Growin' Up Rock

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

Digital Killed The Radio Star host David Hudson dials in for this episode of Growin’ Up Rock’s Time Capsule. We talk about the Black Crowes and David’s trip to Atlanta to see two sold out nights in the band's hometown. He shares his Rock N Roll story and talks about why he has an absolute Love Affair with this band. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Follow and Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook pages - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at the platform of your choice and leave us a review Support Music / Artist / and Your Favorite Podcast Black Crowes Digital Killed The Radio Star Podcast Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This ain’t no disco, but it is a truckload of kick ass rock n roll. On this first installment of a recurring series on Growin’ Up Rock, Steve and Sonny play whatever the hell they want from albums released in a designated year. This first episode in the series will focus on music from albums released in 1978. This time period signaled the end of the disco era and rock music was just starting to take a heavier turn. Among tons of great music released in 1978, the debut album from Van Halen was released and the world of hard rock was never the same. 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 AC DC Whitesnake Lynch Mob Judas Priest Rose Tattoo Quiet Riot Joe Lynn Turner Rainbow UFO Van Halen Ace Frehley Styx Black Sabbath Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Podder Than Hell Podcast host Steve Wright serves up his time capsule Growin' Up Rock listener story, and shares his love for Kiss, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and rock n roll in general. We talk about his run in with a neighborhood tough guy that leads to rock n roll enlightenment and his first encounter with his current podcast co-host BC. Steve is an all around great guy with a love for killer music and we have a good time talking all about it. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so 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 Kiss Judas Priest Iron Maiden Kix Podder Than Hell Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nashville Journeyman Greg Mangus, has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in Rock N Roll. With a rocker's voice to kill for, Greg is an ever present character in Thee Rock N Roll Residency. Greg sits down to talk about his early days in the Florida clubs and time he spent in New York mixing it up with rock and R&B legends, before making his way to Nashville to reinvent himself and plant his feet firmly in the musical soil. Greg shares many great stories and memories, including what almost might have been a musical life changing event, that never quite happened. The right place at the right time paradox. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at your Podcast platform of choice and leave us a review Support Music and Artists: Greg Mangus Facebook AC DC Aerosmith Rod Stewart Van Halen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Becht, Growin’ Up Rock listener and occasional writer / Interviewer for Talking Metal Digital jumps in a time capsule with us to share some of his entertaining stories about growing up in Chicago and attending the legendary Disco Demolition at Comiskey Park in 1979. If you are not familiar with Disco Demolition, it was considered to be the end of the disco era, and the start of a rock n roll revolution. In addition to talking Disco Demolition we also talk to Joe about getting yelled at backstage at a Dio concert by the late, great Jimmy Bain. 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 Dio Aerosmith Kiss Cheap Trick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve makes the most out of a trip to Nashville and lines up a great interview with lead guitarist Phil Shouse from The Gene Simmons Band and Thee Rock N Roll Residency. Phil talks to Steve about his earliest rock n roll memories listening to Aerosmith, Van Halen, The Beatles, and Kiss. They also discuss how he and Jeremy Asbrock founded the Thee Rock N Roll Residency and how their friendship with Ryan Cook led them to the gig with Gene Simmons. Make sure to check out Steve's review of Thee Rock N Roll Residency Show that he saw while in Nashville, as well as make sure you check out the interview and Podcast he did with fellow Residency mainstay, Greg Mangus coming up later in October right here. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Support Music and the Artist: Aerosmith Kiss Van Halen Mutt Merch Thee Rock N Roll Residency The Gene Simmons Band The main photo of Phil you see is courtesy of FS Photos/Frank Serafine For other shots from Frank, please see https://facebook.com/photosbyfs/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s Growin’ Up Rock Time Capsule, listener and fellow podcaster Bill Algee from the Ages Of Rock Podcast shares one of his rock n roll stories about a once in a lifetime experience that involved Kiss, Gene Simmons, he and his son. He also talks about his musical connection with his kids and how his Dad took him to his first Kiss concert and how he paid it forward by taking his son later on in life. Bill with Son backstage with Gene Simmons Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest episode of GUR, Steve and Sonny talk about their musical ADD, as well as the musical attention span of the entire world. Does anyone listen to full length albums anymore or do you commit to building the perfect playlist? Do you still buy physical product like albums or CDs? Do you prefer to stream or download instead? What are the effects this is all having on the music and concert business today? We share our thoughts and try to gain some answers to these questions on a interesting topic that yields some surprising results. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Great White Kiss Ratt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Biters from Atlanta are an amazing band that channel rock n roll influences like T.Rex, The Sweet, Cheap Trick, AC DC, and even Tom Petty, yes I said Tom Petty, to carve out dirty, hook-laden rock/pop anthems that will have you pumping your fist and screaming for more. They create a sound from a rockin’ era long-lost, and somehow make it fresh and exciting yet familiar. The music comes from a place of honesty and integrity and just an all-around love and affection for classic rock of the 70’s and early 80s.Take away the labels and the influences and what you are left with is just damn catchy songwriting. When I reached out to main songwriter and frontman Tuk, I wanted to hear his Rock N Roll story, so I could understand how his influences shaped the musician he is and the songs he writes to create Biters music. Tuk & Steve Michael at the dog park Instead of the usual Skype call, studio interview, or tour bus talk, Tuk suggested we meet at a neighborhood dog park out in back of a cool little coffee house. It was an absolute beautiful day, and I was sold, yet a little hesitant because of sound quality, but what I got was a very cool interview, with all the sounds of nature, and dogs along with a great conversation and insight into what makes this great newer band tick. Don’t miss the fun and unique introduction to this episode, as I am helped out by my two Decibel Geek brothers, fellow podcasters, and Biters fans Chris and Aaron when I stopped by their Nashville studio. Make sure you check the Decibel Geek Podcast out as well. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Support Live & Recorded Music and Your Favorite Podcasts Biters Biters Website Biters Facebook Page Decibel Geeks Podcast Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growin' Up Rock listener Trevor McDougall shares his Rock N Roll Story with us. Find out how a Monk, Kiss, and a road trip to Toronto changed Trevor's life in his youth, and set him on a lifelong love of hard rock and metal music. Here is his some of his story in his words: "Like most I grew up with older K-Tel records from my folks and the country music playing outta the radio each morning. Without going into details I ended up going into foster care for a year and my brother and I went into a musicless home except ABBA. After a year of that (isn't that enough?!) I came home and the Children's Aid Society appointed me a "big Brother". When I met him I was astounded! It was a catholic monk! Brown robe and all". Want to hear more? Check out the Podcast!! Everyone's got a rock n roll story to tell, so make sure you tell us yours. Click here to share your story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War!! What are we fighting for? Sonny and I spend time discussing songs that deal with War. Because Sonny and I are both lovers not fighters, we give equal time to songs that deal with peace and love, but no matter whether its War or Peace, you can bet your ass it’s all rock n roll. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Support Music: Kiss Halestorm Black Label Society Metallica Europe The Cult Pantera Black Stone Cherry Rubicon Cross Quiet Riot Ozzy Osbourne One Desire Motley Crue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the latest episode of GUR, we talk with Restrayned guitarist and singer Tony Musallam. Restrayned is a hard and heavy unsigned band from the west coast. This band is a great example of fantastic undiscovered music that exist out in the world today. Is Rock dead? I sure as hell don’t think so, and you won’t either when you hear this cool conversation, and listen to a couple of tracks we play from these guys. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, Tony told us his, now tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Support Music: Restrayned Warrant Kiss Wasp Visit Restrayned Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this fun and informative episode of Growin’ Up Rock, Steve and Sonny show their love for the current replacement players of KISS, Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer. They explore their contributions to KISS as well as their previous bands and projects. So open up your mind and ears, step over the picket line of the KISS Army purists and give a little love to Tommy and Eric, because without them the Kiss flag may not still be flying today. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Kiss Alice Cooper Black N Blue Badlands Mr Big Eric Singer Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sonny and I traveled to Nashville for the 1st Annual Rock n Pod Expo. Besides meeting and hanging out with other wonderful music podcasters, we were asked to conduct a few interviews with vocalist Rick Ruhl from Every Mother’s Nightmare, current Tyketto axe slinger Chris Green, and Patrick Stone vocalist and guitar player for new Hollywood up-and-comers Budderside. So while Sonny was pulling double duty as co-host of Podcast Rock City and shaking hands with the other podcasters and rock stars in attendance, I set up shop in order to bring you these new stories from this trio of rockers. Enjoy!! Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Every Mother’s Nightmare Tyketto Chris Green Budderside Websites: EMN Tyketto Chris Green Patrick Stone Budderside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rock N Pod Expo Recap Today Sonny and I talk about our adventures at the first annual Rock N Pod Expo in Nashville. We discuss some of the many podcast shows that took part and some of our favorite podcast that we are currently digging on. We even play a few tunes from some of the guest artist involved with the expo. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Tora Tora Mark Slaughter Tyketto Nelson Raven Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A funny thing happened on the way to a Dead Daisies concert. Hear all about our crazy adventure, as I jumped on a tour bus before the show to have a sit down with Daisies bass player Marco Mendoza to discuss the recent European tour and current tour as well as some of his earliest memories he has getting into music and rock n roll. Marco has been a part of musical awesomeness like Whitesnake, Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy, Lynch Mob, and Ted Nugent. Enjoy and don’t forget to check out the concert review on growinuprock.com. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Dead Daisies The Dives Websites: Dead Daisies The Dives Marco Mendoza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an effort to double your Dead Daisies rock n roll fun, we decided to do a second episode this week to get you ready for the upcoming interview release on Monday with Dead Daisies bass player Marco Mendoza. Marco is in good company in the Dead Daisies, so we decided to cover music we love that Marco and his bandmates John Corabi, Doug Aldrich, Brian Tichy, and David Lowy have created as members of other bands. And don't miss the concert review! Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Episode Corrections: The name of the singer from Black Star Riders is Ricky Warrick (not just Warrick). The song "Can’t Find My Way Back Home" is originally from Blind Faith with Steve Winwood, not Traffic, which was also a Windwood band. I’m sure we may have messed up a couple of other things but we try really hard, so let us know what we got wrong. Buy Music: Lion Billy Idol Motley Crue The Scream Black Star Riders House Of Lords VA Rocks John Sykes Dead Daisies China Rain Kiss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Growin’ Up Rock with Steven Michael, we jump on the phone for a fun and enlightening conversation with Sam Kiszka, bassist and keyboard player for the hot new young band Greta Van Fleet. Sam and I talk about his earliest memories of growing up in the Kiszka home with his brothers Josh and Jake. We discuss the band’s early days and cover what is in store for these guys in the future. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @growinuprock.com Like us at FaceBook and follow us on Twitter @growinuprock. Subscribe to our Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Greta Van Fleet Visit GVF Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get to know Growin’ Up Rock Podcast co-host Sonny "Hollywood" Pooni a little better. In this episode, Sonny shares some of the high school stories and memories growing up in California that occurred during his graduation year of 1986, and talks with host Steven Michael about some of his favorite debut albums released that year. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Sisters Doll Tesla Cinderella David Lee Roth Vinnie Vincent Invasion Racer X Kiss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Growin’ Up Rock with Steven Michael, we jump on the phone for an awesome conversation with Tom (guitar player) from Klassik ‘78. Tom and I talk about growing up in the Boston area and the first time he heard KISS. We talk about the inspiration for the six song EP “Side One”, their tribute to KISS and their fans. If you have not heard the Klassik ‘78 EP yet, and you are a fan of the classic Kiss sound from the Love Gun and Rock ‘N’ Roll Over era, do yourself a favor and check out this episode. Everyone’s got a Rock N Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Klassik'78 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growin' Up Rock podcast is a weekly dive into the hard rock and heavy metal music you loved in your youth as well as the rock ‘n’ roll that is creating the soundtrack to your life today. Your host, Steven Michael, along with co-host Sonny Pooni, talks with newer and established bands, industry insiders, and you the fans, to uncover the stories tied to the guitar-driven rock music that keeps your devil horns hoisted far above your head. Sit back, turn it up, and subscribe to this podcast so you don’t miss an ear-splitting episode. Introduction to the Growin’ Up Rock Podcast and its host, Steven Michael. In this introductory episode, Steve discusses the premise of the show and a few of his musical memories. You’ll also hear some of the hard rock and heavy metal music that the show is all about. Everyone’s got a Rock ‘N’ Roll story to tell, so tell us yours @ growinuprock.com Like us at our Twitter and FaceBook page - @ growinuprock Subscribe to our Podcast at Apple Podcast and leave us a review Buy Music: Van Halen Dead Daisies Kiss AC/DC Cheap Trick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices