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Queen is our favorite band and on this episode we rate the band's 15 studio albums bottom to top. If you are a Queen fan you are in the right place. We obviously love all their albums and knew this was a difficult task but this is what we came up with...Listen and enjoy! 

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On this episode we are joined by long time music journalist and author, Brett Milano. Brett has written for numerous publications, authored several books, and even worked at some record labels including the legendary Rhino Records. Mostly he is a big fan of music!

Jim Weeks and Mike Kelly of the Jim Weeks band perform two songs live in the studio and talk about the road that brought the band together which led to them making a great record with Producer David Minehan at Woolly Mammoth Studios. If you are from Central Massachusetts, you will especially enjoy this episode of the three of us talking about every stinking town in Worcester County.

Mike Skill(Bassist/Guitarist) of the legendary Detroit New Wave band The Romantics joins the show to talk about his new solo record and growing up in the "Motor City" a town that has produced some of the biggest bands in the world and of course Motown! Plus two brand new songs from Mike, including his collaboration with MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer!

Originally a Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico podcast YouTube zoom exclusive interview, here is the full episode of our show with Spencer James of the North Carolina based band Special Messages, who talks about the song "Donora" and the Donora Smog Museum located in Donora PA. An incident that happened in 1948 that changed the Pennsylvania town forever and fantastic the lo-fi song that has caught our attention....

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Recorded by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA on November 5, 2021

Bob Nalbandian is one of the original behind the scene dudes of the 1980's Los Angeles Metal Scene. His documentaries are a great starting point if you want to find out the real history of the LA metal scene, since Bob was writing about the scene when it all began. Starting with 2014's "The Pioneers of LA Hard Rock and Heavy Metal", Bob's documentaries have always included interviews with the people that helped the scene get started. Whether it be Lars Ulrich, Steven Pearcy, Joey Vera, or Don Dokken, Bob covers all the bases. If you are a fan of the LA metal scene or just a fan of heavy metal in general, you need to hear this podcast...

Recorded by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA on October 30, 2021

Welcome to another episode of the "Ellie Vee and Nicole A. New Music Review"! Nicole and Steev talk about a wide variety of new songs by Adele, Iron Maiden, Idles, Ministry, Teezo Touchdown, Zack Fox, etc.  Nicole also tells us about her experience of running the Chicago marathon and her love for the band WEEN. We missed having Ellie with us on this show but we somehow survived and covered a variety of new releases for your enjoyment....

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Recorded by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA on October 23, 2021

Boston 80's rockers Shake The Faith(Casey Lindstrom, Todd Erickson, Jesse Mayer) do a zoom interview with us and talk about how the band got together and spent several years as one of the cities top live rock bands. We also talk about how two of the band members have battled Cancer along, with their upcoming reunion gig. In our new music trends segment, we get into Algorithms and their role on Spotify and other steaming services.

Recorded by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA on October 16, 2021

Muck And The Mires joined us in the studio on this episode and we had a blast talking about their fantastic twenty year career as a band. They shared their experiences about working with Kim Fowley, Producer Jim Diamond, sharing a trailer at The Underground Garage festival with Pete Best, and how Pedro Muck (Peter Sjostedt) joined the band. And of course since Pedro was in the room, we revisited his legendary rock trio The Ape Hangers and the Empire Records soundtrack, and how he ended up remaking the classic "I'm Your Man" with Muck....

This is a special bonus episode of the podcast featuring Musician/Photographer/Spoken Word Star Duncan Wilder Johnson. We recorded three episodes together in which we call "We're Coming For Your Band". This the second one, a critical review of one of our all time favorite bands - Dag Nasty!

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