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June 20, 2019
TEEN MUSIC HELL: Rick Springfield from Private School (1983) | The Official Teen Movie Hell Mixtape
Welcome to a Walkman-melting, battery-sapping countdown of teen comedy soundtrack cuts assembled by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! This is your Teen Movie Hell mixtape. Crank it carefully—and use it extremely unwisely!
Track #7. RICK SPRINGFIELD, “The American Girl” from Private School…for Girls (1983)
Rick Springfield’s 1981 breakout LP Working Class Dog is a power pop masterpiece that doesn’t always get...
June 15, 2019
Roots of Metal Live Albums | on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF METAL LIVE ALBUMS
Week of June 15, 2019
Sat 6/15, 6PM ET
Sun 6/16, 1PM ET
Mon 6/17, 9AM ET
Tues 6/18, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/20, 9PM ET
Prepare for the summer tour season with a recap of four decades of metal live albums. Beginning with standard-setting classics by Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, we ignite the satellite with live entries by Slayer and Pantera at their peaks, extreme perfection by Morbid Angel and Emperor, and recent entries by Entombed and Night Demon. Black Sabbath and Death...
June 13, 2019
The NYHC Band of the Week Is FALSE PROPHETS
Next on the block—our weekly riot of New York City hardcore punk sermons continues, pulled from the pages of Tony Rettman’s big, meaty NYHC book.
Rob Kabula, Cause for Alarm/Agnostic Front: “I’d say the False Prophets were the NYHC version of the Dead Kennedys.”
Jack Rabid: “Until the first time I saw the False Prophets, every gig I’d been to, I was the young man.”
Steve Wishnia, bassist, False Prophets: “The scene that the False Prophets came out of was not the original people. We were the k...
June 11, 2019
TEEN MUSIC HELL: Hot Date feat. Corinne Alphen from Spring Break | The Official Teen Movie Hell Mixtape
Welcome to a Walkman-melting, battery-sapping countdown of teen comedy soundtrack cuts assembled by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! Every note on this masterful mixtape assaults the ears like the snap of a keg tap, the frenzy of a ferocious food fight, and the squeal of a wicked sax solo played by a dog wearing sunglasses. This is your Teen Movie Hell mixtape. Crank it carefully—and use it extremely unwisel...
June 8, 2019
Roots of the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal Bands | on SiriusXM
ROOTS OF THE NEW WAVE OF TRADITIONAL HEAVY METAL
Week of June 8, 2019
Sat 6/8, 6PM ET
Sun 6/9, 1PM ET
Mon 6/10, 9AM ET
Tues 6/11, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/13, 9PM ET
This week’s metal history lesson flashes on some leading lights of the current onslaught of traditional heavy metal bands. Greet the return of inspiring clean vocals, galloping rhythms, and twin guitar ecstasy as delivered with conviction by Sorcerer, High Spirits, Night Demon, Visigoth, Eternal Champion, Argus, Metalian, A Sound of Thunde...
June 1, 2019
Roots Hails the Return of POSSESSED | on SiriusXM
Roots Hails the Return of POSSESSED | on SiriusXM
Week of June 1, 2019
Sat 6/1, 6PM ET
Sun 6/2, 1PM ET
Mon 6/3, 9AM ET
Tues 6/4, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/6, 9PM ET
When there’s no more room in hell, Possessed shall walk the Earth! Join us this week as we mark the release of Revelations of Oblivion, the Bay Area death metal pioneers’ first album in over thirty years. Delve into new tracks, rarities, and tributes by heavy-hitting peers and proteges including Amon Amarth, Marduk, Cannibal Corpse, Death, a...
May 31, 2019
TEEN MUSIC HELL: Adam Roth and His Band of Men from Beach House | The Official Teen Movie Hell Mixtape
Welcome to a Walkman-melting, battery-sapping countdown of teen comedy soundtrack cuts assembled by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! Every note on this masterful mixtape assaults the ears like the snap of a keg tap, the frenzy of a ferocious food fight, and the squeal of a wicked sax solo played by a dog wearing sunglasses. This is your Teen Movie Hell mixtape. Crank it carefully—and use it extremely unwisel...
May 25, 2019
Roots Exalts 25 Years of Mayhem’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | on SiriusXM
Roots Exalts 25 Years of Mayhem’s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | on SiriusXM
Week of May 25, 2019
Sat 5/25, 6PM ET
Sun 5/26, 1PM ET
Mon 5/27, 9AM ET
Tues 5/28, 4PM ET
Thurs 5/30, 9PM ET
This week we have the dark pleasure of celebrating a quarter-century of one of the most intriguing and ghoulish records in heavy metal history. Norwegian black metal band Mayhem existed for nearly ten years before the May 25, 1994, release of their gruesome masterpiece De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. The record overca...
May 22, 2019
The NYHC Band of the Week Is CRUMBSUCKERS
Don’t just sit there! Our weekly riot of New York City hardcore punk backflips continues, pulled from the pages of Tony Rettman’s big, meaty NYHC book.
The Crumbsuckers formed in 1982 in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. The original lineup of the band played the early NYHC hotspots A7, Gildersleeves, and CBGB. With the addition of singer Chris Notaro in 1985, however, the band’s metal roots came to the forefront, drawing massive interest from the burgeoning international metal/hardcore c...
TEEN MUSIC HELL: Tangerine Dream from Risky Business | The Official Teen Movie Hell Mixtape
Welcome to a boombox-blasting, battery-sapping countdown of teen comedy soundtrack cuts assembled by Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of TEEN MOVIE HELL: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped! Every note on this masterful mixtape assaults the ears like the snap of a keg tap, the frenzy of a ferocious food fight, and the squeal of a wicked sax solo played by a dog wearing sunglasses. This is your Teen Movie Hell mixtape. Crank it carefully—and use it extremely unwise...
