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In early 1972 Pink Floyd were in the middle of creating one of the most successful and iconic albums in history when they took an unexpected break, flew to France and wrote and recorded an entirely separate album in just two weeks. That very same month, February of 1972, Pink Floyd's enigmatic founding member Syd Barrett surprisingly resurfaced, fronting a new band called Stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ goes down a rabbit hole of eighties German heavy metal. TRANCE - BURN THE ICE FAITHFUL BREATH - PLAY THE GAME NOISEHUNTER - HOT FOR LIVIN NO TROUBLE - LOOKING FOR TROUBLE AXE VICTIMS - YOUNG AND WISE CUTTY SARK - INVITATION TO DANCE HAZZARD - WE ARE THE BAND TYRAN PACE - RED SWEAT RESTLESS - BREAKIN’ OUT FACT - 2001 TYRANT - MAKING NOISE AND DRINKING BEER BREAKER - TOGETHER WE’RE STRONG MP - CLAWS FROM THE NIGHT SINNER - SCENE OF THE CRIME BRAINFEVER - DEVIL’S EYES MP - CLAWS FROM THE MIGHT MIDNIGHT DARKNESS - LA PRISONER HIGH TENSION - WORK HARD DIE YOUNG GRAVESTONE - CREATING A MONSTER VETO - BORN TO RIDE DARXON - NO THRILLS GRAVE DIGGER - HEAVY METAL BREAKDOWN RUNNING WILD - FIGHT THE OPPRESSION SCANNER - WARP 7 EXUMER - FALLEN SAINT LIVING DEATH - DEEP IN HELL VENDETTA - ON THE ROAD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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BJ pits his top ten favorite Led Zeppelin songs against his top ten favorite Pink Floyd songs in an attempt to figure out which band he likes more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a world where soundtracks didn’t suck, great songs were hidden on those soundtracks. Create your own 3D glasses to wear while listening. BROCK/DAVIS - HARD WAY JUST ONE OF THE GUYS MONEY TALKS - IN A TRANCE THE KARATE KID III KIRSTY MACCOLL - YOU JUST HAVEN'T EARNED IT YET BABY SHE'S HAVING A BABY ROGER DALTREY - QUICKSILVER LIGHTNING QUICKSILVER OINGO BOINGO - WINNING SIDE SHE'S OUT OF CONTROL CHRIS THOMPSON - NEVER TURN AWAY DREAM A LITTLE DREAM BILLY BRANIGAN - HOLD ON JUMPIN' JACK FLASH ROOM WITH A VIEW - CAN'T RUN AWAY CRYSTAL HEART DON FELDER - WILD LIFE THE SLUGGER'S WIFE BELOUIS SOME - ROUND, ROUND PRETTY IN PINK EVE - THE WALLS CAME DOWN ARMED AND DANGEROUS HONEYMOON SUITE - THOSE WERE THE DAYS THE WRAITH FIONA - HAIR OF THE DOG (THAT BIT YOU) HEARTS OF FIRE STUBBLEFIELD AND HALL - BEST OF THE BEST BEST OF THE BEST ATTIC BLACK - RATS CHASE CATS MARKED FOR DEATH MECO - WEREWOLF (LOOSE IN LONDON) AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON PIRATES FEATURING MIKE BRADY - VICTORY THE PIRATE MOVIE BRIAN ENO - YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER MARRIED TO THE MOB THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - WHO DO YOU LOVE EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY PHILLIP BAILEY AND LITTLE RICHARD - TWINS TWINS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With this episode BJ revisits soundtracks, this time focusing on great songs that were buried on random movie soundtracks in the glorious decade of the eighties, when new wave and AOR met, got married and had babies. KILLING JOKE - EIGHTIES WEIRD SCIENCE PHOEBE CATES - HOW DO I LET YOU KNOW PRIVATE SCHOOL PAUL ENGEMAN - SCARFACE (TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT) SCARFACE THE ALARM - WHAT KIND OF HELL BACHELOR PARTY BONE SYMPHONY - ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER REVENGE OF THE NERDS COMMUTER - YOUNG HEARTS THE KARATE KID REAL LIFE - FACE TO FACE ONCE BITTEN HUBERT KAH - THE PICTURE ONCE BITTEN HUBERT KAH - ANGEL 07 GOTCHA! DWIGHT TWILLEY - KEEP ON WORKING HEAVENLY BODIES ANDI SEX GANG - THE QUICK AND THE DEAD PHENOMENA CHARLENE - FIRE THE LAST DRAGON KARLA DEVITO - WE ARE NOT ALONE THE BREAKFAST CLUB JUDE COLE - BACK TO SCHOOL BACK TO SCHOOL CHERRY BOMB - HUNGRY CITY HOWARD THE DUCK PETE SHELLEY - DO ANYTHING SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL THE MARCH VIOLETS - TURN TO THE SKY SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL E.G. DAILY - MIND OVER MATTER SUMMER SCHOOL SOUTHERN PACIFIC - SHOOT FOR THE TOP POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON PATROL PAT BENATAR - SOMETIMES THE GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS ALICE COOPER - I GOT A LINE ON YOU IRON EAGLE II SHARK ISLAND - FATHER TIME BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE CHEAP TRICK - YOU WANT IT SAY ANYTHING... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And...action. BJ plays some of his favorite songs from movie soundtracks. LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - HOLIDAY ROAD KENNY LOGGINS - I'M ALRIGHT CHEAP TRICK - REACH OUT JOE STRUMMER - TRASH CITY PINK FLOYD - FREE FOUR PINK FLOYD - THE GOLD IT'S IN THE... THE PRIME MOVERS - STRONG AS I AM FASTWAY - TRICK OR TREAT FASTWAY - AFTER MIDNIGHT FASTWAY - DON'T STOP THE FIGHT LION - THE TRANSFORMERS THEME NRG - INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION IAN THOMAS - STRANGE BREW YA YA - DON'T TALK TAHNEE CAIN & TRIANGLZ - YOU CAN'T DO THAT ALICE COOPER - HE'S BACK (THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK) QUEEN - PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE AC/DC - WHO MADE WHO FAITH NO MORE - THE PERFECT CRIME RATT - NOBODY RIDES FOR FREE DVDA - NOW YOU'RE A MAN CAT STEVENS - IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT, SING OUT STEVE EARLE - ELLIS UNIT ONE SHUDDER TO THINK - HOT ONE SHUDDER TO THINK - THE BALLAD OF MAXWELL DEMON TOM PETTY - WALLS (NO. 3) THE SCREAM - YOUNG AND DUMB JIMMY CLIFF - YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT THE MELODIANS - RIVERS OF BABYLON THE MAYTALS - PRESSURE DROP JIMMY CLIFF - THE HARDER THEY COME Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released October 2015: On this episode BJ plays some of his favorite songs by some of the various bands that came to be known as "power pop" in the nineties. THE POSIES - GOLDEN BLUNDERS RICHARD X. HEYMAN - FALLING AWAY VELVET CRUSH - ASH AND EARTH THE BLOW POPS - STORYBOOK MATERIAL ISSUE - NEXT BIG THING RICHARD BARONE - NOBODY KNOWS ME TEENAGE FANCLUB - SPARKY'S DREAM SLOAN - KEEP ON THINKIN' ADAM SCHMITT - CAN'T GET YOU ON MY MIND THE CRITICS - CHANGE YOUR MIND THE LEATHERWOODS - HOW CAN I MISS YOU? PAPAS FRITAS - WE'VE GOT ALL NIGHT THE GRIP WEEDS - EVERY MINUTE THE ROOKS - REASONS THE TEARAWAYS - CAN'T GET THROUGH GIGOLO AUNTS - WHERE I FIND MY HEAVEN THE GREENBERRY WOODS - TRAMPOLINE SPLITSVILLE - THE MISFITS SUPERDRAG - DESTINATION URSA MAJOR SPECTACLE - SO UNKIND THE SMOKING POPES - NO MORE SMILES THE SHAZAM - CALLING SYDNEY THE VANDALIAS - MACH V KYLE VINCENT - IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN JASON FALKNER - MISS UNDERSTANDING CAST - ALRIGHT FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - AMITY GARDENS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released June 2017: BJ takes a look at the grunge phenomenon that arose out of Seattle in the late eighties and plays some of the key bands and songs, plus some obscure favorites. GREEN RIVER - 10,000 THINGS THE MELVINS - GRINDING PROCESS MALFUNKSHUN - WITH YO' HEART (NOT YO' HANDS) THE U-MEN - THEY SOUNDGARDEN - TEARS TO FORGET THE FLUID - IS IT DAY I'M SEEING BLOOD CIRCUS - BLOODMAN NIRVANA - SPANK THRU MUDHONEY - TOUCH ME I'M SICK SKIN YARD - HEADSWILL GRUNTRUCK - NOT A LOT TO SAVE TAD - JINX TRULY - HEART AND LUNGS TAR - SHORT TRADES LOVE BATTERY - OUT OF FOCUS NIRVANA - DIVE HOLE - GARBAGE MAN L7 - DEATHWISH MY SISTER'S MACHINE - SUNDAY SPRINKLER - SANDBOX POND - PERFECT FOUR POND - UNION HAZEL - BIG FATTY HAZEL - SPARKLE FINISH NUDESWIRL - F SHARP SWEET WATER - HEAD DOWN ALICE IN CHAINS - WHAT THE HELL HAVE I? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released October 2013: BJ and Fistful of Dave are back to share with you 30 carefully selected songs by some of the lesser-known purveyors of seventies rock at its heaviest. THE MOVE - BRONTOSAURUS HAYSTACKS BALBOA - THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN SIR LORD BALTIMORE - PUMPED UP BANG - LIONS, CHRISTIANS DUST - LOVE ME HARD TOAD - STAY JERUSALEM - PRIMITIVE MAN CAPTAIN BEYOND - FROZEN OVER BARNSTORM - TURN TO STONE SILVERHEAD - ACE SUPREME HIGHWAY ROBBERY - FIFTEEN TIGER B. SMITH - TIGER ROCK THREE MAN ARMY - WHAT'S YOUR NAME PENTAGRAM - FOREVER MY QUEEN GRANICUS - BAD TALK TEAR GAS - I'M GLAD SENSATIONAL ALEX HAREY BAND - VAMBO BUDGIE - HAMMER AND TONGS KING CRIMSON - RED GOOD RATS - FIREBALL EXPRESS HAWKWIND - MOTORHEAD PINK FAIRIES - CITY KIDS ARMAGEDDON - PATHS AND PLANES AND FUTURE GAINS CAIN - QUEEN OF THE NIGHT STARZ - OVER AND OVER MOXY - THROUGH THE STORM TRUTH AND JANEY - THE LIGHT TASTE - TEENAGE ANTHEM PAT TRAVERS - HAMMERHEAD ROSE TATTOO - ROCK N' ROLL OUTLAW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released October 2013: What exactly does "heavy" mean? Who were the earliest, heaviest bands and how did their particular brand of rock and roll evolve over the course of the seventies, culminating in a new genre called "heavy metal" that exploded in the late seventies and into the eighties? On the next two episodes of the podcast BJ and his guests Martin Popoff (Part 1 only) and Fistful of Dave will attempt to answer these questions while sharing with you some of the very heaviest music of the seventies. DEEP PURPLE - BLOODSUCKER BLACK SABBATH - HOLE IN THE SKY JUDAS PRIEST - TYRANT RAINBOW - TAROT WOMAN GILLAN - ROLLER THIN LIZZY - EMERALD AC/DC - KICKED IN THE TEETH RIOT - WARRIOR BLODWYN PIG - SEE MY WAY STRAY - ALL IN YOUR MIND LUCIFER'S FRIEND - RIDE THE SKY URIAH HEEP - LOOK AT YOURSELF MONTROSE - ROCK THE NATION BLUE CHEER - FEATHERS FROM YOUR TREE SWEET - SET ME FREE SCORPIONS - CATCH YOUR TRAIN NAZARETH - MISS MISERY LEAF HOUND - STRAY NITZINGER - LET THE LIVING GROW BUFFALO - WHAT'S GOING ON THIRD WORLD WAR - ASCENSION DAY GUN - RACE WITH THE DEVIL RUSH - BASTILLE DAY UFO - DOCTOR DOCTOR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ plays a selection of songs from seven inch records that sell for at least $1000 on Discogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HE’S A TV PREACHER WHO HATES ROCK AND ROLL HE’S A DEATH METAL STAR WHO SOLD HIS SOUL THEY’RE MIXING IT UP ON THE RADIO IT’S THE BOB AND GLEN SHOW! Thanks to Paul Heinz for the theme song and Ken Mills for the voice acting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ plays a random selection of songs which have two things in common: 1) they are good and 2) a portion of the title is offset with parentheses. DEF LEPPARD - ROCK! ROCK! (TILL YOU DROP) TWISTED SISTER - WAKE UP (THE SLEEPING GIANT) THE UNDERTONES - YOU'VE GOT MY NUMBER (WHY DON'T YOU USE IT) THE CLASH - UP IN HEAVEN (NOT ONLY HERE) MARILLION - COVER MY EYES (PAIN AND HEAVEN) JOHN WESLEY HARDING - YOUR GHOST (DON'T SCARE ME NO MORE) JAWBREAKER - SLUTTERING (MAY 4TH) POSSUM DIXON - HOLDING (LENNY'S SONG) ROBIN BLACK & THE INTERGALACTIC ROCKSTARS - SOME OF YOU BOYS (AND MOST OF YOU GIRLS) WALTHAM - CHERYL (COME AND TAKE A RIDE) WEEN - DON'T LAUGH (I LOVE YOU) NICK LOWE - COULDN'T LOVE YOU (ANYMORE THAN I DO) TOM WAITS - OLD SHOES (AND PICTURE POSTCARDS) J. GEILS BAND - TAKE A CHANCE (ON ROMANCE) BASH & POP - FRIDAY NIGHT (IS KILLING ME) THE CRYBABYS - (BOO HOO) I AIN'T YOUR CRYBABY ALICE COOPER - ADAPTABLE (ANYTHING FOR YOU) EDDIE & THE HOT RODS - IGNORE THEM (STILL LIFE) CHIXDIGGIT - (I FEEL LIKE) (GERRY) CHEEVERS (STITCH MARKS ON MY HEART) THE WEAKERTHANS - OUR RETIRED EXPLORER (DINES WITH MICHAEL FOUCAULT IN PARIS, 1961) FIG DISH - COME ON (DON'T COME ON) DANGEROUS TOYS - GYPSY (BLACK N BLUE VALENTINE) MOTLEY CRUE - DON'T GO AWAY MAD (JUST GO AWAY) CHEAP TRICK - THE BALLAD OF TV VIOLENCE (I'M NOT THE ONLY BOY) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GET THE POWER POP BOX SET HERE BJ plays a selection of UK power pop from rare singles. THE HOLLYWOOD KILLERS - BUTTERFLY BASELINE - TRUTH ABOUT THE LIES THE RUSSIANS - NO TITLE ERIC GAVIN - LUCINDA ROBERT AND THE REMOULDS - X NO 1 THE VANDELLS - RUBY TOOT THE WALK - I DIDN’T CATCH YOUR NAME STATIC - VOICE ON THE LINE NESSIE - CAN I SEE YOU TOMORROW PORTRAITS - NEVER LET GO RISK - PART TIME LOVER THE RAGE - COME ON NOW GLASS TORPEDOS - TALL STORIES THE FORM - START AGAIN XPRESS - JUNKED UP JUDY STRIKE - TEENAGE REBEL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices