METAL PODCAST -- Middle-Aged Metal-Heads (Middle-Aged Metal-Heads)

The boss with the hot sauce is here to drop some tunes and make y'all squirm. SQUIRRRRRRRRM

Whattaya wanna know? How do you wanna know it? 

It's the Vth round of listener questions where we are assaulted with questions and we pepper our audience with answers. 

BAM

It's been 40 years and they are still at it and going strong!

Who knew? Lots of people apparently. Michael Sweet sits in the chair and answers our questions about the anniversary tour and more! Get your tickets and check out that new record while you're at it! YELLOW AND BLACK ATTACK!

you know how you know you've never been to a desert island? You sit around thinking of Desert Island Discs. You know how you know you have? You forget you did it the first time. how about that?

Get stranded with us. Take your pick. Now suffer.

OOOOOooooooohhhh yeah those were the days. RIDE THE LIGHTNING!!!! you remember where you were but do you remember your first listen to the second EPIC by one of the greats? Put the headphones on and join the cuddle huddle as we listen to one of the most recognized classic records of our old-ass lives. 

For the real fans, we know the deep KUTZ that are Deep and KUT. Ride along. Get your WEEK IN METAL fix and then listen and discuss with us, the deepest from the HOTTEST BAND IN THE WORLD! 

The 3-Legged Stool returns and we are soaking in our own filth and the songs of TESLA. Hardin has the sniffles and David has the runs trying to escape those guitar riffing madmen from Stockton. Try to keep up.

We had the unimaginable pleasure of sitting down with MULTIPlatinum producer Tom Werman. Get the dirt. Dish and all.

You may not know the name immediately but his work is the soundtrack of your greatest days and nights.

SOOOOOOO many great records came out this year. It's amazing we packed it into one episode. Cmon in the the water is fine. Crack a cold one, sit back relax and talk with us about the YEAR 1988. I mean really, speak to your podcast out loud. Record it and send it to us. Also -- pop that 5-star review, wouldja? Trying to reach the masses of old people with their bald heads and back hair. 

This episode makes time for a little dip in Lake Bruce. Bruce Kulick, that is. He appears to be the hardest working guitarist in the biz. Maybe so. We came to chat about his contributions to the KISS catalog which are substantial. Come with me. Take my hand. Count to three.

Memory's all that's left behind as I lay and wait to die. Little do they know that I can hear their choice of life. . .

You're dying. We get it. John and Colin have never heard this record before. Can you believe that? We dive into this landmark #DeathMetal record and try to figure out the ripples it caused and why they never made it bigger than this.

LISTEN. SHARE. LOVE. RATE 5STARS. Be about it. 

Middle-Aged Metal Heads: 6
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: 7 

For some of us it's the first time. You never forget your first time. For others, it's the gazillionth time. Close the window, calm the lights, and it will be alright. Hit play and join in on the convo. Love it or Hate it, it's a classic. Like Titian. 

The cat is purring. It scratches my skin. What is wrong with another sin?  I mean, really, what IS wrong with another one? And another? This is probably the most famous Scorpions records and we are talking through the whole thing. Is that a sin? Maybe. Indulge. Join us. Talk along. Leave us a message. Get on the Insta, the Faceybookey, and the Twitter and give us a shout. Badaboom. 

Colin has something to say

Everyone has a fave that nobody knows. Guess what? Nobody knows yours either if you don't give us a call and tell us! 

Eddie Van Halen wrote the book and tore it up over his career. Many times over. As fans, musicians, and critics we often found ourselves floored at the sounds coming from his guitars. It still seems unreal -- all of it. His ability, his music, and his passing. We miss you already Eddie. We were never the same when you came and we'll never be the same with you gone. Rock on, brotherman. 

Special guest Chris Tipping  takes us on a journey through his childhood with some experiences and recordings that have withstood the tests of time, ridicule, poor management, and seedy venues. Come listen to a trio of old men yammer on about Heavy Metal and some of its trappings. 

When you think of candy, ghouls, and goblins. . . I'm sure the first thing that springs to mind is FASTWAY featuring Fast Eddie Clarke and somehow Pete Way. Right? Maybe not. Ozzy? Gene? Skippy? There we go. Skippy.

Well, skip on over and give us a listen. Hail Satan.

Have you had the chance yet? Have you entered the world of Seven Spires. Come hear the tales of melancholia, debauchery, and grandeur with the the Seven Spires. 

Who asks all the questions you want to know the answers to? YOU DO, you big lugs. We cover a lotta ground in this one and don't miss out on the WEEK IN METAL! Grab some beers and brats and have a little sitaround with the oldest with the moldest -- The Middle-Aged Metal-Heads.
While you're here, SHARE, RATE 5 STARS, and have a laugh. 

It's hard to believe that he even liked anything enough to make a selection. what a pain in the . . .

Who's your number one? Who's the best? Did we pick your best singer? You'll never know if you don't listen. Come check it out as our MAMHs drop the names of their TOP THREE singers of all time. 

and It's number is Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Niiiiiiinnnnnneeeeee. 

Ted Bundy is executed.
China has the Tiananmen Square protests in May
Iran issues a fatwa on Salman Rushdie over The Satanic Verses
Lyle and Erik Menendez murder their wealthy parents
Rain Man wins best picture
Tim Burton’s Batman was the highest grossing picture of the year
Top Album: Don’t Be Cruel by Bobby Brown
Top Single: Look Away by Chicago, (Highest charting hard rock single, Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison)

It's 2020, kids. Dan Kennedy is our guest. Buckle up, Hucklebuck. 

#heavymetal #metalpodcast #middleaged #metalheads #headbangersball #mtvgeneration 

Heavy Metal is 5 decades old and so are we. Just about. Our music is Middle-Aged. LOL. So anyways. . . here's part one of our discussion of the best of the decade. The wonderful, the arguable, the lovely. HEAVY METAL RULEZZZZ

Will your favorite team errrrr band make the finals? The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. 

Ho-Tel Mo-Tel Holiday DAN!

Your friend and ours, Hollywood Dan Kennedy, is in for a mixtape listening party. The doors are open and the wheels are off.

Giddyap.

The gentleman himself, Matthew Troy, has graced our virtual space once again. He brings us this opus and plenty of time to reflect and opine.

Take a walk with us. Matthew has you covered.

It's John's favorite episode. That really says it all. 

Where do you get your records growing up in a small west coast town?  Special guest John Hardin peels back the curtain to reveal that he's not always been the superhip homeboy from Austin that y'all think he is. 

Folks you know you need more. Unfortunately, we are going to give it to you. This episode features a special full-length Week in Metal ballad thanks to the editing of one John Hardin who tells us:

"people should sit back...adjust their pillow in the dumpster and soak it in"

So pour yourself something sexy and soak it in. 

It's like vu jade. That feeling this has never happened before. Except it has. And the recording borked so in honor of what would be the 80th birthday of Sir Ronnie James of Dio, we bring this episode. 

Middle-aged metal-heads are people who grew up listening to heavy metal music and still enjoy it in their middle age. They are often nostalgic about the bands, albums, concerts, and experiences they had in their youth, and they share their passion with other metal fans of their generation. Some of them also create podcasts, blogs, or social media groups to discuss and celebrate all things metal. For example, you can listen to the Middle-Aged Metal-Heads podcast, or join their Facebook group, where they talk about their favorite metal bands, songs, videos, and memories. They are proud of being part of the greatest generation of metal fans.

Don't you miss those Friday evenings with the kids? Gathered around on the shag carpet drinking soda and having chips while we pick our pieces and gather for a night of fun and festivities with our favorite people?

It was awful. Pretty sneaky sis.

Did you know there were so many documentaries about rock and metal? Real ones, fake ones, big ones, small ones, perky and floppy, more or less than a handful. A lot. We talk about some of them.

Those songs you love all in one place. K-Tel's Hard and Not Heavy. The greatest hits of Metalheads everywhere to listen in their basements when nobody else is around. Sshhhhhhh!

Your secret is safe with us. Middle Aged Metal Heads

Woe to you, O Earth and Sea

For the Devil sends David Lee Roth 

for he knows the time is short

Let him who hath understanding reckon

The Number of the Beast

For it IIIIIISISSS a human number

Her number is 867-5309

We are pleased to host Tim Swisher of Eyes of the Living to talk about new music, new gigs, and the longevity that led to conquering the pandemic through METALLLLLLL

Get your brackets

Get your money

Send it to us

And listen along. Who will take the coveted crown for METAL BOWL 2021!??!?!!

We have been low key loving Adam and the Metal Hawks since John heard them at the Twisted Sister HoF induction. We are so excited to welcome them to the podcast to talk about living laughing and loving with these rock star youngsters.

Get the girl. Impress your friends. Find that hidden gem. Cut up some taglines and movie quotes. 

Remember making the perfect mixtape? I was the best at it. Made covers and all.
This week, Intrepid Dumpster Diver, Michael Stamps takes us on a journey down a weird hole. IYKYK. 

Authors schmauthors, who needs them and all their fancy words and glossy pages, AMIRITE? maybe. Hair metal may be perjorative but we're not under oath so here we go. Come and snort some Aqua Net and Stiff Stuff and have at it.

I mean, who has ever heard this record before?

A lotta people apparently. Is it good? Bad? Ugly?

ALL THREE?!

What is bouncing around in that Texas sized noggin of MAMH John Hardin? Don't you wanna know?

We were down one and a half MAMHs but we made up for the difference in spades by welcoming Crow and Tyler of CAPRA. We covered the gamut of topics and got the low down on their latest release, IN TRANSMISSION, being released April 23. Join us, follow them, and get a sweet copy of their limited splatter vinyl at capraband.bandcamp.com 

What shows have you been to lately? WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY SHOWS! The Metal Lord is breaking records taking records and selling records. We bow to his majesty. But live music is back and it is pretty good.  Get some. 

HEAD TO HEAD matchup with some of the oldest heads we got. Whitesnake's TITULAR 1987 release VERSUS Testament's debut.
Who you got? light em up and soak your seats. Buckle up and Here We Go AGAIN

Somewhere along the way, we missed one. Who knows. This is where the rubber meats the roadies. Who would be in your ultimate festival?
What would you call it? How do these stack up and whose festival would you attend? AWWWWWWW YEAH come get some dogs in the parking lot

Dear Middle-Aged Metal-Heads, 

I'm a college student in a small midwestern town. Recently, the band I'm in has been experimenting with playing each other's, well...let's say "songs." We rock out the seven inches and see who can play the best. Whatever gets everyone going is the one we play the most. Is this something that I should worry about? Is it okay to tell my other friends about it? I think they'll really like what we're doing. My dad says I'll go blind. 

Welcome to the upside down. The future of METAL. literally. Tony called in from tomorrow to bring us the music of yesteryear. WTF? WTH? ROFL?

If you lost, just get down get demented and give us a listen. Our 1st fan brings us the Thunder from Down Under.

Fresh off the release of their first full length record, we welcome the whole band into the zoomie world of Middle-Aged Metal-Heads where we talk playing, planning, therapeutics, and thrash with Philadelphia's own thrash act, HONEY. You cannot miss this episode and you need to get their latest and get yourself in shape for some metal thrashing madness once the shows start flowing. 

Ain't lookin for Nothin

But a Good Time

How can I resist? 

Ain't looking for Nothin but a GOOD TIME 

and it really really DON'T get better than this. 

Buy the book. Listen to the pod. Give us them 5 stars. oooooooooh yeah

I want to play a game. You are surrounded by music from the mid to late 80s. Choose your weapon. The clock is ticking

There was that band. 'Member? Sitting around talkin. About Dick Hell? 'Member? I one. I two. 'Member? 

Now we're just here singing songs. About. Madonna. 

Was 1990 the year that made metal? Destroyed metal? Showed it's diversity and power to change or plow through? There was so much to see and hear that year and it changed our lives forever. Or did it? 

We managed to convince Courtney Cox, guitarist for Burning Witches, to visit the pod and talk a bit about the new record and tour as well as some other experiences. Super cool!

Road dogs. Local heroes? Conflicts? Gunfights? Quiet Riot has got it all. 

Not only do we get to talk about Armored Saint, we get to talk to the MAN HIMSELF -- John Bush. What a cool customer. Don't miss it.
And don't miss ARMORED SAINT on the road this year with W.A.S.P.

Do you accept Satan as your dark lord and savior? Would you like to reconsider? Death. Blackness. Blackety dark black darkness deathitudinal black dark deathness. We have taken The Oath and get down to the nitty-gritty about Death Metal Black Metal and all those evil areas in between. Join us as we spread the thighs of the music world, stirrup some trouble, and probe the dark earth and beyond. 

Email us to get in on the live episode on BLACK FRIDAY. GET YOUR COFFEE AND GET YOUR METAL.
IN YOUR MOUTH. 

We are. . .WERE. . .the youth gone wild! Now we are old but I'm sure our feeble minds and loins remember when these gorgeous men hit the big stage. Hit after hit -- or was it? Join us for a listening party for a record that is older than your children but younger than your spouse. And probably still better looking than all of us. YOUTH GONE WILD! OH MY BACK! 

We are amped up on Death Wish Coffee and hanging out with Seversun, Yersin, and a handful of listeners. Part listening party, part listener questions, part FREE FOR ALL!!!! BLACK FRIIIIIDDDDAAAAYYYYYYYY

Hotter than H. E. Double Hockey-sticks?! That's pretty hot. I mean HAWTTTT and what's possibly hotter than that? DUnno.

Special Week in Metal to appease the masses. We poured our hearts, soul, blood, and sermon into this one. Dig in.

You wanted to know so we wanted to answer you. Come along for the full ride and get the extra special treatment with guest Scott Rudd as we plow through listener questions about being the metalest dudes you wish you knew...just a little better. 

THIS IS GWAR is currently streaming on SHUDDER and is worth every minute and penny you can put into it. Scott Barber gives us an amazing window into GWAR and THE SLAVE PIT that drives them. A must see for fans and non-fans alike. You won't believe what you're seeing.
Scott put up with us for an hour. You can too. 

Celebrity Chef? Check
Boxing enthusiast? Check
Tattooed millionaire? hmmmm
METALHEAD? ABSO-F**KING-LUTELY

It's a new year and a new format! Way more exciting than making out with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Special Guest Matt Troy helps to set the line and he breaks a few ties and breaks a few hearts. Who will win? Place your bets.

You know that guy it feels like you've known your whole life? Well, Stymie is that guy. He's a greybeard. He's smart. He's a great musician. But you may not know that based on this mix.

Prepare to fall in love with Stymie Tom.

Whattaya mean I don't believe in makeup?
Wear it everyday.
Whattaya mean I don't have a support bra?
I goto Fredricks when I have to

It's our first Listening Party MASHUP. Cum check out the head-to-head battle of the bands. 

We are walking with a limp missing our intrepid Metal-Head John as he explores the wilds of Californi-Yay. IN this episode we move once again into the 90's. 

It was the best of times it was the forgotten of times. It's a substantial blur in most of our memories but it's the records, the shows, and the parties that bring it all back in living color. Come along with us. 

That snare. That guitar tone. That aggression. What is this, some kind of MONSTER?!

So many thoughts and feelings. I dividing line draw by one of metal's greatest bands.

You may remember our first episode. We do not. Welcome to Middle-AGE. In this episode we dive into the year that rocked our rocks off and kicked off many careers --maybe the highlight of some (cough cough Quiet Riot). C'mon oldheads. You show us yours and we'll show youz mines. 

You ain't no punk you punk. You wanna talk about the real junk? Well put out your cans 'cos the garbagemen are here this week with a veritable cornucopia of tune and comments across our many decades of METAL lovin just right for your oven. So open up and say ah, babyyyyyy 

What were you doing in 1985? If you were a Middle-Aged Metal-Head, you were probably heading to High School give-or-take a few years. This episode tackles the tough times of Live Aid, New Coke, and all that mess that was just a distraction from the real deal of 1985 -- THE METAL. Tune in, drop out, dive in, and freak with us this week. Leave us a 5 STAR review and get a friend to start listening. Boom. 

Jersey Philly back again

du na na na na na na nananana

Doin' a little East Coast thinnnnggg

Joey Mahoney Cinderella 

du na na na na na na nananana

Not too hard not toooooossssoooooooffftttt