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Episode 60 – Andy Curran and Mike Fraser double header
It’s the first ever double interview show on the LeBrain Train this Friday night! Warm up your coffees.
First up, we have Andy Curran back from last week to finish up our chat! The focus will be on the latter part of his career that we didn’t get to. Caramel, Leisureworld and beyond. Andy will be on at 7:00 PM E.S.T.
Second, it is the return of engineering wizard Mike Fraser! Although we quizzed him for a couple hours last time, we only scratched the surface. We didn’t get into Dio, The Wild, Satriani or Chickenfoot. Expect lots more great musical memories with Mike this Friday at 8:30 PM E.S.T.
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Episode 59.5 – Iron Maiden Super 7 Reaction blind box unboxing
Wanna see every Iron Maiden figure that Super 7 has ever released in their Reaction line? Unboxing starts at 2:00 PM E.S.T., Saturday April 10. This surprise episode is brought to you by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder!
Apologies in advance for the technical issues on this week’s program. We did our best, and fortunately Andy has agree to come back next week and talk about the latter half of his career!
This week we discussed:
The new forthcoming album Coney Hatch Live at the El Mocambo
A second live album in the can
The first three Coney studio albums: self-titled, Outa Hand and Friction
Road and studio stories
Andy’s first two “solo” albums, Andy Curran and Soho 69 – Scatterbrain
And next week we’ll be back to discuss Caramel, Leisureworld, Four and beyond.
I really want to thank Andy for his patience this week. Hopefully we can get a better stream next week. When it worked it kicked ass!
Tune into the stream at 0:36:45for Andy’s arrival and interview.
Thanks for watching, and thanks for your patience everyone!
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Episode 59 – The Earl of the 8th Note – Andy Curran
His name is on so many albums in our collections, from Coney Hatch to Soho 69 to Caramel and beyond, to writing with Kim Mitchell and helping to put together Rush and Max Webster box sets. His bass is literally made of the floor of the El Mocambo club, and now Coney Hatch have their first official live album recorded in that same club.
We come at Andy from two perspectives. Deke has questions he has been burning to ask for 40 years. Mike is the new fan whose first Coney Hatch purchase was pre-ordering the live album in late 2020. That groundbreaking concert was live streamed during the Covid pandemic and then prepared for the imminent CD and vinyl release of Live at the El Mocambo.
Please give a huge welcome for Andy Curran on the LeBrain Train!
Just a short show tonight, for those stuck at home this Easter weekend with nothing much else to do! Music, toys, happy memories. Lots of audio/visual aids. Great comments and audience participation.
Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, David Lee Roth, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, and rare Japanese imports.
Bonus: Couldn’t resist playing some music so we closed with the show with Uncle Meat singing “Fairies Wear Boots” back in 1991 with Heavy Cutting. Thank you for watching!
We promised you tunes, and we brought the tunes! With a special interview with the guy himself, kinda a big deal, Max the Axe! It was not an uptite Thursday night at all. This loosey-goosey interview covers Max’s discography and history as an independent musician for over three decades. Find out about his origins, see rare photographs, and watch the band play live! We even get to look at the cover art and title of the new EP. (Added bonus: running commentary by drummer Dr. Dave.)
Straight outta lockdown, Max the Axe jammed together again for the first time in about a year. The lockdown session was filmed and tonight we played for you three tracks:
“River Grand”
“Pygmy Blowdart” (NEW SONG)
“Scales of Justice”
For a band who hadn’t practised in a year, filmed on a crummy cell phone that apparently only does vertical video, these were some fine tracks. Enjoy the show! Rock on, Max the Axe!
LATER TODAY
Don’t forget – the Easter special streams April 2 at 7:00 PM E.S.T. It’s pure nostalgia as we pull from a grab bag of great memories. Don’t miss it!
*Two more unaired songs were played during the session – “Uptite Friday Night” and the new “Oktoberfest Cheer”.
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Episodes 57 and 58 – Max the Axe & Easter Special weekend!
Happy Easter everyone — a weekend I have traditionally looked forward to ever since I was a kid. Spring is in the air! The last two Easters have been pretty weird, but I’m glad to spend some time with you during this global crisis. It’s only getting worse currently here in Ontario as the third wave threatens to undo all our progress. So, this weekend I’ll be doing two shorter shows instead of one long one. Here’s the plan:
Thursday April 1 – Max the Axe “Straight Outta Lockdown” session – 7:00 PM E.S.T.
For the first time in almost a year, Max the Axe reunited for a rehearsal. It was rough and ragged but lead vocalist Uncle Meat has given me the thumbs-up to play some songs from this session, including the brand new “Pygmy Blowdart”. Special guest: the one, the only Max himself!
Friday April 2 – Good Friday – Easter Memories – 7:00 PM E.S.T.
Similar to the “Christmas Memories” show from last year. I had a lot of good Easters. Join me on Good Friday for some happy memories, musical and otherwise. Such as:
Easter ’85 – Condition Critical in Ottawa
Easter ’86 – Quiet Riot air guitar weekend, Turbo, Crossbows & Catapults on the kitchen floor
Easter ’87 – Digging trenches in the back yard for GI Joe.
Easter ’88 – Skyscraper in Ottawa
Easter ’91 – Welcome to My Nightmare?
Easter ’92 – Pandora’s study regime
Easter ’16 – Record Store shopping in Ottawa
Hope to see you this weekend on the LeBrain Train. NEXT WEEK: Andy Curran!
Thank you Marco from The Contrarians for your appearance Friday night! The subject was Black Sabbath songs. Three Nigel Tufnel Top Ten lists from three die-hard fans. Do the math — that’s like a million tons of metal right there.
Marco is one of the most knowledgeable guests we’ve had on the show. We couldn’t let him off without asking him some questions about Marco. The first part of the show features a new segment that we call “Lightning Round – Getting to Know You”. We’d like your feedback on this part of the show. We had a lot of fun with it and so did the live viewers. What did you think of this new feature? Let us know in the comments.
Finally, we did a Contrarians style discussion on my favourite Black Sabbath record Born Again. This was very enjoyable and I hope we did the Contrarians justice with our version of the format.
Finally Finally: Marco mentioned a film project he is working on about a Canadian metal band called Mystique that is very close to his heart. Check out their Youtube channel by clicking here. This subject really grabbed the imagination of the live viewers who started looking up their stuff on Discogs! ($377!) You’ll also hear about a band called Slam Glory that I liked a lot back in the 90s.
All this and more on the LeBrain Train. Thanks for watching!
For the statisticians: Of the 33 songs on our lists, only five overlapped. They were:
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Episode 56 – Contrarian Marco talks Black Sabbath
In a crossover event sure to melt the structure of reality, we have Marco from The Contrarians here with us tonight! Their excellent YouTube show, featuring Martin Popoff, is the place you want to be for some real in-depth heavy metal album discussions. It’s all about people like us who pick odd-duck albums as their favourites. Which is something I’ll be doing tonight as well!
Without spoiling all the fun, here’s what we have in store. Uncle Meat and I will be asking Marco some questions so we can get to know him a little better. Then the three of us will break out the lists! It’s the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Black Sabbath songs. As if that isn’t enough epic-ness, we will also be discussing contrarian-style my favourite Sabbath record: Born Again.
Additionally: I will be announcing the winners of our CD draw from last week’s One Year Anniversary show! This will happen in the pre-show segment before 7:00 PM.
Announcements: Next week is already Easter. I’m considering doing two shorter shows that weekend: One, featuring a Max the Axe live rehearsal with four songs. These “Straight Outta Lockdown” sessions include a new tune. The second show I am considering would be Easter memories. Guests are on a volunteer basis if you’re interested.
Following that:
April 9: Please welcome the legendary Andy Curran of Coney Hatch to the show! With co-host Superdekes.
May 7: It’s Paul Laine, Canadians singer extraordinaire, formerly of Danger Danger and currently with The Defiants! With co-host John T. Snow!
Are you excited? Because I sure am! Thanks to Deke and John for booking these awesome guests.
Thank you Brent Jensen for appearing on the show a second time! Although the conversation veered wildly from Cinderella to Raven and back again, we orbited around Brent’s mahogany box of cassettes. Maybe you had one like it. But was your stuffed alphabetically from Accept to W.A.S.P.? Take a look inside Brent’s tape collection and listen to the amazing stories that unfold.
The chat with Brent commences at 0:23:00 of the stream.
As my One Year Anniversary Show, we are doing a CD giveaway too. Next week we’ll draw a winner from a hat. See bottom for the trivia question and submission form!
The trivia question was: What is the tagline on Brent’s No Sleep ‘Til Sudbury podcast? Watch the episode for some pretty obvious clues and submit your answer in the form below. Really, really, really obvious clues. Really obvious.
A winner will be drawn next week!
NEXT WEEK
Marco the Contrarian joins Uncle Meat and I for the Blackest of Sabbaths, only on a Friday!
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