Bakko 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.

Bakko 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.

We 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.

In 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.

Ep 115: Ladies of Rock – It’s ladies night at Cobras & Fire! LC apologizes for recent comments by dedicating this ep to great female-fronted rock bands. We discuss the latest disaster casting of Motley Crue’s “The Dirt” movie, Steven Adler’s press release celebrating Appetite’s 30th anniversary, and Bakko unleashes a rant for the ages. We also review our Beer of the Week donated by Todd Cunningham: Coors Light. Buy us a Beer GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/cobrasfire
Music: Donnas, Dead Deads, L7, Diemonds, Veruca Salt, Volbeat (feat. Pernille Rosendahl)

Bakko & LC feature great bands from Sweden while discussing the epidemic of passengers jerking off on the Monsters of Rock Cruise, Gene Simmons bootlegging crusade and his new Book of Death. Other topics include our Buy Us A Beer GoFundMe, the injury-prone LC training for the Rugged Maniac Mud Run as well Valentine’s Day. Thanks for the beer Jason Kearney! Music featured: Mustasch, TurboNegro, Hardcore Superstar, The Hives, Amon Amarth, Vains of Jenna

In this episode we find out why Bakko had to block Adele, Tom Kiefer blowing out the candles on his birthday cake, Slayer giving up touring for Pinterest and we tackle the uncomfortable topic of pooping in the workplace. We are here to help people. All with some great music to boot. If you like it. Buy it. Unless it’s Adele. Fuck Adele. She’s sold enough. Featuring music from:

Janis Figure
Marilyn Manson
Slayer
Cinderella
Corrosion of Conformity
Adelle
Steelheart

In this week’s episode Loose and Bakko discuss a recent Black Veil Brides show and breakdown the bands lyrics in a new game called Black Veiled Bride or Black Veiled Lie. They check in with Rob Halford and his thesaurus, talk about Andrew WK releasing new music for some reason and throw their Three Cents into some Tri sided podcasting drama.