Jave Patterson

CBS San Francisco has helped provide links to get involved in helping our neighbors to the West, devastated by the Butte County fire which has all but destroyed the city of Paradise, California. Here’s how to get

Red Sun Rising recently played Aftershock 2018 in Sacramento. Jave Patterson took some time to catch up with their frontman Mike Protich to discuss the possibility of a West Coast run in 2019, the new, more ‘Beatle-esq’

Avenged Sevenfold just released a new EP featuring all the songs they’ve done for the ‘Call Of Duty’ video game franchise. Listen to this exclusive interview with Avenged Sevenfold’s master guitarist Synyster Gates. In it, Jave asks

Reno and the surrounding areas are in full-on Street Vibrations mode! Thursday, September 27th the most famous television police officer, Erik Estrada will act as the Grand Marshall on the Eldorado Plaza Stage at 6 p.m. for

Could this be perhaps the most entertaining way to market a band? The satanic-jokesters in Ghost have really gone to new lengths to do everything from announce new music to reveal new tour dates via the power

What would you do in order to make up to $1000 a day, making and eating pizza in the comfort of your own home? Well, make a video and apply, of course. According to pizza oven manufacturer

The Florida band Shinedown is known for writing raw, honest material and their new song “Get Up” is no exception. Jave Patterson spoke with Shinedown guitarist Zach Myers to discuss the new track and its message along

There’s a $20 t-shirt on Amazon that uses an optical illusion to make it look like you have HUGE CANS.  And it even works if you’re flat-chested . . . but only if you’re facing someone straight

I’m a big fan of the practical joke. Back in the days when the mighty Rock 104.5 was housed in the adobe mud palace of love up on Sutro and North McCarran, we had joke wars all

So this chick named Becky (@rebeccareilly__ on Twitter) posted this picture on her feed recently: After a few days, she posted pic number 2 (below) and the Twitter-sphere went nuts, accusing Becky of using Photoshop. I agree! What

Jave Patterson On Demand took a minute to catch up with legendary Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs prior to the start of their new US tour. In the interview below, Jave and Matthias talk about the (now temporary)

AD Doug Knuth took some time to sit down with Jave Patterson On Demand to discuss the endeavors of the University Of Nevada Reno Athletic Department, including the keeping of the cannon, football goals for fans and

Jave Patterson On Demand spent nearly 20 minutes getting up close and personal with Disturbed bassist John Moyer with a lengthy conversation about John’s early years with the Austin, Texas based band Soak, his involvement with San

Halestorm, In This Moment and New Year’s Day put on an amazing show in front of a sold-out show in Reno at the Grand Theater inside the GSR August 21st and Rock 104.5 was there for the

Ivan Moody has been in the news a lot over the last several years, and often not in the most positive of lights. The latest song from the Las Vegas band gives a big middle finger to

Juno award winning Canadian band The Glorious Sons recently released the somewhat controversial song S.O.S. Front-man Brett Emmons and the bands management felt they needed to get ahead of the narrative due to all the gun control

Raider Nation is looking East!  Maybe they’re getting tired of too much wine while training in Napa for the last 24 years, but it looks like Reno is the favorite come 2020 for summer training grounds for

Lzzy Hale is arguably the hottest, greatest female voice in rock in our generation. Jave Patterson took some time to speak with Lzzy about her current fashion habits, the pants she made for him a decade ago,

If you’ve been alive long, you know the pain of a bad breakup. When the split happens to a married couple who gave it their all to make things work, things can become very difficult.  Nothing More

It was on this day (August 13th) 21 years ago that South Park debuted on Comedy Central. The edgy, innuendo laden comedy series took the idea of The Simpsons to absurd new levels. In your opinion, which

Guess who’s crying because they just cancelled a regional show?!?  Sucks to say, but looks like Papa Roach this weekend up at the Hard Rock in South Lake Tahoe WON’T be happening! Here’s what the folks at

Hey, it’s Jave Patterson and I love nothing more than turning people on to new ROCK! Check out Jave Patterson On Demand every weekday from 3 to 7 p.m. on Rock 104.5. I’m so excited to be