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#AlbertBouchard #BlueOysterCult #imaginos #BlueCoup #Dictators

This week we have none other than Albert Bouchard one of the original members of Blue Oyster Cult. He’s also with his brother Joe Bouchard and Dennis Dinaway in the band Blue Coup, the Dictators with Ross The Boss and a slew of other musical ventures.

Albert recently released the 3rd and final installment on of his Imaginos Saga. Completely telling the story in the order of how it was supposed to be, with reimagined versions of blue oyster cult songs. We talk to Albert about that, the recordings of the albums, his time with BOC, the dictators and blue coupe. He also talks about a new storytellers tour he will be doing.

Just a heads up Al’s connection got really bad so there are some parts with broken audio but hopefully we were able to put a good show on for you.

https://albertbouchard.net/home

#KateFrench Chastain #Vainglory #vocalist

Kate French joins us this week as she talks about the latest Re-issues of 2 Vainglory albums. The Self Titled album and #ManifestingDestiny. Kate is no slouch when it comes to the music scene. She's seen it all and done it all. In 1995 she joined Chastain on Vocals and Bass as well as production for the album Sick Society. She also recorded 2 more album vocally with Chastain called In Dementia and In an Outrage.

After leaving Chastain she joined the band Vainglory. in 2007 they released their second entitled Vainglory. Then in 2019 they would release Manifesting Destiny. Vainglory is hard at work on their next album as well as Kate working on her first solo album. Kate was also a radio DJ and a voice actor.

We talk about her joining Chastain and Meeting Leather Leone when Chastain got back together, joining Vainglory, her thoughts on the current use of Ai and so much more.

order the double album reissue here https://www.animatedinsanityrecords.com/product-page/cokpy-of-gilgamesj-another-daybrea-cd-2022-no-dust-records

#BeckyBaldwin bassist for the band #Fury and new bassist for #MercyfulFate joins us to talk about how she got into Mercyful Fate, new music from Fury and a bunch more.On this interview Becky discusses how she was discovered from her bass playthrough youtube videos. Her first time in America and playing at the Kings Theater in Brooklyn New York with Mercyful Fate as well with opening bands Kreator and Midnight. Using in ear monitors on stage for the first time. Choosing the #rickenbacker bass and who influenced her. We also talked about Becky's musical background and her early beginnings working with a folk artist, Howard Sinclair as well as other acts like Dorja where the band was backed by pledges to meet in person and record a full length album. We also discuss the status of the band Hands Off Gretel. Not only is Becky in Mercyful Fate but she is also the bassist in the band Fury in which she joined in 2020 in a total revamp of the band. Since joining Fury, Becky has released 2 albums with the band, The Grand Prize and Born To Sin. They are also currently recording their next album. On top of all of that she is also recording bass for new music from Mercyful Fate. Lastly, Being on social media can bring good and bad. We bring up a recent post she wrote about getting negativity on her videos and how she deals with that. You can visit Beckys personal website at https://www.beckybaldwinbass.com/

#Guitarist John Adams and #Vocalist / #Guitarist Trey Gadler join us to talk about their latest band #DeadMansHand. No strangers to the music scene, John and Trey have been plugging away playing #hardrock and #heavymetal for years. John just recently Re-Releasing his band #LoveAndWar last albums Edge Of The World and Up The Annie, which we discussed here on #RatSaladReview. Trey as well having his band #AzrealsBane releasing the albums Wings of Innocence and Modern Day Babylon.

Wanting to try something different, outside of the heavy metal world, Jon and Trey formed a #southernrock band called Dead Man's Hand. So far the the attention the band has gotten has exceeded their expectations. with the release of their debut single #DevilsDue, reaching over 49,000 views within 2 months, this new musical path might have been the best decision.

We talk about starting up Dead Man's Hand, the making of the Devil's Due video and what to expect from the next single #bobbleheadjesus plus plans for the rest of their before they release their debut album entitled #dustbowl

You can find Dead Man's Hand at https://deadmanshandhtx.com/

#KingDiamond #GiveMeYourSoulPlease #HeavyMetal

We are finally up to the album Give Me Your Soul….Please. Unfortunately most of the "This Broadcast Belongs To Them" team wasn't able to join us for this episode but with a new interview coming up we really wanted to get this episode out since a lot of people have been asking for it.

This is Kings last album and it deals with a story about a painting he had bought with a little girl covered in blood and holding her hands out. As the story goes on King finds out that the little girl in the photo is now haunting him as well as the girls little brother. throughout the story the children describe to King what has happened to them leading to how they were murdered by their own father.

#King Diamond #GiveMeYourSoulPlease #MattThompson #Drummer #Interview #FanQuestions

FINALLY! The last part of our Matt Thompson interview. We talk about Give Me Your Soul....Please and then we ask some interesting fan questions. We had a lot of fun talking to Matt about his time in King Diamond and we hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have.

We talk about #ShaolinDeathSquade. How Matt felt about learning #MikkeyDee drum parts, as well as former drummers for King Diamond. A funny story where at one of the shows Matt was trying to leave the stage and he couldn't get the door open to leave. Matt discusses about when King did a few things with #Metallica and when King Diamond reunited and they started to play shows again. What cymbal did King tell Matt to never use again? Find out.

Sorry it has taken so long to get this podcast done but a lot has went on behind the scenes in everyone's personal lives and I did not want to put this out until we were able to discuss Give Me Your Soul.

Visit Matt at his website https://mattthompsondrums.com/

This week Lou invites some of his younger family members to talk about their music listening habits and how the #younger #generation looks at #music #today.

We discuss our top 5 albums and songs from the band #ufo

Wayne, Manny and Tony Recorded an episode for Rat Salad Review Radio on Freeworld.fm which airs Wednesday nights at 10pm eastern.

We talked about some of the bands that members of #IronMaiden have come from and a few side projects. There are way more bands than we mentioned but since this was for a 2 radio show we condensed it, so this is in no way a full list but maybe the stuff that’s a bit more accessible or somewhat easier to find.