It's time to finish up our coverage of the 2018 Atlanta Kiss Expo with this epic marathon episode of the Kiss Expo Konfessionals Pt. 2. This is the next best thing to actually being there, as we recorded live at the expo, sitting down with Kiss fans, special guest, and fellow podcasters to get their take on the expo and talk to them about their Kiss and Vinnie Vincent Obsession. Along the way we play some pretty killer music, which helps to put in perspective all the great stories from the aweso...
Feb 12, 2018•2 hr 24 min
The 2018 Atlanta Kiss Expo is over now, and what a glorious time we had. Catching up with old friends and making a whole lot of new ones. Growin' Up Rock was there for every moment of this Rock N Roll congregation coming together to "Shout It Out Loud" at the top of their lungs"They Love Kiss" and they will not apologize for "Rock N Rolling Everyday and Partying Every Night." Find out what happened when you got 900 to 1000 Kiss Fanatics in a hotel ballroom waiting to catch a glimpse of the reclu...
Feb 02, 2018•1 hr 41 min
The 2018 Atlanta Kiss Expo is over now, and what a glorious time we had. Catching up with old friends and making a whole lot of new ones. Growin' Up Rock was there for every moment of this Rock N Roll congregation coming together to "Shout It Out Loud" at the top of their lungs"They Love Kiss" and they will not apologize for "Rock N Rolling Everyday and Partying Every Night." Find out what happened when you got 900 to 1000 Kiss Fanatics in a hotel ballroom waiting to catch a glimpse of the reclu...
Jan 29, 2018•30 min
Happy New Year from all of us here at Growin' Up Rock. It’s a new day, a new week, and a new year and one thing is for sure, time keeps on slippin' into the future. Yep, sounds like a song. In this episode, Steven and Hollywood, wish everyone a Happy New Year, and talk about some killer tunes from Kiss, Halestorm, Van Halen, Warrant, Y&T, and Black Label Society that either come from an album with a date, month, or year in the title, or a song that includes a date, month, or year in the titl...
Jan 22, 2018•1 hr 30 min
The Atlanta Kiss Expo is upon us, and we could not be more stoked. This marks the return of Vinnie Vincent among other very cool Kiss related guest and vendors. Growin' Up Rock will be set up and covering all the action which we will be sharing in upcoming episodes in February. Tonight Steven and Sonny spent a short time in this bonus episode to catch up with Andrea (Aka Jean Simone - The Goddess Of Thunder) from PRISS, the all girl Kiss tribute band that will be performing at the Kiss Expo in A...
Jan 18, 2018•30 min
Bob Kulick is an amazing guitar player and Grammy Award winning producer who has played and written with artist like Kiss, W.A.S.P., Diana Ross, Meatloaf, Patti Labelle, and Michael Bolton just to name a few. Steven & Sonny interview Bob to discuss his earliest musical memories. We also get into the recording of his newest record “Skeletons In The Closet”. (You can check out Hollywood’s album review right HERE) We discuss some of the many tribute records he has produced including the one for...
Jan 15, 2018•44 min
The Atlanta Kiss Expo featuring the return of the Ankh Warrior Vinnie Vincent. Growin’ Up Rock will be there and set up to capture the stories from the people and the artist that will be attending this awesome event. In this bonus edition of Growin’ Up Rock, Kiss FAQ host, Author, and all around Kiss guru, Julian Gill pops in to discuss Vinnie, the upcoming Kiss Expo and his introduction to Kiss. Since Julian and Growin’ Up Rock will have tables at the Kiss Expo in Atlanta, we talk about what ou...
Jan 11, 2018•39 min
Vinnie Vincent is a mystery, he’s an enigma, in fact he’s a mystery wrapped up in an enigma. He is a talented songwriter, guitar player, producer and studio engineer, and even has some vocal abilities as you will hear from some of the demos. In order to unwrap this enigma, we needed to bring in the heavy artillery, so we went after our favorite Vinnie Vincent geek, our buddy and special guest Chris Czynszak from the Decibel Geek Podcast. Steve, Hollywood, and Chris are getting ready for the upco...
Jan 08, 2018•1 hr 44 min
The Babys co-founding members Tony Brock and Wally Stocker jumped on a Skype call for an interview with GUR host Steven Michael for an awesome and entertaining walk through their careers. Tony Brock The Babys are a British rock band that formed in 1975. They released five studio albums between ‘76 and ‘80 before reforming in 2013 to release a sixth studio album called “I’ll Have Some Of That.” Though the band had some success with Billboard chart climbers like “Isn’t It Time” and “Everytime I Th...
Jan 01, 2018•1 hr 19 min
Sonny and I pick some of our favorites of 2017 for part 2 of this epic episode. Growing up, I used to depend on the “Best Of List” from Kerrang Magazine, Hit Parader, Circus, and Creem just so that I could discover new killer hard rock and metal bands, but now in 2017, we have Podcast, where people just like Sonny and I can get together and talk about and play some bands that had them cranking the car stereo up to eleven. Last week in the Part 1 episode of our favorites from 2017, we gave you so...
Dec 25, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Sonny and I pick our favorite hard rock and metal album releases of 2017 As we come to the close of 2017, it’s time that we share some of our favorite killer rock n roll music released this year. There was so much great rock coming out, we needed to break this thing up into two separate episodes. Because we know that there will be plenty “Best Of” podcast and list out there at this time of year, we want you to know that our list consist of strictly crank up the stereo, shake the walls, hide your...
Dec 18, 2017•1 hr 37 min
Numbers and colors are all around us, so we decide to explore some song titles and bands that contain a number or color in the title. There are a shit ton of songs that either have a color or a number in the title. Hell for that matter, there are even a few band's with a color or a number as part of the band name. There is no way in hell we will ever get to all of them. Sounds like the birth of a recurring series!! In a “Hollywood” exclusive series opener, we are going to talk about band's with ...
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 33 min
A entertaining and fun Time Capsule listener story, with Bob Hamel. Bob has a great Growin’ Up Rock story to share with the listeners. As part of a California band called Soulcracker, Bob took part in one of the first reality based TV shows from VH1 in 2001 called “Band On The Run”. Soulcracker finished runner-up in the 4 band competition to a band called Flickerswitch. Bob shares his experience as part of that competition as well as some great stories about playing on the road and opening up fo...
Dec 07, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Sonny and I have been to a ton of concerts over the years between us. There have been great ones and some not so great, but the one thing we both agree on, is that one of the most hair raising, goosebumps giving moments of the entire night, is when those house lights go down, that intro tape rolls, and the band comes on the stage with a flash kickin’ ass launching into that first song of the night. In this episode, we search our failing memories to find a handful of those great concerts and shar...
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 23 min
When you think of iconic rock bands, you have to think of The Rolling Stones. Not a Stones Fan? Not everyone is, but understand that Jagger and Richards laid the blueprint for many, many rock stars to come in the late 70's, 80's, and 90's. Guys like Steven Tyler & Joe Perry, Slash & Axl, and numerous others were influenced in many ways through the music and swagger of The Rolling Stones. In what will be a recurring series of Growin’ Up Rock, Hollywood, and Steve will be discussing some o...
Nov 27, 2017•1 hr 27 min
Trixter was a young band from New Jersey that exploded onto the hard rock scene in 1990 with the hits, "Give It To Me Good" and "One In A Million," just before the bottom gave out from Rock to grunge around '92. Charismatic drummer Mark Gus Scott has been there from the beginning to see it all happen. We jumped on the phone with Mark for a long and entertaining conversation. We talked about the early days of Trixter, and some of the killer tours they have been a part of, including Kiss, Scorpion...
Nov 20, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Ever heard of the Sophomore Jinx? Sometimes a band can spend their entire career writing that absolute gem of a debut album, only to follow it up with a complete failure. Sometimes that so called sophomore jinx even happens in the middle of a band's career. Steve and Sonny get into a fun conversation about some bands they love, that produced a fantastic album, only to follow it up with a less than stellar offer. So in other words they went from a hero of an album to a complete Zero, by dropping ...
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 41 min
Sonny and Steve go down the Punk Rock rabbit hole with fellow podcaster, co-host of Podcast Rock City and the re-launched Rock N Roll Radio Podcast Jody Havenot. We talk about Rock n Roll, Power Pop Punk, Chuck Berry, and what to do with all these Rock N Roll stickers I have laying around. We get into Jody’s earliest musical memories and how he started playing guitar, plus early 90s excess that almost got he and Traci Gun’s thrown out of a club before a gig. You won’t want to miss this, so downl...
Nov 09, 2017•59 min
Some like a soft ballad, but I prefer the bombastic, Everyone that listens to the show knows Sonny likes his rock n roll, but he also love’s him some ballads. Steve on the other hand skips to the next song the second he hears a slow acoustic guitar ring out slowly through the speakers. Stevie boy likes to rock, and he does not want to slow dance to the latest Metallica song. This week we try to bridge the gap between the boys and give Steve and Sonny the best of both worlds. We talk and play son...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 39 min
On this Halloween Spooktacular Episode, Sonny and Steve discuss some of their growin’ up rock stories centering around Halloween and the witching season. We talk scary album covers, scary songs, scary bands and selling our soul for Rock N Roll. We look funny in and out of costume, but holding up kids for their bags of candy is just a small part of Helloween, least we not forget all the killer Rock n Roll that goes along with it. Grab a peanut butter cup and a candy bar and turn your stereos up t...
Oct 30, 2017•1 hr 55 min
Andrew Jacobs is an avid podcast listener who wrote in on the Growin’ Up Rock website and shared his Rock N Roll story with us. Andrew grew up listening to the Beatles and other classic rock n roll before getting into punk music and eventually hard rock and metal. He shares his story about coming face to face with Slayer’s Kerry King in a music store while working part time and his memories of his first not so great concert. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinup...
Oct 26, 2017•29 min
This week Steve and Sonny talk about the overall abundance of huge concert festivals available these days. They discuss some huge multi bill concerts they have attended and some they wish they had attended and in the end they both think they have become Bill Graham re-incarnated and have a hairbrain idea to create their fantasy dream festival and pay band's way more than they are worth. Steve’s Idea for the Past & Present Festival starts with these details: Located in a field on a huge lake ...
Oct 23, 2017•2 hr 1 min
Digital Killed The Radio Star host David Hudson dials in for this episode of Growin’ Up Rock’s Time Capsule. We talk about the Black Crowes and David’s trip to Atlanta to see two sold out nights in the band's hometown. He shares his Rock N Roll story and talks about why he has an absolute Love Affair with this band. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow and Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook pages - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the ...
Oct 19, 2017•28 min
This ain’t no disco, but it is a truckload of kick ass rock n roll. On this first installment of a recurring series on Growin’ Up Rock, Steve and Sonny play whatever the hell they want from albums released in a designated year. This first episode in the series will focus on music from albums released in 1978. This time period signaled the end of the disco era and rock music was just starting to take a heavier turn. Among tons of great music released in 1978, the debut album from Van Halen was re...
Oct 16, 2017•1 hr 49 min
Podder Than Hell Podcast host Steve Wright serves up his time capsule Growin' Up Rock listener story, and shares his love for Kiss, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and rock n roll in general. We talk about his run in with a neighborhood tough guy that leads to rock n roll enlightenment and his first encounter with his current podcast co-host BC. Steve is an all around great guy with a love for killer music and we have a good time talking all about it. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tel...
Oct 12, 2017•29 min
Nashville Journeyman Greg Mangus, has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in Rock N Roll. With a rocker's voice to kill for, Greg is an ever present character in Thee Rock N Roll Residency. Greg sits down to talk about his early days in the Florida clubs and time he spent in New York mixing it up with rock and R&B legends, before making his way to Nashville to reinvent himself and plant his feet firmly in the musical soil. Greg shares many great stories and memories, including wh...
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Joe Becht, Growin’ Up Rock listener and occasional writer / Interviewer for Talking Metal Digital jumps in a time capsule with us to share some of his entertaining stories about growing up in Chicago and attending the legendary Disco Demolition at Comiskey Park in 1979. If you are not familiar with Disco Demolition, it was considered to be the end of the disco era, and the start of a rock n roll revolution. In addition to talking Disco Demolition we also talk to Joe about getting yelled at backs...
Oct 05, 2017•31 min
Steve makes the most out of a trip to Nashville and lines up a great interview with lead guitarist Phil Shouse from The Gene Simmons Band and Thee Rock N Roll Residency. Phil talks to Steve about his earliest rock n roll memories listening to Aerosmith, Van Halen, The Beatles, and Kiss. They also discuss how he and Jeremy Asbrock founded the Thee Rock N Roll Residency and how their friendship with Ryan Cook led them to the gig with Gene Simmons. Make sure to check out Steve's review of Thee Rock...
Oct 02, 2017•1 hr 25 min
In today’s Growin’ Up Rock Time Capsule, listener and fellow podcaster Bill Algee from the Ages Of Rock Podcast shares one of his rock n roll stories about a once in a lifetime experience that involved Kiss, Gene Simmons, he and his son. He also talks about his musical connection with his kids and how his Dad took him to his first Kiss concert and how he paid it forward by taking his son later on in life. Bill with Son backstage with Gene Simmons Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so te...
Sep 28, 2017•27 min
On the latest episode of GUR, Steve and Sonny talk about their musical ADD, as well as the musical attention span of the entire world. Does anyone listen to full length albums anymore or do you commit to building the perfect playlist? Do you still buy physical product like albums or CDs? Do you prefer to stream or download instead? What are the effects this is all having on the music and concert business today? We share our thoughts and try to gain some answers to these questions on a interestin...
Sep 25, 2017•1 hr 17 min
