Growin' Up Rock

We talk with KnuckleBonz CEO and Founder Tony Simerman about the amazing collectable artwork his company produces and all things Rock n Roll. Support the Artist You Heard In This Episode: KnuckleBonz. Com PROMO CODE FOR KnuckleBonz - PC2KBZ0423 David Lee Roth, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Kiss, Led Zeppelin  Special Guest: Tony Simerman Reach Out To Us: Email: growinuprock@gmail.com Follow Us: Face...

This week we invite Alex Alt from Slydog Music Cast to go track by track through “Body Wishes” the 12th Studio Album release by Rod Stewart. Each month in 2023 we will cover a studio album release celebrating its 40th anniversary. We will go outside the hard rock and metal box at times during this series and visit albums we just think are great. As always we will invite a special guest to tag alon...

Veteran rock journalist Gary Graff talks to us about his book Alice Cooper @ 75 and how he shows you this rock icon through the lens of 75 career accomplishments, events, and partnerships. ALICE COOPER @ 75 is a lavish illustrated biography of the original “shock rocker", examining an extraordinary career through the lens of 75 key events, releases, and collaborations. Published January 31, 2023 (...

As we prepare for the 2023 Monsters Of Rock Cruise, We run down all the bands in this years lineup and discuss the bands we are most excited to see, along with some tips for the first time MORC cruisers. We even invite our friend Tony Musallam from the band Restrayned to share his thoughts on the 2023 Monsters Of Rock Cruise. This is Part 2 of the 2 part series - Make sure you go check out part 1....

As we prepare for the 2023 Monsters Of Rock Cruise, We run down all the bands in this years lineup and discuss the bands we are most excited to see, along with some tips for the first time MORC cruisers. We even invite our friend Tony Musallam from the band Restrayned to share his thoughts on the 2023 Monsters Of Rock Cruise. This part one and part 2 will be released a couple of days later so make...

Rock and Roll and sinners go together like beer and hot wings. It's for this very reason we need to share some Christian Rock that goes beyond just a great band like Stryper. There are all kinds of varying degrees of Christian Rock and we plan on sharing some great music that not only rocks but just might save your souls in the process! LOL. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please...

Can you believe it? 300 episodes! Looks like we made it. To 300 that is. Wow, that's a lot of recordings and a lot of editing. The best thing is, that's a lot of music and laughs and talking about rock n roll. Come with us as we celebrate our 300th episode and take a look at what was happening in music when we launched 6 years ago. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider d...

This week we invited Kevin Williams from The Inobscuria Podcast to go track by track through “Holy Diver”, the debut studio album released by Dio. Each month in 2023 we will cover a studio album release celebrating its 40th anniversary. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of...

This week it’s time for another edition of Game Show Trivia Growin’ Up Rock Style. We invite returning guest Kevin Williams  from The InObscuria Podcast to join us in our version of Rock n Roll Match Game Trivia. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: A...

This week we invite up and coming artist Abby K on to the podcast and asked her to share 5 songs that helped influence her as an artist and rock fan. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Connect with us  Email us growinuprock@g...

This week in the “Thanking The Greats” series, we want to pay tribute to one of the greatest songwriters in rock music today - Holly Knight. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Connect with us  Email us growinuprock@gmail.com...

This week we invite Brad Rusthoven from The Slamfest Podcast to go track by track through the 7th Studio Album release by Rick Springfield. Each month in 2023 we will cover a studio album release celebrating its 40th anniversary. We will go outside the hard rock and metal box at times during this series and visit albums we just think are great. As always we will invite a special guest to tag along...

This week in a new series we call Alphabet Soup, we are starting with the letter "A". Lets find out what bands, albums, and songs we end up sharing. About The Series: A new series from the mind of "Hollywood" Pooni. We are calling this one Alphabet Soup. Here's the idea - 1 Band, 1 Album, 2 Songs, and 1 Movie all starting with a single letter in the alphabet. We will try and focus on lesser know b...

We get the listeners involved in this discussion to find out which debut rock albums they think should be considered the greatest of all time. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Connect with us  Email us growinuprock@gmail.co...

This week we share our conversation with frontman Åge Sten Nilsen from Wig Wam. We get into some of the bands history, the Monsters Of Rock Cruise, the new album Out Of The Dark, and some of the side projects Åge has taken part in. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the...

This week we invited Steve Wright from Podder Than Hell Podcast to kick off our 2023 album series and go track by track through Headhunter, the 7th Studio Album release by Swiss rockers Krokus. Each month in 2023 we will cover a studio album release celebrating its 40th anniversary. We will go outside the hard rock and metal box at times during this series and visit albums we just think are great...

In this weeks "When Rock Ruled The Charts" series, we take a look at February 28th 1996, the day Kiss visits the Grammys and shocks the world by putting the makeup back on. As we do with all "When Rock Ruled The Charts" episodes, we will look at a specific time in music history, and look closely at the music charts to see how rock music played a part during that period of time. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!...

This week, we once again visit the The 250 List. In volume 2 we each take a look at 5 more band that did not quite make a household name for themselves in the 80s and early 90s. The 250 List is a article written and published in November 2021 by Bobby Caughron from XS-Rock Website containing 250 hard rock and metal bands from the 80s and early 90s that fell short of setting the world on fire, but...

It's one of our favorite episodes of the year. We are sharing what we consider to be the best albums of 2022. Every year we discover new music we missed and get into debates about which albums we think should be consider amongst the best rock albums for the year. Anyone who thinks rock is dead, need only listen to this episode. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing...

On this edition of Hollywood's Wild Hair, Sonny goes with a themed type episode.  This time it’s all about Bad Boys.  Hollywood discusses music, movies, etc. that all centers around the Bad Boys. As a Bad Boy himself, Sonny plays some killer songs by The Pretenders, Quiet Riot, Scorpions, AC/DC, Motley Crue and many more. Enjoy!! WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doi...

Since release day for this episode falls on Christmas, we think it's fitting that we wish you a metal Christmas. In this episode we share some holiday share and break down that metal Christmas holiday class album "We wish You A Metal Xmas". We also have a special Crank It Up New Music Spotlight with Dallas Dwight from the LA Maybe. We share their latest song and find out what they've been up too....

In our final Def Leppard episode for the year, we share our rankings for all the Def Leppard Studio albums we’ve reviewed this year. In addition we also get the listeners involved and share how many of them have ranked the albums. Each month in 2022 we will cover a studio album release from the British rockers Def Leppard. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one...

This week we invite… no one because I’m too lazy to coordinate a guest and it’s a BONUS. We got a lot of requests to cover the Retroactive B-Sides album from Def Leppard, so we figured we would give you an early Christmas present with this bonus episode. Each month in 2022 we will cover a studio album release from the British rockers Def Leppard. Def Leppard is a Top 10 band for Steven and even th...

This week we invite… No one because I'm too lazy to coordinate any guest, and go track by track into the 12th Studio Album release Diamond Star Halos by Def Leppard. This is the final album review for our Def Leppard series. Diamond Star Halos was released in May 2022 and produced by Def Leppard and Ronan McHugh. Each month in 2022 we will cover a studio album release from the British rockers Def...

This week we do another rock trivia episode, with special guest Steve Roney and Scott Davis, Authors of the Pictures: Alive - Rock Shows Of The 80s And Beyond. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audience: Leave Us A Five Star Review in one of the following places: Apple Podcast Podchaser Connect with us  Email us grow...