Podcast #264: Elf

It's that time again, kids. Time for The Right To Rock's annual Kicks & Kisses List. Genghis & Ragman have made their lists and checked them twice to find out what hard rock and heavy metal events of 2020 were naughty or nice. So, grab a seasonal ale, light a festive cigar, and kick those feet up as the lads wax nostalgic for 2020.

Ragman's Beer of the Show:  Ingenious - Neapolitan Stout  Beer Rating:  4

Genghis' Beer of the Show:  Saint Arnold - French Press (BBA)  Beer Rating:  4 

Featured Tracks: Bad News - Cashing in on Christmas, Blind Guardian - Merry X-Mas Everybody, Steel Panther - Fuck 2020, Shattered Skies - Born of Solder, Rush - Everyday Glory, Van Halen - Women in Love, Gordian Knot - Code Anticode, Code Orange - Underneath, Dynasty - Presence of Mid, Al Joseph - Theater of Dreams, William Shatner/Ritchie Blackmore - The Thrill is Gone, Harem Scarem - The Death of Me

Ragman's Pick of the Year:  DGM - Surrender

Genghis' Pick of the Year:  Trivium - Among the Shadows and The Stones

-Ragman is hoping for a a better 2021...

Podcast #264: Elf

The Corona Files - Part #48

Welcome to the newest format from the Genghis and Ragman Show.  We are titling this series The Corona Files.  This is going to be a different format from the regular show, but will still provide similar content.  We are dedicated to put out more shows, weekly, while we're all on lock down.  Join us tonight for part 48 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as how artists are staying busy during the shelter in place.  The boys also talk about the latest news in hard rock and heavy metal.  Next the lads welcome back Pink Cream 69/Voodoo Circle vocalist David Readman to discuss Voodoo Circle's latest release Locked and Loaded.  David gives an update on his Immunity for the Masses Project as well as what is happening with Pink Cream 69. David eexplains his return to Voodoo Circle as well as working with the classic lineup again.  He also give his opinions on other vocalists and who are his faves and which guys never struck a nerve with him.  Tune in to hear this and much more.

Beer of the Show:  Stonecloud - Saved By The Smell  Beer Rating:  3.5

Featured Tracks: Mister Misery - The Ballad of the Headless Horsemean, The HU - Sad But True, George Lynch/Jeff Pilson - Ordinary World, Hammerlord - Tombstone Piledriver, James Durbin - The Prince of Metal, CueStack feat. David Hasselhoff - Through The Night, Smith/Kotzen - Taking My Chances, Voodoo Circle - Graveyard City, Devil With An Angel Smile, Locked Loaded

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Gabriel Cyr - Intergalactic Spaceship Race

-Ragman is caught up, believe it or not..

The Corona Files - Part#: 48

The Corona Files - Part #47

Welcome to the newest format from the Genghis and Ragman Show.  We are titling this series The Corona Files.  This is going to be a different format from the regular show, but will still provide similar content.  We are dedicated to put out more shows, weekly, while we're all on lock down.  Join us tonight for part 47 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as how artists are staying busy during the shelter in place.  The boys also talk about the latest news in hard rock and heavy metal.  Next the lads welcome back Winger/Whitesnake guitarist Reb Beach to discuss his latest solo album A View From the Inside.  Reb discusses the reasoning behind releasing his first all instrumental album and why it took 17 years to get it done.  He also gives insight behind many of the tracks and how some of the older tracks have been re-worked.  He also give updates on Black Swan and Winger.

Beer of the Show:  4 Noses - Strawberry Velvet  Beer Rating: 4

Featured Tracks: Ronnie Atkins - Real,  Evergrey - Forever Outsider, Within the Ruins - The Devil in Me, Mammoth WVH - Distance, Vanden Plas - The Lonely Psychogon, Reb Beach - Dark Places, Black Magic, Cutting Loose, Little Robots, Aurora Borealis, Sea of Tranquility, The Mob - Never Get Enough

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Iron Savior - Souleater

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  David Garfield - If Six was Nine

-Ragman is wondering what happened to part 46; Don't ask...

The Corona Files - Part#: 47

The Corona Files - Part #45

Welcome to the newest format from the Genghis and Ragman Show.  We are titling this series The Corona Files.  This is going to be a different format from the regular show, but will still provide similar content.  We are dedicated to put out more shows, weekly, while we're all on lock down.  Join us tonight for part 45 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as how artists are staying busy during the shelter in place.  The boys also talk about the latest news in hard rock and heavy metal.  Next the lads welcome back filmmaker Bob Nalbandian to discuss his latest documentary Bay Area Godfathers - Part 1.  Bob discusses what it takes to put a documentary together as well as the process of getting the interviews.  He also discusses the evolution of the Bay Area thrash scene and how it started with band like Y & T all the way up to the point to where it it exploded with Metallica and Testament.

Editor's Note:  Ragman wants to apologize for the length of time it took to get this pone posted.  Sorry guys.  I've been through alot the last couple of months, but now I'm back and stronger than ever.  Horns up!

Beer of the Show: Celestial Beerworks - Two Truths and a Lie  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks: Hyro The Hero (Featuring Chad Gray) - Fight, Mr. Big - Wind Me Up, Marty Friedman - The Perfect World, Cacophony - Desert Island, Sevendust - Blood From a Stone, Armored Saint - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, Y & T - Black Tiger, W.A.S.P - I Wanna Be Somebody, Cacophony - E.S.P.

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Voodoo Circle - Devil With an Angel Smile

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Sodom - Indoctrination

-Ragman reveals his struggles.

The Corona Files - Part#: 45

The Corona Files - Part #44

Welcome to the newest format from the Genghis and Ragman Show.  We are titling this series The Corona Files.  This is going to be a different format from the regular show, but will still provide similar content.  We are dedicated to put out more shows, weekly, while we're all on lock down.  Join us tonight for part 44 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as how artists are staying busy during the shelter in place.  The boys also talk about the latest news in hard rock and heavy metal.  Next the lads welcome back guitarist Simone Mularoni from DGM to discuss their new release Tragic Separation.  Simone discusses the loose concept that the album touches on lyrically as well as the making of the video for their 2nd single, Surrender and why they plugged in, rather than just air guitaring.  He also lets us know his thoughts on the possibility of doing an all instrumental record, in the future. 

Editor's Note:  Ragman wants to apologize for the length of time it took to get this pone posted.  Sorry guys.  I've been through alot the last couple of months, but now I'm back and stronger than ever.  Horns up!

Beer of the Show:  Saint Arnold - Pumpkinator (2020)  Beer Rating: 4

Featured Tracks: Be The Wolf - Failures, DGM - Surrender, Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera, Iced Earth - Frankenstein, Alice Cooper - Roses on White Lace, Helloween - Halloween, DGM - Blame, Flesh and Blood, Surrender, Land of Sorrow, Fallen

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Onslaught - Strike Hard, Strike Fast

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Amahiru - Hours

-Ragman is making progress

The Corona Files - Part#: 44