The Corona Files - Part #13

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 13 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as how artists are staying busy during the shelter in place.  The lads also discuss 4/20 as well as the greatest stoner record of all time.  Lastly they discuss the latest offering from Live Nation and Ticketmaster.  Prior to the pandemic, the lads were joined by Buckcherry vocalist Josh Todd for a quick chat before he and his band took the stage at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX.  Josh discusses their latest release Warpaint as well as the state of the music industry.  He also weighs in on the debate of the importance of releasing singles in lieu of a full record.

DVD of the Show:  Thin Lizzy - Are You Ready

Beer of the Show: Unibrou - Ale Gateau (Foret-Noire)  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks:  Shape of Water - The World is Calling Me, Thin Lizzy - Waiting for an Alibi, Passion - Back, Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf, Fight The Fight - Pacemaker. Whitesnake - Hey You...You Make Me Rock, Chelsea Wolfe + The Dillinger Escape Plan + The Mutoid Man - Crazy Train, Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch, Bent, Tight Pants, Never Say Never

Ragman's Pick of the Show:   Wage War - Prison

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Mashup - Crumeo - Girls, Girls, Girls (Your Mama, Too)

-Ragman is really enjoying these new mashups.

The Corona Files - Part#: 13

The Corona Files - Part #12

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 12 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 discuss how long it may be before they see another live show.  Next, the lads are joined by DGM guitarist Simone Mularoni who gives insight on life in Italy, during the pandemic as well as what we can expect from their upcoming album.  Simone talks about the frustration of having a new album ready to release, but with no release date.  He also touches on his side project Sweet Oblivion and what it was like working with Geoffe Tate.

DVD of the Show:  DGM - Passing Stages

Beer of the Show:  Karbach - Hellfighter  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks:  August Burns Red - Bones, DGM - Animal, Kansas - Throwing Mountains, Trivium - Amongst the Shadows & The Stones, DGM - Trust, Ghost of Insanity, Sweet Oblivion - True Colors, DGM - Fallen

Ragman's Pick of the Show:   Kobra and the Lotus - Burn!

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Annihilator - Armed to the Teeth

-Ragman has not stopped jamming to DGM since he and Genghis talked to Simone.

The Corona Files - Part #12

The Corona Files - Part 11

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 11 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as well as what some of the more outspoken rockers are doing to get their names in the news.  Also the boys revisit the Ticketmaster/Live Nation discussion as well as other current events.  Next, the boys are joined by Sixfornine vocalist Fotis Bernardo to discuss his bands latest release Parallel Universe as well as how the pandemic has affected life in Greece.  Fotis also talks about how he turned from being a drummer to a lead vocalist.  He also discusses the challenges of trying to write new material, when the band isn't all in the same room.  Being a jam band, it ain't easy. 

Beer of the Show:  Clown Shoes - Don't Fear the Blender  Beer Rating:  2.5

Featured Tracks:  Polaris - Masochist,  B.O.C. - Don't Fear the Reaper, Megadeth - A Tout Le Monde, BPMD - Toys in the Attic, Hammerfall - Let the Hammer Fall, Sixfornine - Save Me, Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, Out of the Blue, Sound of Perfection

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  David Reece - Judgement Day

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Bumblefoot - Planetary Lockdown

-Ragman just got him a new freind in Greece!

The Corona Files - Part #11

The Corona Files - Part #10

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 10 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as discuss the handling/mis-handling of ticket refunds amidst the avalanche of cancelled tours, due to the pandemic.  How are the larger bands dealing with the shutdown?  Next, the boys caught up with Ex-Rough Cutt/ex-King Kobra vocalist Paul Shortino, to discuss his upcoming release Make A Wish as well as life in Las Vegas during the pandemic.   Paul gives the skinny on his upcoming release, where he discusses the different players on the record as well as some of the deeper meanings behind some of the songs on the new record.  He also discusses King Kobra as well as his plans to take new material to the stage.

DVD of the Show:  Dream Theater - Live at Luna Park

Beer of the Show:  Ingenious - Stout Chocula  Beer Rating:  3

Featured Tracks:  Biff Byford - Welcome to the Show, Dream Theater - Dark Eternal Night, Pig X 7 - Rubbernecker, Shortino - Remember Me, Send in the Clowns, Paul Shortino/Jeff Northrup - Used to Be, Quiet Riot - Stay With Me Tonight, Rough Cutt - Black Widow

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Michael Abdow - Heart Signal

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Drain - California Cursed

-Ragman is wondering if postponed tour dates, will be cancelled or the if live shows will survive 2020.

The Corona Files - Part #10

The Corona Files - Part #9

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 9 in this series where we discuss our current status as well as bring on listener Eric Rhodes to get his take on the pandemic and how it has affected his as a music fan.  The boys also discuss how artists are keeping active during the shelter in place.  Prior to the pandemic, the boys caught up with Sifting guitarist Richard Garcia, to discuss Siftings's latest release The Infinite Loop.  Rich gives us an inside look how the band writes music as well as discusses their hopes of landing on a good tour.

Beer of the Show:  True Anomoly - Go Flight  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks:  Clint Lowery - Alive, Capstan - Terminal, Jorn - New York Minute, Sifting - A Critical Affair, Gotthard - Feel What I Feel, Harem Scarem - Change the World, Judas Priest - When The Night Comes Down, Sifting - Epsilon, Stop Calling Me Liberty, The Fifth Element, Ghost of a Lie, Blowing Fire

Ragman's Pick of the Show:   Eclipse - When the Winter Ends

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Night Demon - Empires Fall

-Ragman is counting the days back to normalcy.

The Corona Files - Part #9