Cobras & Fire: Comedy / Rock Talk Show

Cobras & Fire is a comedy / rock talk show with absurd discussions about music, news, and life. Join your irreverent hosts Bakko and Loose Cannon as we make fun of what we love. We feature a mix of classic artists and bands on the rise. Rock's not dead. It's hiding. And you found it. In addition to our regular show, our interview episodes include members of Judas Priest, KISS, Anthrax, Motley Crue, and more. Our sidecast “Whatever, Nevermind” counts down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Episodes feature a special guest host from the Podcast Community and interviews with the artists, producers, and record label execs involved with the albums.

Music Commentary
Comedy
Music Interviews
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Steve Albini Interview - Producer NIrvana In Utero
In Utero producer Steve Albini joins the show to discuss his career and share some stories of the making of Nirvana’s final album. “A key figure in the American underground music community since the 1980s, Steve Albini is well-known as both a figure behind the scenes, engineering albums by acts both famous and hopelessly obscure, and for his work with his bands Big Black and Shellac. Notoriously outspoken and unafraid of making polarizing statements, Albini is well-known for his views on integrity and its absence in the music business, as well as the flaws in the digital recording process and the superiority of analog technology. Albini's engineering skills have been celebrated for their sense of space, naturalistic tone, and the power of his guitar and drum sounds.” – Mark Deming https://electricalaudio.com/ About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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Whatever, Nevermind No. 8: Nirvana - In Utero w...
Coming in at No. 8 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums list is the 1993 record from Nirvana, In Utero. Joining Bakko this week is the host of Damn Good Movie Memories, Brian Davis. Brian and Bakko get into the details of the making of the follow up to the game changing Nevermind. In Utero is the third and final studio album by American rock band Nirvana, released on September 13, 1993, by DGC Records. The band intended for the record to be a departure from the polished sound of its predecessor, Nevermind. Early in 1992, frontman Kurt Cobain stated that In Utero would showcase "both of the extremes" of Nirvana's sound, saying "it'll be more raw with some songs and more candy pop on some of the others. It won't be as one-dimensional as Nevermind". To capture a more abrasive and natural sound, Nirvana hired engineer Steve Albini to record In Utero during a two-week period in February 1993 at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. The music was quickly recorded within that time with few studio embellishments. The lyrics and album packaging largely incorporated medical imagery that conveyed frontman Kurt Cobain's outlook on his publicized personal life and his band's newfound fame. https://damngoodmoviememories.podbean.com/ About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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EP 235: KISS 2021 Hello
It's a new year which can only mean the same old Cobra. We kick off 2021 in style. Topics covered this ep: Coffee Holiday recap The KISS NYE Pay Per View Pam & Tommy porno bio-pic An Ode to WhichWich Show Art: Tim Bream Music: Enuff Z Nuff - KISS The Clown RATT - Nobody Rides For Free KISS - Rock Bottom AC/DC - Money Shot Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
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Best Of The Cobra: Highlights From 2020 - Part Two
It's our annual look back at all of the Cobra Gold. 2020 may have been a dumpster fire but it was a great year for the kings of self-deprecating smugness that is Cobras & Fire. Part 2 features the bits: Tiger King What Covid really means for concerts Ron Keel Chris Czynszak wiki-man Tommy Thayer grounds keeper KISS Podcasts ripping us off Brian May being the "Butt" of jokes Satan not as cool as you thought Lee McCormack being soops Canadian Shout It Out Loudcast taking Bakko to task Bach v. Jericho Twitter battle Ron Young Nazi Antiquing Mitch Malloy: former member of Van Halen and Covid Denier Spotify ran by a douchebag Know your ROLL Michael Sweet v. Cardi B Rob Halford SIP TV The Nug v. Lee Music: Keel - Right To Rock Actual Villains - Losing My Religion Little Caesar - I Wish It Would Rain Ron Keel - 3 Chord Drinking Song Chris Cornell - Watching The Wheels Motorhead - Ain't No Nice Guy Joe Walsh - All Night Long Ringo Starr - It Don't Easy Brain Richie - Religion Ruined My Life Bryan Adams - Run To You Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands Young Giant - My Body Little Caesar - Chain Of Fools Richie Sambora - Ballad of Youth Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax Monkees - I'm A Believer Pure Prairie League - Amie Nude Party - Chevrolet Van REO Speedwagon - Roll With The Changes Robbie Williams - Rock DJ Soul Asylum - Misery INXS - Good Times
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Best Of The Cobra: Higlights From 2020 - Part One
It's our annual look back at all of the Cobra Gold. 2020 may have been a dumpster fire but it was a great year for the kings of self-deprecating smugness that is Cobras & Fire. Part 1 features the bits: Neck Tattoos George Lynch Craig Smith Dave La Roth live TicketShaft Ian Wadley Donnie Vie Don Jamieson LC trying to explain the podcast to other humans 14 year old Bakko Stryper Karaoke Bret Michaels sells his RV Skin Dogs Def LepAdrenalize Rolling Stone review The music: Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane Taproot - Poem Lynch Mob - Bed Of Roses The Who - Who Are You KISS - I Meat Puppets - Backwater Orleans - Still The One Sammy Hagar - I'll Fall In Love Again Enuff Z Nuff - Fly High Michelle Oasis - Hello Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away Oddfathers - Another Tear Goes Dry John Lennon - Nobody Told Me Love/Hate - Spinning Wheel Lizzy Borden - Me Against The World
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EP 234: Top 10 Albums of 2020
LC and Bakko unleash a MegaEp of new music as we count down each of our top 10 albums of 2020. Spoilers ahead! LC's Top 10 10) Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Pressure 9) Black Stone Cherry - Human Condition 8) Body Count - Carnivore 7) Wyldelife - Year of the Snake 6) Pearl Jam - Gigaton 5) AC/DC - Power Up 4) Local H - Lifers 3) Marilyn Manson - We are Chaos 2) Creeper - Sex, Death and the Infinite Void 1) Massive Wagons - House of Noise Bakko's Top 10 10) Massive Wagons - House of Noise 9) Red City Radio - Paradise 8) AC/DC - Power Up 7) Stryper - Even The Devil Believes 6) Ozzy - Ordinary Man 5) Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons - We Are Bastards 4) Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Pressure 3) Haunt - Flashback 2) The Atomic Bitchwax - Scorpio 1) Michael Grant & The Assassins' - Always The Villain Intro: Armored Saint - Attention Span Outro: Steel Panther - F 2020
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Producer Michael Beinhorn Interview
As bonus coverage this week we have an interview with Michael Beinhorn, producer of Soundgarden's "Superunknown". Michael shares stories from the making and recording of Soundgarden's most successful record. Michael Beinhorn has lived his life in the pursuit of artistic expression, first as a visual artist, then as a performer, and finally as a record producer. Forgoing a promising career in medical illustration, Beinhorn began his musical endeavors in 1979 as co-founder of the seminal New York musical collective Material. The group’s singular style and strong artistic personalities led to their producing their own recordings out of necessity. As the band rose to prominence, in 1980 they were approached by Brian Eno, collaborating on the track “Lizard Point” from Eno’s acclaimed recording “Ambient 4: On Land.” In 1983, Beinhorn co-produced Herbie Hancock’s landmark recording, Future Shock, which included the groundbreaking cut “Rockit.” The song, co-written and co-produced by Beinhorn, would become Columbia Records’ most successful 12-inch single ever, selling over three million copies and winning a Grammy in 1984 for Best R&B Instrumental Recording. After departing Material in 1984, Beinhorn’s production career began to reach new heights. His work on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ breakthrough albums “The Uplift Mofo Party Plan” and “Mother’s Milk” was instrumental in propelling the band to stardom. Beinhorn gained a reputation for producing a number of “high watermark” albums that have helped to define the careers of a diverse range of artists, including Soul Asylum, Hole, Soundgarden, Ozzy Osbourne, Courtney Love, Marilyn Manson, Social Distortion, Korn, Golden Palominos, and Mew. His recordings have achieved combined worldwide sales of more than 45 million albums, and he is one of only a handful of producers to have two separate recordings debut in Billboard’s Top Ten in the same week, with Marilyn Manson’s “Mechanical Animals” (#1) and Hole’s “Celebrity Skin” (#9) also earning him a 1998 Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year. In addition to producing, arranging, engineering, co-writing, and performing on many of his projects, Beinhorn’s attention to detail and tireless pursuit of sonic excellence led him to develop and commission the first two-inch eight-track Ultra-Analog multitrack tape recording format. In recent years, Beinhorn has turned his attention to the concerns facing today’s artists and producers attempting to maintain their creative ethics and focus on the recording process. He has been increasingly active in mentoring fellow artists and aspiring record producers. He addresses these and other pertinent issues in his book “Unlocking Creativity”, published by Hal Leonard. He continues to inspire the artists he works with to excel to greater heights, with an unwavering commitment to sonic exploration and creative excellence. michaelbeinhorn.com About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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Whatever, Nevermind No. 9: Soundgarden - Super...
Coming in at Number 9 on Rolling Stone's greatest Grunge Albums is Soundgarden's 1994 release "Superunknown" featuring guest host, from the Pods & Sods Podcast, Eric Miller. Eric and Bakko talk about the making of the record, the genius of Chris Cornell and go track by track. Superunknown is the fourth studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on March 8, 1994, through A&M Records. It is the band's second album with bassist Ben Shepherd, and features new producer Michael Beinhorn. Soundgarden began work on the album after touring in support of its previous album, Badmotorfinger (1991). Superunknown captured the heaviness of the band's earlier releases while displaying a more diverse range of influences. Superunknown was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 310,000 copies in its opening week. The album also topped the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand charts. Five singles were released from the album: "The Day I Tried to Live", "My Wave", "Fell on Black Days", "Spoonman", and "Black Hole Sun", the latter two of which won Grammy Awards and helped Soundgarden reach mainstream popularity. In 1995, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. The album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA in the United States, has sold 9 million copies worldwide and remains Soundgarden's most successful album. In April 2019, Superunknown was ranked No. 9 on Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Grunge Albums" list. About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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EP 233: Record Store Days - Vinyl Talk
Bakko and LC drop the needle and discuss their top notch vinyl collection. We talk manufacturing, mastering and lack thereof, bands/albums that are better suited to CD, whether upgrading your stylus is bullshit and if LC’s Vinyl OCD and current monthly spending habit is in need of professional intervention. Want to see the albums and our handsome faces? Check out the YouTube version of this Ep here: https://youtu.be/A0LSrNR9fJw Music Clips Featured: Bob & Doug McKenzie & Geddy Lee: Take Off Donnas: Take IT Off / Save Me Slipknot: Sulfur Black Stone Cherry: Big Legged Woman Foo Fighters: I Should Have Known Ghost: Rats Bob Mould: American Crisis Marilyn Manson: Keep My Head Together Def Leppard: Run Riot Stones: Heartbreaker Zakk Sabbath: The Wizard Icon: Under My Gun Trucker Diablo: Drive Alice Cooper: Pain / From The Inside Heavy Pettin : Rock Ain't Dead
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Mark Yarm Interview - Author Everybody Loves Ou...
Mark Yarm, author of the book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History Of Grunge, joins the program to share stories from his book and talk about the musical movement that was Grunge. Mark is the contributing features editor and podcast host/producer at Input, a site about technology and culture. In addition, he has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times, Wired, WSJ. Magazine, and Rolling Stone and am the author of Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, a Time magazine book of the year. https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com/ About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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Whatever, Nevermind No. 10: Pearl Jam - Vs. w/C...
Coming in at No. 10 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Grunge Albums List is Pearl Jam's 1993 release VS. Joining Bakko on the episode of Whatever, Nevermind is the host of Pods & Sods Craig Smith. Vs. (pronounced versus) is the second studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released October 19, 1993 through Epic Records. After a relentless touring schedule in support of their 1991 debut album Ten, Pearl Jam headed into the studio in early 1993 facing the challenge of following up the commercial success of its debut. The resulting album, Vs., featured a rawer and more aggressive sound compared with the band's previous release. It was the band's first collaboration with producer Brendan O'Brien and its first album with drummer Dave Abbruzzese. https://podsodcast.com/ About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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EP 232: Nuge vs. Lee vs. Yo Mama, New AC/DC
Yo mama so easy, she re-tweets Cobras & Fire episodes. LC and Bakko bask in the light of freedom. The freedom to discard a futon. The freedom to hypothesize what Eddie Trunk did to piss off Rob Halford. The freedom to guilt listeners into buying an over priced collectible. The freedom to wonder how Ozzy can be certain he will be able to perform in 2022. And the freedom to showcase Yo Mama jokes between the Nuge and Tommy Lee. Music: Alice Cooper - Freedom Black Stone Cherry - Don't Bring Me Down Colin James - T For Trouble David LEE Roth - Somewhere Over The Rainbow Bar & Grill Ozzy - See You On The Other Side Eddie Vedder - Keep Me In Your Heart For A While
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Whatever, Nevermind No. 11: Stone Temple Pilots...
Coming in at number 11 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums is the 1992 debut record from Stone Temple Pilots. Joining Bakko this ep is Growin' Up Rock host Steven Michael. Core is the debut studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, released on September 29, 1992 through Atlantic Records. The album, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #3 on the Billboard 200 was certified 8x platinum by the RIAA on December 18, 2001 making it the band's best-selling album. About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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EP 231: RUSH Guilt, Spotify Syndrome, Pringles ...
A little off the wall EP this week as we invite SIP*TV’s Bud Burgy on to talk about the web series. We also find out why it’s ok if you don’t like Rush, alternative uses for a Pringles can, Bakko shares a close call at Menards, Loose has his own roadside bathroom Cobra Hack, some more shadiness from Spotify and a new ep of 2 Pick 0. SIP*TV YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sgClyyUJeW9hZfHvtzJ0Q SIP*TV Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/guylowenbrau Featuring the music: Rush – Tom Sawyer JJ Wilde w/Brett Emmons (Glorious Sons) – Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around Glorious Sons – My Blood Ghost – It’s A Sin Dead Daisies – Unspoken Jesus Chrysler – Rockin’ In The Free World
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Jeff Tomei Interview - Siamese Dream Engineer
Returning to the program is Producer Jeff Tomei. Jeff was the engineer on the Smashing Pumpkins album Siamese Dream. If you enjoyed that episode you will love this. Jeff has a lot of great memories and stories of the making of that record and he goes into great detail sharing them. A must listen for fans of the Pumpkins and that record specifically. Enjoy. https://www.jefftomeirockit.com/ About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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Whatever, Nevermind No. 12: Smashing Pumpkins -...
Coming in at number 12 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums is the 1993 Smashing pumpkins album Siamese Dream. Joining Bakko this week is the host of the Rock Strikes 10 Podcast Joey Haynie. Siamese Dream is the second studio album by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993 on Virgin Records. The album fused diverse influences such as shoegazing, dream pop, and heavy metal, and has been described as "closer to progressive rock than to punk or grunge." Despite recording sessions fraught with difficulties and tensions, Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard charts, and eventually sold over four million copies in the US, and over six million worldwide, cementing the Smashing Pumpkins as an important group in alternative rock music. https://rockstrikesten.cnjradio.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Siamese-Dream-Smashing-Pumpkins/dp/B005MW8CWY About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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EP 230: Remembering Eddie Van Halen
Remembering Eddie Van Halen: The snark is largely set aside as we pay tribute to a legend.
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2 Pick 0 (Guest: Josh Toomey of Talk Toomey)
LC and guest Josh Toomey of the Talk Toomey Podcast discuss a band. Zero songs are chosen.
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Whatever, Nevermind No. 13: Nirvana - Bleach w/...
Josh Toomey joins the show to discuss Nirvana - Bleach, #13 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Grunge Albums. Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part Podcast series counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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2 Pick 0 (Guest: Joey Haynie of Rock Strikes Ten)
LC and guest Joey Haynie of Rock Strikes Ten discuss a band. Zero songs are chosen. http://cnjradio.com/
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EP 229: Cobras & Fire Kai
Keep some hand sanitizer nearby for this NSFW episode of Cobras & Fire. This week starts out pretty normal as LC announces his own sidecast, Quiet Riot carries on with no members of the band left, Kanye West makes a valid point, Vanilla Fudge has some SUPREME news and then shit gets gross as Ace Frehley's ex has some explicit details about our favorite Spaceman's sexual proclivities. Featuring the music: KISS - Torpedo Girl Greg Kihn - Jeopardy Some Random Dude - Metal Health Armored Saint - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants Axe - Rock N Roll Party In The Streets Murder Curious - Thoughts & Prayers Rachel Gordon interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfeyMNx_Tbo&t=361s
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EP 228: Rob Halford Interview
Cobras & Fire welcomes the Metal God, Rob Halford from Judas Priest to the show. Rob discusses his new book "Confess", his love of cat t-shirts and online shopping, weather patterns, reliving some of the darker times of his past writing the book and even some John Lennon talk. Confess: The Autobiography The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, celebrates five decades of heavy metal in this tell-all memoir. Most priests hear confessions. This one is making his. Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true “Metal God.” Raised in Britain’s hard-working, heavy industrial heartland, he and his music were forged in the Black Country. Confess, his full autobiography, is an unforgettable rock ‘n’ roll story-a journey from a Walsall council estate to musical fame via alcoholism, addiction, police cells, ill-fated sexual trysts, and bleak personal tragedy, through to rehab, coming out, redemption . . . and finding love. Now, he is telling his gospel truth. Told with Halford’s trademark self-deprecating, deadpan Black Country humor, Confess is the story of an extraordinary five decades in the music industry. It is also the tale of unlikely encounters with everybody from Superman to Andy Warhol, Madonna, Jack Nicholson, and the Queen. More than anything else, it’s a celebration of the fire and power of heavy metal. Rob Halford has decided to Confess. Because it’s good for the soul. http://www.judaspriest.com/ https://premierecollectibles.com/confess https://www.instagram.com/robhalfordlegacy/ About Judas Priest (Wiki) Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. They have sold over 50 million copies of their albums, and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band had struggled with indifferent record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980, when they rose to commercial success with the album British Steel. The band's membership has seen much turnover, including a revolving cast of drummers in the 1970s and the departure of singer Rob Halford in 1992. The American singer Tim "Ripper" Owens replaced Halford in 1996 and recorded two albums with Judas Priest, before Halford returned to the band in 2003. The current line-up consists of Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis. The band's best-selling album is 1982's Screaming for Vengeance, with their most commercially successful line-up featuring Hill, Halford, Tipton, guitarist K. K. Downing, and drummer Dave Holland. Tipton and Hill are the only two members of the band to appear on every album. Halford's operatic vocal style and the twin guitar sound of Downing and Tipton have been a major influence on heavy metal bands. Judas Priest's image of leather, spikes, and other taboo articles of clothing were widely influential during the glam metal era of the 1980s. The Guardian referred to British Steel as the record that defines heavy metal. Despite a decline in exposure during the mid 1990s, the band has once again seen a resurgence, including worldwide tours, being inaugural inductees into the VH1 Rock Honors in 2006, receiving a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2010, and having their songs featured in video games such as Guitar Hero and the Rock Band series. Judas Priest was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020 class,[1] but did not get in.
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Interview With David de Sola Alice In Chains Au...
David de Sola, author of "Alice In Chains-The Untold Story" joins Bakko to discuss the lead up to the band recording their debut record Facelift through the subsequent tour. Look for Part Two of this interview when we get to next Alice In Chains record on this list, "Dirt". David de Sola is a journalist with experience working at CNN, 60 Minutes, and Reuters whose work has also been published in The Atlantic, The Huffington Post and other print and online publications. He has degrees from Tufts University, the University of Southern California, and Georgetown University. He lives in Los Angeles. https://daviddesola.com/ About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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Whatever, Nevermind No. 14: Alice In Chains - F...
Coming in at number 14 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Grunge Albums is Facelift from Alice In Chains. Guest hosting this episode is Decibel Geek co-host Chris Czynszak. Facelift is the debut studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released by Columbia Records on August 21, 1990. The tracks "We Die Young", "Man in the Box", "Sea of Sorrow" and "Bleed the Freak" were released as singles. "Man In The Box" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal in 1992. Facelift became the first album from the grunge movement to be certified gold on September 11, 1991. The album peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard 200 chart, was certified platinum and has gone on to be certified double-platinum by the RIAA for shipments of two million copies in the United States. decibelgeek.com aliceinchains.com Buy Facelift: https://www.amazon.com/Facelift-Alice-Chains/dp/B016W63ZYS About Whatever, Nevermind Whatever, Nevermind is a 25 part sidecast counting down the 25 Greatest Grunge albums according to Rolling Stone. Each Episode features a special guest host from the Podcast Community. In addition to the 25 album episodes will be bonus interviews from the people responsible for the music. Featuring artists, producers record label execs and more. Whatever, Nevermind Archive: https://cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast/whatever-nevermind/
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Jean-Paul Gaster of Clutch Interview
LC interviews Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster.Subjects discussed: - Record Store Days Exclusives: Obelisk Vinyl Box Set, Weathermaker Series- COVID and touring- Minotaurs- Doom Saloon live streams + plans for next one- Songwriting + How Set Lists are picked- Wookies- Spotify, music industry- Mandolins- Next Clutch AlbumMusic snippets featured:DC Sound AttackWillie NelsonX-Ray VisionIn Walks BarbarellaMore LC Clutch Worship:Concert Review 2018 - Boulder: www.decibelgeek.com/clutch-concert-review-2018/Concert Review 2016 - Denver: www.decibelgeek.com/clutch-concert-review-2016/ABOUT JEAN-PAUL GASTER (Wiki)Jean-Paul Gaster learned to play drums by playing along to 1960s and 1970s heavy rock bands like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, ZZ Top and Black Sabbath. Washington D.C's Go-go music and in particular drummers such as Ju Ju House, Brandon Finley and Ricky Wellman were early influences as well. He is one of many students who studied with legendary Washington D.C drummer and educator Walter Salb. Some favorite drummers of Gaster are jazz drummers Elvin Jones and Jack DeJohnette, Bad Brains drummer Earl Hudson and New Orleans drummer Johnny Vidacovich.ClutchJean-Paul, Neil Fallon, Dan Maines and Tim Sult formed Clutch in 1991. After releasing the Pitchfork 7" the band embarked on its first U.S tour in the summer of 1992. Since then the band has released 12 studio albums and toured extensively through North America, Europe, UK and Australia. The band continues to be an important fixture on today's hard rock scene.
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