We believe that good music stirs emotion. This is caused by great songwriting so we are sharing songwriters that have moved us! Oh yeah there's some other stuff thrown in there, KISS stuff, the RRHOF, and another dose of Yank It or Crank It courtesy of Dennis' wife, Kelly.
Allen's wife Laura suggested that we do an episode about 10 songs our wives like, so we did. As we reveal each of the songs we give each song a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
Before we discuss these songs, we briefly touch on current music topics such as the temporary reunion of Dokken, Ratt's reunion (sans Blotzer) on the Monster's of Rock Cruise, and more rumors surfacing of Ace Frehley rejoining KISS in 2017.
While Googling something completely unrelated to this podcast, Allen came across a post from November 2005 and mentioned it to Bill & Dennis. They decided to give their thoughts, in a "Yank It or Crank It" style. Let them know what you think of each song that made the list.
This week we interview Andria Reed and Matt Hyneman of Reed Four. They discuss the process of putting out an album as an indie band.
This week we do another round of Rockpourri. We discuss the latest rock news, new music we listened to last week, and rant. Finally, Dennis and Allen go for something different and talk about the dos and don'ts of communicating with the band and the sound person (with a quick summary of each from Bill).
In this episode, we discuss our favorite movie soundtracks. Allen also gives a review of the John Fogerty concert he saw on August 27, 2016. Finally, we play a version of "Yank It or Crank It" based on Allen's "Rock the First" CD box set.
Nova Rex's Kenny Wilkerson joins us and talks about the band's ups and downs in the 80s hair metal world, touring 30 years later, and his contribution to the Smithsonian Institute.
In this episode, we talk about some of our favorite "non-hair band" songs and artists from the 80s.
This week's episode topic came from Allen's friend Chuck. The episode title says it all. What are some of your favorite "sexual innuendo" songs?
This week we discuss our favorite venues along with a few we don't care if we ever visit again. Bill discusses his visit to the Gibson guitar factory in Nashville. We also do another installment of Yank It or Crank It.
This week Britny Fox singer Tommy Paris joins us as we talk about his influences, his current projects, and other musical topics. He also shares a couple snippets from his upcoming solo project.
After having listened to KISS fans complain about the "same old stale setlist" we thought it would be fun to share what we each thought would be our ultimate KISS setlist. We set the limit at 20 songs. With more than 20 studio albums in their catalog, choosing just 20 songs is tougher than you think. What 20 songs would you choose?
This week our topic comes from Allen's friend Chuck Gee, founder of Kick Acts Magazine (http://www.kickacts.com). In this episode, we talk about how much concerts have changed from when we were teens (in the 80s) to today.
When we began recording this episode, the planned topic was going to be "Is Rock and Roll Still Dangerous?" but Mother Nature had other plans and the recording got cut short so we went with it and we're bring you a very short show this week.
This week we discussed being visited by aliens and to save us from the probes, we must each give them 5 albums to explain Rock & Roll... Do we get out of this pain free? We'll have our usual rock talk and, for the first time, we'll be playing our new game "Yank It or Crank It"!
In this episode, we talk about the 10 most expensive albums ever made, as reported by Teamrock.com. We give our thoughts on each album and discuss some facts that we discovered.
What's that smell? It's another episode of Rockpourri to tickle your senses. We're back after a week of vacations, work, and concerts. Hear Dennis talk about a show he attended and his thoughts on the behavior of the singer for the headliner. Sit back and enjoy.
With the recent onslaught of celebrities and their social media faux pas, we decided to discuss the celebrities who do well with social media and those who don't.
Bill's dad, Rick, joins us this week for short episode where we kind of continue the "under the influence" discussion from a few weeks back.
In this episode we talk about a few bands experiencing lineup changes and what affect those changes (good and bad) had on bands.
We have a guest on Episode 027 and Allen thought it would be cool to record a promo with him.
We tackle three short topics on this episode along with the usual news and gossip. As an added bonus, Dennis goes on a rant about Gene Simmons.
In this week's episode we discuss how our musical tastes influenced our kids. This episode includes a short visit from Allen's son, Ian. We also talk about how our parents musical tastes influenced us.
PLEASE NOTE: During the first 15 minutes of the show, you'll hear echoes from both Dennis and Bill's microphones. This was caused by the use of Allen's internal speakers and microphone. He apologizes for this minor annoyance.
In this episode, we conclude our discussion about the Hottest Band in the World. We spend some time breaking down the albums from MTV Unplugged through Monster. Sit back and enjoy!
This week we talk about the bands who had the goods but didn't quite hit the point where they were major headliners.