Welcome to the Beehive! It's the 100th and final episode ever of the Rock Under Fire podcast. It's all about hot takes as Mike Derrico is joined by Marisa Baldassaro, Heather Drain and Michael Lee Nirenberg in over two hours of too many topics to list. But we'll try...let's see...there's random takes on Chuck Berry, the early days of the Internet, Joy Division, Brian Eno, the Gun Club, Def Leppard, Michael Monroe, Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, the Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, Billy Joel, Phil Colli...
Jun 29, 2023•2 hr 13 min
When you get to share a personal story with an author about one of his works 41 years later. Some Rock Under Fire moments are worth their own bite-size episode. From Mike's 2020 interview with Creem Magazine managing editor and author of Loudmouth, Robert Duncan. Purchase Robert Duncan's Loudmouth https://www.amazon.com/Loudmouth-Nove... https://www.duncanwrites.com/ The Locker Notes, a novel: https://www.amazon.com/Locker-Notes-M.. . AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: The Murder of John Lennon, Evolu...
Jun 27, 2023•9 min
The conversation is all over the map in Episode 98 as Mike is joined by his cousin Paul to discuss vinyl records, jazz, lip-synching, live bands playing to tracks, Kiss, and Mike's highly-detailed take on John Lennon's murder. Paul Sisolak is a content editor and freelance writer specializing in personal finance, consumer trends and music. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON The Locker Notes, a novel: https://www.amazon.com/Locker-Notes-M.. . AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: The Murder of John Lennon...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 36 min
From the outskirts of Viktoria Park in the heart of Kreuzberg, it's midnight in Berlin. Mike and an anonymous guest in a very random trail of assorted thoughts...some rock & roll...some not so rock & roll. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON...Ep. 97 The Locker Notes, a novel: https://www.amazon.com/Locker-Notes-M.. . RUF Archives: https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ Derrico Untitled: https://derricountitled.com/ Follow Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mike__Derrico Copyright-free music...
May 29, 2023•54 min
We're down to the final five Rock Under Fire episodes ever! In Episode 96, John K and Greg return to flip the script on Mike in an attempt to interview him as well as talk London, green screens, our favorite concerts, the seat cushion trend of the mid-80s, the horrors of AI, indie book publishing and the closing of long time Fords institution, the Liberty Tavern. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON The Locker Notes, a novel: https://www.amazon.com/Locker-Notes-M.. . RUF Archives: https://rockunde...
May 14, 2023•53 min
In Episode 95, Jesse Jackson, host of the Set Lusting Bruce Podcast joins Mike Derrico to discuss Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's 2023 tour. For the past 6 years, Jesse Jackson has been talking to Bruce Springsteen fans from around the world. He believes that every Springsteen fan has a story to tell and it's his job to record as many as possible. At 1000 episodes and counting, fans of Bruce (as well as fans of other musicians) have shared how the magic and power of music has helped ...
Apr 09, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Mike Derrico and Heather Drain talk Blue Oyster Cult, Lester Bangs and Kiss in Episode 94 of the Rock Under Fire podcast. Heather Drain is a writer who veers between the worlds of esoterica film, wild music, heart-born words, and prose that is dark, rich, quirky, and often undefinable. In the nonfiction realm, her work has appeared on the print and digital pages of Dangerous Minds, Diabolique, Video Watchdog, Art Decades, just to name a few. Her prose has appeared in both the Women in Horror Ann...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Baylee Avery, music journalist for Banded PR joins us for episode 93. As a podcast that has often catered to the dinosaur mentality, we step outside our comfort zone to talk about what's good and vital in rock music today as well as get a fresh perspective on the big picture. Founded by Rebecca Potzner, Banded is a media outlet and boutique PR agency created with both the artist and the fan at the forefront. https://www.bandedpr.com/ ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON https://rockunderfire.libsy...
Mar 12, 2023•1 hr 4 min
London, Manchester, death tickets, Queen, Lemmy and karaoke. Mike is joined by Greg and John K...some musicians from the old neighborhood he found in a bar one dark and stormy night. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON Ep. 92 https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music Music...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 36 min
In response to the sudden 2022 popularity of Kate Bush with Gen Z, Mike shares his story of "meeting" Kate in 1993. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON E. 91 https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ https://twitter.com/Mike__Derrico Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music Music...
Feb 12, 2023•24 min
In this special one-off / year-end episode, Mike reads from The Locker Notes, a chapter called The Feast...a tribute to the power of music's imprint on memory and dedicated to family and friends we've lost. Ep. 90 ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON We've now reached the midpoint of our final season. We thank all who have supported us since 2016 and especially thank those who have stayed. Happy Holidays and see you in 2023 for our final ten episodes! Mike's second book and first novel, The Locker...
Dec 23, 2022•14 min
We pick four songs at random from every decade since the 1960s for discussion. This recording originally comes from our 2018 holiday special which amounted to a three-hour radio show. For copyright reasons, music has been omitted but the discussion left intact. After Youtube muted our 2016 version, Pat later joked that we should just leave the audio and let the audience imagine that we're playing music. Well, here it is...for fun we've done just that for this special double episode. Mike Derrico...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Just as the title says...we pick our favorite radio-friendly pop songs of the 1980s. This one plays like a classic RUF episode from the early years of the podcast. Mike Derrico and Patrick Ivanitski are your hosts. Rock Under Fire...The Final Season https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music...
Dec 11, 2022•38 min
Just as the title says...we pick our favorite albums of the 1980s. Rock Under Fire...The Final Season Episode 86...Mike Derrico and Patrick Ivanitski are your hosts. https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music...
Dec 04, 2022•51 min
Happy 40th to Kiss's most overrated album! We discuss Creatures of the Night, an album that revisionist history has placed among the greatest albums of the Kiss catalog. We touch on the great things about the album...but we also go where no Kiss fan will dare go...the many reasons why Creatures is the most overrated album in all of Kisstory. An unpopular take that will surely ruffle some feathers. https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lov...
Nov 27, 2022•51 min
Riffing on Bruce Springsteen's sixth album, Nebraska in celebration of its 40th anniversary this past October...and reading from AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: The Murder of John Lennon, Evolution of Bruce Springsteen and the Birth of the Reagan Era...Mike Derrico's 2020 book examining Bruce Springsteen and John Lennon during the last months of 1980 while assessing conservative right-wing vilification of both artists over the years. E. 84 Derrico's book AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER can be found thr...
Nov 20, 2022•16 min
Original Rock Under Fire cast member Stick Nixon returns to talk about recent vinyl record acquisitions as well as a conversation about what we've been listening to. Ep. 83 https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music Music Music...
Nov 13, 2022•29 min
Another fun bite-size episode from the unreleased archives. A peek behind the scenes! Random nonsense before the edit as we prepared for a show back in 2019. Never meant for release, Pat talks about Rival Sons and Mike and Marisa wax poetic on Def Leppard's Pyromania. https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music Music...
Nov 06, 2022•15 min
A brief snippet of the unreleased season premiere, recorded in August but scrapped for technical issues. Ep. 81 https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music
Oct 30, 2022•18 min
Friend and fellow podcaster/radio host Aaron Novak returns to talk about his longtime radio show Memphis, Egypt with Aaron and Todd, and his decision to leave the show. For over a decade, Memphis Egypt with Aaron and Todd was a Tuesday night staple to WDCE 90.1 out of Richmond, Virginia. Other discussion topics include a Pearl Jam concert review by Pat, Counting Crows, Bob Dylan, Lizzo and Brandi Carlile. Mike Derrico and Pat Ivanitski are your hosts. E. 80 ROCK UNDER FIRE...The Final Season Roc...
Oct 23, 2022•58 min
ROCK UNDER FIRE / THE FINAL SEASON Writer & director, Mike Nirenberg returns to the Rock Under Fire podcast once again. Nirenberg's most celebrated recent works have been his 2014 documentary Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story, and his 2020 book Earth A.D. the Poisoning of the American Landscape and the Communities That Fought Back. This time we are joined by writer and fellow hater, Marisa Baldassaro who co-hosted several RUF episodes during Season 3. Discussion includes riffs on jazz,...
Oct 09, 2022•1 hr
The final season of the Rock Under Fire podcast begins with a discussion of the first of two tribute concerts for Taylor Hawkins...the first of which happened in London's Wembley Stadium this past September 3. Mike Derrico and Patrick Ivanitski are your hosts. Episode 78 derrico untitled Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by Bruno E Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music
Sep 22, 2022•40 min
From November 2020 and re-cut from a deleted Rock Under Fire episode. In the one and only time he addresses it in detail, Mike talks to Patrick Ivanitski about his book AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: The Murder of John Lennon, Evolution of Bruce Springsteen & the Birth of the Reagan Era. The politics in the book that ruffled some feathers is discussed along with a focus on Lennon and Springsteen...two generations of artists both vilified by the conservative right...and the long-term consequenc...
Dec 07, 2021•35 min
In Rock Under Fire's Season 5 finale, Mike Derrico and Allison Rapp discuss Bob Dylan and various aspects of the artist's career, music and concert history. Allison Rapp is a New York City-based music and culture journalist whose work has appeared in Ultimate Class Rock, Brooklyn Magazine, City Limits, Insider and more. Go to her website to find out more about Allison and her work. https://www.allisonrapp22.com/ Mike Derrico has hosted the Rock Under Fire podcast with Patrick Ivanitski since 201...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min
In Rock Under Fire's 75th episode, original cast member Stick Nixon returns to talk about the much-maligned 1981 KISS album, Music From the Elder in celebration of its 40th anniversary. Hosted by Mike Derrico SOME COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT: Books: Mike's new book, THE LOCKER NOTES: https://www.amazon.com/Locker-Notes-M... THE LOCKER NOTES TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W274G... Order DANCING WITH DEMONS by Riley Ivanitski (RUF Episode 73) https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Demons ... Mike's...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr
A test run of our new headsets becomes Episode 74. We discuss Ticketmaster's new policy of requiring vaccines or negative Covid results for concerts, Primus's tribute to Rush, Wolfgang Van Halen, Asbury Park's Sea.Hear.Now Festival and guitarist, Jimmy Sakurai of Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening. Mike Derrico and Pat Ivanitski are your hosts. SOME COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT: Books: Order DANCING WITH DEMONS by Riley Ivanitski (RUF Episode 73) https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Demons ... Mike's boo...
Aug 15, 2021•25 min
In Episode 73 we’re joined by Pat’s daughter Riley to discuss her first book, Dancing with Demons, published by IngramSpark and available in soft cover and eBook editions. Riley’s book can be ordered through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, Waterstones and various indie book sellers worldwide. Order Dancing with Demons https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Demons... SOME COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT Our website: https://rockunderfire.com/ RUF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q ... Some c...
Aug 01, 2021•48 min
Patria y Vida! In ROCK UNDER FIRE Episode 72, we talk about the hip hop song that’s fueling a revolution in Cuba, as well as discuss the disparities between the song’s influence in Cuba and the American right wing’s complete disdain for musical artists using their voices, as America struggles to preserve its own democracy that is under attack from within. We also weigh in on the Britney Spears conservatorship case and the closing of the iconic Vintage Vinyl record store. Mike Derrico and Patrick...
Jul 18, 2021•27 min
Author Gina Yates joins Mike Derrico for a slightly different kind of Rock Under Fire episode...an epic conversation about love, marriage, relationships, self-help books, rock & roll, and NARCISSUS NOBODY, the brilliant new book by Yates, published by Three Rooms Press. In addition to NARCISSUS NOBODY, Gina Yates is the author of several unpublished novels and short stories. After immigrating to Canada on a student visa in the 1990s, she honed her craft through an unconventional path of worl...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 38 min
Is this the shortest RUF episode ever or just the longest RUF rant? Mike and Pat talk about the return of live music, vaccines, Roger Waters and the ills of social media. WARNING: If you are easily offended by artists expressing their political views, you may want to skip this episode. Our website: https://rockunderfire.com/ RUF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q.. . Some cool collectibles from Pat and James: https://www.facebook.com/njcardsharks/ Order Mike's book... AUTUMN AND ...
Jun 20, 2021•26 min
