ROCK AND/OR ROLL

Coven: the world's first Satanic rock band? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than 20 years ago BJ bought a cassette at a thrift store by a band called Stokes Aster... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released in April 2016: BJ is joined by Ryan McKay and A.D. Adams from The Shabby Road Record Show for an unfiltered discussion about the elephant in the room of rock and roll: rock stars and their unabashed fondness for underage girls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released in September 2013: Arlo formed in L.A. in the mid-nineties and eventually signed with Sub Pop and released two albums before imploding, but as we learn on today's episode, which features a great conversation BJ had with one of the band's two singer/guitarists Sean Spillane, the band recorded a third album for the label that was never released. If you want to hear the fascinatin...

A slapdash punk band made up of elementary schoolers land a record deal. Was it destined to end in tragedy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GREG STRYKER - EDGE OF NIGHT PRESENT HISTORY - OPEN YOUR EYES THE MACHINE - LOVE FANTASY THE LEVEL - YOU'VE GOT RUNNING ON YOUR MIND JOE BRUCE & 2ND AVENUE - WE CAN HAVE IT ALL BRIDGE 2 FAR - WE GOT AWAY STYLE - RUN FOR YOUR LIFE MATTHEW TODD - HEARTBEAT PARIS BLACK - BETTER GET READY EASTERN BLOC - RESTLESS HEART BLACK CHINA - IN YOUR EYES PERFECT STRANGER - PRISONER OF YOUR SMILE MINDSTORM - BAC...

Originally released in January 2015: BJ has a conversation with singer and guitarist Lea Hart about his decades long career in rock and roll as a part of bands like Slowbone, The Roll-Ups, Ya Ya, Fastway, and D-Rox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released April 2014: On this episode BJ was joined by author and historian Greg Renoff to discuss the topic of the book he was then in the process of writing (about the early years of Van Halen) called Van Halen Rising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released June 2018: The Transformers: The Movie is a six million dollar animated film that came out in 1986, co-produced and directed by Nelson Shin, who also produced the original The Transformers television series on which the film was based. The origins of that cartoon series was a line of toys produced by Hasbro, based on designs which originated in Japan, vehicles which transformed...

Originally released in December 2017: How does a band like Faith No More follow up a platinum album and top ten single? On this episode BJ is joined by producer Matt Wallace, the man who helmed the first four Faith No More albums, for a thorough examination of the band's schizophrenic 1992 masterpiece Angel Dust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RIP Dwight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can a song kill you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ plays a selection of songs from heavy metal bands around the world, released in the eighties. RANDY - SHADOWS ARE FALLING RANDY - BEAST IN THE NIGHT MIRAGE - OUT THERE (SURVIVORS) MIRAGE - HELLBOUND ALAKRAN - VAGABUNDEAR ALAKRAN - ALGUIEN NOS DIVIDE OBUS - VIVIRE ROSA NEGRA - KAMIKAZE EXISES - FEAR OF THE NIGHT HELLOISE - COSMOGONY SANGTRAIT - BUSCANT UNA DONA NUKET - KUN VIELA NUORI OLLA VOI N...

Originally released October 2019: Actor and musician Cameron Dye joins BJ to discuss his career in film and music, the main focus being the 1987 film Scenes from the Goldmine and the awesome soundtrack that never was. You can watch the film here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDwBg1cXzY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ plays a selection of songs ripped directly from his vinyl collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ was a guest on the 1000 Greatest Misses podcast. Check them out: https://1000greatestmisses.buzzsprout.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-000-greatest-misses/id1675923067 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released February 2020: Song-poems were records created when random citizens wrote "poems" (lyrics) and sent them, along with a check, to various companies which employed musicians who would set those words to music, record the song and press it to vinyl. It was basically a scam and many of the records ended up in thrift shops and record stores where they at some point were discovered b...

Originally released July 2013: On this episode we celebrate the stunning contributions the city of Detroit has made to the history of rock and roll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released December 2015: Battle of the Podcast Allstars is a tournament that pits rock podcasters against each other to determine who is rock trivia king, hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller of Pods and Sods. The final battle features the three winners from round one: BJ from Rock and/or Roll, Ryan McKay from The Shabby Road Record Show and Randy W. Hall from That Dandy Clas...

Originally released November 2015: Battle of the Podcast Allstars is a tournament that pits rock podcasters against each other to determine who is rock trivia king, hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller of Pods and Sods. The third battle of round one features Craig Smith from Pods and Sods, Randy W. Hall from That Dandy Classic Music Hour and Joe Royland from Sit and Spin. Learn more ab...

Originally released November 2015: Battle of the Podcast All Stars is a tournament that pits rock podcasters against one another to determine who is rock trivia king, hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller of Pods and Sods. The second battle of round one features Ryan McKay from The Shabby Road Record Show, Craig Cohen from the Slycast and Zilch and Ken Mills from the PodKISSt and Cheap...

Originally released November 2015: Battle of the Podcast All Stars is a tournament that pits rock podcasters against one another to determine who is rock trivia king, hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller of Pods and Sods. The first battle of round one features Chris Czynszak from Decibel Geek, Matt Porter from The Kiss Room and our very own BJ Kahuna from Rock and/or Roll. Learn more a...

Originally released in June 2016: BJ is once again joined by Chris Grey from CheapKISS Records, back on episode #73 Chris joined BJ to share a selection of songs from his collection of compilations of local artists that were put out regionally by radio stations in the late seventies and early eighties. For this episode Chris and BJ have each picked 12 favorite songs from other assorted Various Art...

Originally released April 2015: On this episode BJ is joined by special guest Chris Grey, who is an avid record collector and the co-owner of a record store and website called CHEAPKiss Records. Chris was gracious enough to share with us his vast collection of regional radio station compilations from the early eighties. BJ and Chris discuss the obsessive nature of record collecting and then you'll...

Day 14: Weezer - Van Weezer (2021) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices