30 years ago Lynch Mob launched their debut album into the wild. Last week we talked with bassist Anthony Esposito and this week we go to other side of the glass and talk with producer Max Norman to get his take on the creation of this album, plus some other good stuff.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

30 years ago Lynch Mob launched their debut album into the wild. A fitting vehicle for George Lynch after leaving Dokken, Wicked Sensation made a resounding entry into our metal consciousness.

This week we bring you part one of our two part look at this album as we talk with bassist Anthony Esposito.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Back in September Heathen unleashed “Empire of The Blind” their first new effort in 11 years, and their first for the mighty Nuclear Blast.

This week we welcome vocalist David White onboard to discuss the new album, Heathen history, and the bands future.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

We are joined this week by author Steve Pilkington. Already known for his books on bands like AC/DC and Deep Purple, Steve has turned his attention to Iron Maiden.

His newest, “Iron Maiden: every album, every song” has already hit the shelves in Europe. It’s due out here in the states on Oct 28th.

So lots of Maiden talk this week as well as a bit of of an aside on Purple too.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

On October 6th Metalrock Films released the latest installment of the Inside Metal series, “Bay Area Godfathers” pt 1 which begins the exploration of the history of the Bay Area rock scene.

Once again we were able to grab a bit of director Bob Nalbandian’s time to talk all about the Bay Area scene and what to expect not only with this part but some discussion on what’s to come in part 2.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

February 20th 1990 Epic Records released “Into The Mirror Black” the second studio album from Sanctuary. This year to celebrate the 30th anniversary Century Media is doing a special reissue of the album.

This week we welcome Sanctuary guitarist Lenny Rutledge on to discuss this release as well as what’s going on with the band today. If that wasn’t enough for ya we also have a talk with Howard Benson who produced this one.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

This week we welcome back industry insider Dean Budnick. We had Dean on back on Episode 456SE "Concert Killer" relating some great info on the pandemics effect on the industry.

This week he’ll be talking more deeply about how the industry operates and hopefully some of this will inform your decisions on tickets for all those shows you still have tickets for.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

So this week we start off with some chat about drive in concert events and the new Rust in Peace book but we managed to rein in our metal chatter long enough to have another chat with Michael Sweet.

Yep, Michael makes yet another appearance the show this week as we talk with him about Stryper’s latest release “Even The Devil Believes”

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Firehouse guitarist Bill Leverty has just released his fifth solo release. It’s been 7 years since Bill released “Drive” but this year he finally rolled out “Divided We Fall”.

This week we’ll talk with Bill about the latest release and also take the opportunity to get the story behind the 1995 Firehouse album “3”.

If you want to pick up your own copy of “Divided We Fall” head to Leverty.com

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

This week we sit down once again with producer Beau Hill. The topic this week is a late 80s double header.

First up we discuss Twisted Sister’s 87 effort “Love is For Suckers” and after that we delve into the stories behind Ratt’s 88 release “Reach For The Sky”.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.