The Corona Files - Part #23

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 23 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 from Ticketmaster as well as the new suggested protocol for live shows.   Next the lads are joined by Grave Digger guitarist Axel Ritt to discuss life in Germany during the pandemic, as well as discussing their new album Fields of Blood.  Axel also talks about the challenges of writing guitars around the sounds of the bag pipes.  Lastly, Axel discusses how the band will record a new album, every year, until they can tour again as well as his love for good Scottish whiskey.

DVD of the Show:  In Flames - Used and Abused (In Live We Trust)

Beer of the Show:  Urban South (TX) - Nothing is Under Control   Beer Rating:  3

Featured Tracks:  Rush - The Manhattan Project, In Flames - Clayman, Jinjer - Noah, Krokus - Eat the Rich, Black Coffee - Psychedelic Red, Winger (All Star Jam) - Better Days Comin', Metallica/Stevie Wonder (Mashup) - Sad But Supersticious, AC/DC and The Bee Gees (Mashup) - Stayin'in Black, Power Trip - Executioner's Tax, Grave Digger - Healed By Metal, Thousand Tears, Lions of the Sea

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Shark Island - Law of the Order

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Havok - Phantom Force

-Ragman needs a change of scenery....

The Corona Files - Part#: 23

The Corona Files - Part #22

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 22 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 streaming concerts with no audience.  Is it really still a show or just a rehearsal?  Next the lads are joined by Symphony X bassist Mike Lepond to discuss life in New Jersey during the pandemic, as well as his latest Silent Assassins release Whore of Babylon.   Mike also discusses his love for classic heavy metal and why Silent Assassins means so much to him.  He also discusses the postponement of Symphony X's 25th anniversary tour as well as the chance of some new music from the band.

DVD of the Show:  Pink Cream 69 - Past and Present

Beer of the Show:  Goose Island - Bourbon County Stout (2017)  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks:  The Dead Daisies - Rise Up, Iron Maiden - Waysted Years, Pink Cream 69 - Stranger in Time, Paradise Lost - Ghosts, Khemmis - Rainbow in the Dark, Crash Diet - Rust, Black Label Society and The Tempations (Mashup) - Suicide Confusion, Queen/Pantera (Mashup)  Walk Under Pressure, Symphony X - Serpent's Kiss, Mike Lepond's Silent Assassins - Whore of Babylon, Power of Steel, Ides of March, Lady Bathory, Black Legend

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Blackworth Quarry

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Words of Farewell - Continuum Shift

-Ragman is wondering what it would be like to see a live show at a drive in.

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The Corona Files - Part #21

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 21 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 dissect Kerrang's top 25 Metallica songs.  Next the lads are joined by Pink Cream 69 vocalist David Readman to discuss life in Holland during the pandemic as well as talk about his new project Immunity for the Masses.  David tells us how he and his band wrote, recorded, and shot a video, under lock down for their first single Welcome To This Nightmare.  It amazing what you can accomplish in 2 weeks when you put your mind to it.  He also gave us an update on Pink Cream 69 as well as the other projects that he is involved in.

Beer of the Show:  Eureaka Heights - Le Tigre  Beer Rating:  4

Featured Tracks:  John Diva and the Rockets of Love - Toxic, Roxanne - Thin Blue Line, Sinheresy - Immortals, Bad Company - How about That, James Brown/Motorhead Mashup - Superkill, Motorhead - Bomber, At the Movies - (I've Had) The Time of My Life, Pink Cream 69 - Man of Sorrow, Immunity for the Masses - Welcome to this Nightmare, Shame, Tank - Valley of Tears, David Readman - Don't Let It Slip Away

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  Northlane - Paradigm

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Annisokay - What's Wrong

-Ragman is is living in a Nightmare.

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The Corona Files - Part #20

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 20 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 dissect the the perfect hard rock/heavy metal list  What are the best albums from front to back?  Next the lads are joined by LA Guns bassist Kelly Nickels to discuss life in Long Island, NY during the pandemic as well as LA Guns' upcoming record Renegades.   He also talks about the 2 versions of LA Guns, and his thought as to whoshould be able to use the name.  Lastly he talks about his clothing line Montauk Salvage Company and his actress step daughter Emma Roberts, and if he was consulted on the music for the last season for AHS.

DVD of the Show:  Threshold - Critical Energy

Beer of the Show:  Eureka Heights - So Hot Right Now  Beer Rating:  3.5

Featured Tracks:  Passion - Poundcake (VH cover), Queen - Fat Bottom Girls, Threshold - The Latent Gene, James Murphy - Since Forgotten,  Saraya - Seducer, Black Sabbath - After All (The Dead), Ratt/Marvin Gaye (Mashup) - I Heard it Round and Round the Grapevine, LA Guns - Never Enough, Crawl, Nothing Better to Do, It's Over Now

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  The Contortionist - Monochrome (Pensive)

Genghis' Pick of the Show:  Across the Sun - Tipping the Scales

-Ragman is wondering what the new normal is going to look like.

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The Corona Files - Part #19

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 19 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 touch on festival postponements and if they will still happen this year.  Next the lads welcome back Firewind guitarist Gus G to discuss life in Greece during the pandemic as well as his bands latest release Firewind.  He talks about the approach on the new record and how it differs from their previous release.  He also talks about the importance of playing with feeling rather than playing a hundred notes as second.  Lastly, Gus touches on the postpoment of their tour and when we can hopefully see them in the future.

Beer of the Show: Du Claw - Sweet Baby Jesus  Beer Rating:  3.5

Featured Tracks:  Witchskull - March of Winter, Nevermore - Believe in Nothing, Veil of Maya - Outsiders, Mercyful Fate - Desecration of Souls, Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Autumn's Grief, Van Halen/The Jackson 5 (Mashup) - Mean Machine, B-52'/Slayer (Mashup) - Raining Lobsters, Kobra and the Lotus - Velvet Roses, Firewind - Breaking the Silence, Rising Fire, Overdrive, Space Cowboy, All My Life, We Defy

Ragman's Pick of the Show:  A Life Divided - Confronted

Genghis' Pick of the Show: Lokust - Guiltless

-Ragman is crushed that this tour was postponed.

The Corona Files - Part#: 19