Rock Strikes Ten

<----- "Ditto!" aka Part Two of our Holiday Rock Spectacular!

Perfect listening for driving in holiday traffic and wrapping presents. Come along and join me on the now annual celebration of the Two Days of Christmas. I can pretty much guarantee you have not heard these songs a thousand times already at some lame office or a store in the mall. Yes holiday tunes tend to get really tedious and repetitive and boring so hopefully you will enjoy my alternative approach to the holiday season. There is only one way to find out…..

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Episode 21

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‘Like’ and recommend The Synaptic by our good friend Randy. The guy knows his music for sure and his variety of taste is vast.

Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite holiday songs are and whether they were on this episode or not. Perhaps I missed a song you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

Homework for the week:

aka Guitarists that do no make me Jann. Yes corporate magazines still suck and there is no greater proof than two things, this week’s show art and Rolling Stone magazine with their current list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of ALL TIME”. I did so much raving and ranting on the show that I completely forgot to mention that they bumped Glen Buxton off their list this time around after cracking the bottom 10 last time. I talk enough on this episode so cutting to the chase this is a short list of players that you will not find on the Rolling Stone BS list. If you somehow subscribe to Rolling Stone then by all means PLEASE cancel it and use what you have remaining as an emergency wipe.

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Episode 20

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‘Like’ and recommend The Bull Pit by my friend John Dissed. He plays really really good rock and roll on his show. Here is the Facebook and subscribe to him on iTunes as well!

‘Like’ and recommend The Synaptic by our good friend Randy. The guy knows his music for sure and his variety of taste is vast.

Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me who your favorite unappreciated guitarists are and whether they were on this episode or not. Perhaps I missed a song you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

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p.s. here is a short list of people I didn’t play on this show but should get a mention

I didn’t play due to either having played them on the show already or just plain ol’ time constraints but you can bet I will be revisiting this theme down the road.

Rick Nielsen

and so many more

Time to eat your drums…Inspired by the latest Muppets movie and as a theme request from listener and friend of CNJRadio Mr. Adam Arthur. My first musical inspiration in this world was The Muppets led by Jim Henson, Frank Oz and company. They still to this day hold a special place in my heart so here is my tribute to them. This will be a rare time on the show where it isn’t incredibly ‘ROCK’ and I hope you will indulge me here when I do this on occasion. I will remind you that you do have a voice on this show so let me know how you feel. Special thanks to Adam once again for sending me all of the Muppet clips, they were awesome.

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Episode 19

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‘Like’ and recommend The Bull Pit by my friend John Dissed. He plays really really good rock and roll on his show. Here is the Facebook and subscribe to him on iTunes as well!

‘Like’ and recommend The Synaptic by our good friend Randy. The guy knows his music for sure and his variety of taste is vast.

Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite Muppet songs, shows or movies are and whether they were on this episode or not. Perhaps I missed a song you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

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Part 2 of the epic metal show on Rock Strikes Ten with Logan of Birth School Metal Death.

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Part 2

The long awaited heavy metal focus episode. Just like the genre itself, we do it big here and to an excessive and decadent degree because I am joined by one of my best friends of all time, Logan. What started out as a regular episode ended up being a 3 hour plus roundtable and oh yeah we still manage to play ten songs, NO MORE!……NO LESS! I know that a section of you that listen are not big heavy metal fans but this show IS for you. Obviously if you are a fan, you should enjoy this episode immensely but this is what I like to call the handshake into heavy metal (hornshake?) and this is what I believe to be the Top 10 icons of heavy metal. Myself and Logan talk in length about what these bands mean to heavy metal and to us as people. Logan even manages to brings in a few alternate selections for those of you that are looking to take some of the more extreme next steps. I hope you enjoy this episode at even a fraction of how much I enjoyed making this one. Let me know what you think about me doing this show with the occasional special guest if you have an opinion. Afterwards, use the link directly below this and tell Logan whether or not you want him to do a ‘Birth, School, Metal, Death’ show for all of you on a regular basis. *Updated* Ok, so I get this email and site comment from friend and listener Steven (thanks Steven!) that he can’t hear the songs on Episode 16. Naturally, this concerned me so I immediately checked the podcast posting in my library and lo and behold NO SONGS! After panic mode set in I decided to just go back and retrieve the whole show, break it up into 2 parts and repost it as such. So there you go, because the technical gods just weren’t metal enough to handle a 3 hour and 20 minute show, and because I have to keep each file consistent in naming them alright blah blah blah long story long. Just enjoy the shows and know that I am not trying to pad my number of episodes, this is just the only way I could do it. Thanks for understanding and for listening and know that I appreciate you all. ENJOY THE SHOWS!

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Part 1

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‘Like’ and recommend The Synaptic by our good friend Randy. The guy knows his music for sure and his variety of taste is vast.

Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite heavy metal songs or bands are and whether they were on this episode or not. Perhaps I missed a song (or band) you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

Current listening for the week:

Songs about the retail phenomenon that is ‘Black Friday’. If you’re standing in line for the big sales this year than please do it here with your friend Joey here at Rock Strikes Ten. Better yet you can ask for my Amazon profile name and buy me something from my wish list. I’m just kidding……maybe. Anyway, enjoy this show and I will be back in a few days with hopefully that special episode I keep promising.

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Episode 15

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‘Like’ and recommend The Bull Pit by my friend John Dissed. He plays really really good rock and roll on his show. Here is the Facebook and subscribe to him on iTunes as well!

Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite crazy shopping songs are and whether they were on this episode or not. SEND IN THOSE SCORE SHEETS! Perhaps I missed a song you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

Current listening for the week:

Time to give thanks to the important things which include you the listener. On this episode, I play ten songs that include the word ‘Thanks’ (with one legitimate exception) in celebration of Thanksgiving week. Digest this one quick and try not to get too sleepy afterwards because the next one will be up before Friday! Currently I am having an issue with iTunes deleting the oldest episodes as I put these up so hopefully I can figure out what is going on with that soon. Until then, make sure you are subscribed and don’t miss a single episode friends!

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Episode 14

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‘Like’ and recommend The Bull Pit by my friend John Dissed. He plays really really good rock and roll on his show. Here is the Facebook and subscribe to him on iTunes as well!

Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite ‘thanks’ songs are and whether they were on this episode or not. Perhaps I missed a song you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

Coming up next on Episode 15……Black Friday!

Cover songs that I like better than the original. I am sure some of you will disagree as to what some of my choices are but who knows? If you keep score then feel free to send me your score sheet and let me know how well our tastes jive. That is pretty much it besides here is hoping you didn’t notice just how much pain my voice was in this time around on this one or the previous one. Coming up on the next couple of shows is revolving around Thanksgiving week. What that means? stay tuned!

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Episode 13

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‘Like’ and recommend The Bull Pit by my friend John Dissed. He plays really really good rock and roll on his show. Here is the Facebook and subscribe to him on iTunes as well!

Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite cover song improvements are and whether they were on this episode or not. SEND IN THOSE SCORE SHEETS! Perhaps I missed a song you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

Current listening for the week:

In (dis)honor of the recent collaboration of Lou Reed and Metallica, I decided to play my favorite weird and random duets that (much like the aforementioned LouTallica) look horrible on paper but (much like the aforementioned LouTallica) actually don’t stink up the joint. I can’t recommend an album LESS than ‘Lulu’. It is offensive to all of the senses that human beings have and if you want to listen to a metal band that won’t let you down then look no further to the remaining ‘Big 4’ lineup of Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. Lou Reed? yes I like ‘Transformer’ & ‘Berlin’ & ‘Rock & Roll’ but bottom line? you haven’t made anything great in my lifetime sir….end of story. Okay! I got that off my chest so now enjoy the show chock full of even weirder duets that will (hopefully) put a smile on your face enough to where you are compelled to buy.

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Episode 12

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‘Like’ Rock Strikes Ten on Facebook

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Also check out the Wrestling House Show also a part of CNJRadio.com! If you’re not a pro wrestling fan then recommend it to someone who is.

Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite crazy duets are whether they were on this episode or not. Perhaps I missed a song you may think I may not be aware of. As always, I would love to know what your favorite or least favorite songs were from each episode. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

Current listening for the week: