“King Of Power Pop” Donnie Vie On Finding Happiness And Creative Fulfillment, Plans & More

As the co-founder, lead singer, and principal songwriter behind Enuff Z’Nuff, Donnie Vie is a Grammy-nominated artist. The Blue Island, Illinois-based band known as Enuff Z’Nuff — or “EZN” for short — went on to receive substantial MTV airplay, earn rave reviews from Billboard and Rolling Stone, appear on Late Night With David Letterman and was regularly featured on both The Howard Stern Show and Mancow’s Morning Madhouse. In other words, EZN did all the things a band would have wanted to do.

Donnie Vie parted ways with Enuff Z’Nuff in 2013 and has kept busy as a solo artist. His latest solo effort is last year’s Beautiful Things, which charted upon release in Japan and features appearances by Mr. Big guitarist Paul Gilbert, Jellyfish keyboardist Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and Symphony X’s Mike LePond. Between the release of 2014’s The White Album and 2019’s Beautiful Things, Vie underwent a journey of recovery and altogether getting his affairs in order. I spoke about all of this with the musician — nicknamed “The King Of Power Pop” — by phone in July 2019, as embedded below.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Donnie Vie a second time on October 8, 2020 as recorded via Zoom and also embedded below. While the wi-fi connectivity on Vie’s end interrupted our chat on numerous occasions, it was quickly apparent that Vie is doing very well, both emotionally and creatively. He has plans for tons of new music and appears to have a new management team in place that is bringing him great opportunities. More on Donnie Vie can be found online by visiting www.donnievie.com, twitter.com/kingofpowerpop and www.facebook.com/DonnieVieOfficial.

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Tags: covid-19, Donnie Vie, Enuff Znuff, power pop, Recovery

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."