Growin' Up Rock

For this “Hollywood’s Private Collection” (Vol. 2)  episode, Sonny is sharing some of the many items and music he collects. In this episode he shares some of his collection of 45s. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment  that focuses on...

This week we invited BC from Podder Than Hell to go track by track through the 4th studio album “The Ultimate Sin” from Ozzy Osbourne. 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 Spotify Connect with us  Email us growinuprock@gmail.co...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny celebrates his Birthday for 1981 when he takes a look at the music and events that were happening during his special day. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playl...

In the new "Divisive Album Battle Series", we pit two albums from bands that fans seem to have a Love / Hate relationship with. To kick off the series we take The Scorpions "Savage Amusement" and Judas Priest "Turbo" and match track against track to see which album we think is the album battle champion. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the follow...

In this listener discussion episode, you give us 3 choices of various things ranging from music to food and all things in between and we discuss, deciding which is a Smash, which is Trash, and which is just plain Meh. 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 plac...

For this “Hollywood’s Private Collection” (Vol. 1)  episode, Sonny is sharing some of the many items and music he collects. In this episode he shares some of his collection of 45s. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment  that focuses on...

This week in the Thanking The Greats Series, we want to thank one of the greatest guitar players in rock music, and pay tribute to the late great John Sykes. In the “Thanking The Greats Series” we will explore and discuss an individual Artist, Producer, Song Writer, Manager, or just about anyone involved in the music business we think has had a long career and contributed to the music we grew up l...

For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of rocker Volbeat. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playlist, and generally just about anything we find entertaining...

This week we invited Bakko from the Cobras And Fire Podcast to go track by track through the 3rd studio album “Bark At The Moon” from Ozzy Osbourne. 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 Spotify Connect with us  Email us growinu...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny celebrates his Birthday for 1980 when he takes a look at the music and events that were happening during his special day. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playl...

We came, we sailed, we ROCKED! It's time to give you our 2025 Monsters Of Rock Cruise Recap. MORC 25 was a blast. We have stories and thoughts on all we saw and heard for MORC 25 this year. As in previous years we share our recap with our traveling pals over at the Podder Than Hell Podcast. Catch the pre-party, days 1 and 2 over on their podcast. We will finish it up with days 3,4,and 5. WE NEED Y...

For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of Caleb Johnson The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playlist, and generally just about anything we find entertaining a...

This week in the “Alphabet Soup Series”, we hit the letter "G". Let's find out what bands, albums, and songs we end up sharing. Series Info: 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. The object of this series is to focus on some lesser known band...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny celebrates his Birthday for 1979 when he takes a look at the music and events that were happening during his special day. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playl...

In this episode of Hollywood’ Wild Hair, Sonny invites back John Murphy Aka "Murph", the sometimes Co-host from the Shout It Out Loud Cast for another round of “Murph Likes What?” 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 Spotify Co...

For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of Aldo Nova The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playlist, and generally just about anything we find entertaining and w...

We celebrate our 400th episode here at the Growin' Up Rock Podcast. We get the listeners involved in ranking their favorite Kiss album openers. Which track will be the overall best liked opening for the Kiss albums? 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...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny celebrates his Birthday for 1978 when he takes a look at the music and events that were happening during his special day. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playl...

This week we invited Tom Gigliotti from The Shout It Out Loudcast to go track by track through the 2nd studio album “Diary Of A Madman” from Ozzy Osbourne. Diary Of A Madman is the 2nd studio album and the last original material Ozzy record to feature guitarist Randy Rhoads. Each month in 2025 we will cover a studio album release by the “Madman” himself Ozzy Osbourne WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick...

For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of Primal Fear. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playlist, and generally just about anything we find entertaining an...

In this episode we cover everything to expect on this years 2025 Monsters Of Rock Cruise. We want you to get excited whether you are a newbie or MORC veteran. We take a look at the bands, venues, activities, and of course the music. Is this your first Monsters Of Rock Cruise? Are you are on the edge about booking a future MORC sailing? We have gone on over 12 MORC sailing combined, so we are here...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny celebrates his Birthday for 1977 when he takes a look at the music and events that were happening during his special day. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playl...

In this episode of “When Rock Ruled The Charts” we take a close look at July 12th, 1979, the day that The Great Chicago Disco Demolition took place. This week we will be looking at the Billboard 200 album chart to see what music was considered hot. Series Info: In the “When Rock Ruled The Charts” series, we look at a specific day, week, or month in music history and discuss briefly the significanc...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny discusses some of the many Duets that exist in music over the years. In each volume he will share a handful of his favorites. Let’s start with Volume 5. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin’ start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses...

This week, we once again visit the The 250 List. In Volume 8 we each take a look at 5 more bands that did not quite make a household name for themselves in the 80s and early 90s. The 250 List is an 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, bu...