If you thought this episode was going to be all about early Metallica, early Anthrax, or early Slayer, SURPRISE, it’s not! While the above bands do in fact belong under the same umbrella, CLASSIC METAL (relative to today’s heavy metal landscape) falls right in that sweet spot from the late 70’s through the 80’s, when hard rock began its transformation into something darker, heavier, and more aggressive than anything before it. 

Prepare to brush up on your “ball caller” skills because it’s time to “call the balls” for our virtual CLASSIC METAL bingo, where we will address a variety of provocative topics such as “one hit wonders” (both inside and outside of metal), the ongoing debate as to whether or not the Black Cadillac was in fact “slick” or just “big”, as well as “the most popular classic metal song” which still holds up and is just as relevant today as in the CLASSIC METAL days of yore.

Discover which band was formed on Christmas Day 48 years ago, grab some more “boner gum” and bust out your “laser phasers” when you “clear the room” after sharing the details of your “Trans-Siberian” date night experience. Find out what “getting feelings” (down there) from out of nowhere actually means, embrace your middle school metal memories, fire up the “scary devil synthesizer” and JOIN US as we plunge deep into a wellspring of CLASSIC METAL. 

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Show Notes:

(00:01): #ballcaller and/or #ballcollar (“Apparently with #bingo you have to #calltheballs …”) #bingoballcallerASMR / “Just the fact that there’s balls involved in bingo…”/ #benign / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ #NYE / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST WITH ALL THE BALLS!!!*** / #metalnerderypodcast / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode / ***TO SKIP THE NONSENSE AND GO STRAIGHT TO #THEMEATOFTHEEPISODE JUST GO TO #THEDOCKET ***/ #BlueBandito #StillFireBrewing #daydrinking #fivepointthreeABV #theverdict / “That’s a simple…even keeled…nice beer.”/ “This is the post #Christmas episode…”/ #christmaswrapup / “You cooked your mom and one of your wife’s friends?” / #wrappedinbacon / “It makes me look smarter and I need all the help I can get…”/ “Why are there #onehitwonders …?” / “He looks like #Lemmy …”/ “Eileen must be crispy…”/ “How many one hit wonders are there in the world of metal?” / “Big Black…?” 

(10:00): Check us out on the #socialmedia or email us at [email protected] or LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!! / #thevoicemailsegment #TheDarius #favoritepodcast (“I want 2 episodes a week…you need a sponsor…”) / #bonergum / “I think it’s kinda like #FruitStripe …”/ Some comments from our #YouTube channel / “Wow, dude!” / #RussellsReflectionsASMR / “I think 2024 is gonna be the #fitnessyear …” / #carnivore #markthetime / “Did you do any #standup …did you clear the room?” / #buttclenchingcomedy and Matt’s style of comedy / “If you really believe that…they’d still be cleaning…with a toothbrush…” / #braindetail / “This one slides…”/ “That’s like 5 handfuls of lube…”/ #theburpchronicles

(16:16): #TheDocket / METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  CLASSIC METAL!!! / What’s considered “classic”? / The 70’s and 80’s…/ The difference between oldies and classic / #thenewclassic / The definition of #classicmetal (“It’s more metal than rock…”) / Some various examples of classic metal / “#IronMaiden formed on #ChristmasDay in 1975…”/ “What’s the most popular classic metal song?”/ “Which one?” #thatdumbsongbyKISS / “I lost my credit…”/ Ways to tell if someone is thinking about you…sexually… / #highlightreel / #BlackSabbath TRASHED (“Production wise, it’s very strange…”) / #QuietRiot METAL HEALTH (BANG YOUR HEAD) / “It aged well…”/ SLICK BLACK CADILLAC (“Slick Black, NOT Big Black…”) / #stereoboner #cantbeloudenough 

(28:38): “What do you think about #DefLeppard (up to #Pyromania)?”/ ROCK OF AGES (“Listen to how thick that is…” / “It is a #drummachine …”/ Early cassette purchases / “You’ve gotta fuck…” / #futureepisodeidea / “I’m gonna add that to the list…”/ #Dokken BREAKING THE CHAINS / “It’s the beginning of #Poison …”/ #MetalChurch METAL CHURCH (#ExciterMoment and/or #BlackSabbathMoment) / “That album…it’s solid.” / #urinelove / #Ratt BACK FOR MORE (“This is #middleschool for me…”) / Recent RATT album news / #MotleyCrue LIVE WIRE (NOTE: we never did this one, but you can check out our #ShoutAtTheDevil Dive) / #alwaysremember 

(40:47): “Which one’s the classic?” / #JudasPriest BLOODSTONE #deepcut (“Frickin’ laser phasers…”) / “You can just tell those guitars are loud…” / #DIO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE HEART / “That, my friends, is classic metal.” / “One day I’m gonna figure out which song that is…”/ #CelticFrost THE USURPER #ough #TomGWarriorASMR (“Vocals remind me of #Coroner …”) / The #ough and the #yeah / “They were little blue pills…and they gave my soul a boner.” / #soulboner (“That’s a good band name…”) / #buttaids or #fluaids or #flubuttaids (“That shot’s not gonna save ya…”) / #DoroASMR / #UriahHeep THE WIZARD (“That sounds like #progmetal…”) / GYPSY / #Savatage 24 HRS. AGO / See also #TransSiberianOrchestra / “I’ve never met a #TransSiberian have you?”/ #heavymetalnutcracker / “I guarantee you…all she sees is triangles and letters and math…”

(54:28): NOTE:  That comment was regarding Randy’s rhythm tone, NOT his solo tone / #OzzyOsbourne FLYING HIGH AGAIN / #Anvil 666 (#devilsynthesizer) / “Have y’all seen the Anvil movie?” / #TheStoryOfAnvil / “A heavy metal story?” / Would Back in Black count as classic metal? / #era / “That’s how you know you’re getting old…” / #Leatherwolf RISE OR FALL (“This sounds like high school…”) / #guitarbone 

(1:04:31): “You just can’t play the normal stuff…” / “How about some of this? Circa #1980 “/ #IronMaiden IRON MAIDEN / “I want you to sing 2 words for me…”/ “You know the beginning of Mandatory Suicide? Same concept…” / “That’s totally literally, seriously…”/ #Accept SON OF A BITCH #allthecokelines (“It’s got a Priest vibe to it…”) / “I was literally about to mention what Bill just typed in…” / “October 31st…” / #Venom DON’T BURN THE WITCH / #productionquality

(1:12:48): #LizzyBorden GIVE ‘EM THE AXE / “That would be perfect…” / “Who are the dudes that wear the loincloths?” / #MetalNerderyCalendar / #Queensryche QUEEN OF THE REICH (“This was the first time I really heard Queensryche back in the day…”) / “What happened to these guys?”/ #screamfromtheballs / “I’ll help you write the forward…I’ll write the book.”/ “He is to #Manowar as Hodges is to Maiden…” / #Manowar BATTLE HYMN #softintro & MANOWAR / Go check out the video for #SailsOfCharon / “Really, anything off of Stay Hungry…” / #TwistedSister S.M.F. / #RussellsReflectionsTwistedSisterEdition / #WeAreTwistedFuckingSister / The case of the disintegrating phone case / #electricblanketjacket / “I’d wait until I had a new one…” / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!*** / #untilthenext / ***COME GET YOUR POST HOLIDAY SHOPPING FIX AT THE BUNKERPOON GIFT SHOPPE LOCATED AT metalnerdery.com/merch ***/ #outroreel