The Department of Metal Antiquities

What if you had this band that went on to fame and fortune in the metal industry? A band that was so cool and unique that it inspired two separate musical genres?

Now, what if you were the record label that had this band and decided it wasn't worth releasing the debut record of theirs you paid for?

Well, that's what happened to our good friends in Motörhead.

How insane is that?

Later, once they got popular, this label thought, well, we might as well cash in right? As we all know cash albums always turn out great.

Join us as we dive deep into this saga, this record, and this icon.

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After the demise of Deep Purple, and before the reformation of Whitesnake, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, and Bernie Marsden join with future Black Sabbath bassist, Neil Murray, and little known lead singer, Tony Ashton, and form a super group of proto metal pioneers.

What they came back with was a bit different than what any one was expecting.

Join Nik and Duncan as they get their music nerd on and do a deep dive review on the album.

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This is a weird episode frankly. We're talking about Punk Rock Royalty, Johnny Lydon, teaming up with world's greatest stunt guitarist, Steve Vai, who's played with Zappa, David Lee Roth, etc, a recluse drum god, Ginger Baker, and the efforts of a stalwart producer and bassist, Bill Laswell.

The idea of Johnny Rotten working with confirmed virtuosos and allowing them to do their funky stuff is mindbending.

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After the demise of the seminal groove metal band, Pantera, the brothers Abbott decided to start a new band.

Get with Nik and Duncan as they dig deep into the only release of a band cut short by tragedy.

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Do you remember The Jimi Hendrix Experience? What about Thin Lizzy? Well, good news for you, we have two members of that band today doing some business in the funky, 70's Elton John sort of way.

Enjoy!

Big shout out to the DMA's favorite listener, Danny Nichols for suggesting this one. You wanna be a cool suggester too? Email me at [email protected] and let'er rip!

In the mean time, let's talk about what's going on here. After Ratt is no longer a going concern and Cinderella is on the way down, Stephen Pearcy (Ratt) and Fred Coury (Cinderella) get together and decide to make their own record.

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In 1999, the world had changed. Rage Against the Machine had become passe and Slipknot had become the dominant force. Metal had become NU.

Join Nik and Duncan as they dig deeply into the numetal trap rap rock whatever record made by Tommy Lee's Methods of Mayhem.

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The 90's, the man from Tad, THE Tad Doyle's band, Tad, broke up.

In a few years, together with his wife, Peggy Doyle, he formed Brothers of the Sonic Cloth. Join us as we are joined by Nina Saeidi of Lowen, as we dig into this lost doom record from one of the founders.

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Ian Gillan started a post Deep Purple band called Gillan. Their sixth record featured a very young Janick Gers.

Join Nik and Duncan as they get into the venn diagram where Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Deep Purple all touch.

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In the year of our lord 1969, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding, and more convened in London to record what was perhaps supposed to have been some demos for Screaming Lord Such, or perhaps in his mind it was an album.

Much to the chagrin of the heavy friends, it was released and you can hear it now.

Join Nik and Duncan as they dig deep on this one!