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Scarecrow’s John Blaze Guests On “If These Walls Could Talk” With Hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss Wednesday March 25th, 2026
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their audience along for a fantastic ride.
John Blaze will be a featured guest on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 at 2 PM ET live from the infamous Pangea Restaurant.
Wendy Stuart is an author, celebrity interviewer, model, actor, filmmaker and along with If These Walls Could Talk she hosts TriVersity Talk, a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community.
Tym Moss is a popular NYC singer, actor, and radio/tv host who recently starred in the hit indie film “JUNK” to critical acclaim.
SCARECROW is a hard-rock band founded in 1989 by writer, producer, and lead vocalist John Blaze, whose gritty voice and theatrical vision helped shape the band’s distinctive sound and image. Emerging during the final wave of the late-80s hard rock era, SCARECROW quickly developed a reputation for powerful live performances and a dramatic stage presence that blended raw rock energy with a darker, almost cinematic storytelling style.
The original lineup featured Jim Harris on drums, Rickie Panzica (Rick Anthony) on bass, and Eddie Ojeda—known for his work with Twisted Sister—on guitar. From the beginning, Blaze embraced a raspy, aggressive vocal tone that perfectly matched the band’s pounding instrumentation and helped create the gritty identity that fans would come to associate with SCARECROW.
The Early Years
SCARECROW made their explosive debut in September 1989 at the legendary Sundance nightclub on Long Island, immediately captivating audiences. Their performance generated a strong following almost overnight. The venue’s owner, Frank Cariola, became an early supporter, recognizing the band’s potential and helping fuel the growing buzz around their shows.
Throughout the early 1990s, SCARECROW recorded and toured extensively. The band eventually signed with Redlight Records in Illinois, releasing their debut album featuring a collection of powerful hard-rock tracks produced by Blaze himself. The release gained attention domestically and internationally, even reaching audiences as far as Japan.
Evolution and Line-Up Changes
Like many rock bands navigating the changing music landscape of the 1990s, SCARECROW experienced several lineup shifts. Guitarist Jimmy Quinn joined the band, expanding the sound with a second guitar. Later, drummer Bobby Marks, known for his work with Humble Pie, joined the lineup. During this time, Eddie Ojeda returned to the spotlight with Twisted Sister while SCARECROW continued its journey with Quinn on guitar.
Despite these changes, the band remained committed to recording and performing, building a loyal fan base and refining its hard-rock style while keeping the dramatic intensity that defined their early years.
A Theatrical Reinvention
In the 2020s, John Blaze expanded the SCARECROW concept beyond music, creating a theatrical stage production titled “I AM SCARECROW.” The show incorporated storytelling, music, and Blaze’s signature stage makeup to bring the darker persona of the SCARECROW character to life.
To celebrate the band’s legacy, Blaze released a compilation album, “Best of SCARECROW,” marking two decades of music. The project featured performances by notable musicians including guitarist George Cintron, drummer John Miceli, and bassist Danny Miranda—who has performed with Queen alongside Brian May and Paul Rodgers.
The New Era — “Twisted”
In 2026, SCARECROW entered a new chapter with the release of “Twisted,” one of the most ambitious tracks of Blaze’s career. Inspired by his long-standing friendship with Dee Snider and the legacy of Twisted Sister, the song delivers a modern, radio-ready rock sound while staying true to the band’s heavy roots.
The track features Dee Snider providing powerful guest vocals during the climactic second verse and chorus. Additional contributions include violin work by Mark Wood of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, lead guitar by TJ Jordan, and drums by Bobby Marks. The single is available across major streaming platforms, including Spotify and iTunes, with a music video planned to support live performances in 2026.
The Legacy
Across decades of evolution, SCARECROW has remained driven by John Blaze’s vision of blending hard rock, theatrical storytelling, and relentless musical energy. From underground clubs on Long Island to international releases and theatrical productions, the band continues to push forward.
SCARECROW — the best is yet to come.
Watch John Blaze from Scarecrow on “If These Walls Could Talk” with hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss on Youtube here:
Michele Ducci has unveiled the second single, ‘Woman Like You’, from his forthcoming album and animated film ‘Snail in the Clouds’.
‘Woman Like You’ pairs bright distorted electric guitar with an electronic drumbeat, adding in Ducci’s soulful vocals and a catchy uplifting chorus with Letizia Mandoleisi’s sweet vocal harmonies. A vintage organ pedalboard operated by Ducci simultaneously generates chords, bass and rhythm, like a one-man band. Shane Kennedy (Girl in the Year Above) joins in on guitar. Simon Milner (Is Tropical, Ysing) recorded and produced the track at his 4am Studios in London.
The album and film tell the story of a planet called ‘Snail’, inhabited by hybrids – primarily a mixture between scorpions, snails and humans – who lead a life according to the style of Pythagoras, devoted to music. There is also a cloud man named Agostos, a writer of musical operettas, who together with a talking smoke machine called Doctor Subtilis, begins to kill all hybrids, targeting in particular the hybrid musician Diodoros and his band, in an effort to steal the ark of melodies, an ancient ship that allows the whole planet to survive with music and joy.
The video for the single, created and animated by Ducci and Mandoleisi, delves further into the realm of planet ‘Snail’:
Says Ducci, “The ark of melodies, after various attempts, finally starts to work and fly in the planet Snail, while the shady Doc. Sub. and Agostos, with their platoon of soldiers made of foggy smoke, spy the miracle, planning to steal the ark for their evil and tyrannical purposes.”
About the track, Michele says, “I wrote this song for my love Letizia. Love seen from the mind is the sound we make. Sound is the love of matter.
We used a Technics synthesizer organ from a flea market. I tried to find a mood that was right for the song and I started using the bass of the pedal board together with the synth and the drums, and it was magical to hear the song reveal itself all coming from a single instrument. Leti was singing with me and we recorded everything live in one shot. Then we made Shane do the guitar flight, as if he came out of the window. The idea was to maintain disproportions, guitar thrust and synth drum thinness a la Haroumi Hosono, so as to create an estrangement, but naturally: it’s about how I listen, with close up something that captures me in its nuance as element of a larger orchestra somewhere. I’m glad we decided in the studio with Simon to use the layers of arrangement as the close-ups in the cinema; they look like strange enlargements that perch on parts of a mutated orchestra. I’m happy to come back with this love song at a time when everything seems to opt, even my labor in managing the flows of selfishness that have poured out on me while doing this album, for the sound of war. I’m here happy to be able to say that the sound of love always wins as did for me. Snail in the clouds is one of the most important works in my life and I am glad to start from pure love for this album that is my son.”
The album and full-length film will be released on the 5th of June on Monotreme Records.
Michele and Letizia’s previous musical short film, ‘The Great Book of Nature’, is an official selection for the 2026 Venice Shorts Film Festival.
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