Rock All Over You Podcast

Episode 44: Dokken Around the Christmas Tree Top 20 Dokken Songs Part One feat. Johnny Vogan & Ryan T. Russell

Grab your eggnog and your aqua net and let’s go Dokken Around the Christmas Tree. Eric and Eddy are joined by none other than Ryan T Russell and Johnny Vogan to do a Top 20 list of the best Dokken songs. We also discuss the legendary Lynch vs Don feud. Why Dokken never headlined? Is Jeff Pilson the most underrated member of the band? Also the music videos with semi trucks, firefighter outfits, and Don Dokken with braids! Get in the holiday spirit and let’s go back to Christmas 1987 and cruise the sunset strip for some ho ho hoes.

Episode 43 Halloween Special: John Carpenter Discussion feat. Joseph Staub

We have come here to chew bubblegum and talk John Carpenter and we’re all out of bubble gum. Over three hours of in depth discussion about John Carpenter films! Consider it a Halloween movie marathon as we’re joined by our good friend Joseph Staub to breakdown every Carpenter film from his classic 1976-1988 run, including Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, Halloween II, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Christine, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness and They Live! We also reveal what our individual favorite Carpenter films are and whether or not our favorite Halloween film features Michael Myers!?!? It’s an episode so epic, you might want to take a swig of J&B and knock back a few Miller High Lifes and get comfortable as we shake the pillars of heaven…!

Episode 42: Top 10 Motown Songs feat. Ian Wadley Wadzilla

Get Ready cause here we come. We decide to change things up today as we are joined by one half of the podcast kings Wadzilla Ian Wadley. We discuss our memories with Motown and dive into the often forgotten 80s and 90s era of Motown. Who do we prefer The Temptations or The Four Tops? Is Diana Ross overrated like some say or is she important to female music artists everywhere? Did Marvin Gaye come up with the best solution to divorce? What song makes Wadzilla cry? And also we discuss what happens when 4 white kids do a dance routine to New Edition. All this and more on a killer episode of the Rock All Over You Podcast

Episode 41: The Beatles Beatles For Sale feat. Charles Traynor

We’re joined by our good friend and fellow Beatle fanatic Charles Traynor to discuss one of the Fab Four’s lowest selling albums: Beatles For Sale. In addition to a track by track review, we answer the following questions: Does the album deserve to be a dark horse in the Beatles catalogue? Are the Beatles’ early albums on a whole neglected by modern fans? Is “Mr. Moonlight” truly the worst Beatles’ song ever? Is Beatles For Sale proto gothabilly? Was John a stalker? Was Paul brokenhearted by John? Was Ringo a good country singer? Was George a coldblooded gangsta with the ladies? Who was the best musician in the Beatles? Who was the weakest musician? What do we think about John Lennon’s solo career and Yoko Ono? What do we think about Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love? What do we think about Buddy Holly? And finally what do we think about — trigger warning — Ted Nugent! OMG! This episode is better than whatever lame party you’re currently at, so we’re happy to spoil it…!! 

Episode 40: Pearl Jam VS feat. Andy Rodriguez

Grab that flannel and put on that frown because we’re taking you back to 1993 when Seattle bands reigned supreme! We’re joined by our friend Andy Rodriguez (Blackspinner’s Circle) to discuss Pearl Jam’s sophomore album Vs. In addition to an in depth, track-by-track album review, we discuss our history with the band, whether they should be categorized as “grunge” or not, our thoughts on grunge in general and the Seattle bands of the early 90s, Headbanger’s Ball vs 120 Minutes, Eddie Vedder’s voice and personality, anti rock stardom, Pearl Jam’s influence, Pearl Jam vs Ticketmaster, Mother Love Bone, daughters with learning difficulties, gun control and elderly women behind counters in small towns. Eric and Eddy have totally opposing views on this one and things might even get a little heated! Will blood be drawn as they battle it out for the soul of rock ’n’ roll music? Whether you love Pearl Jam or hate Pearl Jam, this episode is definitely for you…!!!

Episode 39: Metallica The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited feat. Josh Henhoeffer

We’re tailgating outside a Metallica show, drinking beer and rapping with a young Canadian named Josh Henhoeffer about the band’s $5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited (a.k.a. The $9.98 CD ). We drunkenly turned a review of a 25 minute EP into a three hour plus metal extravaganza!!!! In addition to an insanely detailed, track by track review of the EP, we discuss Metallica in general, our history with the band, the difference between the band pre and post Black Album, the original Garage Days Revisited and other related B-sides, Columbia House CD swindles, discovering new music before the internet, the musical influences of Metallica, the punk aesthetic of 1980s thrash metal and the Angry Video Game Nerd! We also ponder such important questions as: did Metallica do well by Diamond Head (after, y’know, ripping them off), is Jason Newsted a good bassist, picks vs fingers, mustaches vs tattoos, did Kirk Hammett actually write his own guitar solos, does Kirk cry more than Dave Mustaine, and how many mini hotrods does it take for James to destroy Lars’s entire Picasso collection? Josh also interrupts us like a billion times, but it’s only because he’s so excited to be in our awesome presence. If you love eighties Metallica and tolerate some of their later output, grab a six pack and join us in the parking lot. And if the greedy internet tries to charge you more than $5.98 or $9.98 for this episode, STEAL IT!

Episode 38: Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind feat. Travis Perrotta

It’s time to pour that brown ale, thrust your sabres and Up the Irons, because we’re talking some Maiden with our guest Travis Perrotta. We review their 1983 album Piece of Mind. In addition to discussing every track, we debate whether it’s a true metal classic or overrated by Maiden fans. Other topics include: Clive Burr vs Nicko McBrain, the myth of Icarus and why he might not be the best role model, literal dinosaur rock, can a bass scale be considered “a hook”, and who’s more pretentious Steve Harris or Bruce Dickinson? There’s also a surprise visit from Travis’s air conditioner and the band Sonata Arctica gets the only exposure they’ll ever receive. If you love Maiden, this episode is for you. If you hate Maiden, this episode is for you.

Episode 37: Melvins Stoner Witch feat. Samuel Wetz

We’re joined once again by Samuel “Sam The Man” Wetz to tackle one of Eddy’s favorite bands: The Melvins! In addition to a detailed, track-by-track review of their 1994 album Stoner Witch, we discuss the various music styles of the band, why they never were as big as the more MTV-friendly Seattle grunge bands, what Gene Simmons thinks of the Melvins and what they think of his band KISS (there you go, kids, some more KISS talk). Sam also makes Eric and Eddy laugh repeatedly by doing funny voices. It’s an episode so madcap and gonzo, even that snarky art rocker Buzz Osborne might approve…!!!

Episode 36: KISS Dynasty feat. Synchin’ Stanley

“Listen!” Syncin’ Stanley joins us again for an in-depth discussion of KISS’s Dynasty. Is it the last true KISS album or the first fake KISS album? Is it a sellout disco album or an underrated eclectic rock album? Do the members of KISS play the instruments on any of these songs? How did KISS give Eric major trust issues when dating? What’s Eddy’s favorite KISS song and is it on this album? What were the musical and sexual politics within the band in 1979? Was Peter Criss a coked-up trainwreck or a pimptastic super stud? And what’s the real reason Syncin’ Stanley hides in his car when recording these episodes with us? All these questions and more are answered in an episode so epic, we talk about “Dirty Livin’” for over 15 minutes alone…!!!! 

Episode 35: Rainbow Long Live Rock N’ Roll feat. Ralph Viera AKA Dr. Fukk

Here you go…
Returning guest and Podcast King Ralph Viera joins us to discuss Rainbow’s Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll. In addition to an in depth review, we discuss Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio’s split, the Rainbow Bar & Grill, what would’ve happened to Rainbow if Dio had stayed in the band, why weren’t they a bigger band in the States and what era is the band’s best? We also debate the merits of “The Wanton Song” and “Silent Lucidity” (per usual) and digress about awesome movies like The Warriors, Terminator and Conan the Barbarian. If you love rock ‘n’ roll and awesome things in general, this episode is for you…!! 🌈🤘🏼