Rock Strikes Ten

On this episode I deal with not attending the 2011 edition of Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX which is a mere 3 hours and change from where I live. I know I sound bummed out at the beginning of the show especially but I come around and realize that if I cannot be there then having a charmed life and this show is really all i need. Programming Note: Yes I realize that The Damned and The Murder City Devils were also playing there this weekend. I played both bands on the show last week so go check them out using the tags.

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Episode 11

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite Fun Fun Fun Fest artists were 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:

Simple enough…..this is Part 2 and the last part of the Halloween shows for this year.

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Episode 10

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite Halloween/scary songs are. 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.

Shopping list for the week:

It is time to hit SHUFFLE on the Halloween playlist. The theme today is easy enough as it is a mixture of different styles and flavors of Halloween songs. Just like digging through your candy pail except you can’t eat it. I decided to do a Part 2 of this same theme that should be up in another 12 hours from now. Enjoy Part 1 and thanks again for listening and all your requests.

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Episode 9

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite Halloween/scary songs are. 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: All Halloween related material!

On today’s show, it’s time to spotlight possibly my favorite musical genre, SHOCK ROCK! These are the bands that basically have to eat a lot of crap from the critics in order to entertain the real fans of music, THE PEOPLE! These are the bands that least make you wonder where all the ticket and merchandise money goes (hint: most of it is on stage) Keep tuned in all week for this ongoing celebration of Halloween and don’t forget, NO COSTUME? NO CANDY!!!

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Episode 8

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me who your favorite shock rockers are. Perhaps I missed somebody 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: All Halloween related material!

It is one of my favorite times of the whole year. Yes, Halloween week is upon us and it is especially sweet for me being the first year of Rock Strikes Ten and I get to play some of my all time favorite spooky song fare here for you all to enjoy. In building up through the week to the actual scary part, we get things rolling here with bands that chose to go the scary route in picking a name for themselves or for their band. I learned for myself that there were two artists on this show that I have been deprived of for far too long. Which ones were they you ask? Well you will just have to click in all the right places to find out.

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Episode 7

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite frightful monikers of singers or bands are. Perhaps I missed somebody 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: All Halloween related material!

Well this is it friends, it’s the rapture and we alllllllll gotta go. Until then, check out the latest episode of a show that I like to call Rock Strikes Ten where we deal with our impending deaths through song.

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Episode 6

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite end of the world songs are or songs about evil stupid liars. Perhaps I missed somebody 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: All Halloween related material!

Hello again to all of you! I’m (almost) live this week and so is the music meaning these are some of my favorite live musical performances of all time. Much like last week’s look at the modern bands, I can guarantee you for sure that this will be the first of many episodes of this nature. I had a lot of fun putting this list together and my apologies if I didn’t represent your favorite album this time around. Trust me, I didn’t get to all of my faves either.

If you are reading this entry then chances are your name is on the show this week. I appreciate every single one of you that take the time to listen to this show every week much less take the time to write in. The rock is strong with ALL of you and this one’s for you.

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Episode 5

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite live albums or songs are out there. Perhaps I missed somebody 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.

Records I’m listening to right now

I’m currently going through my entire catalog for 2 reasons.

Hello to everybody out there and it’s time yet again for another episode of Rock Strikes Ten. This show is the first volume of a theme I will be revisiting from time to time as the show goes on. Tonight I am focusing on some the newer bands that I like out there for one to give credit where credit is due and two to prove that I don’t just limit myself to a certain era of music. I will never claim to ‘listen to everything’ which always makes me cringe when people say that to prove their musical range. Long story short, be honest about what you listen to and only be true to yourself.

I promise this site will get a lot more exciting and aesthetically pleasing. I plan on putting buy links up to everything that I play on each episode. I will also start listing off songs that I cut off of each episode just because. Perhaps I will post up lists of upcoming albums and other music news in general. Hey I’m still new to this solo show stuff so let’s all bask in the exciting and new as well as the unknown.

Okay okay let me just stop this commentary so you can go listen to the latest episode, ENJOY!

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Episode 4

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me who your favorite new bands or singers are out there. Perhaps I missed somebody you may think I may not be aware of. I promise not to be insulted by your insinuations because there’s so much stuff out there I am sure I miss a lot of things. 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.

Records I’m listening to right now

Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive

Twisted Sister – Live at the Marquee Club

Dee Snider – Van Helsing’s Cure

John Carpenter – Halloween Soundtrack (Anniversary Edition)

Beach Boys – Smile Sessions (Bootleg Box Set)

Anthrax – Worship Music (still)

Alice Cooper – Welcome 2 My Nightmare (still)

Ghost – Opus Eponymous (yes they were not on this episode but I figured between Halloween and a year end best of episode both coming up that they will make a minimum of 2 appearances on the show oh so very soon)

5 will be ALL LIVE so get those requests in and I will resist the temptation to play something from Kiss Alive or Cheap Trick At Budokan, STAY TUNED!….

Yes you only had to wait a week for another brand new episode of Rock Strikes Ten. Seriously this is going to be a weekly thing so get used to it, expect it and help spread the word. This being the third episode you will be treated to my ten favorite power trios of all time.

Stuff I forgot to say on the show: In addition to the bands I mentioned at the top of the show who were disqualified from the list, Motorhead is not on this episode either. The reason being is while they are a bonafide power trio NOW, they have not been for their entire career. Hey, I had to really nitpick to get this down to ten and of course the mighty Lemmy and co. will be on future upcoming episodes for sure I can guarantee you that.

I think I came up with a good selection of tunes here for you so no sense in waiting around. GO LISTEN TO IT ALREADY!

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Episode 3

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Records I’m listening to right now

Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive

Chickenfoot – III

Primus – Green Naugahyde

Anthrax – Worship Music (still)

Alice Cooper – Welcome 2 My Nightmare (still)

Ghost – Opus Eponymous (still)

4 will be up in just a couple of days because I am having too much fun doing this. No sense in slowing down now.

Well just think of the first episode as the pilot. Now we’re back and my voice is a little deeper and my hair is a little longer and it’s time to strike……..back. Anyway this episode I focus on the bands who stepped up and proved to the world that they had more than one good album in them.  I hope you like the show and perhaps pick up a few of these records because these are some of my favorites of all time.  Coming soon to the site I will have way easy buy links to use as well as new (and old) album reviews and perhaps even a daily commentary.  The next episode will be focusing on power trios and I am really excited about it because I found some great tracks by these mostly known trios.  I will keep you posted on all of these things and until then….. enjoy the show!

Records I’m enjoying right now

Anthrax – Worship Music

Alice Cooper – Welcome 2 My Nightmare

Ghost – Opus Eponymous

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Episode 2

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Once you have listened to the episode, feel free to email [email protected] and tell me what your favorite sophomore albums or favorite songs from sophomore albums are. In addition you can request a theme for a future episode or just send good ol’ hate mail.

3 will be up before you know it so listen to this one quick and get your opinions to me.