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136: Interview EP: Them Evils – Jordan Griffin

Cobras and Fire welcomes, from the band Them Evils, singer guitarist Jordan Griffin. He talks about their great new EP Rollin’ Stoned and Livin Free (Out now), the difference between pets and a girlfriend, which member of the band smells the worst after a couple of weeks on tour and so much more as he faces the dilemma of choosing between Papa Johns or Chipotle. A seriously light hearted conversation with one of the rising stars of rock.

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EP 124: The Glorious Sons – Brett Emmons Interview

The Glorious Sons singer Brett Emmons joins the program in a wide ranging interview. He talks about the future of rock n roll, why they stopped playing their hit song Heavy, finding his voice as a songwriter, what he hopes to accomplish with his band and so much more. This interview gives the listener some…

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135: EP 124: The Glorious Son Brett Emmons Interview

The Glorious Sons singer Brett Emmons joins the program in a wide ranging interview. He talks about the future of rock n roll, why they stopped playing their hit song Heavy, finding his voice as a songwriter, what he hopes to accomplish with his band and so much more. This interview gives the listener some insight into one of rocks rising young songwriters.

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134: EP 123: RATTwich – RATT Drama, BulletBoys Reunion at Sea, Rock n Pod Update

This week we get into the latest round of RATT drama, Loose being pleasant to people, Chris Czynszak joins the show to discuss Rock N Pod 2, a bathroom catastrophe at Which Wich, gearing up for Festival Season and a possible reunion of the original BulletBoys on the Monsters of Rock Cruise.

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RATT: A little too much
Them Evils: You got me Rockin
Stryper: Sorry
BulletBoys: From out of the sky
Bronx: Two Birds
Audrey Horne: Blackout
Mustasch: Liberte

Ep Spotify Music Review PlayList: https://open.spotify.com/user/1281851/playlist/4hyywx5dA321YP7Rj88z4Z?si=JBOdwCDkQ9mmceXbH_EIEA

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133: EP 122: Concert Recaps, Record Store Day, Tipping Etiquette

Ep 122 – Concert Recaps, Record Store Day, Tipping Etiquette – Bakko and LC detail their experiences at two recent concerts they attended together, apart: Judas Priest / Saxon / Black Star Riders and Glorious Sons. They also discuss Record Store Day and tipping etiquette on an $8 Budweiser. Music featured in show order below. Support artists. Buy this music!

Turbonegro – Special Education
The Wild! – Another Bottle
John Corabi – Hooligan’s Holliday
Glorious Sons – Heavy
Texas Hippie Coalition – Hands Up
Black Star Riders – Dancing with the Wrong Girl
Judas Priest – No Surrender

Spotify Preview Playlist 122: https://spoti.fi/2HJt9xm

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EP 121: Albums Nuked: KISS Sonic Boom

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….

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132: EP 121: KISS Sonic Boom – Breaking the Record

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. Topics also include the odd mid-2000 era of KISS, pre-release hype, the standard operating procedures a new Wal-Mart must follow, original working titles for the album, and the three sides of Danger.

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131: Born To Raise Hell (Motörhead cover) by Jesus Chrysler

Bakko 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.

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130: Ep 120: 1987 – The Greatest Year In Rock (Part 2)

1987 – 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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129: Ep 119: 1987 – The Greatest Year In Rock (Part 1)

1987: The Greatest Year in Rock – Part 1

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.

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