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50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: You’re Gonna Love Our Maiden Bootleg Collections!

50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: You’re Gonna Love Our Maiden Bootleg Collections!

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If we knew only one thing about Harrison, it is that he loves live music.  Like many fans of live music, Harrison has attained quite a collection of Maiden bootlegs.  Simply put, Harrison’s goal (and Mike’s as well, though not nearly as complete) is to get a live album or bootleg from every Iron Maiden tour.  In the perfect world, we’d both own live versions of every Maiden song ever played live.  There are many, such as “Caught Somewhere In Time”, that were played live but never recorded or released live.  And that where bootlegs come in.

In this episode we look at our “Maiden boots”, all CD unfortunately.  We always like to have a variety of audio formats to show you, but this time all we have is CDs.  But a lot of them, we do have!

Please join us for the premiere – we love to interact in the comments!  See you tonight.

Friday May 29 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube.

SHOW NOTES:  We only have a couple episodes left to do, but will be taking a break from 50 Years of Iron Maiden for a short time.  Grab A Stack of Rock will continue regularly, and 50 Years of Iron Maiden will return as soon as possible.

 


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🅻🅸🆅🅴 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN episode 34: The Book of Souls: Live Chapter – May 22 Show #2

50 Years of IRON MAIDEN episode 34:  The Book of Souls: Live Chapter

A special 🅻🅸🆅🅴 episode

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK episode 149

Harrison and Mike are racing to the end of 50 Years of Iron Maiden!  After the Book of Souls studio album, Iron Maiden reliably provided us with a Live Chapter to mull over.  Featuring a host of new songs and a clutch of classics, The Book of Souls: Live Chapter is a fine retelling of these stories in the live setting.  This one was released in audio and video form, but Maiden declined to release a DVD or Blu-ray.  Instead the live show was given to us for free on YouTube.  Still, we have already had so many live albums and videos to discuss.  What will this Live Chapter offer us this time?

As usual, Mike and Harrison will break down the album track by track.  Harrison will discuss the tour, what songs were played, dropped and never seen again.  Expect our usual thorough approach and maybe a surprise too!

Join us live in the comments – we always appreciate your participation!


Friday May 22 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.


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🅻🅸🆅🅴 When the Live Version is Our Definitive Version! With Joey Suto of Rock Show Critique

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Episode 147: When the Live Version is Our Definitive Version! With Joey Suto of Rock Show Critique

Please welcome Joey Suto of Rock Show Critique to the cast!  We have a fun and varied show for you tonight, with lots of physical product.  Expect CDs, vinyl, and maybe some tapes too.  Tonight we’ll be looking at songs where the live version is our definitive version!  This is a topic right up the Mad Metal Man’s alley!

Surely, you can name a few yourself.  Some will be appearing in tonight’s show!  Think about songs where the live version is always the go-to for you.  And which live version?  A newer one?  A vintage one?  We’ll hear 30 picks tonight, not including overlap.  (Disclaimer for the pedantic:  We don’t care how much of a recording is “live” for this exercise.)

Join us live, as we love to interact in the comments!

Friday May 15 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

🅻🅸🆅🅴 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode: Johnny Metal has SEEN Burning Ambition!

50 Years of IRON MAIDEN bonus episode:  Johnny Metal has SEEN Burning Ambition!

A special 🅻🅸🆅🅴 episode – 3:00 PM afternoon show

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK bonus episode

2026 sees the release of the official Iron Maiden documentary Burning Ambition.  This milestone certainly deserves its own episode of 50 Years of Iron Maiden.

Fortunately, Johnny Metal saw the film on May 7.  He came to us with his thoughts, and we’d like to share them with you today.  This afternoon, May 8, we are doing our first Grab A Stack of Rock afternoon cottage show of the season.  Johnny will be joining Mike to share his review of the film.  (Meanwhile, Harrison will slumber in Australia, preparing for a weekend of recording.)

Please join Johnny and Mike, live this afternoon, to talk Burning Ambition!

Friday May 8 at  3:00 PM EST, 4:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.


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SHOW RECAP: Top Seven Black Crowes Tracks with Uncle Meat and Alex Winter

By request of Henry Wright, the “fourth member of the band” here at Grab A Stack of Rock, here is a recap of Friday, May 1st’s episode.  It was episode 145:  Top Seven Black Crowes Songs.  For this episode we had three passionate fans:  Mike, Uncle Meat, and new guest Alex Winter.  Alex also brought some great physical product, including vinyl and promotional items.  We also learned about some shadowy corners of the discography (such as iTunes Originals) and a man with a Black Crowes tattoo on his leg.  With plenty of personal connections and agonizing cuts, here are our top Crowes tracks:

ALEX WINTER

7. Profane Prophecy (A Pound of Feathers)
6. I Ain’t Hiding (Before the Frost…Until the Freeze)
5. Blackberry (Three Snakes and One Charm)
4. Go Tell The Congregation (By Your Side)
3. Jealous Again (Shake Your Moneymaker)
2. Remedy (The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion)
1. She Talks To Angels (Shake Your Moneymaker)

UNCLE MEAT

7. Nebekanezer (Three Snakes and One Charm)
6. Midnight From the Inside Out (Lions)
5. Horsehead (By Your Side)
4. Descending (amorica)
3. No Speak No Slave (The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion)
2. Wiser Time (amorica)
1. Thorn In My Pride (The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion)

 

MIKE

7.  You Wear It Well (1972)
6. I Ain’t Hiding (Before the Frost…Until the Freeze)
5. Kicking My Heart Around (By Your Side)
4. Words You Throw Away (Shake Your Moneymaker deluxe)
3. Twice As Hard (Shake Your Moneymaker)
2. The Garden Gate (Before the Frost…Until the Freeze – vinyl version)
1. Descending (amorica)

Grab A Stack of Rock episode 145:  Top Seven Black Crowes Tracks with Uncle Meat and Alex Winter


Show summary:

Please welcome to the show, from the Contrarians and his own channel Tainted Decibels, musical scholar Alex Winter!  Looking for a good theme to get Alex on a list show with Grab A Stack of Rock, Uncle Meat tossed ideas out and we all grabbed on to The Black Crowes as a topic we’d be eager to sink our beaks into.  Formed in Atlanta Georgia in 1984 by the Brothers Robinson, the Crowes have broken up and reunited twice.  They are currently in a “together” phase, and already on the second full-length album of this third era of the Crowes.  With their new album A Pound of Feathers on shelves, the time is right to pay tribute to this ever-changing flock.

We decided on a Top Seven list as a new format.  Better than a Top Five, but still hoping to do it in a timely manner.  Let’s give it a shot.

All Black Crowes songs are on the table, and the table is open for discussion!   

 

 

🅻🅸🆅🅴: Top Seven Black Crowes Tracks with Uncle Meat and Alex Winter

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Episode 145:  Top Seven Black Crowes Tracks with Uncle Meat and Alex Winter

Please welcome to the show, from the Contrarians and his own channel Tainted Decibels, musical scholar Alex Winter!  Looking for a good theme to get Alex on a list show with Grab A Stack of Rock, Uncle Meat tossed ideas out and we all grabbed on to The Black Crowes as a topic we’d be eager to sink our beaks into.  Formed in Atlanta Georgia in 1984 by the Brothers Robinson, the Crowes have broken up and reunited twice.  They are currently in a “together” phase, and already on the second full-length album of this third era of the Crowes.  With their new album A Pound of Feathers on shelves, the time is right to pay tribute to this ever-changing flock.

We decided on a Top Seven list as a new format.  Better than a Top Five, but still hoping to do it in a timely manner.  Let’s give it a shot.

All Black Crowes songs are on the table, and the table is open for discussion!    We love to interact in the comments, so join us at 7:00 PM EST!

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Friday May 1 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

🅻🅸🆅🅴: Top Five Artists Who Do NOT Rock! With Peter Kerr from Rock Daydream Nation

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Episode 144: Top Five Artists Who Do NOT Rock! With Peter Kerr from Rock Daydream Nation

Peter Kerr is back!  The Rock Daydream Nation host has been tearing up YouTube with mega interviews!  John Corabi, Sebastian Bach, Reb Beach, and many more…but tonight he sits with Mike and Harrison about a decidedly different topic.  Tonight, Peter discusses his Top Five Artists who do NOT rock!

We at Grab A Stack of Rock have diverse tastes from myriad genres.  On tonight’s show, allow us to open your minds to the worlds of Pop, Disco, Jazz, Classical, Country and beyond.  We will pick five each.  Will there be overlap?  What genres won’t we see tonight?  Will Harrison demonstrate Polka dancing?  We just don’t know!

For fans of physical media, tonight we’ll see releases on all four major formats:  CD, cassette, LP and the mighty 8-Track cartridge.  Don’t miss this live event.  We love to interact in the comments, so join us at 7:00 PM EST!

 

 

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This will be the first COTTAGE SHOW of the 2026 season!

Friday April 24 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

🅻🅸🆅🅴: Lenticular Cover Art collections with bicyclelegs talks music

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Episode 143: Lenticular Cover Art collections with bicyclelegs talks music

When a new release is announced with a “lenticular” cover edition, do you always jump at the chance?  Harrison does.  Harrison loves those “three-dimensional”, moving images in his music collection.  So does Mike, and bicycelegs!  Together we will show you just about everything we have in our music collections with lenticular cover art.

Lenticular art is nothing new.  For centuries before its invention, humans have been trying to create moving images.  Lenticular art involves taking two or more images, interlacing them, and presenting them behind a piece of glass or plastic with ridged lines throughout.  The result is a moving, three-dimensional image.

Tonight we’ll look at some items that you’re familiar with, and many that you are not.  From newer releases to old classics from the 1990s, we have a variety to show.  Please join us tonight for this fun and educational episode!  We will be live, and we love interacting in the comments.

 

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Friday April 17 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

🅻🅸🆅🅴 50 Years of IRON MAIDEN episode 32: En Vivo!

50 Years of IRON MAIDEN episode 32:  En Vivo!

A special 🅻🅸🆅🅴 episode – 15th Anniversary of the Santiago Chile concert!

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK #142

Another Maiden live album?  Another 50 Years of Iron Maiden live episode.  Hitting the skies in a brand new Ed Force One jet, our heavy metal heroes embarked upon “the road” once again.  With the new space and science fiction-themed Final Frontier album providing new Eddies and new songs, the Maiden live show evolved once again.  With six new songs (including intro “Satellite 15”) and an alien hybrid Eddie, Iron Maiden roared into Santiago, Chile intending to record a live DVD and Blu-ray.  Recorded on this day, 15 years ago,  April 10 2011, history was made and documented.  The album was released almost a year later, on March 26 2012.

Join Mike and Harrison live, as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the En Vivo! concert.  Another double live CD and DVD or Blu-ray set, we will take you through the entire track list song by song.  The visual aspects of the show will be accounted for, and the unique split-screen editing will be assessed.  The bonus DVD includes a music video (and a short behind the scenes clip) and a 90 minute documentary called “Behind the Beast”.  We will take you through each in our usual detailed manner.

Is this just another Maiden live album?  What tracks stand out?  How does it compare to other live albums?  We’ll assess the whole thing and let you know.

Please join us live if you can.  We love interacting in the comments, and these live albums give us an excuse to do these Maiden episodes as live ones.  You make it worth it!

Friday April 10 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.


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🅻🅸🆅🅴: Feel Good Friday Afternoon! 1:00 PM EST – Top Five Albums that Make Us Feel Good! With Dan @OffTheCharts

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man

Special 🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode at a Special Time – Good Friday Afternoon! 1:00 PM EST 

Episode 141: Top Five Albums that Make Us Feel Good! With Dan @OffTheCharts

We’re back!  It’s the Fourth Annual Good Friday Afternoon show on Grab a Stack of Rock!   We have done this every year since 2023, and this one is a special one for us!  It is a little different from past Good Friday episodes.  This time it’s less a hangout, and more a list show with lots of physical music!

Episode 141 trailer – Top Five Albums that Make Us Feel Good

We decided to bring the sunshine by talking about music that makes us feel good.  Top Five Albums.  Some of the greatest music we’ve ever heard in our lives.  We’ll also be playing a song from each our lists:  music videos of great songs that make us feel great!

Special guest Dan Chartrand will be joining to discuss our Top Five lists.  As always you can count on physical product on all three major physical formats:  Cassette, CD and LP.  These formats are the tangible versions of the music that brought smiles to our faces so many times over the years.   We’re talking music that goes back with us for decades in some cases.  Other music is newer.  What you will get from us this afternoon is going to be pure love for the albums that always bring us joy.

This is a show about physical music!  We will also be doing a MASSIVE, $550 unboxing – stay tuned!

Please join us 🅻🅸🆅🅴 for this annual tradition.  There will be music, videos, and surprises in store!


Friday April 3 at  1:00 PM EST, 2:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.