Free Form Rock Podcast

On this episode, we review Lou Reed’s second solo album. What do we think of it. If you listen to our review, you’ll find out. We also get a bit raunchy so listen if you’re into that sort of jibe. We start the episode with Lee’s song, “Orange Hat.” Our tracks of the week are Lou Reed and Metallica’s, “The View” and Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s, “Counting Cards.” Until next week, feel easy breezy and awesome. #loureed #transformer

Shadow King - On this episode, we review the album Lou Gramm, Vivian Campbell, Brian Turgon and Kevin Valentine did. We also get a bit vocal on our opinions on certain people and this time both of us get vocal. Our tracks of the week are Lou Gramm’s “Arrow Thru Your Heart” and Bad Company’s “Live For The Music” and we close with Lee’s song “I Have A Name.” Have a happy listen and keep laughing. Cheers.  #lougramm #viviancampbell #meldodicrock

John Kilzer - Memory In The King On this episode, we review an album from 1988 that was obscure when it first came out but one of us felt it needed to be reviewed. Do we both agree. Take a listen to what we say. Our tracks of the week are The Outsider’s “Ghost On The Beach”, Dirk Hamilton’s “The Sweet Forever” and we conclude with Lee’s song “Real.” Take care and enjoy good music!

On this episode, we are joined by special guest James West. We review Megadeth’s fourth studio album. Our tracks of the week are Slayer’s “War Ensemble”, Metallica’s “Atlas Rise” and Zoetrope’s “Trip Wires.” We conclude with Lee’s song “Whatever You Wanted.” Stay cool everybody and keep rocking! PS Laker game is in the background my bad but it was the Championship Game !! #megadeth #thrash #megadethrestinpeace

Billy Joel - Glass Houses On this episode, we review one of Billy Joel’s heavier albums. How much do we agree on the songs? Listen and find out! Our tracks of the week are David Lindley’s “Mercury Blues” and Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4.” We conclude with a song by Lee called “Maybe As If.” Sticks and stones can’t break solid good music. Cheers! #billyjoel #glasshouses #pianoman  

Golden Earring - No Promises... No Debts On this episode, we review an album by a band that has made many albums so we figured we would pick one of their lesser-known releases. If you like Golden Earring, check out our episode! Our tracks of the week are The Bangles’ “Hero Takes A Fall” and Goodthunder’s “Barking At The Ants.” We close the episode with a song by Lee called, “Maybe As If.” Kick back and enjoy! #goldenearring #classicrock

Monster Magnet - Dopes To Infinity On this episode, we review an album suggested by Samuel Weitz. We also talk about some other stuff... the usual situation if one is a regular listener. Our tracks of the week are Monster Magnet’s “19 Witches”, Alice In Chain’s “”What The Hell Have I” and Frankie Miller’s “The Heartbreak.” We close with a song of Lee’s called “The Poet’s Mission” which he wrote the music to a poem by James Henry MacLafferty. Take care everybody. Have fun. #monstermagnet #stonermetal #Metal 

R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen It is an unfortunate and almost unbelievable moment for us to have heard about the passing of our generation’s most innovative guitar player. We talk about our experiences listening to Eddie’s playing and the group Van Halen. We play some of our favorite Van Halen songs and we also have special guest reminiscences from Devin Dungan, Robert Hay and Edwin Cannistraci. It is a sad time but we hope you might enjoy hearing about a brilliant musician whose music will live on. Peace. #R.I.P.EddieVanHalen #EVH

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead On this episode, we are joined by Bob Hay  from the U2Cast podcast who reviews the third studio album by the band The Smiths. We discuss what we think of the songs and occasionally get into a little bit of banter about other stuff. Our tracks of the week are Type O Negative's "Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty of Infidelity", The Cure's "Disintegration" and Cheryl Dilcher's "Follow The Love." We finish with a new song by Lee called "Give Me My Treats (Please)." Take care everybody and stay cool. Cheers.

Steppenwolf - Monster On this episode, we review the band’s fourth studio album. The album was a more purposeful attempt at a concept album including songs of protest. Maybe one of us does not totally agree with all the lyrics. Our tracks of the week are Rod Stewart’s “All In The Name Of Rock ‘N’ Roll” and Andy Taylor’s “Don’t Let Me Die Young.” We close the episode with Lee’s song “Why Did You Plan It.” Kick back and listen. You’ll have a good time.  #steppenwolf #classicrock

Survivor - Too Hot To Sleep On this episode, are we feeling the effects of the album title or do we have fans to help us cool off? Either way, we review a somewhat obscure later album by a group who had more to offer than their big hits. Our tracks of the week are Survivor's "Burning Heart" and The Ides of March's "Baby's Gonna Grow." We finish with Lee's song "Building Hope", written to words by Henry James MacLafferty. Stay cool... don't be too hot to sleep... survive and have fun! #80s #SurvivorBand #melodichardrock 

Queensrÿche - Rage For Order Marc and Lee are joined by Eric (RMCP) Jordan on this review of Queensrÿche‘s 2nd full album. We talk about our feelings of the band and their songs. Our tracks of the week are Stryper’s “Blood From Above” and Bang’s “Windfair” and Sabïre‘s “Daemons Calling.” We conclude with Lee’s song “Holding Hands.” Take care everybody. Enjoy the episode!  #Heavymetal #progmetal #ragefororder #Queensrÿche 

Michael Stanley Band - Heartland Uh oh... spaghetti... oh! We do an album by a group that one of us felt needed to be done and one of us might have wondered why. Do we agree? Is this a polarizing album for both of us? If you listen, you will find out. Our tracks of the week are Paul Revere & The Raiders "Let Me", Survivor "High On You" and we close with Lee's song "Tight Lady." Have fun... kick back... and be entertained. 

The End Machine  On today’s episode, we review the album with Robert Mason on vocals and George Lynch on guitar. We also get into some heated discussions of some sort... probably. Our tracks of the week are: Warrant “Music Man”, Hog Heaven “Glass Room” and Lee’s closing track is “What People Do.” Enjoy good music! Cheers! #HeavyMetal #GeorgeLynch #RobertMason #JeffPilson #MickBrown #GreatAlbum #theEndMachine

The Velvet Underground & Nico   On this episode, we review the band’s debut album that is considered to be a classic with fans of this genre of music. We discuss whether or not we agree or disagree. Our tracks of the week are Steve Miller’s “Tokin’s”, The Bryds"I'll Feel a whole lot Better 'We close this Lee’s song “Saturday Cleanup Blues.” Have fun everybody and check out good music! #nico #Velvetunderground #loureed

On the podcast today, Marc and Lee are honored to have Bob Reed as their special guest as they review Rush's Hemispheres. They talk about what they think about the group and the album as well as some of their other albums. The conversation was fun and interesting. Tracks of the week include Coheed and Cambria's "In Keeping secrets silent earth: 3", Jo Mama's "Keep On Truckin'" and The Darkness' "Heavy Metal Lover." The group might be Rush but you can take your non-rushing time listening. Cheers, everybody! #rush #Hemispheres 

Interview with Netta Laurenne (lead singer of Smackbound) We have the privilege of giving you the interview we did with an excellent singer from Finland: Netta Laurenne. As well as being a member of the band Smackbound, she also performs with a band Run For Cover and has put out a solo album Lost & Found. We talk about her influences in music and the philosophy behind her message in music including what she wants to convey in Smackbound. She has a great vision for what she wants her music to achieve and we were very happy to talk to her about her artistry. Make sure you check out her music. You will be happy you did so. Wanna know more about the band members? Smackbound is a metal band from Helsinki, Finland. All of it's members are professional musicians.    The front man and founder of the band, singer Netta Laurenne, has made a very versatile career as a singer from opera to musicals and cover gigs. Netta was 18 when she was first hired as a session musician and she has continued to sing on alb

The Firm   On this episode, we talk about the first album by the supergroup which had members of Bad Company, Led Zeppelin and Mannfred Mann’s Earth Band. Our tracks of the week include Warhorse “St. Louis”, Robert Plant “Big Log.” We close with a track by Lee called “Saturday Song.” Keep rocking as best you can and listen to good music! Links to Buy the Album: https://www.amazon.com/Firm/dp/B000002IHO/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+firm+cd&qid=1596828582&sr=8-1    

Black Sabbath - Sabatage   On this episode, Marc and Lee are joined by Mike "Metal Mike" Tyler to review Black Sabbath's sixth studio album. We give our opinions on a lot of things outside of the album (though we eventually do review it). Tracks from the week include Blue Oyster Cult's "I'm On the Lamb (But I Ain't No Sheep)", Coverdale/Page's "Absolution Blues" and Haunt's "Divide and Conquer." Take it easy, take it sleazy and take it metal! Over and out.   Check out Metal Mike On "That Metal Station" On Fridays 5:00pm - 10:00pm (PDT) https://www.devilmusicradio.com/

Ronja Kaminsky (interview) from The Pinpricks plus an album review   On this episode, we had the honor of talking with Ronja Kaminsky, lead vocalist and guitarist of the German group The Pinpricks. We also review an album by the group Royal Blood called, “How Did We Get So Dark?” Please check out this episode and listen to some German music. Vielen dank.  If any promoters would like to bring this killer band to America Please Contact them!!  Buy Their Music on Amazon and ITunes or Stream on Spotify or wherever you stream Support new music!! Links: Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Bait-Pinpricks/dp/B084NK9V29/ref=sr_1_1? dchild=1&keywords=the+pinpricks+bait+album&qid=1595876932&sr=8-1   Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0B134UxWQkuc1kVfjsuDsr   Apple Music:https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-pinpricks/1399881314