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EP575 – Maiden 5 And just ten episodes later we are back with more Maiden. In our fifth installment we’ll cover the studio output from 2003 to 2010. That covers
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EP574 – Counting Off… Another discussion episode this week as Richie springs an oddball survey of the top twenty TRENDING drummers on Google. The results are surprising in some cases
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EP573 – We Are Warriors Paul Shortino joins us once again to discuss the latest release from King Kobra, “We Are Warriors”. As long as we have Paul on the
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EP572 – Metal Topics Du Jour Focus on Metal started 11 years ago as a simple concept of presenting metalheads doing what they do best when they aren’t listening to
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LONGVIEW, Wash. – NW Metalworx Music will release Roads to Madness: The Touring History of Queensrÿche (1981-1997) in March 2024. The book is a deep dive into all the concert dates featuring
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EP571 – Metal Annihilation This week we talk with Metal Church founder Kurdt Vanderhoof about their latest studio effort Congregation of Annihilation released via RatPak Records on May 26th. We
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EP570 – Kinell This week we talk with bassist Chris McLernon. Chris has been in the biz for a while now, notably in bands like Cold Sweat, Sweatin Bullets, and
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EP569 – In The Gutter This week we are joined by author and former road manager Mike Corcione. Mike logged many miles with L.A. Guns back in the day and
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EP568 – KnuckleBonz 20 years ago Tony Simerman founded KnuckleBonz one of the industry leaders in high end rock collectibles. Here we are in 2023 and there’s no signs of
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EP567 – Seven Seasons Kip Winger joins us once again to talk about the latest from Winger, “Seven”. Last time we talked with Kip it was back on Episode 446.
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EP566 – Mega Metal Grab Bag Lotsa stuff going on in the world of metal lately. Some good, some bad and some just a whole heap of WTF. With that
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EP565 – Maiden IV And twelve episodes later we are back with more Maiden. Yeah it’s really been that long. Was kinda shocked when I realized that the third installment
EP564 – The Road Crew Veering WAAAAAAAY of the beaten path this week as we talk with former runner/artist liaison Wendell Smith. Wendell spent lots of time working for the
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EP563 – Alive Longtime guest Robin McAuley joins us once again this week to talk about his brand new solo release on Frontiers Records, “Alive”. And of course Robin is
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EP562 – Great Kendall Back on episode 493 we had a long chat with Great White guitarist Mark Kendall. Mark returns to the show this week to kick back just
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