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Episode 160: Top Ten Songs of The Doors
Both Mike and Harrison are taking the month of September off. Stepping in for hosting duties tonight will be show co-founder Uncle Meat, with a topic of his choice: The Doors! Meat knew that Mike and Harrison would not do a Doors episode if left to their own devices.
On “physical product duties” tonight is returning guest Alex Winter! And newcomer Scott Peddle (super Doors fan) will also be joining. Scott appeared a few times on the old show, LeBrain Train, but this is his Grab A Stack of Rock debut!
Get ready for the Top Ten Songs of the Doors, tonight on Grab A Stack of Rock, with a cast of fans that’ll make you break on through to the other side!
No words needed. I have been vindicated by Alex Van Halen himself!
See below from “Sammy Hagar” after our LeBrain Train episode on the 5150 album. In a case of over-preparing for the episode, I played 5150 numerous times that week, along with 1984, OU812, and Eat ‘Em and Smile for context. I felt that each era had its merits, but Dave had better lyrics than Hagar. I still feel that way,
I was teased for calling David Lee Roth a “poet” while critiquing the lyrics on 5150.
In 2026, Alex Van Halen said: “He was a poet. We did our best work with Dave.”
I’d call this vindication!
Full LeBrain Train episode is below (April 30, 2021).
Hold onto your seats, folks, because T-Bone will blow you away with his 5150 knowledge and insight. In fact, all six panel members tonight brought it!
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. Enjoy!
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Special Re-Run
“Nigel Tufnel Top Ten” RUSH albums with Mike and Meat: LeBrain Train re-edited
May 16, 2020: A very special show went down, back in the primitive wilderness days of Facebook Live. It was pandemic times, and seeking ways to come up with musical discussion topics, Uncle Meat invented the “Nigel Tufnel Top Ten”. I was resistant to doing list shows, because everybody else was posting lists. Top ten lists…so ours went up to 11. Thank you Uncle Meat for coming up with this concept. This was our first of many list shows, which became our trademark.
In an ironic twist, we lost Fred Willard on that day, who was indeed in the movie This Is Spinal Tap, from which the phrase “these go up to 11” was taken. We paid tribute to Mr. Willard off the top of the show…and at the end too.
In this short episode, Meat and I run down our top 11 Rush albums, with a special guest list from Michael Morewood. Back in the Facebook Live days, only two people could share the screen! Written lists, sent into us, were the only way to include more than two people!
This luminescent list of Rush was a portion of a longer show, so it has been edited down to just the Rush lists and the Willard tribute. Please enjoy this awesome set of lists, now in a perfectly digestible size!
Wednesday June 17 at 12:00 AM EST, 1:00 AM Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube.
Fans of Max the Axe: BEHOLD! The Lego animated music video for “I Don’t Advocate Drugs” was a tour-de-force effort from Lego animator Harrison Kopp. What you may not know is that Harrison packed the video full of Easter eggs that only diehard fans will catch. Until now: Please join Harrison and Mike for this very special breakdown of the entire video.
Thrills and chills: Find out about the “next plane to Vegas”! Is it concealing “Guns to Iran”? Who owns a deadly snake, let alone two? And where the heck is Pablo?
Enjoy this awesome breakdown. Original music video at bottom. Three cheers to the talent of Harrison!
From the album Live In Ontario, here is the second music video from the CD: “I Don’t Advocate Drugs”. This video was painstakingly animated, using real Lego bricks, by hand. No AI here folks. Bricks were collected to create these characters including all four members of the band: Max the Axe (lead guitar), Uncle Meat (lead vocals), Mike Mitchell (bass), and Dr. Dave Haslam (drums). Depicting a druggy trip and a stage performance by the band, look for several easter eggs referring to past Max the Axe songs, or even Dr Dave’s well-stated hatred of Transformers.
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!
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode
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!
Click here for the link to the live show
Friday May 1 at 7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic. Enjoy onYouTube orFacebook.
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Special Re-Run
Top Five Album Closers – LeBrain Train Re-edited
This was a great episode! Originally run on October 15, 2021, the live stream was roughly two and a half hours long. Far too lengthy to watch in 2026, we have brought this episode down to a perfect hour. Where was Harrison that night? Active in the comments, and watch out for a memorable “Bleep!” comment from Uncle Meat to the Mad Metal Man!
On hand that night were Tim Durling from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions, and his fellow Contrarian, Marco D’Auria, along with original cast member Uncle Meat. The show was a sequel to Top Five Album Openers, two weeks prior. We decided to follow up with the Top Five Album Closers of All Time, and with the input of these fine panel members, this was an entertaining show that we are very proud of. The chat was brisk and informative. The lists (at bottom, if you don’t feel like watching, although you should!) were diverse and full of great closing songs that you may not have heard. It was a more challenging set of lists than Album Openers was, and there was very little crossover. Many excellent selections from the mainstream to the obscure. We also included a number of “bonus tracks” at the end: the runners-up that were just as exciting as the songs that made our lists.
Thanks Tim, Marco and Meat for helping to create a must-watch episode. Enjoy!
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
Special Re-Run
Top Five Album Openers – LeBrain Train Re-edited
Tonight Mike is off, recording an episode with Peter Kerr for Rock Daydream Nation. Therefore tonight we’re re-purposing a five year old LeBrain Train episode that you gotta see. This episode, edited here for length, originally ran October 1 2021 with Uncle Meat and Harrison Kopp: Top Ten Album Openers!
LeBrain Train debuted at the start of the pandemic, in March 2020. It was more geared towards chat, since nobody had anywhere to go or anything to do back then. The episodes are too long to be enjoyed today, so we’ve cut the chit-chat and kept it to the music for this re-run.
What songs do you think just kicked off an album right? We made sure we didn’t skimp on the analysis and appreciation. Ritchie Blackmore, Ozzy Osbourne, Ian Anderson, Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson and of course Blaze Bayley all graced us with their musical presence on this night. There was plenty of discussion with the audience that night, some of which is included in this re-run. We also included a slew of runners-up for you to check out.
Every one of the songs listed tonight deserve some time in your ears. You can read the lists below, or have some real fun and watch the show! It’s all under an hour.
Friday March 13 at 7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic. Enjoy onYouTubeorFacebook.
Every year at Sausagefest, I would create an audio collage of random bits and samples of music, movies and TV Shows. I don’t know if the 2020 version was ever used, but here it is.
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Special 🅻🅸🆅🅴 Episode featuring guest Tim Durling & Uncle Meat
And guest list from Jake
Episode 138: Top Ten Songs of Queensrÿche
Raise ’em up! Uncle Meat wanted to count down the Top 10 songs from Queensrÿche, a band we have yet to tackle on Grab A Stack of Rock. So, we looked into the Eyes of a Stranger, placed Hand on Heart, and tried to shed some Nocturnal Light on these songs. But it wasn’t Just Us! Along for the ride is terrestrial DJ Tim Durling, and we will also have a guest list from Jake (Not From State Farm).
Spanning the EP all the way to Digital Noise Alliance, Queensrÿche have a lot of songs to sift through. For this special episode, Mike even went as far as to acquire a copy of Frequency Unknown, the album that Geoff Tate made before he lost the rights to the Queensrÿche name. (For added fun, this copy was gifted by Matthew Phillips, who had three remixed CDs sent to him by Cleopatra records. This is not the retail Billy Sherwood remix, but the rare mail order only version dubbed “we remix, you decide”.)
Even though Queensrÿche arguably had a “dark period” with some albums that didn’t ignite the fire in fans, they also had a strong comeback with Todd LaTorre on lead vocals. Will any Todd songs make the list tonight? We’ll be Breaking the Silence to reveal all!
Friday February 20 at 7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic. Enjoy onYouTube orFacebook.
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