OLD & DEEP: What obscure 1991 band co-wrote two songs with Paul Stanley? Do you know Paul Stanley's favorite dinosaur? We have the answers. Bakko & LC feature some of their favorite old and deep tracks during a freewheeling* conversation that goes down a winding and progressively drunk road of podcast gold. We begin by breaking down the insanity of a Colorado Springs KISS concert - with the most ridiculous Paul stage rap ever - direct from the press pit. Featuring Old & Deep Tracks Bands from: W...
Aug 16, 2016•1 hr 27 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Wilson Frontman has Strict "No Bowling Policy" for Guitarist, Bassist Minneapolis, MN (July 31st, 2016) - Wilson frontman Chad Nicefield announces his strict "no bowling policy" for his guitarist and bassist, risks of hostels while on European tours, drinking violently and, like all guests of Cobras & Fire, his support to remake the KISS classic Phantom of the Park. Catch Wilson on their fall tour with Sevendust, Crobot and Twelve Foot Ninja that includes the fests High Elevation and Rock Allegi...
Aug 01, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Summer Fest Bands Part 2: Bakko & LC discuss and feature bands from festivals such as Rock USA, Northern Invasion, Rocktember, Rock on the Range and High Elevation. Strap yourselves in for great music from Jim Breur & The Loud and Rowdy, Texas Hippie Coalition, Volbeat, Alice in Chains, Highly Suspect plus, randomly, the insanely named Robot Lords of Tokyo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2016•55 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Summer Fest Bands & KISS Rant: It's summertime which means it's also time for all day (or all weekend) music festivals. Bakko & LC feature some spectacular new music from bands at these fests and many KISS rants as we discuss the controversy of Bakko's recent KISSMAS in July Decibel Geek articles and the laziness of Ace Frehley. Plus LC details a recent concert shenanigans involving all-female AC/DC tribute Hells Belles and a vanishing Gene Simmons from a KISS cover band with the worst band name...
Jul 11, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Bobaflex frontman supports petition to have current version of KISS remake Phantom of the Park Minneapolis, MN (June 27th, 2016) - Bobaflex frontman Shaun McCoy, in an unhinged and music industry heavy discussion, announces his support to have KISS remake Phantom of the Park, the evils of booking agents and 360 record deals, Spotify’s penny paychecks and moving towards a model of EPs vs LPs. Prior to taking the stage supporting their latest album Anything That Moves, McCoy shares in depth storie...
Jun 28, 2016•1 hr 11 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast 1991 (Part 2) Bakko & LC continue to prove that the story we've all been sold that a magic bullet from 3 stinky coffee-drinking bastards from Seattle in 1991 killed rock dead is a load of bullshit. Don't believe the hype! It's not that simple. 1991 had more landmark albums and sales success than any other year before or after. Get schooled again with more Podcast gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 07, 2016•1 hr 17 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast 1991: Bakko & LC prove that the story we've all been sold that a magic bullet from 3 stinky coffee-drinking bastards from Seattle in 1991 killed rock dead is a load of bullshit. Don't believe the hype! It's not that simple. 1991 had more landmark albums and sales success than any other year before or after. Get schooled with more Podcast gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 30, 2016•1 hr•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Prince! Bakko and LC debate Darling Nikki lyrics (masturbating "with" or "in" a magazine?), Purple Rain plotholes, Prince going door to door as a Jehovah's witness, Chapelle show skits. Plus, as Bakko is a Minneapolis native, he breaks down visiting Paisley Park, the 1st Avenue block party and Graffiti Bridge. This ep is for both Superfans and those that just own and/or saw Purple Rain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 16, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Bakko & LC are back with Double Shots of new music from Volbeat, Anthrax, Megadeth and two great new bands: Heaven's Basement & The Treatment. Friend of the show Todd Cunningham also does a show review of a Volbeat / Black Stone Cherry / Monster Truck concert. Horns up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 03, 2016•1 hr 19 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 36: Alice Cooper - Modern Era (2003 - NOW) We discuss the albums Eyes, Dirty Diamonds, Spider, Nightmare 2 and Hollywood Vampires. The mere mention of one of these albums causes a 5 + minute rant of furious anger. This ep is chock full of great music clips and a bonus track of an interview with Dick Wagner courtesy of Decibel Geek. We hope you've enjoyed the journey. Thanks for listening from Loose Cannon, Bakko, Joey, Chris, Rob and Rob Kern. Rock Strikes Ten: rockstrikesten.cnjradio.com Cri...
Apr 29, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 35: Alice Cooper - Morality Era (94 -01) We discuss the albums Last Temptation, Brutal Planet & Dragontown in this super-sized ep loaded with great music and banter. Rob Kern of Loud, Drunk & Angry and From Out of Nowhere joins along with Joey of Rock Strikes Ten. In the first part of the ep we begin discussing the Morality Era with Rob Kern, a man who lacks a moral compass. We had a structured plan for a 20 minute intro but quickly turns into madness. And podcast gold. The second part with J...
Apr 18, 2016•2 hr 39 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Alice Fans! We've got an ep that will Thrill Your Gorilla and make you think: If our Podcast was a lollipop ..would you lick it? We debate the 80's Comeback Era when a newly sober Alice (He's Back!) returns after many lost years. The albums Constrictor, Raise Your Fist, Trash & Hey Stoopid are discussed along with a deep analysis of Wind-Up Toy and tangent where we highlight many of Alice's great ballads. Hosts Bakko and Loose Cannon are joined by Joey of the Rock Strikes Ten Podcast and Rob of ...
Apr 11, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Alice Cooper Era 3: Lost 80-83 | LC & Bakko are joined by Joey from Rock Strikes Ten and Chris from Decibel Geek to discuss their favorite tracks from the "Lost Era." We debate the songs Alice made when he was a crack-fueled, mascara-wearing cadaver descending into madness. Albums covered are: Flush the Fashion, Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and DaDa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 06, 2016•50 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Alice Cooper Era 2: Concept 75-78 | Friends - We've got an ep that will pop the buckle off your Bible Belt! Alice goes solo and Bakko and Loose Cannon are back with Joey from Rock Strikes Ten to debate our favorite tracks and albums from Welcome To My Nightmare, Goes To Hell, Lace & Whiskey and From the Inside. Let the fighting begin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 31, 2016•51 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Alice Fans - Have we got an Ep for you! Bakko and Loose Cannon discuss the entire Cooper discography beginning with the OG Era: Love It - Muscle of Love. This is Ep 1 of 6. We are joined by Joey from Rock Strikes Ten as we debate our favorite tracks and favorite / least favorite albums. Let the fighting begin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 25, 2016•53 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Bakko and Loose Cannon are back with more Double Shots of Rock and ridiculous banter: Music featured: New exclusive Sabbath from The End "Tour Only" CD, Foo Fighters, The Struts, Charm City Devils, The Scott Weiland-fronted Art of Anarchy and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 22, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Loose Cannon goes into detail about a recent QueenShrek & Dokken concert of chaos that began with Eddie Trunk doing a "comedy routine." We also feature Ripe Rock Double Shots featuring Ghost, Monster Truck, Red Sun Rising. Part 1 of 3. Also features music from The Last Vegas and Volbeat. Donate a few bucks towards our SoundCloud hosting cost for good karma and to help save Rock! >>> patreon.com/cobras Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2016•1 hr 24 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Bakko and Loose Cannon Purge Your Illusion. We viciously debate and cut 30 songs from Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I & II down to 12 perfectly sequenced tracks. Tons of great GNR music and banter. This ep is Podcast gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 05, 2016•1 hr 3 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Bakko and Loose Cannon discuss the Guns N' Roses reunion Nightrainwreck. Topics include Axl canceling his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel, whether this is really a reunion, Myles Kennedy's voice compared to a dog whistle and Bakko ending a 1992 GNR/Metallica concert wearing nothing but wet, muddy underwear. Features music from GNR and Slash solo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 28, 2016•47 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast We pay tribute to Lemmy and Bowie. Topics include both Bakko and Loose Cannon running and hiding from loudness at Motorhead concerts, our hate for the song FAME and Bowie's tights in Labyrinth. We also feature the title track off the new Megadeth album Dystopia and go into Mustaine remixing his entire catalog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 24, 2016•54 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast 2015 was a great year for ROCK! Tons of great music but very few great albums. Bakko & Loose Cannon discuss and break down their Top 5 Albums of 2015. Plus Dave Moose-Stain of Megadeth leaves us a voicemail wishing us a Happy New Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 31, 2015•1 hr•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Bakko and LC discuss and feature fantastic tracks from our list of 2015 Blue Balls Albums. These are albums that got us worked up with killer songs but overall as albums didn't take us to the finish line. Next week tune in for our 2015 Top 5 Albums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 22, 2015•45 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Bakko and Loose Cannon list off their 2015 Garbage Albums and continue their decent into drunk madness. No punches are pulled as Shinedown, Danzig, Def Leppard, The Sword, Pop Evil, Bon Jovi and others are tossed into a raging dumpster fire. We begin by a chat about the recent nominees and overall merits of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 17, 2015•45 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Weiland is Dead. Rather than glorify an overdose, Bakko and Loose Cannon discuss and pay tribute to key and lesser known STP and Velvet Revolver tracks. We also talk about the Paris tragedy and the media's inability to use Google or Wikipedia in relation to the Eagles of Death Metal. Bonus Points! Can you name of the extremely similar song and band that leads into STP's "Art School Girlfriend" at the end of the Ep? (Fact: It came out first) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Dec 14, 2015•44 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast C&F Reunion Tour Ep 1: Bakko and LC are back! Again! After an extended Cobras break, the Fire has been broughten. We recorded four eps in one night and get crazy Loose over countless beers. We had an agenda. We had a plan. It went sideways. What was intended to be a quick recap of Bakko's press pass adventure at Crue/Cooper on 12/8/15 morphed into a 45 minute rant about everything Motley. Remember kids, all bad things end with Chipotle. Keep the car running. Rock Vocal Power! *****Look out for m...
Dec 11, 2015•55 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast In this ep Bakko talks about Ratt's dysfunction while doing a perfect Bobby Blotzer impersonation, David Draiman having a baby with Sully Erna, his "band crushes" on Wilson and Crobot and introduces something that will revolutionize Podcasting: The LC GEN 3K Sex Robot (Loose Cannon Generator 3000). Featuring killer tracks from Newstead, Wilson, Crobot, Love/Hate and Rev Theory. Horns up, windows down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 13, 2015•58 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Digging Deep Volume 1. While Loose Cannon takes a break to save humanity Bakko is left to save rock as goes deep to bring un-heralded tracks a little love. He discusses tipping bands, what it means to have a marketable quality and of course dicks. Featuring music from Hericane Alice, Warrior Soul, Dirty Looks, Slave Raider, Black Sabbath and The Damned Things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 06, 2015•53 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast LC & Bakko review a chaotic but fun LA Guns, KIX, Slaughter & Lita Ford concert. Hijinks ensue: KIX plays an hourlong instrumental, Mark Slaughter vanishes and (possibly) sings from the bathroom, Thor sings Fly to the Angels, Danzig buys kitty litter and much more. Music from LA Guns, KIX, Slaughter, Black Stone Cherry, NonPoint, Danzig, Thor, Kittens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 23, 2015•45 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast 3 Sides of a Shilling: A groundbreaking KISS Talk Show - A Decibel Geek & Cobras crossover event starring special guest Chris Czynszak, Bakko and Loose Cannon. The theme is "KISSed Opportunities." For the first time in Podcast history, 3 fans discuss KISS in an unedited format. Topics include: Dee vs. Paul, Folgers Ads, The Elder, 92-95 Era, Vinnie Vincent, Symphony Seizures, Detroit Rock City Movie, the drum skills of Peter Criss, & the Psycho Circus Video. Music features bands that namecheck K...
Sep 14, 2015•2 hr 34 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Crazy Covers: Bakko and Loose Cannon feature unique covers by Motorhead, Foo Fighters, Sabbath, Vains of Jenna and Jesus Chrysler. Both hosts stray from the "covers" theme with topics including the KISS Reunion, fedoras, Papa Johns, Glamour of the Kill, Bobaflex and go on a tear about the death of rock longer than the live version of Dazed and Confused. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 09, 2015•1 hr 4 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast 
