Rhythm on the Rocks

Today, it is finally happening - Frizz and Bob tackle one of the greatest genre bending albums of all time. Frizz pours a genre bending scotch finished in a bourbon barrel. Bob pours a genre bending bourbon finished in a scotch barrel. Things go crazy while we talk about the history of race records, a man named Fathead, Diet Pepsi, country classics, smarketing, and uncover yet another tie to yacht...

Frizz and Bob dive headfirst into one of the most important and controversial metal albums of all time: Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast . Bob pours Ardbeg Ardcore , Frizz reaches for Cardhu Gold Reserve , and together they trace Iron Maiden's scrappy rise from Christmas Day to cult favorites and lineup changes. Track by track, they explore Viking invasions, twin-leads, psychic children, exis...

We're back and diving straight into one of the best albums of 2025: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party . Bob pours Los Dos Amigos Reposado tequila, Frizz grabs the Cairngorm Reindeer Gin, and together we break down Hayley Williams at her rawest and sharpest, touching on relationships, mental health, Nashville politics, Parahoy! lore, Strange Fruit, and a well-earned dunk on racist country stars. It...

Happy Holidays! This week, we bring you our BIGGEST episode to date - the 12(ish) Guests of Christmas! Join us as some of our best friends and favorite guests from the last few years join us to uncover some of the most obscure holiday songs, share some of our wildest holiday memories, eat puppy chow, laugh about the weirdest nativity set, and find out what the definitive WORST Christmas song of al...

Frizz and Bob clink a Coors Banquet and a bottle of Orange Groove Wine as they host the most prestigious, unserious award ceremony in music - the 3rd Annual Rhythm on the Rocks Annual Awards Show . Part celebration, part chaos, part Slim Jim fever dream - together, they hand out honors like Hidden Banger of the Year ,  Most Disappointing Album , and the coveted Ballbag of the Year ,  while revisit...

Frizz and Bob take a big-picture dive into Pop: Then and Now . Naturally, Bob pours some Old Grand-Dad Bonded, and Frizz downs a new glass of Johnnie Walker Black Ruby , as they unfold how we got from troubadours and Tin Pan Alley to MTV idols, Max Martin machines, and TikTok-engineered hooks for the FYP. They trace pop's constant reinvention through technology, Black innovation, and generational...

Frizz and Bob raise a mug of coffee and sit down with Nashville duo Friendship Commanders, a band that makes heaviness sing and melody hit like a hammer. Buick Audra and Jerry Roe join in to talk about their new album BEAR (out NOW on Magnetic Eye Records) - a powerful, soul-baring journey through belonging, identity, and resilience that bridges hyper-melodic light and crushing weight. We dive int...

Frizz and Bob raise a glass as they take on the impossible beauty and chaos of  Grace — the only album Jeff Buckley ever released, and one of the most beloved cult records of the last 30 years. Frizz is sipping Talisker Distiller's Edition, Bob's pouring Mellow Corn, and together they trace Buckley's story from café corners and strange gigs to record deals, mythmaking, and tragedy. It's a journey...

This week, we reunite with our good friends and favorite riff-summoning adventurers, Howling Giant- the Nashville-based doom lords blending sludge, prog, psych, and sci-fi into some of the most mind-melting metal you'll ever hear. They're back on the show and ready to unleash their most massive and mind-bending record yet - available October 31st! With Frizz sipping a special-edition bottle of Woo...

Frizz and Bob are cracking open the crypt of music's strangest rumors, shadowy whispers, and full-blown tinfoil-hat territory. Frizz is sipping Ardbeg's Wee Beastie, Bob's got a Dark Apparition Stout from Jackie O's, and we're diving headfirst into the world of music conspiracy theories. From lizard people and faked deaths to government psyops and murder plots hiding in plain sight, we're peeling...

Frizz and Bob take the other road in the Genesis breakup and following Peter Gabriel straight into So - the bold, bizarre, and beautiful album that turned an avant-garde art rocker into an unexpected pop icon. Frizz is sipping Ardnamurchan AD Single Malt and Bob's pouring a glass of Uncle Boojie's Double Oaked as we track Gabriel's transformation from inflatable stage props and silent retreats to...

This week, Frizz is sipping Great Glen's Yuzu Gin and Bob's got a glass of Ardnahoe's Inaugural Release Single Malt Scotch as we dive into  Invisible Touch - the sleek, synth-driven album that launched Genesis into full-blown pop superstardom. We unpack how a band that started with prog epics and fox masks ended up dominating MTV, topping charts, and soundtracking an entire decade. From political...

Frizz and Bob crank up the neon and dive into one of the most fearless and fabulously weird pop debuts of all time: She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper. Frizz brings out her wild side with Wild Turkey 101 while Bob brings the spice with Ole George Rye. We explore how a thrift-store fashion queen with a four-octave voice and endless heart rewrote the rules for women in pop. From feminist anthems to fi...

Frizz and Bob trade in the grunge for grooves this week with a soul-cleansing deep dive into the radiant world of Earth, Wind & Fire . Frizz pours a Speyburn 10 Year Old Single Malt , while Bob sips on the peaty Kilchoman's Sanaig as they celebrate a band that blended funk, jazz, soul, gospel, and a little mysticism into pure musical joy. They dig into Maurice White's visionary genius, their rise...

Today we wrap up Grunge Month by looking at one of the all time great 90s bands, Soundgarden. Frizz pours Kurayoshi 8 year old Pure Malt Whisky and Bob pours Bluegrass Distillers' Elkwood Reserve Spanish Oak Bourbon. Join us as we look at their rise from complete obscurity into the superunknown. We'll talk about a spoon man, friends who MIGHT be turds, a rusty cage, and a crazy lady with a knife a...

Join us as we get down and dirty with one of the heaviest records ever made: Alice in Chains' Dirt . Frizz has a cold, hard seltzer , Bob's sipping an Iron City Light , and we're diving into the story of two Seattle misfits who scribbled the same twisted joke in their Dr. Seuss books and went on to write one of the darkest, most honest records of the '90s. Addiction, decay, and despair are all lai...

Frizz and Bob buckle up and break records for our longest episode yet to kick off Grunge Month. We dive headfirst into the most iconic grunge album, Nevermind by Nirvana. Frizz sips on Rhubarb York Gin and Bob channels his inner Grohl with Crown Royal (Dave's fave), while we unpack the chaos, brilliance, and heartbreak that defined the band and the album that flipped the entire music world on its...

Frizz and Bob crank up the volume and dive headfirst into the world of Almost Famous - the coming-of-age rock 'n' roll love letter that gave us backstage passes, band-aids, and one of the greatest movie soundtracks ever assembled. In honor of Frizz's birthday , she steps into full Golden God mode with a Storm Damage Hard Cider from The Bearded Brewery , while Bob keeps it classy with a Kirkland Si...

Ahoy! Frizz and Bob hop aboard the smoothest ship on the sea and pour two fittingly fancy drinks - Frizz with a whisky of the waves, Johnnie Walker Swing , and Bob with Kavalan's Concertmaster Port Cask Finish . Grab your captain's hat as we set sail into the breezy, deceptively deep world of yacht rock , with its velvety vocals, jazzy chords, and more emotional vulnerability than you'd expect fro...

Frizz and Bob light the sparklers, pour the drinks, and crank up Born in the U.S.A. as we celebrate the Fourth of July with the true Jersey Shore troubadour - Bruce Springsteen . Frizz sips on a glass of Bob Dylan's Heaven's Door whisky, and Bob cracks open an ice-cold Budweiser like the American legend he is, while we chat about The Boss's wild journey from playing Greensleeves in garages to acci...

Frizz and Bob raise a glass to Pride Month with two beautiful pours and one unforgettable album: The Record by boygenius . With Oban Distiller's Edition in one glass and Angel's Envy Cellar Collection in the other, we dive into the story of how three distinct voices - Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker - found harmony, friendship, and fire in each other. Join us as we talk about chosen...

Get out your finest sequined outfit and start practicing your choreography, because Frizz and Bob jump into our favorite songs from the 2025 Eurovision Song Competition. Bob poured Ardbeg's Ardcore and Frizz poured Tullibardine's Sauternes Finished Highland Single Malt for this dance-off. Come along as we talk about the history of the competition, talk about some pivotal moments, and then dive int...

This week, Frizz and Bob continue the tale of Jeff Wayne's ultimate passion project, his musical version of The War of the Worlds. Frizz poured Talisker Single Malt Scotch and Bob pours Green River Bourbon while we talk about modern tours, Liam Neeson and his very special set of skills,  computer-generated whackiness, and finally get into the marvelous tracks themselves. We'll open the cylinder of...

(To be read in a dramatic voice) No one would have believed... ... that a tale so vast- of death, alien destruction, heat rays, Phil Lynott, and the Moody Blues- could be told through orchestral prog rock, synths, and frying pans. Yet today, Frizz and Bob pop open Quest's End Paladin Whiskey & Ardbeg Uigedal Scotch to bring you PART ONE of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds-  a...

Join us as we dig into the enigmatic and unpredictable Radiohead. Bob cracks open Old Grandad 114 and Frizz spices it up with Mason's of Yorkshire's Pear and Pink Peppercorn Gin, as we learn the origin story of one of the most influential bands of the last 30 years- starting with their refusal of a record deal, to the guitar noise on "Creep" and finally to their legacy defining album, In Rainbows....