Decibel Geek - Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Discussion: March 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014

Episode 130 - 1994 Year in Review Part 2

We're back this week to discuss the second half of the year that was 1994. Tracks from Alice Cooper, Pearl Jam, Stone Roses, Annihilator, Peter Criss, Machine Head, Cinderella, Megadeth, and a ton more.

Geeks of the Week:
Facebook: Patrick Johnson, Adam Smith, Matt Ashcraft, Todd Cunningham, Chris Karam, Rich Dillon, Wally Norton, Robert De Pasqua, Billy Hardaway, Music is my Religion, Kisstory Science Theatre, Jason Thomas Broadrick,

Twitter: Derik Novak, The Pod Mafia, Mojo Dave, Andrew Jacobs, Keith Doyle, Jason T. Broadrick

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Intro Song:

Sponge– Plowed – Rotting Pinata (8/2)

Facts & Figures:

Movie Ticket $4.08 Average cost of new car$12,350.00 Dozen Eggs 86 cents

Born: Harry Styles (One Direction) & Justin Beiber

Died: Harry Nilsson, Dinah Shore, Dan Hartman, Selena, Kurt Cobain

July:

Rolling Stones – Sparks Will Fly – Voodoo Lounge (7/11)

Gilby Clarke - Pawnshop Guitars - "Cure Me... or Kill Me" (7/26)

Alice Cooper – Bad Place Alone – The Last Temptation

August:

August 12 - Woodstock '94 begins in Saugerties, New York. It is the 25-year anniversary of Woodstock in 1969.

Peter Criss - Cat #1 - "Bad People Burn in Hell" (8/16)

Machine Head – Block – Burn My Eyes (8/9)

BREAK 1

Break Return Song:

Korn– Clown – Korn

October 11 - Korn, a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, launches its self-titled debut album Korn, peaking at number 72 on the Billboard 200 and launching the nu metal sound.

List of other metal albums

Sports Discussion

September:

Jackyl- Push Comes to Shove - "Back Down in the Dirt"

Tuff- Fist First - "In Dogs We Trust"

October:

October 12 - Jimmy Page and Robert Plant: No Quarter (Unledded) premieres on MTV. The "unplugged" concert special featuring the two former Led Zeppelin bandmates was filmed to accompany the release of the album of the same name.

“Surprised They Released Albums” Discussion

Nativity in Black: Tribute to Black Sabbath - Ugly Kid Joe - "N.I.B." (10/4)

Queensryche– My Global Mind – Promised Land (10/18)

Melvins– Sweet Willy Rollbar – Stoner Witch (10/18)

Annihilator– King of the Kill – King of the Kill (10/10)

BREAK 2

Break Return Song:

Testament– Low – Low

Movies Discussion

Airheads Soundtrack - Stuttering John - "I'll Talk My Way Out of It"

November:

November 7 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.

November 28 - The Milwaukee Cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death by a fellow inmate at the prison where he was incarcerated.

Megadeth– Reckoning Day – Youthanasia (11/1)

Cinderella– All Come Down – Still Climbing (11/8)

“Still Kicking in 94” Discussion

December:

December 2 - Warner Music Group acquires a 49 percent share of Seattle record label Sub Pop in a deal believed to be worth over $30 million.

Stone Roses - Second Coming - "Love Spreads" (12/5)

Biggest Hit Singles:

Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Philadelphia, Adams, Stewart, & Sting – All for Love, Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe, All-4-One – I Swear, Mariah Carey – Without You

Big Rock Songs of 1994 discussion

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy - "Not For You" (12/5)

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Friday, March 28, 2014

Meister's Monsters of Rock Cruise 2014 #12-Away we Go!!

Hello all…the big day is finally arrived (although I'm posting this a couple of days late)!! After an eventful week, today is the day that I desert the Great White North and trek to sunny Miami for my yearly Monsters of Rock Cruise and the assorted debauchery that surrounds the third annual excursion.

Earlier this week the cruisers received some excellent news that had every single one of us (that’s right….all 3500 and I know this because of the Facebook barrages) in an absolute frenzy! Day one of the shipboard schedule was issued and everyone got to work sharing it around and planning the first day of events after boarding. I was elated to see just how much stuff was packed into the first day (probably should have expected as much I suppose), but at the same time was devastated…….there would be no time for the “EH” Team photo (a photo with as many Canadians on the ship as we could find) that I had been plotting!

I had hoped to do it after the life jacket drill for several reasons. I knew that there was no way that we would get absolutely everyone in on it (there are well over 60 of us now), but I figured that this time frame would be our best shot before we lose people to disembarking in ports, sleeping in, viewing concerts or events or plain and simple drunken forgetfulness. Every passenger must participate in the life jacket drill by law or face a fine, but it basically just seems like a huge photo opportunity as everyone looks silly wearing the bright orange vests (in a bout of mild uneasiness I did wear mine around a little on the first day of the 2012 cruise that seems so long ago now). As the MSC cruise line has their photographers on hand to snap that ridiculous shot of you and your friends that is of course available for purchase from the on

board photo shop during the voyage at a severely inflated cost…..yes I do buy mine, they’re a bit of fun! My original plan was to snake one of the photographers for our event at the drill and that way there would be a nice glossy 8x10 available. Certainly better than trying to track down the camera that snapped the shot and hoping that that cruiser had a steady finger. Alas it wasn't to be with the tightly packed schedule including major performances starting by 4pm! A window between 5 and 5:45 is likely earmarked for said life jacket fiasco so that’s out and the Killer DWaRfS have a meet & greet at 3pm….so let’s aim for 2pm…..I doubt that I’ll even be on the ship by then, have to play it by ear!

Last year I attempted to post a daily diary of my adventures and it took up so much of my time as it was, but with so much happening so fast I fell further and further behind and the final couple of days came out weeks after I had been back in Canada. Don’t worry, I’ll still be presenting those daily accounts of the debauchery aboard ship but I won’t start until I return so that I can spend more time enjoying the experience of The Monsters of Rock Cruise. As much as possible I will try to post some photos to the Facebook page as we go and tell my tales when I return. The ole liver is nervous but ready, bon voyage!

Cheers,
The Meister ("LIKE" The Meister on Facebook)

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Episode 129 - 1994 Year in Review Part 1

We're back this week with part 1 of our 2 part 1994 Year in Review. In this episode, Aaron and Chris take a look at the facts, figures, cultural events, and new stories that shaped 1994 with an excellent soundtrack as a compliment. Lots to cover!

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Intro Song:

Buckethead– Welcome to Bucketheadland – Giant Robot

Geeks of the week:

Facebook: East Side Gamblers, Derik Novak, Matt Ashcraft, Jason Thomas Broadrick, Gino Ames, Chris Karam, Union, Heavy Rock

Twitter: Steve, MusicMagsAndWax, theprettyfilth, John Corabi, Collins

Facts & Figures:

Average Monthly Rent $533.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas$1.09 Loaf of Bread $1.59

January:

January 6 – In Detroit, Michigan, Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant, under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband.

January 11 - The Superhighway Summit is held at UCLA's Royce Hall. It is the first conference to discuss the growing information superhighway and is presided over by U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

King's X - Complain - Dogman (1/18)

January 17 – The 1994 Northridge earthquake, magnitude 6.7, hits the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles at 4:31 a.m., killing 72 and leaving 26,029 homeless.

January 21 – Lorena Bobbitt is found not guilty by reason of insanity on charges of mutilating her husband John.

Dio- Strange Highways (U.S.) - "Strange Highways" (1/26)

Prong- Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck - Cleansing (1/25)

Black Sabbath – I Witness – Cross Purposes (1/28)

February:

Widowmaker– Stand by for Pain – Stand by for Pain (n/a)

BREAK 1

Break Return Song:

Corrosion of Conformity – Clean My Wounds – Deliverance

TV Discussion

March:

Motley Crue - Poison Apples - Motley Crue (3/15)

Yngwie Malmsteen – Never Die – The Seventh Sign (3/15)
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven - "I'm Broken" (3/22)

April:

April 8 - Kurt Cobain, songwriter and frontman for the band Nirvana, is found dead at his Lake Washington home, apparently of a single self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Offspring- Smash - "It'll Be a Long Time" (4/8)

February 1 - Punk rock band Green Day releases their album Dookie, which will eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide.

April 19 – A Los Angeles jury awards $3.8 million to Rodney King for violation of his civil rights.

Love/Hate - Let's Rumble - "Spinning Wheel"

May:

May 10 - Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy by lethal injection for the murder of 33 young men and boys.

Pride & Glory - "The Chosen One" (5/1)

Cheap Trick – You’re All I Wanna Do – Woke Up with a Monster (5/4)

Enuff Z'nuff - 1985 - "Fingers On It" (5/2)

BREAK 2

Break Return Song:

Alice in Chains – Don’t Follow – Jar of Flies

June:

June 12 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.

June 17 – NFL star O.J. Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in his white Ford Bronco. The low-speed chase ends at Simpson's Brentwood, Los Angeles, California mansion, where he surrenders.