The Loudini Rock and Roll Circus

On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we sing the praises of the cheap guitars and why you shouldn't be ashamed to own a studio full of them!

 

Topics discussed:

 

What we did this week:

Loudini:

Macbeth,

Raw Deal,

The Piano Teacher,

The Acolyte ep3 debacle,

the recording of highway to hell, the recording of back in black,

happy birthday Sir Paul/the sound of one hand clapping,

Dave Grissom's 2 tips for guitarists

the end of parker guitars

 

Mr Pittsburgh: new chibson

 

The Virtues of Cheap Guitars

 

No worry about theft

 

Good for modifying and experimenting

 

Good for projects

 

Good for student luthier's to practice on

 

Easy on the wallet for retail therapy

 

Fodder for guitar smashing

 

Guitarists who play cheap guitars

 

New & Notable:

Loudini: Fury; Embrace The Demons

Mr. Pittsburgh: Pete's Diary; Keep On Rockin'

The blues has always been the basis for rock and roll. It can be hard to remember that will all different genres of rock and metal etc... that are out there these days. That's why on today's Loudini Rock  & Roll Circus we will tell you about 10 bands (other than Greta Van Fleet) that are keeping blues based rock alive.

 

Topics Discussed:

 

What we did this week:

Loudini: Bono in Glasgow clapping,  Joe Perry mocking Steven Tyler, The First Omen, Men In Tights, Insomnia, The Acolyte, What Udio can do for you! , Daniel Ek sticks his foot in his mouth

Mr Pittsburgh:

Lily:

 

 

Bands that are keeping blues rock alive!

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/10-modern-hard-rock-bands-that-are-better-than-greta-van-fleet/

 

FEEL

Reignwolf

CLUTCH

Rival Sons

FUZZ

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit

The Hellfire Club

Screaming Females

Marcus King Band

 

 

 

New & Notable:

Loudini: Black Note Graffiti; The Place You Lie

Lily: Images of Eden; Here Comes The Sun

Mr. Pittsburgh: Stereo Transmission; Give 'em Hell

It's a popular misconception that when Nirvana broke with Nevermind, that glam metal bands were wiped from the face of the earth like dinosaurs after and asteroid strike. Nothing could be farther from the truth!

Many ,if not all of our favorite 80s glam rockers soldiered on, continuing to put out albums for years, some even til this day.

On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus, we tell you about 10 post Nevermind glam metal albums that deserve your love!

 

Topics Disussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: The Imitation Game (and pride), Joe Perry's Rig, What is "feel", McCartney 321,

Lily:

 

The 10 Albums:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/glam-metal-albums-after-nevermind/

 

KISS; Revenge

 

Van Halen; Balance

 

Hardline

 

Warrant Dog Eat Dog

 

Motley Crue; Hooligan's Holiday

 

 

New & Notable:

Loudini: The Outfit; Go

Mr. Pittsburgh:

Lily: Mr Big; Good Luck Tryin'

On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we open the discussion to the question, "Is it time for some... if not most... of these classic bands and artists to retire?"

#ozzyosbourne #paulmccartney #donhenley

 

Topics Discussed:

Loudini: The Lost Continent, A Few Good Men, Copycat, Teri Nunn as Princess Leah, Arnold's Planet of the Apes, what if the shark never broke down?, things in music that everyone needs to get over

Mr Pittsburgh: the room, the disaster artist,

Lily: heart, cheap trick, johnny dangerously

 

Who should keep going?

Who should stop?

 

Ozzy

Paul McCartney

Don Henley

Ringo Starr

Led Zeppelin (in some form)

Motely Crue

Aerosmith

Jethro Tull

Foreigner

Judas Priest

Yes

Styx

Guns 'n Roses

Y&T(Dave Meniketti)

ZZ Top

Metallica

Pearl Jam

Bon Jovi

Rolling Stones

Sammy Hagar

Journey

Foo Fighters

Santana

 

New & Notable:

Loudini: Night Lazer; Don't Call Me Hero

Mr. Pittsburgh: Jane N'The Jungle; Trouble

Lily: Blitz; Shell Shocked

As part of our "Gear That Built Rock" series we will explore pieces and brands that were highly important in making the music we love but not nearly as ubiquitous or popular. We will cover brands like Dumble, Carvin, Seymour Duncan a more!

 

What we did this week:

Loudini: is genre dying? The story of Jeff Beck "we ended as lovers " and the "tele-gib", Robben Ford Returns to that pedal show,  A.I. is "dumb" (the john henry effect), Forbes list of greatest "rock" bands of all time. Godzilla x Kong, Abigail, D.T. Rabbit hole & insomia

Mr. Pittsburgh: The Deer Hunter,

 

The Gear That Built Rock:

 

Dumble

Seymour Duncan

Carvin

B.C. Rich

Dan Armstrong

Travis Bean

Zemaitis

Kramer

 

 

New & Notable:

Loudini: Doomsday Outlaw; Break You

Mr. Pittsburgh: Alien Ant Farm; Last Dantz

The power trio is one of the most ubiquitous line ups in rock. From The Jimi Hendrix Experience to RUSH, the formula has been repeated many times. On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus we celebrate some lesser known power trios and some bands who you may not have known were actual power trios.

 

 

 

Topics Discussed:

 

What we did this week:

Loudini: A.I. & Music: ColdFusion feat. Rick Beato, Adam Neely Loudini' thoughts on A.I. & Music, Randy defies Ozzy; gets fired; comes back; dies, Lou Gramm: tragedy to triumph, Most Dangerous Movies; The Conquerer, Joe Martin, Roar

Mr Pittsburgh:

Lily: Obituary (Mr Smalls), Vicious Blade, Foxes

 

Power Trios

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_trios

 

Dada

Husker Du

Wolfmother

 

Green Day

ZZ Top

Blink182

dead sara

 

Blue Murder

Chevelle

Paramore

5678s

Muse

 

 

New & Notable:

Loudini: Florence Black; Look Up

Lily: The Outfit; Go

Mr. Pittsburgh:

On this week's Loudini Rock and Roll Circus we go all guitar nerd on ya. With the release of the new Epiphone "inspired by Gibson" guitars at a prices approaching that of Gibson USA prices we ask, "Why not just go full on replica i.e. Chibson?

 

#epiphone #gibsonguitars #chibson

 

Topics discussed:

What we did this week:

 

Loudini: my Rickenbacher, Don Henley Lipsyncing, Type-O Negative doing Nights In White Satin, Guitars the Suck to Own, Anus Galorus

Mr. Pittsburgh: bad boys w/ sean penn, moving violations

 

 

Epiphone...

 

brief history

 

Epiphone Artists

 

Inspired by Gibson

 

Collecting vs playing

 

Why am I so hung up on the stupid headstock?

 

Why am I so hung up on the name "Gibson"?

 

What is a "Chibson"?

 

Fake/knock-off/replica... the debate

 

Loudini's personal Chibson experience

 

New  & Notable:

Loudini: The Black Keys; Read Em and Weep

Mr Pittsburgh: Nina DiGregorio, Limelight

On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus Podcast we introduce you to 3 albums that you probably haven't heard but you will love.

 

#littlesteven #arcangels #deesnider

 

 

Topics Discussed:

What we did this week:

Loudini: The 3 Body Problem, Beat (interview)

Mr. Pittsburgh:

Lily:

 

Albums:

 

Mr. Pittsburgh: Voice of America; Little Steven Van Zandt

 

Loudini: Arc Angels; Arc Angels

https://www.arcangelsmusic.net/

Charlie Sexton

Doyle Bramhall II

Tommy Shannon

Chris Layton

 

Lily: Dee Snider; For The Love of Metal

 

New Notable:

Lily: Thor; Ride of the Iron Horse

Louidini: The Native Howl; Mercy (feat. Lizzy Hale)

Mr. Pittsburgh: Keith Wallen; The Wolf

On this week's Loudini Rock & Roll Circus in celebration of St. Patrick's Day we do a deep dive into one Ireland's biggest and most influential rock exports; U2 and their break through album released on March 9th 1987; The  Joshua Tree

 

#U2 #Bono #thejoshuatree #irishrockband

 

Topics Discussed:

What We Did This Week:

Mr. Pittsburgh: The Getaway Cafe, Avenged Seven Fold, Guitar Gallery

Loudini: the new Road House, Nosferatu (1979), Mister Lullaby (J.H. Markert), Chris Shiflet interviews Joe Bonamassa (4 wall business model), Swift Hate, Music Monoculture (where do you hear music? artists are "bigger yet smaller than ever"  how worldwide distribution & social media has changed the way artists reach people and what that means)

 

The Joshua Tree

Background etc..

Impact

 

 

Songs and meanings:

 

Side One:

Where The Streets Have No Name

 

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

 

With Or Without You

 

Bullet The Blue Sky

 

Running To Stand Still

 

Side Two:

Red Hill Mining Town

 

In God's Country

 

Trip Through Your Wires

 

One Tree Hill

 

Exit

 

Mothers of the Disappeared

 

 

Aside: Other Great March Releases that We Should Cover on future Podcasts

 

 

New & Notable:

Mr. Pittsburgh: Kelsy Karter & The Heroines; Love Goes On

Loudini: Des Rocs; Neverending Moment https://desrocs.com/ Des Rocs Bio

Title: RUSH 7; Solo Albums

 

On this week's Loudini Rock and Roll Circus Podcast,  we resume our RUSH nerd-fest. On this installment we take on Geddy and Alex's solo albums.

 

#RUSHband #AlexLifeson #GeddyLee

 

Geddy Lee; My Favorite Headache

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favourite_Headache

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtHmNtgo1ssTYic_H-UNZaWEedK8AkStu&si=bIMncczvvLOVK7_o

 

Alex Lifeson; Victor

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_(Alex_Lifeson_album)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-LiKcpokPmy1drAiC2Gf87v0sPg0dTb&si=9Yu3CHtKeCTcJyZj

 

 

What we did this week;

Loudini: Total Guitar poll of the greatest blues guitarists of all time, Stopmotion, Ben Jordan; cautionary tale, $40k guitars, The Primevals, Argylle

Mr. Pittsburgh: Super 8

 

New & Notable:

Loudini: High Fade; Cameleon

Mr. Pittsburgh: Turning Jane; Trouble