Some bonus coverage. Bakko talks with the engineer of Pearl Jam Ten, Dave Hillis. Dave has plenty of amazing anecdotes from the making of one of the biggest records in Grunge and Rock music in general. Dave Hillis started his career as a 17 year old guitarist for the legendary thrash metal band "MACE." In the mid 80's, they released two LP's on Enigma Records in the US and Blackdragon Records in Europe. They were featured on Metalblade Records, "Metal Massacre V"and recognized in the "Thrash-Metal Encyclopedia" and fanzines around the world, as a pioneering force in heavy metal. To this day, there is still a huge following of this pioneering band. Led by Dave's furious guitar work, they charted in the UK and Japan. Mace later toured with Slayer, Anthrax, Raven, Death Angel, and Testament. Dave spent ten years as Chief Engineer, along side legendary producer Rick Parashar, at Seattle's famed London Bridge Studios, during the birth of the Grunge Era. Dave worked as the Engineer on Pearl Jam's debut album "Ten" , Assistant Engineer on the Self Titled "Mother Love Bone" album, the movie soundtrack for "Singles", Alice in Chains, Blind Melon, The Seattle Symphony, Love On Ice, and many others. As the years went by, developed his own producing and engineering skills and continued to work with multiple major label artists. During this time he co-produced, with Greg Dulli, The Afghan Whigs' standout farewell single "66" , on the "1965 " LP and the Twilight Singers "She Loves You" record. Dave also continued to create and record his own music. Dave founded the alternative rock group, "Sybil Vane" , and was the guitarist and song writer. Sybil Vane was signed with both Polydor Records and Island Records. Their song "Sorry" was featured in the movie "Empire Records" , starring actress Liv Tyler. In 2005, Dave founded, produced, mixed and engineered the Shoegaze group "Thee Heavenly Music Association" (Rehash Records US, Fierce Panda Records UK) , to much critical acclaim, where he also served as the group's guitarist and songwriter. During this time, Dave also co-produced the Kevin Martin (Candlebox) solo record "The Possibility Of Being" on Gold Circle Entertainment and worked with comedian, Denis Leary on his live album. Dave continued playing and was hired as a live guitarist for Duff McKagen's (Guns and Roses) band "Loaded". While living in London, Dave worked with multi platinum artist James Blunt, on his writing demos for his hugely successful "Back to Bedlam" album, which included "You're Beautiful" and, "Good Bye My Lover". Dave is also credited with working on Britpop star, Chris Gentry's (Menswear) solo recordings. In 2011, Dave opened Starlodge Studios in the SODO neighborhood of Seattle; a private mix and overdub room featuring vintage and modern recording tools and his beloved AMPEX 1/2" tape Machine for analog magic. Most recently, Dave has crossed over to house and electronic music, with his alter-ego Lo-Rez. Lo-Rez has received critical acclaim and has been featured on major motion film soundtracks. The album "Infinity", has been remastered and re-released in 2019. Dave currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife and daughter. He is currently working on new music, engineering, producing, participating in public speaking engagements and workshops.

Coming in at No. 3 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge albums is the debut record from Pearl Jam, Ten. Joining the program this week, from Pods & Sods, Craig Smith. Craig and Bakko get into all the details of this seminal Grunge classic. Ten is the debut studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991, through Epic Records. Following the dissolution of their previous band Mother Love Bone in 1990, bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard began rehearsing with guitarist Mike McCready. The group recorded a five-song instrumental demo tape with Matt Cameron on drums. Copies of the demo were eventually given to drummer Dave Krusen and vocalist Eddie Vedder, both of whom were invited to audition for the band in Seattle. Many of the songs on Ten were instrumental jams or reworked Mother Love Bone songs for which Vedder composed new melodies and lyrics. https://podsodcast.com/ https://pearljam.com

Ron Keel is back on the program talk about his Deluxe re-issue of his solo album "Alone At Last", some Steeler news, his upcoming live schedule, keto friendly chili, some ball busting and so much more. ronkeel.com

This week Bakko explains how LC ruined his weekend. Google and Amazon eavesdropping on your personal conversation. Corey Taylor hates new rock. KISS releasing soundboard recordings. And is the Blotz swing about to return to the live stage? Somebody's Watching Me Meets Metal Tommy Shaw - Blue Collar Man The Hawkins - Stranger In The Next Room Corey Taylor - HWY 666 Nickelback - Dirty Laundry Danko Jones - I Want Out

March Badness closes in on the Final Four with only a single #1 seed making it this far. LC & Bakko give you the results of the Elite 8 matchups as well as a preview of the Final Four. Counting down to one TRUE champion in the 4th annual March Badness.

In this bonus ep Bakko chats with the producer of Hole's record, Live Through This, Paul Q. Kolderie. Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Abandoned Pools, the Go-Go's, and Mike Gordon of Phish. He usually works with production partner Sean Slade. Kolderie and Slade were friends from Yale University, where they played in bands together. They also became members of Sex Execs, a Boston-based new wave music band of the early 1980s. The duo had their formative experience as producers while they were in Sex Execs. Most of the group lived in a house in Dorchester, Boston that was wired up as a primitive studio. Other bands came over to record as well, including a local act called Three Colors, which featured saxophonist Dana Colley, later of Morphine. As Sex Execs became more successful, they started recording in professional studios such as Syncro Sound, which was owned by The Cars. Kolderie learned a lot from the engineers there. He got to record an EP for Three Colors at Syncro, earning his first production credit.

March Badness Marches on with only one #1 Seed advancing to the Elite 8! Bakko and LC recap the Badness and setup the matchups for round 3, the Elite 8.

Coming in at No. 4 on Rolling Stones greatest grunge albums list is the second Hole record, Live Through This. Joining Bakko to breakdown this album is former host of the Rock & Metal Combat Podcast, Ian Wadley. Ian and Bakko go track by track. Dissecting this grunge classic. Live Through This is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Hole, released on April 12, 1994, by DGC Records. Recorded in late 1993, it departed from the band's unpolished hardcore aesthetics to more refined melodies and song structure. Frontwoman Courtney Love said that she wanted the record to be "shocking to the people who think that we don't have a soft edge", but maintain a harsh sensibility.

Round 1 of March Badness is officially over. Bakko & LC recap the madness that was the badness and offer a preview of round 2.

You wanted the worst, you're getting the worst! March Badness is back! This year LC & Bakko reached out to the Mothership to bring in Decibel Geek hosts Chris Czynszak & Aaron Camaro to help whittle this years choices down to 32 horrible albums. Best yet? YOU the listener will decide this year's winner (loser?) by voting your favorite least favorite record onto victory. Starting 3/3/2021 go to one (or all) of these FB Groups or our Twitter Page to vote. Cobras ON Fire Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/179151099336499 Decibel Geek Community Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/456615498028439 Cobras & Fire Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/CobrasFire The WINNING! (losing?) album will be the topic of this year's March Badness episode. So please vote. All the way down to the final album. Also, fill out your own bracket on Tuesday. Submit in the comments before the polls start. The winner will get some sort of shitty prize.

Coming in at number 5 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums is Mudhoney's "Superfuzz Bigmuff". Joining the program this week is host of the Rock And/Or Roll Podcast BJ Kramp. BJ and Bakko go track by track on this early grunge classic. Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP by the Seattle grunge band Mudhoney. It was released on October 20, 1988 through record label Sub Pop. The album was later re-released in 1990 in the form of Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles. The album was named after two of the band's favorite guitar effects pedals: the Univox Super-Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, which helped to provide the band's signature "dirty" sound. The cover artwork is a photograph of frontman Mark Arm (left) and guitarist Steve Turner (right) performing live by photographer Charles Peterson. Other artwork on the album includes more photos of the band performing and them posing topless.

This week LC dives into some serious home appliance repair, Rock N Pod 2021 is announced, some new music discussion, Walmart sends LC on a Metallica love fest, Steven Wilson apologizes for not being a fan of a band and Marilyn Manson find himself in a sticky wicket! Featuring the music: Holy White Hounds - Aids Chimp Lonely Ones - Change The Station Foo Fighters - Love Dies Young Metallica - Ride The Lightning Sammy Hagar - High Hopes Jerry Reed - East Bound & Down

Part Two of the interview with David de Sola, author of "Alice In Chains-The Untold Story". In this part, David & Bakko discuss the time leading up to, during and after the recording of the Alice Chains album "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 Atlanta. 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: cobrasandfire.com/category/podcast…tever-nevermind/

Coming in at number 6 on Rolling Stones greatest grunge albums is the second full length record from Alice In Chains, "Dirt". Joining Bakko in this episode is Chris Akin of the Classic Metal Show. Chris and Bakko go track by track and tell the story of Dirt. Dirt is the second studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992, through Columbia Records. Peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart, the album was also well received by music critics. It has since been certified four-times platinum by the RIAA and gone on to sell five million copies worldwide, making Dirt the band's highest selling album to date. It is the band's last album recorded with all four original members, as bassist Mike Starr was fired from the band in January 1993. The album spawned five singles: "Would?", "Them Bones", "Angry Chair", "Rooster", and "Down in a Hole"; all with accompanying music videos. Dirt was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The music video for "Would?" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film, as the song was featured on the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's 1992 film Singles. https://www.cmspn.com/theclassicmetalshow/

In this episode LC and Bakko give a tip of the hat to their listeners, offer an update on the "Whatever, Nevermind" sidecast, Bakko going FULL ASS, Steve, a succession plan update, Motley Crue turns 40, Miley Cyrus saves rock at the expense of Decibel Geek's credibility, and the boys review the latest season of Cobra Kai. Music: Prowess - Blacktop Therapy Dead Daisies - Holy Ground (Shake The Memory) Lonely Ones - Big Trouble (Acoustic) Jason Bieler - Bring Out Your Dead Rob Zombie - The Eternal Struggles of the Howling Man Jim Breuer - Old School The majority of the music selections for this ep were inspired by “Best of 2020” episodes by the following podcasts and awesome listener-made playlists. Proof again that rock is not dead! Here are links to those playlists and eps. David Glynn: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4uou0zr3zGoCUWBTMHz9MM?si=SwMc7klvSwuYaF_Ib9W_Yw Rock Strikes 10: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-strikes-ten/id456553961#episodeGuid=5798da69-7289-4327-b3a0-1ba30481cf9f Decibel Geek: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decibel-geek-podcast/id433426711?i=1000504813393 Growin’ Up Rock: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growin-up-rock/id1270712731?i=1000504850933 Whatever, Nevermind is our 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 are 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/

Corbin Reiff, author of "Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell", joins the program to discuss the life of Chris Cornell, a true Seattle scene grunge God. https://corbinreiff.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/

Coming in at No. 7 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums is the self titled Temple Of The Dog. Joining Bakko as co-host this ep is Dave Brewington of the Blame Your Brother podcast. Dave and Bakko offer their insight as they break down this pivotal grunge record. Temple of the Dog was an American rock super group that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. It was conceived by vocalist Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as a tribute to his friend, the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of the bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. The lineup included Stone Gossard on rhythm guitar, Jeff Ament on bass guitar (both ex-members of Mother Love Bone and later Pearl Jam), Mike McCready (later Pearl Jam) on lead guitar, and Matt Cameron (Soundgarden and later Pearl Jam) on drums. Eddie Vedder appeared as a guest to provide some lead and backing vocals. http://bybpod.com/ http://www.templeofthedog.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/

This week we break open a never discussed marital issue. The return of Bobby Blotzer. iHeartRadio’s Top 10 Rock songs of 2020. U.S. Capitol Raid and the lighter side of sedition. Music: Foghat - Slow Ride Eagles Of Death Metal - Don't Speak (I Came To Make A Bang) RATT - As Good As It Gets Royal Blood - Trouble Coming Megadeth - Dystopia

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/

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/

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

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

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

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

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/