Rich throws himself headfirst into the long-anticipated Triumph tribute album available on June 6, 2025.
Rich breaks down jaw-dropping covers by rock royalty like Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson, Dee Snider, Joey Belladonna, Slash, Jack Blades, and Jeff Keith. He dives into how each artist pays homage to Triumph’s legacy.
Whether you’re a die-hard Triumph fan or just here for the epic lineup, you’ll feel every high note, every riff, and every moment of Rich’s passionate, sometimes painfully honest journey through this monumental tribute.
Headphones on. Horns up. Let’s get into it.
While Kiss has previously stated that there would be no reunion or live shows after their last great appearance at Madison Square Garden, the members seem to have changed their minds. Just 15 months after the previous concert, they announced an unmasked reunion show in Las Vegas. This week, Rich unpacks his response to the news.
Kiss Reunion
Gene Simmons
Paul Stanley
Ace Frehley
Peter Criss
Vinnie Vincent
Eric Carr
Tommy Thayer
Bruce Kulick
Eric Singer
Mark St. John
This week, Rich unpacks the legend that is Brad Gillis. Brad Gillis is often underrated as a guitarist, especially when it comes to his brief but crucial role with Ozzy Osbourne in 1982. Here’s why he deserves more credit than he gets:
Gillis was thrown into an almost impossible situation: replacing the legendary Randy Rhoads after his tragic death.
His unique guitar style, being overshadowed by Jake E. Lee, and the success he had with Night Ranger, makes Brad Gillis, again, extremely underated.
Rich reviews the Kerry King concert. Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his solo band performed on Wednesday, February 5 at Theatre Of The Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The setlist was as follows:
1. Where I Reign
2. Rage
3. Trophies Of The Tyrant
4. Residue
5. Two Fists
6. Idle Hands
7. Repentless (SLAYER song)
8. Toxic
9. Tension
10. Everything I Hate About You
11. Disciple (SLAYER song)
12. Purgatory (IRON MAIDEN cover)
13. Killers (IRON MAIDEN cover)
14. Crucifixation
15. At Dawn They Sleep (SLAYER song)
16. Shrapnel
17. Raining Blood (SLAYER song)
18. Black Magic (SLAYER song)
19. From Hell I Rise
Rich hosts Christina and Frank Sasso from New Pod City's Trenton Waves podcast to talk all things Metal as well as other things! GREAT FUN INTERVIEW!!!!!
Rush has made the official announcement regarding the release of a 50-track, career-spanning box set in celebration of the band's 50th anniversary titled "Rush 50", which will release on March 21st!
Also, Rich shares that Candice Night is returning with “Sea Glass,” a new solo album to be released April 25th, 2025 and founding member and lead guitarist of Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore makes an appearance.
Horns up!
Join Rich as he unpacks and nutshells the recent development in the possible Lynch-Logan team up. Lynch Mob singer Oni Logan was asked about the possibility of working with George Lynch again, either under the Lynch Mob name or as a separate project. Oni said, "I don't know much about it. All I know is that George seems to be happy and we have texted in the past about maybe doing another album together — I would look forward to it. We'll see if it happens."
Rich unpacks the news about Nicko McBrain's announcement about his retirement from touring. His final scheduled performance with the band, "Iron Maiden".
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British Lion
Iron Maiden
Nicko McBrain
Steve Harris
Simon Dawson
Rich remembers a time in a NJ diner at 2:00am hanging with Don Dokken, George Lynch, Mick Brown, Jeff Pilson, and others from the group Dokken.
This week, Rich unpacks the awesomeness of the band Cinderella. Cinderella was an American rock band formed in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1983. The band emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum studio albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation and popularity.
This week, Rich unpacks the magic that is KXM. KXM is a Heavy Metal band formed in 2013, consisting of Korn drummer Ray Luzier, King's X bassist/vocalist dUg Pinnick and Lynch Mob/ex-Dokken guitarist George Lynch.[1] Signed to Rat Pak Records, they have released a self-titled album in 2014, Scatterbrain in 2017 and Circle of Dolls in 2019, the latter through Frontiers Records.
This week, Rich unpacks the process by which artists are inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
This week, Rich unpacks some facts about George Lynch's complicated history with Ozzy Osbourne, his multiple auditions and other stuff including being fired.
Tom Scholz is the man behind the music and sound of Boston. This Rich unpacks the magic of Tim Scholz. Megadeth drummer, Shawn Drover, starts the show with a shoutout to Rich!
Rich just found out Jennifer Batten is a fan of Mouthful of Metal. Listen in as he pays tribute to an awesome guitarist! Jennifer has worked as a session musician and solo artist. From 1987 to 1997, she played on all three of Michael Jackson's world tours, and from 1999 to 2001, she toured and recorded with Jeff Beck.
Jennifer has released three studio albums: her 1992 debut, Above Below and Beyond (produced by former Stevie Wonder guitarist Michael Sembello), the worldbeat-influenced Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum in 1997, and Whatever, which was released on CD and DVD in Japan in 2007 and worldwide in 2008.
Recently, Rita Haney, Dimebag Darrell’s (Damgeplan and Pantera) lifelong girlfriend, gave an interview on YouTube. Listen in as Rich unpacks it. If you want to hear the interview, here's the link:
Slayer Fans! Rich unpacks some tidbits about the news that after 5 years of "retirement" Slayer is back! They're currently reheasing somewhere in Pennslyvania called "Nowheres-ville".
Rolling Stone published its list of the 250 Greatest Guitarists. It was compiled by the editors and writers of Rolling Stone and this week, Rich Hopkins weighs in on the legitmacy of it.
In a recent interview, MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist, John 5, was asked if there are plans for the group to release a new full-length album or if he and his bandmates are focusing on issuing standalone singles and EPs. He responded saying, "You know what? I'm not sure. I think we're gonna just drop songs. That's what I've been doing personally [in my solo career] for a long time. And then what I do is I'll just drop new songs, drop new songs, and then I'll take all those songs and put 'em in a record and sell 'em at my shows or whatever, the full record." Needless to say, Rich Hopkins isn't too thrilled about this. Listen in.
