Episodes
Published 03/23/24
In August 1990 a quirky rock band from Syracuse, New York who had just finished recording their major label debut album ventured down to Broward County Florida to stage a political protest for which they were arrested and put on trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/23/24
Originally released October 2015: We're gonna party like it's... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/15/24
Originally released September 2015: BJ attempts to count down his top ten favorite albums from 1993. And what a year it was.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/08/24
Originally released July 2015: BJ presents his top ten favorite albums to have been released in the year of 1982. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/01/24
VOTE HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 02/23/24
VOTE HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 02/16/24
Originally released December 2013 Bob's yer uncle! Part one of our celebration of rock and roll from the land down under is full as a goog. JOHNNY O'KEEFE - WILD ONE JOHNNY O'KEEFE - DON'T YOU KNOW ROLF HARRIS - SUN ARISE BILLY THORPE & THE AZTECS - HALF AS MUCH THE MISSING LINKS - WILD ABOUT YOU WILD CHERRIES - THAT'S LIFE THE EASYBEATS - FRIDAY ON MY MIND THE EASYBEATS - GOOD TIMES THE EASYBEATS - ALL GONE BOY MASTERS APPRENTICES - WAR OR HANDS OF TIME MASTERS APPRENTICES - SOUTHERN...
Published 02/09/24
Oiginally released August 22, 2013 The debut episode of AOR? AOK! Guilty pleasure my ass! B.J. plays a slew of his favorite songs from the much maligned genre of eighties AOR. Give these rockers a chance. They'd be wearing their hearts on their sleeves if their shirts had any sleeves. URGENT - CAST THE FIRST STONE SPYS - OVER HER 707 - MEGA FORCE PREVIEW - CAN'T YOU SEE JON FIORE - OUT ON THE EDGE JOHN WAITE - CHANGE O CANADA - AOR EDITION ALDO NOVA - HEART TO HEART WRABIT - ANYWAY,...
Published 02/02/24
Check out BJ's new podcast with Lee McCormack, STRANGE BREWED: THE FLESHY HEADED MINUTE. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064338810416 https://bjkramp.podbean.com/ https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5bb31ad6-d3e9-4aa7-bfda-60aa4573f755/strange-brewed-the-fleshy-headed-minute https://open.spotify.com/show/4KZbBuAWDyctLDOac1JyIx We're still working on getting it up on Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 01/26/24
THE FEATURES - THE KIDS DON'T NEED TO KNOW AVERAGE CITIZEN - RAPID WORLD HOLME - WEEKEND SHELL & THE CRUSH - CARY'S GOT A HEARTACHE HOLLY PENFIELD - TIGHT FIT ANDREW AND THE UPSTARTS - WATCH OUT FOR THE HUMANS GARY SHANE AND THE DETOUR - GONNA WIN THE EXPERTS - SOUND ON SOUND PHOTOGRAPH - MYSTERY GIRL CATS - IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE THE TALK - SHE SAID WHIZ KID - ANNIE ANNIE WINK - CRAZY ABOUT THE GIRL PHILISTEENS - TURN UP THE MUSIC LEYDEN ZAR - YOU CAN CHANGE CITY THRILLS - SORRY THE...
Published 01/19/24
Originally released in November 2013: CORRECTION: D'OH! I REFER TO THE SAINTS' SECOND ALBUM AS REGRETFULLY YOURS. THAT IS THE NAME OF SUPERDRAG'S FIRST ALBUM (AND IT'S QUITE GOOD). THE SAINTS' SECOND ALBUM IS CALLED ETERNALLY YOURS. SAME DIFFERENCE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 01/12/24
Coven: the world's first Satanic rock band? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 01/05/24
More than 20 years ago BJ bought a cassette at a thrift store by a band called Stokes Aster... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 12/29/23
Just in time, a Christmas playlist for you to enjoy, or put on in the background. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 12/23/23
Originally released in April 2016: BJ is joined by Ryan McKay and A.D. Adams from The Shabby Road Record Show for an unfiltered discussion about the elephant in the room of rock and roll: rock stars and their unabashed fondness for underage girls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 12/15/23
Originally released in September 2013: Arlo formed in L.A. in the mid-nineties and eventually signed with Sub Pop and released two albums before imploding, but as we learn on today's episode, which features a great conversation BJ had with one of the band's two singer/guitarists Sean Spillane, the band recorded a third album for the label that was never released. If you want to hear the fascinating story of how a band gets signed and what happens next, have a listen. Sean Spillane is the...
Published 12/08/23
A slapdash punk band made up of elementary schoolers land a record deal. Was it destined to end in tragedy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 12/01/23
GREG STRYKER - EDGE OF NIGHT PRESENT HISTORY - OPEN YOUR EYES THE MACHINE - LOVE FANTASY THE LEVEL - YOU'VE GOT RUNNING ON YOUR MIND JOE BRUCE & 2ND AVENUE - WE CAN HAVE IT ALL BRIDGE 2 FAR - WE GOT AWAY STYLE - RUN FOR YOUR LIFE MATTHEW TODD - HEARTBEAT PARIS BLACK - BETTER GET READY EASTERN BLOC - RESTLESS HEART BLACK CHINA - IN YOUR EYES PERFECT STRANGER - PRISONER OF YOUR SMILE MINDSTORM - BACK TO REALITY THE JACK - MYSTERY THE VU - KEYS TO THE CITY HYTS - LOOKING FROM THE...
Published 11/24/23
Originally released in January 2015: BJ has a conversation with singer and guitarist Lea Hart about his decades long career in rock and roll as a part of bands like Slowbone, The Roll-Ups, Ya Ya, Fastway, and D-Rox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 11/17/23
Originally released April 2014: On this episode BJ was joined by author and historian Greg Renoff to discuss the topic of the book he was then in the process of writing (about the early years of Van Halen) called Van Halen Rising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 11/10/23
Originally released June 2018: The Transformers: The Movie is a six million dollar animated film that came out in 1986, co-produced and directed by Nelson Shin, who also produced the original The Transformers television series on which the film was based. The origins of that cartoon series was a line of toys produced by Hasbro, based on designs which originated in Japan, vehicles which transformed into robots. The film spawned an amazing hard rock soundtrack which is the focus of today’s...
Published 11/03/23
Originally released in December 2017: How does a band like Faith No More follow up a platinum album and top ten single? On this episode BJ is joined by producer Matt Wallace, the man who helmed the first four Faith No More albums, for a thorough examination of the band's schizophrenic 1992 masterpiece Angel Dust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 10/27/23
RIP Dwight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 10/20/23
Can a song kill you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 10/13/23