Growin' Up Rock

Sonny discusses a few of the many Diamond certified albums in existence from various artists and bands. A “Diamond” certified album in short, means that has sold 10 million albums or more. 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 focu...

This week we invited Kevin Williams from The InObscuria Podcast to go track by track through the debut studio album “Blizzard Of Ozz” from Ozzy Osbourne. Each month in 2025 we will cover a studio album release by the “Madman” himself 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 Revie...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny celebrates his Birthday for 1976 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, Play...

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...

Sonny goes acoustic. In this FQF, Sonny's going to share some songs you may know done acoustically from bands and artists he loves. 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 jus...

We continue covering some of the best music released in 2024 by sharing bands and music that just missed our top 10 list for 2024. The "Just Missed" list was made up of music worthy of a listen. All of these albums hung around for a while in our top 20 list until it was time to shave it down. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help...

Sonny discusses a few of the many Diamond certified albums in existence from various artists and bands. A “Diamond” certified album in short, means that has sold 10 million albums or more. 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 focu...

We start 2025 off with a bang by putting a ribbon on 2024 and sharing our “Best Of” episode. As in previous years, 2024 has seen the release of many new rock albums, some good and some not so much. We share the ones we liked the most in our personal favorite top 10 “Best Of 2024”. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our au...

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 4. 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...

In what was originally released as Episode 102 back in June 2019, Sonny and Tony are back in this new and improved "Remix" version of the original "Wild Hair" episode. To say Sonny And Tony are "Best Friends" is probably an understatement. In this episode the two of them get into some fun and humorous discussions around life and music that we think you will enjoy. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, e...

Sonny goes acoustic. In this FQF, Sonny's going to share some songs you may know done acoustically from bands and artists he loves. 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 jus...

This week we invite No One from Nowhere to go track by track through the 13th Studio Album release “ATBPO” by Night Ranger. That's right it's just Steven and Sonny to bring this 2024 Album Review Series to a close by covering the "ATBPO" as a bonus episode and then by ranking all 13 of the Night Ranger albums we covered in 2024. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doin...

Sonny discusses a few of the many Diamond certified albums in existence from various artists and bands. A “Diamond” certified album in short, means that has sold 10 million albums or more. 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 focu...

This week we invite Loose Cannon from The Cobras And Fire Podcast to go track by track through the 12th Studio Album release “Don’t Let Up” by Night Ranger. Each month in 2024 we will cover a studio album release by Bay Area Rockers Night Ranger. Don't Let Up is the twelfth studio album by American hard rock band Night Ranger, released on March 24, 2017. It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Top Ha...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny explores 1 of 3 covers EPs from Halestorm called ReAniMate 3.0 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...

Sonny and Steven will each select 6 Replacement Players in bands, who were odd replacement choices for the musicians they were replacing. Series Info: The Dirty Dozen Series is our chance to be negative. We typically like to keep it positive around here, unless your name is Hollywood and you want to keep it real, but by and large unless it's not something one of us likes, we generally don't even t...

Sonny discusses a few of the many Diamond certified albums in existence from various artists and bands. A “Diamond” certified album in short, means that has sold 10 million albums or more. 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 focu...

Sonny and Steven dig into the 5 studio albums from a great melodic hard rock band called Tyketto. We are going to do a quick history lesson and share our favorite song off each album. Series Info: The Best Of The Bunch Series, allows us to explore a band with a catalog of about 5 to 10 studio albums and pick our favorite song from each record. We’ll get into a quick history lesson and discuss how...

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 3. 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 invite Guitarist and friend Tony Musallam from Restrayned to go track by track through the eleventh Studio Album release “High Road” by Night Ranger. Each month in 2024 we will cover a studio album release by Bay Area Rockers Night Ranger. 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...

On this FQF, Sonny explores the Billboard Hot 100 for 1991 - 1995 and gives you the best the years had to offer and then offers up his favorite from the bunch. 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,...

We get the listeners involved and we are ranking 10 very different and unique covers songs from artist across Rock, Pop, Metal, and Hard Rock. Some you may not have even known were actually covers songs because the cover version is the only one you have ever known. 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...

Sonny is exploring the Billboard Hot 100 Charts for 1976 - 1980 and sharing the number ones along with his favorite of the bunch. 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...

This week in the Thanking The Greats Series, we want to thank musician and producer extraordinaire Beau Hill. If you were a fan of 80s hard rock, you most likely had a record that Beau Hill produced. He was responsible for producing some of my favorite records in the 80s including Ratt, Warrant, Kix, and Winger just to name a few.  In the “Thanking The Greats Series” we will explore and discuss an...

Sonny goes acoustic. In this FQF, Sonny's going to share some songs you may know done acoustically from bands and artists he loves. 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 jus...