Mr. Big Wants To Be With You

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Mr. Big founding bassist Billy Sheehan and singer Eric Martin bring the rock & roll to TIJ! Billy talks about starting Mr. Big right after leaving the David Lee Roth “Eat ‘Em And Smile” solo band, and he and Eric tell the story of their surprise hit single, “To Be With You,” the role that MTV played in their success, and what it was like touring with Rush and Bryan Adams in the 90s. They talk big in Japan, losing drummer Pat Torpey last year, and whether Mr. Big will ever tour again. Plus, Billy has tons of ridiculously hilarious stories from this days with David Lee Roth including skunk beer garage sessions, Canadian “peelers,” and the historic reunion gig that never was. Billy also tells the true story about how he nearly joined Van Halen himself!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Alright, welcome to Talk Is Jericho, it is the pod of fun and rock and roll and today
0:17.5	we return to rock and roll with Mr. Big.
0:20.4	Billy Sheen started Mr. Big after leaving Dave Lee Ross, Edam and Smile solo band and
0:25.4	singer Eric Martin, hilarious guy.
0:27.2	They got stories about how they first met the early days of the band.
0:30.6	Their surprise number one hit song to be with you and of course Billy's got all the scoop
0:35.3	about David Lee Roth and what it was like recording and touring with the legendary Van
0:39.3	Haill and singer in the mid 80s.
0:41.2	You know there was some debauchery going on there and it's Friday.
0:44.6	So you know what that means.
0:45.6	It's time for the Duff Macaygan joke of the week.
0:48.6	Hey Chris Jericho, Duff Macaygan, you know we're into a popular with these joke things
0:53.8	where people are sending it jokes in for me to tell you.
0:58.0	So I got to get props to Kevin Mahia for sending this fun in.
1:02.4	It is this.
1:03.4	Did you hear about the guy who invented the door knocker?
1:08.0	He won the Nobel Prize.
1:12.2	Thank you very much.
1:13.2	Good bye.
1:14.2	Good job Kevin.
1:15.2	I like that.
1:16.2	If you guys have you want to participate, send your jokes to the Twitter at Talk Is Jericho
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