InObscuria Podcast

Space out with us this week with the way-out sounds from outer space! We’re offering up an eight-course cosmic smorgasbord of delectable space rock. People of planet Earth, come and join us on another journey to aural galaxies beyond the Milky Way!  What is it that we do here at InObscuria? We exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have...

InObscuria Podcast proudly presents: the 6th annual Ghost-Fest live at the Old Smyrna Firehouse celebrating America’s 250th birthday! This is another floating room-only event for all spirits, specters, wraiths, phantoms, and the hottest ghouls! Featuring performances by an international line-up of the living, the dead… and the living dead. Featuring special guest announcers: Mighty K & Double-Barr...

This week is all about bands playing other bands' songs. Summer songs that perhaps radio has exhausted. Whether they are playing it straight note-for-note or whether they are re-interpreting it, bands love to pay tribute to the hits they love! In this episode, we showcase a summer playlist made for all of your grilling, pool party, block party, yard work, camping, and hot weather needs! What’s thi...

This week InObscuria exhumes those unmarked graves of unsigned artists! These bands may not have been signed to a major or gained internationally distributed success, but they were all rock stars to those lucky enough to hear and see them! Anyone who’s ever been in a band and played local/regional shows knows that some of the best live acts and musicians (and friends) are met through sharing bills...

This week, half of us are at the beach enjoying some r n’ r, so we thought we’d listen to some r n’ r with a beachy vibe. We are pulling the plug… and gasping for air… guitars! Rock artists have been playing acoustic since the very beginning. In fact, most songwriters start the process with an acoustic instrument. There’s something about capturing the sound of a song on just wire and wood that has...

This week, we bow down and raise up the almighty guitar heroes! The foundation of Rock n’ Punk n’ Metal is the guitar and the amazing sounds that those who wield them can make. How do they make such wonderful noise with metal wires on a piece of wood? There’s some kinda voodoo in their hands, and we set off on a journey to raise some of the 70s shredders that you may have forgotten! What’s this In...

Meet Captain Content & Kevin in the pit again this week for a hella good time! We’re getting our aggressions out by revisiting the starting point of it all for Kevin. The thrash, crossover, speed metal movement of the 80s spawned his love of all things rock n’ punk n’ metal. This time around the circle pit, we are focusing on Crossover Thrash. A sub-genre defined as short bursts of hardcore punk w...

This week, we celebrate International Women’s Triple-V Day! Our 9th episode in a series dedicated to women who bring the fury with style and passion. Don’t dare call these “chick bands”; these are kick-ass rock n’ roll bands that happen to include powerful women in them!!! Piss off a man; you can fight it out and then go have a pint at the pub. Piss off a woman, and you will pay for it 10-fold. Th...

This week the people demanded it, and we complied! Therefore, we give you “Grave Mistake: ZEBRA Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. This is our celebration of an amazing power trio from New Orleans / Long Island that has been largely forgotten in the pantheon of rock n’ roll. They also happen to be very musically proficient, with a bona fide guitar god in the band that rarely gets the praise he deserves!  This...

A few weeks ago, Captain Content threw down a challenge to find great new music, and Kevin didn’t just step up—he delivered in spades. Typically, we recognize all of the amazing recorded output of the current year at the end of the year; however, there are just too many great releases this year to wait until December. We’re not even halfway through the year yet, and we already have all of these gr...

This week, we take you to church and exorcise some demons by testifying to the New Wave Of Classic Rock! Listen in as we cleanse your soul with classic, blues-influenced hard rock that reminds us of the days when FM radio rocked! Robert called the newer bands out on a recent episode, and indeed, rock n’ roll is not dead. It is in the very capable hands of these killer younger bands! What is it we...

It is with heavy hearts that we deliver this week’s episode honoring the passing of another guitar hero giant whose riffs were mighty enough to support Lemmy: Phil Campbell. He was a guitarist who rarely got mentioned in the circles of recognized guitar greats, but his playing on 16  Motörhead  albums provides all the badass-guitarist validation needed. Best known as Lemmy’s right-hand guy, he als...

This week we provide you with the finest in Hair To Hair Combat! You got it… We are dipping our spandex-covered legs into the pool of obscure glam metal. These are groups with similar band names that we thought needed to go “hair-to-hair” to see who truly has the right to rock the name. If you like it glammy, sleazy, and trashy, this is your show! New to InObscuria? Every week, your two hosts craw...

This week, we are welcoming home the astronauts by playing songs written by the star man himself: David Bowie! What better way to celebrate our mission to the moon than by hearing other bands cover his varied tunes. The Thin White Duke was a rock n’ roll chameleon who influenced music, film, and fashion for over 50 years. Considered one of the most influential artists of all time, he was the most...

This week is lucky #13 of our series called “Degrees Of Separation…” where we discuss side projects and solo releases from artists we love. This episode focuses on the mega-intense, stage-stalking, heavy-throated, part-animal, part-machine literary punk rock icon: HENRY ROLLINS! Kevin’s appreciation and fandom of old Hank goes all the way back to his rock n’ roll beginnings! If you only know him a...

This week, we went out to the Firehouse backyard and dug up a time capsule from the decade when your two humble hosts met and decided to form their first band together: the sometimes amazing, sometimes confusing 1990s. The capsule revealed a collection of tunes spanning rock, punk, and metal. Robert was forced to test his endurance of the macabre and provided feedback that only Captain Content cou...

This week, we are talking about bands that have rock stars in them: Supergroups and Offshoots. We once again discuss how a band consisting of well-known artists from other bands does not always equal great success. Dive in with us as we discuss and listen to some of the more obscure supergroups and offshoots that didn’t break with huge mainstream success or stay around very long. What is it we do...

This week, we’ve got the touch. We’ve got the power. There’s no easy way out, but we won’t stop believin’! Oh yeah, it’s time once again for some of that amazingly inspirational AOR arena rock montage music! This time around, it has a St. Patty’s Day spin to it. Be all you can be, feel the burn, and drink some green beer! This episode is rooted in all 3 categories of lost, forgotten, and should ha...

This week, we promote awareness of “Shoe The World Day – March 15” by visiting a long-forgotten genre that emerged in the late 80s – early 90s. A genre that exploited obscured vocals, guitar distortion, effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume: SHOEGAZE. In part 1, we focused mostly on bands from the UK, but in part 2, we are exploring bands from other parts of the world. These bands use the art...

This week we’re talking about that guy again… The 2nd episode focused on EDGUY in another edition of our “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. A German power metal band that Kevin affectionately calls “Helloween Jr.”. This episode starts at the peak of their provocative power metal prowess and ends with their evolution to a hard-rocking power glam powerhouse. They did well in Europe and oth...

This week, the lads hop across the pond to continue excavating denim and leather. It’s all about the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal! The NWOBM movement was filled with passionate bands that were poised to take over the world. Unfortunately, most of them didn’t make it to the level of Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, or Saxon. Hopefully, we can help spread the word and sounds for those who didn’t. What’s...

This week, we go deep into the past of mainstream artists to uncover what many of them have hidden: their beginnings! We are talking about bands and artists who have sold millions of albums; however, their formative years were drastically different from those for which they became famous. They will remain buried no longer! We will shine a light on their beginnings, before they were beasts! This ep...

This week, we’re talking about a guy? What guy? EDGUY of course! Another edition of our “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!” from a band we covered on our last power metal episode late last year. A band that Kevin affectionately calls “Helloween Jr.”, this is another German powerhouse power metal juggernaut that is unique to the genre. They are epic and powerful! A band that is anthemic, dr...

This week is brought to you by the one and only Captain Content! Inspired by his birthday celebration just over a month ago, the Captain set the controls for deep space on a mission to collect more examples of Space Grunge! Was he successful in finding galactic sonics somewhere between space rock, stoner metal, grunge, and alternative metal? Tune in to this frequency to find out! What is it that w...

In this week’s episode, we dust off our iPods and XM boomboxes to travel back to the decade where many claimed that rock n’ roll was dead and that there was no more good music. That’s right; we are listening to obscure tracks from George W.’s Y2K! Join us on this journey back through the decade of iTunes, MySpace, autotune, and some really great rock n’ punk n’ metal! New to InObscuria? It’s all a...