KISS released their 19th album Sonic Boom in 2009 exclusively at Wal-Mart… and the world hasn’t recovered. Join Loose and Bakko as they do a track-by-track of what is considered KISS’s masterpiece…if graded on a curve. A curve where not stepping over a baby’s diapers on the floor means you are in a CLEAN bathroom….
Read MoreBakko pulled a bunch of his friends in to record a sort of “We Are The World” type of song. Featuring people you’ve never heard of. The Minnesota “Un-Stars” offer up the Lemmy approved cover of the Motorhead Classic Born To Raise Hell.
Read More1987 – The Greatest Year In Rock (Part 2) – Bakko & LC return to discuss 1987, better known as (not)The Year of Anvil. Topics include: pop culture, LC reveals a coming of age tale at a Holiday Inn, our hatred of parades and the unfortunate return of Thumb Butt Dad. Music: Black Sabbath, KISS, Lizzy Borden, Warlock, Dokken, Faster Pussycat, Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Keel and – for the 120th straight episode – NO ANVIL.
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It’s time for another Cobras & Fire Greatest Year In Rock. Music and topics discussed in part 1: Def Leppard, Motley, ’87 Era Cobra Hacks, GNR, Bruno Boardwalks, Dio, Y&T, Sammy Hagar, banned high school T-Shirts, Anvil, Menards, and a detailed track by track of Poison’s Look What the Cat Dragged In.
Read MoreBakko chats with Jim Florentine about his book “Everyone Is Awful: (Except You!)”, his thoughts on bands getting old, going to Catholic School, his podcast Metal Midgets and more.
Read MoreAsshole Radio is back with Volume 3. Featuring special guest and Great American Asshole BIlly Hardaway. Billy reminds Bakko how important he is for Cobras And Fire’s ratings and picks his own triple shot of songs. There is a Rock N Pod 2 update and Bakko plays his favorites from all genre’s except Reggae. Featuring…
Read MoreBakko and Twin Cities Drummer for the bands Jason Dixon Line and Level collaborate on this twist on the KISS classic. By no means is Josh Toomey of the Talk Toomey Podcast involved.
Read MoreWe packed a lot of Cobra Gold in this episode. Topics include the lack of “Super” in Ripper Owens’ latest group. How Joe Satriani managed to never join Whitesnake. Glen Tipton stopping but not quitting. The musical legacy of the Hardee’s Restaurant California Raisins. Mike Portnoy’s post Dream Theater life. Cobras & Fire very first foray into the world of mashups. And Paul Stanley’s latest Bitter, we mean, Twitter blast on Gene Simmons. And we play great songs from “Super” groups of varying degrees of “Super”. Music from:
Contraband
Gaye Ratt
Chickenfoot
The Damned Things
Them Crooked Vultures
Audioslave
Union
Cobras & Fire welcome Stryper frontman Michael Sweet. He talks with Bakko about all things Stryper, Sweet & Lynch, his solo tour dates, Stryper’s new album God Damn Evil (Out April 20th), his book “Honestly”, the record “Against the Law” and so much more. Listen. Buy. Love.
Read MoreIn this Episode Bakko and Loose hypothesize that the new Dokken DVD proves Don Dokken is a corpse. They speculate on the topics that will be covered in Big John Harte’s forthcoming book. Loose shares his battles with German automobiles and Bakko has a long awaited update on Men Without Hats. All while Bakko spins a collection of his favorite cover songs. Music from KISS, Bulletboys, Foo Fighters, Slayer, Metallica and more.
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