Can I Pod With Madness - Kerrang, Metal Hammer and rock in the 1980s
Can I Pod With Madness is a podcast in which we meticulously review a copy of Kerrang! or Metal Hammer, from 1987-1989 (mostly). Expect lots of talk about Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, KISS, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith and Lisa Dominique. Also some waffle about what was on telly that week, what was in the charts and general aimless nostalgia. Bringing the metal back to where it belongs! Podwithmadness@gmail.com Insta/twitter: @Podwithmadness https://linktr.ee/podwithmadness
Episodes
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
PWM30: Kerrang 257 (Sept 23 1989) - If we ever get to the bottom of it
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
Tuesday Feb 27, 2024
This week we’re taking a look at Lenny Kravitz, and asking is he too sexy to be into Star Wars? Talking of NSFW content, we remember a classic Steve Guttenburg video, and assess the career of Judge Reinhold.
Kerrang’s cover star is Marillion new boy Steve Hogarth, in a leaf related photoshoot. We ask is their latest single ideal to be used in an 80s douchebag comedy movie, and whether they should have worked with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Alice Cooper’s on tour and America is cracking down on rudeness.
Danish rockers Disneyland After Dark lead us to speculate about what that would actually be like, because we are apparently Disney adults. Also if the mysterious Club 33 want to give a couple of influential podcasters a membership, we’ll totally be up for that and be absolute shills and/or keep it quiet, just give us a shout.
Charity football matches, charity singles and charity gigs are all going on, and we struggle to remember The Poll Tax, the hole in the ozone layer and other things that made the 80s terrible.
The Monster Mash is BACK, as is me complaining about the lyrics. We ask whether musicians in the 80s worked out and give a shout out to the little known Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger.
All this and Font Talk is back!
Recorded 10th Feb 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
PWM29: Kerrang 225 (Feb 11 1989) - How do you feel about panthers?
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Vixen are our cover stars in this issue, so the casual sexism starts early! WASP are celebrating their lead guitarist (who - spoiler alert, bails out of the band in 6 months time) and cranking out a Jethro Tull cover. There’s reports of secret Aerosmith gigs, so we may rebrand as a mystery podcast. We’ve got features on Quireboys (mostly drunk) and Gary Moore (mostly angry about Kingdom Come). Motley Crue are up to their usual antics and we look at some great listings for Shrapnel, Penpalz and Klassifieds.
News about Scott Ian gives us an excuse to use our Anthrax artwork! Residual anger over people talking at KISS concerts! Talking of KISS, Paul Stanley is (affectionately) mocked. Plus ASMR!
Recorded 31st Jan 2024
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#OzzyOsbourne #GaryMoore #Vixen #Quireboys #KISS #Prince #Anthrax #WASP
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
PWM28: Better in Stereo
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
In a change from the intended episode we don't even get to Kerrang in this one, but we do talk about Steve Wozniak, reminisce about Feeder's Just a Day, discover Feeder's Just a Day 2, remember the first lockdown and spin off into a conversation about Eurovision and our favourite entry ever from 2006, Lithuania's LT United with We Are The Winners. Also DEEP KUTZ brings us 1987 by Diamante, and we ask whether she's inspired by Stranger Things and/or Dazzler.
Also the return of the moon controversy. Maybe think of this as a bonus episode?
Recorded 20th Jan 2024
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#LTUnited #Eurovision #Diamante #1987 #Feeder #JustADay #Apple
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
PWM 27: Kerrang 176 (Feb 27 1988) - Fresh Blood Could Kill Me
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Kicking off a new year and a new podcast with yet more Gen Patter, as we question whether Gen Z are into Zorro, and wonder whether it’s too late in the game to change the name of the podcast. Simply Red are reappraised, despite not appearing in this week’s issue of Kerrang! However - we do get Atomkraft, WASP, The Accused, Dogs D’amour, Paul Sabu, and Zodiac Mindwarp.
Kommunikation features opposing views about Faith No More (still in their Chuck Mosely era) which somehow sends us off down a rabbit hole where we discuss Paris Jackson and Incubus. We ask is “Martha Splatterhead” a feminist trailblazer, and wonder about the state of digital watch technology in the early 80s.
We lament questionable marketing for Aerosmith’s Honkin’ on Bobo and present our pitch for the Sabbat biopic. There’s big features on Motorhead (apparently Lemmy is proper into The Titanic) and Heart (which means I can bang on about Dream of The Archer again). We finish off with a new KWIZZ, which goes a lot better than the last time we tried a KWIZZ.
Also: Coronation Street!
Recorded 5th Jan 2024
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#SimplyRed #Atomkraft #WASP #TheAccused #DogsDamour #Quireboys #PaulSabu #ZodiacMindwarp #FaithNoMore #Incubus #ParisJackson #Aerosmith #Sabbat #Motorhead #Heart
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
PWM 26 Bonus Episode: The Lost Picture Show
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Like a Christmas Gift For You, but less problematic (thanks Phil!) here’s a very special BONUS podcast that we recorded way back in April.
We basically spend this bonus episode promoting Reels Ov Steel, the Heavy Metal Movies podcast, who probably have way more listeners than we do, but what you gonna do? This led us to discuss what constitutes a good example of a metal movie. Can you make a case for something being metal just because you like it? We investigate.
We suggest a few movies that our pals at Reels Ov Steel have since covered, but that just means great minds think alike, right? Also you get our hot takes about cinematic masterpieces like Singles and Iron Man 2.
Spoiler: Garden State is not a metal movie.
In addition we look at a few upcoming rock biopics and give our verdict on the value of movies that haven’t been released yet.
Recorded 15 April 2023
#Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #Rock #MetalHammer #Rock #ClassicRock #DefLeppard #PaulStanley #KISS #AliceCooper #SpinningGold #DazedAndConfused #NeverEndingStory #GhostShip #GladysKnight
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
PWM25: Xmas Blowout - Get drunk enough and it’ll be fine
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Welcome to our Christmas Pod (for the third time). We thought we were done but then there was some IMPORTANT BREAKING KISS NEWS to cover (sorry... “kover”). Along the way we talk ABBA (obviously), The Millennium Dome, Spice Girls and horror movies that make you cry (or possibly just me). Damn you Guillermo Del Toro!
We attempt to delve into Kerrang’s Kerristmas Kwizz, but due to bad planning it doesn’t really work. At least it gives us an excuse to post a picture of Lisa Dominique looking sexual, as always. Talking of sexual, how do you like our new album art? Pretty sweet, right?
There’s some Christmas DEEP KUTZ that aren’t very deep, grudging praise for the skills of the doctor from The Human Centipede, lots of Krampus talk and then the podcast cuts off before the end because our microphone batteries ran out. Ordinarily that should mean it all goes in the vault, but we thought what the hell put the pod out anyway, because nothing says end of term vibes like this absolute shambles. There’s some good clips though.
Recorded 7th December 2023
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Monday Dec 11, 2023
PWM24: Kerrang 219 (December 24-31 1988) - Following Gary Moore into Battle
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Welcome to our Christmas Pod (for the second time). It's 1988 and behind the glorious Simon Bisley cover we're looking at a whole bunch of Festive Feechas, once we're done gatekeeping the work of Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin.
Uriah Heep are playing a Christmas festival, there's some surprising news about Marillion and we explore the connection between mystical unicorns and Gary Moore.
Most of the Korrespondents in this issue are writing in to defend(er) Manowar, while we find ourselves inexplicably preoccupied by an advert for FIST. Did you ever FIST? Let us know!
We get some great quotes- sorry, Kwotes and pics of the year, and recap some of the news stories we've covered in the course of the podcast.
In addition we highlight some of our Christmas faves, not to mention some of the great electronic acts of the early 90s like The Shamen, the KLF and Jive Bunny.
(During the recording of this episode, one of the cats jumped up on the keyboard, somehow switched it on and started playing the piano in a sort of free jazz, Keith Tippett style. Unfortunately our microphones completely failed to pick up the audio, but if you wonder why we start asking her if she wants to play any more, that's the reason)
Recorded 29th November 2023
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Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
PWM23: Kerrang 57 (December 15-28 1983) - Captain Santa With a Bomb
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
It's Christmas time, so naturally we spend about an hour talking about going to For The Love of Horror, the UK's premier horror convention. If you want to hear us going on and on about The Lost Boys you're in the right place!
Otherwise it's business as usual as we delve into a festive edition of Kerrang from 1983. The stars of Metal are asked what they want for Christmas and most of their answers are variations on the same theme. Shout at the Devil era Mötley Crüe are on the cover and give us some extremely on brand quotes, and reveal their inconsistent scoring system. ZZ Top are compared to Status Quo but don't rise to it. We sing the praises of some of Ozzy Osbourne’s lesser known hits (but not the version of Changes he did with Kelly).
Brian May of Queen is ready to launch his Star Fleet project and we ponder whether Hot Space was all that bad. We get confused as to when Dragon Attack came out, but the movie had them recording We Will Rock You in the 80s, so get off our dick. Hawkwind's Sonic Attack is recalled, as is Hard Rock Zombies and we consider whether it's even possible to dislike Genesis.
Recommended Insta follows:
@ftlohorror (For The Love of Horror, obv)
@the_lost_frogs_comics (for God’s sake try and identify those mystery publications)
@jamisonnewlander (actual Frog brother!)
@the.evil.shed (amazing monster builds)
Recorded 22 November 2023
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#motleycrue #zztop VinceNeil #Queen #starfleet #fortheloveofhorror #hardrockzombies #BrianMay #OzzyOsbourne #Hawkwind #Genesis #TheLostBoys #Christmas #krampus #HiBilly