Ages Of Rock Podcast

In this week's episode, we go back and discuss the four Sammy Hagar era Van Halen albums. We talk about our favorites and what's not on our playlist anymore.

Jaymi Pinkbassman Millard joins us for a discussion about his work with JD basses, his book, music and most recent work with Mark Slaughter. Of course, there is a story behind his pink bass obsession.

Sorry folks. We'll be back next week.

In this week's episode, we go back and discuss the first six Van Halen albums. We talk about our favorites and what's not on our playlist anymore. Bill and Allen also talk about their Gene Simmons solo show and Bill filled us in on a short Short Huey Lewis concert.

This week we have a chat with Nashville Rock N Pod Expo donor Steven Michael about the "top 3" Ozzy guitarists, Randy Rhoades, Jake E. Lee, and Zakk Wylde. We each pick our top 5 songs from each guitarist and at the end, reveal our favorite Ozzy guitarist and album.

This week we discuss Allen's trip to Pryor, OK for the annual Rocklahoma music festival. He talks about several of the bands, the stormy weather, and the difference between the general admission experience and the VIP experience.

In this episode we review the 1992 KISS album Revenge. We walk thru the album track by track and give our thoughts on each song. We also talk a little about the Revenge Tour at the end of the episode. At the beginning of the episode, we take a few minutes to talk about the passing of Chris Cornell, the tragedy in Manchester UK, Allen's trip to Rocklahoma this weekend, and Dennis talks about a CD r...

Our friend and past guest Curtis Clark recently made a post on Facebook about the evolution of rock bands that caught the attention of Dennis so we invited Curtis to come on the show and talk about his thoughts. Here's a little taste of his post: "Are we witnessing a new kind of musical evolution?  Think about it...a man starts his own business, it becomes a success. Years later he gets old, his h...

Stemming from a comment Bill made on a past episode, we decided to do an episode about bands that we just don't dig. That doesn't mean that they're a bad band though, they just don't turn our cranks. We also talk about some of the performances from the recent M3 Festival.

In this episode we welcome 'Nashville Rock N Pod Expo' contributor Sonny Pooni to the show to discuss his choice of topics, which was Underrated 80s Albums. This is a fun time and a great discussion. Don't miss it!

Since we did a show on our ultimate Gene Simmons solo tour setlists, we decided to do a show for Paul too. We each discuss what our ultimate setlist would be and why we picked the songs that we picked.

In this episode Jason Lee McKinney is back to talk about the release of the Jason Lee McKinney Band's triple EP Sacred Southern Soul. He also discusses upcoming tour plans.

It's Episode 069! If we have to tell you what it's about, you're too young to tune in.

This week we have a chat with New York City based singer/songwriter Erin McAndrew. Bill & Dennis also review concerts they went to see over the last few weeks.

This week's episode is a really quick episode because even the best laid plans sometimes fall apart. In August, we will be attending the first ever Nashville Rock N Pod Expo, which is a podcast meant for podcasters and podcast fans alike. We give you details about how to get tickets and what the different ticket prices get you.

Over the last week or so, video of Gene Simmons doing some solo shows at different conventions surfaced on Facebook and YouTube and inspired us to each come up with our ultimate Gene Simmons Solo Tour Setlists. We are joined by Allen's good friend, Jeff Gerbig, and we each discuss what our ultimate setlist would be and why we picked the songs that we picked.

This week it happens that Bill is in town on business so we all decided to see how an episode recorded in Dennis' house would go. Here it is. We spend our time skimming videos that Dennis recorded to his DVR from a few recent episodes of MTV Classic's Metal Mayhem and commenting on the videos and the artists. Yeah, we know, Beavis & Butthead already did that. Anyway, let us know what you thought o...

This episode isn't really a fiasco, we just felt like calling it that. We haven't done an episode of us just chatting about random stuff in a while so we thought it was as good a time as any. Enjoy!

The Wrecking Crew is a 2008 documentary film that covers the story of the Los Angeles-based group of session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew, famed for having played on numerous hit recordings throughout the 1960s. Filmmaker and producer Denny Tedesco talks about the putting the documentary together and his highs and lows throughout the journey. One person described this movie as "musician po...

In this episode we talk with Kevin Book, a good friend of both Dennis and Allen. Kevin talks about turning his hobby into a musical career in a few of his early bands such as MACH, Hot Ice, London, and BSR. He also talks about how BSR got the opening slot for the 1998 Motley Crue tour and what it was like to be backstage that day. Give a listen as Kevin reminisces about "back in the day" and also...

Tonight we talk with Mike Sullivan about the ins and outs of working in terrestrial radio, how things have changed over the years, the best songs to play when you have to poop, and why was John Cougar’s name on a local marquee for so long. Find out these answer and many more on this episode.

In this episode we discuss our 5 favorite and 5 least favorite KISS album covers. What are your favorite and least favorite KISS album covers?

This week we talk to Allen's long time friend Robert "Rockin' Rob" Bloomer about all things Led Zeppelin.

Aerosmith, Poison, Journey, Bon Jovi, & Guns 'N Roses are easily on the setlist for 80s tribute bands, but being 30 years old and playing that music seems a little strange. In this episode, Brian Durbin (aka Mick Jäger) joins us to discuss what it's like to be the lead singer of one of the hottest bands in the midwest, Hairbanger's Ball.

This week we have a fun conversation with musician Jason Lee McKinney. He talks about his musical influences, his musical style, being an independent artist and his upcoming 3 EP Jason Lee McKinney Band release. Did we mention he is also a music professor?