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Eclipse – Rock’s Complete Package – EP065 Sep 16, 2018

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Eclipse is Rock's complete package. Growin' Up Rock was lucky enough to catch up with the Swedish band in Atlanta to learn what's brought them here and what's in store for the future. Eclipse has released three albums that I absolutely love on Frontiers Records: Bleed and Scream (2012), Armageddonize (2015), and Monumentum (2017). On a rare trip to the US for an appearance at PowerProg USA, a progressive power metal festival, singer Erik Mårtensson, guitarist Magnus Henriksson, and drummer Philip Crusner of Sweden's Eclipse were kind enough to share some of their earliest influences, how they approach writing for different projects they are involved with, and their philosophy on recording to create these sonically awesome Eclipse records. It has occurred to us that Sweden must be putting something in the water, because there are a ton of killer hard rock and metal bands coming out of there these days. As you will hear from our conversation, it may just be the fact that all those kids whose parents were deep into hard rock and metal are finally coming of age. With incredible melodies, screaming guitars, great vocals and huge choruses tailor made for an arena or stadium, you're in for a treat because Eclipse is the total rock n roll package. Everyone’s Got a Rock N Roll Story to Tell Tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @growinuprock 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 using our link below to do all of your Amazon shopping. Clicking on the Amazon banner below takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It costs 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 Eclipse W.E.T. John Corabi (Shuffle Rattle & Roll)

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Rock N Pod 2 Recap Finale – EP064 Sep 09, 2018

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Nashville Rock N Pod 2 is over , and we are closing out this year's Rock N Pod 2 recap with an epic finale of massive proportions. In this finale you will hear from Tora Tora, Keel, Tesla, Kik Tracee, Bang Tang, and a host of other great interviews. Growin' Up Rock loves to have fun and we do exactly that with our guest as we dig into what music they grew up on that meant so much to them driving them to become the people they are today. Growin' Up Rock had an amazing amount of fun this year hanging out with fellow podcasters, rock stars, comedians, and everyday music fans just like us. Sonny & Steven cannot stress the importance we think music podcast play in the education of music fans new and old, because we just don't get what radio and TV are doing anymore when it comes to true rock n roll. Hollywood and Steven will share their overall experience of the entire weekend. Its a great mix of music and the stories and memories that were created over the course of the weekend. If you were lucky enough to be there too, you can relive it from our perspective, and if you couldn’t attend, you can hear how awesome it was and start making plans to be there with us next year. GUR believes in the concept of Rock N Pod and the overall idea that brings together knowledgeable music-loving podcasters, the artists we love and follow, and the listeners who support rock n roll. The future of rock is bright and the future of Rock n Pod is even brighter. Enjoy our epic finale recap. IN THIS EPISODE: Troy Luccketta - Drummer with Tesla Thom Hazaert - Director of Operation / A&R EMP Records (The Boss) Peter Cecere - Co-Host I Love It Loudcast Keith Douglas - Guitar Player - Tora Tora Courtney Cronin- Dold - Comedian / Writer Co- Host of POP Podcast Drew Fortier - Guitar Player - Bang Tango / Zen From Mars / Film Maker / Writer Stephen Shareaux - Singer - Kik Tracee / Zen From Mars B.B. - Co-Host Podder Than Hell Podcast Ron Keel - Singer / Author for Keel / Steeler / Ron Keel 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 Follow us on Twitter - @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review BUY and Support Music from all the great bands we share at our Amazon link below. 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. The cost is exactly the same, and the podcast gets a tiny partnership fee which help us bring our show to you each and every week. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website KISS Tora Tora Wrath Cheap Trick Def Leppard Tesla Airbourne Zen From Mars Kik Tracee Bang Tango Keel and Ron Keel EMP Records

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Rock N Pod 2 Recap Part 1 – EP063 Sep 07, 2018

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Nashville Rock N Pod 2 is over , but the recap for Growin' Up Rock is just starting. The Growin’ Up Rock Podcast was in attendance for this year’s Rock N Pod Expo and we have a virtual treasure trove of interviews with musicians, comedians, fellow podcasters and yes, music content, to share with you. This is Part 1 of a 2 part Rock N Pod recap. Hollywood and I will share our overall experience of the entire weekend. We have lots of laughs and mix in some great music with the stories and memories we created over the course of the weekend. If you were lucky enough to be there too, you can relive it from our perspective, and if you couldn’t attend, you can hear how awesome it was and start making plans to be there with us next year. We believe in the concept of Rock N Pod and the overall idea that brings together knowledgeable music-loving podcasters, the artists we love and follow, and the listeners who support rock n roll. The future of rock is bright and the future of Rock n Pod is even brighter. Enjoy our recaps. IN THIS EPISODE: Craig Gass - Comedian Dylan Wright - Podder Than Hell Podcast Gary Corbett - Kiss, Cinderella, Lou Gramm, Cindy Lauper Toby Wright - Producer / Engineer (Alice In Chains, Korn, Brian Wilson, and a host of others) Kenny Olson - Original Kid Rock and The Twisted Brown Trucker Guitar Player Brent - Podcast Rock City Radio Co-Host 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 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 A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website KISS Tora Tora Styx The Cult Lynyrd Skynyrd Thin Lizzy

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Rock N Pod 2 : The Future Of Rock – EP062 Sep 01, 2018

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Nashville Rock N Pod 2 is over and the future, past, and present of rock is burning brightly. The Growin’ Up Rock Podcast was in attendance for this year’s Rock N Pod Expo and we have a virtual treasure trove of interviews with musicians, comedians, fellow podcasters and yes, music content, to share with you over the next few episodes. We will make it a point to get it out to you in the next 2 weeks. Hollywood and I will share our overall experience of the entire weekend. We have lots of laughs and mix in some great music with the stories and memories we created over the course of the weekend. If you were lucky enough to be there too, you can relive it from our perspective, and if you couldn’t attend, you can hear how awesome it was and start making plans to be there with us next year. We believe in the concept of Rock N Pod and the overall idea that brings together knowledgeable music-loving podcasters, the artists we love and follow, and the listeners who support rock n roll. The future of rock is bright and the future of Rock n Pod is even brighter. Enjoy our recaps. IN THIS EPISODE: Super Fan Listener Mooger Fooger The Future Of Rock: Past and Present Panel discussion recorded live at Rock n Pod featuring: Anthony Corder - Lead Singer of Tora Tora Jacob Cade - 19 year old Singer, Guitarist from Denver Johnny Dwinell - Owner Daredevil Productions - Social Media Guru Alora Whitten - Up and coming rock artist Ben and Dakota Denman - lead guitarist and singer from rock band Denman 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 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 A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website KISS Tora Tora Jacob Cade The Pretty Reckless Denman

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Who’s The New Guy – EP061 Aug 26, 2018

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Who's the new guy in the band? In this episode, we take a look at replacement players who have impacted the bands they joined in an awesome way. Hey, I went to my job today and some new guy was there doing it. Who's the new guy? WTF? Have I been fired? Oh wait, I left because quite frankly I can't stand the rest of the guys in this band. With the music industry changing rapidly each and every day, free agency is at an all-time high. One way musicians make a living nowadays is to play in 50 bands at the same time and stay out there on the road. Musicians switch bands like a pack of 8 year-olds playing musical chairs at the popular kid's birthday party. So in today’s episode, Sonny and I talk about just a few of our favorite replacement players who have contributed some good work with bands we love. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind we are going to make some controversial statements in this episode, but it's only our preferences and opinions and we encourage you to voice yours. Go to our Facebook page and start the conversation, and I am sure we will chime in. ***RECORDING NOTE*** This is a lost episode and was recorded in the summer of 2017. Enjoy the GUR vaults!! 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 Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artists / and Your Favorite Podcast You can help out by doing all of your Amazon shopping using our link below. Clicking on the Amazon banner ad takes you to the Amazon site where you can shop as normal. We get a small referral bonus to help us cover the podcast hosting fees, and it doesn't cost you anything but an extra click to get there. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Styx Mr Big Whitesnake Night Ranger Ace Frehley Winery Dogs Iron Maiden Rush Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath Skid Row

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Under Covers Of The Night – EP060 Aug 19, 2018

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Under Covers of the Night is an episode about playing and discussing some very cool rock cover songs that Sonny and I discovered. When Sonny and I started to discuss doing a covers episode recently, our research quickly turned up a massive number of cover songs out there in the universe. Some awesome, and some complete crap. Some extremely close to the original, and some completely unrecognizable. You have cover songs that are part of tribute albums to a designated band or artist. You have cover songs that were created for a sound track to a movie or TV show. At the end of the day, we decided that we were going to have to do more episodes in the future about cover songs. But for now, we had a load of fun digging for cover gems and even though we don’t always agree on what is good and what is bad, we do agree we love to Rock n Roll. 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 Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast on your platform of choice and leave us a review. Support Music / Artists / and Your Favorite Podcast You can help out by doing all of your Amazon shopping using our link below. Clicking on the Amazon banner ad takes you to the Amazon site where you can shop as normal. We get a small referral bonus to help us cover the podcast hosting fees, and it doesn't cost you anything but an extra click to get there. Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website KISS HIM Queensryche Foo Fighters Disturbed Kevin Chalfant Hugo Jorn Tykoon Adrenaline Mob Ben Folds Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to get access to over 45 pieces of bonus content. Use the link below and mention Growin' Up Rock in your comments. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me

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This Ain’t No Disco ’90 – EP059 Aug 12, 2018

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It's time for another installment of “This Ain’t No Disco” on Growin’ Up Rock. In an episode from the Growin' Up Rock Vaults. (yes we recorded this one last year - see if you can tell) This ain't no disco, but it sure as hell is rock n roll at its finest. On this episode we jump in our “Back To The Future” time traveling Delorean and go back to 1990, and what another kick ass year it was for hard rock and metal releases. It was getting close to the end for the hard rock / glam rock pretty boy music scene, that we came to know and love and getting close to the dawning of what would come to be known as the Grunge Rock era. We love the opportunity to focus on a year, and play whatever we feel like playing at the time we jump on our mics.We share a few laughs, talk about the changing tides in music and pick out a handful of great music to turn it up and take you back to 1990. 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 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 Pantera Poison King’s X Lynch Mob SteelHeart Alice in Chains Queensryche Yngwie Malmsteen Cry Wolf Pretty Maids Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me

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Fabulous First – Happy Anniversary – EP058 Aug 05, 2018

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We're celebrating our Fabulous First. Happy Anniversary Growin' Up Rock Listeners!! Remember the first time you heard one of your all-time favorite bands? How about the first time you saw them in concert? Growin' Up Rock is turning one, so we have an epic first year celebration in store for you all. Sonny and I reflect back on our first year of episodes, while discussing our fabulous first associated with some of our favorite bands we grew up loving in high school. Sonny and I have a ton of bands that meant so much to us growing up around rock n roll, while going to high school. There were far more bands than there was enough time in this episode to discuss all of them, but we touch on 5 of them that were certainly right there in the mix. I wasted more time sitting in class and drawing these bands logos on all my folders instead of actually studying and I don't regret a single minute. Maybe the first time you heard your favorite bands, was not actually the first album from that artist, but more the middle of the catalog based on your age. If that's the case for you, what was that bands sound like on that first release? Have they changed? Did they grow into more of a band you love, or change so much they became something less listenable for you? In a less likely case, you may actually love everything that artist ever released. Sonny and I talk about this and so much more and we are proud as hell to take all the Growin' Up Rock listeners with us for this fabulous first Anniversary, Birthday, whatever the hell you want to call it episode. TURN IT UP!! 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 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 A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website KISS Van Halen Rush Ratt Iron Maiden Def Leppard House Of Lords Bass Drum Of Death Judas Priest Night Ranger Whitesnake Metallica Stryper Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me

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Dokken Top 5 At This Minute – EP057 Jul 29, 2018

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It’s been a long time coming but we are finally doing a Dokken Top 5 List. On this episode we spin the Dial O’ Destiny and pick our top 5 favorite Dokken tunes. At least at this minute. Sonny and I are such huge Dokken fans, we found it impossible to pick just 5 of our favorite Dokken songs, so for the sake of time, as in we don’t have enough, we decided to capture a moment in time and record our favorites at this minute. Rockin' with Dokken is definitely a Growing Up Rock pasttime for Hollywood and me, and picking our favorite songs is like asking “Do you want cheese and bacon on that burger”? - Answer - UMMMMM - YES and YES!!! We also talk about our recent adventures in concert going, and how we think the economics of our universe will vastly improve the human and alien relationships of the future. OK - so I made that last part up, just wanted to see if you actually read this shit. Dokken is an American metal band formed in 1979. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band had three charting singles ("Alone Again", "In My Dreams" and "Burning Like a Flame") and have sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website 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 Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review 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. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Dokken Music Bad Boy Eddy Iron Savior

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Podchaser Cole Raven, Running Wild- EP056 Jul 22, 2018

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On this episode of Growin' Up Rock, we talk with Podchaser co-founder Cole Raven. Podcasts are booming. There's a podcast for everything, and Podchaser’s database and discovery engine has quickly become a go-to resource for podcast devotees. Officially beta-launched in July 2017, Podchaser is often called the IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes of podcasting, allowing listeners to rate and review shows, as well as individual episodes. In addition to Podchaser’s awesome review and rating system that is SUPER easy to use, they also allow you the listener to put together your own favorite playlist of shows and share easily throughout all your social media accounts. (Find our favorite Episode Playlist Here). With a library of over 18 million podcast episodes, they are the one-stop-shop for all things related to discovering awesome new podcasts to listen to and share with whomever you want. Growin' Up Rock caught up with co-founder Cole Raven to get the inside scoop on how Podchaser developed, what they have to offer, and what they're trying to achieve as a company. We also get to know him and find out more about Cole and the massive amount of podcasts he listens to as he’s running obstacle courses or training for the next season of Survivor (OK We completely made that part up about Survivor, but I think he might be good on it.). We vow to help Cole with his playlist by adding a healthy dose of Rock n Roll to improve his time out on the running course. Hear from Cole what he thinks makes a great podcast. In addition to all of this, Sonny and Steven decide to go Punk, so tune in to find out what we mean. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website 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 Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review 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. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Masked Intruder

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