No preamble needed here! Just sit back, grab a drink and enjoy the entire 1:45 chat with Sean Kelly below. We tackled just about every project he’s ever been in, from Lee Aaron to Helix to Trapper to Coney to Crash Kelly, 69 Duster, Nelly Furtado, and more. What’s this about Motley Crue figures? And hear about the new upcoming Coney Hatch Live in Germany LP, Lee Aaron’s new tunes, and a hell of a lot more.
Sean’s enthusiasm for music and especially rock and roll is contagious.
The interview with Sean begins at the 0:17:30mark. Tune in and enjoy!
A big thanks to Sean for taking his time to talk to us, and also to Deke for hooking this one up. You guys rock.
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike and Deke
Episode 65 – Sean Kelly!
Sean Kelly is a busy guy! He was in fact one of the very first guests to agree to come on the show, back before we had even done anything notable. We finally got him on the schedule just in time to celebrate two new albums. One is Lee Aaron’s upcoming Radio On, with its insanely catchy debut single “Cmon”! The other is Coney Hatch’s brand new Live at the El Mocambo. As if that wasn’t enough, he recently worked on a new Helix song called “Not My Clowns, Not My Circus”. Did I mention he’s a busy guy?
Additionally, Kelly is known for his work with Crash Kelly, Trapper, and 69 Duster You might also be familiar with his collaborations with Gilby Clarke, Nelly Furtado, Emm Gryner, and Carole Pope. As if that wasn’t enough to do, he also plays classical. On the side, he put together an EP to go with a book he wrote called Metal On Ice! Will we have time to ask him about all this activity? We’ll try!
Superdekes is the guy who asked Sean to come aboard, so let’s give him a round of applause while we’re at it! This is another show you’ll want to make sure you catch live.
While it wasn’t fun being the lone dissenting voice when you’re up against heavyweights like Kevin and Meat, this was one of the best discussions on 5150 that you are likely to hear. And you need a dissenting voice, right? I was happy to play the role of punching bag too!
The Van Halen talk begins at exactly 0:48:00 and runs through to the end. Before that we unboxed some action figures, talked about the new Coney Hatch live album, and a little bit of current events. Watch right from the start to catch all that. We also played three music videos: “Donna (Do Ya Wanna)” by Deadline, “Open Door Piss” by T-Bone, and “Victim of Changes” (Priest cover) by Clockwork Orange.
Enjoy!
May 7: Paul Laine from Danger Danger and the Defiants with co-host John Snow.
May 14: List show by Uncle Meat’s suggestion — Best Cover Tunes — with panel TBA.
May 21:Sean Kelly(Coney Hatch, Crash Kelly, Helix, Lee Aaron, Trapper, Nelly Furtado) joins us with co-host Deke!
May 28: Dave Lizmiof the Four Fuckin’ Horsemen! Co-host will be T-Rev.
June 4: One year anniversary of Harrison’s first appearance. We re-hash the Top 11 Priest Albums and will have Geoff Stephen to graph it! Co-host is TBA.
June 18: Robert Lawson, author of Still Competition: The Listener’s Guide to Cheap Trick. Hosted by Superdekes.
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike Ladano
Episode 62 – 5150 Time & a Trifecta of T-Bone
Tune in tonight for beer, some T-Bone (his 3rd appearance) and an in-depth discussion of an album that went to number one 35 years ago this week: Van Halen’s 5150. The complete panel will be as follows:
To quote Pearl Jam, it’s “Five, five, five against one.” I’m the lone dissenting voice that will be highly critical of 5150, while the other five guys will probably take turns punching me in the balls.
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!
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike Ladano…and Deke!
Episode 55 – The Return of Brent Jensen
** One Year Anniversary Episode **
Brent Jensen is one of my favourite people. His No Sleep ‘Til Sudbury podcast is essential listening. I’m currently working my way through the book No Sleep’Til Sudbury, a story I really identify with. Though Brent is a couple years ahead of me, I really see myself in his story of discovering hard rock and heavy metal in the early 80s. Seeing bands for the first time, the contrived origins and evolution of Motley Crue, cassettes, video tapes…it is a great read. One that has me stroking my beard in deep thought, as I am forced to consider heavy metal history from a different angle.
Superdekes will be back as your co-host for what we hope will be another excellent free-form conversation about the subject we all love: music that makes our skin vibrate.
In addition: this will be my one year anniversary show! Ontario went into a state of emergency on March 17, 2020. I went live that Friday. And here we are a year later! To celebrate, I’ll be doing a CD giveaway (details at bottom), and showing clips from the very first show a year ago.
Not only that: Brent is celebrating four years and 200 episodes of No Sleep ‘Til Sudbury, the podcast! He just opened a new Patreon membership too, so we will be talking about that and plenty more. This is an episode you don’t want to miss. You want to catch it live!
We will be asking a skill-testing question about Brent Jensen on the show. Submit your answers in the form below. We will be giving away two sealed CDs: The Cars’ debut (remastered), and a signed copy of Jim Crean’s excellent Insatiable. I will be doing a random draw from a hat next week!
Great show tonight with your co-hosts Harrison the Mad Metal Man, Aaron from KeepsMeAlive, and Superdekes! We talked the Nigel Tufnel Top Ten Iron Maiden Covers/Artwork (that’s a mouthful) and it was awesome. We took a close look at: albums, singles, T-shirts, Reaction figures, MacFarlane figures, and the Neca Powerslave Eddie. If you like Iron Maiden, you automatically love their artwork. Ergo, you need to watch this show!
First we unboxed some brand new Reaction Eddie figures. Go to 0:16:50 of the stream.
Then we wished Steve Harris a Happy Birthday, and commenced with the lists! Go to 0:24:00 of the stream.
After the conclusion of the Maiden lists, we had a freeform chat covering Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime, and a newly unearthed Black Sabbath track called “Slapback”. Go to 2:22:45 of the stream to check that out.
Thanks for watching, and if you just want to know what Maiden art we picked, check out Aaron’s hand-written list below! See ya next week!
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike Ladano
Episode 54 – Best Iron Maiden Cover Art
Time to chill out with a more laid-back show this Friday! We’ve had some serious lists, and serious guests in recent weeks. This week is almost like a vacation. Join Harrison the Mad Metal Man, Aaron from KeepsMeAlive, and Superdekes with myself here tonight as we share our favourite Iron Maiden artwork.
The art of Derek Riggs, Melvyn Grant, and many talented coversmiths including Hugh Syme will be up for examination tonight. No disqualifications: albums, singles, whatever! As long as one of us likes it, we can list it. Each of us will have our own rules and criteria.
BONUS: Iron Maiden ReAction figure unboxing! While it would be nice to have a complete set, I could only order four. These Eddies, based on Iron Maiden cover art, will definitely be on topic for this show!
A huge thank-you once more to Martin Popoff for joining us on the show to talk King’s X! We have been immersing ourselves in the magic trio from Texas: Dug, Ty and Jerry. And it has been brilliant. And these were some brilliant lists. Martin’s insight on these crucial records will be of interest to diehards and new fans alike.
Want a starter’s kit into King’s X? Watch this show and listen to Martin. He comes in at 0:12:45 of the stream.
Martin hung out and chatted King’s X (and a little Rush) for an hour. Afterwards, we were joined by Kevin from Buried On Mars to continue the musical discussions. Jacob Moon, Marillion, Def Leppard, Black Sabbath…it was a fun freeform chat that I hope you will stick around and enjoy for the balance of the show.
A huge thanks to Mr. T-Bone Erickson for the new Martin Popoff intro.
Please give this one a “like” and a “share” — and give Martin your warmest welcome on tonight’s show!
The LeBrain Train: 2000 Words or More with Mike Ladano
Episode 50 – Top Five King’s X Albums with Martin Popoff
For this very special 50th episode of the LeBrain Train, we welcome back Martin Popoff to talk King’s X! It is such an honour and a pleasure to have Martin on a second time. The subject matter: King’s X’s Top Five albums. Actually a monumental task. And you can’t read my reviews and guess how I will rank them. I will be coming at this with fresh ears and no holds barred.
These are some serious lists, and we’re sitting down with a serious King’s X fan!
Tonight, “We Will Find Who We Are”. Is this one “Over My Head”? Let the “Skeptical Winds” blow. I don’t want to “Pretend”, because “I’ll Never Get Tired” of King’s X. Please give Martin your biggest welcome, and give it a share, won’t you?
