Podcast #117: Extinct
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 3:41PM 
Thanks for some bad-ass music over the years, you crazy Germans.Who's gonna carry the torch once the Priest, Maiden and The Scorpions are done? Is there really a band out there other than Metallica that can fill an arena these days? Can the metal dinosaurs still Rock Us Like A Hurricane? Join Genghis and Ragman as they discuss the vets as well as the newcomers. Did G & R find a successor to Judas Priest? Tune in and find out. Next, the boys bring in Oleg and Konstantin from Pushking for a heart to heart as they discuss their first US release as well as the big stars that helped them achieve their goal.
Guest Soundman: Lars
DVD of the Show: Kings X - Live in London
Beer of the Show: Samichlaus - Helles Beer Rating: 3
Featured Tracks: Circle II Circle - Redemption, Kings X - Dogman, Van Halen - Top Jimmy, Lizzy Borden - Under Your Skin, Scorpions - Rock Zone, Keel - The Devil May Care, Enuff Z Nuff - Goodtimes Are Hard To Find, Slipknot - Snuff, Pushking - I Believe, Cut the Wire, Troubled Love and Heroin.
Classic of the Show: Widowmaker - Widowmaker
Ragman's Pick of the Week: Angra - Hollow
Genghis' Pick of the Week: Yngwie Malmsteen - The Enemy Within
- Ragman vows to get back on track...
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Reader Comments (3)
Arena acts will be extinct except for the 1 or 2 years a "flash in the pan" pop artist is playing them. So if you are Lady Gaga and you have a 5 year shelf life then you may play arenas. Unless all involved change the mindset in the music business we will never see it with a new act. Reasons...Lables no longer look at an act as a "long term investment" Imagine the long term money you have made with Iron Maiden or KIss! Labels need to look at rock under a different light than pop music. Rock develops over time and the music in general has staying power. Also Labels need to push radio to play new music by new and old acts. Also they need to look at what "real people" want not a focus group. Take the news of Whitesnake and Britney Spears with WS have a ton more preorders than the slut on Amazon. Sure Amazon is one of many ways people get music but it is a big one! Labels Radio and other music outlets need to see this and push the Whitesnake as it shows people are interested. More sales = more touring...bigger venues....more jobs when the show is in town.
Also G the new Yngwie album sucks ass. Under produced...self indulgent and a waste of Ripper Owens and now Y thinks hes a singer. Same old stuff over and over. The guy had Roy Z last time out and he is the only old act that handcuffed him and hired him.
Not surprised to tell you the truth. Yngwie hasn't put out a good album in a while. He's the shit when it comes to neo-classical technique, but you just can't keep putting out the same music all the time. It gets old. As for your points on arenas, I think you're dead on.
HORNS UP!
- Genghis is itchin' for a little Blackstar right about now...