Growin' Up Rock

Sonny takes 2 versions of a cover song and pits them against each other and in the end ask you, who dunnit better. 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...

In this episode of “When Rock Ruled The Charts” we take a closer look at 2/22/1989, the day that Metallica loses a Grammy for best metal band to Jethro Tull. We will be looking at the singles chart for the BB hot 100. We know metal music comes in many different forms but, I think we can all agree that even though Jethro Tull influenced many Metal Bands, in 1989, Metallica was much more of a Metal...

Sonny goes acoustic. In this FQF, Sonny's going to share some songs you may know done acoustically from bands and artist 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 just...

This week we invite Mac from Ugly American Werewolf In London Podcast to go track by track through the 7th Studio Album release “Neverland” 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 Review...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny explores 1 of 3 covers EPs from Halestorm called ReAniMate 1.0 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...

What constitutes a "Mega" Concert review you ask? Not 1 but 2 night this week we attended 2 of the hottest summer concert tours out there, and we are going to share our take in detail. We were fortunate enough to attend the Sammy Hagar "Best Of Both Worlds" tour with special guest Loverboy the first night. The 2nd night brought us to see Foreigner , Styx, And John Waite. We want to share our conce...

Sonny is exploring the Billboard Hot 100 charts from 1981 - 1986 and giving you the best that year had to offer while picking 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, Playli...

Recorded live in Miami prior to boarding the 2024 Monsters Of Rock Cruise, we decided to have a little fun and invite some special guest to join us for a new trivia game show called "25 Words Or Less" - Join us an play along in your car or at home. Its always full of laughs and interesting choices. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following t...

For This Friday Quick Fix we had the opportunity to go see Kuarantine in concert for a 2nd time and we are going to share a quick review covering the entire evening's activities. 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 alb...

We both cover our top 5 album releases for 2004. That's right 2004. It's been 20 years so lets see if we have discovered anything new or still live with what we got. Every Year around the middle of the year we will visit our top 5 releases from that year celebrating 20 years. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! It’s quick, easy, and free - Please consider doing one or all of the following to help grow our audienc...

For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of classic rock blues guitarist Pat Travers. 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 any...

This week we invite Brian Davis from Damn Good Movie Memories to go track by track through the 6th Studio Album release “Feeding Off The Mojo” 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 Rev...

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny shines a light on the underrated album "Roundtrip" from Tony Harnell And The Mercury Train. 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...

In a listener idea episode, we were asked questions regarding our concert going history. These post appear on Social Media in many different groups and all have various types of questions, but for this particular episode we focus on our concert going history. The questions are as follows: 1. First concert - 2. Last concert - 3. Worst concert -  4. Loudest concert -  5. Best concert -   6. Seen the...

For This Friday Quick Fix we had the opportunity to go see Stryper (Acoustic) in concert and we are going to share a quick review covering the entire evening's activities. 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, so...

We discuss and analyze the first 10 videos ever shown on MTV. Was it calculated or did they just not have any other choices at the 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 Spotify Connect with us  Email us growinuprock@gmail....

For this “Try This” episode, Sonny is sharing a quick history and the music of Swedish Sleaze Masters Crashdiet. 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...

This week in the “Alphabet Soup Series”, we hit the letter "E". 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 bands...

For This Friday Quick Fix we had the opportunity to go see Battle Beast in concert and we are going to share a quick review covering the entire evening's activities. 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, m...

We get the listeners involved in helping us rank 20 rock hits from July 1987. If you would like to take part in these listener participation episodes in the future, please send your email address to us @ growinuprock@gmail.com 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 follo...

For This Friday Quick Fix we had the opportunity to go see Greta Van Fleet in concert and we are going to share a quick review covering the entire evening's activities. 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...

This week we invite Brad Rusthoven from Slamfest Podcast to go track by track through the 5th Studio Album release “Man In Motion” 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 Review in one o...

Sonny takes a close look at the music charts to see what was happening in music on any particular day in music history. 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 anyt...

For This Friday Quick Fix Sonny had the opportunity to go see the first Skid Row show with Lzzy Hale from Halestorm fronting the band in concert He is going to cover and review the entire evening's activities. 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 differ...

We explore A Iron Maiden fantasy fan cruise. If Iron Maiden were to put on a fans cruise, what and who would you want to see? At this point music themed cruises are a yearly profit making venture for many promoters. Monsters Of Rock, Cruise To The Edge, Chris Jericho Cruise, Kiss Kruise, Rock Legends, 80s Cruise, 70,000 tons of Metal, and countless others. We think Iron Maiden is the perfect candi...