It's out first episode celebrating Black History Month for the year and we're listening to a band we'd been hearing about for years but never actually checked out!
Key talking points - More line up changes that Guns N' Roses, forming a supergroup with all the same members as your normal band, the Snarehouse, every album needs a documentary, Kyle isn't feeling Lovely, the perils of name-checking your rhythm guitarist, a quick jump from disco to murder, Frank the Shank makes his debut and Rich loves Bowie's thrash phase.
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We made it to our centennial episode! And what better way to celebrate than to try something big, bold and potentially bad.... it's a live listen through of a brand new album!
Key talking points - A glitterball with a steel drum, we question whether we pressed play on the right album, a band simultaneously loses keyboards and fans, Kyle takes a shower in a box of ice and Rich gets some medicine from the vet.
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We end our trip down 90s-Memory-Lane with one of the biggest rock bands on earth, who continue to put the 'fun' in funk.
Key talking points - Bono creates a Pixar classic, we discuss 2 albums that don't exist, rockstars acquire superpowers, Anthony Keidis is crowned Prom King '99, Kyle loses his mind at some 'Top 100' lists and Rich has trouble with his plosives.
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After a week off, melodies and interesting song writing make a comeback, courtesy of Courtney Love. But does it Hit So Hard or is it Awful?
Key talking points - A very sneaky producer, an odd awards decision, some Smashing Pumpkins sounding songs written by Smashing Pumpkins, we discuss whether The Beatles came before Hole, Rich brings brain research into the chat and Kyle won't shut up about his "motherf***king kitchen".
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Continuing our trip through the late 90s, we lend our ears to Coal Chamber and spend most of the hour talking about Nu-Metal as an industry....
Key talking points - An open door policy to anyone with a guitar, the Take That career model, ripping off the guys who made you famous, Kevin from The Office pops in to write some lyrics, counting to 6 proves tough for Rich and Kyle is done with all the commas.
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We're back baby! Just like the year 2022 in a couple of weeks, we're heading into our third season, and what better way to do it than discuss possibly the hardest follow-up album ever made.
Key talking points - Swedes and their politics, recording in a dentist's office, some award winning muddy tree people, don't ever tell Rage they should do what you tell them, Rich's apathetic fandom is finally questioned and Kyle talks calendars.
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Have we really been chewing the metal for 2 whole years? To celebrate, we're adding 3 parts self indulgence to 2 parts hilarity and putting it in a blender for a whopping 73 minutes!
Key talking points - A time travelling Metallica, some wrong opinions all round, some awards that you wouldn't want to accept, "one of every Chris", some tactical voting, Rich puts his memory to the test and Kyle almost forgets how audio-only media works.
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This week, we're listening to the final album of a very short lived noughties supergroup. Chris Cornell is in the band, so we all know what Kyle thinks. But what will Rich have to say and will it make Kyle cry?
Key talking points - A body or a bomb, a new master mixer enters the fray, Google Earth announcements, a sightless track listing, lots of 'too short' verses, Rich doesn't know how he knows some songs, Brendan O'Brien doesn't appreciate duck solos, Kyle tries to become Tom Morello's guitar (a lot) and that feeling you get when you almost forget to write your best song.
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They're everyone's favourite band to hate, but that doesn't mean this album wasn't instrumental in our musical education. So how will we feel over 20 years later? Have the good times gone? Is it too bad? Will we say never again? Ok, I'll stop now.....
Key talking points - The nun who introduced us to Nickelback, a tangent that takes us to infinity and beyond, some self explanatory lyrics, a computer called C.H.A.D, an ode to a baker, Rolling Stone get in under the wire, Rich does a casual Covid test and Kyle sings along to every single song.
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Oh, hi! Nice to see you and sorry for the delay between episodes. We're making up for lost time though by talking about not one, but fifteen different artists on Slash's self titled debut.
Key talking points - Maybe too much Stranger Things chat, the Boyzone timewarp, Slash doesn't play the bass, Rich turns into a helicopter for a second, a confusing Promise, Dave Grohl forgets to start singing, some lyrics ripped straight from the dictionary, Myles Kennedy saves the day and Kyle nearly breaks his mic when we pick next week's album.
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Unknown territory this week, as we delve all the way back to Architects' debut album. But will it leave us wondering why all our Gods have abandoned us?
Key talking points - Kyle pleases his fans, Rich orders some strawberries, we listen to an 'extremely metal album', a quick Jeb update, a recording studio that never existed and five men fall down a flight of stairs.
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Warning - this episode contains the C-bomb (blame Kyle).
It's the big 9-0! This week, we have the return of Welsh heroes Funeral For A Friend. Kyle knew the last album we listened to and Rich didn't like it. Rich knew this album - will history repeat itself?
Key talking points - Endless sniffles, Watergate 2: Scandal Harder, Terry Date - the man that produced that one Handsome album, John Mitchell strikes again, Rich takes us on a quick Robbie Williams detour, a mystery party line, the interesting recording of a boring song, Kyle gets Rich to check he hasn't gone mad and a disclaimer for the next few months.
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This week, we finally learn the real reason why the Foo Fighters frontman looks so similar to the drummer from Nirvana, as we dive into the Foo's classic 1999 album 'There Is Nothing Left To Lose'.
Key talking points - A relaxed recording process, we meet the master of surround sound, some Grammy admin, a brand new supergroup, Metallica shaves their heads, Kyle has strong opinions on hardback books and Rich still won't let last week slide.
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This week, we're filling an 'early 2000's metal bands' shaped hole in our knowledge.
Key talking points - Ben Wheatley: 50% auteur/50% rubbish, a waste of memory, everyone is French, the old 'your career is a tent' analogy, Rich zones out, we devote 10 minutes to the first song and less that 2 minutes to the second, Kyle plays the Uno reverse card, a boring melody, we do some learning in real-time and Stockholm Syndrome sets in.
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This week, we go back to everyone's favourite wacky and political Armenian-American Nu-Metal band (if you know of any others, please let us know!).
Key talking points - Some bad spelling, a very elite group of bands, some silent shredding, is Judd Nelson secretly an Armenian guitarist called Daron?, a surprising number of metal band/children's films crossover, Rich mishears a movie and Kyle gets so excited about a video game that he might just leave mid-episode.
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I think we can all agree that it's about time we talked about Busted on this podcast.
Key talking points - Transformers is literally too hot to handle, a poppy pop boy band, the perils of having a more famous brother, Kyle shoehorns The Fray into the podcast again, Colin Richardson potentially imparts some wisdom, 'frilly bits' and Rich is going to hell.
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Question: What do you get if you mix members from 4 well established metal bands? Answer: A supergroup with a slightly confusing name.
Key talking points - We turn the tables on tradition straight out of the gate, Rich starts living in a shrinking room, a better offer from Miley, a labourer becomes a criminal, the plot thickens more than expected, a baffling pronunciation and Kyle becomes a sound effects machine.
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This week, we're revisiting a band that caused a mild upset the last time they were on the show. Will it be redemption this time, or will Kyle disappoint Rich once again?
Key talking points - Unexpectigly, 24/7 Muppets songs, AC/DC get political, all the bends, Rich and Kyle finally consider which guitar solos they would be, we make fun of Tool for being good musicians, a Puddle Of Mudd revelation and Elton John makes his podcast debut.
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Just as we find ourselves talking about early thrash, we get to discover the band how maybe, possibly, potentially started the whole thing.
Key talking points - An arrest goes wrong via a technicality, when it comes to guitarists - two's a crowd, the Wild West of north London, Lemmy might have cooked the books on sales, a man too delicate to punch, Kyle gives us some real time reactions and Rich gets a ghostly visitor.
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This week, we've got our first three-peat artist and who else could it be but the Gods of metal themselves. They played their first show almost 40 years ago to the day, so we're celebrating that with their debut album!
Key talking points - S&M causes some strife on the podcast (no, not like that), an album produced by Paaaaaaul, another bus of nuns, we're perhaps too critical of some teenagers, Kyle takes a Mormon detour, Rich brings back a segment and causes some outrage, a helpful poltergeist, orchestral advocation and the random number generator is definitely sentient.
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