Growin' Up Rock Podcast

18/08/2024

In a Listener participation episode, we asked you to rank 10 rarely discussed Kiss and Kiss Family tree songs. We cover what you had to say and share our own rankings and thoughts for those songs. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience:...

In a Listener participation episode, we asked you to rank 10 rarely discussed Kiss and Kiss Family tree songs. We cover what you had to say and share our own rankings and thoughts for those songs.…

11/08/2024

Happy 7th Birthday as a Podcast to us. In celebrating our 7th Birthday, we will pick the 7th album from 7 different bands and discuss the 7th track from that album, hence 7-7-7. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places:...

Happy 7th Birthday as a Podcast to us. In celebrating our 7th Birthday, we will pick the 7th album from 7 different bands and discuss the 7th track from that album, hence 7-7-7. WE NEED YOUR HELP!…

04/08/2024

In this episode of “When Rock Ruled The Charts” we take a closer look at 2/22/1989, the day that Metallica loses a Grammy for best metal band to Jethro Tull. We will be looking at the singles chart for the BB hot 100. We know metal music comes in many different forms but, I think we can all agree that even though Jethro Tull influenced many Metal Bands, in 1989, Metallica was much more of a Metal band....

In this episode of “When Rock Ruled The Charts” we take a closer look at 2/22/1989, the day that Metallica loses a Grammy for best metal band to Jethro Tull. We will be looking at the singles char…

03/08/2024

Alrighty in Nashville baby!!!! Gonna go see Halestorm tomorrow night!!

28/07/2024

Get involved with Growin' Up Rock Podcast by sending us a couple of 3-way choices to discuss on an upcoming episode(s). We prefer music themed choices, but all subjects are welcome. GO!

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28/07/2024

This week we invite Mac from Ugly American Werewolf In London Podcast to go track by track through the 7th Studio Album release “Neverland” by Night Ranger. Each month in 2024 we will cover a studio album release by Bay Area Rockers Night Ranger. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience:...

This week we invite Mac from Ugly American Werewolf In London Podcast to go track by track through the 7th Studio Album release “Neverland” by Night Ranger. Each month in 2024 we will cover a stud…

21/07/2024

What constitutes a "Mega" Concert review you ask? Not 1 but 2 night this week we attended 2 of the hottest summer concert tours out there, and we are going to share our take in detail. We were fortunate enough to attend the Sammy Hagar "Best Of Both Worlds" tour with special guest Loverboy the first night. The 2nd night brought us to see Foreigner , Styx, And John Waite....

What constitutes a “Mega” Concert review you ask? Not 1 but 2 night this week we attended 2 of the hottest summer concert tours out there, and we are going to share our take in detail.…

14/07/2024

Recorded live in Miami prior to boarding the 2024 Monsters Of Rock Cruise, we decided to have a little fun and invite some special guest to join us for a new trivia game show called "25 Words Or Less" - Join us and play along in your car or at home. Its always full of laughs and interesting choices when we play cruise trivia....

Recorded live in Miami prior to boarding the 2024 Monsters Of Rock Cruise, we decided to have a little fun and invite some special guest to join us for a new trivia game show called “25 Word…

12/07/2024

Chris Jericho and team killin' it with Kuarantine. Check out this new review.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Cq7CjNHAVIwjhAItDani5?si=6bde99536ff34751

07/07/2024

We both cover our top 5 album releases for 2004. That's right 2004. It's been 20 years so lets see if we have discovered anything new or still live with what we got. Every year at the end of the year we both discuss our top 10 albums for that year. It's tradition and many of our podcast friends do the same thing....

We both cover our top 5 album releases for 2004. That’s right 2004. It’s been 20 years so lets see if we have discovered anything new or still live with what we got. Every year at the …

30/06/2024

This week we invite Brian Davis from Damn Good Movie Memories to go track by track through the 6th Studio Album release “Feeding Off The Mojo” by Night Ranger. Feeding Off The Mojo was the first and only Night Ranger album to not feature founding member Jack Blades on bass and vocals. Gary Moon stepped in to handle those task. It was the band as a 3 piece and often dismissed period of time in the bands history....

This week we invite Brian Davis from Damn Good Movie Memories to go track by track through the 6th Studio Album release “Feeding Off The Mojo” by Night Ranger. Feeding Off The Mojo was the first a…

23/06/2024

In a listener idea episode, we were asked questions regarding our concert going history. These post appear on Social Media in many different groups and all have various types of questions, but for this particular episode we focus on our concert going history. The questions are as follows: 1. First concert - 2. Last concert - 3. Worst concert - …...

In a listener idea episode, we were asked questions regarding our concert going history. These post appear on Social Media in many different groups and all have various types of questions, but for…

16/06/2024

We discuss and analyze the first 10 videos ever shown on MTV. You may be aware of some, but do you know all of them? Was it calculated or did they just not have any other choices at the time? There is no denying it, at the time of it conception MTV was groundbreaking and went on to heavily influence the music of the 80s....

We discuss and analyze the first 10 videos ever shown on MTV. You may be aware of some, but do you know all of them? Was it calculated or did they just not have any other choices at the time? Ther…

09/06/2024

This week in the “Alphabet Soup Series”, we hit the letter "E". Let's find out what bands, albums, and songs we end up sharing. Series Info: A new series from the mind of "Hollywood" Pooni. We are calling this one Alphabet Soup. Here's the idea - 1 Band, 1 Album, 2 Songs, and 1 Movie all starting with a single letter in the alphabet....

This week in the “Alphabet Soup Series”, we hit the letter “E”. Let’s find out what bands, albums, and songs we end up sharing. Series Info: A new series from the mind of “…

26/05/2024

This week we invite Brad Rusthoven from Slamfest Podcast to go track by track through the 5th Studio Album release “Man In Motion” by Night Ranger. Man In Motion is the first album recorded without original Keyboard player Alan Fitzgerald, and marked a further slide in record sales from Night Ranger. If would also be the last album the band recorded for MCA records before being dropped by their label....

This week we invite Brad Rusthoven from Slamfest Podcast to go track by track through the 5th Studio Album release “Man In Motion” by Night Ranger. Man In Motion is the first album recorded withou…

19/05/2024

We explore A Iron Maiden fantasy fan cruise. If Iron Maiden were to do a fan cruise, what and who would you want to see? At this point music themed cruises are a yearly profit making venture for many promoters. Monsters Of Rock, Cruise To The Edge, Chris Jericho Cruise, Kiss Kruise, Rock Legends, 80s Cruise, 70,000 tons of Metal, and countless others....

We explore A Iron Maiden fantasy fan cruise. If Iron Maiden were to do a fan cruise, what and who would you want to see? At this point music themed cruises are a yearly profit making venture for m…

05/05/2024

We share what we think are some of the top 10 comeback albums from the world of hard rock and metal. To add to the excitement, we get you the listeners involved and share what many of you think are top comeback albums. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience:...

We share what we think are some of the top 10 comeback albums from the world of hard rock and metal. To add to the excitement, we get you the listeners involved and share what many of you think ar…

28/04/2024

This week we invite Kevin Williams from InObscuria Podcast to go track by track through the 4th Studio Album release “Big Life” by Night Ranger. Big Life, was the first Night Ranger album to achieve Gold Status in the US, and the last to feature Keyboardist Alan Fitzgerald until he returned for the Neverland Album. Each month in 2024 we will cover a studio album release by Bay Area Rockers Night Ranger....

This week we invite Kevin Williams from InObscuria Podcast to go track by track through the 4th Studio Album release “Big Life” by Night Ranger. Big Life, was the first Night Ranger album to achie…

14/04/2024

In this special episode we recorded live while on our adventure to this years Monsters Of Rock Cruise, we invite some special guest and significant others to participate in a round of trivia. These episodes are always a blast and usually have some interesting moments. Play along with us in your car or at home for this instalment of "Reeling In The Years"....

In this special episode we recorded live while on our adventure to this years Monsters Of Rock Cruise, we invite some special guest and significant others to participate in a round of trivia. Thes…

07/04/2024

In this "When Rock Ruled The Charts" episode we focus on September 4th, 1984. This was the first ever MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) Ceremony. We discuss what was happening in the HOT 200 album charts that week along with the artist that appeared in the MTV VMAs that year. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience:...

In this “When Rock Ruled The Charts” episode we focus on September 4th, 1984. This was the first ever MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) Ceremony. We discuss what was happening in the HOT 2…

31/03/2024

This week we invite Steve Wright from Podder Than Hell Podcast to go track by track through the 3rd Studio Album release “7 Wishes” by Night Ranger. Each month in 2024 we will cover a studio album release by Bay Area Rockers Night Ranger. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience:...

This week we invite Steve Wright from Podder Than Hell Podcast to go track by track through the 3rd Studio Album release “7 Wishes” by Night Ranger. Each month in 2024 we will cover a studio album…

25/03/2024

Getting ready to send out a music survey to our wonderful listeners and followers. If we don’t have your email address already… and you would like to be included…. Please send me your email address to [email protected]

24/03/2024

It's time for another Dirty Dozen series episode. Today we are giving you a dozen really stupid band names. We don’t necessarily dislike all these bands, we simply think their band name leaves a little to be desired. Sit back as we share a dozen of our own picks while sharing some of the bands our listeners felt had really dumb band names....

It’s time for another Dirty Dozen series episode. Today we are giving you a dozen really stupid band names. We don’t necessarily dislike all these bands, we simply think their band name leav…

19/03/2024

What are your favorite "comeback" albums of all time? No rules. You share your favorites and tell us why you consider them comeback albums. Go!

For me: Brave New World... bringing Dickinson back to Maiden and Warrant's Rockaholic cementing Robert Mason as their new lead singer are 2 of my favorite.

17/03/2024

In this episode we will be bringing you Part 2 of our 2024 Monsters Of Rock Cruise Recap. You can find Part 1 over at the Podder Than Hell Podcast with our travel partners. During Part 2 we will cover Days 3/4/and 5 of our 2024 Monsters Of Rock Cruise Adventure. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience:...

In this episode we will be bringing you Part 2 of our 2024 Monsters Of Rock Cruise Recap. You can find Part 1 over at the Podder Than Hell Podcast with our travel partners. During Part 2 we will c…

15/03/2024

Here is part one of our two part Monsters of Rock Cruise recap. Our travel partners over at Podder Than Hell Podcast cover half the trip and we will cover part two in this weekends release. Come relive this years fun and activities

This week, the MORC Cruise gang, along with Steven Michael and Sonny "Hollywood" Pooni from the Growin' Up Rock Podcast discuss the pre-show and first two days of the 2024 Monsters of Rock Cruise. Which bands surprised them? How on time did everything go? Tune in to find out, and check out the secon...

10/03/2024

Australian singer, songwriter Cassidy Paris is our guest on this episode of the podcast.

In this episode, Steven interviews up and coming Australian singer, songwriter and guitar player Cassidy Paris about her new album “New Sensation”. A Little Something About Cassidy Par…

10/03/2024

In this episode, Steven interviews up and coming Australian singer, songwriter and guitar player Cassidy Paris about her new album "New Sensation". A Little Something About Cassidy Paris: Australian rocker Cassidy Paris has a very bright future ahead of her. Raised on classic hard rock and inspired by female rockers such as Lzzy Hale, Joan Jett, Pink, Pat Benatar & Avril Lavigne, the fiercely…...

In this episode, Steven interviews up and coming Australian singer, songwriter and guitar player Cassidy Paris about her new album “New Sensation”. A Little Something About Cassidy Par…