Free Form Rock Podcast

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast… We’re diving headfirst into harmonies, history, and just a sprinkle of Fleetwood Mac family intrigue. Joining us is author, Mac‑expert, and actual family member Tim Durling—yes, he’s basically rock‑royalty adjacent. Tim wrote THE SOUND THAT HAUNTS YOU: A Beginner’s Companion to Fleetwood Mac and On Record: The April Wine Album Review, but today he’s here for our...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🎙️ Family members Travis Perrotta and Andy Rodriguez join us as we take a ride with Journey's classic album Escape! Will this album make us want to call our mother father? Will it inspire us to escape into outer space while playing the old Atari 2600 Journey Escape video game? Or will it simply remind us why Journey became one of the biggest bands on the planet?...

This week on America’s Podcast, family members Andy Rodriguez and Tim Wirasnik join us as we travel back to a simpler time—when MTV actually played music and mullets roamed the Earth freely. We're diving into Billy Idol's classic album Rebel Yell! We'll break down every track, explore the stories behind the songs, and find out if this album helped create a new sound for the '80s. Did it bring us s...

This week on America’s Podcast, we bring in the family members: Eddy Cannistraci, Ryan T. Russell, and Travis Perrotta! We dive into the newest album by The Black Crowes called A Pound of Feathers. Will this album put you in a Cruel Streak? Or will it turn me into a Propane Prophecy? As always… no spoilers, because unlike modern movie trailers, we actually leave surprises in. Tracks of the Week Ed...

This week on America’s Podcast, we dive into Blackberry Smoke and their album Like an Arrow. Will this album have us “Running Through Time,” or will it make us want to take the next exit outta here faster than a gas station burrito emergency? No spoilers! It’s just the Three Amigos this week — the brothers in podcasting themselves. No family members, no distractions, and probably fewer people yell...

This week on America’s podcast, we dive into a band that inspired a whole generation of punk, pop-punk, and “I swear I can still fit into my old leather jacket” bands — Social Distortion and their classic album Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell. It’s just the Three Amigos on this episode — brothers in podcasting and brothers in surviving questionable music takes. No family members this week… so th...

This Week on America’s Podcast, we crank up the volume and dive headfirst into Lightning to the Nations by Diamond Head — the album that helped inspire a generation of thrash metal bands to pick up guitars, grow their hair out, and scare the neighbors! But here’s the big question: Is it a true NWOBHM classic… or were the cover versions by other bands actually better? Uh oh… somebody hide the comme...

This week on America’s Podcast, we dive headfirst into the sun-soaked, slightly shady, totally legendary world of California as we review one of the greatest bands and albums of all time—Eagles and their iconic Hotel California. Yeah, yeah… we know there’s always that guy who says he doesn’t like them, but we’re putting it all on the table. No spoilers—just vibes, opinions, and probably a few “wai...

This week on America’s Podcast, we dive into a band that somehow gets more side-eye than a gas station sushi tray—and honestly, we’re not having it. We’re talking about Extreme and their long-awaited album Six. A ridiculously talented band with a killer vocalist and a guitarist who could probably outplay your Wi-Fi connection on a bad day. We’re reviewing Six, the album that took 15 YEARS to make...

This week on America’s Podcast, we take it to 11. We’re reviewing the brand-new Dead To Rights from Metal Church—a band that’s resurrected itself and even brought in former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson. Does this album have the brainwashing power to make you forget the old versions of the band… or is it a total waste of time? And the BIG question: how does Marc somehow connect this to The Thomp...

This week on America’s Podcast, it’s just the three amigos… the brothers… the combatants… whatever you want to call us — just don’t call us late for dinner! 🍽️ This episode we dive into the legendary debut album Asia by Asia. Is this an album that will make you say “Time Again, I need to spin this!” or will you feel like you’re just “Cutting It Fine” by listening? No spoilers… you know how we roll...

🎙️ THIS WEEK ON AMERICA’S PODCAST 🎙️ We dive headfirst into “Move Me” by Nazareth with family member Tim Wirasnik 🤘 Is this album gonna burn us down like a bar fight gone wrong… or crack us up like your drunk uncle at Thanksgiving? 🍻 No spoilers — you know how we roll. 🔥 TRACKS OF THE WEEK 🔥 Mooger: Heartbreak Kid – Shotgun Messiah Tim: Wild Side – Mötley Crüe Marc: Hollywood Nights – Bob Sege...

🎙️ THIS WEEK ON AMERICA’S PODCAST 🎙️ We dig into a band that somehow dropped THREE albums and still feels like rock’s best-kept secret—The Dust Coda and their album Mojo Skyline. Is this thing a full-on rocker… or does it stall out like your car when you crank the volume too high? 🚗💨 Either way—it’s a must listen, especially for the humor, hot takes, and straight-up shenanigans from the crew. Jo...

🎙️ THIS WEEK ON AMERICA’S PODCAST 🎙️ We dive headfirst into the brand-new album Weapons of Beauty by Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons. Joined by family member Favio Vegas, we ask the big question: 👉 Does it sound like an album written in a bunker… or is it truly a weapon of beauty? No spoilers as always—we let you decide if this one hits the target or misses completely. 🔥 TRACKS OF THE WEEK 🔥 Jerry: ...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast… This week we crank up the thrash machine and dive into Persistence of Time by Anthrax with family members Eric Lussier and Tim Wirasnik. This album is darker, heavier, and moodier than a metalhead who just found out his favorite band replaced the guitarist with a keyboard player. The big question is… should this album be discharged… or have we got the time to let...

This Week on America’s Podcast 🤘🔥 Thrash alert! This week the crew dives headfirst into the crushing riffs of Kreator – *Coma of Souls*… wait, wrong decade… actually we’re throwing horns up for Kreator – *Enemy of God*—just kidding again… alright, enough thrash confusion—this episode is all about Kreator – *Kreator Krushers of the World* (aka the mighty Kreator – *Coma of Souls* era thrash vibe...

This week on America’s Podcast, the amps are cranked past 11 and the groove hits harder than a Dimebag riff. 🤘 With family member Favio Vegas and newly adopted family member Mark Mckibben, we tackle the best and worst of Pantera — breaking it all down from Cowboys from Hell to Reinventing the Steel. No hairspray. No spandex. No Glamtera. Just pure groove metal carnage. 🔥 We dive into the riffs,...

This week on America’s Podcast — maybe a little dysfunctional, definitely loud — family member Travis Perrotta joins us as we crank up the Way Back Machine and rocket straight into the 1980s. You know, back when the riffs were hard, the melodies were massive, the jeans were tighter than your cable budget, and MTV actually played music. We’re diving into Under Lock and Key by Dokken — the album tha...

This week on America’s Podcast, it’s just the Three Amigos — no family members, no safety net, just pure rock chaos. Jerry brings in a newer band, Reality of Yourself, and we check out Letter From Hermes. Do we like it? Do we hate it? Are we politely confused? No spoilers, as always. Tracks of the week: 🔥 Mooger: Rue The Day – Alter Bridge 🔥 Marc: Dirty Movies – Van Halen 🔥 Jerry: Whipping Post...

🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast, we welcome family member Favio Vegas to help us dig into a possibly forgotten gem: Badlands’ Voodoo Highway. Does this album sound so good it feels like you’re in a dream… or does it feel like the last time you’ll ever spin it? No spoilers — you’ll have to ride that Voodoo Highway with us to find out. Tracks of the Week: Jerry — Ozzy Osbourne: “The Ultimate Sin”...

This week on America’s Podcast, we’re diving headfirst into a 1984 classic — c’mon now — Bryan Adams’ Reckless. Joining me is family member Joseph Staub, and we tackle this album with full-on reckless abandon. Will Reckless be a one-night love affair, or is it a reckless listen you’ll keep coming back to? No spoilers — you’ll have to tune in and find out. Tracks of the Week: Mooger – Arthur’s Them...

This week on America’s Podcast™, we go back to a classic album — and if you don’t know why this one matters… honestly, what are you doing with your life? 😅 That’s right: Led Zeppelin II. The riffs. The swagger. The album that made rock put on tighter pants and never look back. Joining us is VERY special family member Andy Rodriguez, and together we ask the big questions: Will this album Bring It...

This week on America’s Podcast™ (yes, we said it) — the Free Form Rock Podcast is back, and we’re counting down our Top 10 Albums of 2025 with family member Andy Rodriguez. Will there be albums you totally saw coming? Absolutely. Will there be a few that make you yell, “WAIT… THAT ONE?!” Also yes. No spoilers though — you’ll have to listen like a normal human. And of course, we’ve got our Tracks o...

This Week on America’s Podcast 🇺🇸🎸 Family members are back in the house with Travis Perrotta and Mike Fowler, and this week we’re breaking from our usual album-review format and shaking things up. Yeah… like The Cars — we wanna shake it up. Ooo ooo! 🚀 Episode Title: Up, Up, and Away! — Supergroups 🚀 Each of us picks three supergroups and lets it fly. We talk the fun, the madness, the disappoint...

This Week on America's Podcast  🎸🔥 Family members are in the house Aaron Camaro and Andy Rodriguez as we dive headfirst into one of the most debated albums in rock history… 🤘 KISS – Destroyer 🤘 Is this an all-time great KISS album? Are there any weak tracks hiding under the makeup? Or should we all just cry for “Beth” and call it a classic? No spoilers. No skipping tracks. All will be revealed...