162.6K
Downloads
300
Episodes
A Heavy Metal and Thrash Podcast. Join Us as we Dive into all things Metal with an extra side of nonsense
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
The Big 4: That’s really ALL that needs to be said. On this episode, we get into The First 4 of The Big 4 and talk about the 4 albums that birthed a new movement that would change metal forever: THRASH METAL!!! We cover some of the lore with each of the albums, along with some other neat information and factoids about each one, our respective first Big 4 experiences, the tracks, some shared Anthrax commonalities among the Metal Nerdery and the upcoming Billy Milano side project that’s tied to all of this in a Big 4 kinda way.
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.01: Intro (how’s that pronounced?)/The Big 4: Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer, and oh by the way…The First albums of The Big 4/Human Resources issue
05.05: Our first Big 4 experiences/ F.O.D. (The D-Sides)
06.56: Kill ‘em All (07/25/1983): The Total package (from BOTH ends!), including an epical Track listing!
13.22: The Mind-blowingness of Metal Militia/NWOBHM influence on Metallica’s songwriting style
17.27: L.A. to S.F./No Life til Leather/The original title of the album was WAY too metal to be sold in stores!!/The Power of the Cliff compels me (you never know)
21.21: Metal Nerdery sound fx/The influence of Kill ‘em All among the rest of the Big 4 (save for MegaDave)
24.39: Show No Mercy (12/03/1983)/Evil Has No Boundaries/Swords and Pentagrams: the most Slaytanic!/Tracklisting/More Eviler/Slayer, Maiden and Brian Slagel/The weird drum lore around Show No Mercy…”next, on Metal Dude’s Know Best”
30.28: Highest selling release for Metal Blade/”The beginning of death metal…”/The jump from Show No Mercy to Hell Awaits/Tangentionally related “ism”/Matt and Adam’s favorite movie to ruin for everyone
34.22: Fistful of Metal (Jan. 1984)/Deathrider/kudos and condiments to Neil Turbin/awesome song track titles/Metal Nerdery Loincloths: COMING SOON to metalnerdery.com/merch/ Dan Lilker and the Soldiers of Metal/Anthrax and The Howling Furies/Metal Thrashing Mad
43.07: Killing is my Business…and Business is good (06/12/1985)/The initial lineup (the Di’Anno version of Megadeth)/Rattlehead (and the one after the next one…)/Mechanix aka Four Horsemen with Mour Horsepower
51.46: One second…/Going off the rails, Metal Nerdery style/Airplane ”…explain to me the feeling while sitting in the chair…”/Megadeth with a different singer?/Production budget, the end-result and the Drug Tracker/ metalnerdery.com/episodes /Album cover snafu
57.41: The Big 10 from The Big 4: Spreading the Disease, …And Justice for All, Persistence of Time, Seasons in the Abyss (who’s editing this?), Among the Living (the 2nd Metal Nerdery Anthrax commonality)/A.D.I. (whaddya mean?)The Horror of it all (Ohhh, NOW I know whaddya mean!)/Arabian Douchebag Intro/ Peace Sells (but who’s buying?)/RockNPod3 flashback/Rust In Peace (It’s hard!)/Master of Puppets (Masters of Songcraft)/Ride the Lightning (rifftastical cornucopia)/REIGN IN BLOOD (thrash perfection!)/”You got any Slayer, man?”/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Welcome to the World before “The Posts” and “The Cores”, where THRASH metal was the only label that mattered!!! JOIN US as we talk about many of the key players, and also get into some pretty provodkative discussions regarding the evolution of the thrash sound over the years. And as a SPECIAL TREAT… for those of you wanting to flexercise your metal nerd muscles, we have a little surprise fun to test your thrash metal knowledge and determine if you are truly smart enough (and worthy enough) to wear The Metal Nerdery Loincloth of Destiny (just kidding, but that sounds totally badass though, right!?)
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro and PSA/A history lesson…about the many splendored metal (…core) known as THRASH!!/Nothing fancy; stripped down and real/the word is Gravitated
07.39: The uncompromising badassery of the Thrash movement/Old school metal (…core) influences and the Thrash movement/Lyrical themes/Anthrax and the SOD/(do you hear the crickets?)
12.00: Leather Charm (hmmmmm????)/Venom: The Gollum of Hair Metal…(core)?/Raven (whatever happened to Raven?)/Tank/Accept (Balls!): look for our upcoming Metal Nerdery/Accept “Balls to the Wall” Loincloth COMING SOON on www.metalnerdery.com/merch
15.25: Sodom, Kreator and Destruction: The Teutonic Three/Coroner/The 80’s, the rise and the plateau (and further evolution) of THRASH!/Metal THRASHing Power Speed Metal…(core) Punk/Greg Kinesis?
19.04: The early 80’s and the The Big Four: Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer/The next wave: Testament, Forbidden and…wait, who?/Ride the Lightning (Trapped Under Ice)/The Thrash “Bug”/WREKage
24.22: Anthrax (Spreading the Disease) and “The Anthrax Sound”/1986: The Pinnacle of Thrash History/Flotsam and Jetsam/Sepultura (Beneath the Remains)/1987 and 1988: More banner years and releases during the reign of THRASH/Matt share’s his “playlist” from 1988.
29.40: 2 nd and 3 rd Generation Thrash: Forbidden, Vio-Lence (Peter Steele RIP)/Alice in Hell/1986-1989: the Utopian Peak of Thrash Metal fantasticalness!!!Overkill/Sacred Reich/The Thrash “Resurgence”/Death Angel/Evile
33.58: The 90’s and a heavier Big Four/Slayer and The perfect marriage of albums/PANTERA, the 90’s and their impact on the next wave of metal/90’s era Forbidden/ Overkill in the 90’s
38.51: Victims of Deception (Heathen)/Sepultura/The Black Album: bringing greater global awareness to Thrash Metal/Celtic Frost Time
43.50: Lamb of God/The Power of the Influence of the Metallica of The 90’s/you’ll never guess…/Milley’s Pasta Schnitzel Marinara Stix
48.00: The Black Album (con’t), getting lost during the mid-90’s and Metallica’s evolution as a thrash metal band/Slayer will ALWAYS sound like Slayer
54.15: The 2000’s: Bands that came back to life/Anthrax/Testament/Exodus/The Children of Thrash: Pre “Cookie Monster” Death Metal (Slayer and Venom) and an interesting Slayer factoid (Angel of Death)/Black Metal/Groove Metal/“The Cores” and “The Posts”
1.01.40: Teutonic: German Swiss(?)/The Sounds of the different geographic regions of Metal: Bay Area vs East Coast/The Big 12/Some Kinda Cream and the Thrash Metal Quiz (www.metalnerdery.com/episodes) /Hail Kreator!/Dan Lilker and the NY bass sound/(our voice robot is having technical difficulties due to incompetent human programming)/Record Label Nerds/Big 4 Question for Milley/A Metal Nerdery “toughy”!/Death Angel and Clash of the Titans
1.16.22: Metallica’s early influences/Trading Places and Texodustament/Vio-Lence/Megadeth and the Sex Pistols/Awesome thrash band from Seattle: FORCED ENTRY/Pre-Nevermore/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE METALWORDERY ABOUT THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!!
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Going back to a time of growth and change in metal (thanks to one Brian Slagel!), we get into the Metal Massacre I Compilation courtesy of Metal Blade Records. (NOTE: This is definitely the most metal sentence you will read today). JOIN US as we review the Metal Blade Metal Massacre I compilation and get deep into some metal history, some Metal Nerdery (and most DEFINITELY some metal silliness and ridiculousnessness!)
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro (We’ll get past this…eventually)/Metal Nerdery PSA: INTERNATIONAL METAL NERDERY SHOUT OUT to the growing WORLDWIDE legions of Metal Nerds who are downloading, listening and spreading the wordery about the Metal Nerdery (our commendments to you all!!!)
04.26: Metal Massacre I, Metal Blade Records and Brian Slagel/Mettallica
07.26: Steeler (Ron and Yngwie)/Ratt (!)/The Orishinal pressing (Activate the MNTT!!) and Pressing around (Thrice Pressed)/Black and Blue
12.30: a weird spot in Metal/Steeler… Nikki Spitz…and a donut loving Yngwie!
21.46: Bitch (est. 1980)/PMRC: Boosting the sales of metal (and Satan’s ego) since the 80’s!!/hungover
26.13: Malice and The Geeoff T8 Total package/Hints of Maiden/Scream from the Balls!
31.27: Ratt (and their lesser, former names) with the Dave Mustaine of Ratt/The Ratt Roster (Bless Jake E. Lee!)/Street metal and gritty/Tell the world (that she’s got the looks that kill!)
38.11: The collective Metal Nerdery salute to the Savage Avatar of Savatage
46.03: Cirith Ungol (kick ass album covers)/pioneers of power metal and doom metal/Wait, WHAT!?/ www.metalnerdery.com/episodes /album cover awesomeness
51.39: Demon Flight, a weak King Diamond (and weaker album art)
55.30: Pandemonium’s album covers and eskimo metal/Wait, is that a dude?/Misheard lyrics
1.00.36: More Malice, more Halfordian/Band and Track listing updates on subsequent pressings: The Hot Metal awesomeness of Black and Blue (with Ace Frehley!?)
1.07.53: Mettallica /Proto Metal/KEEP SPREADING THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
Supergroups: No, these aren’t metal bands with capes (although there are certainly a few that SHOULD have capes!); these are (usually) the best of the best musicians and they (often) create some incredible music. We covered quite a lot of ground and talked about some of our favorite supergroups in greater detail. Also included, of course, is your recommended weekly allowance of Metal Nerdery nonsensicalness. So pour yourself a cup of coffee, put some booze (maybe even some cereal) in it and put on your cape as we fly into the all-star stratosphere of metaldom: Metal Supergroups.
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro/Supergroups (Now with capes)/the best of the best (usually…)
04.22: Heavy Metal Super Groups (presented alphlegmbetically): A Perfect Circle
09.03: Adrenaline Mob and Geeoff T8’s indirect influence on himself/Rage Against the Audio Soundgarden Slave Machine (all at once!)
15.08: Badlands/accolades and commendments/(*future MN episode ideas*)
18.48: Contraband, Shark Island and a band called Bass
20.37: Damn Yankees and Ted Nugent’s tribute to Manowar/a future offering on www.metalnerdery.com/merch
23.52: DOWN (simply the best! Including tangentionally tangential connections with Kingdom of Sorrow and Rebel Meets Rebel)/Review of Down II (umm, do what now?), the long gaps between albums and a mini review of their catalog(ue)Down IV
32.40: Gasoline: Dime and Vinnie’s “after hours” band
34.38: Hearin’ Aid, Ronnie James Dio, all the vocalists, all the guitarists, and all the guitar solos (WE’RE STARS!!!)/and the one bass virtuoso that was sorely overlooked for Hearin’ Aid
42.58: HELLYEAH and the Atlanta connection/333
45.04: Liquid Tension Experiment (LTE): ultra-skilled prog metal wankery at its finest!/Matt goes down a tangentionally tangential tangent of a brilliant rabbit hole
48.06: Metal Allegiance (back to the FUN of thrash and metal!)
50.42: Mr. Big (Addicted to that Rush)/Bill finds an artifact
56.15: Nailbomb (LOUDAHH!!!!)
59.50: Roadrunner United (who are also magic in the night!!!)/
1.04.20: Sons of Apollo/(Psychotic Symphony)/It’s a trio of...
1.07.36: S.O.D. (Stormtroopers of Death)/Bigger than the Devil/Speak English or Die/Rise of the Infidels/Seasoning the Obese
1.09.55: Velvet Revolver/Stone Temple Gun’s N Pilots Roses/Whaddya mean?/Other supergroups (to be covered later): Killer Be Killed/Fantomas/Handsome/Tomahawk/Brides of Destruction/Kill Devil Hill/OSI/MD45/Winery Dogs/Chicken Foot/Black Country Communion/Metal Nerdery Endorsed Favorite Super Group
CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Just 3!? But there are SO many killer albums to choose from, yet somehow we each got it down to our fave 3! On this episode, we discuss each of our Top 3 Iron Maiden album picks, along with some honorable mentions and the one album which we all 3 agreed upon (go to www.metalnerdery.com/episodes to find out which one and learn more). Plus Sam Illiott stops back by MNHQ.
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro/MN PSA/Metal Nerdery Top 3 Maiden Album picks
03.02: Bill’s Picks: The aura of the Number of the Beast (check out the Album Dive) and the natural progression to Piece of Mind and Powerslave
06.38: The darker vibe of Peace of Mind and deeper cuts/ Thin Lizzy and the “galloping minstrel” Sam Elliott for WHAW/Matt’s Maiden radio flashback/accolades and commendments
13.35: The magic of Powerslave (the album art hieroglyphics), the Live After Death album and video (basically the entire Powerslave tour)/ high school English class memories and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
21.54: The Non-Bruce Maiden/Blaze albums making a comeback/The differentness of the 1st 2 Maiden albums vs Number of the Beast
25.21: Matt’s picks (as introduced by Sam Illiott): Number of the Beast/Seventh Son, Brave New World (now with even MORE guitars!)
28.57: The progressive element of Adrian’s songwriting and the quality of the tracks on Seventh Son/Maiden’s gift for great opening tracks/the vastness of Brave New World/ Honorable Mention: Somewhere in Time and melodies/The enigma of Heaven Can Wait
34.53: Adam’s picks: Number of the Beast/Somewhere in Time*/Brave New World/The different vibe of Somewhere in Time/Stranger in a Strange Land/Brave New World/ Honorable Mentions: Piece of Mind and Powerslave and the weird “backwards message”
42.46: Sam Illiott talks Roadhouse, the Spirit of Dalton and Ghost/Nicko and the Still Life intro (which translates roughly to “…please support Metal Nerdery at https://metalnerdery.com/merch “/Make Iron Maiden your next project band! /Continue to SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY!
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
On this episode, we do an Album Dive on the most satanically and brilliantly influenced Iron Maiden album this side of Satan’s backside: The Number of the Beast!! JOIN US as we discuss the tracks and get into some history and fun facts pertaining to the album and meet our latest “celebrity” guest (to grace the couch with Milley.)
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro/”Celebrity” Metal Nerdery PSA from Sam Illiott/Album Dive: Number of the Beast (looking back…) and the birth of the modern Maiden sound/Wait, HOW MUCH!?/album art mishap
09.11: The 80’s and Satan’s influence on Metal/Wait…What? Where!?
12.46: Maiden takes home the bronze for 1982 (and other rankings/accolades/commendments, etc)/first time we heard Number of the Beast, Headbanger’s Ball and Grim Reaper
17.12: Album line-up/Clive and Nicko/Production credits (and something tangentionally tangential)/Lillian Axe?/The Spandex years
23.59: Album cover artwork/”Electric Matthew Says Hello”
27.00: Tracklisting: Invaders (good Maiden “opening”)/Children of the Damned, Metal Nerdery album tracking critique and discussion and “The Combined Unpopular Opinion”
33.07: The Prisoner/The Melody of Maiden and Freedom Rock/Guitar solo awesomeness: Adrian vs Dave
39.17: 22 Acacia Avenue (and the Charlotte Series)/Speak to me, Aerosmith!/Adam’s recommended N.O.T.B. tracklisting and the end of “side one”.
43.30: Flip sides/“Woe to you…”/666/Iron Maiden’s Back in Black/Run to the Hills, Maiden’s video style and the delirium of the phlegms
50.18: Gangland (a different kind of intro...and a deeper cut)/Sam Illiott’s radio spots
53.39: Hallowed be thy Name/Maiden’s impact on progressive metal/misheard lyric moment…wait, WHAT!?/inspiration behind the song/Vincent Pricey/Sam Illiott signin off/SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
The Live Metal Album “Experience”: that last word is the most important because THAT is what the Live Metal Album is: an Experience!! JOIN US as we talk about some of our favorite live metal albums of all time, including our favorite on stage banter, the power of live production value and the “Big Picture” purpose of a Live metal album.
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro/ a new (shortly lived) segment called “WTF is happening at MNHQ!?”/ Favorite Live Metal Albums: a “souvenir” of a band’s live set/the uniqueness of a live performance/ a bad live experience (?)
05.27: “Live After Death” (Iron Maiden) and the missing magic of “side 4” on the CD/MNTT destination/Longbeach and Hammersmith//Production quality of Live After Death (including the production credits and crew daily agenda)
12.12: “Priest Live” (Judas Priest) – recorded live in Atlanta at the Omni/The bassbadassness of Ian Hill/production (it’s PRIEST!)/Bill’s live album metal conspiracy theory (splicin’)
17.27: “ALIVE II” (KISS) – recorded all ovah the place ovah heeuhhh/A bit of…KISSTORY/Side 3/Bill’s unpopular opinion/the magic of ALIVE! And an example of “the souvenir live experience”/But mom, that’s how the Lord of Rock…rolls!!
22.46: “Decade of Aggression” (Slayer) – The opening of “Hell Awaits”…(interlude)/Tom’s onstage banter…talk more…SLAYTANIC!/A tangentionally related discussion regarding stage banter vs NOTHING/Matt just destroyed Adam’s DOA experience (I heard it I just didn’t hear it)
29.32: “Official Live” (Pantera): The best live experience (and the best live banter EVAH!!) (plus 2 new studio tracks)/Started strong & ended strong…like Goldilocks!
34.56: “Tribute” (Ozzy Osbourne)/Randy Rhoads’ “Suicide Solution” guitar solo fun fact!!/nobody beats Ozzy’s banter! (wegonnadoanumbahnowwww…)/outtake (Dee)…/Listen to “Speak of the Devil”!!/Live At Last/Past Lives (awesome Ozzy banter!!)/what’s a “bone” movie?
41.00: “World Wide Live” (Scorpions): The “live experience” vibe/LOTS of radio play/sharp production quality (check out Sails of Charon by the Scorpions!)/How did that guy get back in here?
45.08: “A Show of Hands” (Rush): A good method for doing live albums & capturing an era before moving onto the next artistic progression/The names of Neil’s drum solos (The Rhythm Method…Wait, WHAT!?)
49.46: “What’s words Worth” (Motorhead): Live at The Roundhouse/an old “cassette” memory/The Trick or Treat connection/deeper cuts/ a nice plug
52.47: “Live at the Googolplex” (Clutch): Adam’s Clutch discovery story/The Clutch live experience/a good smattering of Clutch
55.42: “Still Ignorant: ’87-97” (Sacred Reich)
57.50: “Opeth: Live at the Royal Albert Hall” / “Live: Scenes from New York” (Dream Theater)
1.00.37: “Live Evil” (Black Sabbath) – live Dio Sabbath/”Intermission” (Dio)/Music video for “We Rock” vs album credit/Testament “Dark Roots of Thrash” (AWESOMENESS!!!)/mashups/Opeth “The Roundhouse Tapes”/spread the wordery about Metal Nerdery Podcast alright…
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
On this episode, we discuss the endless stream of incredible metal bands doing incredibly metal covers of (often) non-metal songs. JOIN US as we get into the purpose of covers, some of our personal favorites (and some awesome new discoveries!) and a few surprises along the way (including one of the few times in Metal Nerdery History when we ACTUALLY agree with something Milley said!)
Be sure to check us out on the Inter-webs:
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro/Metal bands covering non metal songs and the purpose of playing covers (other than irritating the employees at Guitar Center)
03:00: Wrathchild America doing Pink Floyd’s “Time” (and their overall musical diversity)/IT’S IN THERE!
07.54: Pantera doing Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan”/The Perfect ending to Far Beyond Driven/Suicide Paneling, Pt. 1
10.32: Type-O-Negative doing Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” (from Origin of the Feces) VERY differently (and VERY brilliantly!)/Other Type-O covers: Black Sabbath, Highway Star (Deep Purple), Hey Joe (Hey Pete), Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young), Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts)/Type-O-Negative show story and Peter Steele’s marketing genius
16.30: Anthrax doing Joe Jackson‘s “Got the Time” (from Persistence of Time)/Kansas “Carry on My Wayward Son” (Nailed it!!!)/One of two ways to do covers/Anthems (very faithful to the originals!): Rush, Boston, Journey, ACDC, Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy/Joey Belladonna’s versatility (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) and the Bruce Dickinson/Godspeed version/Nativity in Black Tribute albums/COC/Slayer “Hand of Doom”/Black Slayer Sabbath
23.00: Alien Ant Farm doing Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal/a non-metal artist doing a metal cover: Tori Amos doing Slayer’s Raining Blood/Slayer doing the “Slayerized” version of In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)/Hand of Doom/Undisputed Attitude
27.16: Exodus metal cover two-fer: Low Rider (War) and Overdose (ACDC) from Fabulous Disaster/Voivod doing Pink Floyd’s “Astronomy Domine”
31.21: Korn doing Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall”/Life of Agony doing “Don’t you Forget about Me” by Simple Minds and the power of "The Soft Intro"
33.44: Therapy? (From Ireland) w/ Bruce Dickinson doing “Black Night” by Deep Purple/*Soft Intro* aftershock
35.21: Kreator doing (a KICK ASS version of) “Number of the Beast” by Iron Maiden/Milley’s old tour stories/Black Sabbath doing Evil Woman by “Crow”/W.A.S.P. doing “The Real Me” by The Who and “I don’t need no Doctor” from Inside the Electric Circus/Uriah Heap: Easy Livin’
40.30: The Sword doing “Cheap Sunglasses” by ZZ Top and Mastodon doing “Just Got Paid”/Coroner doing “I want you (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles
46.50: Death doing KISS “God of Thunder” and Judas Priest “Painkiller/Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix (Carnivore and King’s X)/Megadeth doing “These Boots” by (CENSORED!)/Tool doing “No Quarter” by Led Zeppelin/Crowbar also did “No Quarter”/A special message from Bill… ACTIVATE THE METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL (MNTT): late 80’s/early 90’s Decimation (ATL!)
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
On this installment of the Metal Nerdery Album Dive: it’s KORN’s darkly uncompromising, brutally dissonant self-titled debut album. We discuss the production, the tracks and the overall change that KORN brought to metal in both sound and content.
Be sure to check us out on the Inter-webs:
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00: Intro/A little stranger and darker and more dissonant…er/A different sounding “metal”/Steve Vai influenced…KORN!?
05.51: Band lineup/Nobody sounds like KORN!!/Milley’s International House of Pasta (influenced by...KORN!?)
08.43: Ross Robinson, “Evil KITT” and an impressive resume of metal production credits (and his “motivational” methods)/Agent Steel/Air Supply and Goatwhore (WHAT!?)/Shout out to Kyuss!
17.15: Brief tangentionally angsty off-topic moment
18.15: The track-listing (including the hidden “track”)/kudos and commendments to KORN/a NEW genre of metal/too much tangentionalness
22.07: Blind (and the production magic that simply just “CAN’T BE LOUD ENOUGH!”)/What’s that at the end? / Jonathan Davis vocal style and content (a new kind of angst in metal)
27.35: “Ball Tongue”… that BASS!!/It’s all in the production…
30.16: “Need To”/a variety of influences makes the perfect KORN
33.50: Clown (in studio banter)/The brilliance of “Twist”/Matt’s defective CD player, Messhugah’s Industrial dance metal album and the art of “Interpretive” comedy/The flow of KORN’s songs (predictable)
38.56: Divine, The Soft Intro (reprise) and that killer middle part!!
41.37: Faget/You’ll do WHAT…with WHAT…and…I’ll WHAT!?!?/Lyrics and arrangements
45.24: Shoots and Ladders/The hilarity of Brutally Metal Nursery Rhymes
47.36: The unpredictability of Predictable
49.08: Fake/The importance of a lyric sheet and “misheard lyrics”
51.52: Lies , the “windy death growl” and the KORN groove
54.20: Helmet in the bush (great title!)
57.22: Daddy/the creepy intro and the general “uncomfortability” of the song/the “hidden track” phenomenon of the 90s/Waxing nostalgic, Metal Nerdery style
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
ACTIVATE THE METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL (MNTT)!
JOIN US as we step through the MNTT and set the coordinates for the year 1980, where we discuss the incredible albums, tours and (in some cases tragic) events that defined a hallmark year in Metal (as well as WHO is ultimately responsible for the metal unleashment of Manowar and the Loincloths of Metal).
Be sure to check us out on the Inter-webs:
MetalNerdery.com
Facebook
Instagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
00.00 - Intro/1980: An important year for Metal and the “heavy change”/Exodus, Overkill, Metal Church, Manowar (Black Sabbath is responsible for Manowar)
03.31 – Sacred RITE (Huh?)/Who’s the Anthrax of Norway?/Whiteout/Matt’s Rocktapuss fantasy
07.43 – The Legend of John Bonham (RIP)/Reformed Bands: Steppenwolf/Black Sabbath and the unstoppable power of Ronnie James Dio/Live at Last (Bad at math, good at words)
11.38 - albums: Iron Maiden, Back in Black, Heaven and Hell, British Steel/KISS Unmasked/Switzerland’s ACDC
12.49 – Motorhead: Ace of Spades/Southern rock, part of Metal’s extended family/Budgie/Diamond Head (Lightning to the Nations)/Saxon/Triumph and Dream Theater’s definition of doing “covers”
16.27 – Blue Oyster Cult (Cultosaurus Erectus)/Rush (Permanent Waves)/Blizzard of Ozz/Van Halen/White Snake and White Spirit/Danzig opening for…himself?
20.49 – Whitesnake (before their “metalmorphosis”)/Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
22.57 - Matt’s earliest RJD memory/96 Rock (RIP) and Devil Stuff/The Spirit of Radio/Mr. Crowley sounds like a nice man/Thin Lizzy (Pre Maiden)-Emerald and cover versions/UFO (Young Blood)
27.59 – Events of 1980: Bon Scott (RIP)/ John Bonham (RIP)/Enjoy BOLTH Excesses!!/Metal for Muthas (NWOBHM)/Raven/Memory degradation (keep your mind young; its more funner that way!)/A Metal Nerdery Salute
33.29 –Donnington Festival: Rainbow/April Wine/Priest/Scorpions/Riot/Brian Johnson joins ACDC and “the change” with Back in Black
38.03 – Founding of Shrapnel for Shredders (Mike Varney)/Adrian Smith joins Maiden/Snowy Floyd
40.56 – Shows-Concerts in the 70’s vs the 80’s/Back in Black Tour (Whacking big bells in the Fox)/Ace Frehley, Rock Soldiers and opening for Maiden/Blizzard of Ozz tour w/ Motorhead/(SWORD!)
45.03 – Priest (British Steel tour with Maiden and a ton of other killer bands opening, including Molly Hatchet!!)/Def Leppard (On Through the Night Tour)/Blackfoot Strikes!/Black Sabbath tour mishaps and their responsibility for The Loincloths of Metal (Black Sabbath with Blue Oyster Cult opening)/Seeing
different openers on tour
53.10 – Iron Maiden on the KISS Unmasked Tour/Metal for Muthas tour – Motorhead, Samson and Saxon headlining
55.25 – Led Zeppelin’s final tour and albums (don’t be too provodkative)/KISS’s “Oddball Tour”, Eric Carr replaced Peter Criss and Ace Frehley’s departure) and the Ankh Warrior/Van Halen World Invasion Tour (Party til you die Tour); first tour with keyboards (Vantera with special guests PanHalen)/Album covers and record stores