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Classic Metal Show

Since 1996, THE CLASSIC METAL SHOW has been the ultimate destination for honest, no-holds-barred talk about hard rock, heavy metal, and everything in between.

This isn’t just another channel. It’s an uncensored community.

On our paid tier, you get commercial-free access to all of our daily episodes, plus bonus content, behind-the-scenes insights, and the opportunity to interact with us directly.

If you’re tired of corporate music media and you want the truth from two guys who have been doing this for over two decades, this is your new home.

Disclaimer: If you can’t handle opinions that aren’t your own, you’re in the wrong place. We’re not here to make friends. We’re here to talk metal. Deal with it, crybabies!

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CMS 8/22/26: Why Is Everything Getting More Expensive While Everyone Is Broke? Aug 31, 2026

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An 88% price hike, Rumble getting blocked in other countries, YouTube getting told to piss off, and the question nobody wants to answer: how much are you willing to pay before you finally walk away?

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Then things get considerably more ridiculous.

Van Halen fans get dragged into another Roth-vs-Hagar argument, Black Sabbath gets turned into ballet, Skid Row rum gets put under the microscope, AI gets used to create some truly bizarre shit, and somehow the show eventually winds up talking about cheating, dating and Yacht Rock.

Yeah. It’s one of those episodes.

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Did These 90s Metal Album Completely Ruin Everything? (2014 Archive) Aug 29, 2026

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When a legendary frontman calls out the biggest metal act on the planet for soft radio tracks and selling out to grunge, you know the gloves are coming off. We dive headfirst into the endless debate over mid-90s album pivots, inflated egos, and whether long-running bands can ever actually sound hungry again after making millions. Plus, live callers jump in to break down what happens when your favorite artists start playing it safe just to survive on corporate tour packages.

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Why Is Nikki Sixx Comparing Motley Crue to Queen? Aug 28, 2026

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Backing tracks, aging rock stars, AI, and the slow-motion disappearance of the classic rock era — this episode has plenty to chew on. Asia has a new song that sounds suspiciously unlike Asia, Glenn Hughes is stepping away from live performances, Brian May declares war on AI, and Nikki Sixx has a very convenient explanation for Motley Crue’s backing tracks.

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And somehow, Queen gets dragged into all of it.

The bigger question is whether fans should care about any of this anymore — or whether everybody should just enjoy the show while these bands are still able to get onstage.

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Was Richie Blackmore’s Deep Purple Return a Final Goodbye? Aug 28, 2026

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Richie Blackmore suddenly walks onto a Deep Purple stage after 33 years, and the whole thing happened with almost no warning. Was this just a spontaneous jam, a long-overdue reunion, or something a lot more significant?

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Then things get even stranger when Foghat rolls out yet another live release, complete with a new single, while the guys start digging into the absolutely insane number of musicians who have passed through bands like Whitesnake and L.A. Guns.

Old-school rock, bizarre band histories, and plenty of brutally honest opinions. What more do you need?

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Why Isn’t Plush Catching Fire After All This Hype? Aug 27, 2026

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Plush has talent. They have the songs. They’ve had major opportunities. So why the hell aren’t they catching fire?

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The new single “Animalistic” gets put under the microscope, from the overproduced vocals and missing guitar solo to the question of whether Plush is trying to be a modern rock band while still playing to an older audience. Then the discussion gets even uglier: stage presentation, image, covers, live performance, marketing, and whether this new album could be the band’s last real shot.

Plus, there’s a quick but serious word about metal writer Dom Larson after his heart attack at Bloodstock. No bullshit—if you can help somebody from the metal community, sometimes you just help.

Come for the new Plush song. Stay for the question nobody wants to answer: does this band still have time to turn it around?

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Did AI Just Make Randy Trask’s Song Better Than His Band? Aug 26, 2026

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What happens when you take a song that was never exactly destined for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and hand it over to AI with one simple instruction: make this thing actually sound good?

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That’s exactly what happens here.

There’s plenty of Firehouse nostalgia, stories about meeting the guys behind the music, and then things take a hard left into the AI music rabbit hole when Randy Trask’s “Rollercoaster” gets rebuilt in multiple styles. Hair metal. Motown. Different singers. Different arrangements. And yes... the damn banjo survives.

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What Happens When AI Gets Its Hands on a Classic Rock Song? Aug 26, 2026

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AI music was already weird. Then somebody decided to hand it a rock song and see what happened.

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This episode goes deep into the Firehouse years, the strange afterlife of hair metal, and some seriously wild stories about crossing paths with the people behind the music.

Then things get completely out of hand.

A request from Randy Trask leads to an experiment with Suno, where “Rollercoaster” gets rebuilt into multiple versions — including 80s hair metal, different vocal styles, and even a Motown-inspired take. The results raise one hell of a question: is AI actually getting good enough to compete with real musicians?

And yes, the banjo is still there. CMS VIP — commercial-free and early episodes

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What TV Show Just Came Out of Nowhere and Kicked Ass? Aug 25, 2026

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Tonight gets weird fast. A supposedly forgettable TV show turns into an unexpected obsession, a brand-new season of a comedy gets the boys fired up, and somehow a terrible title may be hiding one hell of a series. Add some brutally honest talk about getting older, getting out of the house, and rediscovering the ability to actually socialize, and you’ve got a show that refuses to stay in one lane.

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And then there’s the question: how the hell did five hours disappear at a bar?

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What Happens When a Metal Podcaster Jumps Into True Crime? Aug 25, 2026

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A week that starts with Journey, Grandmaster Flash, Matt Sorum and Nailbomb somehow winds up in the middle of an unsolved murder case.

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Then things get even weirder.

There’s a true-crime interview coming up, a very unexpected musical discovery involving Electric Callboy, a three-decade trip to the doctor, a brutally honest hatred of cats, and enough upcoming interviews to keep the microphones smoking.

And yes, somehow all of this makes sense in the same conversation.

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CMS LIVE 8/15/26: Is Blackmore Joining Deep Purple The Most Shocking Stage Reunion Ever? Aug 24, 2026

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Thirty-three years of absolute silence, total bad blood, and zero communication ended with one massive riff on a stage in New York. We dig straight into the shocking moment that blew the minds of rock fans everywhere, plus a devastating retirement announcement from one of the greatest vocalists to ever step up to a microphone. Throw in some brand-new heavy riffs from the young guns keeping the genre alive, and you’ve got an episode that rips off the scab on classic and modern rock. Smash play and see where the chaos goes.

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