Mike Castleberry and Big Frog

The Metal Shop

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Two comedians discuss comedy, heavy metal, and the bands and albums that shaped them!

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Mike Castleberry and Big Frog

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Dec 9, 2025

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Episodes

Body Count! 15.09.2020

With all the protests and general unrest, we thought this would be a great time to release an episode on one of the most controversial bands of all time, Body Count. This one is a bit more politically charged than other episodes, but, fuck it.  Black Lives Matter.

Motorhead: Part II 26.08.2020

Last episode we followed the band from its origins to the end of the classic era, when Fast Eddie Clarke left.  This episode we pick up from there, and follow the lineup shifts up until Lemmy's passing in 2015.

Motörhead Part 1 30.07.2020

We're finally tackling Lemmy and the legendary Motorhead! This week we follow him through his days as a roadie, Hawkwind, and the classic era of the legendary band!

Led Zeppelin 09.07.2020

pretty straight forward. We continue our dive into 70s influences on heavy metal with the legendary Led Zeppelin!

Alice Cooper 17.06.2020

This week, we cover the original shock rocker and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Alice Cooper! We discuss his career and influence on metal over the years.

Shooting the Shit 22.05.2020

We're baaaaaack.  Had to give Frog a bit of recovery time from his surgery, as well as figure out how we're gonna do our podcast in quarantine! This episode we're just catching up a bit and chatting about metal, how quarantine is going, and the conspiracy theory that the CIA wrote the Scorpions' "Wind of Change"   Hopefully the quality isn't too bad, still working out the bugs a bit. 

The Scorpions, part II 18.03.2020

Big Frog with part 2 of his solo episodes on The Scorpions!

The Scorpions! 11.03.2020

Solo episode from Big Frog that he recorded right before surgery, talking about the legendary metal band, The Scorpions!

Power Ballads! 03.03.2020

We originally meant to get this out around Valentine's Day, but better late than never.  Grab your chick, get your lighters out and check out some power ballads.

One more Ozzy episode 25.02.2020

The ticket saga ends as Ozzy cancels his North American tour definitively. We decided to review the newest Ozzy album "Ordinary Man", and just talk a bit more about the man himself as his career begins to come to a close.

Deep Cuts 18.02.2020

This week we're keeping it simple: our favorite deep cuts from our favorite bands!

Time Capsules! 05.02.2020

Little bit different concept, but this week we talk "time  capsule albums", albums that for whatever reason defined a specific time and place for us, and some stories to go with it.  Kind of  a fun, shooting the shit episode.  Enjoy!

Controversial Songs! 28.01.2020

This week we talk our  personal top 5 controversial songs from metal acts! We also discuss the impact these controversies had on the industry and society, as well as the latest news from Ozzy Osbourne.  All that and Mike piggy backing off of Big Frog's episode on racism. 

Frogsplaining: Racism 22.01.2020

Just in time for MLK Day.... almost, Big Frog is tackling the issue of racism, in the latest episode of Frogsplaining!

The New Year Show! 20.01.2020

Bit of a loose episode for the new year!  We discuss the name change, Mike's surgery, some album's slated for 2020, update on the Hall of Fame, as well as the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame!

Fantasy Bands & Favorite Albums of the Decade 27.12.2019

Happy Holidays! We're back just in time to squeeze out one last episode for 2019,  talking about cook fantasy band lineups and our favorite albums if the decade as we go into 2020.  All that, and our concert report for Ace Frehley!

Solo Frog: Concert videos! 12.11.2019

After some technical difficulties and some prior commitments frog Mike, Big Frog returns from an unintentional hiatus with a solo episode  talking about his favorite concert videos!

Frogsplaining: F*ck the Chargers: Mid Season 12.11.2019

In another episode of Frogsplaining, Big Frog talks about the Chargers again, as the NFL hits it's mid-season. 

The 2020 R&R Hall of Fame Nominees 28.10.2019

Little bit of a different episode than usual, but this week we're talking about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  We go over the nominees, and go a bit more in depth with a few of the notable (for us) bands that have been nominated.  This is your ONE chance to hear us talk about Whitney Houston!

Best live bands! 21.10.2019

We're talking the best live bands of all time! (In our opinions), some sound glitches early on, so please be patient.

Misfits! 14.10.2019

We're officially in "Halloween Season", and what better way to kick it off than with a discussion about the legendary Horror Punk originators, Misfits? We also have our first guest, comedian, musician and host of the Degenerate Podcast, Ryan Shores!

"New" Bands 07.10.2019

So our podcast tends to skew a bit older with our music taste and listeners, so we thought we'd bust out some "newer" bands (Frog considers anything after like, 1999 new, so beat with us) for folks to check out that they may not have listened to before.

Metal Albums for Noobs 30.09.2019

We all started somewhere, so here are OUR picks for metal albums to introduce people to the genre with!

Sick riffs! 18.09.2019

Did you like our solos episode? Want some MORE bad ass guitar? Well you came to the right place. Think of it as a companion peace, but here are some of our favorite riffs of all time!

Randy Rhoads! 09.09.2019

The long awaited solo episode from Big Frog:  Randy Rhoads!  Mike stepped aside on this one to let Frog have at on  his favorite guitarist of all time. 

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