Classic Metal Show

Plush has talent. They have the songs. They’ve had major opportunities. So why the hell aren’t they catching fire?

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The new single “Animalistic” gets put under the microscope, from the overproduced vocals and missing guitar solo to the question of whether Plush is trying to be a modern rock band while still playing to an older audience. Then the discussion gets even uglier: stage presentation, image, covers, live performance, marketing, and whether this new album could be the band’s last real shot.

Plus, there’s a quick but serious word about metal writer Dom Larson after his heart attack at Bloodstock. No bullshit—if you can help somebody from the metal community, sometimes you just help.

Come for the new Plush song. Stay for the question nobody wants to answer: does this band still have time to turn it around?

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What happens when you take a song that was never exactly destined for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and hand it over to AI with one simple instruction: make this thing actually sound good?

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That’s exactly what happens here.

There’s plenty of Firehouse nostalgia, stories about meeting the guys behind the music, and then things take a hard left into the AI music rabbit hole when Randy Trask’s “Rollercoaster” gets rebuilt in multiple styles. Hair metal. Motown. Different singers. Different arrangements. And yes... the damn banjo survives.

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AI music was already weird. Then somebody decided to hand it a rock song and see what happened.

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This episode goes deep into the Firehouse years, the strange afterlife of hair metal, and some seriously wild stories about crossing paths with the people behind the music.

Then things get completely out of hand.

A request from Randy Trask leads to an experiment with Suno, where “Rollercoaster” gets rebuilt into multiple versions — including 80s hair metal, different vocal styles, and even a Motown-inspired take. The results raise one hell of a question: is AI actually getting good enough to compete with real musicians?

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Getting tapped to front an iconic pop culture soundtrack isn’t just luck—it’s cutthroat competition. Power metal vocalist Brittany Slayes opens up about beating out major vocalists to land a massive theme song, surviving the brutal reality of the modern music industry, and navigating the absolute chaos of balancing touring life with a growing family. Plus, hear the truth about taking on massive legacy tracks, why fan-favorite covers become a blessing and a curse, and what wild risks are being cooked up for the next record.

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Tonight gets weird fast. A supposedly forgettable TV show turns into an unexpected obsession, a brand-new season of a comedy gets the boys fired up, and somehow a terrible title may be hiding one hell of a series. Add some brutally honest talk about getting older, getting out of the house, and rediscovering the ability to actually socialize, and you’ve got a show that refuses to stay in one lane.

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And then there’s the question: how the hell did five hours disappear at a bar?

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A week that starts with Journey, Grandmaster Flash, Matt Sorum and Nailbomb somehow winds up in the middle of an unsolved murder case.

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Then things get even weirder.

There’s a true-crime interview coming up, a very unexpected musical discovery involving Electric Callboy, a three-decade trip to the doctor, a brutally honest hatred of cats, and enough upcoming interviews to keep the microphones smoking.

And yes, somehow all of this makes sense in the same conversation.

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Thirty-three years of absolute silence, total bad blood, and zero communication ended with one massive riff on a stage in New York. We dig straight into the shocking moment that blew the minds of rock fans everywhere, plus a devastating retirement announcement from one of the greatest vocalists to ever step up to a microphone. Throw in some brand-new heavy riffs from the young guns keeping the genre alive, and you’ve got an episode that rips off the scab on classic and modern rock. Smash play and see where the chaos goes.

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Ross Valory has spent decades being identified with Journey, but his solo music is a completely different animal.

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In this interview, he gets into the weird, eclectic world behind All of the Above, why he never expected to build another music-business career, why the album took more than a decade to finish, and why he still has two more albums worth of material sitting in the vault.

Then things get really interesting. Valory explains how City Lights was resurrected from decades-old recordings, why musicians were easier to find than time to record them, and how much obsessive detail went into the album.

And when the conversation finally turns to Journey, he doesn’t dodge the obvious question: did they know “Don’t Stop Believin’” was going to become an immortal song?

His answer might surprise you.

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Some true-crime stories become cases people follow for years. Others become part of a family’s life forever.

In this deeply personal conversation, Amy Mihaljevic’s father, Mark, and Ryan Ruiz talk about Amy before the headlines — the kid she was, the things she loved, and the memories that existed before October 27, 1989 changed everything.

They also talk about what came after: decades of grief, the impact Amy’s disappearance had on her family, what those years have meant for her brother Jason, and the Bay Village community that has refused to let Amy’s name disappear.

This isn’t about sensationalizing Amy’s murder or turning her story into another piece of true-crime entertainment. It’s about remembering Amy as a daughter, a sister, a friend and a child who had her entire life ahead of her.

Mark also reflects on the emotional toll of 37 years without answers, the people who have helped him keep going, and the hope that one day the person responsible will finally be identified.

After nearly four decades, the question remains:

Will Amy’s family ever get the answers they have been waiting for?

This is a conversation about Amy, the people who loved her, and why remembering her still matters.

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When classic rock legends tease surprise reunions, it triggers a wild breakdown on what these iconic figures are actually worth to their biggest fans. The conversation quickly shifts from studio albums to absolute nostalgia overload, dragging classic Hollywood, legendary 70s pinups, and modern Hollywood starlets into the ring to see who holds up. From insane OnlyFans hypotheticals involving nonagenarian TV stars to roasting modern PR stunts, nobody escapes the crosshairs in this unfiltered pop-culture side-scroll.

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