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Ever wonder what goes on with the furry scene? Neeley and Chris are not holding back! We’re talking about Neeley’s St. Louis trip hanging with Dokken and then diving headfirst into the bizarre sexual undertones of the furries who showed up at Pinball PA. Plus, we’re calling B.S. on how a new Eddie Murphy documentary rewrites history to make his box-office bombs sound like civil rights movements.

Nikki Sixx says Vince Neil sounds “bad ass,” but is that just tour hype? We’re tearing apart the announcement of the Return of the Carnival of Sins 2 tour and Nikki’s defense of Vince’s vocals. Plus, we’ve got the real dirt on why Cinderella decided to skip a massive summer tour, and all the exciting news about Metal Church bringing David Ellefson and Ken Mary on board for their return!

Don Dokken is flipping his script on retirement, which got us thinking: how close were Dokken to becoming mega-stars before the Don vs. George Lynch tension tore the band apart? We’re talking about the fiery past between those two! And stick around for our take on why 80s and 90s movie soundtracks were just so darn vital for rock music.

We’re watching and analyzing the infamous Billy Squier “Rock Me Tonite” video, seriously wondering if any artist has ever tanked their career faster. You have to see it! We also dive into the hotel customer who’s suing because he had to show ID and use a credit card. Finally, we ask: is tipping culture totally out of control, and how are Gen Z kids scamming gas stations?

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On this highlight, Biohazard’s Billy Graziadei shares a story about rejecting Rick Rubin after they were originally told they weren’t any good by Rubin.

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Chris Akin continues his “legends of hardcore” tour with Billy Graziadei, guitarist/vocalist of the iconic band Biohazard! Billy is here to talk all about the band’s new album, Divided We Fall, their first record in 13 years. Billy opens up about why producer Matt Hyde told him to “unlearn” everything and be “Billy Biohazard 1993,” the difficulty of letting go of control after his solo work with PowerFlo and Billy Bio, and his incredible story about turning down Rick Rubin at CBGBs. They also dive into how the current political and social division in the world makes the album’s message of unity and survival more relevant than ever.

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“I’d be the one that would sit there and look at the thing half breathing and step on its fucking head.” Wait till you hear WHY they said it... The guys lost their minds over PETA and animal rights activists losing their shit about an owl dying at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in South Africa, arguing that a single two-liter of Coke is worth more than 10 owls.

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“Yeah. I sucked and I knew it, but I took your fucking money anyway.” Wait till you hear WHY they said it! Lou Gramm admitted that after his brain surgery, he couldn’t remember the words to Foreigner’s classic songs, but he kept touring and collecting paychecks.

Holy hell, Motley Crue is trying to sell their Theatre of Pain box set with a live single from 1985, and it proves that they’ve always been bad live, even when Vince Neil was in his prime! But that’s not the worst news—Lou Gramm is admitting that he forgot his Foreigner lyrics after brain surgery 30 years ago but kept taking fans’ cash for terrible performances. Meanwhile, Robin McCauley’s band Black Swan is back with some killer new music, but with Journey kicking off an ambitious farewell tour (that is totally reliant on backing tracks), is anyone going to pay attention to quality rock anymore?

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“Yeah. I sucked and I knew it, but I took your fucking money anyway.” Wait till you hear WHY they said it! Lou Gramm admitted that after his brain surgery, he couldn’t remember the words to Foreigner’s classic songs, but he kept touring and collecting paychecks.

Holy hell, Motley Crue is trying to sell their Theatre of Pain box set with a live single from 1985, and it proves that they’ve always been bad live, even when Vince Neil was in his prime! But that’s not the worst news—Lou Gramm is admitting that he forgot his Foreigner lyrics after brain surgery 30 years ago but kept taking fans’ cash for terrible performances. Meanwhile, Robin McCauley’s band Black Swan is back with some killer new music, but with Journey kicking off an ambitious farewell tour (that is totally reliant on backing tracks), is anyone going to pay attention to quality rock anymore?

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Can you believe Roger Miret of Agnostic Front, the literal Godfather of Hardcore, just called the internet and AI the “most destructive tool there ever is”? He doesn’t hold back, arguing that our obsession with phones is making us “soulless fucking people” and destroying human creativity and genuine connection. It’s a hardcore take on modern life, and honestly, you have to hear his reasoning behind Evolution of Madness and why he thinks we’ve all gone “batshit crazy”! This conversation goes deep, so strap in.

Chris Akin sits down with Roger Miret to dive into the band’s latest killer record, Echoes in Eternity , set for release on November 7th. Roger reveals the fascinating story behind their genre-bending collaboration with the legendary DMC of Run DMC on the track Matter of Life and Death , touching on how hardcore and hip hop have walked “parallel lives”. He also gets intensely personal, discussing his battle with cancer during the pandemic and how overcoming that fight—similar to his past struggles—provided a new spark to maximize every second of life. Beyond the music, Roger shares why Echoes in Eternity is a collection of all their past records and the punk ethic of caring about the art and packaging, not just a song on Spotify. He even drops some eye-opening thoughts on American consumerism and how different the food and lifestyle is in Europe. Agnostic Front is hitting the road soon, with East Coast shows starting December 4th and a European tour in February 2026, so be ready to witness the live monster.

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“How long before one of these charts, the top 20 is all AI? Five years? Not even that long. Two years? Two years.” Wait till you hear WHY they said it—it’s not just the new Bon Jovi/Def Leppard song “Walls of Jericho” sucking that convinced them, but a fictional AI-generated country band called Breaking Rust currently topping the charts.

The new Bon Jovi and Def Leppard collaboration “Walls of Jericho” is so bad it convinced us the music industry is officially a corpse, and we can’t believe Jon Bon Jovi is calling this sleepy track a “barn burner”. This trash-fire single arrives as AI-generated bands like Breaking Rust are already topping the country charts, proving that the Classic Metal Show might need to pivot to the Classic Movie Show because the era of “real” music is dunzo. With David Coverdale retiring from Whitesnake and Dave Mustaine’s retirement tour lasting half a decade, is there any life left in rock, or is it just a cash-grab corpse waiting for the next AI takeover?

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“And when one group of people wants to come in wearing fucking silly costumes and wants to give me $700 for the privilege, I’m willing to take it .” Wait till you hear WHY they said it, and how it involved comedian Jim Florentine, a 7-foot actor from How I Met Your Mother, and a pro wrestler.

Holy hell, Chris Akin had an absolutely WILD day at Pinball PA in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, coordinating comedian Jim Florentine’s appearance. Not only did they have huge success with a massive audience thanks to Florentine’s visit , but the pinball palace was simultaneously booked by a local furry group, which Jim Florentine will absolutely rage about on his next podcast. PLUS, a celeb from How I Met Your Mother and a pro wrestler named Shane Douglas just rolled up to hang out—what other podcast’s episode is packed with that much sheer, unadulterated madness?

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Holy hell, Chris Akin had an absolutely WILD day at Pinball PA in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, coordinating comedian Jim Florentine’s appearance. Not only did they have huge success with a massive audience thanks to Florentine’s visit , but the pinball palace was simultaneously booked by a local furry group, which Jim Florentine will absolutely rage about on his next podcast. PLUS, a celeb from How I Met Your Mother and a pro wrestler named Shane Douglas just rolled up to hang out—what other podcast’s episode is packed with that much sheer, unadulterated madness?

The new Bon Jovi and Def Leppard collaboration “Walls of Jericho” is so bad it convinced us the music industry is officially a corpse, and we can’t believe Jon Bon Jovi is calling this sleepy track a “barn burner”. This trash-fire single arrives as AI-generated bands like Breaking Rust are already topping the country charts, proving that the Classic Metal Show might need to pivot to the Classic Movie Show because the era of “real” music is dunzo. With David Coverdale retiring from Whitesnake and Dave Mustaine’s retirement tour lasting half a decade, is there any life left in rock, or is it just a cash-grab corpse waiting for the next AI takeover?

Motley Crue is trying to sell their Theatre of Pain box set with a live single from 1985, and it proves that they’ve always been bad live, even when Vince Neil was in his prime! But that’s not the worst news—Lou Gramm is admitting that he forgot his Foreigner lyrics after brain surgery 30 years ago but kept taking fans’ cash for terrible performances. Meanwhile, Robin McCauley’s band Black Swan is back with some killer new music, but with Journey kicking off an ambitious farewell tour (that is totally reliant on backing tracks), is anyone going to pay attention to quality rock anymore?

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