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40 YEARS OF SHAKING YOU ALL NIGHT LONG!…on this MT. ROCKMORE – BOWER picks out 4-album defining songs of on what may be the pinnacle of the success for AC/DC: “BACK IN BLACK” 40 Years ago last month (sorry again about the server issues) AC/DC put out a brand new album, with a brand new singer – and they had absolutely no idea how that album — or singer — would be received by their fans. After endu...

BOSTON’S GODFATHERS OF ROCK…on this MT. ROCKMORE – BOWER picks out 4-career defining songs of a band who never left a good downturn go to waste: AEROSMITH It’s not how many times they got knocked down, it’s how many times AMERICA’S GREATEST BAND got back up during their 50 year career. We tell you how they get the lyrics and title to one of their biggest hits of all-time? You’ll hear why one of th...

FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS…on this MT. ROCKMORE – BOWER picks out 4-career defining songs of THE definitive example of a band who crafted their own sound: ZZ TOP From their early, EARLY days in TEXAS…playing blues shows where they were the ONLY white musicians on the docket, to where they found their sound and defined their look – those AWESOME beards – PLUS: Which MAJOR rock band gave them t...

Paying tribute to those that ROCKED before us…in this MEMORIAL DAY MT. ROCKMORE – BOWER picks out 4-career defining songs of THE influential year in HAIR METAL: 1983 To celebrate MEMORIAL DAY, we remember 4-influential bands who shaped rock back in 1983. Bands from across the nation – and – frankly, North America. Bands who wrote the biggest selling CHRISTMAS songs, bands whose first hit in Americ...

Swedish glam-metal-ambassadors-turned-hard-rock-blues-revivalists-in this ROCKMORE – as BOWER picks out 4-career defining songs of: EUROPE! Grab your tools and get ready to put together this Swedish 4-some. By the numbers: 35 years, 20-million records — one of the most successful rock bands on the face of the Earth! PLUS: a deep dive into that time that a misprint of a remix of their biggest hits...

SOUTHERN-FRIED ROCK! – this ROCKMORE – picks out 4-career career defining songs of: .38 SPECIAL BOWER slaps on the cowboy boots for a little southern rock tribute to .38 SPECIAL. The band with a long list of ties to LYNYRD SKYNYRD but clearly made a name for them selves transition from the late 70’s into the 80’s and the decade of MTV! PLUS: Dig deep into how the band checked out other bands and h...

CALIFORNIA PUNK LEGENDS! – this ROCKMORE – picks out 4-career career defining songs of: OFFSPRING BOWER pays homage to the Orange County skate-punk scene that birthed upon or weathered ear-holes THE OFFSPRING. How the Bower’s rock radio career in California and the monstrous success of THE OFFSPRING grew up together, with – of course – OFFSPRING having WAYYYYYYY more success! PLUS: Dig deep into t...

Literally WEEKS in the making – this ROCKMORE – picks out 4-career career defining songs of: RATT In this episode, BOWER gets some help from the biggest RATT fan he knows, longtime personal friend and guy in Bower’s wedding party: NEAL FLYNN. The fellas remember what the 1980’s were all about in Northern California…and what a little band out of SoCal brought to rock history. PLUS: You’ll hear an a...

An emphasis on overcoming – this ROCKMORE – picks out 4-career career defining songs of: CINDERELLA In this episode, BOWER takes you on the ride of four guys from Pennsylvania that brought screaming vocals and HUGE hair to the rock scene of the 1980’s A little history from who it was that actually “discovered” CINDERELLA – PLUS: You’ll hear a “CINDERELLA: Today You Learnt” including the band perfo...

Bower brings in an NFL Network “Rank-er” to help carve the 4-career defining songs – in this ROCKMORE of: THE BEASTIE BOYS In a MT. ROCKMORE soooooooo mammoth BOWER gets a little help from ADAM RANK of NFL Media’s “NFL Fantasy LIVE” show and is a part of the supporting cast on the “Dave Dameshek Football Program” podcast and the rebooted “NFL Fantasy LIVE podcast.” RANK plays off a “BEASTIE BOYS:...

Blow out the coronavirus birthday candles for the 65th birthday – On this ROCKMORE – we check-off the 4-career “AXE-MANSHIP” songs of: ANGUS YOUNG FROM AC/DC BOWER was initially scared to see ANGUS’ name trending on Twitter today, until he realized it was all about celebrating a 65th birthday! And, yes, ANGUS is not necessarily who guitar players point to as a “guitar hero”, but that is why BOWER...