Mick Wall

Honest, always right, policed by the Good Guys, never prejudiced, always fair... none of these things exist on all the music mags you love. To demonstrate, we take Classic Rock - a magazine still close to my wallet-shaped heart - and dissect the latest cover story on Slash. 'Honest' Mick Wall, as Brian May always described him, and Jonny James Interruptor takes you on a ride with the hows, whys, a...

Paying respects to the one and only Meat Loaf. The big friendly giant of rock who died last week. A life lived in epic cinemascope technicolour. Sometimes funny, often sad, a tragedy, a triumph, a true-life tale of emotional and physical mayhem. The monster to Jim Steinman's Dr Frankenstein. The Beast more full of Beauty than this cruel world ever knew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Yes, there are many. More than you think. Waaaaay more. Join me (Never Knowingly Boring) and Non-Boring (He Says) Jon Hotten for the lowdown (bring down?) on the worst offenderzzzzzzz...  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonny James Hotten - aka The Great Interruptor - joins Mick again for another fact-filled, deeply-researched, strong but sensitive deep-dive into those corners of the rock world other pods are simply too stoopid to know about. This time we ask the question: when is live no longer live but 'live'? Albums, concerts, DVDs, all 'polished' to within an inch of their hairless sphincters. Featuring Judas...

Mick welcomes back Harry 'Hard Man' Paterson to discuss that often uncomfortable, sometimes inspirational interface where rock and politics collide. From Dylan's protest to Clapton's cringe-fest and all points between, right, left or down a dark alley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He's back and he's already interrupting. Yes, Jonny James Hotten returns to join Mick for a special look back at the year. No, not 2021, that was crap. We're talking 1987. Featuring Whitesnake, Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica, Marillion, Bon Jovi, and Coco the Metal Pug!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are albums still a thing? Or are they literally nothing? Where once they were conceptual in nature, art objects you could hold in your hands, now they are purely conceptual by nature, an idea not an artefact, notional, random-play. Does anyone care? Should they? Really? Join me and Jonny James Hotten as we journey manfully towards the end of side two (or three or four). Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Say hello nicely millions of fans to Harry Paterson. Harry authored two of the most daring political biographies this century in Don't Look Back In Anger (deep dive into the miner's strike which he and his family were part of) and Making Plans For Nigel (a comically bleak dissection of the full-fat fool Farage). Harry loves prog, especially Marillion, and writes for cats like Classic Rock , amongs...

A little later than advertised (Jon's fault) this week's must-listen episode of the world's most WEID-friendly, FACT-dedicated, full-on f**king in the street (Jon again) podcast. Featuring: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and - yes! - Mark Kelly of Marillion. Problems! Problems! (The latter said in a broad Scottish accent.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was the funeral this week for one of my oldest and dearest friends, legendary rock scribe Pete Makowksi. This recording was made just a few days after his death on 3 November and made available only via my patreon site. I am now making it free here as I wanted to say something publicly about Pete. My tribute to very special, very talented, very funny and loving and beautiful person who I was in...

Zep without Planty? Axl without Anyone? Queen without Freddie and the Other One? Kiss without Kiss? Me without Jon? Hmmmm... More (MUCH more) on the Mick Wall patreon site. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me and him (you know who) for another exciting episode of the world's most fact-based hard rock and heavy metal podcast. Up to the one hot minute news of all your favourite and most lovable stars including Rob Halford, Gene and Paul from KISS, Dave Ellefson, children's author Nicholas Six, Fat Elvis impersonator Vincent Neil, and some longhaired layabout called Jesus. Plus many more I can't r...

Join Mick Wall and Jon 'The Great Interruptor' Hotten for more Dead Rock Stars. Featuring: Dio, Blackmore, Jeff Beck, Sabbath, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Wild Horses, Emerson Lake & Powell - and all that sort of thing. Go to Mick's patreon site for early-access pods, exclusive pods, plus stories, pix, blogs, logs, dogs, rabbits, merch (soon), vids and your chance to harangue the old fool. Hosted...

The return of Dead Rock Stars. Join Mick and Jon as they discuss the life and times of legendary heavy metal scribe Malcolm Dome, who died last week. Featuring Ratt, Wildhearts, GN'R, Bon Jovi, Kiss, and many more. Malcolm, aka Doc Doom, aka The Pear Drop Man, aka Mickey Dome, aka a very old and dear friend and Mick's former writing partner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Jimmy Page blames Phil Collins for Zeppelin's shit performance at Live Aid. Everyone blames someone else for something. Featuring Rush, Black Sabbath, The Hooters, The Pretenders, Judas Priest and Jon's singing. Don't blame me for that ffs! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Mick Wall and Jon 'The Great Interruptor' Hotten for an in-depth, deeply serious, fanatically sensible discussion about the bold new move by those outlaw bad-asses Guns N' Roses: releasing half-arsed new versions of a couple of old reject tracks from Chinese Democracy , plus a couple of live versions of songs so old they drip cobwebs. All said in love. So much love. Get 48-hour early access t...

Used to be rock stars died from drug ODs, plane crashes, assassinations or self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Now they're picking out their comfy chairs. We're talking about you David Lee Roth, Fish, Axl Rose, Queen, Phil Collins, and a few others that don't even know they're retired. With Jon 'The Great Interruptor' Hotten. Get 48-hour early access to these pods, plus other pods, stories, blogs, pix,...

To get my new podcast started, here as a bonus gift to my Patreon subscribers is an episode originally recorded for my old Getcha Rocks Off podcast but never used. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.