InObscuria Podcast

At the end of every year, Kevin does a solo episode celebrating top releases of that year… but there are lots of albums that don’t get picked and they stay sadly on the bloody scribed scroll. This week we resurrect some of the lost souls from the past 4 years. Those left for dead may now rise!

What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or grouping of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week we look back on the last 4 years of rock n’ punk n’ metal. Hopefully, you get turned onto something new!

Songs this week include:

1. Night - “Shadow Gold” from High Tides – Distant Skies (2020)
2. False Heads - “Wrap Up” from It’s All There But You’re Dreaming (2020)
3. Mordred - “Smash Goes The Bottle” from The Dark Parade (2021)
4. Slammin’ Gladys - “Light Up” from Two (2021)
5. StarGazer - “Can You Conceive It” from Life Will Never Be The Same (2022)
6. The Poor - “Payback’s A Bitch” from Payback’s A Bitch - single (2022)
7. Haken - “Lovebite” from Fauna (2023)
8. Creeper - “Cry To Heaven” from Sanguivore (2023)

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This week we are talking about bands that have rock stars in them: Supergroups and Offshoots. Captain Content reminds us that a band consisting of well-known artists from other bands does not always equal great success. We dive into some of the more obscure supergroups and offshoots that didn’t break with huge mainstream success or stay around very long.

What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week we talk exclusively about Supergroups featuring famous solo artists and band members along with, Offshoots which are bands that contain the bulk of a previous incarnation of a famous band. We hope that we turn you on to something new.

Songs this week include:

1. Neurotic Outsiders – “Nasty Ho” from Neurotic Outsiders (1996)
2. Thrasher – “Bad Boys” from Thrasher (1985)
3. Heavy Bones – “4:AM T-M” from Heavy Bones (1991)
4. Ultra Bomb – “Time To Burn” from Time To Burn (2022)
5. Saints Of The Underground - “Tomorrow Never Comes” from Love The Sin, Hate The Sinner (2008)
6. Mad Season – “Lifeless Dead” from Above (1995)
7. Far Corporation – “Stairway To Heaven” from Division One (1985)

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In the 80s, the idea of special acoustic or unplugged albums and shows became a new medium that continues to today. Most think that Mtv started the movement in 1989 with their series called “unplugged”, however, most rock bands were playing acoustic renditions of their songs on radio when they would do in-town promotions long before then. This week we are celebrating bands that can re-imagine their songs with acoustic instruments and still rock! We are pulling the plug… and gasping for air guitars!

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. Mtv started a series in 1989 called “unplugged”, and almost every mainstream relevant act started producing acoustic albums or versions of their songs. This week we listen to some artist that you may have never considered as having acoustic interpretations of their songs.

Songs this week include:

1. The Struts – “Fallin’ With Me” from Unplugged At EastWest - EP (2023)
2. Kingdom Come – “Janine” from Live & Unplugged (1998)
3. Helloween – “Future World” from Unarmed (2009) 
4. Wednesday 13 – “Scary Song” from Undead Unplugged (2014)
5. Corey Taylor – “Lunatic Fringe” from CMFB… Sides (2022)
6. Courage My Love – “For Now” from For Now (Acoustic Sessions) (2012)
7. MSG – “Lights Out” from Unplugged Live (1993)

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This week your wayward grave robbers decide to join Space Force and experience a new high! A glitch in a retro playing of 3D Space Cadet Pinball for Windows sends us on a 6-song mission into another world. It is a show guaranteed to be an intoxicating and pummeling journey through time and space infused with a lungful of potent hook-doom. We’re talking about space rock people of planet Earth! Join us on another flight to aural galaxies beyond our own! 

What is it that we do here at InObscuria? We exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. In this episode, we explore all things psychedelically spacey. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your earthly ears.

Songs this week include:

1. Hawkwind – “The Starship (One Love One Life)”from Stories From Time And Space(2024)
2. Black Rainbows – “King Snake” from Superskull (2023) 
3. Astral Magic – “Emerald Tablet” from Emerald Tablet - single (2024)
4. Skraeckoedlan – “The Vermillion Sky” from Vermillion Sky (2024)
5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “People-Vultures” from Nonagon Infinity (2016)
6. Hashtronaut – “Rip Wizard” from No Return (2024)

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This week InObscuria once again lets our hair down and fills it full of Aquanet! Oh yeah, we are diving hair-first into the world of obscure glam metal. Whether you call it: glam metal, hair metal, cock rock, hard rock… It’s all good and is the soundtrack for every party! In this episode, we celebrate the Summer of Hair. An end-of-summer celebration with a summer love story inspired by the Sunset Strip circa 1989!

What are we all about here at InObscuria? Every week your two hosts crawl down to the crypts to exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. If you dig it… go dig it up and buy it! Support these artists and keep your devil horns high in the air! Let’s party like it’s 1989!

Songs this week include:

1. Lord Tracy - “Out With The Boys” from Deaf Gods Of Babylon (1989)
2. The Midnight Devils - “So Hard It Hurts” from So Hard It Hurts (2024)
3. Outlaw Blood - “Tower Of Love” from Outlaw Blood (1991)
4. Valentine - “Too Much Is Never Enough” from Valentine (1990)
5. Child’s Play - “Damned If I Do” from Rat Race (1990)
6. Steelheart - “She’s Gone” from Steelheart (1990)
7. Marvelous 3 - “Psalm Of The Summer” from Psalm Of The Summer – single (2024)

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This week: a new series called “In The Shadow Of…”, where we compare obscure bands to a mainstream act. This is not about copycats, but more about artists with similar vibes, sharing a sonic landscape, or whose songwriting and playing styles are sympatico. We kick off this series with a band near and dear to both humble hosts. A band whose live show made us both immediate fans back in 2004; the amazing British power trio MUSE! Join us as we discover other bands influenced and inspired by MUSE’s complex yet accessible modern rock.

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This is not a statement about bands trying to copy one another, but more that they have a shared sound and vision. It’s been said that there is no originality left in rock n’ roll and also been stated that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. As always, we hope we turn you on to something new!

Songs this week include:

1. Tigercub – “Swoon” from The Perfume Of Decay (2023)
2. Anchor Lane – “Stutter” from Call This A Reality? (2022)
3. VAST – “I Woke Up LA” from Turquoise (2004)
4. The Warning – “More” from Keep Me Fed (2024)
5. Dear Sherlock – “XPTO” from Object Of Ridicule (2023)
6. K Será – “Carry” from Collisions & Near Misses (2013)
7. Battle Circus – “Galacticus” from Battle Circus (2011)

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It’s that time of the year when the boys get all spiffed up to attend the 2024 Tony Awards! No, not those Tony awards. The ones where we hand out golden pentagrams to bands that wear their denim and leather proudly! What’s old is new again with the re-interpretation of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal known as the New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal! These are all bands selected for the coveted Tony Award by the man himself: our esteemed Chairman, Mr. Tony Griggs!

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This week we discuss the SHOULD BEs. Taking their cues from the music, fashion, and attitude from 40+ years ago, these younger bands unashamedly bask in a new underground movement of hard rock and metal poised to make the kids rock and the old timers smile!

Songs this week include:

1. Kerrigan – “Bloodmoon” from Bloodmoon (2023)
2. LIVEWIRE – “Turbo Shark” from Turbo Shark - Single (2024)
3. Haunt – “Visions” from Dreamers (2024)
4. Traveler – “Take The Wheel” from Prequel To Madness (2024)
5. Savage – “Thirty & Dirty” from Glory Riders (2023)
6. Mean Mistreater – “One By One” from Razor Wire (2024)
7. Owlbear – “Hour Of The Dragon (Manilla Road)” from Legends And Lore (2024)
8. Ironbound – “Holy Sinners” from Serpent’s Kiss (2024)

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This week another entry in our series, "Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!”. We are again featuring the amazing GALACTIC COWBOYS and this time we need audience participation. They have a new mission to boldly go onward and upward with a new album! Please consider contributing to their crowdfunding for the album here: Galactic Cowboys Kickstarter! They have loads of amazing tiers with lots of goodies to grab. We have until September 5, 2024, to secure a smooth lift-off. Horns up and wallets out people!

Wondering what this show is all about? We exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and place them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This particular episode features the Should Have Been category. Galactic Cowboys straddled the worlds of progressive metal, alternative rock, heaviness, and melodies with amazing harmonies! Click on the links below and show some love! Support their Kickstarter Campaign, buy their music, like their socials, and be amused!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galacticcowboys/galactic-cowboys-a-new-mission?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=galactic%20cowboys

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Songs this week include:

1. I’m Not Amused from Galactic Cowboys (1991)
2. About Mrs. Leslie from Space In Your Face (1993) 
3. Fear Not from Machine Fish (1996) 
4. I Want You from Feel The Rage (1996)
5. Oregon from The Horse That Bud Bought (1997)
6. How Does It Feel (Part G: The Machine Fish Suite) from At The End Of The Day (1998)
7. Hey Mr. from Let It Go (2000)
8. Long Way Back To The Moon from Long Way Back To The Moon (2017)

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! This week is the 6th installment of our series celebrating the gender with the most attitude and pure ferocity. Piss off a man; you can fight it out and then go have a pint at the pub. Piss off a woman, and you will pay for it 10-fold… In this episode, we focus on women who truly rock! Ladies that play loud and heavy with attitude, grit, and that rasp. 

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. These ladies bring it, and you owe it to yourself to check them out! We hope we turn you on to something new!

Songs this week include:

1. The Downhauls – “The Tower” from Split With Duck & Cover (2024)
2. Lips Speak Louder – “Why Do You Love Me” from Why Do You Love Me - single (2024)
3. Armed Love Militia – “Davie” from Armed Love Militia (2016)
4. The Hot Damn! – “Live, Laugh, Love” from Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! (2024)
5. The Baboon Show – “Made Up My Mind” from God Bless You All (2022)
6. NO MEN – “Rainbow Warrior” from Fear This (2023)
7. Sister Sin – “24-7” from True Sounds Of The Underground (2010)

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This week heed the call of the sumo wrestling, battle-axe-wielding, baby seal-faced man! All hail Johnny the Mighty Tior!!! Yep, it’s another installment of our ongoing series called “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. We’re talking about a seminal New Wave Of “Not So” British Heavy band turned Power Metal trendsetters: RIOT! Infamous as much for horrible album cover visuals and weird heavy metal mascot, Riot is a true heavy metal tour de force that is still kicking ass in 2024. We focus our listening on the first half of their career from their start in 1977 until their transition to pure power metal in 1990. They were always slightly ahead of the curve and trends, but never achieved the success of many of their peers or bands they influenced. We think RIOT shoulda been huge!!!

What is it that we do here at InObscuria? Well, we exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This episode covers a band clearly in the Lost category for most and forgotten for others. As always, we hope that we turn you on to something new. You can check out the documentary we referenced several times during the show here: three-part documentary: Riot – Fight or Fall, available here on Youtube

Songs this week include:

1. Riot – “Warrior” from Rock City (1977)
2. Riot – “Road Racin’” from Narita (1979)
3. Riot – “Don’t Hold Back” from Fire Down Under (1981)
4. Riot – “Loanshark” from Restless Breed (1982)
5. Riot - “Born In America” from Born In America (1983)
6. Riot – “Thundersteel” from Thundersteel (1988)
7. Riot – “Little Miss Death” from The Privilege Of Power (1990)

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