One of Milwaukee’s most loved bands have returned. This time they toned down the Who influence filtered through 90’s alt rock/post punk/aggro for more of a general 60’s rock filtered through the same 90’s lens. At first listen, this is my favorite album of theirs.
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Label: 25 Diamonds
Band: Facebook
Holy crud two weeks in a row. This time it’s BJ, Martin Popoff and me.
Here is the lowdown:
ROCK AND/OR ROLL 019 – HEAVY SEVENTIES PART 1
What exactly does “heavy” mean? Who were the earliest, heaviest bands and how did their particular brand of rock and roll evolve over the course of the seventies, culminating in a new genre called “heavy metal” that exploded in the late seventies and into the eighties? On the next two episodes of the podcast BJ and his guests Martin Popoff (Part 1 only) and Fistful of Dave will attempt to answer these questions while sharing with you some of the very heaviest music of the seventies.
You can listen right here
I suggest you check out all the Rock an/or Roll podscasts because they are great.
Check out the Rock and/or Roll website too.
Don’t know who Martin Popoff is? He writes shitloads of books about heavy metal.
Check out his books
also on iTunes
So my friend BJ does this podcast called Rock and/or Roll. His knowledge of the subject is unbelievable. If you want to know about glam, power-pop, glam metal, rock, hard rock, nwobhm it is well worth your time to check out.
He asked me to join in. As I love my own opinions and I love to talk, I jumped at the chance. Must have not been to big of a pain in the ass as I back for more. It was a split podcast with the super nice guys from PodKISSt.
Here is an overview about the episode:
PODKISST AND/OR ROLL – THE GREAT LOST KISS ALBUM OF 1978
Every year between 1974 and 1985 KISS released at least one studio album except for, technically, 1978. That year saw the release of the four solo albums, one by each member of the band, but no real KISS album. On this crossover event, which is an episode of both the PodKISSt and Rock and/or Roll, a quintet of obsessive KISS fans have the gall to rewrite KISStory by asking themselves WHAT IF??? What if, in 1978, instead of releasing the four solo albums, the four members of KISS had pooled their resources and made a truly great KISS album? Imagine that, between Love Gun and Dynasty… Read The Rest >
Listen to it here:
Rock and/or Roll
iTunes Rock and/or Roll >
Podomatic Rock and/or Roll >
PodKISSt
iTunes PodKisst
On the PodKisst website >
UPDATE: I called Peter Criss ‘horrible’ not ‘terrible’.
September 27, 1986 was a warm sunny morning as I was getting ready to head off to school. I sat down at the kitchen table and opened the local newspaper. A tiny article caught my eye, I read the headline “Metallica Guitarist Killed”. This blew my 17-year-old mind. I really couldn’t wrap my brain around the reality of it. It seemed so senseless. This was the first time in my life that someone who had contributed something of value to my life had died. I was crestfallen.
A musical titan was lost that day and Metallica hasn’t been the same. RIP Cliff.
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