Brian and Murdock answer a letter that leads to examining the history of a certain hand signal and how it got attached to heavy metal and rock n roll. Rock on, Bedhead. Rock on. 

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Coven – “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”; The New Orleans Owls – “Throwin’ The Horns”  

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2011/02/18/hand-horns-story-behind-popular-rock-concert-gesture/985504007/

https://blabbermouth.net/news/how-ronnie-james-dio-popularized-devils-horns-hand-gesture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Trunk

Dio interview about the horns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PXmSkLYMTI

Talk Is Jericho podcast with Gene Simmons: https://talk-is-jericho.simplecast.com/episodes/gene-simmons-returns-with-the-vault-for-episode-400-YT5rHyNj

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_%27em_Horns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Owls

https://www.kerrang.com/did-john-lennon-invent-the-metal-horns

https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/jinx-dawson-coven/

https://loudwire.com/where-did-metal-devil-horns-hand-come-from/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-gene-simmons-devils-horns-20170615-story.html