Q&A With Pete Pardo August 1, 2022

[@ricklabonte4144]

Thanks Pete for making yourself available for questions with the SOT community

[@justinmathewson3692]

Pete you are one of my favorite channels on KZbin ! I am 30 years of age and Classic Rock is my greatest love ! Sending love from Appleton, Wisconsin.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Thank you for donating your time , once again tonight. Good night 🌙 PETE 👍💯

[@blamelouis]

Sorry I missed this …too early in Ireland 🇮🇪….you would love Horslips Pete ..Irish band that heavily influenced Phil Lynott .

[@trevdowson5810]

Thanks Pete.

[@Danimal77]

After 4 and a half years of watching your channel religiously, I can sit in your seat and answer all the questions for you. ;-)

[@anthonyzurro3182]

Mr. Pardo love your channel and your musical guests. Also Hudson Valley Squares on Monday. Keep up the great work , from one musician to another. Thank you Tony Zurro

[@thomaspallante9166]

Ranking Iron Maiden covers is a brilliant idea!!!!! Look forward to that episode.

[@l.scottnielsen2482]

My KZbin would not allow me to get notifications from the channel, until I unsubscribed and re-subscribed, today. It said that "the action was turned off for content for kids." Love your channel and hope that the notification will work. SOT is the only channel that had this happen on my subscriptions.

[@metalmat3651]

I’ve always been curious, and I’m sure Pete has answered this at some point, if Pete plans on making digital copies of all that music he has. Yes it would obviously take an eternity to do but…. CDs might last for a long time but they are apparently not going to last forever. Plus it would give peace of mind to have backups just in case something happens to the collection.

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

Ranking the album covers would be awesome to watch!!!

[@SteveAuger2021]

Regarding your favorite show you do, I see your passion for telling us about new releases. It's just a shame that there are so many who have close minds to new music. If I had a close mind to new music, I would miss out on great bands such as Wobbler. Keep doing the new releases.

[@skolsaw1080]

Thanks Pete for taking time to do this. Hopefully you’re able to get caught up with Better Call Saul tonight. Best damn tv show ever and I like it a little more than Breaking Bad as well. Especially the beginning of each season in black and white. Ahhh so good! Thanks for touching on the guitar neck question. As a beginning guitar player I’m starting to realize that with my not very big hands the modern C neck on my strats are working pretty good. The thicker neck profile probably would hurt my hands. Having the olds and being in your 50’s hurts lol 😂

[@paulburrows7908]

Darn dude, I thought the last 2 episodes were a wtf moments.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

Hey dude. I don't want to be offensive or anything but WTF? Pete just told you that Steve Morse was caring for his wife who has cancer and you're all "Hey Pete, how about getting Steve Morse back on the show?" You really come across as a clown, honestly. Some of you people . . idk . .

[@paulburrows7908]

@@fattymcfatso1083 who are you referring to?

[@skolsaw1080]

@@fattymcfatso1083 Yeah well I asked the question right away before he started talking about It. It was horrible timing on my part which I admit, but I thought Pete handled it in a pretty classy way and for that I thank him.

[@skolsaw1080]

@@paulburrows7908 If your referring to me asking Pete if he could get Steve Morse back on the show then ok I get it. Like I explained to the other individual that left a comment. I started asking the question before he started talking about it. I felt really stupid and it was really bad timing on my part. Knowing what Steve Morse is going through I shouldn’t have asked that question at all and actually felt pretty bad about it.

[@johnburton894]

Hello from the UK 🇬🇧. Great show Pete 👍. One of your viewer's questions was regarding Roger Daltrey's voice. The missus and i went to see him and his band last month in Nottingham. For a bloke nearly 80 he can still belt out a tune. He put on an amazing show. 🤘🤘🤘

[@aidanhatton7163]

He sounds great on the latest Who album

[@Jsixseven]

Totally agree, me and the wife saw him in Newcastle and he was on top form, sounding absolutely terrific 👍

[@iluvj50]

I agree that Walter Becker's two solo albums are masterpieces.

[@caucasianbulldog6057]

Hi Pete, Simon McBride has released 5 solo albums so far and I have them all. A terrific guitar player and it's time for him to start appearing on people's radar.

[@OlegRyzhikov]

Ranking the album covers! Oh yeah 👍

[@alexhamilton4084]

Pity I missed this show but it was on too late for my old bones in the U.K.

[@davej.meister5421]

Damn! I always miss these Q&A videos. Had a good one for Pete. Oh well...I guess next time...if I'm there lol.

[@Richard-26957]

Great show Pete and Hi from UK. Never heard you mention The Strawbs - with or without Rick Wakeman! Very influential on the pop/prog scene in the seventies. Heroes and Heroines, Ghost are 2 great prog albums. I regarded them as similar to Supertramp but perhaps a bit harder edge. They have an interesting catalogue.

[@terryjohnson5275]

I think I recal them being mentioned on In The Prog Seat, although admittedly they've not been talked about a lot.

[@Richard-26957]

@@terryjohnson5275 Thanks Terry - will do a bit of research; must have miised it somewhere!

[@christianhaynes1954]

Just got a smart phone in 2019 . SOT was my first and still favorite channel !!!!

[@tommyaddison6539]

This was great, thanks Pete

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I’d like to see Chris Alo do a show in which he counts down the number of copies he has of albums he hates.

[@aidanhatton7163]

Yes!!! 😂

[@iainholmes2735]

Enjoyed watching after it aired. I do think the new album reviews are so essential, partly because: in the future, this may be one of the first reviews of a classic, like a Dark Side of the Moon, or Misplaced Childhood. Who knows...

[@lahloonatic]

You are a trooper for doing these, my friend. Cheers!

[@ronaldsmith1484]

...... Saw anthrax in concert twice in the last 10 years..... They sound and play better than they did back in the '90s to me....... Hitting on all cylinders Joey's voice sounds great

[@alciovillalobos]

Great Q&A session! :) Love these interactions with the SoT community.

[@vernschneider8512]

Just able to watch this video. May be showing my age but nobody , nobody could do what Ian Gillan could do in his prime. the greatest rock voice ever. You probably can tell I am a Deep Purple fan since the beginning .

[@ivansandvik1567]

Hi from Norway!! Love yuor show, would be nice to see yuo rank the Jon Lord solo albums..and Blackmore Nights albums...If yuo want to hear real good heavy and prog from Norway, listen to Aunt Mary and Popul Vuh/popul Ace..have a nice day

[@danielsultimaterockmetal9363]

Credit where credit is due the guy requesting you to do a Beavis and Butthead impersonation was gold

[@OlegRyzhikov]

Yay! Joe Bonamassa rankings!

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

Damn Missed Love the SOT, Pete, Prog, Fusion, Metal, Rock, On🤘

[@neilrobinson9806]

With all the cds what’s your hi fi system Pete regards Neil from uk

[@ESUSAMEX]

I am shocked at two things tonight: 1) Pete has never met Martin in person? I would have thought the two of them would have had many beers together at concerts and other get togethers. 2) Even though my friend got me tickets for the Priest show in NY this Fall, he never told me who was opening for Priest. And now I feel really dumb because I didn't look it up or ask him either. The good thing is now I will flying to NY to see two great shows back to back. Priest and Queensryche and Maiden with Within Temptation.

[@sspbrazil]

Eric Porter is a musician!

[@georgelamie7001]

In a band, yes! Probably a minor brain fart from the boss.

[@sspbrazil]

@@georgelamie7001 haha, yeah, he had a lot of questions to answer, so to be expected.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Yeah, brain fart...and we have a large ITPS crew, so I just spaced on a few folks. Sorry Eric & Rick!

[@camrock3534]

@@seaoftranquilityprog isn’t Sean Tonar another?

[@marcyfan]

i hadn't seen you in a while. nice haircut! i learned a lot of great songs during the pandemic watching your videos but never subscribed. i'll fix that now.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

Pete - Kind of an "inside baseball" question, but how long does someone need to be watching a video for it to count as a "view"?? I think they should watch for at least a minute or two for it to count. Thanks.

[@JerpPin]

I hit that LIKE!!!

[@thedarkwizardroom]

Enjoyed watching except to few annoying people. Everyone else behaved them selves. My school topic maybe it would be hard to do for top songs unless they were not all hard rock and metal. Not many have done as much other then Alice Cooper Brownsville Station or such and well just whatever a top 5. There is so many good topics and shows here I love catching the channel with content every day. Thanks so much Pete.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

It's always like that every time sometimes you got to hit block and block those annoying people in the chat or put them in time out if you're a moderator LOL when they get really stupid

[@danielwolski873]

My questions never get answered on the live chats, I'm going to start taking this personally 😀

[@matthoranofficial]

Almond milk is a weird choice for me unless it's vanilla or chocolate. Unsweetened Iced tea is actually pretty good though. And as a wild card, I'm a huge fan of Monster Energy. These Livestreams are a great way to connect and get to know each other better. I've been watching you for a year and half and I love your videos. I can't wait for the next stream, Pete!

[@sbornot2b]

Show idea: best year in classic Prog?

[@stephenrace7976]

How bout a ranking of the studio albums of 70's GERMAN KRAUTROCK/PSYCH PIONEERS "AMON DUUAL 2" on your show Pete...what's up?

[@katesjanice]

How far along are you on Twin Peaks? I know it's a lot to take in, but well worth it. You'll be thinking about it & trying to figure it out for decades after.

[@chrisflood9205]

I usually don’t watch the show lives .I have no idea why people who don’t watch you regularly show up in the chats. One dope asked about Dave Clark five at least a 100 times .I wish the questions could be sent in but I know you don’t have time for that .You ansewered my question about Utica club I still wonder if it’s still around I went to brewery years ago and it wasn’t bad but they said it was only sold in limited areas .

[@sspbrazil]

ZZ Top Fandango is half live, I guess that counts as a live album from their heyday.

[@ralphpielorz9049]

Hi Pete You MUST hear Sorcerer from Sweden i think thats your flavor of music

[@randysvynil9502]

I wish it was Joe Satriani or Steve Vai in Deep Purple next studio album.

[@garlock696]

Looking forward to that Venom ranking

[@bobdroll6381]

Show idea: scrapbook episode. Pics from your rock n' roll youth, in school, at concerts, etc.

[@anthonybernard3689]

Galactic Cowboys have a song called Sea of Tranquility

[@dmk7700]

When will there be ANY discussion(S) about the following ARTISTS? SPIRIT QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE SAVOY BROWN CAN KILLING JOKE RAMMSTEIN KRAFTWERK JOHN CALE BRIAN AUGER BRIAN ENO JOY DIVISION

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Hammer queen? Got to be Linda Hayden for me.

[@archibaldsalyards926]

I keep coming up with ideas... are you a fan of Ennio Morricone?.. what soundtracks stand out?

[@williamwalker146]

Loved the show. Didn't get any of my questions answered but that's how it goes, far too many questions. Doesn't matter though. Too notch show as usual. But man, we gotta get rid of those Dave Clark 5 guys.

[@johnmagdaleno4643]

Ya gotta look... before you leap. There's heartache around ev'ry... cor-or-ner...

[@williamwalker146]

@@JoeJoe-uy6ck you are correct, I did donate. It would be cool to see a Q & A where they filter through the questions though. That would be nice.

[@williamwalker146]

@@johnmagdaleno4643 one culprit dares show his face. Why the persistence on the Dave Clark 5, man?

[@MegaYoda05]

How many cds do you have Pete ?🤔…..

[@zoef234]

He once mentioned over 10 000

[@MegaYoda05]

@@zoef234 thanks for the info I’ve got 600 cds I thought that seemed like a lot I figured Pete’s had to be up there 👆

[@MrDevtun]

Pete, another good one is Ironclad of the U-Foes as part of the heavy hitters villain team. Honorable mentions: Mr Hyde, and Absorbing Man.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

I can't believe I didn't name Absorbing Man...he's only my FAVORITE villain! LOL! I got the olds...

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

How about "best guitarists who didn't play with Ozzy, Dio or David Lee Roth"?

[@PatOD75]

Have you ever met Eddie Trunk or ever had him on your show or vice versa? Seems like in the short time I've been watching some of your KZbin videos, with the conversations you have had with Martin, that your musical tastes and Trunk's probably match up pretty well. It would be a cool conversation, interview, chat, whatever you want to call it, if you had him on.

[@scrub2112]

I realize this chat is over, but do you like the bands Raging Slab or Jon Butcher Axis? Also Barefoot Servants? Worth checking out if you haven’t. Thanx for all the great programming and new music you have turned me onto!

[@frankrehm3650]

The question that was not asked during this Q&A session: "How many CD's are within your music Library?"

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Probably because it's been asked and answered a ton of times already in previous Q&A shows.

[@paulfaulkner2855]

There's tons of great new black metal music and bands and very little is from the legacy acts, the last Enslaved is ok and the last Immortal was good for 5 minutes. But new Mayhem, Darkthrone, and others is not good. cheers mate. Try White Ward -Futility Report It's black metal mixed with Jazz, right up your alley.

[@bobsala7780]

Agree with the comment that there's tons of new great black metal but I also understand Pete’s sentiment that since there is so much that it can be difficult to listen to it all. Some of my favorites have been by the bands Mare Cognitum, None, and Panopticon.

[@Yeomannn]

20:30

[@justinhavu]

1:01:49 Even just a top 10 Ritenour ranking, like you did with Metheny (which was a great show) would be cool. I know he has a ton of stuff, but it'd be interesting to see which ones you go for. No pressure, though. Lol

[@nickvickers3486]

Hi Pete, really digging the show and I'm looking forward to getting into the series on 21st century bands! Also is there any chance of a Joe Satriani ranking the albums show?

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

It's on the LONG list.

[@Kellerwerks]

Ah man, I completely forgot about Death. I should have had them somewhere in my list last month... Check out their documentary first if you want to be introduced to them...

[@purpletemple1]

Damn! I had left the player on 0.5 for a few minutes and was wondering what was going on :-) :-)

[@archibaldsalyards926]

What are your thoughts on Zakk Wylde and Phil Ensalmo doing a Pantera tour?

[@sspbrazil]

Hey Pete, I’m going to try and come up to the SoT event from here in Brazil if I can swing it! If you want to livestream the event next year then we should talk about that as I can help out that together and direct it if you want?

[@thomaspallante9166]

Hey Pete! What do you think of Slipknot,Stone Sour,and Rob Zombie?? I have never heard you talk about them.

[@williamwalker146]

Pete frequently discusses Slipknot in Q & A's. He did it tonight.

[@Yeomannn]

24:40

[@jeremybravo9345]

Have not done a ranking the albums of Black Label Society. Did a top ten songs of Black Label Society, but did not rank there albums. Would like to see sea of tranquility do a ranking the albums of Black Label Society at some point. Thanks.

[@jimmycampbell78]

And hopefully Sydney to help out again as she did on the songs video 😎

[@jeffd5759]

For the next Q and A video, where do you go to ask questions during the live stream?

[@adamfink3437]

Under the title of the video where the like and unlike and share buttons are, there will be a button that says Live chat. Open that up and make your comments there.

[@jeffd5759]

Ok thanks 👍🏼

[@NP-ip3nj]

Damn, sorry I missed this. Edit - Hey Pete, I really enjoyed your primers/underrated prog band videos. Have you ever thought about doing a video for a primer on Italian prog, or do you think those were covered enough in your Intro to Prog videos? Maybe an In the Prog Seat with this? I know the "big ones", but I'm not well versed in Italian prog at all, so I feel like I'm probably missing out on some good bands. Thanks for reading.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

I did a whole show on Top Italian prog about a year ago.

[@NP-ip3nj]

@@seaoftranquilityprog I must have missed it, sorry. Normally I don't miss stuff like that.

[@martymartin2894]

I don't think better call Saul is a patch on breaking bad.

[@GoldenOldiesMusicCollector]

How about doing a Dio vs Ozzy Studio Album showdown

[@BlackMoore82]

Simon McBride was a member of the Irish NWOBHM band Sweet Savage throughout 1996-'98 and been part of Don Airey's band since 2016.

[@AJgeartalk]

Hey Pete. Great channel! Your video looks really great lately (very sharp). Just curious -what camera are you using?

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

it's a LogiTech webcam, one of the newer ones.

[@AJgeartalk]

@@seaoftranquilityprog Thanks Pete. Fantastic quality video and great content!

[@BUCA_BILL]

You can't have Whitesnake without Coverdale

[@davej9228]

You were asked before but still not answered, Sea of Tranquility is where Apollo 11landed on the moon.

[@davidking2799]

The double P rules 🤘

[@policyjunkie3312]

Hey Pete who do you think invented heavy metal?

[@jimmycampbell78]

I think it was a combination of bands. Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly, the Guess Who, Blue Oyster Cult and Mountain in North America. Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Budgie in the UK. I think these were all the ‘proto metal’ bands. And then Judas Priest were the first true heavy metal band.

[@jimmycampbell78]

I’m not Pete though 😉

[@policyjunkie3312]

@@jimmycampbell78 haha I totally agree Judas Priest was the first metal band you’re 100% right but yeah sabbath purple zeppelin all contributed.

[@franciskocher200]

😄👍👍

[@rickrobb6546]

van Halen Rules

[@archibaldsalyards926]

Im late to the show... but came up with a SOT show idea!!!: Name one song from three to five bands that is the very definition of HEAVY METAL!!!?? NOT: New Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal... ect. Just traditional HM.

[@johnnycashlives316]

Pete was that band called deaf angel? Someone was talking about them in the live chat.

[@adamfink3437]

I think you mean Death Angel.

[@johnnycashlives316]

@@adamfink3437 thanks

[@paulfaulkner2855]

Obscura is a tech-death metal band and not a progressive death metal band, watch your episode on tech-death bands. Wilderunn is a great prog-death metal band, watch your review.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

I don't need to watch it, I was part of it. Tech-death/prog-death...not far removed from each other, all if it technical and progressive. Obsura are just as progressive as early Opeth, Death, and Wildrerunn.

[@paulfaulkner2855]

@@seaoftranquilityprog There's a big difference between tech death bands like Obscura, Origin, ArchSpire, Necrophagist, and the bands you mentioned, even your guest that day would agree. Progressive death metal is a much easier and enjoyable listen than tech death, which gets boring really quick. Just my opinion!! Cheers

[@billwang5462]

#THEMASTERMIND. AWESOME SHOW DISPITE HIS NOT HAPPY DEMEANOR