Shabby Road Record Show Podcast

Which young band wanted to fire their manager and to retaliate he threatened to tell their parents about their drug use? Which band’s manager was in charge of leasing the Fillmore West in the late 60’s? Which artist had no knowledge his former label had released his previous band’s material until he found it in a record store? Which band’s manager made his band re-record Buddy Holly songs because he owned a slice of the publishing? Which artist’s manager demanded he not chew gum on stage and the argument led to the manager yelling racial slurs at him? Which performance on a variety show in 1970 moved AD profoundly? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab! Leave us a written review on iTunes and be entered to win a free SHABBY ROAD T-shirt. Click

Which band demanded an interviewer meet them at dawn in a field then rode on horseback to greet him? Which future southern rock guitarist won a contest to have his high school garage band open for the Beatles in 1965? Which album’s nondescript cover hindered sales? Which band was excoriated in a review in the UK press where they called their sophomoric songs “positively Canadian”? Which label placed hype stickers advertising the band’s #1 single on albums that did not contain that song? Which booze and drug addled rock star had a meeting with Clive Davis from Arista, played him a demo of new music, and even though Clive loved it, told him he couldn’t have it? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab! Leave us a written review on iTunes and be ent

Which record label was started by the same guy that invented “hair in a can”? Which R&B singer is credited with saving Atlantic records? Which band released their first single on a 45, then on their first album, then again on their second album? Which album reached number 4 in the charts of a tiny country as an imported “cut out”? Which singer spent a year in a body cast to correct her spine and upon its removal, she died from a heroin overdose? Which album did Ryan and Michelle’s daughter turn them on to? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab!

Welcome to Season 5 of the Shabby Road Record Show! Which album took home the coveted “Album of the Year” for 2017? Which “nu metal” band has splintered into a side project that sounds like 70’s blues rock? Which tape did AD and his band wear out while driving the van in the 1980’s? Which guitarist was told by Sharon Osbourne that a gig pays $2000 a week, but when he arrived to do the gig, she claimed it paid $200 a week? Which controversial play did AD’s parents take him to back in 1970? In 1976, which iconic hard rock band offered a job to Ian Hunter? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab! Leave us a written review on iTunes and be entered to win a free SHABBY ROAD T-shirt. Click on the link to leave your review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/

Your Shabby pals are back for an hour of ROCK AND ROLL VINYL related games, trivia, and discussion. Titans of soul face off in a groovy game of OVERBOARD. Classic rock albums that you never need to hear again are up for sale and AD has to put them in order according to value in a crazy version of PRICE HIKE. Your Shabby pals match wits in LUSCIOUS LIZZ’ ROCK AND ROLL QUIZ. Ryan has a brand new batch of HEEP or POE and AD’s HAPPY TRACK is about a drunk cowboy who is ironically not “happy”, but we are! Plus, we give away another free t-shirt in our iTunes reviewers drawing. SHARE YOUR SCORES AND OPINIONS on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab! Leave us a written review on iTunes and be entered to win a free SHABBY ROAD T-shirt. Click on the link to leave your review!

Which current metal band was formed because the founder thought that “not enough people like Saxon”? Which band enlisted the help of two legendary brothers to produce their throwback classic rock album? Which artist left the music business and claims he barely remembers making a living driving a cab due to a 30 year drug and alcohol blackout? Which singer contracted polio from a swimming pool as a child in a boarding school? Which singer was embroiled in a family fight when he publicly made no mention of his long time guitarist dying?  Which band’s hit song from 1980 is currently bumper music for the Milwaukee Brewers pre game show? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab! Leave us a written review on iTunes and be entered to win a free SHABBY R

Ryan joins Pods and Sods Network alumni Craig and Megan for a discussion about their favorite top 40 hits of the 1970’s year by year. Listen in as Ryan dishes out some music theory with his guitar, while the three 70’s fanatics discuss G’nip G’nop, disco, Joker’s Wild and more. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab! Leave us a written review on iTunes and be entered to win a free SHABBY ROAD T-shirt. Click on the link to leave your review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shabby-road-record-show-podcast/id860185771

Which future guitar phenom did AD meet when he was only 11 years old? Which seminal punk album was recreated at a seedy club in the NYC east village this year with the lone surviving member along with other punk legends? Which lead singer’s influences are equal parts Freddie Mercury and Bon Scott? Which gift from Santa made Lizz giddy? Which underground singer became famous posthumously in England after a DJ discovered her music? Which song does AD claim rips off Lionel Richie's "Hello"? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab! Leave us a written review on iTunes and be entered to win a free SHABBY ROAD T-shirt. Click on the link to leave your review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shabby-road-record-show-podcast/id860185771

Which guitarist was prevented from recording using his own name after his bandmates issued a cease and desist? Which German metal band’s concept album is about an intergalactic android searching to the rid the universe of evil? Which failed rock band’s 1982 album was sampled by rappers Jay Z and Kanye West for 2 number one records in the early 2000’s? Which rock star did Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott make breakfast for every morning when they shared an apartment in the 1970’s? Which jazz group did a series of rock based albums in the 70’s, even going as far as to do the classic “3 studio records followed by a double live” tradition? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab!

Which guitarist was fired for selling bootleg tapes to the fans without the other band members consent? Which band advertised another band’s record on the back of their record saying the other band was “better than this crap?” Which movie changed their script for fear of Zeppelin’s manager Peter Grant coming after them? Which musician was the godson of famous jazz musician Thelonious Monk? Which glam rock singer became the host of a home improvement show after his music career? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab!

Your Shabby pals are back for an hour of ROCK AND ROLL VINYL related games, trivia, and discussion. It’s a side long prog rock showdown for OVERBOARD. AD chooses records he’s actually played drums on and Ryan has to put them in order according to value in a crazy version of PRICE HIKE. Your Shabby pals have an unprecedented performance in LUSCIOUS LIZZ’ ROCK AND ROLL QUIZ. Plus, Ryan has a brand new batch of HEEP or POE, and AD’s HAPPY TRACK is so classic it spurs a conversation about drinking, meeting a famous producer, breaking in to a famous band’s old rehearsal space. SHARE YOUR SCORES AND OPINIONS on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, email shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, or the SHABBY FORUM at our website www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com where you can also buy us a round of beers, or click the Amazon banner and shop away with no additional charge. Thank you for hanging with us at the Shab!

Which 90’s band were rivals with AD’s band? Which drummer was arrested for public drunkenness while walking his dog? Which trio split up and all three members recorded failed solo projects leading to the band reforming? Which singer was forced to donate the earnings from his album to his ex-wife? Which singer obtained notoriety in LA by eating worms onstage? Which singer became a well respected NASCAR driver in later years? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com

Which song made a grizzled, old French fisherman sob when the songwriter performed it for him? Which avant garde artist was criticized in the press for hiring famous pop singers? Which 12 year old singer refused to perform when her parents were asked to give up their front row seats for a white couple? Which heavy metal album artwork was designed by an artist that would go on to work for Pixar’s Finding Nemo and Toy Story? Which member of Styx does AD have a personal issue with and why? Which rocker fell off the wagon after years of sobriety with Slash? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com

Which band landed a recording contract as a result of being involved in biker exploitation movies? Which guitarist and drummer used their live album to showcase impressions of a groupie they “shared”? Which glam punk album features a guest appearance by Liza Minnelli? Which rock band does AD put in his “classical music” playlist? Which band did Bowie love so much he hired them to play on his classic 1980 Floorshow TV appearance? Which punk compilation had possibly the most offensive band names? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com

Which singer had an affair with his drummer’s wife, then when it soured, attempted suicide by chugging a bottle of furniture polish? Which album was nearly scrapped when the producer they hired had a crippling heroin addiction that rendered him unless to the project? Which guitarist disappeared from the music biz but was rumored to have been working as a guitar tech for the guy that replaced him? Which guitarist’s grandfather purchased his first guitar but demanded he not play “the devil’s music”? Which band got kicked off Def Leppard’s Pyromania tour when their singer allegedly was stealing Joe Elliot’s stage banter? Which drummer was fired from a band because he smelled so bad? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com

Which band claims to have captured all the “spooky elements of their souls” onto analog tape? Which singer of an 80’s hair band became a phone psychic in the 90’s? Which band re-recorded their major label debut album because they didn’t think it was good enough? Which band wanted large, mean dogs in their video but had to settle for cute puppies? Which band had a pornographic movie playing on a loop in the recording studio that inspired the album’s title? Is there any way we could possibly not mention the tragedy that befell the band that should have dominated the 80’s? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com  

An encore presentation of episode 51. Our pal Mikey Bones joins us for more classic stories and great tunes. The mystery boxes are filled with an eclectic blend of rock and roll. Which guitarist was rumored to have be visited by Jimi Hendrix during an acid trip? Which band of both african american and caucasians blew Mikey away in the late 70’s? Mikey stole which rock star’s shoes in 1980? Which guitarist does Ryan say “sounds like he’s dropping his guitar?” Which band’s song was used for a nightclub commercial? Which band was formed by future members of Uriah Heep and Jethro Tull? All this plus Ricky’s HAL5000 Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com

What is the first album ever played on the Shabby Road Record Show? Which band got so high during the mixing of their live album that they forgot to include the recorded audience tracks? Which rocker elicits fits of laughter from Ryan and AD by chugging a beer on the album cover? Which band called their 1978 album “disgusting?” Which album was AD’s friend Bob Loevy so excited about that he rapped on AD’s window at 3am to share it? Which artist was rumored to be dead after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans? Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com

With Shabby overrun with pestilence, we pull a real gem from the vault. First, Ryan describes the horror that festered inside the studio while we were on tour. Then, we unearth a tape of Ryan and AD interviewed on a radio show in 2008 in the band Crash Street Kids. The band performs 3 songs live on air. To round out the show, Ryan grabs his guitar and breaks down the music theory and lyrics of a song performed on the broadcast. Enjoy!

Your Shabby pals are back for an hour of ROCK AND ROLL VINYL related games, trivia, and discussion. The gang has to throw a record into the abyss, never to be heard from again in a game of OVERBOARD. They have to arrange records in order according to their value in a spirited round of PRICE HIKE. Ryan and AD match wits in a round of LUSCIOUS LIZZ’ ROCK AND ROLL QUIZ. Plus, can you decide if it’s HEEP or POE, and AD’s HAPPY TRACK is a boozy little number slurred out by ‘ol blue eyes. SHARE YOUR SCORES AND OPINIONS on Facebook, Twitter @shabbypodcast, or email us at shabbyroadshow@yahoo.com, help support the show by shopping at Amazon through our banner at www.shabbyroadrecordshow.com