Growin' Up Rock

On this episode of Growin' Up Rock, we talk with Podchaser co-founder Cole Raven. Podcasts are booming. There's a podcast for everything, and Podchaser’s database and discovery engine has quickly become a go-to resource for podcast devotees. Officially beta-launched in July 2017, Podchaser is often called the IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes of podcasting, allowing listeners to rate and review shows, as well as individual episodes. In addition to Podchaser’s awesome review and rating system that is SUPER easy to use, they also allow you the listener to put together your own favorite playlist of shows and share easily throughout all your social media accounts. (Find our favorite Episode Playlist Here). With a library of over 18 million podcast episodes, they are the one-stop-shop for all things related to discovering awesome new podcasts to listen to and share with whomever you want. Growin' Up Rock caught up with co-founder Cole Raven to get the inside scoop on how Podchaser developed, what they have to offer, and what they're trying to achieve as a company. We also get to know him and find out more about Cole and the massive amount of podcasts he listens to as he’s running obstacle courses or training for the next season of Survivor (OK We completely made that part up about Survivor, but I think he might be good on it.). We vow to help Cole with his playlist by adding a healthy dose of Rock n Roll to improve his time out on the running course. Hear from Cole what he thinks makes a great podcast. In addition to all of this, Sonny and Steven decide to go Punk, so tune in to find out what we mean. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Masked Intruder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood's nite out on the town results in an impromptu coming together for the Growin' Up Rock Co-host In this bonus episode. Sonny, Steven, and Steven's wife Jen meet up in a undisclosed location to have dinner and take in a Kip Winger acoustic set. While hanging out the 3 of them decide to talk about the Kip Winger set and discuss a world of possibilities surrounding the Monster's Of Rock Cruise in which Sonny and Steven announce they are both embarking on in 2019. They figure the Growin' Up Rock listeners couldn't be there in person, so why not record it and bring you all into the conversation at a later time. That time is now and so we bring you this bonus episode for your listening enjoyment. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Winger Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we get down and dirty with a closer look at the infamous Filthy 15 list of rock and pop songs, put out by the PMRC in 1985. What happens in 1985 when politicians' wives, with way too much time on their hands, catch their children walking around the house singing songs they find objectionable? Find out in this episode of Growin’ Up Rock, as Sonny and Steven explore the PMRC and the so-called list of Filthy 15 songs that were put on this earth to destroy the youth of America. We discuss, in our opinions, what they got right and what they got so horribly wrong. We rock some of the songs on the list so you can judge for yourself, and we play one that missed the list. In 1985, there were a million tunes that could have made the list, so why these 15? Music is an art form which we feel should be left open to interpretation, not censored by people who think they know what I should and should not be listening to. That being said, with what is out in the world today, I do think parents should be doing their job, and listen to what little Timmy and Suzie are listening to, so they can decide on a case-by-case basis whether or not they are mature enough to handle the content and not do damage to an impressionable developing mind that was not ready to hear it yet in the first place. The Filthy 15 1 Prince (1984) "Darling Nikki" - Sex/Masturbation 2 Sheena Easton (1984)"Sugar Walls" - Sex 3 Judas Priest (1984)"Eat Me Alive" - Sex 4 Vanity (1984) "Strap On 'Robbie Baby'" - Sex 5. Mötley Crüe (1983) "Bastard" - Violence/Language 6 AC/DC (1980) "Let Me Put My Love Into You" - Sex 7 Twisted Sister (1984) "We're Not Gonna Take It" - Violence 8 Madonna (1985) "Dress You Up" - Sex 9. W.A.S.P. (1984) "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)" - Sex/Language 10 Def Leppard (1981)"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" - Drug and alcohol use 11 Mercyful Fate (1983) "Into the Coven" - Occult 12 Black Sabbath (1983) "Trashed" - Drug and alcohol use 13 Mary Jane Girls (1984) "In My House" - Sex 14 Venom (1985) "Possessed" - Occult 15 Cyndi Lauper (1984) "She Bop" - Sex/Masturbation Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Black Sabbath Whitesnake Prince WASP AC / DC Motley Crue P!nk Saffire Perris Records Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Typically on Growin' Up Rock, we are all about the music and the artists who create it, but in this episode we take our show on the road and head to Nashville for Summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) industry event to learn more about what's happening in the business of music. At the show, we have quick chats with producer/engineer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Halestorm, Foo Fighters) and Living Colour bassist Doug Wimbish. Then marketing manager Matt Brown at EVH guitars gives us the story behind Eddie Van Halen's Eruption '78 series guitar packages. We run into Decibel Geek Alumni, Toddzilla and attend concerts with Poison, Cheap Trick, Pop Evil, and Thee Rock n Roll Residency while hanging out with our friends at The Decibel Geek. The NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants) happens twice a year and isn't open to the public. The expo area showcases the latest tools and instruments on the market so that merchants can place their orders to get the stuff in their stores for musicians to purchase. So while the event is restricted to music industry insiders, the bonus of this is that often there are artist walking around taking a look at the latest products or demoing equipment. Eruption '78 package Martin Guitar Booth Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which helps us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Halestorm Van Halen Living Colour Doug Wimbish Facebook for more info on Wimbash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we talk with Bob Nalbandian, director of the docuseries “Inside Metal: The Pioneers Of Hard Rock And Metal.” Bob shares his growing up rock stories and some amazing stories about making these documentaries and growing up in LA during this glorious time for hard rock and metal music. In the not-too-distant future, the awesome bands of the 70’s and 80’s that we grew up loving and seeing live in concert be just a memory. Time stops for no man. That’s why it’s increasingly important for documentaries to be made by people like Bob Nalbandian who grew up in LA and is an ardent fan of hard rock and metal. Bob was into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and some of the awesome local acts happening out in LA during the musical explosion of the 80’s and early 90’s. Bob Nalbandian loves the music and connected first hand with the musicians, many of whom grew up in Los Angeles at a time when bands and fans filled local clubs like the Whiskey, The Troubadour, The Starwood, and The Country Club. You've heard of Motley Crue, Van Halen, Ratt, and Quiet Riot, but for every one of those bands there were five others that were every bit as popular in the clubs at the time that you never heard of unless you lived on the Sunset Strip when the LA metal scene exploded. We had an awesome time just hanging out and talking with Bob about some of the stories, characters, and memories he had seeing these killer rock n roll bands coming of age in the early stages of their careers out in Hollywood. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Inside Metal DVDs Night Demon Rainbow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Cade represents the young rock rising in music today. The young 19 year old up and coming singer / guitar player from Denver sits down with Growin’ Up Rock to share his experiences working with famed hard rock producer Michael Wagner, and co-writing songs from his upcoming EP release “Hunger” with Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger from Halestorm, Rachel Bolan from Skid Row, and Paul Taylor from Winger. We discuss the state of the music business today through the eyes of a young artist. We play some choice cuts from Jacob’s album as well as some of his favorite tunes to crank up. They say that Rock is Dead, and after my visit to Denver and sitting down with Jacob Cade, I think Rock lives strongly in the heart of the young. All you have to do is press play on either Jacob’s 1st album “The Prince Of Rock n Roll” which he wrote when he was 16, or one of the new tunes off his upcoming EP “Hunger” to hear that he not only loves Rock and classic rock like Zeppelin, GNR, Slash, and Aerosmith, but he writes music that has its sights set on bringing back rock to the mainstream. Raw in your face loud guitar riffs with thundering bass and drums layered with aggressive youthful vocals with almost a punk attitude, rips through your car stereo speakers while heading down the highway to a big arena rock show. Ahhh, don’t that just bring back the memories? It's completely exciting for us to see rock is still alive and well in the youth of America. Jacob Cade, is in the early stages of his ‘Growin’ Up Rock Story”, but he was kind enough to open his door and share with us all the amazing stories he has already built up and given us his insight and views on where he may go from here. Jacob will also be appearing at this years Rock n Pod 2 Expo in Nashville, so hopefully you will make the trip. It’s an entertaining discussion with some righteous loud rock n roll mixed in. Turn It Up!! Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Gift From Jacob Cade Free Song Download Jacob Cade Project Jacob Cade FaceBook Guns & Roses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to Christian Swain, host of the Rock N Roll Archaeology Project Podcast about his Growin’ Up Rock story and his goal with this massive project he has taken on. Why he feels there is an obligation to educate today’s youth about rock music. I like to refer to Christian as the Indiana Jones of Rock n Roll Podcasting. He spends a great deal of time putting together his shows and now he has a whole network of shows that tie into the Mother ship Podcast that is the Rock n Roll Archaeology Project or since we are among friends RNRAP. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Rock n Roll Archaeology Project Deep Purple Nirvana Van Halen Ozzy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's all in the numbers, or at least that's what a numbers guy like Hollywood would have us all believe. It's really simple, there is a ton of great rock bands and great rock songs that revolve around numbers. Lets face it, music itself is all about beats and time signatures, aka Numbers!! In this episode Sonny takes the even numbers and Steven embraces the fact that he is the odd man out, and begrudgingly takes the odd numbers. We discuss some of Steven's latest concert adventures and play some bands and songs that have everything to do with the numbers, duh, the title of the episode is "It's All In The Numbers". We have picked out some great music as always so TURN IT UP!! New In The Listening Room - Crazy Lixx Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS WASP Julliet Europe Smashed Gladys Steel Panther Blonz Twisted Sister Winery Dogs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Graduation Day at Growin' Up Rock, and our friend Bakko from the Cobras and Fire Podcast is here to help us figure out where our lives went horribly wrong. Do you remember your Senior Year? Your Graduation Day? What was your life like at that time? What rock bands and concerts impacted you during this pivotal time in your life? Sonny goes missing, and we are sure he is completely trying to avoid Bakko like the plague. Tune in to find out the truth of Hollywood's disappearance. Growin' Up Rock is halfway to 100 episodes and in this, our 50th episode, we decide to reflect on our senior year in high school. Steven and special guest Bakko, dig out their personal yearbooks and read some of the many ridiculous notes written in the back written by friends they may or may not remember and pick some great songs from albums released during their graduation years. Stand up, raise your fist in the air and reminisce about your high school years while we mix in some great rock n roll for you to listen to. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Crank It Up Spotlight AKA New In The Listening Room - Toque Cobras & Fire Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Toque Tesla Triumph Waysted Iron Maiden Dokken LA Guns Dio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stryper has been a Growin' Up Rock part of my life since they released the Yellow and Black Attack back in 1984. Singer and lead guitarist Michael Sweet is an amazing singer and we feel criminally underrated as a guitar player, so it is an honor to have him sit in with us on today's podcast. We talk to Michael about some of his earliest memories and influences, and we get into Stryper's latest release "God Damn Evil." Check out GUR co-host Sonny Pooni's album review right here. Michael is the driving force behind Stryper and he appears to be one of the hardest working men in rock n roll, with solo projects, Stryper albums, touring, Sweet and Lynch records, etc. When does this dude find the time to do stuff, like you know SLEEP!?! To me, it seems like the music the band has been releasing on the last two albums is as good, if not better, than anything they released in their so called "Hey Day." I say their "Hey Day" is today!! So grab your bible (just kidding, no preaching here, this is a rock show) and turn it up while you check out the latest episode of the Growin' Up Rock podcast. Help us out by donating to the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It cost you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which helps us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Stryper Website Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Stryper Michael Sweet Van Halen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Indy Kiss Konfessionals Day Two. - We're halfway there people!! Find out what happens when you have the Expo to end all Expos dedicated to the greatest Rock n Roll band on earth KISS. The 20th anniversary Indy Kiss Expo was celebrated in rock star fashion this month with a special guest list that was 2nd to none in Kiss World. In fact it seemed like just about everyone except Gene and Paul were in attendance. You had appearances by: Ace Frehley, Michael James Jackson, Todd Kerns, Bill Starkey, Lydia Criss, Eric Singer, Karl Cochran, Robert Fleischman, Roman Fernandez, Bruce Kulick, Anton Fig, Mark Slaughter, Big John Harte, Bobby Rock, Bob Kulick, Brent Fitz, Tod Howarth, John Regan, Lita Ford, Pat Gasperini, Ryan Spencer Cook, Phil Shouse, Jeremy Asbrock, Carrie Stevens, Chuck Garric, Rob Affuso. That was enough to keep your day busy, and then on top of all that at night, you had performances by The Kulick Brothers, The Gene Simmons Band (minus Gene), Four By Fate, an All Star Jam featuring Eric Singer and Ace Frehley, People like Lita Ford and Chuck Garric sitting in on various songs all highlighted by a two song reunion by the original Frehley's Comet. Growin' Up Rock was on site and recording the full two days. If you were unable to attend or you were there but can't remember, have no fear, we did our best to talk with many of the artist performing as well as some crazy Kiss fanatics so that we could share their rock n roll story. In Day Two, We catch up with members of Four By Fate and Frehley's Comet, in addition to talking with Andy Moyen about this years Gathering down in Miami before the Kiss Kruise in November. Four By Fate: Tod Howarth - Frehley's Comet / Four By Fate / Cheap Trick John Regan - Frehley's Comet / Four By Fate / Peter Frampton Pat Gasperini - Four By Fate Rob Affuso - Skid Row / Four By Fate The Lovely Jennifer Who Bogarts the Mic Andy Moyen - Organizer - Kiss Gathering Dennis Talbott - Ages Of Rock Podcast Chris Cogdall - Gives Us a Report On The Chicago Vault Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Four By Fate Frehley's Comet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Indy Kiss Konfessionals Day One. - It's gonna be a long weekend people!! Find out what happens when you have the Expo to end all Expos dedicated to the greatest Rock n Roll band on earth - KISS. The 20th anniversary Indy Kiss Expo was celebrated in rock star fashion this month, with a special guest list that was 2nd to none in Kiss World. In fact it seemed like just about everyone except Gene and Paul were in attendance. You had appearances by: Ace Frehley, Michael James Jackson, Todd Kerns, Bill Starkey, Lydia Criss, Eric Singer, Karl Cochran, Robert Fleischman, Roman Fernandez, Bruce Kulick, Anton Fig, Mark Slaughter, Big John Harte, Bobby Rock, Bob Kulick, Brent Fitz, Tod Howarth, John Regan, Lita Ford, Pat Gasperini, Ryan Spencer Cook, Phil Shouse, Jeremy Asbrock, Carrie Stevens, Chuck Garric, Rob Affuso. That was enough to keep your day busy, and then on top of all that at night, you had performances by The Kulick Brothers, The Gene Simmons Band (minus Gene), Four By Fate, an All Star Jam featuring Eric Singer and Ace Frehley, People like Lita Ford and Chuck Garric sitting in on various songs all highlighted by a two song reunion by the original Frehley's Comet. Growin' Up Rock was on site and recording the full two days. If you were unable to attend or you were there but can't remember, have no fear, we did our best to talk with Kiss fans, and many of the artist in attendance who were performing so that we could share their rock n roll story. In this Day One, of what will be a Two Episode feature of the Podcast, we talked with the following People: Craig Gass - Comedian / TV Jody Havenot - Podcast Rock City Co-Host Brent Fitz - Slash, Gene Simmons Band, and The Kulick Brothers Band Carolyn-Bae Jones - Kiss Fanatic ET Brown - Kiss Fanatic and Bass Player in Blonder Than Hell Eric Alberty - Kiss Fanatic Todd Kerns - Slash, Gene Simmons Band, and The Kulick Brothers Band Brad Rusthoven - Kiss Fanatic Christopher Williams - Kiss Fanatic and Drummer Of Accept Noah Algee - Kiss Fanatic Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Slash Toque Accept Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's it all about? It's about Life, Love, & Rock n Roll. At least that's what Sonny and I think. On this episode we find out how a band called Granny 4 Barrel made so much noise and a lasting impression after I showed up late and completely missed their live set. We discuss the upcoming summer concert series. I tell you all about playing hooky on a school night in order to rock n roll my way through the mean streets of Atlanta, while Sonny travels from city to city, selling his companies cult like wears. We decide that part of hanging out and shooting the shit about concerts and our wives, is also playing a little Def Leppard, Kix, Nordic Union, Billy Idol, Hell's Addiction, and The Darkness. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS The Darkness Kix Nordic Union Hell's Addiction Billy Idol Def Leppard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whitesnake's guitarist, Joel Hoekstra is the perfect portrait of what today’s guitar god looks like. The man comes across as humble with true personal values, but on stage just enough attitude and swagger that draws you in, and has you standing on your chair with your fist raised high above your head. Oh, and we can’t forget the most important trait in a guitar hero. You must be able to wield your guitar like a sword in an all out musical war, which Joel does without a doubt. In this episode we talk with Whitesnake guitarist, Joel Hoekstra. Joel is a guitar hero in demand and has built a solid resume that is second to none. Joel is currently part of one of the best twin guitar attacks in rock n roll playing alongside Reb Beach in Whitesnake. In addition to Whitesnake, Joel spends the rest of his year sharing the stage with Cher, and Trans Siberian Orchestra. Joel Hoekstra has not only recorded several solo albums, including Joel Hoekstra’s 13, an album Joel released in 2015 which is more a collection of actual songs, rather than a collection of instrumentals which you might expect in a guitar players solo effort. Joel spent several years as a partner in crime with Brad Gillis to the dual guitar efforts of Night Ranger and playing in the Broadway production of Rock Of Ages. We talk with Joel about his earliest memories around his musical upbringing and discuss his gateways into Rock n Roll. We get into all the musical relationships he has built with so many of today's superstars and how his work ethic and positive attitude has made him in demand and given him many opportunities that most musicians in his line of work would kill to have. Joel picks a handful of songs from Whitesnake and Joel Hoekstra 13 to share with the listeners and we talk about the upcoming Whitesnake tour with Foreigner as well as a new album coming from Whitesnake. PHOTO CREDIT : IGOR VIDYASHEV Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Joel Hoekstra Whitesnake Night Ranger Michael Sweet TSO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for another episode of This Ain’t No Disco, and this year we are talking and rocking all things happening in 1989. Rock n Pod 2 VIP contributor Jason Kearney joins Steven and Hollywood for another episode of "This Ain’t No Disco". Jason picked the year 1989 to feature some great albums released and pick several great tracks to play. We talk to Jason about why ‘89 meant so much to him when he was growing up, and Sonny and Steven try to search their failing memories to figure out exactly what they were doing in ‘89. Jason, Steven, and Sonny have a great time hanging out talking rock in roll, and discussing some of the events, music, movies, and television that capture the attention of the world in 1989. Want to be part of the Podcast? Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Tesla D.A.D Masters Of Reality Badlands Bad English Tangier Overkill Sea Hags Tora Tora Junkyard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Indy Kiss Expo is coming up fast and furious and the Growin' Up Rock Podcast will be on site and recording all the festivities. This will be the Kiss Expo to end all Kiss Expos with this crazy lineup of guest. Pretty much everyone except Paul and Gene will be in attendance and we got you covered. Hollywood and I decided to put together a little bonus episode of the Podcast to run down all the people appearing at the expo as well as take the time to play a handful of tunes related to some of the very cool guest that will be in attendance. If you happen to be in Indy for the expo, please make sure you stop by and say hello to Sonny or me. We would love to say hello. Check out this Amazing Line Up: Saturday's Expo confirmed guests: Eric Singer Ace Frehley Bob Kulick Michael James Jackson Brent Fitz Todd Kerns Bill Starkey Lydia Criss Karl Cochran Robert Fleischman Roman Fernandez The Gene Simmons Band (minus Gene Simmons) John Harte Lita Ford Carrie Stevens Saturday's live performance: Eric Singer, Bob Kulick, Todd Kerns, Brent Fitz & special appearance by Ace Frehley! The Gene Simmons Band will be performing also minus Gene Simmons. Sunday's Expo confirmed guests: Ace Frehley Bruce Kulick Bob Kulick Anton Fig John Regan Tod Howarth Mark Slaughter Brent Fitz Todd Kerns Lita Ford Carrie Stevens Bobby Rock Confirmed- Not sure which day. Sunday's live performance: The Bruce & Bob Kulick Band with special appearance by Ace Frehley! Also Four by Fate will be playing! Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The amazing and super talented Grammy award winning guitarist Steve Stevens is interviewed on this episode of the Growin' Up Rock Podcast. Long time Billy Idol guitarist and songwriter Steve Stevens was gracious enough to spend time with me and tell me some of his rock n roll story. In this interview we cover a massive amount of ground in Steve's career starting with his youth and growing up in NY to currently planning a summer tour with Billy Idol. We discuss his long time partnership with Billy Idol, putting his name on the Atomic Playboys project, the many collaborations he's had with Vince Neil, Michael Jackson, and The Top Gun soundtrack just to name a few. Steve picks a few choice cuts to play that just don't get enough love from his work with Vince Neil, The Atomic Playboys Project and of course Billy Idol. As always, we believe in music and the artist that create it. Get our there and support live and recorded rock n roll music. Listen up Growin' Up Rock Listeners!! We need your help Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation for the perk of your choice, to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Billy Idol Website Steve Stevens Facebook Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Steve Stevens Billy Idol Michael Jackson Vince Neil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We Love Prince and we like it heavy, so we want to celebrate the rock n roll side of his music on this 2nd anniversary of his passing. Legends never die. “I never meant to cause use any sorrow, I never meant to cause you any pain…” Whether Prince was preaching to the crowd, telling a personal story or encouraging everyone to get funky, the messages were loud and clear. Although he is no longer physically present, he lives with us through his incredible music. On We like it heavy: Prince we discuss the iconic artist, Prince. Although we all love “the hits”, we go a little deeper and cover the more guitar driven rock tracks. There are not many mainstream artists that appeal to the hardcore rock/heavy metal fans. It’s just not cool in our narrowly focused world. But, Prince seemed to connect to everyone. So, whether you love pop, R&B, rock, or funk, there is Prince music for everyone at Growin’ Up Rock. Turn it up! Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Prince Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loverboy lead guitarist Paul Dean is a rare breed in a rock band. He’s loyal to almost a fault, and in a world dominated by Guitar Gods, his ego is checked at the door while focusing on writing music not to suit his own stature, but rather put his lead singer Mike Reno in the best possible situation to use what Paul says is “one of the best rock voices in history” Formed in Calgary in 1979, Loverboy ruled the rock airwaves and MTV from 80 -85 with an amazing string of hits and platinum albums. Tunes like “Turn Me Loose”, “Hot Girls In Love”, “Lovin’ Every Minute Of It”, “Working For The Weekend”, and more. After a successful debut album with Canadian rockers Streetheart, Paul Dean was sent packing back to Calgary where he got back up on the horse, coming together with rock solid vocalist Mike Reno to form Loverboy. Paul Dean was instrumental in the success of Loverboy, co-writing on almost all the songs for the first 4 records, which by the way were the ones that made Loverboy a household name in the 80s. In this episode, Growin’ Up Rock’s Steven Michael talks on the phone with Loverboy’s guitarist Paul Dean to discuss his early years, growing up in a remote Canadian resort area, playing around the campfires, and seeing Jimi Hendrix and Vanilla Fudge play live. We get into his early bands, Loverboy, and what he feels his role in the band has always been. We discuss why he thinks Loverboy’s members have stayed in tact for so many years continuing to play out live each and every year. We talk about the release of his new single and solo album, and just have a genuinely great conversation with one of Steven’s many influential Growin’ Up Rock bands Like always - Get out there and support live and recorded rock n roll music. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Paul Dean Music Loverboy Music Paul Dean & Loverboy Social Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Hippie Coalition. Formed in Denison, Texas by vocalist Big Dad Ritch and former bass player John Exall, the band plays a brand of music they they call "Red Dirt Metal". Imagine if you will, that bands could get together and have a Rock n Roll Love Child. Figuratively speaking if ZZ Top, and Pantera were to get together they would have for sure bred something sounding a lot like Texas Hippie Coalition. Texas Hippie Coalition has been on a consistent run of putting out an album every two years since 2008. Pride Of Texas (08), Rollin (10), Peacemaker (12), Ride On (14), Dark Side Of Black (16) have all been very consistent in sound, flying the flag high for Texas and that "Red Dirt Metal" sound. The song "Hands Up" showed up on a Spotify recommendation list for me, and since Spotify had done such a great job in the past with its recommendations for me, I was game to hit play and I'm glad I did. In that song, I heard a larger than life arena rock anthem with southern attitude and heavy guitar aggression, I had not heard since my last spin of a Pantera album. They are not near as "Thrashy" as Pantera, but I think that southern flair mixed with the heavy guitars is what makes me think Pantera a little. Guitarist Cord Pool, Nevada Romo, and Drummer Tim Braun, along with vocalist and founding "MC" Big Dad Ritch, flood the speakers and stages of the world with a "get up and break some shit" attitude. This is what initially attracted me to the band, and why I set out to find out more about this band of outlaws, I knew very little about other than the name which I had heard in circles previously. I reached out to have that conversation with Big Dad Ritch and find out more about this "new to me" band, I had embraced and wanted to share with the Growin' Up Rock audience. What I found in this interview was a dude who is absolutely dedicated to his music and his fans, which in this day and age is refreshing. All bands say they love their fans, but as you will find out THC practices what they preach in making it feel like one big sweaty rock n roll family. BDR and I talk about the upcoming tour, keeping on track with putting out a new album in 2018 and some fun memories and stories about growing up in Texas, his dedicated fans, and a brush with greatness that included the late great Stevie Ray Vaughn and Dimebag Daryl. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 25th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review You can help out the Podcast by doing all of your shopping at Amazon using our link below. Click on the Amazon banner below and it takes you to the Amazon site where you shop as normal. It coast you exactly the same, but the podcast gets a very small fee as a partner which help us pay to get our shows out each and every week. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Texas Hippie Coalition Music Texas Hippie Coalition Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Cha' Listening to right now? We love to hear from the listeners about what music is floating their boat currently old or new. We encourage you to go to our Facebook page and share it. Sonny and Steven went the extra mile for people and decided to give the listeners a bonus episode, We sit down, drink a little wine, and share some music that is new and a little that is older that has them pressing replay on their phones right now. They talk a little about some of the new and older stuff they are discovering, along with picking out a couple of choice cuts they feel is Friday night listening worthy. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our ITUNES or FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Pick up some great music at Amazon using our Amazon store Link below Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Gotthard Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons Vandroya Judas Priest Ratt The New Roses OTHER STUFF STEVEN & SONNY ARE LISTENING TO NOW: Texas Hippie Coalition Stone Machine Enuff Z Nuff Voodoo Circle Trouble Tribe Saxon Whitford / St. Holmes John Corabi Diemonds AC/DC: Bon Scott era John Waite Gene the Werewolf Theocracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wanted a good girl gone bad? A wild woman? A sexy temptress? The girl next door, who is much more than you fantasized about? A girl gone bad is what every red blooded male secretly wants. We ALL love a bad girl.......at least for a little while. We here at Growin' Up Rock, are not a whole lot different. In our youth, we were drawn to rock n roll and hard rock in particular because it was a little dangerous, rebellious, and most importantly the chicks flocked to it. Make no mistake about it, every teenage dude wants to play in a band, because he wants to score high points with the ladies. Since the early days of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles, rock n roll was cool and seem to attract the bad girl or at least a good girl dreaming of being bad. Steven and Sonny talk about their secret fantasies that involve scantily clad women, rock n roll videos, fire breathing dragons, and the 7 dwarfs..........OK that last part was totally and completely made up, but I bet it made you raise an eyebrow or at least chuckle. Help us fund the Rock N Pod Expo 2 this year in Nashville. August 26th - Hopefully you can come but if not, please consider being a VIP and making a donation to make this happen. Use the link below. Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast ********For Any of the killer music you want to pick up please help out the Podcast by using our Amazon link below to do your shopping. It cost you absolutely the same amount but we get a small kickback from Amazon for using our link.******** Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS John Corabi WASP Babylon A.D. Devil’s Train Escape the Fate Jackyl Alcatrazz Adrenaline Rush Theory of a Deadman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Episode of Growin' Up Rock, Sonny and Steven are Talking Rock with Talking Metal's main man Mark Strigl. You think you know a few things about Talking Metal and about Mark Strigl, but you have no idea. The fellas have a great time digging into Mark's Growin' Up Rock past and talking all things music. Mark has been doing a rock podcast since 2005, and In fact when Mark started, you could count the amount of Podcast dedicated to rock music on one hand. Now a days the market is flooded with plenty of killer rock podcast available to help get you through the daily grind of work and life and Talking Metal along with Growin' Up Rock is a nice place for you to start. Mark has interviewed tons of great guest over the years, and has plenty of great stories to share, but Mark's story is so much more than extensive and entertaining than just hosting a Podcast. We get into Mark's Growin' Up Rock story as he shares with us how a rock and metal loving dude, who once felt out of place and like a "geek" among the rockers of the 80s, quickly adapted to the grunge music of the 90s and became comfortable as a "cool kid" working at MTV and VH1. Mark's story includes attending Berklee School Of Music, playing in numerous bands around the New York area, and working at MTV, VH1, Sci-Fi Channel and Fuse while getting the opportunity to jam on Video with various musicians from bands like Exodus, Overkill, Twisted Sister, and more. Mark is not a rock star that sold millions of albums, but he has a great and entertaining story that any music fan is going to enjoy, so delay no more and check out our convo with Mark Strigl from Talking Metal. A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Rock N Pod 2 Go Fund Me Talking Rock Talking Metal Facebook KISS Iron Maiden Thunder Mother The Beatles Oasis The Who Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Ma!!, I'm going solo. In what could very well become a on-going series for Growin' Up Rock down the road, Steven, Hollywood, along with very special guest Joe Polo from Podcast Rock City join forces to discuss several artist who have left or taken a break from the Mothership bands that helped create their famous status in the first place, to go solo or join forces with other artist in a new venture to create kick ass rock n roll. One never knows what drives an artist to leave one creative force to join another or in many situations set out on their own to in a sense become their own boss, and take their careers into their own hands. Maybe its money, or maybe its ego. Perhaps its a "yes" man by their side telling them how great they are, and how they are the "real" talent in the band. Hell, for all we know it's as simple as they hate the other dudes in the band and just need to get away. Either way, it has provided the fans and buyers of all things music, both trainwrecks, and absolute gems of new music to crank loud and proud. In this first installment of the series, we go deep on a few artist and tracks to find some really great hard rocking stuff to jam the speakers with and on other selections we stay a little closer to the obvious, while choosing maybe the not so obvious tunes to play. We have great time visiting with Joe Polo and find out a little about his Growin' Up Rock story. We find out that Joe does like other music besides just Kiss and maybe in not much of a surprise, one of Joe's selections for the night involves Kiss, go figure, I never saw that coming. We hope you enjoy this episode, and that you share some of your selections on our Facebook page to start the conversation with other listeners. The one thing we found out when starting to research this episode, was the massive amount of artist especially in today's musical environment that have created awesome music as a solo act or part of a completely new band apart from what originally they were know for. This is exactly what inspired the reason this may become a on-going series for the GUR team. Word Of The Day tenebrous adjective TEN-uh-brus 1 : shut off from the light : dark, murky 2 : hard to understand : obscure 3 : causing gloom A Special Thanks to Our Friends in Restrayned fo the Awesome Show Intro Music and Transitions!! Go to their Website Here Podcast Rock City Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Nuno / Mourning Widows Saints Of The Underground David Lee Roth Sammy Hagar Paul Gilbert Kix Funny Money Hardline Ace Frehley Velvet Revolver Paul Stanley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to spin the Growin' Up Rock cell phone roulette wheel of rock n roll. Steve and Hollywood, pull out their personal cell phones and let the shuffle button dictate exactly what music is going to be played on the show this evening. Have no fear, they have made sure specific for this episode that their massive and diverse libraries have been segregated to only include killer rock n roll music, so we don't unwillingly play some of that Hall & Oates, or Flock Of Seagulls that Hollywood loves so much. We have no idea what music will be played until the shuffle happens but what we do know is that it will be loud and rockin. We also discuss some of the completely ridiculous other Podcast that we listen to and why we are at war with most of them. How politics and religion play a part in us choosing the music we play and what it all means. OK that last part was completely made up and really has nothing to do with this latest episode. We never get into politics or religion and we pretty love most of the other podcast we listen to and in fact are friends with those guys. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Buckcherry Joe Lynn Turner Philip Sayce Lynam Firehouse Thunder Mother Junkyard Voodoo Circle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Klassik ‘78 is a sonic trip back to your bedroom circa 1978, with your Kiss records on the turntable cranked up , distorting the cheap speakers ever so slightly in order to shake the walls while your parental units were away. Steve and Sonny are back with another interview with Klassik ‘78 (Steve interviewed K78 mastermind Tom in EP 2 - Listen to it Here). This time around the guys interview Joe (Aka The Voice Of Paul Stanley) from Klassik ‘78. Joe talks about the recording of the new EP “Side Two” and they go track by track through the new tunes and discuss how he ended up with K78, along with his role in the band. They also have a little fun talking about Joe’s favorite Kiss albums in a lightning round. If you are not familiar with Klassik ‘78, the best way to describe them is a band that records completely original music that sounds Exactly like ‘74 - ‘78 era Kiss. Make no mistake about it, this shit is good, from the classic sound of the recording to the way the songs are written and come across to the listener. To a Kiss Army soldier, this is a musical wet dream. If you are a Kiss freak and have followed the band over the years, then you are completely aware that time keeps moving and the bands sound has moved right along with it, but hearing Klassik ‘78, makes it OK to be a kid again and remember why you became a Kiss fan in the first place. Not only does K78 produce that classic sound from an era long gone by a band loved by so many, but the original songs they are writing and recording are freakin great. Don’t get me wrong, you are not going to see Klassik ‘78 songs at the top of today's charts, but you we’rent going to see Kiss there back in ‘78 either and their music kicked ass. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Klassik ‘78 Klassik ‘78 Website Kiss Paul Stanley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enuff Z' Nuff is a band from the late 80s formed in Chicago by current bass player and vocalist Chip Z' Nuff and former vocalist Donnie Vie, that in my opinion never got a fair shake. They may or may not have contributed to their own trials and tribulations through sex, drugs, alcohol, and bad decisions, but no matter the issues and who was to blame, the bottom line was they wrote freaking great songs. Enuff Z' Nuff had a great mixture of fantastic melodies, huge hooks, lush harmonies, and hard rocking guitars. With a feel straight out of the Beatles catalog, but with their own spin, they were a power pop band at heart that were lumped into the hair metal category with many others from that era. Growin' Up Rock attended a local concert and sat down with Chip Z' Nuff after soundcheck to talk about his and the bands early days. We talk about how a visit to the Howard Stern show changed the path of the band and we get insight into the current band lineup. Chip gives us exciting news about a brand new upcoming release "Diamond Boy" due out in June on Frontiers Records. The band played a fantastic set that night on the bill with Junkyard, and The all female tribute band "The Iron Maidens" Chip looked right at home as the frontman and sounded great singing all the old material. The rest of the band, Tony Fennell: Guitar, Tory Stoffregen: Guitar, and Dan Hill: Drums were tight and all great players in their own right. The Friday night crowd was treated to the following set: Baby Loves You Kiss The Clown Heaven Or Hell In The Groove Solo Section Jean Genie (Bowie Cover) Fly High Michelle New Thing Dog On A Bone Wheels If the band comes to your neighborhood, make sure you get out there and support them and any other killer rock n roll bands that are out there playing each and every night. Help keep Rock n Roll alive by supporting live and recorded music. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Enuff Z’ Nuff Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Super group Sons Of Apollo vocalist Jeff Scott Soto has embraced his artistry and explored many genres of music that make him happy. Being able to be creative in so many different genres of music has not only made Jeff a go to singer by many artist and producers, but it shows just how well rounded a musician Jeff Scott Soto has become. He might of gone on to be the permanent replacement singer for Steve Perry in Journey or perhaps even the new singer in Queen replacing the legendary Freddie Mercury, but then he would have felt trapped in a box, performing songs he loves, but someone else created, instead of giving him the creative outlet he craved as an artist and being able to share his gift of melody and hooks with the world. On this episode of Growin' Up Rock, we sit down with Sons Of Apollo vocalist Jeff Scott Soto and take a high view walk through less talked about parts of his career. We find out how Co-Host Sonny Pooni's Musical Man Crush started his musical journey in life and how he may have almost become Queen's new singer. We get into his current role with SOA, and find out how he works gaining his individual identity in a band of Superstar instrumentalist. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Sons Of Apollo Jeff Scott Soto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 awesome people we get to meet. In the second and final part of our Kiss Konfessionals from the 2018 Kiss Expo in Atlanta, we finish strong in a celebration of Vinnie Vincent & Kiss fandom. Everyone had a Rock n Roll story to share with Growin' Up Rock on how they found Kiss and how it affected their lives. What songs and albums they prefer, and how it feels when we ask them to choose their favorite Kiss Song / Album, comparing it often to choosing their favorite child. The Expo included Bob Kulick, Ron Keel, Eddie Trunk, Robert Fleischman, Big John Harte, and the headlining name on the marquee, Vinnie Vincent. The return of the Ankh Warrior after more than 20 years out of the public eye. A BIG THANK YOU JULIAN GILL FOR THE BOOK DONATION!! Find Julian's Book Here Special Thanks To: Abby Kurtz Chris Czynszak AAron Camaro Eli Bresock Little Emma Ethan Shaffner Joe Becht Joe Polo Lee Kinley Mark Strigl Max From Argentina Mike Walker Mike Williams Tuk Watts The MK Bandit (Matthew Roblez) Paul Stonick Ryan Peck Wicked Wyatt Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Vinnie Vincent Bob Kulick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 reclusive Vinnie Vincent, shopping for cool Kiss related stuff, and sharing stories while laughing the whole time. We wanted reactions to the Expo atmosphere and we got them. We set up shop for the weekend just so we could talk to fans, fellow podcasters, and a few guest surprises along the way. Everyone had a Rock n Roll story to share with Growin' Up Rock on how they found Kiss and how it affected their lives. What songs and albums they prefer, and how it feels when we ask them to choose their favorite Kiss Song / Album, comparing it often to choosing their favorite child. The Kiss Expo included Bob Kulick, Ron Keel, Eddie Trunk, Robert Fleischman, Big John Harte, and the headlining name on the marquee, Vinnie Vincent. The return of the Ankh Warrior after more than 20 years out of the public eye. In Part One of this two part episode we get some interesting stories from a guy who was actually at the taping of the Magic Mountain concert, to someone who purchased a producer credit Gene Simmons Vault Experience for their daughter. How freakin cool is that? We find out just how and when some of our fellow Podcasters became Kiss fans growing up. One of Our 1st Raffle Winners From The Expo!! Special Thanks To: BIG THANK YOU TO JULIAN GILL FOR THE BOOK DONATIONS!! Find Julian's Books Here Big John Harte Bill Algee Anthony (Aka Vinnie Vincent Face Painter) Carolyn Chris Dunnett Dennis Talbott Holly Hernandez Jody Havenot Kevin Williams Michael Good Tracy Brinkmann Randy Brown PRISS Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Vinnie Vincent Bob Kulick Keel Ron Keel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 reclusive Vinnie Vincent, shopping for cool Kiss related stuff, and sharing stories while laughing the whole time. We wanted reactions to the Expo atmosphere and we got them. We set up shop for the weekend just so we could talk to fans, fellow podcasters, and a few guest surprises along the way. Everyone had a Rock n Roll story to share with Growin' Up Rock on how they found Kiss and how it affected their lives. What songs and albums they prefer, and how it feels when we ask them to choose their favorite Kiss Song / Album, comparing it often to choosing their favorite child. The Expo included Bob Kulick, Eddie Trunk, Robert Fleischman, Big John Harte, and the headlining name on the marquee, Vinnie Vincent. The return of the Ankh Warrior after more than 20 years out of the public eye. In this bonus episode / preview, you will get a taste of what's to come in the upcoming weeks, as we release a couple of fully loaded episodes including tons of mini interviews and some damn good Kiss and Vinnie Vincent music. Special Thanks To: Lance Elias AAron Camaro And our 1st Raffle WINNER - Keith Flournoy Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store KISS Vinnie Vincent Bob Kulick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 title. The bottom line is that we found some awesome music that you may or may not have heard yet and it's guaranteed to get your year and work week off to a loud crashing rock n roll ruckus. Crank it up on your way to work or while your hanging out around the house. Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Lifechanger Black Label Society Warrant AC/DC Armored Saint Van Halen Y&T Sweet & Lynch Halestorm Biters Sammy Hagar KISS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Atlanta. Andrea, shares a few secrets about what they have in store for the Expo visitors as well as whether or not she is a real Kiss fan. We get into a quick lightning round and talk about them backing up Ron Keel at his performance at the Expo. Andrea's Bio: Andrea Zermeno was born in Los Angeles and was exposed to music at a very early age, her family always had something tasty on the turntable. She studied under the guidance of legendary session bassist Carol Kaye. Andrea is also a member of Thundherstruck The Ultimate All Girl AC/DC Tribute. Andrea has toured the US and Europe as well as performed for US Armed Forces in the Middle East, Central Asia, Germany and Japan. Her bands have opened up for such acts as Alice Cooper, Toto, Grand Funk Railroad, Styx, John Fogerty, etc... Andrea is endorsed by ESP Basses, Aguilar Amplification and EV Microphones. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Kiss Music PRISS Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 which he won a Grammy. Bob has cemented his place in rock n roll history, but his story is not one that is up front and familiar to most. Although his younger brother Bruce Kulick may have gotten more attention becoming a member of Kiss in the 80s and 90s for a span of 12 years, Bob also is part of the Kiss family having played on many of the bands albums. Bob has seen and done plenty in the world of Rock, Pop, and R&B that no doubt will supply him with an endless amount of stories to fill an entertaining book one day. Until that book comes out, he was kind enough to spend a little time with us and talk about topics like growing up around New York in the late 60s and meeting artist like Jimi Hendrix as well as playing some of the famous venues around town like Cafe Wha. As an added bonus and because we wanted to test Bob’s cat like reflexes, we threw a bunch of random questions at him in a “Lightning Round” or not so lightning round - You decide. Bob was a great sport and we had a lot of fun grilling him on some of his preferred taste revolving around music. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Bob Kulick Kiss Meatloaf Bob Kulick Facebook Page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 our expectation are going to be and what we are looking forward to most. Julian and I have a little fun and create our ultimate 6 -Pack EP of Vinnie Vincent / Kiss / Invasion songs to rock out this short but entertaining bonus preview. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Julian Gill Books Kiss FAQ Podcast Kiss Vinnie Vincent Music Atlanta Kiss Expo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 upcoming Atlanta Kiss Expo, and what better way to do this, then by exploring the Vinnie Vincent Family Tree. We discuss Vinnie’s early years, his time in Kiss, and The Invasion. We get into some rare demos from Warrior and talk about some of the interesting recordings we have come across including songs with The Bangles, Wendy O’ Williams, Jeff Scott Soto, and John Waite. and if that was not enough, we bust Sonny's balls about being a social media icon. Don't miss the music or laughs and check out this episode. We are sure you will not regret it. This will kick off an amazing several week of Kiss related content, from upcoming interviews with Kiss FAQ host Julian Gill, Bob Kulick, Klassik '78, and some other special surprises. It will all bubble over into February with releases of our coverage of the Atlanta Kiss Expo. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Vinnie Vincent Music Kiss John Waite John Norum Audrey Horne Decibel Geek Podcast Atlanta Kiss Expo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Think Of You,” they never really exploded like some of their contemporaries. Member changes and management changes during the recording of their third release “Head First” didn’t help matters, nor did mega changes at their record label. Wally Stocker In my opinion, The Babys helped lay the blueprint in the mid ‘70s for melodic hard rock and AOR that would birth many bands which would shape the massive rock sound in the 80s. Over the years, The Babys lineup has included members John Waite who had a successful solo career with the hits “Missing You” and “Changes,” Jonathan Cain who went on to become a integral part of Journey at the pinnacle of their career, and Ricky Phillips who played alongside Waite, Cain and Neal Schon in Bad English and also has been a part of Styx since ‘03. Drummer Tony Brock went on to play with Rod Stewart for 12 years as well as for Sir Elton John, and he also produced Australian superstars Jimmy Barnes and Keith Urban. Lead Guitarist Wally Stocker had a post-Babys career with Air Supply and Rod Stewart. Now in 2018 with its newest members John Bisaha (Bass and Lead Vocals), guitarist Joey Sykes, keyboardist Francesco Saglietti and The Babettes Holly Bisaha and Elisa Chadbourne joining founders Brock and Stocker, the band is back with a classic but current Babys sound. Check out their latest release and make sure you see them live when they hit your city. It’s worth your efforts as the band is garnering a lot of new buzz for the live shows and their new material. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store The Babys Music John Waite Music Journey Music Bad English Music The Babys Pledge Music The Babys Official Website The Babys Facebook Page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 some hard rock and metal releases of 2017 that we absolutely loved, ranking them 10 thru 6. Now that we got the bottom, but awesome half out of the way, we charge forward to the end of the year with our top 5 releases and it will come as no surprise that Hollywood and Steve O have picked a plethora of kick ass rock n roll to play and talk about. Because music is not the only thing in our lives for 2017, we also talk about other things that had an effect on us for the year. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Buy through our Amazon link and help support the podcast and music featured: Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store The Biters Inglorious Greta Van Fleet Sons Of Apollo Revolution Saint Jeff Scott Soto Warrant Richie Kotzen Honorable mentions: depending on the day you ask us LA Guns - The Missing Peace Adrenaline Mob - We The People Adrenaline Rush - Soul Survivor Terry Ilous - Gypsy Dreams Mark Slaughter - Halfway There Mr. Big - Defying Gravity Bigfoot - S/T Bob Kulick - Skeletons in the Closet The Darkness - Pinewood Smile Klassik '78 (Side One and Side Two - Makes A Full Album) Lynch Mob - The Brotherhood Iron Maiden-Book of Souls: The Live Chapter Dead Daisies - Live and Louder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 cats and dogs pure hard rockin’ tunes. Sonny and I talk about music that has moved us in 2017 along with some of our other favorite things about 2017. This is a epic 2 part episode that has Sonny and I discussing everything from music to movies and TV, but what it contains most of all, is ear splitting hard rock from just a few of the bands we think released great music in 2017. So crank it up and enjoy this podcast on your way to share the holidays with your loved ones or while your wrapping that ugly sweater you are about to re-gift. YES - I see you. It's Okay, we approve. Website: growinuprock.com - Contact us and tell us your story or what you like and don’t like about the show. FaceBook: Give us a Like and Tell us your story @ growinuprock Twitter: @growinuprock Instagram: @growinuprock Support and Buy Music Featured Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Accept Sweet & Lynch Black Star Riders Warrant Broken Teeth Great White Night Ranger Steelheart Black Aces Eclipse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 songs that either include a color or number in the title. The first episode will focus more on deeper cuts from some very well known bands, and some great rocking tracks from a few lesser known bands that we love here at GUR. We are only scratching the surface on what will become another recurring theme in various future episodes. Let us know how you like the theme, and if you would like to see more of this type of theme in the future. In please make sure you go to our Facebook or Twitter page and share some of your favorite band's or song that include a number or color in the title. Website: growinuprock.com - Contact us and tell us your story or what you like and don’t like about the show. FaceBook: Give us a Like and Tell us your story @ growinuprock Twitter: @growinuprock Instagram: @growinuprock Support Live and Recorded Rock N Roll Music!! BUY FEATURED ARTIST: Koritni Adrenaline Rush Tora Tora Lynam Black N Blue Bon Jovi Hurricane Damn Yankees Todd Kerns Icarus Witch Black Veil Brides Kiss Slash Bigfoot WORD OF THE DAY: “Soporific” - sah-puh-RIFF-ik Tending to cause Sleep or tending to dull awareness “The soporific effects of this band had me fighting to stay awake” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 for acts like The Offspring and Enuff Z'Nuff. Bob is now in TV and entertainment production out in Los Angeles and has many more stories to share that we just did not get time to get into with him, so we will in the future, try to get Bob back on to share some of the fun with all of you. 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 platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Van Halen The Offspring Rush Jerry Lee Lewis Sammy Hagar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 share those memories and opening kick ass songs with all of our fellow rock n rollers. THAT’s ALL OF YOU!! Word On The Day - “Loquacious” Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Our Spotify Weekly Growin’ Up Rock N Run Playlist Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Extreme Kid Rock Def Lep Dio Judas Priest Van Halen Ratt Night Ranger Rage Against The Machine Skid Row Motley Crue Black Label Society Whitesnake Scorpions Kiss Iron Maiden Tom Petty “Grown Ups Of The Week” Jody Havenot Thom Dust Helmut Eppich Allan Tate Jay Szczeblewski Harry Cippotter Rick Friel Adam Cox Andy Lafon Lingua Morris Luis Delgado Courtney Cronin Dold Andrew Jacobs SebbyAnn21 (on Twitter) Chris Czynzak Brian Spect The Wannabes Hairnet Radio KERS1967 (on Twitter) New Rock Unchained Steve Wright Samuel Wetz EMZT Productions Kathy Hamilton Dee Varkinstock Nicole Eddington Knighthawk Restrayned HeartofMarkness (A Led Zeppelin podcast) Shane A. Hebert The Reverend (Twitter) Save Rock n Metal (Twitter) Eddie the Axe (Twitter) Could Have Happened (Twitter) Darryl Alber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 of the most iconic and influential rock n roll bands in history, and the hard rock and metal bands that were influenced by not only their music, but the show, style, and attitude of these rock titans. In each "Under The Influence" episode, we will pick one iconic band we felt influenced many of the hard rock and metal bands we loved back in the day, and maybe some of the newer bands coming out today that we're digging on. So even if you are not a huge fan of the band we think were influential, the bands we will be featuring and the music we will be playing will be right up your alley. Everyone knows that you can’t discuss the term rock n roll without mentioning the Rolling Stones, so we thought this was as good a place as any to start. Bands like Aerosmith, GNR, Cinderella, Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, Kiss, The Black Crowes, and countless others were all influenced in some way by The Rolling Stones. Word of the day: Phenomenal Reviews: Colin Francis: “Hi there. Just wanted to say your last episode ballad is fantastic it has turned me onto some old rock bands I haven’t heard of which is unusual for me so at the moment I am checking all them bands out as we speak thanks and keep up the great work” Jason Kearney: “I was at a show of theirs (Tesla) here in Reno where I helped shield his mom as she was center and up front for the show and they played Mama's Fool. At the end of the song he said my momma didn't raise no fool, isn't that right momma? - totally cool moment.” “Grown Ups Of The Week” Tom Zimm Longbox Scavengers Restrayned Darryl Alber 60 minutes with podcast Thom Dust Knighthawk Jay Szczeblewski Derik Novak Podcast Rock City Save Rock N Metal Finnegan O’dell Emmanuel Goldstein Courtney Cronin Dold Eladio EMZT Productions Alexander Harry Cippotter Decibel Geek Podcast Jody Havenot Podder Than Hell Podcast Richard S Pearson Andrew Jacobs Chinokura Rock Tony Musallam Jason Alexander Digital Killed the Radio Star Shout Out To The Following For Their Listener Stories: Neil Bees Stephen Edmondson Dennis Talbott - “Ages Of Rock” Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store The Quireboys - This is Rock N Roll The Dog’s D’Amour - Debauchery Hanoi Rocks - Watcha Want The Cult-Dirty - Little Rockstar J.Geils Band - Takin’ You Down Black Crowes - Twice As Hard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, Scorpions, and the now infamous Blood, Sweat, & Beers tour with Warrant and Firehouse. Mark shared some stories and memories involving firearms, fireworks, and alcohol, along with a double-size helping of rock n roll. Mark's not just your average drummer pounding the skins with little or no musical inclination other than smashing the shit out of cymbals. While still a high school Trumpet player, Mark was awarded a special citation to attend the University of Hartford's Hartt School of Music over the summers and study music, which he puts to great use in the release of a new and traditional holiday EP called "Christmas Miracle." The first single is Mark's rendition of the classic "Ave Maria," and he will be giving 100% of the proceeds of the sale of the single to the worthy charity "Hope 4 Kids International" which focuses on serving children living in impoverished environments around the world. You can support the cause by picking up the EP for the holidays and sharing with friends and family. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast on the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Mark Gus Scott Trixter Music Christmas Miracle EP Hope 4 Kids International Charity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 an atomic stink bomb of a record. Agree to disagree with some of our fine selections? Let us know all about it. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Revolution Saints Arcade Motley Crue Scorpions Guns N Roses Kiss Bulletboys Blue Murder Extreme Shotgun Messiah Rush L.A. Guns Little Big Town Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 download and enjoy, because after all it’s free damit. 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 platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store The Beatles Stryper Ratt Metallica Radd The Ramones Rock N Roll Radio Podcast Podcast Rock City Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 songs that start out gently and woo you to a calm state before taking out that rolled newspaper and slapping you directly across your nose causing your eyes well up. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Special Thanks: “Grown Ups Of The Week” End of Days-band from Sacramento Jason Alexander ‘77Knighthawk Darryl Alber-hk collectibles Rick Friel Courtney Cronin Dold Adam Cox Luis Jose Ribero Tony Musallam Finnegan O’Dell Dinero Virtual Eric Valentine Ruben Garcia EMZT productions Restrayned Jody Havenot Thom 2 Dust Jake & Tom Conquer Podcast Second Press Podcast Dani Daly Craig Smith Jay Szczeblewski Bob Kulick liked his review 5 Star Reviews this week Andrew Jacobs Growin' Up Rock is an excellent rock podcast hosted by two very genuine and likeable fans of the genre, Steven Michael and Sonny Pooni. Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Crank It Up Spotlight Signs of the Time-Sons of Apollo (Psychotic Symphony) Steve’s Songs Tesla - Mama’s Fool Off Bust A Nut Dio - Don’t Talk To Stranger - Holy Diver Warrant - Music Man - Louder Harder Faster Southgang - Tug Of War - Group Therapy Monster Magnet - Space Lord - Powertrip Sonny’s Songs Can’t Believe-Lionsheart In for the Kill-Winger Shoot the Preacher Down-Bulletboys Out of Line-Buckcherry Coming Home-Scorpions Kisstoric Moment Rock Bottom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 to 11. “Grown Ups Of The Week” Steve Wright & Podder Than Hell Podcast Nerds with Words Podcast Darryl Alber (Agree w/you on UFO but not Deep Purple, also You're beginning to take up an inordinate amount of time in my week(ha,ha). Add "King Of All Podcasts" to Twitter profile.) Jake & Tom Conquer (Comic book podcast) Tony Musallam Emotionally 14 (gaming podcast) Tom Zimm Damon Rafiei LongBox Scavengers podcast Finnegan O’Dell Restrayned Rick Friel Marvin Groveau Five Star Reviews Tuck Watts - Classic Rock Drops Really solid podcast you guys have. Very professional and interesting topics. Thanks for the advice and help you guys have given to Mike and I over on Classic Rock Drops. I really appreciate it. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Steve's List Scary SDTK Trick or Treat Soundtrack - Play Trick Or Treat Just Plain Scary - King Diamond / Mercyful Fate - Black Funeral Lyrics Scary Song and Cover - Black Sabbath - Born Again - Hot Line Dangerous Toys - Scared Manson Scary Cover - The Golden Age Of Grotesque - Mobscene Sonny’s list Scary album cover: Iron Maiden-Fear of the Dark (play Chains of misery) Scary song: Rob Zombie-Dragula Scary concert I attended: Dio-Dream Evil (play Faces in the Window) Scary band you’ve never heard of: Widow-Life’s Blood (play Lady Twilight) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 @ growinuprock.com Follow and Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook pages - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store The Beatles Generation X Sex Pistols Ratt Curtis Stigers Police Duran Duran Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 down south during late October weather is sunny and in the high 60’s Podcast Tents where artist / Podcasters / and fans mix and record Rock Vendors including memorabilia / t Shirts / Albums Music Education - You learn about Rock music past and current new bands with listening stations / videos - seminars about the records / bands etc. Music Instrument Education - Includes School of Rock and Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp Food Demonstrations and tasting Wine / Beer / Whiskey Tasting Sonny’s Idea for Hollywood Fest will be a two day festival occurring in California at Dodger Stadium Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Growin’ Up Rock Amazon Store Crank It Up Spotlight Steelheart: My Dirty Girl Sonny’s Hollywood Fest Halestorm Disturbed Ozzy Osbourne w/Zakk Wylde Iron Maiden Winery Dogs Stryper Y&T Skid Row w/ Sebastian Bach Whitesnake Van Halen w/ Sammy, Dave & Gary Steven’s Past & Present Friday’s Lineup (PAST) Van Halen - (Headliner) (Van Halen does an hour with VH 1 in its entirety and a few other choice cuts from records up to Fair Warning - Then they come on and do another hour with Sammy Hagar playing only those tunes. Michael Anthony is back for the entire night. AC/DC - with Axl Judas Priest - Screaming Front to Back Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind Front to Back Saxon - Denim & Leather and Strong Arm Only Saturday (PRESENT) Metallica (Headliner) Foo Fighters Airbourne Diemonds Eclipse Inglorius Kisstoric Moment Skid Row: C’mon and Love Me Shuffle, Rattle, and Roll Song - Jellyfish Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow us on Twitter @growinuprock Like us and leave us a review on our FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices