In another weird convergence of events and a crossing of the ethereal streams, Chaz and Shatz welcome Greg “Wolfie” Wolfe and Scotzo Monroe, Chaz’ co-hosts on the Regarding…Series of podcasts, where the hosts listen to albums so the listener doesn’t have to. The show has featured Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica, and Roger Waters’ Dark Side of the Moon Redux. And since Chaz is technically a guest on this episode, Schatz takes the lead seat. Join us as we:
Learn the genesis of the Regarding…Series and why these guys thought it was a good idea to create a podcast about albums people generally avoid.
Hear all about how Eddie Van Halen took control of the board on Van Halen III and how he, along with Gary Cherone of Extreme on vocals, created what has become the most challenging record in the band’s catalog.
Get the low-down on the fan-produced Van Halen III Redux you've read about on Van Halen News Desk, LoudWire, Metal Injection, and others. A Scott D. Monroe, Kevin Brown Production.
We learn about what Scotzo and Kev did to reimagine Van Halen III by trimming the fat and doing the job Mike Post should have.
Straight up ask why we can’t see anything, anywhere, about Rush’s thoughts on Van Halen and vice versa.
Get into a little healthy competition between the bands to figure out who’s sold more records, Rush or Van Halen (care to wager?)
How studio heavyweight Danny Kortchmar (Roger Waters, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne , Warren Zevon, Don Henley) was brought in to help produce a follow-up to Van Halen III that never happened.
We announce a new Rush-based podcast, RushRash911!The wheel gives us a song fitting for our guests as we spin Freeze (Part IV of Fear) of 2002’s Vapor Trail. It's a disorienting song that shouldn’t work, from weird chords, crazy polyrhythms, and a lyric sheet that’s got our eyes wide like a deer in the headlights. Freeze (Part IV of Fear) (FFS), this is a challenging song that's right up our guests...ally.
We name-drop some of our usual suspects like rushvault.com, and we are always thinking about rushisaband.com, and our fantabulous sponsor, Danforth & Pape, and podcastle.ai! And we even nailed the Scratch List - go scratch that itch with any of these bands!
Schatz’s Scratch List:
Moving Pictures Scotland
Leoni Jane Kennedy
RushFest Scotland
USA
YYNOT
Second Contact
Solar Federation
Accidental Breakdown
Rush Archives
Mood Lifters
Lotus Land
Dumb Love
Vapor Trail
Rash
A Farewell To Kings
New World Men
2112
YYC
RushFest Brazil
Rush news, general nonsensical disorderly conduct, lack of regard for correctness or truth, and reckless endangerment of your whole-brain. This is the only podcast dedicated to increasing opioid release in your anterior insula, your anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and your posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), in addition to the basal ganglia and the thalamus...and all that that implies.
Some thick North Jersey accents and they give you some royalty-free sound effects and movie clips too - what more do you need to indulge your urge to scratch?! Join us - you know where to scratch - blah, blah...RushRash.
