Hojo and Hunnsy’s Hard Rock House

Hunnsy’s getting ready to cycle to Download for charity so in a world first – NO POD NEXT WEEK!! You’d best make the most of this glorious episode then! There’s also news about how you can support us financially if you want to help the bestest, funniest rock pod out there, and deep dives into what cool and groovy rock ‘n’ roll the lads have been playing this week, which is Sweden’s The Hellacopters and America’s New England. Oh, we’re nothing if not global!

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Hunnsy’s been watching too much footage of the M3 Festival when he should have been working. Could your intrepid hosts stage a Motorway Services Festival in the UK? And are you listening sponsors? And why is Faith No More’s ‘The Real Thing’ album the spookiest thing on this week’s pod? There’s only one way to find out. Start listening!

Why were ‘70s hard rock stage shows so useless? Is there any mileage in a band called Stuffed Animal Museum? Is Anthrax’s unheralded ‘We’ve Come For You All’ album actually better than Metallica’s ‘Ride The Lightning’? Has HoJo got beef with Lars Ulrich? Will Mrs. Hunns force the guys to build their own studio so she can get on with her work? Looks like it’s a special ‘Question Time’ edition of HoJo & Hunnsy’s Hard Rock House. You’re very welcome!

Ronnie Dio’s lyrics. WTF? Would you get up for Heavy Metal Half Hour at Hunnsy’s wedding? Did a band called Australian Crawl write ‘Sweet Child O' Mine’ and why hasn’t this caused a rock ‘n’ roll furore? Plus! Hunnsy gets very excited about Queensrÿche’s ‘Rage For Order’ album from 1986, while HoJo puts his stack heels on to stomp all over Sweet’s 1974 release ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’.

Hunnsy starts preparing for his annual ride to Download, while HoJo has a hang with two very different rock stars, learning that Pantera’s Philip Anselmo loves his boxing and former Styx man Dennis DeYoung is the proud owner of a potty mouth. This is the kind of inside info you just can’t get anywhere else! The boys also discuss the week’s listening with the debut album by Aussie rockers Kings of The Sun from 1988 and Styx’s breakthrough album ‘Equinox’ from 1975 (blimey, that’s 50 years ago!) on the death decks.

Hunnsy’s very excited after seeing The Darkness, but there are some disgruntled fans out there. He’s also listening to Girl’s debut album ‘Sheer Greed’ where the boys ponder whether – irony alert – Kiss fans really spat on them because they wore make-up! Meanwhile HoJo is revisiting Led Zep’s ‘Presence’ album and deciding whether two immense songs make it a worthwhile exercise. The big debate is whether it’s David Lee Roth or Dave Lee Roth? And remember coloured vinyl?

Have you ever been to the Stuffed Animal Museum in Tring, stoned or otherwise? Why does this have anything to do with HoJo and Hunnsy’s Hard Rock House? You’ll have to listen to find out. Plus! Hunnsy relives his youth with Hanoi Rocks’ ‘Back To Mystery City’, while HoJo big sup John Waite’s debut solo album ‘Ignition’. And we get Nils from Norway on the show to thank the nation for their support for our pod, and to find out all about Gumby life in the frozen north!

Bonjour. Buenos dias. Guten Morgen. Bom dia. Your favourite ageing rockers are back in the saddle for a slightly weird episode that we’re putting down to HoJo’s recent close encounter with food poisoning. Why weird? Well he’s been listening to Sleep Token, the least metal metal band of all time and a group that was formed as recently as 2016. Surely that isn’t the spirit! Hunnsy tries to get things back on track by talking about “British American Rock Supergroup” Chequered Past and an album from 1984. That’s much more in the regular wheelhouse. And hot news! Top Norwegian gumby Nils Brekke Svensson is coming on the show next week to tell us about gumby life in Norway! How exciting!

Hello people. The boys are in their respective heavy metal hot seats once more for this week’s chit, and indeed chat, about the world of old man rock. Hunnsy can’t wait to dust off the spandex for a Pretty Boy Floyd/Jet Boy gig in London next September. HoJo really isn’t excited by Hunnsy’s listening choice of White Lion and instead tries to convince us that Kiss’ ‘Dressed To Kill’ is an overlooked classic by singing like Paul Stanley. Is there really any need?