Free Form Rock Podcast

This Week on America’s Podcast… U2 hits the reset button ⚡🌍 Family members Eddy Cannistraci and Andy Rodriguez join us as we dive into U2’s Achtung Baby — the album famously described as the band taking an axe to The Joshua Tree and saying, “Yeah… we’re not doing that again.” Did U2 successfully reinvent themselves in 1991? Did they shock the fans, the charts, and the music world? Did this chang...

This Week on America’s Podcast… we Cover My Six 🤘😬 We dive headfirst into the wild (and sometimes painful) world of  dreadfully bad cover songs. Each of us picked six covers that should’ve stayed in the rehearsal room, and no — it’s not just a full episode of Mötley Crüe cover covers… although we thought about it 😂 Family member Favio Vegas joins the chaos, bringing opinions, laughs, and at lea...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast No album review this week — not because we’re lazy… okay maybe a little — but mainly because we don’t like getting stagnant. Gotta shake things up before we start smelling like that one record store no one goes into anymore. So this week, we bring you The Frontman Shuffle™ with family members Favio Vegas and Mike Fowler! We’re diving into five bands that swapped s...

🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we dive into The Cars – Heartbeat City with family member Joseph Staub! Is this album a timeless 1980s classic, or has it started to show its age? Our thoughts, critiques, and debates are all here—no spoilers as always. 🔥 Tracks of the Week • Jerry’s pick: The Tubes – She’s a Beauty • Joseph’s pick: Queensrÿche – Deliverance • Mooger’s pick: Cheap Trick – The Rif...

🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we dive into a band nine years in the making that somehow no one talks about—but they were brand-new to us. We’re covering Paralandra – The Body Electric. Does this album knock our socks off, or does it fade into oblivion? 👀 No spoilers… as always! 🔥 Tracks of the Week • Mooger Fooger’s pick: Evanescence – Going Under • Marc’s pick: Halestorm – Wicked Ways Jerry...

This week on America’s Podcast, we dive into a lost classic from the Black Sabbath catalog — Dehumanizer. Joining us are family members Travis Perrotta and Tim Wirasnik as we crank up the Dio-era heaviness and ask the big questions: How does this album sound to our ears? Is this a top-tier Dio-fronted Sabbath record… or does it fall flat on its demonic face? No spoilers — you’ve gotta listen to he...

This week on America’s Podcast, we bring in family members James West, Travis Perrotta, and Andy Rodriguez as we dive into one of the most divisive albums of the David Lee Roth era of Van Halen: Diver Down. Is it brilliant? Is it baffling? Is it the world’s most expensive collection of cover songs? Does it divide the panel? No spoilers — you gotta listen! Tracks of the Week: • Travis: Alice Cooper...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! We’re diving into Clutch – Blast Tyrant with our rock ’n’ roll family: Metal Mike Tyler and Joseph Staub! 🤘 Will this album make the mob go wild or usher in the profits of doom? 💰😈 Either way, we’re breaking down the grooves, the grit, and the glorious madness that is Clutch! 🎶 Tracks of the Week: Jerry – “The Night Owls” by Little River Band 🦉 Metal Mike Ty...

This week on America’s Podcast, we’re joined by author Tim Durling, who stops by to talk about his brand-new book The Sound That Haunts You: A Beginner’s Companion to Fleetwood Mac. We dig into how the project came together, some of the surprising stories behind the band, and why this book is a must-read for both longtime fans and total newcomers. We also roll into a review of Fleetwood Mac’s Tang...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! We’re flying high again — Egyptian style — as we review Iron Maiden’s Powerslave ⚔️🐍 with the family crew: Bob Bannister, Travis Perrotta, and Andy Rodriguez! Sadly, The Mooger couldn’t join us because he had something even scarier than Rime of the Ancient Mariner… an anniversary! 💍 Congrats to him and his wife — we love you both! ❤️ Don’t worry, we still used...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🇺🇸 We’re diving headfirst into Collective Soul – Disciplined Breakdown with our brother from another mother, Travis Perrotta! Is this an album worth your time, or will it have you questioning your life choices? 🤯 (No spoilers… but we might need therapy after this one.) 🔥 Tracks of the Week: 🎧 Mooger’s Pick: Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars (he’s still asking God...

🎃👻 This week on America’s Podcast – Halloween Edition we resurrect a band that’s INFAMOUS around here… the legendary (or undead?) Oingo Boingo! To one of us they’re gods, to the rest? Well… you’ll have to hear the review to find out. 🪦💀 Marc cracks open Boingo Alive (yes, recorded live… in a studio… because reasons) as our Live Album Series crawls back from the grave 🧟‍♂️. Joining us is famil...

This Week on America’s Podcast 🎙️ We’ve got family in the house! 💥 Tim Wirasnik and Travis Perrotta join the madness as we dig into Testament – Practice What You Preach. 🤘 Question is: does this album actually practice what it preaches… or is it a nightmare coming back to haunt us? (No spoilers… unless you bribe us with tacos 🌮). Tracks of the Week 🎶 Jerry starts us off soft (but deadly) with ...

🩸 This week on America’s Podcast the Alice Cooper Band is back… or is it? We crack open The Revenge of Alice Cooper to see if this reunion slithers like a black mamba 🐍 or fizzles out like Welcome to My Nightmare 2. To settle the madness, we’ve got Eric Lussier, Joseph Staub, and Tim Wirasnik riding shotgun through this horror show. 🔥 Tracks of the Week: Jerry goes shock-rock with Marilyn Manso...

🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we summon Joseph Staub, our resident Blue Öyster Cult wizard 🧙‍♂️ (yes, he doesown a cowbell). Together, we dive into the most controversial BÖC album ever: Mirrors. Will we love it? Will we smash it? No spoilers—you gotta listen. 🔥 Tracks of the Week: Jerry cranks up Collective Soul – “Run” 🏃‍♂️💨 Mooger throws down Blondie – “Call Me” ☎️ Marc gets lost in Sty...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast 🎙️ We dive into one of the most haunting legacies in music history — The 27 Club. These are the artists we tragically lost at just 27 years old, leaving behind timeless music and art that continue to shape generations. Marc, Mooger, Jerry, and our family members Tim Wirasnik and Travis Perrotta sit down to remember and celebrate these icons. Along the way, we also...

🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast, we go way out of bounds with a Nu Metal Album Battle Royale! 🤘🔥 Both contenders dropped in 1999: ⚔️ Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip vs. Slipknot – Self-Titled. We’ve got longtime partner-in-chaos Joseph Staub back in the mix, and we’re bringing in new blood 💉 with Mike Fowler to keep things wild. As usual, one cohost is not a Nu Metal fan (🙄 yeah, we all know...

🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast, we welcome long-time family member—but first-time Free Form guest—Bill Roseberry! Bill picked the album we’re diving into: Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger. Does this grunge classic stand the test of time… or should it stay locked up in a Rusty Cage? We shall see. 👀 🔥 Tracks of the Week Marc – American Horse by The Cult Mooger – Whiskey, And You by Chris Stapleton...

🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we dive deep into Led Zeppelin III! Joining us are Family Member Eric Lussierand brand-new Family Member Bob Bannister. But here’s the question: is this album an acoustic masterpiece… or does it make you wanna go Out on the Tiles or hang from the Gallows Pole? (👀 No spoilers here!) 🔥 Tracks of the Week Marc – Stick It by Great White Bob – No Such Time by The Sou...

🎙️ This Week on a Very Special Episode of America’s Podcast! We go full-throttle into one of the greatest rivalries in metal history: Metallica vs. Megadeth — Album Battles! Which band dominated their first six albums? Who crushed the riffs, brought the fire, and left the biggest legacy? We’re joined by a killer panel of guests: Jeff Allen from the mighty CraniumRadio.com, Eric RMCP Jordon, and Fa...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast – The Free Form Rock Podcast! 🌊🎸 This week we’re diving headfirst into infamy with a band that shocked metalheads everywhere: Celtic Frost and their much-maligned glam experiment, Cold Lake. Joining us for this bold review are our rock brothers Eric RMCP Jordonand Travis Perrotta. Is this album a misunderstood glam-metal gem… or a leather-pants-wearing disaster...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast – The Free Form Rock Podcast! 🇺🇸🎸 We’re crankin’ up the amps and diggin’ deep into the blues as we welcome our good friend Brian Davis from the Damn Good Movie Memories podcast! Not only does Brian know his way around a killer flick, but he’s also a certified blues connoisseur—so we figured, who better to help us review an album by the one and only Lonnie Mack?...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🇺🇸 We’re cranking it to 11 and heading into the dark with Danzig III: How the Gods Kill—joined by our brother in metal, Travis Perrotta! 🖤 Does this album rip through your soul in the best way possible—or does it just leave you feeling like you wandered into a Dirty Black Summer with nothing but regrets and leather pants? Some say Danzig is a dime-store Elvis. O...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🇺🇸 We hit shuffle on the past and dive into Alan Parsons Project’s Turn of a Friendly Card, joined by our resident prog rock philosopher and family member Joseph Staub! Is this album a masterpiece of musical storytelling… or just a fancy way to say, “Don’t gamble, kids”? 🎲💸 Is The Gold Bug solid gold—or just a shiny distraction? You'll have to listen to find ou...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast 🎙️ We welcome back family members Eddy Cannistraci and Travis Perrotta for an episode that was scheduled before the untimely passing of the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. Fate had other plans, and 3 weeks later, it’s become a powerful tribute to one of rock’s most iconic figures. We're diving deep into Blizzard of Ozz — is it one of the greatest debut...