On Tuesday (May 26), Ryan Perdz<\/a> was the special guest on our national radio show, Loudwire Nights<\/em><\/a>. In addition to diving into his songwriting journey that started at a young age, Perdz discussed his upcoming debut album, Can’t Cry<\/em><\/a>, out on Aug. 14.<\/p>\n Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article.<\/p>\n “I’ve always loved music as far back as I can remember,” Perdz shared with Loudwire Nights<\/em>‘ Chuck Armstrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n “My family was doing karaoke in the house when I was like four, but I’ve always been drawn to rock. When I was like 10, I got really into grunge music. That’s why I picked up a guitar, honestly. Kurt Cobain<\/a>, the [Red Hot] Chili Peppers<\/a>, that’s who I really loved. And I just really resonated with the grunge dudes really early.”<\/p>\n Perdz was quick to say he’s not only into that style of rock and\u00a0noted Led Zeppelin<\/a> is one of his favorite bands of all time.<\/p>\n When he was just 10 years old, he got his first guitar as a birthday gift from one of his brothers, something that changed his life forever.<\/p>\n “They were always just playing stuff, Foo Fighters<\/a>, constantly playing the Red Hot Chili Peppers,” he recalled about growing up as the youngest kid in the house.<\/p>\n “They’re all a lot older than me. He bought me a guitar and I just kept playing and stuck with it.”<\/p>\n As he thinks back on the earliest days of playing that guitar, he said the first song he played on it was, not surprisingly, “About a Girl” by Nirvana<\/a>. It didn’t take long for him to realize music was something he wanted to be part of.<\/p>\n “I would say when I was 15 is when I started actually playing live,” Perdz said.<\/p>\n “After I started kind of performing in front of people and I saw how much people liked it, kind of in my mind I was like, yeah, I want to keep doing this. And my family was so supportive, my parents and everything like that. I stuck with it.”<\/p>\n Around the same time, he started writing his own songs, and a few years later, he began sharing covers on social media. Some of those, like Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and Bush<\/a>‘s “Glycerine,” garnered a huge amount of views.<\/p>\n “It went so mega viral that it’s like, it almost seemed fake,” he said specifically about his cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”<\/p>\n “Because like, why? But it was cool. I mean, I just randomly thought of the idea and just did it. I was laying on my couch half asleep and was like, ‘I guess I’ll post another video today.’ And I just kind of tossed that one up.”<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Theory of a Deadman’s Tyler Connolly Discusses New Music, Tour With Sevendust \u2014 Interview<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n As great as it is to rack up the views on cover songs, Perdz said he always wanted to share his originals, too.<\/p>\n “I always wanted to write my own music. That was a goal, always. Writing is kind of my favorite part of playing guitar. I don’t really practice scales or anything like that. I kind of just pick it up to write stuff.”<\/p>\n Ryan Perdz joined\u00a0<\/em>Loudwire Nights on Tuesday, May 26;\u00a0the show replays online here<\/a>, and you can tune in live every weeknight at 7PM ET<\/a> or on the Loudwire app<\/a>; you can also see if the show is available on your local radio station<\/a>\u00a0and listen to interviews on-demand<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n These are the biggest rock and metal tours happening in 2026 so far, including Metallica, Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Lauryn Schaffner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Loudwire](\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/loudwire.png?w=100\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat Else Did Ryan Perdz Discuss on Loudwire Nights<\/em>?<\/h3>\n
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Listen to the Full Interview\u00a0in the Podcast Player Below or the Video at the Top of the Page<\/h3>\n
2026 Rock + Metal Tour Guide<\/h2>\n