O'Brien & Doug

Send us Fan Mail The last episode of 2024! On this episode we discuss the upcoming Beatles biopic, hear new music from Alex Lifeson’s new band, and look at new releases expected in 2025. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a late Pop sensation from the 80s who got caught up in the culture of the age and couldn’t shake it. #beatles #billyjoel #georgemichael https://www.facebook.com/obri...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk a bit about how AI will change the music industry, plus all the things that happened on December 12 through music history, in addition to the birth of O'Brien. Yes, it's his birthday! We play MixTape and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a little know pop duo from California who should have been bigger but now never will be. #AI #birthday #lowenandna...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about our Thanksgivings, basketball, a recent acoustic gig, plus we talk about the best song on every Billy Joel album. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for an artist who jumps around genres but is always consistent. #thanksgiving #johnmellencamp https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we are tired. We try to stay awake, and most would say we succeeded. But who know? We discuss the top 40 Glam Metal Songs and then probably go off on a tangent somewhere. We do MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a the only Canadian Pop Rocker we know. That's not true but it sounds good. Enjoy. #glammetal #bryan adams https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we don’t talk about the election. We talk about everything BUT the election. We’re done hearing about the election. What election? Okay we may mention it, only to complain like two old farts. We discuss Chicago…the band, not the city, and how they changed over the years. Which led to a bigger discussion about bands we loved, who changed and then we only kinda liked...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about O’Brien’s conversation with one of his musical heroes, the upcoming Star City Syndicate school show and why we do them, new music from Rick Springfield, 5 “uncredited” rock and roll guitar solos, and more. We also play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for O’Brien’s aforementioned musical hero. #judecole #rickspringfield https://www.facebook.com/obr...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss new Rock releases for November, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, more from Alex Van Halen’s book, and other rock news. We play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a recent addition to the Rock Hall. Oh, and whatever happened to Sbarros? #rrhf #jimmybuffett #sbarros https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talked about our weekend, heard new music from Dream Theater and Ratt, the ‘Big 4” of AOR according to Ultimate Classic Rock, played MixTape, and climbed the Wall of Tunes for a last name band from the 80s who broke wide open because of a horror flick. https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the County Fall Fest that we played at, new music from Motley Crue and The Cure, an excerpt from Alex Van Halen’s memoir and more. We play MixTape and our Wall of Tunes features our picks for underrated Van Halen songs in memory of the great EVH. #vanhalen #motleycrue #thecure https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss how the universe gives you cats and umbrellas because we never know where they came from. We also discuss the “Big 4” rhythm sections in rock, Classic Rock’s worst mistakes, celebrities we’ve lost recently, Frankie Valli lip-syncing, and more. Plus, we play MixTape, climb the Wall of Tunes for a folk songwriter who makes us feel warm inside, and we come...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about O’Brien’s trip to see Joko in concert, rock releases set for October, the continuing drama in the band Journey, we play MixTape and climb the Wall of Tunes for a poet who dominated the 70s and 80s and until recently, looked like he was perpetually 25. #journey #jacksonbrowne https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we once again discuss the “Big 4”, this time it’s songwriting teams. New music from Tears for Fears, the loss of Tito Jackson and Jane’s Addiction. We discuss the new lawsuit against Miley Cyrus. We play our favorite game “MixTape” and we climb the Wall of Tunes for the queen of slide guitar who only seems to get better with age. #songwriters #janesaddiction #bonni...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we introduce our new 90s country band, hear new music from Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, meet our new fan and future manager of The Pines, Ilsa, discuss the Big 5 of rock guitar, play MixTape, climb the Wall of Tunes for a 90s band named after a Monty Python skit, and we debut the O’Brien & Doug’s “Homeschool Circle”. #90scountry #aliceinchains #ttws https...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the top 4 prog rock bands, the Journey legal case, Fantasy football, and more. We played MixTape and climbed the Wall of Tunes. What did you expect? You should know all this by now. #progrock #philcollins #doyoureallyreadthesehashtags https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we give our take on who the top 5 hair metal bands are, and we discuss the best rock riffs. We hear new “old” music from Bryan Adams and we play MixTape. Our Wall of Tunes has us remembering one of the greatest blues guitarists there ever was. #hairmetal #bryanadams #srv https://www.facebook.com/obrienanddoug/ https://instagram.com/obrien_and_doug

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we lament the passing of Jack Russell and Greg Kihn, and someone even closer to the family. We preview rock releases for September, hear new-old music from Foreigner, and we watch the trailer for a new hair band documentary. MixTape is on the table and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a supergroup from the late 80s that lasted two albums before they all went back to...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about what happened on this day in rock history, “The Top 50 Rocks Songs from the 90s that Don’t Suck”; we reveal our best “road trip to Vegas” songs for MixTape, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a hair band from the 80s who went through a pretty tough time but are still rocking stages, even in Rhode Island. #rockhistory, #greatwhite https://www.facebook....

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we relive the wedding of O’Brien’s second born child and drool over his honeymoon destination. We hear new music from Bryan Adams and Ted Nugent, discuss the retirement of Aerosmith, and Metallica does Neil Diamond. Ouch. We play our favorite new game, “MixTape”, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a band who was once known by another name, but still is largely unkn...

Send us Fan Mail We are back after a week off. On this episode we discuss Doug’s week away and the upcoming wedding of O’Brien’s second born child. We also hear new solo music from Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi, talk some 90s rock songs that don’t suck according to UCR, drool over the new Sammy Hagar “Best of All Worlds Tour” and we play our favorite new game, “MixTape”. We also climb the Wal...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we HAVE to discuss the National Anthem at the MLB Home Run Derby because…well, because. We talk about Slash’s new blues album, preview some new rock music releases coming up in August, find out why Sylvester Stallone wanted to burn footage of “First Blood”, read some listener mail, and we play MixTape. What was ‘last week’s question again?’ Or was it ‘this week’s q...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear new music from Deep Purple, share record-breaking Bon Jovi news, establish a new name for our acoustic duo, discuss the top 20 greatest drummers according to AI, and we answer listener mail, which brings another reaction. Plus, we play Mix Tape and we climb the Wall of Tunes for the long-dissed album from O’Brien’s favorite band. #deeppurple #bonjovi #vanha...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about Brian’s anniversary trip to see James Taylor in concert; we discuss a few things that happened on this date in music history. We play our new favorite game “Mixtape” and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a band that is named after a legendary city and were coming out of their most successful run on the charts. #jamestaylor #chicago #mixtape https://www.f...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode we question why Taylor Swift was voted a better guitar player than Brad Paisley and others, we discuss, begrudgingly, the effect that artificial intelligence is already having on the entertainment industry. We answer some listener mail, which leads to one of our first reaction episodes. Oh and we are back to recording video promos starting this week. I’m not...

Send us Fan Mail It's our 200th episode. We visit with Chris and Chris, or Bob and Chris, or Bob and Morton! We talk a bit about the Star City Syndicate, a bit about Collective Soul and a bit about how we all got to know each other. We play Mixtape, celebrate Sir Paul's 82nd birthday by playing one of his live albums. Thanks to all for coming along for this ride with us. New promos start...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we share Kelly Clarkson’s undeniably cool cover of Metallica, new music from Foghat, a Michael McDonald story that may or may not be in his memoir, and we discuss Ultimate Classic Rock’s list of the Top 20 Hard Rock and Metal albums from 1989. We also play our new favorite hypothetical game, “Mixtape”, and we climb the Wall of Tunes for a hidden gem duo that only m...