O'Brien & Doug

Send us Fan Mail It’s our 6th Anniversary!! On this episode we chat about our upcoming gigs, more stuff about Rush, hear new music from Stephen Pearcy of RATT, and discuss the fact that WKRP in Cincinatti will now be a real radio station. Yeah, really. We also play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape, and climb the Wall of Tunes for an 80s band who had to change their name after their first officia...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss Rush’s first reunion performance on the Juno Awards, the new installment of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival, and we see how many Billy Joel Jeopardy questions we can answer. We also play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape, and climb the Wall of Tunes for an 80s blue-eyed soul band with a red-headed frontman. https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ htt...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the last couple of band gigs, the loss of a cult martial arts hero, the new rock releases for the month of April, and the “Best Hair Metal Band for Each Letter of the Alphabet” according to UCR. We play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape, and climb the Wall of Tunes for a blues trio from Canada that has no bass player. #chucknorris #monkeyjunk  https://w...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode O’Brien recounts a recent school trip to the Senate, we establish KISS are marketing geniuses and Vinnie Vincent is delusional; we play “Poorly Explained 80s Movies”, MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a band that started the rock and roll cruise phenomenon. #kiss # sisterhazel https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss possibly ditching the Fun Dungeon, Steve Vai on the new version of Van Halen’s “Jump”, The Big 4 of the Sunset Strip, Great covers from female vocalists, and stuff that scared us as 80s kids, all thanks to Ultimate Classic Rock. We play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a Canadian blues/rock singer. #vanhalen #80s #col...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we explain why we unexpectedly took a week off. We discuss which was better, the cover or the original…we talk rock hall nominees, play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for one of O’Brien’s Desert Island Albums from a guy who used to get mistaken for the Boss. #rrhof #rickspringfield https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk vacation, new releases, cover songs, and why Snoop Dogg is the new mascot for Gen X, plus we play “Poorly Explained Movies” and MixTape, and climb the Wall of Tunes for a singer/songwriter from the 80s who’s hair had a life of its own. #snoopdogg #richardmarx https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss Super Bowl, the passing of 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold and what the band does from here, the original demo of “Shot in the Dark” by Ozzy, and how O’Brien wants to program a rock station and unearths a couple of lost classics. We tackle Bouncin’ Bob’s listener male challenge again. Plus, we play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape and climb the Wall...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the upcoming release of Van Halen’s 5150 Box and all its glorious extras, the passing of Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night and remember their best songs, we hear new music from Roger Taylor of Queen and the latest Peter Gabriel offering. We play “Poorly Explained Movies” and MixTape (sorry Miss Judgeness, we’re dumb!), and climb the Wall of Tunes for a b...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we list some upcoming rock releases for the month of February 2026, hear new music from Def Leppard, Lou Gramm of Foreigner, and a surprising delivery from Megadeth. We reminisce on some underrated 80s pop music. We play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape, and climb the Wall of Tunes for an 80s pop version of a 70s prog/rock group. #defleppard #genesis https://www....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about the NFL Playoffs, promo photos via ChatGPT, the 20 Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums from 1986 according to UCR, upcoming concerts in Maine, a question Doug had for O’Brien, and we answer some listener mail. We play “Poorly Explained Movies”, MixTape, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a folk pop singer/songwriter whose life was cut way too short in t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we lament all the sick bugs going around and discuss O’Brien’s plan to fix it. Plus, we may have a new business model…”Burritos & Portapotties”. We contemplate catching up with an producer friend of ours, discuss the recently announced Hagar/Springfield tour, hear two new songs from the Black Crowes, play our new movie game, MixTape and we climb the Wall of Tun...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss Alex Van Halen teaming with Toto’s Steve Lukather, the Vinnie Vincent album that will probably never be released, new music from Peter Gabriel, plus, we introduce a new segment about movies, play MixTape, and climb the Wall of Tunes for O’Brien’s latest pickup at his favorite record store. #vanhalen #petergabriel #mrbig https://www.facebook.com/obrienand...

Send us Fan Mail On this first episode of 2026 we discuss our holiday, including a holiday house fire...we ponder what KISS alum Vinnie Vincent and Peter Criss are thinking with their latest music releases, we hear a new song from the new Megadeth album, play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for the Father of Invention. #KISS #Zappa https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we react to the passing of legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner, the arrival of O’Brien’s first grandchild, what it takes to be an aging Rockstar on tour, and we learn what each of us are listening to on our devices this week. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a rock band who has had several lineup changes but is still making white knuckle rock-n-roll. #rob...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we lament the passing of guitar great Steve Cropper. We also discuss the huge July 2026 concert announcements in our neck of the woods, new rock releases for 2026, and we hear two new songs from Guns ‘N’ Roses. Oh, and Doug “Dougs” a classic Christmas flick. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a man who lost a girl to Jim from The Office. #stevecropper...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we debut some of our new imaging positioners (big words describing when a different voice says our name), we discuss Thanksgiving, Doug’s new part-time part-time job, the 15 Diamond Selling Hard Rock Albums ranked according to UCR, and we play MixTape in the middle AND at the end. We climb the Wall of Tunes for a Canadian legend, and we steal his song title for thi...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we read some listener mail. Our cursed discussions continue as we lose another famous musician. We talk rock headlines, retirements, and more. We attempt to write some liners for the podcast. We also play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for an iconic 80s pop band out of Australia. #toddsnider #crowdedhouse https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagr...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss some rock releases expected in the month of December, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025 Induction, new music from new artist Stanley Simmons, and most importantly Doug’s service to our country as this episode was recorded on Veteran’s Day. We also play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a band that is in both of our top 5 favorites. #rrhf #veteran...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the effects of a full moon on school age children, what we remember about being home sick from school in the 80s, and we lament Hootie’s unnecessary participation in a country song and hear new music from Howl Owl Howl. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a new wave rock band from the 80s. #fullmoon #hootie #thecars #priceisright https://www....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we our favorite Halloween movies, the new album from Mammoth, and some rock and roll headlines. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a soulful 70s artist who we think is not talked about enough. #halloween #mammoth #joecocker https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the sudden passing of Ace Frehley and the eeriness of our talk of KISS on the previous episode (it’s happened before), the long, slow death of MTV, we hear new music from Vince Gill, play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for the birthday boy, and one of our favorite guitar players on the planet. #acefrehley #vincegill #stevelukather https://www.facebo...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss our rock and roll show at the Cross Insurance Center, 5 greatest hard rock guitar duos of the 80s, the coolest female drummers, played MixTape and climbed the Wall of Tunes for a band who should have kept the makeup on. #kiss https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about our upcoming rock show at the "Big Arena" down the road, the fact that Rush is touring, and we hear the latest single from Megadeth. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes that takes us all the way back to the beginning. #rush #genesis https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we are back to recording video. Check out this episode soon on our YouTube page. Just type in O’Brien & Doug Podcast, click the link and subscribe. We also discuss some underrated songs from some of our favorite bands, we hear the new collaboration between Judas Priest and the late Ozzy Osbourne, plus we play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a rock super...