It started with Joey Suto, and our awesome list of Top KISS Songs from every album! Then Peter Kerr suggested worst KISS songs, and I ran with it, and wrote a controversial list. Dan Chartrand picked up the ball, and decided to make a video on the subject. You’ve read my list, but now you can watch an entertaining video list from Dan and Sidney from Slogan’s Rock and Metal as well.
No surprises here – my list is unchanged. I did however have quite a few questions and comments as to “why” I made my list the way I did. These are finally addressed in this video.
Slick and fast, we raced through the KISS studio albums in an hour. A great viewing. Don’t miss this one.
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
Special 🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode
Episode 131: Boxing Day Bash & Christmas Music Hauls with Peter Kerr of Rock Daydream Nation
With bellies and ears full, please join Harrison and I with special guest Peter Kerr, on Grab A Stack of Rock live! Tonight is the night that we reveal our Christmas musical hauls (and other recent scores). The pictures in the thumbnail images are just spoiler-proof teasers and placeholders (though time permitted we will look at those recent arrivals too). We’ll just have to see what the other guys have in store, because I write these posts in advance! I can tell you that on my side, I have four new discs to discuss, a cherished musical heirloom, a new music T-shirt and more!
I’ll also reveal what I spent my Christmas money on.
Tonight, 7:00 PM EST, the boys are back in town.
Friday December 26 at 7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic. Enjoy onYouTubeorFacebook.
50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode:
Top 11 Maiden Art
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK bonus episode
Original broadcast: May 12 2021
Back in the pandemic days, long before 50 Years of Iron Maiden was a thing, we used to do three-hour shows. People needed something to do, and something to watch. Unfortunately, as good as our lists and topics were, the shows were too long and meandering. Well, not anymore! I have toiled away and edited down our epic Top 11 Iron Maiden Art show to a manageable hour. Now it enters its rightful place as a watchable bonus episode of 50 Years of Iron Maiden.
Our group of four picked our favourite Eddies from past and present: Myself, Harrison, Mr. Books and original co-host Deke. We split our picks from albums, singles, and tour shirts. Through it all, we saw some epic art from Derek Riggs, Melvyn Grant and others. A monumental set of lists! The format was called a “Nigel Tufnel Top Ten”, meaning we went up to eleven! Check out the picks, some of which are pretty obscure and little-seen!
Thanks for watching, and if you just want to know what Maiden art we picked, check out Aaron’s hand-written list below!
Friday Dec 19 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. Enjoy onYouTube.
SPOILER – Do Not Read if you intend to watch the episode.
50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: The Greatest Iron Maiden Tribute Album You Never Heard – Food For Thought
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This is an episode that we have been looking forward to since the very start of this series. Tribute albums wouldn’t usually figure into our Iron Maiden story, but this is one that we felt so strongly about that there wasn’t even a question. Check out Sweden’s Food For Thought, who did the best Iron Maiden tribute you’ve never heard.
With 19 tracks spanning the debut album all the way to Dance of Death, Now That’s What I Call ‘Kin Music / What Are We Doing This For? (2003) is the coolest tribute album you’re likely to hear. Each track is performed in a unique style, from metal to folk to electronica, often in the style of known artists. Therefore if you would like to hear “Sanctuary” done in the style of Deep Purple’s “Speed King”, you will hear it on this album. What if Lemmy was in Iron Maiden? Or Bon Scott? All those questions will be answered tonight.
Harrison and Mike break down the album’s 19 tracks, including deep cuts, hits and a B-side. We also play song clips to illustrate our points. It might not be an easy album to find, but our goal is to get your shopping for Food For Thought at the episode’s conclusion.
We hope you enjoy this episode and ultimately the album! Tune into the premiere as we always like to interact in the comments.
Friday December 12 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T., 8:00 PM Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube.
Hot off the heels of our Whitesnake ranking, Joey Suto invited me back on his channel to talk about my favourite band of all time: KISS.
This time, Joey and I looked at every single studio album, and every single non-album “bonus track”, and picked ONE song from each. We didn’t ignore the solo albums, either! No, we dove in deep this time! From 1974’s Kiss to 2012’s Monster, we picked one song from each. Then we looked at Alive II, Killers, Smashes, Detroit Rock City, We’re A Happy Family, KISS 50 and all the box sets and other assorted compilations to choose one and only one “bonus track” from all of them. This is one of the most comprehensive KISS list shows you’re gonna find on YouTube!
I powered through some bruised ribs to do this show in one shot, no edits!
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode
Episode 129: Interview with “Shandi” Bassist Harper
Grab A Stack of Rock is proud to announce a special mid-week LIVE episode: Please join Mike as he speaks to Tom Harper, professionally known as Harper, the guy who played bass on the Kiss hit “Shandi”! And not only that, but Harper later spent time at LucasArts, helping create some of the greatest video games of all time, including Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. Believe us when we say that some of the stories that Harper has are not widely known, and could break the internet.
For example, did you know that the Thunderbird bass guitar that he played on “Shandi” was later loaned out to a legendary metal bassist, who played it on every song of his band’s landmark 1984 metal classic? We’ll tell you who tonight.
Harper spent time in Peter Criss’ solo band, was friends with Ace Frehley, played with Michael Bolton, and of course played the bassline you know and love from a Kiss classic. He has also recorded his own solo covers. There is plenty to talk about tonight, from bass to video games. Some of these things may blow your minds!
Since this is a special live episode, if you join us in the chat you can ask your own questions of Harper. We already have some special guest questions to run. Please don’t miss us tonight, this is going to be a good one!
Wednesday December 10 at 6:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.
A treasure unearthed, thank Fox! Over three decades ago, David Lee Roth mimed his brand new single to an indifferent world. Out with his new 1994 album, Your Filthy Little Mouth, a short-haired Dave put on the smiles for an audience that would have cheered for a beer fart. With his new band including guitarist Terry Kilgore, Roth unveiled his new direction: back to the roots. Again. The event was “Fox’s Wild Adventures in Paradise: The Rock and Roll Luau”, but I was unable to find out much about this show. My own memory tells me it was early in 1994.
Information below is provided by drummer Ron Wikso:
Yeah, that video was from the Hard Rock in Honolulu, HI and we did that show not long after I joined the band, sometime in either late January or early February of 1994, but I don’t know what date it aired…probably not long after we did it. And yes, that’s Terry Kilgore on guitar there, Jamie Hunting on bass, as well as Brett Tuggle on keyboards and vocals along with Dave and me. They cut off the ending and also made a weird cut in the middle but that’s showbiz!
Paulie Shore and Pamela Anderson were hosts. Incredible flashback to that weird mid-90s period where everybody was pretending to get serious when they were really getting wasted!
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