O'Brien & Doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the top 4 prog rock bands, the Journey legal case, Fantasy football, and more. We played MixTape and climbed the Wall of Tunes. What did you expect? You should know all this by now. #progrock #philcollins #doyoureallyreadthesehashtags https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we give our take on who the top 5 hair metal bands are, and we discuss the best rock riffs. We hear new “old” music from Bryan Adams and we play MixTape. Our Wall of Tunes has us remembering one of the greatest blues guitarists there ever was. #hairmetal #bryanadams #srv https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we lament the passing of Jack Russell and Greg Kihn, and someone even closer to the family. We preview rock releases for September, hear new-old music from Foreigner, and we watch the trailer for a new hair band documentary. MixTape is on the table and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a supergroup from the late 80s that lasted two albums before they all went back to...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about what happened on this day in rock history, “The Top 50 Rocks Songs from the 90s that Don’t Suck”; we reveal our best “road trip to Vegas” songs for MixTape, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a hair band from the 80s who went through a pretty tough time but are still rocking stages, even in Rhode Island. #rockhistory, #greatwhite https://www.facebook....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we relive the wedding of O’Brien’s second born child and drool over his honeymoon destination. We hear new music from Bryan Adams and Ted Nugent, discuss the retirement of Aerosmith, and Metallica does Neil Diamond. Ouch. We play our favorite new game, “MixTape”, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a band who was once known by another name, but still is largely unkn...

Send us Fan Mail We are back after a week off. On this episode we discuss Doug’s week away and the upcoming wedding of O’Brien’s second born child. We also hear new solo music from Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, talk some 90s rock songs that don’t suck according to UCR, drool over the new Sammy Hagar “Best of All Worlds Tour” and we play our favorite new game, “MixTape”. We also climb the Wal...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we HAVE to discuss the National Anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby because…well, because. We talk about Slash’s new blues album, preview some new rock music releases coming up in August, find out why Sylvester Stallone wanted to burn footage of “First Blood”, read some listener mail, and we play MixTape. What was ‘last week’s question again?’ Or was it ‘this week’s q...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear new music from Deep Purple, share record-breaking Bon Jovi news, establish a new name for our acoustic duo, discuss the top 20 greatest drummers according to AI, and we answer listener mail, which brings another reaction. Plus, we play Mix Tape and we climb the Wall of Tunes for the long-dissed album from O’Brien’s favorite band. #deeppurple #bonjovi #vanha...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about Brian’s anniversary trip to see James Taylor in concert; we discuss a few things that happened on this date in music history. We play our new favorite game “Mixtape” and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a band that is named after a legendary city and were coming out of their most successful run on the charts. #jamestaylor #chicago #mixtape https://www.f...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode we question why Taylor Swift was voted a better guitar player than Brad Paisley and others, we discuss, begrudgingly, the effect that artificial intelligence is already having on the entertainment industry. We answer some listener mail, which leads to one of our first reaction episodes. Oh and we are back to recording video promos starting this week. I’m not...

Send us Fan Mail It's our 200th episode. We visit with Chris and Chris, or Bob and Chris, or Bob and Morton! We talk a bit about the Star City Syndicate, a bit about Collective Soul and a bit about how we all got to know each other. We play Mixtape, celebrate Sir Paul's 82nd birthday by playing one of his live albums. Thanks to all for coming along for this ride with us. New promos start...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we share Kelly Clarkson’s undeniably cool cover of Metallica, new music from Foghat, a Michael McDonald story that may or may not be in his memoir, and we discuss Ultimate Classic Rock’s list of the Top 20 Hard Rock and Metal albums from 1989. We also play our new favorite hypothetical game, “Mixtape”, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a hidden gem duo that only m...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss a possible addition to our duties here at the podcast; we find out what songs were at number one in various countries on the day we were born; we talk about the fresh sounds of the sixties, a little Michael McDonald talk…because…well, just because, we play our new favorite game “Mixtape”, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a mild-mannered artist who’s na...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we recount our trip to the coast to see John Hiatt, we react to Apple Music's 100 Best LPs, we reveal the winner of last week's Mixtape question, our answers to this week's question, and ask the question for next week. You should play along. We climb the Wall of Tunes for a contemporary blues artist and somehow stump Doug. #johnhiatt #apple #robertcr...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk new music releases that are due out in June, the newest song from Bon Jovi’s forthcoming album, how a band can or cannot continue with no original members, and our MMM (Michael McDonald Moment) has us discussing Michael’s new memoir a bit and how at first he resisted the term “Yacht Rock”. We play a new game called card game called “Mixtape” and we climb th...

Send us Fan Mail   On this episode we talk about the new 40th Anniversary edition of Def Leppard’s “Pyromania” and how it set the stage for what was to come. We dive a little into AI, but honestly it scares us. We climb the Wall of Tunes for an album from 1982 from Darth Vader, but not really. #defleppard #AI #billyjoel https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear new music from Deep Purple, David Gilmour, Richie Sambora and Motley Crue; we read Ultimate Classic Rock’s list of the 50 Greatest Power Ballads in Rock History (we disagree with a lot of it) and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a band of friends out of Colorado who happen to be one of our favorites. And we end with a Dad joke! Namaste! #richiesambora #deeppu...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we visit with our old friend “Wildman” and reminisce about the old days while celebrating the life of another friend. Oh, and we discuss the new Bon Jovi documentary. RIP Phil! https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about who is actually is on the list of Rock Hall of Fame nominees, new releases for the month of May, a new song from Motley Crue since parting ways with Mick Mars, and the song Jon Bon Jovi would sing if he knew it was his last…all according to Ultimate Classic Rock. We climb the Wall of Tunes for an album that ended a band in its most classic form….aaaan...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the list of artists who are NOT yet in the Rock Hall, and it’s long. We also hear new music from the offspring….of the Beatles, and more from Slash’s upcoming solo blues album. We climb the Wall of Tunes with a twist…the musical score from a motion picture. See if you can guess which one before Doug does. For our (MMM) Michael McDonald Moment, O’Brien en...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss everything BUT the solar eclipse. Actually, we say a thing or two about it. Sorry for that. Seriously though, it’s our 4 year anniversary!! We talk about a slew of new “Farewell” tours….plus some bands who have changed their mind$ and are coming back for ONE LAST hurrah! We wax nostalgic about the beginnings of the podcast and we climb the Wall of Tunes...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss our first Skinny Elvis gig, the Solar Eclipse, the 50 Most Misunderstood Songs in Rock, and more. We check out some newly acquired rock tunes in the collection and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a guitar virtuoso who once played the Devil. #skinnyelvis #solareclipse #stevevai https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode we talk about what O’Brien thinks was a message from up above, or at least from Ben the phantom IT guy; we share a new single from the upcoming Bacon Brothers album, discuss some other new releases expected in the month of April, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a singing angel who hails from Maine. #baconbrothers #pattygriffin #benthephantomITguy https://www....

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode we discuss the death of the legendary Eric Carmen, the new song from Sheryl Crow and Peter Gabriel, and the new tour featuring the reunion of the Doobie Brothers and Michael McDonald. Our MMM includes a rare track from one of his former gigs, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a band who gained their greatest fame from a movie, but were an excellent pop/rock hit...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode we take a trip back to the 80s to enjoy our favorite TV theme songs. We also discuss Def Leppard’s 40th Anniversary of "Pyromania" and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a woman who goes by one syllable but is multi-talented. #80s #tvthemes #defleppard #cher https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug