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Steven’s Mixed Tapes – Volume 1 EP98 May 19, 2019

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Episode Description: The idea behind Steven's mixed tapes is basically to play some great rock music while sharing a few stories about growing up. Steven's mixed tapes is basically my version of a radio show. Radio wishes it played kick ass music like this and without the commercials or yearly subscription fees. What’s The Story: When I was a kid in school, I made it a point to put together mixed cassettes of all the bands and songs I loved. Everytime a new record came out or I read about some band in Kerrang magazine, I picked up the cassette and dubbed it off in my state of the art duel cassette player. I would bring them to school the next day and share them with all my metalhead buddies. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a Recommendation on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock because let’s face it I need all the friends I can get!! Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Buy and Support The Artist We Discuss On This Episode Music in this Episode Provided by the Following: The Cars, Pat Benatar, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, The Winery Dogs, Whitesnake, Dokken, Kiss, AC DC, and our Crank It Up Spotlight is Affaire Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website KISS

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Listener Questions, You Asked, We Answered – EP97 May 12, 2019

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Episode Description: Sonny and Steven answer listener questions. They cram a bunch of great music into this already laugh filled episode while trying to answer some great questions about rock n roll and the meaning of life. OK, I made that last part up and besides they aren't qualified to answer life questions, they're idiots. What’s The Story: You asked and we answered. Sonny and I open our lives up to the listeners and answer a boatload of questions ranging from Sonny’s love for Alias and his hatred of Rush to why I can’t figure out the answer to a question in which the Podcast is named after. After 96 episodes, we figure why not turn over the questioning to some of our listeners and let them ask away. We did our best to answer most of the questions but some of the questions were, well how can I put this? Dumb! Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a Recommendation on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock because let’s face it I need all the friends I can get!! Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Buy and Support The Artist We Discuss On This Episode Music in this Episode Provided by the Following: Scorpions, Van Halen, Y&T, Coney Hatch, Kick Axe, Kiss, and Your Crank It Up New Music Spotlight is The Treatment Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website

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Top 10 Live Albums – EP 96 May 05, 2019

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Episode Description: Sonny and I pick our Top 10 Live Albums growing up. We discuss why they were important to us, and play some of our favorite tracks from those albums. What’s The Story: Nowadays Live Albums are released all the time. If you are into a band, chances are they have released a live record. Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s live albums were much more of an event. In most cases the bands were already well established and the live album would be released about 4 or 5 records into the bands career. For me growing up and I suspect in a lot of other people’s lives, live albums were a way to check out a band. A greatest hits so to speak. If you liked it, then go down that “rabbit hole” and pick up some of the studio releases. In some artist cases, they owe everything to the live album. Peter Frampton and Kiss come to mind immediately. They were struggling before they released their first live albums. I consider myself much more of a studio track guy, but in my youth, I simply wore out the live albums we will be discussing in this episode. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a Recommendation on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock because let’s face it I need all the friends I can get!! Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Buy and Support The Artist We Discuss On This Episode Music in this Episode Provided by the Following: Iron Maiden, Frehley’s Comet, Michael Schenker Group, Ozzy, Judas Priest, AC DC, House Of Lords, BuckCherry, And 99 Crimes is your Crank It Up Spotlight You can help out the podcast by purchasing all your music through our Amazon store link below. It does not cost you a penny more, but it help us out by getting a small fee from Amazon - So Thanks In Advance For Helping Us Out!! Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store

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Mick Sweda of Lies, Deceit, & Treachery – EP095 Apr 28, 2019

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Episode Description: Guitarist Mick Sweda joins Sonny and Steven to talk about his current band Lies, Deceit, & Treachery, as well as his time in the Bulletboys and King Kobra. Sweda is joined in Lies, Deceit & Treachery by two other original members of Bulletboys plus Last In Line frontman Andrew Freeman. We chat about some of the trials and tribulation of the music business and get into his earliest musical memories. What's The Story? We use the term "desert island" album a lot on this show. For both Sonny and I, the Bulletboys debut album falls into that category. Like so many others, I discovered the Bulletboys through the "Smooth Up In Ya" video on MTV, quickly went out and got the album, and became a fan. In addition to the Bulletboys record, I was also a fan of the King Kobra debut, and although not a "desert island" record, I was known to crank it up from time to time. So it was a real pleasure to speak to Mick, who was absolutely cool as hell and very gracious with his time. - Steven Michael Mick Sweda is a songwriter, guitarist and singer born in Gowanda, New York on April 18, 1960. After attending college on a drama scholarship and touring the east coast with various bands, Sweda moved to Los Angeles. He spent time in various musical projects, including the band Stormtrooper whose Armies of the Night EP surfaced in 1985. In 1984, he was approached by Carmine Appice to join his new band King Kobra, which had been signed to Capitol Records. Sweda recorded two records with King Kobra (Ready to Strike and Thrill of a Lifetime) and toured extensively, opening for bands such as Iron Maiden, Kiss and Ted Nugent. Sweda left the band in 1987 and started BulletBoys with Lonnie Vencent and Marq Torien, the latter of whom had briefly served as King Kobra's lead singer. The band signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988. Upon the release of their eponymous debut, the band toured extensively opening for bands such as Cheap Trick, Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne and others, as well as headlining theaters. BulletBoys recorded two more records for Warner Bros. (Freakshow and Za-Za) and supported both records with tours before Sweda left the band in 1993. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store

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Desert Island Albums Volume 1 – EP094 Apr 21, 2019

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Episode Description: The term "Desert Island Albums" is used often on Growin' Up Rock. When we use the term, we are talking about albums that start to finish are awesome musical masterpieces in our 16 year old minds. In this episode we each pick one of those desert island albums to discuss start to finish. What's The Story? Throughout every music fans life, there are albums that seem to connect with them. They are special works of music and from the first track to the last track they are perfect in everyway. Everyone knows about albums like Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet" or Van Halen's Debut, but what about the albums that are more of a personal opinion? Sonny and I use the term "Desert Island Albums" all the time on the show. We ask our guest to name some of theirs and we often reference many of ours. In what we are sure will become an ongoing series, we will each explore one of our "Desert Island Albums" in each episode. In this first installment we explore albums from LA Sunstrip rockers Ratt and The Red Rocker himself Sammy Hagar. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Please buy Music played on this episode by Sammy Hagar, Restrayned, Ratt, & Kiss Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website KISS

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Biff Byford of Saxon – EP093 Apr 14, 2019

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Episode Description: Steven talks to legendary frontman Biff Byford of Saxon about the band's history and some of Biff's earliest musical memories. They discuss the current setlist and the overall Monsters of Rock Cruise. In addition to this great interview, Steven rounds up friends and fellow Saxon fans Kevin Williams and Brad Rusthoven to discuss their history with the band. The guys pick and play some of their favorite deep cuts from the band. What's The Story: Saxon is a band that was crucial in helping me to develop my taste in hard rock and metal music as a teenager growing up in the early 80s. I first discovered the band on a weekly trip to the mall record store, where I'd spend hours reading Kerrang magazine. My first money was spent picking up an import cassette of the very first Eagle Has Landed live record. From the opening of "Motorcycle Man," it was clear this was to be a new musical love for me. - Steven Michael Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977, in Barnsley. During the 1980s, Saxon established themselves as one of Europe's greatest metal acts. As one of the leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums, including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. The band also had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart, chart success all over Europe and Japan, and in the United States. The band tour regularly and have sold more than 23 million albums worldwide. Considered one of the classic metal acts, Saxon have influenced a number of bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Exodus, Overkill, Mötley Crüe, Pantera, Helloween, Running Wild, Metal Church, Armored Saint, Dream Theater, Dokken, Skid Row, Sodom, Celtic Frost, Bathory, King Diamond and Death Angel. - From Wiki Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Go Buy Saxon Music Here

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Rocklanta Recap With Brad Lee – Bonus Apr 11, 2019

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Episode Description: Rocklanta is over and we were there. Were you? We talk with promoter Brad Lee about the inaugural Rocklanta weekend event and recap all the artist that appeared. Brad Lee was kind enough to share some of the stories and challenges of putting on a two day concert of this size. We also listen to Brad tell us his own personal Growin' Up Rock story of bowling and Motley Crue going straight in the toilet. What's The Story? Rocklanta was a two day festival put on by Brad Lee Entertainment and Tribal One productions. The festival took place in Atlanta at the Center Stage on March 29th and 30th 2019. The line up featured hard rock bands Tora Tora, Kickin Valentina, XYZ, Roxy Blue, Dangerous Toys, Tyketto, Hardcore Superstar, Babylon Shakes, Firehouse, Denman, Eastside Gamblers, Warrant, Lillian Axe,and ODD. The Growin' Up Rock Podcast was in attendance and had press credentials, so we give our opinion of the bands that performed over the weekend and shoot the shit with promoter Brad Lee about putting on the show. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast GO BUY AND SUPPORT LIVE AND RECORDED MUSIC - Music in this episode supplied by Hardcore Superstar, Kickin Valentina, Dangerous Toys, Babylon Shakes, Denman, & American Bombshell playing us out. You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Storea

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Tesla’s Frank Hannon – EP092 Apr 07, 2019

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Episode Description: Steven speaks with Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon about some of his earliest musical memories and the band's newest album release "Shock." We go album-by-album to discuss what Frank's thoughts were at the time of recording. Because we are such huge Tesla fans, as an added bonus we thought why not throw in our top 5 Tesla tunes to rock along the way. What's The Story: Tesla is an American rock band formed in Sacramento, California in late 1981 by bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon as Earthshaker, and later City Kidd. Lead vocalist Jeff Keith, drummer Troy Luccketta, and guitarist Tommy Skeoch joined them by 1984. By 1986, the band had changed from its glam-derived sound to a 'rootsier' direction under a new name: "Tesla." The band disbanded in 1996 with members devoting themselves to solo projects before re-forming in 2000. Tommy Skeoch departed the band in 2006 and was replaced by Dave Rude. Tesla have sold 14 million albums in the United States. I heard the first single "Modern Day Cowboy from the band's debut album upon its release and was hooked. When I saw the band in a small club in Atlanta on that very first tour for the debut album, I loved everything about the bands no-frills approach to rock n roll and I never looked back. Over the years, I have seen the band countless times and purchased all the band's releases of original material. This band is rock n roll done right; from its heavy driven rockers to its meaningful ballads. Love This Band!! Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast ALL Music Featured on the show by Tesla Buy Tesla Music Here You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store

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Kiss – Solo Albums – Gene & Paul Apr 01, 2019

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Episode Description: It's April Fools Day and all about the Kiss Solo Albums. In a unprecedented rock podcast crossover event with the Podder Than Hell Podcast. Each podcast will release 2 episodes at the same time covering all 4 Kiss Solo albums. We play 6 of our favorite tunes from the albums and discuss our feelings regarding the records. Podder Than Hell Podcast Episodes Go To: Peter & Paul and Gene & Ace What's The Story? In 1978 Kiss was at the height of their dominance. They could do no wrong, that is until they released Phantom of the Park. The band was imploding from within. The record label and management thought the way to keep the band happy and bring them closer together was to let them all do solo albums. It was a can't lose situation? Um, sure we'll go with that. They each did their solo record and on September 18th, 1978 they all released them at the same time. We get into Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, & Peter Criss's attempt at showing each other who the most important part of Kiss really was in '78. For The Podder Than Hell Podcast Episodes Go To: : Peter & Paul Gene & Ace Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS

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Kiss – Solo Albums – Ace & Peter Apr 01, 2019

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Episode Description: It's April Fools Day and all about the Kiss Solo Albums. In a unprecedented rock podcast crossover event with the Podder Than Hell Podcast. Each podcast will release 2 episodes at the same time covering all 4 Kiss Solo albums. We play 6 of our favorite tunes from the albums and discuss our feelings regarding the records. Podder Than Hell Podcast Episodes Go To: Peter & Paul and Gene & Ace What's The Story? In 1978 Kiss was at the height of their dominance. They could do no wrong, that is until they released Phantom of the Park. The band was imploding from within. The record label and management thought the way to keep the band happy and bring them closer together was to let them all do solo albums. It was a can't lose situation? Um, sure we'll go with that. They each did their solo record and on September 18th, 1978 they all released them at the same time. We get into Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, & Peter Criss's attempt at showing each other who the most important part of Kiss really was in '78. Find The Podder Than Hell Podcast Episodes For The Kiss Solo Albums Here: Peter & Paul Gene & Ace Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock or Podchaser Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS

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