Albums That Are Upstaged By Their Album Covers, Part 2 (w/Martin Popoff)

[@aidanhatton7163]

Hey Pete, 23-year-old music lover from Australia here. For over four years I have been listening to a new album every week and just recently I have been watching your ranking the studio albums series to compile a list of albums to listen to in the future. I have enjoyed other videos on this channel too. You are an awesome host and I love the “chilled out” feel to your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@robertgeise3653]

Normal 5-star rating system: Poor-Fair-Good-Very Good-Excellent Martin's 5-star rating system: Mellow-Poppy-Kinda Heavy-Heavy-Super Heavy

[@bronzeagekid8223]

LMAO! Funny 'cause it's true!!

[@cragway]

Some quotes from the Popoff gospel Eh?........"Grunge,man,that was incredible.It was dangerous.It wasn't verse/chorus.Songs could be short, long,a lark majestic.You were constantly being surprised." " Heavy metal is the most conservative loud music.Lets face it,not even a gym teacher could get as many people to dress alike. "If your into metal,then you should like hair metal "

[@rickschricter]

Love how Pete said "Meat's voice isn't what it used to be"..like his first name is Meat

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Popoff and Pardo are at it again and this time Martin pulls out some obscure Canadian bands for Pete and the rest of us to now wonder whether we need to listen to any of those. Great show, gents, and thanks to the two of you for continuing your weekly Friday get-together.

[@billymac72]

Pardo & Popoff.....great ring to that. right up there with Hanna-Barbara, Lieber & Stoller, Franken & Davis, Sid & Marty Kroft.

[@Grandizer8989]

When I was in a Church Youth Group in the late 80s, a former road mgr for The Doors turned Christian went around New England preaching the dangers of Heavy Metal. It’s been 35 years, but I remember that he was particularly hard on AC DC, the album cover of Rush’s Moving Pictures, and John Lennon’s song Imagine. At the end, he would lead a prayer because he was about to play Demon and was afraid that we would rise a devil or something. I’ve been wondering what that band was all this time until Martin showed us the album cover with the cross and remembered it. Thanks Marty!

[@Grandizer8989]

@@powerslave3473 I can’t remember but he was pretty harsh about it. Something to do with symbolism.

[@timolson2047]

I was in confirmation class, the Lutheran equivalent to catechism, an old hippie came in to tell us the evils of heavy metal music. All that did was make me go out and buy the cassettes! Oh and Grateful Dead's Blues For Allah is also a satanic album, according to the old hippie

[@docdeens4030]

@@Grandizer8989 symbolism is the devil! I mean they would never use symbolism in the Bible...

[@chazblitz]

Martin and his Grand Funk hate used to irritate me, but now I find it comical. You guys crack me up. Great show as usual!

[@costafinkel]

Grand funk is my 2nd fave band ever! 2nf only to pink floyd.

[@Leo-ci9kc]

Though I usually dont agree with Martin, I do enjoy listening to him for some reason?

[@steveclark9211]

You're right! He held up Grand Funk Live Album and Pete loves that album.

[@fourseasons4105]

why does heavier always equal better and soft equals worse? seems to be a frequent theme amongst Martin's picks and I think it's a wierd way to measure how much you enjoy an album.

[@MsKalachakra]

You should do the opposite too, heavy records with soft looking album covers. I could think of a lot of examples.

[@damiankarras]

Like the first Cinderella album. That look was quickly abandoned

[@MsKalachakra]

@@damiankarras Yes that's one but there is a whole lot, The Melvins covers for example, first Bauhaus, Sabbath Technical Ecstasy, Dinasour Jr., Swans. Mudhoney, Boris, Mr. Bungle. I mean why they don't talk about Boris ever on a rock channel, the most prolific and exiting rock and metal band ever, that is kind of insane.

[@j.j.4150]

That isn't really the point of the show. It's upstaging in quality, though they picked quite often Albums that happen to be not as Heavy as the Cover suggests and for Metal Fans it can make it a disappointing experience. The concept though is simply Albums not as good as their covers.

[@gui4816]

Gutter Ballet by Savatage

[@MsKalachakra]

@@j.j.4150 Yes I know that's was the point in those episodes we saw like this one, I'm just suggesting a different concept for future videos they could do. Just do the opposite as a different kind of video or series of videos, when you bought an album that didn't look as heavy but you were pleasantly surprised. Wouldn't that be cool?

[@DonHornsby]

I always look forward to these discussions with Pete and Martin. What a great episode covering these albums that fooled so many of us. I'm surprised at Martin Popoff's reaction to Grand Funk. But as always, Martin brings a great deal of depth and knowledge to the discussion.

[@EvilVonRetee]

I love this show concept! Hope you guys record at least part 3 and 4 👍

[@jukeboxcowboy]

In the case of No Prisoners, the Molly Hatchet band members themselves were upstaged by the album cover art! The artist made them so overly buff and Conan-like, you'd think you were looking at a Thor album. Their beer bellies were flatteringly transformed into rock solid six packs. I spent 1/3 of my senior year sitting behind a guy wearing the tour shirt for that album, which featured the cover art on the back, so I studied the hell out of that thing. If you're out there, dude, thanks for beginning class with a good laugh. PS: I like the way Martin says "boogie".

[@drgrlitz]

Tony Caputo of Lynx played as a pianoentertainer in a jazzbar onboard a ship between Oslo in Norway & Kiel in Germany, some years ago. They only ever did those 3 releases.

[@redrocker7857]

The look on Pete’s face when Martin brought out the REO.Hilarious!Love REO Speedwagon although they were never very heavy.

[@davidl570]

If nothing else, they were Heavy On Your Love.

[@rogermaybank8623]

It does speak of a time when you had to buy albums making your decision from the sleeve compared to nowadays when you always get to judge the music first and rarely buy the product.

[@ELEVATETHESKY]

Great episodes! Your channel is so much fun Pete. You may have already done this ( you have a ton of videos lol but it would be cool if you have a contest for smaller independent bands and artists. They submit to you then the prize would be that they get reviewed by you. Maybe 10-20 albums. :) just a thought.

[@liquidvizionsmadferit]

Bunch of hot dog breaks - Martin 😀😄😆😂

[@ukrocksounds3419]

The double live by Reo speedwagon is a great album before they sold out.

[@jerryattwooll4864]

I always thought Nine Lives was a pretty rocking album as shown by Martin. I felt it was after that that they sold out.

[@andrewdavis6857]

You should do a vid on some bands (actual rock genre bands) that should NOT be in the Rock Hall that are and who you would replace them with

[@warpig4942]

Coven's entire discography fits this category... the covers place them squarely in league with Satan, much of the music places them squarely in league with Anne Murray.

[@davidl570]

They've always reminded me of a Satanic Jefferson Airplane (music-wise).

[@timolson2047]

But @warpig, can't you just imagine the reactions from people who listened to the first Coven album? It was satanic as hell! My uncle got the first Black Sabbath album in 1970 and he said he and his hippie stoner friends were all freaking out because it was so scary and evil.

[@meptune]

Pete, I love the shirt. That art was created by Drew Struzan: posters for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back To The Future, Harry Potter and album covers............ Black Sabbath "Sabbatoge" and Alice Cooper "Welcome to My Nightmare"

[@Katzeninsel1]

The live album from Grand Funk is heavy. But you have to play it reaaaal loud. Then it works.

[@preving]

of course cause we're an american band

[@sneakyuploader_4477]

@@azdh85224 They were so good though, they could get away with cheesy stuff like Locomotion.

[@preving]

@Chris Hart I didn't know that, Chris. wow

[@BUCA_BILL]

Martin always gives me a band I never heard to go find. Pete hit the nail on the head with Dio's Kiling the Dragon. That album just fizzles out after the opener.

[@seekerp67]

I dig the shows with Martin!!

[@jakobforney8891]

I’ve of course always heard of the band meat loaf. The way the album looks and the name of the album it sounds heavy, influential, so I paused the video to listen to. Wow. I thought I was listening to some broadway musical/ American idol. My jaw was dropped and still is.

[@jamesjezard4553]

Loving these shows Pete.

[@Danimal77]

Pete, I completely agree with you on Mastodon's The Hunter. While there are some good songs, it is an overall lacklustre albums, of which was preceded by a CLASSIC, Crack the Sky and proceeded by two really solid albums, Once More 'Round The Sun, and Emperor of the Sand (the latter being slightly stronger than the former). I saw them live in October 2017 for my 40th birthday and they were beyond amazing, especially Brann "the octopus" Dailor!

[@brada1136]

Love your shows. I think Martin is on a different topic. His is "LPs that look like Heavy Metal but aren't" or "if it's not Sabbath like it stinks". He seems to only like the Metal genre. I had friends who were metalheads that I hated to talk music with because they had no appreciation for any other genre. Pete-I value the fact that you're tastes are eclectic. Keep up the good work.

[@Veaseify]

Martin has talked about Bowie and Roxy Music lots and he loves The Clash. He also did a ranking of the Police albums with Pete as well. I think he and Pete agreed to differ on Captain Beefheart (who Martin likes) so his tastes are more varied than you give him credit for. Obviously Metal is his favourite genre though.

[@TimsVinylConfessions]

Fun episode guys. The Doc Holliday album looks like Y&T because it was designed by John Taylor Dismukes, who did Black Tiger, Mean Streak, In Rock We Trust, and Best of 81 to 85

[@jeaniekeebler3156]

How about the soundtrack to "Heavy Metal?" I expected it to be metal, but it was mostly rock.

[@joeylyons4549]

That was my first thought when I saw this topic. I remember being like 15 or so and thinking UGH. WHAT ???

[@ronaldsmith1484]

Grand heavy funk Railroad!...... early stuff is superb!

[@stevekosak8624]

Yes sir it is 😈🤘

[@cragway]

Hey Pete.....some future idea topics..... "My top 10 album picks that were released on April 1st...".. ."Albums that have coughs or sneezes that can be heard..." Your top favorite songs that have bagpipes,ukuleles, accordions or washboards"

[@Grandizer8989]

Molly Hatchet’s album covers were cool because they remind me of those great 80s Savage Sword of Conan covers

[@MartyMurray]

That was a very entertaining show, gentlemen! I got a good laugh out of some of that! I think I bought that Steppenwolf "Skullduggery" record because of the cool cover, and thinking it wasn't really all that good when I got it home. But, it's still on the shelf down in my basement. Loved the Madcats. Their drummer Glen Gratto is a friend of mine, and still a fantastic drummer, and Grant Fullerton was a fine guitarist and singer. Now, with Bob Seger, I've got to say I'm a big fan of his. That said, if you have that live album you showed, which is a great record, and then "Night Moves" and "Against The Wind," I think you've pretty much got all that you need from him right there.

[@SkeltonKnaggsLives]

Grant Fullerton was the best bassist Lighthouse ever had. I'm glad I read your comment or I would have never known he was still around and active (has his own website, too). Yeah..."Skullduggery" wasn't that sharp -- the only Wolf LP John Kay never had a writing credit on. And I get overwhelmingly emotional when I hear "Shame On The Moon" & "Against The Wind"-- gets me thinking about a lot of old friends through the years who have passed on or just plain disappeared. Not many songs can do that to me.

[@MartyMurray]

I think there was another Seger album between "Night Moves" and "Against The Wind," which is also a must-have. The one with "Hollywood Nights" on it. "Stranger In Town." The thing that most people don't realise is that most of Seger's songs are based upon actual events from his life. "Night Moves" - true story about his first girlfriend. "Main Street" - true story. "Sunspot Baby" - true story. "Hollywood Nights" - true story. And if you go way back, you might remember his anti-war single "2 Plus 2 Is On My Mind," when his band was the Bob Seger System.

[@kiplambert64]

Axe was a staple warmup band in Florida back in the early eighties ..Always a fun show!! Remember seeing a triple bill in Lakeland, Axe,Shooting Star,and Cheap Trick...For the record, Shooting Star blew them both off the stage..

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I couldn’t work out what Martin was saying with regards the Yngwie album cover. Bad curny? Something like that? Obviously to do with the spacing of the lettering.

[@dargbarnett]

Here's a question what defines "heavy"? Guitar, bass & drum, vocals, theme? Possibly a show in having that debate?

[@warpig4942]

Martin owned every album in existence when he was a kid. I could only manage to get one 45 a week with my $1.00 allowance.

[@SkeltonKnaggsLives]

Right with you!! Didn't get anything off Mom & Dad -- I was weeding gardens, mowing lawns, painting fences, building dog houses, any shit job I could do to buy LP's, 8-tracks & cassettes. I was 11/12 yrs. old, the 1st LP I ever bought was Ten Years After "R & R Music To The World." (still have it!)

[@renetrachet]

Indeed. I recorded the albums of my friends on tape. I could not buy the records themselves

[@jukeboxcowboy]

Lunch money = record money.

[@MsKalachakra]

@@SkeltonKnaggsLives This is so interesting to me, I don't think you could get those kind of jobs here in my country, well this is off topic of course.

[@SkeltonKnaggsLives]

@@MsKalachakra Any kid could go around the neighborhood knocking on doors inquiring about an odd job or two for a few bucks. Don't really think that would be safe today.

[@knightvisioniixv]

Meat Loaf’s Bat out of Hell II is one that I haven’t thought about (much less listened to) in eons, and the mere mention of it conjures up many memories. Back in ‘93/‘94, there was no escaping that album, or its much overplayed accompanying lead single “I’d Do Anything for Love” - I remember so many people (myself included) receiving that album as a gift: Birthday, Christmas, you get the picture. Looking back to my school days, it’s astounding to think about the amount of times I’ve witnessed friends (and countless peers) in classrooms, lunch breaks, or even in the hallways, pulling this CD out, and listening to it. Teachers and students, alike - it was almost ridiculous. Needless to say, it sold like hot cakes. Overall, a decent album, but the haunting “Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are” was always my personal favorite on there. I have always loved Megadeth’s The System Has Failed.

[@davidclawson4733]

Funny that you mentioned "Suffeciently Breathless". It took some warming up for me too, but I've played it about 10 times this week alone.

[@keithfotheringham5059]

Listening to this I heard Martin's comments about Grand Funk Railroad. Nothing but respect for Martin - like me he thinks Sabotage is the best Sabbath album! But like Pete I consider Grand Funk Live a very heavy album, but there are a lot of people that do not consider these guys heavy. I have always mentioned them in the conversation though. So here's what I think the issue is: guitar tone. They share this issue with Ted Nugent. Both Mark Farner and Ted both used a clean, and not very distorted tone, especially early on. Later albums utilized anywhere from a little to a lot more distortion. So when a lot of listeners check out these early albums, they're equating lack of distortion to NOT heavy. But like Ted, GFR played with lots of aggression and rocked hard like their 'heavy metal' peers and I think of them more as heavy or hard rock bands, rather than being like the less aggressive stuff like the Stones or Faces. These were really rocking guitar albums. For that reason I always lump them in with Purple, Sabbath, Zep, Montrose, BOC and other hard rock/heavy metal bands of the period. And regardless of how they are defined by listeners, I think they're full of awesome songs. Grand Funk and Ted Nugent - both great... and very heavy!!

[@matthewwigzell2119]

How about an episode with Martin about scary album covers where the music totally lives up to the cover? First Utterance by Comus springs to mind.

[@DrJimmy88]

How dare you speak ill of Mott The Hoople sir! Mott The Hoople Live album is actually kinda crunchy and heavy. Especially the expanded version. Two full discs of crunchy heavy riffing MTH for you to hate on.

[@bobof673]

Great show. Please do a show; “show and tell of Pete and Martin’s music collections!! “I enjoy listening to both of you, your incredible music knowledge. Keep up the shows.

[@richardrenner4875]

At 12, I saw a poster of CSN live, and their standing positions and the lighting made me think it was gonna be crazy heavy. When I heard an album it made no sense to me.

[@richard127gm]

Mott the Hoople's "Mott" album is one of the finest rock albums ever released. Seriously. And you compared it with Humble Pie, who sound absolutely nothing like the Great 'Hoople. How very dare you!

[@peteygemini60]

Bob Seger one of the greatest singer songwriters of all time and seriously underrated.

[@DaveAnchovies]

whaaaaaaat? maybe Bob Seger System era....thats ridiculous

[@scottmyers9360]

Sufficiently Breathless (the song) has always struck me as incredibly psychedelic and the cover perfectly portrays that IMHO. I got it decades before I got the first album, so did not have any expectations. How about covers that perfectly express the music? Discipline comes to mind...the music definitely weaves a complex knot!

[@christopherbull2512]

how would i go about buying pete a cd and get it delivered

[@billymac72]

I knew plenty of metal heads who liked Seger, including me. Travelin’ Man from Live Bullet is a great rocker. And that voice! He’s not Huey Lewis, for cryin’ out loud.

[@darrengmailcom]

Totally agree. Seger is a fantastic songwriter and like you point out, he is one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time

[@peterichards3261]

The Canadian band Fist changed their name to MyoFist for the Thunder In Rock album at least for the UK release? There was some issues with the UK band Fist over name rights

[@dusty3913]

Bat Out of Hell II is to the 90's what Bat out of Hell was to the 70's. I think it had the charm and sound that is in line with a 90's sensibility. I love them both, but I'd never compare them. The third...I think I tried it once and it went past my bat. Maybe I need to give it another chance.

[@betsysommer7142]

I totally bought that Mastodon album, as a picture disc, because of the cover.

[@rogertemple7193]

"a show on obscure bands of the 60's & 70's bands that put out one maybe two albums then nothing more and recently alot of these bands may have been discovered or in this case rediscovered and heard for the first time since they came out briefly during those days,so it would be a good show to find these little known bands or bands most people have never heard of."-🤔📻..

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Check out the One Album Wonders series we did.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

I enjoyed watching you on Lair of The alchemist. you should think about possibly making john one of your Hudson valley square honorary members.

[@MrNEILSUPERNAUT]

Is The Doors 'Full Circle ' in here? If not then it should be.

[@Danimal77]

Bob Seger has some great songs. He's a cross between Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel all mixed together. Standout tracks for me are: Night Moves Turn the Page Like a Rock Against the Wind Her Strut Hollywood Nights Mainstreet Roll Me Away Beautiful Loser Still the Same Manhattan The Fire Down Below We've Got Tonight Shakedown

[@PontusWittenmark]

I remember picking up Helloween's Chameleon as a kid thinking it looked very clean and modern. I think I actually wept when I got it home.

[@jerseyforhawks]

Have you done a 'Top Album cover - Exactly what is on LP' itself, for example Judas Priest's 'Screaming for Vengeance'?

[@davidlear2372]

nice shirt pete wacthed the thing first time from MD pick other day and wacthed they live after all the hype on md both awsome

[@christophercheney1006]

"The Hunter" is a great record! Different, but still badass. And, that record sounds amazing. Saw them on that tour, they had to follow Dillinger Escape Plan and actually survived.

[@ingolfrvargr]

I love the first Bat out of Hell album, but I was expecting some Heavy metal when I first put it on. I absolutely agree with parts 2 and 3, but I have to say, part 3 probably has some of the heaviest tunes I've heard by Meat Loaf, especially 'In the land of the pigs, the butcher is king'. A few great songs on these albums, but neither one comes any close to the masterpiece that is part 1. And while we're on the subject of Meat, I think the album cover of Dead Ringer could be something by Manowarm I also want to mention 'Power of the Picts' by Writing on the Wall and '666' by Aphrodite's Child. Great albums, but not nearly as heavy as I was expecting. And those Demon albums rule, Martin!

[@djgerman5705]

I was 16, looking for the real hard stuff in the 80s and I saw an album "Rock 'n' Roll Resurrection" by *Mylon Lefevre*. It had a very promising cover with a stage shot of a guy who looked a lot like David Coverdale and it had a sticker saying "Play this album loud!". I bought it right away and played it really loud, but I didn't hear anything heavy at all.

[@sabyrk]

Not sure if this is the one where Martin picks Women And Children First by Van Halen, but I think Martin doesn't appreciate: 1) how eye-catching that color green is -- I mean, have you ever seen >anything< else that has that shade of green? 2) how iconic that bandphoto is 3) how the band was being funny/suggestive naming the album "Women And Children First" but choosing a cover be four grubby, feral-looking dudes. Also, I'm figuring that the high-brow framing effect was meant to juxtapose the look of these very lowbrow, party-looking guys. It's definitely a nonsensical cover, but I think it was quite intentional. I would imagine that any marketing person would tell you that that cover was perfect for grabbing people's attention as soon as they walked into a music store. I understand that all of these impressions are all subjective but I feel like Martin's got a very specific response to certain color schemes and what they communicate, and that response is quite unique to him. It isn't universal.

[@paulhudson563]

Covers always look better as a 12" vinyl.. speaking of buying an album because of a live photo on the cover, i bought "Barón al rojo vivo" by Spanish Metal band, Baron Rojo, 1984

[@godofps5399]

I’m from Spain. That band is well known here, early classic rock metal, once they opened for Metallica, I think early Metallica days. Later Trujillo sang one of Barón Rojo hits in a concert of the new Metallica line up. Cheers from Spain!

[@paulhudson563]

@@godofps5399 Didn't they do an album of covers from Sabbath, Purple, Rainbow and others?

[@godofps5399]

@@paulhudson563 Yes they did. They are all the way classic hard rock and early metal people. The album you mentioned is "Perversiones" I think.

[@bronzeagekid8223]

Good call, Pete. The original "Bat Out of Hell" is a masterpiece front to back and the follow ups just aren't despite the cool looking album covers. I think the awesome Richard Corben cover of the original is actually quite appropriate for the bombast on the record inside it.

[@ronaldsmith1484]

Sorry Martin Bob Seger live bullet is a excellent live f****** album it sounds great the audience is definitely into it I also like it because he performs a few of his hits but some of the covers are excellent Bob Seger live bullet rocks

[@pvdguitars2951]

Epitaph, their danger man album looks real heavy metal ( almost like the cover of Fistful of Metal). Les Dudek! Good one Martin. I remember buying his Ghost Town Parade album, purely for the cover art!

[@lonegroover]

Agreed about Bob Seger. I don't mind music being commercial and mainstream if it's interesting and inspired (like Steve Miller Band for example). But Bob never quite came across as that for me. He did provide Thin Lizzy with a popular live tune (Rosalie) though, so all credit for that. Not sure I've ever heard the original, or wanted to.

[@robertsaul234]

Original is great imho

[@lonegroover]

@@robertsaul234 Thanks, I'll have a listen.

[@Danimal77]

Martin and Pete, please rank 7 The Tea Party albums! Your fanbase needs to be exposed to this criminally underrated band!

[@thedarkwizardroom]

It seems to go how we all grew up. I wouldn't start having and buying music till start in the mid 60s. And so I grew in liking stuff along with Ramblin Gamblin Man by Bob Seger and that album and later on in having those other early rock and roll of his. The Live Bullet album is a good album but not if you so want to just be a metal guy. But I always love the energy and rock and roll sound of the period back then, Mitch Ryder and all that coming up as a youngster. So when Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin and the rest to the heavy direction I grew in immediately almost into the where rock music was at the time. After all saw GFR and The harder edge Who albums and saw back when and anything I would see. BOC and all that stuff. Getting the KISS and RUSH albums and all of that stuff. And along the way anyway in the mix to get heavy metal and rock albums and a vast lot of them in the years. And follow into the genres of metal and progressive stuff. I guess you can say I stayed up with music of rock and roll and metal as I have tried to and so I don't discard the early Bob Seger at all. So one can always give it a chance to appreciate the sound of those energy rock and roll driven records. Just lay back and listen or have good background rock and roll. Live Bullet cover misleading not misunderstanding anyone who was a follower of Bob Segar. And the promoting them in the day along with KISS well for the bill, had to have been as to record sales at the time of what was culturally hot at the time. And what was being played and all that. So that's my take. Rock On!!!🎤🎶🎸🎹💖

[@NostalgiaVHS]

I agree with Popoff about Grand Funk. I have that live album and played it in my car but I couldn’t really get into it. Not bad but seemed kind of like standard late 60s early 70s jam band sort of stuff, and not especially heavy.

[@rutex09]

The REO logo predates the Aerosmith logo, the REO Cow album predates the Aerosmith Cow album and the REO Nine Lives album predates the Aerosmith Nine Lives album.

[@bobfrapples1208]

you should do one on the actual disk art itself. I mean the CD inside and the clear tray art. For example Agent Orange's Virtually Indestructible.

[@ronbartkowiak3459]

Lol, saw BobSeger and Silver bullet open for Kiss in Baltimore. Can you imagine his reception?

[@abe3802]

Axe - great band! Agree about the cover but Nemesis is a killer album and later on the come back album Five is a stunner. Fist - Fleet Street or Thunder in Rock, great album. Reached Sweden early 80s.

[@nazaholicable]

Shootout at the fantasy factory by Traffic is one hell of a great cover with a bunch of 1930's gangsters floating in outer space. The actual album has only 5 songs, two of which 'evening blue' and 'uninspired' are sublime, whereas the other three are only quite good.

[@j20man9]

I agree with most of what you guys said. I think Spellbound and Follow your Heart are the weakest songs on Thunder Seven and the rest is great. The comments on Killing the Dragon should have been directed at Master of the Moon. Oh and the Grand Funk is damn heavy, great stuff

[@marklangham4337]

Martin!!!! Those REO albums are really GREAT and the Live album is one of the BEST live albums of all time. (imho). The covers did not really look Hard Rock/Metal. Again imho.

[@chiragchittar4179]

Solid stuff as always! I agree with the choices but have to check out fist though. Hunter was a great choice! I was disappointed with that and once more round the sun even though both are decent and not terrible. However these are my picks Kreator-cause for conflict Opeth-sorceress (not bad by any means but my least favorite opeth album) Witchfynde-give em hell Zz top-afterburner Uriah heep-abominog (sorry pete. Always thought that this was really bland commercial pop metal)

[@robunish9233]

Liked Martin showing off all those Canadian bands/albums..... still hoping somewhere down the line you can squeeze in that show about obscure/lesser-known Canadian bands... wouldn't mind hearing some conversation vice words on some webpages.

[@pvdguitars2951]

Yeah! Especially Rapid Tears. Damn, their Honestly album was a Heavy Metal gem!

[@ClaudLeon]

Completely disagree regarding Killing The Dragon.

[@carlosabad6596]

Come on !! The System has failed is a very special album ! I love the whole cd.

[@zackamanda9799]

Back in the Day is probably my favorite. This song reminds me of my youth , growing up and going to concerts as a teenager and seeing bands like Megadeth , MetallicA , ect.

[@inmyhouse11]

Bat out of Hell 2- Meat Loaf Shakedown Street- Grateful Dead Coliseum Rock- Starz Nostradamus- Judas Priest Revenge-Mayday Spreading the Disease- Anthrax Martin really played a cruel April fools joke by saying Heaven and Hell was a bad Sabbath record

[@raquelyoung8840]

Did he say booogie wooogie. Love your show!

[@Spinspiel]

Steppenwolf's - Skullduggery has "Rock & Roll Song" which is a cover of Canadian folkie Valdy's original "Rock & Roll Song" (a better version being the original). Martin should have known this little fact, maybe he did???

[@RodrigoWerneck1]

Lucifer's Friend, great band.... They have one final album being released hopefully this year...

[@michaelwright664]

I’ve got one, 38 Special Bone Against Steel, it was one of their weaker efforts

[@lisatiley033]

Baffled by your comments concerning Demon "The Unexpected Guest"! Just the intro of "Don't break the Circle" is worth the cover price! And the epic finale "Deliver us from Evil" completes an amazing album. Demon went on to record the monumental "The Plague" after this one, and then many more great albums. And the production sounds fine to me! And "The Hunter" is excellent, but music is subjective!

[@747jono]

Morning Pete Morning Martin happy Friday

[@thestevec]

I know I'm inviting scorn here but ... Iron Maiden-Somewhere in Time. It's probably favourite album cover of theirs but I've never actually liked the album itself. Tried many times but always sounded like they were trying to get played on MTV or commercial radio to me. Something they had never bothered about previously. Keyboards not an issue just never been able to get into it

[@ashleygeisler1003]

Check out the lp force set me free. Looks like a thrash lp but its a uk hard rock band

[@captainbeyond7469]

Interesting episodes while I tend to agree with a lot of the cover art choices (except for Mott the Hoople their covers always screamed glam to me which is exactly what they were)some of the musical critiques not so much. 1- Grand Funk- Not heavy??? 2- REO Speedwagon- Nine Lives is a heavy album and IMO their best. 3- Steppenwolf- The three mid seventies albums ( Particularly Slow Flux an underrated 5 star album) are much heavier than the sixties albums and very much in-line with what other mid seventies hard rock bands we doing. 4- Mott the Hopple- The “Mott “ album IMO is one of top three glam albums of the seventies. I could continue but I think this episode will be great for sparking some good natured all in fun musical debates.

[@guywoznicki7847]

Martin why must you always poop on Grand Funk? I got into them much later (early 90’s) when the owner of the used record shop I frequented recommended the first album. Man I LOVED it and went on to buy most of the catalog (up to American Band). Sure they’re not all great but man what a talented power trio. They might not blow your doors off but they were a solid rock and roll band.

[@davidvaness5081]

Hammersmith its for you I've heard this record a bunch of times since the 70s. Hello its for you

[@ramonace4770]

Can't agree with Martin on Budgie's "Nightflight". Love this album, don't think it's poppy at all. "I turned to stone" is so heavy!, one of my all time favourite tracks.

[@barmyneddy1789]

I grew up listening to rock/metal. Bought hundreds of albums, many of which were an insult to the genre. This takes me back, great listen/watch

[@independenceltd.]

1. April Wine - The Nature of the Beast 2. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (original) 3. Tygers of Pan Tang - Crazy Nights

[@sicsiksam]

Or tygers of pan tang the cage... great cover

[@nazaholicable]

Totally agree with you.

[@preving]

I agree with all of those

[@cameramanzoomit]

So Grand Funk Live Album isn't heavy, eh?! Well that's news to me. And probably most of the planet. But then Martin is "The Contrarian". Or is this another April Fool's joke like the Heaven & Hell video? Hard to tell sometimes if it's a bit or not.

[@turefromfinland3264]

Hey Pete. I recommend you to check out Fist's "In the red" album. It's really good hard rock, great singer.