This week we are joined by special guest Eric Miller from the Pods And Sods Network to review and dig into the somewhat maligned Van Halen 3. Each month in 2021, we will invite a special guest on the show to do a album review for each of the 12 Van Halen studio albums. In December we will release the final album review and a episode where we rank all 12 of those albums. We hope you will join us each month and enjoy these episodes as much as we enjoy putting them together for you. WE NEED YOUR HE...
Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 230
In this episode Sonny and special guest Steve Wright from the Podder Than Hell Podcast, are back and fresh off Kiss Kruise X. We go through this years experience and compare it to the Monsters Of Rock Cruises to give you a good idea of the differences and which one may be right for you. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Co...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 229
In this episode of When Rock Ruled The Charts, we explore the charts on February 10th, 1978, the day Van Halen's epic debut album was released. What was on the charts at the time? How much different was Van Halen then all the rest of the rock out at that time. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter ...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 228
Everyone always talks about the big 4 of thrash and metal but what about the Big 4 of 80s hard rock? In this episode we discuss who should be included in that big 4 of 80s hard rock. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin’ Up Rock Loud Minority Facebook...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 227
This week we are joined by special guest Brad Rusthoven from the Slamfest Podcast to review and dig into Van Halen's Balance album. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growi...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 226
We give you the low down and dirty on the first annual Monsters On The Mountain rock festival 2021 in Pigeon Forge. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin’ Up Rock Loud ...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 38 min
Eclipse from Sweden has a new album and it's great. We go track by track through "Wired" with singer / guitar player Erik Mårtensson. In addition to my interview with Erik, Sonny and I share our own thoughts and opinions on Eclipse's latest album release "Wired". WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitt...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 225
It's another game show episode, this time with square off in a fun and spirited version of Scattergories. We invite special guest comedian and writer Courtney Cronin-Dold to return to the show and match wits against Zeus from the Shout It Out Loudcast. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 224
In this episode we get footloose and fancy free. In a podcast crossover episode we invite Brian Davis from Damn Good Movie Memories podcast to help us review the Original Footloose movie soundtrack. If you go over to the Damn Good Movie Memories podcast you will find a episode that Brian released a few days earlier in which Sonny, Steven, and Brain cover a review of the original 1984 movie blockbuster Footloose. We hope you will enjoy the full crossover, by taking in Brian Davis's great podcast ...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 223
Zakk Wylde is a guitar hero of epic proportions. From Ozzy to Black Label Society, Pride And Glory, and Zakk Sabbath as well as countless other guest appearances, Zakk lets loose on the fretboard like an unleashed Wyldeman. In this episode Sonny and I share our love for Zakk Wylde and our favorite Zakk Wylde songs spanning his entire catalog. Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with Zakk and you can hear that interview here: Zakk Wylde Interview Zakk Wylde and I discussed many different top...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 222
We talk with Zakk Wylde about the upcoming Black Label Society album release "Doom Crew Inc." Zakk and I talk about everything from his early days with Ozzy and his first gig in front of a large crowd to some of the new tracks on Doom Crew Inc. coming in November. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twit...
Oct 01, 2021•58 min
We invite our friend Tony Musallam from the California rock band Restrayned to review the Van Halen album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. It's the bands 9th studio album and said to be a return back to the bands hard rock roots. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Jo...
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 221
We often talk about desert island albums, which for us are albums that contain no skippers. In the worst of the best, we explore albums that are almost perfect but contain one song that just sucks. Even the worst song on an otherwise perfect album can be better than most songs on a good album, but most likely in this episode we won't have any of those. At least not in our opinion, which counts for almost nothing. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all o...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 220
In this episode we get the listeners involved as we discuss possible rock songs that could be used in a commercial to sell product. When the perfect song is combined with the perfect product, stuff gets sold. If you are lucky enough to sell a song to a large company to use in a national TV ad, you could see royalties on that song for years to come. The song often becomes identifiable with that product. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the follo...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 219
In this episode we rapid fire a bunch of bands and artist at each other, and discuss what song we think defines that band and why. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin’ Up Rock Loud Minority Facebook Group Do You Spotify? Then Follow us and Give Our P...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 218
We invite our friend Loose Cannon (LC) from the Cobras And Fire Podcast to tell us how Van Halen OU812 is actually a concept album? Find out the concept in this completely different and fun album review full of plenty of laughs and music. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On P...
Aug 29, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 217
In this bonus episode we recap our adventure in Nashville to participate in ROCKNPOD 2021. Although Growin' Up Rock did not acquire a booth or conduct interviews at ROCKNPOD 2021, we were there in full effect catching up with all of our Podcaster brothers and sisters. Once again Decibel Geek and Chief ROCKNPOD architect Chris Czynszak and his family of support staff did an awesome job, and we will discuss our overall thoughts on this years ever growing extravaganza. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quic...
Aug 26, 2021•50 min
Picking up where we left off last week - In Part 2 of this 2 part episode we look at August 1st, 1985 - 4 Years to the day MTV launched, because we wanted to see the impact it had on the charts. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin’ Up Rock Loud Minor...
Aug 22, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 216
Remember when rock ruled the charts and you could hear and see it everywhere? In this on-going series, we explore a single date in history to explore the Billboard album charts and take a look at what rock albums were tearing up the charts. In Part 1 of this 2 part episode we look at August 1st, 1981 - The day MTV launched. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com ...
Aug 15, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 215
We celebrate our 4th Birthday by exploring 4 very different albums all containing 4, Four, or IV in the title. Want to know more? Go Here WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin’ Up Rock Loud Minority Facebook Group Do You Spotify? Then Follow us and Giv...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 214
In this episode we invite Decibel Geek Co-Host and ROCKNPOD creator Chris Czynszak along with Steve Wright from the Podder Than Hell Podcast to play a little rock album trivia with us. We also get the details on the big Nashville ROCKNPOD 2021 event quickly approaching and what we can expect from that. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and ...
Aug 01, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 213
We invite our friend BB from the Podder Than Hell Podcast to move into the Van Hagar era of Van Halen and review the album 5150. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin’ Up Rock Loud Minority Facebook Group Do You Spotify? Then Follow us and Give Our Pla...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 212
We invite special guest Brian Davis from Damn Good Memories Podcast and Alex Alt from the Sly Dog Music Cast to share their Top 10 Aerosmith songs from 1982 through 2012. This journey with Aerosmith began in episode 150, when Brian along with Phil Shouse shared their top 10 Aerosmith songs from 1973 - 1979. You can find that episode here WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinupr...
Jul 18, 2021•2 hr•Ep. 211
Buckcherry released their 9th studio album "Hellbound" in June this year. The 10-track record was produced by Marti Frederiksen, who previously produced the band's fourth album, Black Butterfly, and co-wrote one of their biggest hits "Sorry." Frederiksen co-wrote the majority of the album along with vocalist Josh Todd and guitarist Stevie D. The album was recorded in Nashville in November 2020. Josh Todd Interview At The 48.20 mark of the episode. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free -...
Jul 11, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 210
Happy 4th Of July Everyone! Why not talk about some of our favorite American rock bands. Kick the tires and light the fires, the fireworks can now begin. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin’ Up Rock Loud Minority Facebook Group Do You Spotify? Then F...
Jul 04, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 209
Remember when rock rules the charts and you could hear and see it everywhere? In this new series, we explore a single date in history to explore the Billboard album charts and take a look at what rock albums were tearing up the charts. First up in the series, is June 29th, 1991 - The day that Skid Row's Slave To The Grind debut at number one. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us grow...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 208
This week we are joined by special guest Brian Davis from the Damn Good Movie Memories Podcast to review Van Halen's album, 1984. To Get All The links and info for this episode go to: https://growinuprock.com/EP207 WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Connect with us Email us growinuprock@gmail.com Contact Form Like and Follow Us on FaceBook Follow Us on Twitter Leave Us A Review On Podchaser Join The Growin...
Jun 20, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 207
In this episode we ask the question, Who are the most unique singers in rock? Love them or hate them, when you hear them on the radio you know it's them singing. There is something about their voice that is instantly recognizable. Even if they weren't singing the style of music they normally sing, you would still be able to name that singer. This episode sponsored by Manscaped "The best in men's below the waist grooming." Visit https://manscaped.com Get 20% off and free shipping using PROMO Code...
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 206
Producer, Engineer, Mixer extraordinaire Michael Wagener announced his retirement in April this year. In this episode we say "THANK YOU" Michael Wagener for helping create the soundtrack to our lives as we explore a few of our favorite albums in Michael's discography. For all the links and information on music go to https://growinuprock.com/EP205 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 06, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 205
Diver Down was released in 1982, and is somewhat of a controversial release from the band primarily due to over half the record being dedicated to cover songs. Each month in 2021, we will invite a special guest on the show to do a album review for each of the 12 Van Halen studio albums. In December we will release the final album review and a episode where we rank all 12 of those albums. We hope you will join us each month and enjoy these episodes as much as we enjoy putting them together for yo...
May 30, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 204
