Slamfest Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. 

Episode 230 - Brad saw The Future Past Tour featuring Iron Maiden at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on 11/1/24 - he met up with Steve, BC and Dylan from the Podder than Hell Podcast along with their crew at the show.  He welcomes them to this episode to recap the show.   For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, since there were 5 songs in the set from Iron Maiden's sixth studio album, Somewhere in Time, they rank the 8 tracks from 8 to 1  They also talk about all the "easter eggs" on the Somewhere in Time front and back covers.  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, they are faced with a "Which Side are you On?" - Side 1 or 2 from Iron Maiden's seventeenth  studio album, Senjutsu, from 2021.

Music in this episode by:

Iron Maiden

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Kiss

Ozzy

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. 

Episode 229 - Brad saw Sebastian Bach and Maxine on 2/4/12 at The Emerald Theatre in Mt. Clemens, MI and he recaps the show.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, he reviews Sebastian Bach's most recent solo album, Child Within the Man, from 2024 and ranks the songs from 11 to 1.   After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, he is faced with a "Which Side are you On?", side 1 or side 2 from a revised track listing of Sebastian Bach's debut studio album, Bring 'Em Bach Alive!, from 1999.

Music in this episode by:

Sebastian Bach

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Kiss

The Last Hard Men

Ozzy

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Episode 222 - Brad's 13th show of 2024...this time he was in a baseball stadium and of the two main bands  on the bill, he was seeing one of them for the first time.  He saw The Saviors Tour featuring Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins and Rancid at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI on 9/3/24. He covers his background with The Smashing Pumpkins and Rancid and recaps the show including the incident that happened during Green Day's set.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, he debates which band was bigger in the 1990's - Green Day or The Smashing Pumpkins?  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, he is faced with a variation of the "Which Side are you On?" segment, which Green Day album from 2012 does he prefer - Uno, Dos or Tre?

Music in this episode by:

Rancid

The Smashing Pumpkins

Green Day

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Kiss

Ozzy

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. Episode 140 - Brad attended the 20 Years of Rock Tour featuring Poison, Cinderella & Endeverafter at the 2006 Common Ground Music Festival on 7/12/06 - Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, MI.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, he goes through Endeverafter's sole release, Kiss or Kill, from 2007...track by track, including the Bonus Tracks.   After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, he is faced with a "Which Side are you On?" - Side 1 or 2 off Cinderella's debut studio album, Night Songs, from 1986.

Music in this episode by:

Poison

Endeverafter

Cinderella

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Kiss

Ozzy Osbourne

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. Episode 139 - Brad saw Sabbath - North America's Black Sabbath - The 50 Years of Black Sabbath Tribute Show at The Machine Shop in Flint, MI 2/3/23.  He welcomes back fellow podcaster, Kevin Williams, from the Inobscuria Podcast, to  the show to recap this tribute show and discuss Black Sabbath.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, they go through the Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath studio albums - The Eternal Idol through Forbidden, and give their two fav's and one least fav from each.  They also rank these albums from 5 to 1.  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, they are faced with a "Which Side are you On?" - Side 1 or 2 off Black Sabbath's 12th studio album, Seventh Star, from 1986.

Music in this episode by:

Black Sabbath

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Robert Tepper

Kiss

Ozzy Osbourne

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. Episode 138 - Brad attended his second show of the 2006 Common Ground Music Festival on 7/14/06 - Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, MI - Cheap Trick.  He welcomes Craig back to the podcast to recap the show and discuss parts of Cheap Trick's discography.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, they go through Cheap Trick's 1980's material - All Shook Up through Lap of Luxury - and give their two fav's and one least fav.  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, they are faced with a "Which Side are you On?" - Side 1 or 2 off Cheap Trick's fifteenth studio album, Rockford, from 2006.

Music in this episode by:

Cheap Trick

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Kiss

Ozzy Osbourne

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. Episode 137 - Brad attended his first show of 2023...Hairbanger's Ball at The Vogue in Indianapolis, IN on 1/20/23.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, he goes through the history of MTV's Headbanger's Ball and specifically covers episodes and videos played during its inaugural year of 1987.  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, he is faced with a variation of the "Which Side are you On?" segment - which singles are better - Bon Jovi's You Give Love a Bad Name/Raise Your Hands vs. Wanted Dead or Alive/Never Say Goodbye and Guns n' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle/Mr. Brownstone vs. Sweet Child 'o Mine vs. It's So Easy (Live from 1987).

Music in this episode by:

Scandal

Olivia Newton John

Slaughter

Def Leppard

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Cinderella

Keel

TSOL

McCauley Schenker Group

Black Sabbath

Kiss

Guns n' Roses

Ozzy Osbourne

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. Episode 136 - Brad attended his first show of the 2006 Common Ground Music Festival on 7/11/06 - Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, MI - Tesla.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, he goes through Tesla's two cover albums from 2007 - Real to Reel Vol 1. and Vol. 2 - how do their renditions of these 60's and 70's classic rock staples stack up?  He also chooses the volume he prefers.  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, he is faced with a "Which Side are you On?" - Side 1 or 2 off Tesla's debut studio album, Mechanical Resonance, from 1986.

Music in this episode by:

Tesla

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Kiss

Twisted Sister

Ozzy Osbourne

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. Episode 135 - Brad saw Saliva and Black Stone Cherry at Ludwigs, just outside Jackson, MI on 6/14/06.  He welcomes first time guest and fellow podcaster, Bill Algee, from the Ages of Rock podcast, to  the show to recap this show and tour, in general - Bill saw this same tour in Louisville, KY.  For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, they go through Saliva's first four studio albums - the self-titled through Survival of the Sickest, and give their two fav's and one least fav from each.  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, they are faced with a "Which Side are you On?" - Side 1 or 2 off Black Stone Cherry's self-titled debut studio album,  from 2006.

Music in this episode by:

Kiss

Alice Cooper

Airbourne

Foo Fighters

Free

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Gary Moore

Ozzy Osbourne

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The Slamfest Podcast brings the premier rock concert pregaming experience from the parking lot to the podcasting airwaves. Episode 134 - Brad saw The Cult for the first time at, a new venue to him, The Emerald Theater, in Mt. Clemens, on 3/19/06.   For the Band on the Bill Spotlight, he goes through The Cult's first six studio albums - Dreamtime, from 1984 through their self-titled album, from 1994 and gives his two fav's and one least fav from each.  After a Slamfest Tip of the Week, he is faced with a "Which Side are you On?" - Side 1 or 2 off The Cult's eighth studio album, Born into This, from 2007. 

Music in this episode by:

The Cult

Bon Jovi

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Kiss

Ozzy Osbourne

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