Getting to know a fellow Metalhead is a lot like dating: you have to ask the right questions to see if THEIR Metal is in alignment with YOUR Metal.

For example:

So prepare (and enjoy) your favorite relaxer, tune out the outside world (maybe schedule a “lunch meeting” to block out your calendar) and JOIN US as we address the burning questions that EVERY Metalhead should be asking EVERY OTHER Metalhead across the entire planet!

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Show Notes:

(04:18): Recent HUGE Album anniversaries (specifically: Back in Black and Kill ‘Em All)//AC/DC: The Bridge between Hard Rock and Metal/#sameconcept/#whaddyawannahear/Shake a Leg (Do you “hear” the “electrocution?”)-AC/DC)/#cantbeloudenough/The Young Brothers (HAIL!! Malcom and Angus!!!)/#rifflords

(10:10): The critical importance of bands like Motorhead and AC/DC to the development of Metal/Charlie Daniels Band and the spirit of Metal/#eltoreador/***CHECK OUT THE METAL NERDERY FACEBOOK PAGE***/EMAIL US at [email protected]

(12:35): Getting to Know You (Metal Nerdery style)/#HALLELUJAH/: First 5 Metal Albums “acquired”/#hashbags/Mentions: Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Master of Puppets, Black Sabbath Vol. 4, Born Again and Seventh Star, Quiet Riot (Metal Health), Number of the Beast, Sabbath (DUH!) #thefirst5youcanremember, #turtlesrecordsandtapes, Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance, Michael Jackson (wait, WHAT!?) and a tangentionally relative conversation topical, Pink Floyd (The Wall): Also tangentionally related, Beastie Boys, Doug E Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys,

(***NO! You haven’t dropped into an alternate bizarro Metalverse!!! Anyway, thanks to the magic of #hashtags you’ve found us. We’re glad you found us. Peace and Metal On!!***)

Def Leppard’s Pyromania (#preblackalbumblackalbum), The greater grindiness of Metal Health and the segue into Metal/Diary of a Madman, Bark at The Moon

(22:22): The Joy of Hitting the #metallottery/The good old days of going through the Metal section in the record stores and the thrill of the hunt/First Live Metal Concert: Cinderella and AC/DC, Argonne Forest and The Metroplex (aka: The Original Mecca of Atlanta Metal)/Guns and Roses w/ Motley Crue at The Omni (Night 2) 1987/#includingtits

(30:00): Most Mind-blowing Metal Album or Track- Forbidden: Forbidden Evil (#smile)/Ozzy Osbourne: Diary of a Madman (#readthoselyrics)/Metallica: Battery (And the modern miracle of how to learn to play as fast as Hetfield)/#masturbationshapes

(49:05): Favorite Genre of Metal: Thrash (#duhr), Speed, Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, #postcore/Mr. Bungle (Psycho Metal? Seems fitting…)/#allmetalismetal/Favorite Live Concert (see our Previous episode on Live Shows): Pantera and White Zombie, Volbeat, Avenged Sevenfold and Metallica/#dong/Pantera and Wrathchild America, Pantera and Slayer

(57:21): Moments of Greatness Tangentionally related to Metal: Russ talks about meeting Peter Steele from Type-O-Negative at the WREKage Benefit/Bill talks about running into Phil Anselmo at The Old Masquerade on the Pantera CFH tour (#thankyou)

(1:01:01): Metal guilty pleasure: power ballads, The Darkness (AC/DC meets Queen), When the Children Cry and White Lion/Sabbath, Zeppelin and Floyd/Hair band redemption (Steel Dragon vs Steel Panther: We All Die Young) #werestars/Most Underrated Metal band (EMAIL US YOURS: [email protected]) / Handsome, Forbidden, The Accused, Rigor Mortis (#horrormetal)/Most Overrated Metal band (and NO, Metallica is NOT overrated; they’re a BLESSING!)/Most CRIMINALLY underrated metal band: EXODUS (Deranged)/Take a “get ready pill” for the New Exodus album and Tour

(1:10:30): What’s a metal band you know little about, but you’d want to know more about? D.R.I., The Accused, Death, Mayhem: Album art and really “getting the shot”/D.R.I. (#skatethrash) Thrash Zone/Stoner and Doom metal/Chuck Schuldiner and Death

(1:19:00): A moment in metal that changed your life: The Number of the Beast music video (on “local” television)/Iron Maiden: The Killers album, Reign in Blood (the album), the first time hearing ANY Black Sabbath album/ ***SEND US YOUR ANSWERS!!!***/A Last Minute IMPORTANT word from Archie!!!!