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Mostly New, But All Awesome! The Grab A Stack of Rock theme video has been heavily revised!

*pictured above: Gimli, the secret star of the show

Folks, I am so proud of this new show intro! Grab A Stack of Rock is almost at 30 episodes, so the show intro should consist of entirely original footage, should it not? Yes it should!  I’ve finally removed all the old footage and guests from the LeBrain Train shows (I think?) with two exceptions; both clips of original music videos that we still play frequently today.

There are more clips and less photos – the new version is faster and far less static. This means it takes an hour or so to load all the files into my editor, but it’s worth it when the results come out this good.

Our fans and Sarre have spoken, and they want more music and more lists on this show. We’re gonna bring ’em to ya baby.

I want to thanks Harrison Kopp for being awesome support and my rock of a co-host. I wanna thank Jex Russell for bringing a new energy to the show. I wanna thank Rob, John, Tim, Aaron, and Marco for helming some great episodes with me. Dr. K, Grace Scheele, Spenny Rice and Nurse Kat have been generous with their time and made their own episodes something really special to watch. Uncle Meat sparked the concept of this show and he’s in the new theme video too. He did after all make some cameo appearances on special occasions. Also a special thanks to Grant Arthur for welcoming me on his Rock Warehaus and helping me stay focused.

Spoilers:  There’s a new revision coming in a couple weeks with a new opening, but I’m waiting for a specific “prop” to come in the mail.  You’ll see!

Thanks for watching folks.

Alice Cooper’s Top Five Albums + Rarities, with Harrison & Jex

Awesome show tonight hosted by Harrison and Jex!  Top Five Alice Cooper albums, plus a nice collection from Harrison for bonus show & tell.  Harrison has three Alice Cooper albums that I would like to steal from his house.  Which ones?  You’ll have to watch to find out.  But you can check out the boys’ Top Fives below!  And as a bonus, I’ll throw in my Top Five as well.  Check ’em out!

This was one of my favourite shows to watch!  Thank you to Harrison and Jex for doing such an amazing job!  This was a great set of lists, and some awesome show & tell from Harrison.  My list will be drastically different from theirs!

Thanks for watching and we’ll see ya next week for my birthday!

JEX

5. Special Forces (1981)
4. Trash (1989)
3. Constrictor (1986)
2. Killer (1971)
1. Flush The Fashion (1980)

 

HARRISON

5. The Last Temptation (1994)
4. Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
3. Flush The Fashion (1980)
2. Dirty Diamonds (2005)
1. Special Forces (1981)

 

LeBRAINLESS

5. Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011)
4. Killer (1971)
3. Love It To Death (1971)
2. Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)
1. School’s Out (1972)

 

The Stone Gods and Hot Leg rocked Grant’s Rock Warehaus!

This was a lot of fun.  If you missed it, you can catch up below.  Grant and I discussed Hot Leg and the Stone Gods – the two bands that emerged from the Darkness split in 2005-2006.  Grant had a favourite of the two, as did I.  Can you guess who picked what?

 

Grab A Stack of Alice Cooper with Harrison & Jex: LeBRAINLESS!

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With the Mad Metal Man & Jexciter: LeBRAINLESS!

Episode 28:  Alice Cooper Rarities & Cinco de Listo!

I’ve been wanting to do something for a long time:  Take a day off, sit back, and watch Harrison host the show without me.  Seriously!  I’ve always wanted to do that.  Today I get my wish.  For the first time ever, I get to watch Grab A Stack of Rock from the audience.

Join Harrison and Jex tonight as they show off highlights of their their Alice Cooper collections!  They will also be bringing back “Cinco de Listo” for the first time in ages, to count down an Alice Cooper TBA list that will rock your minds.

With the Coop’s 29th (not including the Hollywood Vampires!) new studio album Road coming soon, the time is perfect to revisit one of the greatest stars in all of metal history.  Ladies and gentlemen…Alice Cooper!

Friday July 14 at 8:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 9:00 P.M. Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or on Facebook!

Grant’s Rock Warehaus: The Darkness Spinoff Projects – Live Stream TONIGHT 7:00 PM E.S.T.

Tonight, I’m with the band! Whichever way you wanna give it, I’ll take it! Tonight with Grant Arthur on Grant’s Rock Warehaus! Let’s burn the witch!

#1070: Guilty of Vinyl Abuse (1987) – Kiss Killers (VIDEO)

RECORD STORE TALES #1070:
Guilty of Vinyl Abuse (1987) – Kiss Killers

Not much backstory here to tell!  I was a bored kid at the cottage, away from my best friend Bob.  We had an ongoing (and absolutely terrible) series of comedy sketch tapes called Mike & Bob.  The video you are about to watch contains some audio from Mike & Bob Vol. II, and some explanations as to what you’re hearing.

The cottage could be very boring when you’re a teenager.  I was either 14 or 15.  Typically I packed all my records, all my tapes, my ghetto blaster, my turntable, my microphones, and every piece of equipment I had to bring to the lake when we went for a lengthy time.  I missed my friend Bob.  Normally, we always recorded together.  This is a rare example of some of the only stuff I recorded without him.

We did a lot of really bad sketch comedy but some of the listenable ones were parody ads.  In this one, I advertise Casablanca Records & Tapes…for those who don’t have money to buy the best.  I abused my copy of Kiss Killers in order to do this.  My only excuse is boredom.

That summer, my sister’s friends were renting the cottage next door.  They figure in at the end of the video, if you choose to go that far….

Enjoy this blast from the past, brought to you by TDK D90 cassettes, and my new Kenwood tape deck from Max the Axe!

One record was harmed in the making of this video.

New Grab A Stack show intro, now with more Jex!

By popular demand, here’s an updated version of the show intro!  Now featuring more Jex Russell!

Here’s some site news.

  1. Jex has contributed his first guest shot – a review of a movie that we will be discussing August 12 on Tim’s Vinyl Confessions.
  2. We have plans for a very unique show on Grab A Stack of Rock – a show first.
  3. I appreciate all the support I have received over the last two months.  Music will become more of the central focus here once again.
  4. The feedback is unanimous.  List shows are coming back.  There will be more Nigel Tufnel Top Tens and the return of Cinco de Listo.
  5. Jen is feeling much better lately, and will be contributing more to the site in the future!  She wants to do more guest appearances on live streams, and we have plans to write an episode from the Tee Bone Man Multiverse!

Stay frosty,

Mike

 

VIDEO: Eight Days in June at the Cottage – 2023

We had a lot of fun over the last two weekends.  It is very rare we can get that much cottage time all at once.  Obviously, it had to be captured on video!

In this video you will see:

Hope you enjoy!  All set to the music of Blotto.

 

HAPPY CANADA DAY! Top 11 Canadian Bands (Unknown Outside Canada)

Thanks Jex Rambo Russell for a terrific Canada Day celebration.  Yes we celebrated early, but now you can watch what we did!

We wanted to list 11 Canadian bands that we thought you should know.  I think we did a sweet job of it, with plenty of really cool “Show & Tell” on vinyl, cassette and CD.  Loads of rarities and obscurities here to check out.  We also played some video clips when we could to give you a taste of the music!

Below you’ll also see my photos of the lists, and a graph of the cities from which the bands originated.  Hamilton won handily!

Thanks for watching!  No show next week as I’m doing a super secret taping with Tim’s Vinyl Confessions!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!