Rock n Coasters

Rock n Coasters

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Rock n Coasters episodes

  • 1972 Metal: Black Sabbath IV

    Join host Michele Forto as she discusses the top metal album of 1972 with Black Sabbath's IV on the Rock n Coasters podcast. 

    If they had it their way, Black Sabbath’s fourth record would have been named after “Snowblind,” and it’s mountain-moving riffage. The label didn’t find condoning cocaine use favorable, however, and here we sit with ‘Vol. 4.’

    4 min
  • 1972 Rock: Deep Purple Machine Head

    Join host Michele Forto as she discusses the top rock album of 1972 with Deep Purple's Machine Head on the Rock n Coasters podcast. 

    Deep Purple grabbed the ‘70s by the horns, igniting rock ‘n’ roll with ‘In Rock’ as the new decade arrived.

     

    6 min
  • 1971 Metal: Black Sabbath Master of Reality

    Join host Michele Forto as she discusses the top metal album of 1971 with Black Sabbath's Master of Reality on the Rock n Coasters podcast.

    There’s not much 1971 metal to choose from, but it didn’t matter as nothing stood a chance at topping ‘Master of Reality’ anyway.

    4 min
  • 1971 Rock: Led Zeppelin IV

    Join host Michele Forto as she discusses the top rock album for 1970 on the Rock n Coasters podcast. 

    Led Zeppelin quickly established themselves as a force in rock with a pair of stellar efforts in 1969. But their brilliance was most recognized for their fourth studio album, the untitled yet often referred to

    'Led Zeppelin IV' or 'ZoSo.'
    5 min
  • Sammy Hagar and the Circle in Ridgeview, WA

    Join host Michele Forto as she discusses the Sammy Hagar and the Circle concert. 

    On today’s show we finish up the summer leg of the rock n roller coaster tour across America with a Sammy Hagar show in Ridgeview, Washington. We had this concert penciled in on our calendars since it was first announced in the spring and we were looking forward to a night of great music.

    12 min
  • 1970 Metal: Black Sabbath Paranoid

    Join host Michele Forto as she discusses the top metal album of 1970: Black Sabbath's Paranoid. 

    Black Sabbath’ or ‘Paranoid?’ Don’t make us choose! While Black Sabbath’s haunting debut spurred a new sound in heavy music, they would best themselves in just a few months, cutting ‘Paranoid’ in 1970.

    4 min

About Rock n Coasters

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Rock n Coasters is the podcast for people who plan vacations around concert tickets and roller coasters. Hosts Robert and Michele Forto hit the road each year chasing classic rock, hard rock, and metal shows, then ride everything from wooden coasters and steel dives to giga coasters.