O'Brien & Doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear more new music from Metallica, also Last in Line and Trev Lukather. We talk about secret guest appearances on classic songs, climb the Wall of Tunes for one of our favorite bands who happen to be from Colorado, and the letter of the day is N. #metallica #bhtm #willienelson https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about the new "re-imagined" project from U2, the most hated albums or songs (according to UCR), we climb the Wall of Tunes for the second version of a classic band that we may have talked about before (but, oh well), and the letter of the day is M. #U2 #BadCompany https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss our very successful weekend fundraiser, we listen to the new track from Peter Gabriel, a couple of Beatles tidbits, Mr. Big reuniting, the Foo Fighters going on tour, and we had a stroke of brilliance about the next step for O'Brien & Doug. We climb the Wall of Tunes for an 80s rock juggernaut and the letter of the day is L. #beatles #foofighter...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we recap our holiday break, we discuss drummers who are actually great singers, reaction videos on YouTube, rock albums we can expect in 2023, we climb the Wall of Tunes for an underrated jangley rock band from the 90s, and the letter of the day is K. #singingdrummers #ginblossoms https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss some of our favorite rock and roll Christmas songs and some that we've never heard before, including our new favorite "Santa Claus Needs Some Loving", we call to check in and wish Merry Christmas to Doug's mom, talk about the legacy of Camper's Paradise, climb the Wall of Tunes for everyone's favorite island hopping rock sta...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss how Christmas is annoying, listening to music to go to sleep, Megadeth's bonus track with the Redrocker and how "Mechanix" is "Four Horsemen", melodic rock and roll and who's carrying the torch, an unearthed Quiet Riot song featuring the late Kevin Dubrow, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a soap star from the 80s. Oh and t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we plug our Toys for Tots campaign, we acknowledge the passing of Kirstie Alley and Fleetwood Mac's Christie McVie, we lament the raise in concert ticket prices, and we discuss the Top 30 Rock Songs of 2022. We climb the Wall of Tunes for a band who recently lost a key member and the letter of the day is "H". #fleetwoodmac #toysfortots https://marine...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we introduce our Toys for Tots fundraiser (found at the link below), we talk about the upcoming new album from Metallica and preview the first single. We also discuss the original titles for some classic albums and we climb the Wall of Tunes for the former lead singer of the psychedelic metal band Attila. And the letter of the day is G. #toysfortots #metallica #bil...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we talk about the 20 best "comeback" albums according to Ultimateclassicrock.com. We climb the Wall of Tunes for an "X-ceptional" band from the 80s and the letter of the day is 'F'. #comeback #INXS https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we finish the Top 40 debut albums, we discuss the top 20 songs only found on Greatest Hits packages, we learn you should always check the contents of things you buy at Bull Moose, we climb the Wall of Tunes for a band out of Chicago named after a river in Hell, and the letter of the day is "E". #ultimateclassicrock #bullmoose #styx https://www.facebook.co...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we remember our old friend Matty on the 10th anniversary of his passing, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees for 2022, numbers 20-11 of the top 40 debut rock albums, Metallica's Megaforce tribute, Dokken's best album that they didn't care for, plus, we climb the Wall of Tunes for a funk metal band out of Boston that do quite well on acoustics to...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we recap our full weekends and tease new music from our band. We talk about the fact that this is podcast is now a "secret" that may be broadcast worldwide on short wave radio. We also dive into an unreleased track from the Beach Boys, the new song from Kings of Chaos, the reason George Lynch returned to his "Lynch Mob" moniker....all stories th...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we recap our weekends, which include watching a classic movie and finding out what a "Katy" is, play cuts from the new Stryper album, O'Brien's kid's weekend project, the next 10 entries into the "Greatest Debut Albums of All Time", and whether Rush was better in the 70s or 80s. We also read the letter "B" in the new Bec...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we warn about the new crocodile movie, we hail the marketing genius of Garth Brooks, we discuss 10 entries of the 40 greatest debut albums of all time, plus we have new alphabet books and the letter of the week is "A". We climb the Wall of Tunes for a rock and roll deity. #garth #lylelyle #clapton https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about what we did on our time away from the podcast, we discuss Paul McCartney's ideal super group, we preview the new album from Sammy Hagar & the Circle, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a "Lil Ol Band from Texas". #mccartney #zztop https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug https://www.facebook.com/...

Send us Fan Mail On this Season 6 finale, the finale to end all seasons, we talk about our weekend gigs and not-so-gigs, we learn about a new band that Doug discovered, we listen to some tribute songs, we finish the alphabet books and the letters of the day were Y and Z, we answer a listener's question about the next Common Crossing album, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for an alternative roc...

Send us Fan Mail One more to go until the Season 6 Finale! On this episode we preview some new releases from veteran artists, we discuss artists who left the business at the top of their game, we climb the Wall of Tunes for a soul artist from the 70s and early 80s who left an indelible impression, and the letters of the day are W and X. Oh, and the 6 million dollar man makes an appearance. #billwi...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we clear the air. We did NOT kill the Queen! We discuss the offspring of current rock stars who are blazing their own musical path, forthcoming album reissues, Fantasy football, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a pop rock band from the 90s. Yes, it is HOOTIE! #Queen #reissues #Fantasyfootball #hootie https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/o...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we decide to start a new way to catalog. Plus, we discuss the first installment of the Taylor Hawkins Tribute concert, the top "misheard" lyrics, climb the Wall of Tunes for a band out of the 70s who have played on more records than anyone, basically, and the letter of the day is U. #taylorhawkins #toto #misheardlyrics https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddo...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we recap a great weekend of local music, we discuss cover songs that we think are better than the originals, replacement singers, climbed the Wall of Tunes for a band with two distinct identities, and we end with some words of wisdom from the late Neil Peart. Oh, and the letter of the day is "T." https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.c...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we say goodbye to O'Brien's oldest boy as he heads back to college. We also reminisce about last weekend, preview our plans for this weekend, talk about the new single from Sammy Hagar & the Circle and our love of Elvis Costello. We climb the Wall of Tunes for an Americana staple who knows how to write an amazing song...and the letter of the day is S....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss our guitar player playing the Grand Ole Opry, the new Elvis movie with Tom Hanks, the death of some music legends, we review the new albums from Generation Radio and Wade Bowen, plus the new Journey. We climb the Wall of Tunes for a band who's been active for over 50 years. #opry #elvis #wadebowen #chicago https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ htt...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, the boys discuss the 50 highest grossing music artists of the past 40 years, why we don't play weddings, Kenny G's bass player, SiriusXM, Michael McDonald, climb the Wall of Tunes for a band who got their name from being an outsider wherever they traveled throughout the world, and the letter of the day is Q. We also wonder out loud why anyone would liste...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we recap what we missed the past two weeks, including Doug's counseling gig at ATLC, officiating a wedding, O'Brien's new job, and the last Star City Syndicate show. We also talk about how we've been missing a bunch of new music that has been released because record labels haven't really been promoting them. Or we've been living under...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we recap an awesome weekend of live and local music. We also discuss how David Crosby is a jerk, Nita Strauss is playing with Demi Lovato, Chicago's latest album plus the new one from Generation Radio. Then we talk about all of the leading men who turned down Die Hard before they settled on Bruce Willis. We climb the Wall of Tunes for the Toxic Twins and the...