. I stuffed it down my pants leg until in the parking lot. Naturally, the gorgeous friend, Autumn Pearce, asked if she could have it, and I gave it to her. Having her legs around my neck was worth way more than the drumstick.

[@HaXaW5150]

That's the luck ain't it? They were young enough to really have a long career and the tide changed. This was a good interview/good story.

[@Lowzone73]

I went to that middle school (East Brook Middle School) concert!!!

[@littleclay5875]

This is a really good interview, had to listen to it again, clearly a very cool guy. ... great story and got me utubing Trixter 🤘

[@0U812FU]

Great interview! Saw Steve at M3 last year with Tokyo motor fist.. definitely a band to check out if you have not.. great songs melodies and Ted poley singing. Much respect to Steve as guitarist as you know he has musicians respect when he's filling in for Vivian Campbell.

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Nissssssssssssssssssce 🍻 Great band live! Saw them studio1 1990 , great show!

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

I met the entire band Trixter in Akron, OH back in the day. All very cool guys.

[@bonzo5033]

Steve, we played before you guys in Staten Island back in the day. You plugged in during our sound check it i remember correctly. Good times. We were Flashpointe. NJ was rockin'.

[@Wolfgang19675150]

Steve is so cool and down to earth!

[@jaymzscratchin8553]

Saw them on the Scorpions tour in Vancouver.Was fantastic.

[@Presto1125]

Saw Trixter & Great White open for the Scorpions @ Meadowlands Arena, NJ! Great show!

[@johnkilpatient1509]

Love those 1st two records. Rocking Horse... jammin'! Think I'll listen to the Hear album in the car tomorrow.

[@hnybee113]

I was at that Irvine Meadows show. 😆 🤣 😂 😹

[@huppmoile]

This got algorithmed into my suggesteds right between Yngwie and Nuno… and I’m a better person for it. New subscriber ☕️

[@seanmerriott535]

I was in a gas station in Florida and looking at them on the cover of a magazine and PJ and Guss walked In while I was looking at them on a magazine cover! Crazy… they signed it for me .

[@jeffalfred5785]

I saw the Trixter, Warrant , Firehouse show. Awesome.

[@creeper2054]

Even though Trixter was different in some ways, a lot of the bands were the same. That is what killed it.

[@debradebra9746]

Was never a fan of Trixter but this guy's impersonation of Diamond Dave is on point.

[@williambroadstreet3353]

Nutha place nutha time Steve may well have been selected over Vivian for Leppard. Steve still plays Wolfgangs, and he has been an extremely versatile and solid fill in for Leppard when Collen could not play, and Viv due to cancer treatment.

[@gunnvictorika3418]

Great stories 🤘🏻

[@gregc8483]

I seen Trixter open for the scorpions in Saint Louis at the Arena.

[@mavowar72]

Loved Trixter…. Until I saw them live on the Blood Sweat and Tears tour.

[@pokemontepig31]

If you haven’t already, check out Tokyo Motor Fist that he is doing with Ted Poley of Danger Danger

[@srh361]

I saw Trixter, Firehouse and Warrant in Atlanta.

[@gregsimmons694]

Thanks for sharing! God bless and savior JESUS keep us safe always!

[@e-rod1596]

They came into the game like 5 years too late.

[@johnmoore9654]

We got offered to open up for trixxter in Everett. Not sure what happened, but at the time, I wasn't interested when my guitarist got the gig. The drummer and myself laughed. But they had 1 or 2 good songs

[@thewaragainstcars]

He has issues with the drummer which is why you won't be seeing Trixter anytime soon. Great channel!

[@thedude4672]

Tired of Nirvana being the scapegoat to explain why hair metal lost its central spot in pop music. Nonsense. It had just run its course.

[@80smetalrecyclebin]

Maybe “dude”, but that’s your opinion. Maybe you had to be in that seat first hand to really know. We respect all here.

[@martinmayfield1932]

Very True. Every genre of music runs it’s course

[@totigerus]

10:45 ZABBA DOOBA! Why does DLR never make sense? lol

[@StepUPNJ]

Interesting interview .. why do you have to have the annoying background music? It's very distracting.

[@timwhite5562]

😂 Trixter.

[@ThatMetalInterviewPodcast]

Kool

[@tomowens7499]

the first tokyo motor fist album sounds like the best def leppard album in thirty years... steve should produce leppard, they need a shot in the arm and steve knows 'their sound' better than THEY do! love leppard, but their albums are boring now. ditto bon jovi

[@jamesbedford3774]

Wasn't a massive fan of the first record, but 'Hear!' is fantastic. It's a real shame that a lot of those hard rock bands released their best albums at the wrong time (with hindsight).

[@Marshall_EL34]

…that photo at .38 though …..

[@hssilva63]

Who plays the song in the end of the video? 14:04

[@ryananthony4840]

Damn..... Imagine being an 80's band just starting to make it at the end end of the 80's and then music went to the toilet and turned upside down......😬😖😵😜😂

[@davidhill7234]

The new ownership of mtv are who wiped the good music out.

[@kevins5833]

Not a word said about touring with the scorpions...

[@philmccracken8947]

Wrong! Not only does he talk about touring with the Scorpions, they show the ticket stub to that exact lineup at the Meadowlands. Did you watch the whole thing?? Straight up says “our single went to number one and we went on tour with the Scorpions”. 12:56 is the pic of the stub.

[@kevins5833]

@@philmccracken8947 A picture of a stub, and simply saying they went on tour with the Scorpions does not in any way describe what It was like to actually tour with the scorpions, as the title of the video implies. The title Is deceptive, that's my point. Now go drink some spiked eggnog and relax...

[@philmccracken8947]

@@kevins5833 relax? You’re funny. You said “not a word said about touring with scorpions”, Now just a picture of the stub and they just didn’t describe enough? You were simply wrong, it’s ok. Yes, eggnog rather than hurrying to criticize something online

[@gofast3209]

1st comment!! Great band

[@yeahright302]

what happen to pete?

[@VS-kn5uq]

why they always cut interviews - it is like they are unfinished business - c'mon man

[@jimmybanta4520]

They were candy for girls

[@geemac7267]

All of these videos end up with how Nirvana ruined the music. lol

[@sethkaicer319]

The recycle bin showed the Scorpions that there was no one like you.

[@TotalSinging]

Trixter was too little, too late. Came onto the scene when the scene was already over.

[@gunstargizmo]

Hair metal was already on the way out before grunge became popular. Some controversial music videos and live performances by bands such as Megadeth, didn't help matters. There was a steady decline in how much the genre was being promoted by labels as well. They were just waiting for something to become popular enough to fill the gap.

[@justinwalker7178]

He still touring with rainbow

[@someguysomewhere100]

Who the fuck cut that guys hair, I mean seriously did they do it blindfolded and I hope he didn’t pay for it!

[@SteveBrownROCKS]

I cut my own hair 😂

[@anthonylove821]

@@SteveBrownROCKS don’t feel so bad about the comment. I shave my head and completely bald. Lol. I used to hang out with a girl named jenn from dumont and I think she dated PJ when your first album came out. She knew all of you guys well. I went to the Paramus diner about a year ago. Do you guys still hang there?

[@marciocoelho2481]

I still don't see Nirvana as the big game changer, for me it was Guns n Roses.

[@michaelh2471]

Sugar Belly

[@mikeystarr775]

Scorpions, not THE Scorpions

[@Mikethompson303]

Bands like this are why Nirvana became such a thing. They were derivative of bands that were already derivative of led Zeppelin and kiss and Sabbath.

[@larrylambert1220]

I blinked, and the whole era was gone.

[@8Junio76]

It looks like he cut his hair himself