Growin&#8217; Up Rock

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Divisive Album Battles: Scorpions "Savage Amusement" Vs. Judas Priest "Turbo" Apr 20, 2025

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In the new "Divisive Album Battle Series", we pit two albums from bands that fans seem to have a Love / Hate relationship with. To kick off the series we take The Scorpions "Savage Amusement" and Judas Priest "Turbo" and match track against track to see which album we think is the album battle champion.

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Judas Priest, Scorpions, Growin Concern, Wheels Of Fire

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Wheels Of Fire - “Fool’s Paradise”

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Smash, Trash, Or Meh (Volume 3) Apr 13, 2025

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In this listener discussion episode, you give us 3 choices of various things ranging from music to food and all things in between and we discuss, deciding which is a Smash, which is Trash, and which is just plain Meh.

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Badlands, Fate, Widowmaker, Metallica, Don Felder, Whitesnake, Kobra & The Lotus, Warrant, Ratt, Glenn Hughes, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix. Dokken, Kiss, Hollywood Undead

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Fate - "Around The Sun"

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Friday Quick Fix: Hollywood's Private Collection (Vol. 1) Apr 11, 2025

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For this “Hollywood’s Private Collection” (Vol. 1) episode, Sonny is sharing some of the many items and music he collects. In this episode he shares some of his collection of 45s.

The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start.

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Frehley's Comet, Paul Young, Skid Row, Iron Maiden

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Thanking The Greats: John Sykes Apr 06, 2025

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This week in the Thanking The Greats Series, we want to thank one of the greatest guitar players in rock music, and pay tribute to the late great John Sykes.

In the “Thanking The Greats Series” we will explore and discuss an individual Artist, Producer, Song Writer, Manager, or just about anyone involved in the music business we think has had a long career and contributed to the music we grew up loving. Oh and while we are at it, we will also select and play a few tunes we dig that are related to that individual.

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Ginavera, Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, John Sykes.

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Ginevra - “Moonlight”

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Friday Quick Fix: Try This (Volbeat) Apr 04, 2025

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For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of rocker Volbeat.

The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start.

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Volbeat

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2025 Album Review Series: Ozzy Osbourne "Bark At The Moon" Mar 30, 2025

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This week we invited Bakko from the Cobras And Fire Podcast to go track by track through the 3rd studio album “Bark At The Moon” from Ozzy Osbourne.

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Ozzy Osbourne

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Friday Quick Fix: Sonny Celebrates A Birthday (1980) Mar 28, 2025

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In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny celebrates his Birthday for 1980 when he takes a look at the music and events that were happening during his special day.

The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start.

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Diana Ross, Queen, Sheena Easton

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MORC 25 (Monsters Of Rock Cruise RECAP) Mar 23, 2025

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We came, we sailed, we ROCKED! It's time to give you our 2025 Monsters Of Rock Cruise Recap. MORC 25 was a blast. We have stories and thoughts on all we saw and heard for MORC 25 this year. As in previous years we share our recap with our traveling pals over at the Podder Than Hell Podcast. Catch the pre-party, days 1 and 2 over on their podcast. We will finish it up with days 3,4,and 5.

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Monsters Of Rock Cruise

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Shiraz Lane, Eclipse, Krokus, MSG,Massive Wagons, Pretty Maids, Buffalo Rock City

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Shiraz Lane - “Dangerous”

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Friday Quick Fix: Try This (Caleb Johnson) Mar 21, 2025

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For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of Caleb Johnson

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Caleb Johnson

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