Believe it, we're more than glad that we gave in to the holiday vibes and broke our longstanding stance that we would never do a Christmas episode. Of course, we couldn't do it without our beloved pal Joe Lavelle and our new friend, singer and Christmas music maven, Crystal Keith. We bring it on home in style with Top Ten Christmas Songs That Don't Suck Part 2, featuring picks 5-1 that come with all the feels. The holiday feels. Merry Christmas from ATTT!

If you missed the fun we had in Part 1, start your listening here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-698-top-ten-christmas-songs-that-dont-suck/id573735994?i=1000740210557

Dive headfirst into the songs heard in the official Top Ten Christmas Songs That Don't Suck playlist, featuring all songs heard in Parts 1 & 2:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lEnmQJdQ2prcXb9JFqMCQ?si=f41720c62b784a69

Listen to Crystal sing some holiday-flavored tunes written by Joe Lavelle. It's Joe Lavelle's Brandy Sidecar!:
https://brandysidecar.bandcamp.com/album/the-christmas-3-ep

Hire Crystal and her group Christmas Matters Holiday Carolers. They will carol for you!
https://www.christmasmattersholidaycarolers.com/

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We never thought we'd say this after 13 years of resistance but hey, Merry Christmas from All Time Top Ten! We've given in to the holiday season and have agreed to do a Christmas songs episode with one caveat - none of the songs we play can suck. So, thanks to our old friend Joe Lavelle and our new friend, singer extraordinaire and Christmas music fanatic Crystal Keith, we're actually proud to present Top Ten Christmas Songs That Don't Suck. All the best in a wide array of genres are represented here and picks 10-6 are revealed in our holiday-tastic Part 1. 

Listen to Crystal sing some holiday-flavored tunes written by Joe Lavelle. It's Joe Lavelle's Brandy Sidecar!:
https://brandysidecar.bandcamp.com/album/the-christmas-3-ep

Hire Crystal and her group Christmas Matters Holiday Carolers. They will carol for you!
https://www.christmasmattersholidaycarolers.com/

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1. They must be an actual rock band, not a solo project
2. They must have been formed less than 20 years ago
3. They must have put out something great in 2025

That's what it takes to get a spot in Top Ten Rock Bands Of 2025! ATTT is always glad to have The Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake on board for an episode, and we've stumbled upon something necessary and fun - promoting new ROCK in 2025. Picks 5-1 are revealed in our list of the best to rock in 2025.

If you missed the glory of rock presented in Part 1, start here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-696-top-ten-rock-bands-of-2025-part-1-w-ryan-blake/id573735994?i=1000738108885

All the rock you want and more is here in the official Top Ten Rock Bands Of 2025 playlist, featuring all songs heard in Parts 1 & 2, bumper songs included:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ts9f4cHWFZ2Em8xWhdRJe?si=4eb9d33546f94f56

Listen to Ryan's music wherever you get streaming:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DMMz3Z5KVxAqf172PiipE?si=u6sc2DquQ26KEu0J44lQXQ

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Don't know about you, but we're starved for great rock music in 2025. To stick up and prop up our favorite genre, The Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake returns for another volume in our Rock Bands Of The Year series. Here in Rock Bands Of 2025 Part 1, we get into picks 10-6 in our countdown of the best bands to meet the following criteria:
1. They must be an actual rock band, not a solo project
2. They must have been formed less than 20 years ago
3. They must have put out something great in 2025
What follows are some excellent discoveries and a ton of fun with the ATTT OG Ryan Blake, and a little help from his boy Jasper. Long live rock!

Listen to Ryan's music wherever you get streaming:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DMMz3Z5KVxAqf172PiipE?si=u6sc2DquQ26KEu0J44lQXQ

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Handsome Joe Lavelle returned for Emergency Pod #21 on November 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

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Look, it's really simple. The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame hates and disrespects heavy metal. We don't. We believe that metal is one of the cornerstones in the history of rock n roll and we also need to point out the fact that it's one of the most globally-beloved genres of music. We think it's a crime that the bands highlighted in this week's playlist have been snubbed by the bluenoses and weenies that run the rock hall. Get them in! Listen to us state our cases for some obviously unjustly snubbed metal bands in Top Ten Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs: All Metal Edition Part 2, featuring our metal-loving pal Nick Baker. Picks 5-1 are featured here and damn if they don't all deserve it.

If you missed Part 1, start your metal snubs journey here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-694-top-ten-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-snubs/id573735994?i=1000736091860

Behold! The official Top Ten Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs playlist, featuring every song heard in Parts 1 & 2, bumper songs included:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/18nAflIk8264nY093Zr5hZ?si=a51d2e1416044fc3

Get "Labyrinthine Rose", the latest album from pop sensation Marina V, aka Nick's better half and musical partner. Great new stuff from these guys! Go to her website for everything V:
https://www.marinav.com/

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Handsome Joe Lavelle returned for Emergency Pod #21 on November 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

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A full-throated and totally sincere congratulations to the 2025 inductees into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame. Great job not being in the heavy metal genre! Let's face it, the rock hall hates metal, and always has. It took some serious teeth-pulling to even get a few metal bands in the hall, and even though heavy metal is truly a cornerstone in rock n roll history, the powers that be treat it like the black sheep of the family. Get it together, rock hall! Dr. Nick Baker returns for the 3rd volume in our totally justifiable recurring series Top Ten Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs, this time with a twist. We're calling out the hall for their lack of diversity, in particular their exclusion of heavy metal. Here in Top Ten Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Snubs - All Metal Edition Part 1, we get into the top half of our list of truly deserving honorees. Here's some metal up your ass, rock hall!

Get "Labyrinthine Rose", the latest album from pop sensation Marina V, aka Nick's better half and musical partner. Great new stuff from these guys! Go to her website for everything V:
https://www.marinav.com/

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Handsome Joe Lavelle returned for Emergency Pod #21 on November 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

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What have you got to lose? If you like the six o'clock news, then you'll love Top Ten Songs About Hell Part 2 featuring special guest Matt Dinan, the man who puts the Halloween in the phrase Every Day Is Halloween, yes even in November. Listen to the top half of this hellbound list and picks 5-1 in our countdown of the best songs about the place you go if you've been a bad boy. Hell awaits.

If you missed Part 1, listen now or there'll be hell to pay:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-692-top-ten-songs-about-hell-part-1-w-matt-dinan/id573735994?i=1000733682224

Get a bit more hell in your earholes with this - the official Top Ten Songs About Hell playlist, featuring every song heard in Parts 1 & 2, bumper songs included:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/635YZ2ciw4of2Gfk0InfzO?si=50aebc0598cc41da

Get spooky with Matt's endlessly entertaining LA Frankenstein YouTube channel. New Halloween fun all year long!
https://www.youtube.com/@LA_Frankenstein

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Handsome Joe Lavelle returned for Emergency Pod #21 on November 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

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Happy Halloween! For the 14th year in a row, ATTT is once again giving the macabre masses what they want - another Halloween spectacular. Every year our ghoul-in-residence Matt "Danger" Dinan joins us for a musical fright fest. This year is appropriate because we're basically there, or well on our way there. There is Hell, and the "place where eternally, fire is applied to the body" is a great subject for some of the best songs we know and love, and a few deep cuts. Top Ten Songs About Hell Part 1 features picks 10-6 in our hell-raising countdown.

Get spooky with Matt's endlessly entertaining LA Frankenstein YouTube channel. New Halloween fun all year long!
https://www.youtube.com/@LA_Frankenstein

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Handsome Joe Lavelle returns for Emergency Pod #21 on November 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

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Finding ways to feel good feels like a full time job in 2025, but it's worth it. We've had enough and by 'we' I mean our special guests Rick Torres and Charley T of the mighty Dirtycakes. Dirtycakes is back with a brand new single - an epic cover of David Bowie's "I'm Afraid Of Americans". To celebrate this soul crushing banger and to soak up some positive vibes, we're back to complete our playlist of the feel good songs we're in need of. Top Ten Feel Good Songs Volume 3 Part 2 features picks 5-1 and is sure to brighten your day, if you let it.

If you missed Part 1, start here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-690-top-ten-feel-good-songs-volume-3-part-1/id573735994?i=1000731594189

Listen to this, if you dare to continue feeling good. It's the official Top Ten Feel Good Songs Volume 3 playlist, featuring all songs heard in Parts 1 & 2:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZvgKjDdzI88W5wvpwSLfh?si=7e28cb92226846b5

Dirtycakes is in your face wherever you get music. Find out more at their Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dirtycakesband/

Listen to Top Ten Feel Good Songs Volumes 1 & 2, both guested by Ryan Blake. These go way back, with Volume 1 dropping in 2011 if you can believe it!
https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/episode-1-top-ten-feel-good-songs-wryan-blake/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNZFClleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPZzhuMWhVbWNKTmhyV0doAR73SHkl3mymWE6fGSlc4o_6498wfULn3kejA91XqFWMSFTbvzNjGoMUeqDGCA_aem_AqKTzQU1-RIazniHyKLJeA

https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/episode-300-top-ten-feel-good-songs-volume-2-wryan-blake/

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. The Queen Of Emergency Pod Shannon Hurley returned for Volume 20 on October 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

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Damn it. If there are any people that deserve a bunch of feel good songs, it's the inhabitants of planet earth in our blessedly almost over year of 2025. We're getting out of our heads and into our hearts for a week or two, with help from our great friends Rick Torres and Charley T. Rick and Charley have a surprise new recording from their excellent punk rock band Dirtycakes - a blistering cover of David Bowie's timely classic "I'm Afraid Of Americans", so we figured after we bludgeon you over the head with that heaviness, the least we could do is bring you a bunch of feel good songs as a chaser. Enjoy part 1, featuring picks 10-6 in our countdown that has us feeling better already just thinking about it.

Dirtycakes is in your face wherever you get music. Find out more at their Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dirtycakesband/

Listen to Top Ten Feel Good Songs Volumes 1 & 2, both guested by Ryan Blake. These go way back, with Volume 1 dropping in 2011 if you can believe it!
https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/episode-1-top-ten-feel-good-songs-wryan-blake/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNZFClleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPZzhuMWhVbWNKTmhyV0doAR73SHkl3mymWE6fGSlc4o_6498wfULn3kejA91XqFWMSFTbvzNjGoMUeqDGCA_aem_AqKTzQU1-RIazniHyKLJeA

https://www.mixcloud.com/beneisen/episode-300-top-ten-feel-good-songs-volume-2-wryan-blake/

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. The Queen Of Emergency Pod Shannon Hurley returned for Volume 20 on October 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

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