GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
EPISODE 100
With Jex Russell and Johnny Metal
Back at the cottage for the first time in 2025, together we celebrate the 100th episode of Grab A Stack of Rock! With Harrison Kopp back and better than ever, 2025 has been a landmark year for the show, featuring our big series 50 Years of Iron Maiden. This episode celebrates every era of the show: from its “random and chaotic” beginnings, to the “heels era”, and today. To celebrate with us, we have three of the hardest working co-hosts a guy could ask for: the Mad Metal Man, Johnny “Homework” Clauser, and Jex Russell himself. Each of these guys played a critical role in keeping the show going steady since October 2022.
Since day one, Grab A Stack of Rock has been a fun and frivolous celebration of physical media and products. CDs, DVDs, vinyl and more obscure formats have always been at the forefront, but we have showcased physical collections far and wide since our very first episode. We struggled to find direction, but had fun getting lost along the way. And here we are, ready to acknowledge it all! The current Grab A Stack of Rock show intro is the first version to include every guest and co-host we ever had along the way. To me, this show has always been just as much about the people, as the music. Every collection of CDs, LPs and cassettes comes with a multitude of stories, often including great lengths we go to in order to acquire them. Along the way, we met friends of varying temporal longevity, from brief sparks to deep connections. It has been a hell of a lot of fun.
On the menu tonight: Leaning into the “Mix Tape” format a little bit, we will play some clips and outtakes you’ve never seen before. These include some of the key characters in the story of the show so far, and a sneak preview of a forthcoming episode of 50 Years of Iron Maiden. Of course, I will have something in terms of physical memorabilia that you have never seen before. We may also have an Amazon delivery to unbox – stay tuned!
Please drop in and say hello!
Friday April 25 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 8:00 P.M. Atlantic. Enjoy on
List of everyone who has ever joined me on Grab A Stack of Rock to date:
- Harrison Kopp
- Eric “Uncle Meat” Litwiller
- Aaron KMA
- Tim Durling
- Rob Daniels
- John T Snow
- Grant Arthur
- Brian Richards
- MarriedandHeels
- Marco D’Auria
- Kevin Simister
- Dr. Kathryn
- Jen Ladano
- Grace Scheele
- Jex Russell
- Spencer “Spenny” Rice
- Nurse Kat
- Erik Woods
- Jason Drury
- Pierre-Luc Allard
- Peter Kerr
- John Clauser
- Len Labelle
- Reed Little
- Metal Roger
- John the Music Nut
- Mike Slayen
- Pete Jones
- Todd Evans
- James Kalyn
- Angie Moon
- Ryan Gavalier
- Chris Preston
- Dan Chartrand
- Glen “Archie” Gamble
- bicyclelegs
- Davey Cretin
- Melissa Nee
- Sidney Cini
- Ashley Geisler
- Martin Popoff
- Bert Blotto
- F Lee Harvey Blotto
- Bowtie Blotto
- Broadway Blotto
- and (briefly) Max the Axe
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Congratulations! Sounds great, Mike, but I’ll be on the road this weekend. Will be sure to watch it later though. Henry.
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Never got into making mixed tapes. My lazy version of that is just hitting shuffle play..
Been going down the memory lane by listening to first 2 Roth albums and now I’m listening to Yngwie Facing the Animal since Snowman informed me that there’s a new live album out. Not sure if that one is worth getting since Yngwie is handling the singing too. What do u think?
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