Metal Rules! Radio

Episode 43 – Hmmm… I Don’t Know/Sloppy Turkey Sandwich

rob — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:00:53 +0000

Brian Botley is BACK! Heh… Sucker…..

We start off the show with some round table discussion, and then..To the GRAB BAG!

First up, Vains of Jenna. Botley apparently knows who they are. Jeff and Rob agree, possibly for the first time ever on Metal Rules Radio, that they like them! Botley hates them. Angus is on the fence, and Josh wants to have their children.

Next up, Unleash the Archers. No… we didn’t watch Gladiator. Although we should have! That movie rules! Remember when they hung his family and burned them? Her feet nearly made me puke with all the burning scaling flesh…. But I digress… These guys get a general “eh” from most of us. Which is neither great nor awful. But check them out anyhow.

We go into our interview of the night with Steve Gaines. He was originally in Lynyrd Skynyrd, but died. Then he came back as a metal dude in Anger As Art! It’s a true Hollywood story.

Aaaand… Back the the bag! Angus pulls out Deathrash. Jeff loves these guys. Jeff loves thrash in general. If Jeff were a metal genre, he’d be thrash. If Jeff were to get married again, he’d carry Maria across the thrashhold. Jeff goes out and rolls around in poison ivy, just so he can get a rash simply because it’s two letters short of thrash. Jeff doesn’t take out the trash, he takes out the thrash, and his family knows it or it’s PIMP HAND STRONG!

The End..

Episode 42 – Five Pronged Party

rob — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:00:45 +0000

Make sure you celebrate Jeff’s party longer! Brian Botley is back and hanging out with us again.

We have about 15 minutes to discuss rousing topics such as doing shots out of Jeff’s belly, and taming hot sauce with soft soap.

From there we move into our first interview with Tommy Victor of Prong. New album to be released around October. We check out some Prong at the end of the interview.

More Rambling, and then ONTO THE GRAB BAG!

First up – Revenant Dead I don’t think these guys cut it as far as we we’re all concerned, but hey you may like them. Check them out.

Next up – The Wounded Kings – You be the judge…

And then…. This moment in Black History, they’re not exactly metal. At all. But still, some of you might dig it.

And then… No and then…. And then… No and then… AND THEEEEEENNN… Root!

Listen to Jeff read the Adam and Eve Plug!

Episode 41 – Dead Cow Punch

rob — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:00:07 +0000

Brian Botley is sitting in with us again this week, and we get his friends calling in.

First up is the GRAB BAG OF METAL! Botley pulls out St. Madness.

Next we get into a round table discussion about a melting pot of topics including Cheap Trick and Terry Gilliam movies. You may be wondering what Terry Gilliam and Cheap Trick have in common, and apart from both willing to be The Flame, we believe they’re both heavily into bananas. Lots of bananas.

We get a make up phone call from Joey Allen of Warrant. This guy’s on thin ice for ditching us last week, but we’re a bunch of forgiving teddy bears and take his call anyway.

From there we talk to our second interview of the night – Bruce Corbitt of Rigor Mortis/Warbeast.

BACK TO THE BAG FOR ONE LAST HURRAH! We pull out Rob Halford’s Winter Songs. That’s right, winter songs. Hey, next time you’re at your grandma’s for Christmas and she wants to have the family gather around the fire to sing about Jolly old St. Nick in 4 part harmony, try Rob Halford’s winter songs instead. She’ll either love it and slip you the tongue, or hate it and ban you from family functions henceforth. Hope your grandma’s hot dude…

Episode 40 – Charred Cherry Pie of the Damned

rob — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:59:37 +0000

What do metalrulesradio.com and majorleagueasshole.net have in common? Brian Botley! You may remember him as Hardcore Brian from the zine days. That’s right, he’s back and sexier than ever. And this week he’s sitting in on the show. We start the show off by talking to him for a while. Check out his blog at majorleagueasshole.net, become his fan on facebook, call him and ask him to strip for your bachelorette party, he’s game.

From Botley, we jump into the Grab Bag of Metal and pull out Grindbashers. These guys have been grabbed before, like a good looking goat in a hillbilly bar. BACK TO THE BAG!

Next we pull out Sparzanza who did a pretty good cover of Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell. And finally Botley goes for the hat trick and pulls out The Seed.

Finally we start a REALLY good discussion of submitting music to a show digitally vs. hard copy. But we had to cut this discussion short because we were rudely interrupted by our interview of the night, Richard Christy.

Episode 39 – Aggravated Perineum

rob — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:00:16 +0000

Jeremy is still here as Rob is off in Canada to join Alpha Flight. We digress into comics briefly then go right into our interview with Jason Netherton of Misery Index, cofounder of Dying Fetus. Great interview. Not like last week when Josh kept calling ALL the WRONG numbers.

Thanks Josh.

We talked a bit about various Metal Fests, the good, the bad, the weather. We’re gonna be at the Maryland DeathFest, come see us and laugh.

We impromptu called Chris Kontos. Chris friggin rules!!

We tried to call Jeff Becerra, he wasn’t there.

On to the GRAB BAG! But first we call Rob’s voicemail so we can include him in on the grab bag. First up is Roxx pulled by ANGUS! Jeff and Josh met the singer, Joseph D’Angeli. Roxx, well, rocks. Great glamrock for those of you into that. Somehow we went from talking about Roxx to Mark Singer, to the Original V series, to the remake V series to Serenity and space hookers then back to Roxx.

Back to the bag grabbin’

Jeff pulls Orcrist. Yay, Lord of the Rings reference! Josh predicts “Goblin Metal”. Josh doesn’t care for the vocals‚ and might start a section on the website called, “Goblin Metal” where he will rant about things he doesn’t like. Hence forth referring to such things as “Goblin Metal”. Josh launches into the bag and comes up with Morphine Killer. Great music, but the guy has terrible vocals. Josh declares his love for Rob then we address the complaints about the way CDs are reviewed on the show.

One more from the grab bag. Jeremy picks Scheisse Minnelli from the almighty grab bag o’ holding. They had a very early Suicidal Tendencies/Black Flag sound to them.

Jeff suggest that everyone checks out the movie Repo Man.

Josh wanted to mention that it’s almost Valentine’s Day, so check out our sponsor Adam & Eve, adameve.com use the code word METAL to get 50% off almost any one item, 3 FREE DVDs, one special mystery gift and AND FREE SHIPPING on your order.

We learn something disturbing about Josh’s grandmom…

We wrap the show with a discussion of the Conan and Lenno “Late Night Wars” and what famous persons were born the same day as us…make sure you listen‚ it’s riveting.

Episode 38 – The Return of El Gigante

rob — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:55:15 +0000

Filling in for Rob this week is none other than JEREMY whist Rob petitions PA Gov. Rendell to make “Steak & BJ Day” a recognized holiday, the long lost Jeremy hath returned. It is discovered that his sea shell collection is complete he has them all. The first call is out to Jason Netherton of Misery Index and co-founder of Dying Fetus. Unfortunately he wasn’t there, so Josh made a separate call to Jason. Little did Josh suspect he was actually calling Robert Fleischman from Journey & The Vinnie Vincent Invasion‚ nothing like being on top of the game right?

Professionalism, thy name is Metal Rules! Radio.

Thankfully Robert Fleischman is a great guy and totally let our mistake pass. While Josh and Jeff try to figure out the lunacy, Angus and Jeremy discuss the newest Terry Pratchett book, “Unseen Academicals“, the George R. R. Martin books, Dashell Hammett’s the Maltese Falcon and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.

Then Josh and Jeff return. So, basically you can skip the first 11 and a half minutes of the show. At the 11:40 mark we talk to Robert Fleischman.

From there we called Bruce Corbit. He wasn’t there so we left a message.

SO! We get things back on track by catching up with Jeremy. Talk about the NJ Medical Marijuana law that passed, some new “Dimebag” Darrell items were released around Christmas time‚ we mulled who would get the cut of the money and does this constant new releasing of songs, items, etc… detracts the overall image of “Dimebag” Darrell. Much like what was done with John Lennon and the Beatles.

Onto the GRAB BAG!!!

Jeremy pulls from the grab bag first and he comes up with‚ The Mighty Swine . They have a very dated Grunge sound. Angus pulls Carpathian Forest‚ they rocked.

An urgent communique from Rob‚ he texted in the plug for Adam & Eve. Even though Rob isn’t present, he’s still doing the show‚ remote style. With the plug for our sponsor Adam & Eve. To see the awesome details click the ad link in the right sidebar.

We wrap the show and have a good cry.

Episode 37 – Viking Shopping List

rob — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:00:31 +0000

We jump right into the show and talk with our first interview – Jim Durkin – Guitarist for Dark angel. Jim is currently with the band Ruthless and they are writing a new album.

From there we go right into our second interview with Martin Starr. Martin recently starred in the movie “Adventureland”, and starred as Bill Haverchuck in the TV show “Freaks and Geeks”.

We have a special occasion, Rob gets to choose from from the Grab Bag of Metal FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! That’s right… 37 episodes and he’s just now able to choose. And choose he did… First up, Age of Evil. And then we pull out Sanhedrin.

Episode 36 – I told you no drums in the living room!

rob — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:33:15 +0000

We start out the show with 4 brand new phone calls! You can call us too at 856-67-RULES

Our first interview of the night is Will Carroll of Death Angel. Death Angel’s album is scheduled for release in September 2010, with recording starting to start on March 1, 2010.

Our second interview of the night is with Robbie Rist, AKA Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch! But that’s not all he ever did, tune in to hear what he’s up to these days. Fun Robbie fact: There was a “Revenge of the Nerds” TV show pilot produced, in which Robbie played “Booger”. You can catch up on Robbie’s career and give him some love by friending him on his Facebook page.

Finally we dive into the Grab Bag of Metal and pull out Count Raven.

Episode 35 – Season 2, The Season of Jeff

rob — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:00:53 +0000

JJ Hoover-Vac is sitting in with us this week. We interview Shawn from Rumpelstiltskin Grinder (this link too) and listen to some of their music.

Our second interview of the night is with Greg Hall, drummer from Sacred Reich.

Episode 34 – Riff of the Magi?

rob — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:00:30 +0000

Shawn from Rumpelstiltskin Grinder (this link too) and Mike from Monstrosity join the show

We listen to Mike’s band Abraxas, and his other band Azure Emote.

We jump into the Grab Bag of Metal and pull out a split CD with the bands Agathocles and Grindbashers.

We get a surprise visit from JJ!

Then it’s back to the grab bag, and we pull out Face Value.

Episode 33 – Where’s Josh to name this bitch?

rob — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:00:28 +0000

Doc Coyle (of God Forbid) and Stink Fisher are in studio, Josh is on a job interview in Laos.

We jump right into our first interview with Geoff Thorpe (of Vicious Rumors).

We spend the rest of the time talking to Doc in our round table discussion, and then finish up with a Grab Bag of Machines of Grace.

Episode 32 – And Then There Were Three

rob — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:00:02 +0000

Michele Karmin, Stink Fisher, and Doc Coyle Sit in with us this week. Unfortunately, no Josh as he is soul searching in Cambodia.

We start off with a round table discussion and interview of Michele Karmin, Stink Fisher, and Doc Coyle (of God Forbid).

We then get into our phone interview with Kyle Thomas of Exhorder.

From there we reach into the Grab Bag of Metal and pull out Aquila.

Episode 31 – Angus Takes a Pee

rob — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:00:59 +0000

We talk Shit for a while and then jump into the Grab Bag of Metal. We pull out Enspier.

We then go into our first interview, Leon Del Muerte of Impaled, Exhumed, and Destroyed in Seconds.

We go back into the Grab Bag of Metal and pull out Rawk Kandy.

Finally, our second interview – Kurt Bachman of Believer.

Here are the links to all of Leon’s bands.

http://murderconstruct.com/

http://myspace.com/delmuerte

http://myspace.com/murderconstruct

http://myspace.com/destroyedyourface

http://myspace.com/phobiagrindcore

http://myspace.com/intronaut

http://myspace.com/exhumed

http://myspace.com/impaled

http://myspace.com/artificiumsanguis

Episode 30 – Taint of Steel

rob — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:00:08 +0000

We start off with a bit of round table discussion, and move from there into the Grab Bag of Metal. We pull out Blood of the Prophets.

Our first interview of the show is with Gonzo Sandoval of Armored Saint.

From there we move into our interview with Stevie Rachelle of Tuff and Metal Sludge.

Episode 29 – Speed’s a bitch… all night

rob — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

We have NO TIME people, SIT DOWN! We jump right into the episode with our first interview A.J. Benza (and this link) (Celebrity Fit Club, Gimme My Reality Show, E! Mysteries and Scandals, ).

From our first interview, we jump right into our second interview with Michael Angelo Batio (Nitro).

And for the hat trick, we jump right from there into our third interview with Blas Elias (Slaughter, Blue Man Group).

Episode 28 – Defiant Spiders

rob — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:29 +0000

In this episode, Angus listens to Preston and Steve on WMMR in Philadelphia, and they played metal. That pleases the Angus.

We start with a horrifying story of nearly lost metal, but lemons and lemonade being what it is, we end up with a great bit called “Let’s make Jeff’s head explode”.

We interview Jim Adams, lead guitarist for the thrash metal band “Defiance“. Jeff steals all of Angus’ questions, but you won’t hear any complaining here folks. Angus is awesome at suppressing emotions. Tune in for a future segment – “Angus goes postal”.

Spider from Powerman 5000 DICKED US AGAIN!

John Macaluso (this link also) (Ark/Starbreaker/TNT/Yngwie Malmsteen/Powermad/Riot) is next on our list of awesome interviews. The phone connection is a little choppy, but it gets better as the show goes on. Angus has one of the greatest questions ever asked on our show, and like a true gentleman he gives Rob the distinct privilege of asking it.

Episode 27 – Cardboard in the Oven

rob — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:19:36 +0000

We jump right into the show and talk to Joe Comeau.

From there, we’re grabbing from the grab bag of metal and we listen to Candy Striper Death Orgy. Then we listen to Helen Money.

We quickly talk to Rowan Robertson, and then we have a good 5 minutes with the one and only JEREMY!

Finally, we listen to Michael Angelo Batio.

Episode 26 – Halloween and Jack Starr-O-Lanterns

rob — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:35:19 +0000

ACHTUNG! The Mighty Steve Spatucci is our guest host for the day, and he’s lookin’ fiiiine.

We Jump right into the Grab Bag of Metal, and pull out Raptor School

We get to interview Jack Starr, of Virgin Steele, Burning Starr, Guardians of the Flame, and more. Check out his webpage here.

Episode 25 – It Came From Hammerhill

rob — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:25:37 +0000

Mike Gorham, famed singer of the Metal Rules! Radio theme song, and all around awesome guy, is our guest host for this weeks show. Check out his channel on YouTube.

We start out with a solid 17 minutes of round table and then jump right into the Grab Bag of Metal!

First up, Carbon 9.

We listen to Tiberius Project.

The funny thing about guests of the Metal Rules! Radio show is that 99% of the time they are excited to talk to us and follow through on their plans to stop by, call in, or wait anxiously by the phone for us to call them. BUT… There is that 1% of the guests that DICK US OVER! And that 1% is SPIDER! That’s right, Spider of Powerman 5000 completely screwed us and didn’t call. It takes a special team of guys to handle that kind of a dick over and have the show go on without a hitch. And that special group of guys is clearly not Metal Rules! Radio. No, instead of having a well though out backup plan, we ran around panicking trying to figure out what to do next. So we tried calling friends of the show, and finally got a hold of Mike Mawby, former guest host on the show. But hilarity truly found its way to the show when we spoke to Chris Kontos, who answered all of the questions we had for Spider, as Spider! It was a huge rebound from the middle finger we received from Spider.

We jump back into the Grab Bag of Metal. This time it’s Combat.

Rob has it out with Renee! Live on the phone!

Finally we listen to the Nigel Dupree Band and close out the show with them.

Episode 24 – Do you do drugs Danny?

rob — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:38:25 +0000

Mike Gorham joins the crew, and after a small technical glitch…. HE SPEAKS! You can check out all of Mike’s videos on his YouTube channel.

We jump right into the Grab Bag of Metal and first listen to Orange Sky. They get a collective thumbs up.

Next we listen to Prayers of Sanity, and Mike goes 2 for 2!

Next up, Sacred Oath.

Holy Hell! We get a phone call! And it’s Michael O’Keefe! Friend him on Facebook.

And finally, a return to What’s Wrong With Jeff.

Episode 23 – Stink Death Kitchen Vengeance

rob — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:29:08 +0000

It’s a free for all everyone… Strap in! We have 2 guest hosts tonight, Chef Matt from Hells Kitchen Season 4, and Stink Fisher renowned actor and proprietor of the Pop Shop in Collingswood NJ.

Chef Matt pays homage to Opie and Anthony.

We listen to Five Finger Death Punch.

Next we listen to Root.

Then Spider Rockets.

And finally Machines of Penalty.

Interested in hanging out with Chef Matt? Go on a cruise! Information Here.

Want to see Stink Fisher in person? Check out the Pop Shop!

Episode 22 – Fried Green Cerebellum

rob — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:43:24 +0000

Chef Matt Sigel from Hell’s Kitchen season 4 is our guest host for the show. Listen to tales of Hell’s Kitchen past, and listen to Matt pay homage to Opie and Anthony!

We have our first message from our hotline! Any guesses?

We talk to Simon Wright of Dio, AC/DC, and Rhino Bucket.

We talk to Matt, and he tells us about the intricacies of cooking, and Gordon Ramsay.

Finally we talk to Tony Harnell, formerly of TNT.

Episode 21 – Underage and Sweaty

rob — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:00:35 +0000

We jump right in and talk to Andrew Galeon, formerly of Death Angel.

We listen to Death Angel’s “Carnival Justice” off their album Killing Season, and it ROCKS!

We listen to Bushwhack, Sever the Sky.

We listen to Sekond Skyn, and we highly recommend picking them up, they’re fucking incredible.

We close out the show with an interview with Rowan Robertson formerly of Dio and now with DC4.

Episode 20 – That’s why God gave you two

rob — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:59:19 +0000

We start off the show on a somber note, and we’d like to send our best wishes to Zakk Wylde for a speedy recovery. Jeff went to a metal bachelor party for JJ, tune in to listen to drunken stories involving a small chihuahua.

We talk to Mindy Hall of Rock of Love, and we all show off like a bunch of peacocks trying to score a date.

We listen to Sekond Skyn’s song “The Pit” off of their album Addicted to Chaos. We loved them and wanted to hear more of them but needed to table our discussions to talk to George Lynch. Hilarity ensues when Angus can’t get his questions out.

Episode 19 – The Legend of Sleepy Angus

rob — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:00:23 +0000

Stunt Jeremy is in! Mike is our guest host this week. We listen to Dreamcatcher, and it didn’t particularly lift any of our skirts. But hey, listen in. You may dig ‘em. We talk to Jeff Becerra of Possessed. Angus reviews Lions Share and Gwar. We jump right back into the music and listen to NAD… you be the judge. But as you’re listening, here’s the link to DONG (You’ll understand when you listen)! We listen to Elderhead, and wind it all up with a little Southern Cross, a band that we highly recommend.

ALERT!!! Cover our theme song, time is running out! You have until October 31, 2009 to submit your cover for a chance to win a little love from the show. DO IT! NOW!

Episode 18 – One Nerd Shorter

rob — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:00:57 +0000

Sadly Jeremy is gone, but we have bizarro Jeremy, AKA Mike sitting in on the show today. We find out Jeff went to went to NY and took on 80 ounces of level 7 out of 7 on the hot scale, hot soup. He had half an hour to finish said soup and noodles. Did he finish? Listen and find out. Also check Jeff’s Facebook page to see the videos. Also featured, we get a brief glimpse into the Metal Rules! Radio hosts’ proms. We discuss Inglorious Basterds and other movies starring the dreamy Brad Pitt, and move swiftly into the different methods of cock piercings. Finally we get to talk to Ted and AJ of Don’t Panic, who gave us a great interview. Thanks fellas!

Music Reviews: Flesh Engine

Show links:

Don’t Panic

Jeff’s Facebook Page to see the hot soup videos

Call the Metal Rules! Radio show ANYTIME! Listen to yourself on the air! 856-67-RULES

Episode 17 – Ripper vs. Terrell

rob — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:00:39 +0000

In this episode, Angus is drinking… again… AND we talk to Tim “Ripper” Owens! Or at least we try to right off the bat. Until we get his answering machine. But have no fear, we get to talk to him later on. Jeff forgets how to eat roast beef. On a sad note, this is Jeremy’s last episode as a weekly host, but we think we can talk him into coming back to do spots here and there. Reviews include Process of Guilt, Into the Presence, and Memory Driven.

Show links:

Episode 16 – Calvert, Kontos, and Crackheads

rob — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:00:34 +0000

Josh is Back! And thinner than ever…. He gives us a scene report of when we saw his friends band Bound by Nothing. In addition, he saw Don’t Panic, who are all short, and Trust Company. Jeff reviews Pestilence, and can’t remember anything about the album other than it has a skull on the cover. We interview Tim Calvert, formerly of the bands Forbidden and Nevermore. Josh reviews Philly drivers, right before we interview Chris Kontos, drum slut. We listen to some of his work after the interview, including the tracks Glide and The Rage to Overcome.

- Show links -

Tim Calvert

Chris Kontos

Metal Rules Radio NEW AND IMPROVED Store!

Episode 15: What’chu Talkin’ ‘Bout Josh

Jeremy — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:00:36 +0000

We start the show off with a rousing tale from Jeff about angel dust and crying. Quickly then to Jeff’s Grab Bag of Metal. Elenium – Caught in a Wheel. Moving onward we, Rob, interviews Edie McClurg (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Hogan Family). Sadly we just had a few tech quirks at that exact time. Jeff’s mic was coming across too hot causing it to break up (we believe) on Edie’s speaker phone. You mostly hear Rob doing the interview. Towards the end we got Jeff’s mic working better. Jeff did all this work to set the interview up and in the end hardly got any questions in. Isn’t technology great? The show took a turn when we heard way too much about his prostate exam. From there we tumble into What’s Wrong with Jeff! Amazingly there’s a lot. He lost his electricity, his router died, his toe is infected and he has a random hive. We wrap the show with an impromptu call to Josh.

Show links:

Elenium
Edie McClurg
Josh’s Blog!

Episode 14: I Just Got A Text Message

Jeremy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:00:09 +0000

Welcome to the show—we are sans Josh this evening. We’ve discovered that Josh is on a hunger strike until the show starts getting more reviews on iTunes. We start off with an interview of Metal bassist legend and grandfather, Terry Butler! Terry plays bass in Six Feet Under in case you were wondering. Rob brings up the new Alice in Chains CD. Apparently Layne Staley is dead. From there we jump right into “Jeff’s Grab Bag of Metal”. Anonymous Horses – Neigh! Sayers. Jeff wonders if they were influenced by Horse the Band. Next band up is Simbios – Bounded In Adversity and Naked Mental Violence.

Show Links:

Six Feet Under
Alice in Chains
Anonymous Horses
Simbios
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder

Episode 13: Clubber Lang Bent My Penis

Jeremy — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:17:25 +0000

Did you know that you can drink at fully nude strip bars in Canada? Canadians rule! Jeff tells us how he was attacked by a “Wolverine”. There was alcohol involved in the story. Dethklok and The Goon will be teaming up in comic book form! Awesome. Then on to the reviews!! Josh and Angus talk about Probot, Dave Grohl’s project with a bunch of metal guys. Josh hates Led Zepplin. Angus reviews Clutch – Strange Cousins from the West and some how we end up talking about Pantera and Down. Josh and Jeff do their best Phil impressions. Josh brings up Opeth, trying to bring the proverbial ship around to talk about what brought us into Metal. We wrap the show with a rousing round of “What’s Wrong with Jeff?” and Jeremy and Jeff talk about the band Sweet. Friend of the show, Stuart Smith, is in the band Sweet now. He sent in their newest release Live in America for us to sample. Fun fact: Angus watches the Food Network. He says to try his Cheese Cake.

Show Links:

Urto
Bill Leverty
Camp Seneca Lake
Dethklok
Stuart Smith
Dead Brain Cells

Purchase Clutch – Strange Cousins from the West from Amazon or iTunes
Purchase Probot – Probot from Amazon
Purchase Sweet – Live in America from Amazon

Beer being consumed: Golden Monkey

Episode 12: Scumdogs of the Webiverse

Jeremy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:00:39 +0000

Episode 12: Scumdogs of the Webiverse

Greetings Metal people! We jump right into it with Jeff’s tale from the Warp Tour. He recalled the bands: Under Oath, The Millionaires, Jeffree Star, Therefore Tomorrow, Hit the Lights – who apparently were douches, 3OH!3, and Bad Religion. He missed NOFX for shame.

We have the one, the only, Oderus Urungus! Who is awesome and gave us the best ending ever to any interview! We’d like to thank the great Space Warrior for thawing out to bring destruction to our planet.

We do a review of Stripping the Pistol. We all agreed that the band was great but there was a lack of info to give out about the band. You should definitely check them out.

www.myspace.com/strippingthepistol

http://www.GWAR.net/home.php

http://oderus.com/

Bound By Nothing

Playing at Hanger 84 Aug 4th; Tues in Vineland, NJ with Trust Company.

http://www.boundbynothing.com/

Greetings Metal people! We jump right into it with Jeff’s tale from the Warped Tour. He recalled the bands: Underoath, The Millionaires, Jeffree Star, There For Tomorrow, Hit the Lights, 3OH!3, and Bad Religion. He sadly missed NOFX.

We have the one, the only, Oderus Urungus of GWAR! Who is awesome and gave us the best ending ever to any interview! We’d like to thank the great Space Warrior for bringing destruction and/or doom to our planet. GWAR is set to release their new CD Lust In Space in August on Metal Blade Records. Pre order your copy over at AMAZON.COM

We do a review of Stripping the Pistol. We all agreed that the band was great but there was a lack of info to give out about the band. You should definitely check them out.

SHAMELESS PLUG! Josh’s friend’s band Bound by Nothing will be playing at Hanger 84 Aug 4th; Tues in Vineland, NJ with Trust Company. Here’s a link to Hanger 84. Check their calendar and head on over to catch Bound by Blood. Josh would never steer you wrong…mostly never.

As always subscribe to the show, leave us some iTunes reviews! For those of you who don’t like iTunes leave us a rating on PodNova and send us email thru the contact section of the site! If we like your email, we’ll read it on the show—forever making you internets famous. Check out our MySpace page for the contests we’re running.

Show Links:

Stripping the Pistol
Purchase Stripping the Pistol at Amazon and iTunes
GWAR
Purchase GWAR CDs at Amazon and iTunes
Oderus Urungus
Bound By Nothing
Purchase Bound By Nothing’s Nine Thirty in Kansas at iTunes

Episode 11: Midgets of Nok Su Cow

rob — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:45:09 +0000

ED sits in for Jeremy while he is on a soul seeking walkabout in Cambodia.

We have news! We pay our respects (sort of) to Midnight from Crimson Glory (You Tube clip of Ski and Mike Gorham) and we learn of Phil from Malevolent Creation’s latest convenient store adventures.

Question for the listeners – is it ok to re-record a hit album 20 years after the original release? Leave us your comments.

Dream Theater has a new CD, Black Clouds and Silver Linings. Angus saw a guy play a stick. Killswitch Engage has a new CD, self titled.

We listen to Machine Dog from the 80’s and compare it to the new Machine Dog (which we also listen to). Then as a REALLY special treat, we listen to Johnny Sin. Strap in kids! We listen to a couple of tracks including staff favorite Big Black Lesbians.

Slayer has a new album coming out – World Painted Blood, and will be playing the Mayhem Festival with Marilyn Manson.

We interview Jason McMaster of Watchtower, Dangerous Toys, and Broken Teeth. He’s an excellent interview, a self proclaimed metal dork, and a friend of the show.

Download Machine Dog on www.cdbaby.com/cd/machinedog

Listen to Johnny Sin at www.myspace.com/johnnysin

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Episode 10: The Fiery Remains

rob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:08:30 +0000

Metal Rules Veteran Ed, aka “Stroke“, sits in for Jeremy who is off on a secret mission in, we believe, Nicaragua.

We interview Bill Leverty, the guitar player for Firehouse. Angus reviews Clutch who he went to see in Atantic City. Shadows Fall was there, so was So I Had To who is Ace of Cakes Duff’s band. Jeff Hates Duff (Sorry Duff, the rest of us think you rule!). Angus talked to a drunk guy at the show, and was picked up by a guy (we swear!) and thrown into the mosh pit. Ed likes Cake.

We listen to Ski’s (of Deadly Blessing) band Faith Factor and review. Faith Factor is a Christian metal band.

We interview Scott Wily of Vital Remains and Zircon, and learn much about Josh’s past. Ed gets slobbered by metal Buck. We learn Josh is not embarrassing…. at all.

Finally we learn all about Ed, and his Buck slobber filled shirt.
Check out Vital Remains
Check out FireHouse
Check out Bill Leverty’s website at www.leverty.com
Check out Faith Factor at www.faithfactorband.com
Check out Scott Wily and Vital Remains on tour from July 31 – Aug 10. You can get the dates on their website at www.myspace.com/zirconblackmetal or www.zirconmetal.com or check out Scott directly at www.myspace.com/scottfromzircon
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Episode 09: 40 Pound Pelvis

Jeremy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:23:44 +0000

Josh watched a show on VH-1 called Rock Doc: Do it for the Band: Women of the Sunset Strip. A documentary about the broads that hung out with the Glam Rock Bands. Hosted by Bobby Brown…naturally. Angus goes on to review the new Steel Panther album, Dealth To All But Metal. Some might remember this band when they were Metal Shop. We digress into Wizard World Philly 2009 and Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC. Back to metal Jeff fills us in that Victory Records put us back on their mailing list. First one reviewed: The Autumn Offering: Requiem. Darkest Hour: The Eternal Returns. Bury Your Dead: Nothing Personal. Rob reviews Howard Leese: Secret Weapon. Howard was the guitar player for Heart. Josh has news!! Faith No More had a reunion sans the guitar player guy. Apparently Down has a third CD and are working on a Fourth. Rob breaks through with some Howard Leese and we get a little enjoyment out of it. Back to Josh’s news. Europe has a new CD. Fantastic. More reviews from Jeff! Alex Beyrodt’s Voodoo Circle. Angus saw Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. Starring Megan Fox and that dude. From the movie we transform (nice right?) to more reviews Covered Call: Money Never Sleeps. Josh brings up the NFL? Three offensive lineman from the Dallas Cowboys have formed a band—Free Reign. Which is weird right? Devin Townsend has a new CD called Ki. We also learned that Red Bull and Beer are bad for Josh. He becomes retarded.

Show Links:

Steel Panther
Wizard World Philly 2009
Heroes Con Charlotte, NC
The Autumn Offering
Darkest Hour
Bury Your Dead
Howard Leese
Faith No More
Down
Alex Beyrodt’s Voodoo Circle
Europe
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Covered Call
Free Reign
Rock Docs: Do it for the Band: The Women of the Sunset Strip
Devin Townsend

Episode 08: The Deflowering of Jeff

Jeremy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:24:04 +0000

A Metal Rules! Radio first—the wife of Metal Jeff Rappaport, Maria, is here to give us all the terrible dirt on Jeff. Like his “Butt Doobies”. For the next hour we learn how Jeff and Maria met, different shows they’ve gone to, and all the weird and disturbing things about Jeff. There’s more stories about his bathroom habits that anyone should ever know. Ever.

Metal Rules! Idol—calling all musicians! The challenge, cover the Metal Rules! Radio theme song. Best entry get’s added to our MySpace page, an interview on the show and we’ll toss a Metal Rules! Radio T-Shirt. Look at that, and interview and swag. Awesome. The song and lyrics can be found at our MySpace page

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Episode 07: Everybody Loves Buck

Jeremy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:34:04 +0000

We start off with some reviews from Josh—Ted Nugent: Scream Dream and Austrian Death Machine and we hear Josh’s impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Which was HYSTERICAL. Listen to that part of the show now and hear it later! Jeff has read yet another book, Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential. From there the show gets a bit messy but comes back when we briefly discuss CDs that signaled the end of a band. Jeff was not a fan of Bruce Dickinson’s Skunkworks, Jeremy was not a fan of Primus’ Tales from the Punchbowl. To bring it back around Angus brought up Flight 666 the Iron Maiden feature. Jeff questions why Eddie Trunk is so popular in the Metal community. Some other names are tossed around, somewhere in there Adam Curry comes up and Jeremy plugs the No Agenda podcast with Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak. The conversation wraps back to the Iron Maiden Flight 666 and Josh throws the question out there who would you want to sing for Iron Maiden if Bruce Dickinson wasn’t with the band. Jeff said Michael Kiske (Helloween) would have been a great choice, everyone else starts to just toss random names out there. Angus said Dio, Jeremy said Chris Cornell, Josh said Steve Perry. During all this Buck pukes, Josh considers eating it on a roll. Angus has a review of Warbringer and we wrap up with a lively discussion of that nectar of the gods—beer. Angus closes the show about a bad night with a beer bong…

Show links:
Ted Nugent: Scream Dream available on iTunes and from Amazon
Austrian Death Machine
Warbringer
Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential

Episode 06: I Want a Beer

Jeremy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:13:58 +0000

We premiere for the world the Official Metal Rules! Radio Theme song! Check it out on the Official Metal Rules! Radio MySpace page—be our friend.

The Show starts off with Jeff declaring that there was, “no banging on Bones” he was not thrilled with the season ending of the Fox show, Bones. On to reviews…Jeff reviews Beyond Dishonor: Signs of a Struggle. Jeff is a little nervous since he wasn’t a fan of the CD. So, Josh said he would review it. Josh reviewed Black Label Society’s Skullage. Back to Jeff, he reviews Resurrecturis: Non Voglio Morire. Next up is Angus with Nuclear Theatre—we get to hear a few samples. Angus, Rob and Jeff weren’t fans of the vocals but Josh and Jeremy liked what they heard in general. Following that we play Scarlet Sins. Which we all agreed was pretty good…along will liking the band, Josh also felt the Scarlet Sin’s bass player should make out with him. The penultimate moment came when Jeremy reviewed Metallica’s Deathmagnetic—he didn’t really like it. Angus found an article on Blabbermouth that had a piece of an interview James Hetfield did with Classic Rock Magazine. We close the show with Tomorrow’s Outlook “Doubt”. Tomorrow’s Outlook singer Mike Gorham did the vocals on the Metal Rules! Radio theme.

Metal Rules! Radio Idol! There is a call to all bands out there to do your best cover of the Metal Rules! Radio theme song. The winning band will be interviewed by us on an upcoming show. Put your song on a CD and mail it to: Metal Rules! Radio Idol, 3 Overbrook Circle, Moorestown, NJ 08057

Show Links:
Black Label Society: Skullage CD/DVD
Resurrecturis
Beyond Dishonor
Nuclear Theatre
Scarlet Sins
Tomorrow’s Outlook
Blabbermouth article about Hetfield’s interview with Classic Rock Magazine
Classic Rock Magazine

Episode 05: El Chupacabra in this el Banjo

Jeremy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:57:46 +0000

Josh came up with that title…I have no idea what it means or if it’s even spelled right…

We start off with finding out Jeff read a book—with words. The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. Which then lead into a discussion of herion in general which then further digressed into books in general. I have no idea how…as Angus said, we’re a literate group. Oh, and apparently when Josh was sick, he thought CNN was watching him. Movies were brought up, Jeff sang a song about Josh and Rob and Jeff had some eBay stories to tell. After that the wheels pretty much come off of the show and we digress into God knows what.

In music we discuss Cobalt, Psycroptic, Scar Symmetry, Megadeth, Faith or Fear, 1349, Mastodon and Tool.

Get Nikki Sixx’s The Heroin Diaries at Amazon.com

Episode 04: Rob’s House of Pleasure and Grilled Burgers

Jeremy — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:29:56 +0000

In this episode we hear about the adventure Jeff and Josh had in New York City, who they met, who they got pictures of and how Josh fell in love with a homeless broad. Who apparently, after a washing, wouldn’t be that hard on the eyes. Some music reviews and a concert review. Fun right?

Angus reviews:
Revolution Renaissance: Age of Aquarius
Obscura: Cosmogenesis

Josh reviews the Chickenfoot concert he went to.
Links for Chickenfoot: Website, MySpace

Episode 03: Revenge of Jeff and Fried Turkey

Jeremy — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:39:04 +0000

In today’s episode we are joined in studio/Angus’ dining room by Reality Check TV’s Ace and Huge. For those of you out there that are unfamiliar with said show, here’s a bit from their About the Show section:

“Reality Check is the television showcase for alternative celebrities, cutting edge performance, the hottest underground bands and the world’s strangest nightclubs. Reality Check is an all access backstage pass, a perpetual name on the guest list and an invitation into the underground scene! Reality Check shoots live on location, showing actual performances mixed with exclusive backstage interviews, pun-filled commentary and debuts of underground films and music videos.”

So there ya go, the guys stopped by on their trek to NY to sit and chat…and to be slobbered on by Buck, the Metal Rules! mascot.

Links: Reality Check TV official site
R eality Check TV on BlipTV

Note: There were a few tech glitches, namely mics/cables shorting out right as we started recording. Consequently some of us aren’t heard — never the less, the show must go on. Rest assured these issues are being fixed now.

Episode 02: An Evening with JJ and BBQ Chicken

Jeremy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:11:21 +0000

Joining us this time is JJ from Divine Rapture, Vile and Hate Eternal. We find out that he has nothing to do with Lost, Fringe and “Dy-no-mite” is not his catch phrase. He’s a very cool, very funny guy and we were thrilled to have him in studio. By “in studio” I mean Angus’ dining room. Also making a cameo is the Metal Rules! Radio mascot BUCK. After the show, we had BBQ chicken prepared by Chef Angus. If you want the recipe contact Angus.

For review Jeff blazed through, Minotaur, Boxcutter and Forsaken.

Links for JJ:
Liquid Energy
V ile
Hate Eternal

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Episode 01: Good Friends, Bad Beer

Jeremy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:20:27 +0000

This is it, the pilot episode of Metal Rules! Radio. Sure there are some format issues, we’ll get those hammered out as we go, for those of you out there that remember the magazine, it just kept getting better as the years went on. So here we are again, the core staff, Jeff, Josh, Jeremy, Angus and Rob.

In this pilot episode we discuss a lot of random things. Bands that we briefly got to touch on were Volbeat, The Sword, and sadly Metallica.

To check out Volbeat or the Sword here are their links:
Volbeat: www.volbeat.dk
The Sword: www.swordofdoom.com

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