The Asylum Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

The Kousins made a Top 4 list that somehow wasn't a "Mount Rushmore" list. Each Kousin picked their top 4 Hair Metal bands. Well, sort of. Three of the Kousins did; one did something a little different. Each entry got two songs played, and there were controversies throughout, but the episode was a lot of fun. The lists weren't consolidated to form a proper Top 4, though. Calls from Jim From Irwin, Eugene B Sims, Bruno From Sunny South Africa, and Jem From Alabama. No "Now Listenings" because there were already a lot of songs. What are your top four Hair Metal bands? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza and recorded via Zoom, sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

The latest Kousins Top 10 episode is all about "non-makeup" KISS albums. In this episode, the Kousins give their individual Top 10 of songs from Lick It Up (1983), Animalize (1984), Asylum (1985), Crazy Nights (1987), Hot in the Shade (1989), Revenge (1992), and Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions (1997). The ranking was weighted by number and put into a spreadsheet, and a few computations later, we had a collective Top Ten (or in this case, thirteen). Some may surprise you, but hey, this is the Kousins; it probably won't. There were three ties that were thrown to the "Extended Asylum Family" to break. All four gave their "Now Listenings." Calls from Jim From Irwin, Bruno From Sunny South Africa, and Eugene B Sims. What would your top ten songs be from 1983-1997? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in the Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza and recorded via Zoom, sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

Kousin Ray couldn't be on because he was on co-pilot duty with the wife, so the OG Kousins decided to do an Extended Now Listening; what Kousin Tim is calling XLNL (Extra Large Now Listening). Some first-time listens for some of the Kousins and some groovy tunes. Calls from Jem From Alabama, Bruno From Sunny South Africa, and Jim From Irwin. What have you been listening to lately? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in the AWARD-WINNING Omniverus Studios at Liberty Plaza and recorded via Zoom, sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge. 

©Geffen Records The Kousins and Roadie Ray (he kept the position just reverted the name) do an Opening Act show, being the first podcast of the month (yes it's still March but the last day): Whitesnake ('87). It gets the "Listening Party" treatment and Kousin Gary gives you more info about John Sykes (the guitarist on the album) than you'd ever want to know. He crushed so hard we think John Corabi is getting jealous. Also, the Kousins+1 give what they've been listening to this week for your consideration. What do you think of the Whitesnake album? Does it still hold up? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill and recorded via Zoom sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

©Casablanca The Kousins and Road Manager Ray talk about KISS' third studio album, the one that possibly set the band up to continue as it was the tour that led to Alive! which is the one that gave the world Rock and Roll All Nite. The album gets the "Listening Party" treatment. Kousin Tim has never been shy about his disdain for the album in general but loves a few songs. Have his tastes changed? Does he feel different about it? Also, the Kousins+1 give what they've been listening to this week for your consideration. Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill and recorded via Zoom sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

©Casablanca The Kousins surprise Road Manager Ray and ask him to be a permanent co-host on the show. Then there's the Destroyer album given the "Listening Party" treatment. We go through the album and give our opinions, facts, and figures on it. All the Kousins and RMR talk about their "now listening" tunes and why. Where does "Destroyer" fall on your ranking of KISS albums? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill and recorded via Zoom sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

©Casablanca The Kousins (well two of the three - Kousin Marvin is absent) welcome listener Nick Provenzano on to talk about KISS' second "live" album, Alive II. We give it the "Listening Party" treatment that it didn't get the first time we listened through. We go through the album (all 20 songs) and give our opinions, facts, and figures on it. Whether we make up any of that or not! Nick gives his "now listening" tunes and why, as do Kousin Tim and Kousin Gary. Have your feelings about Alive II changed over the years? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill and recorded via Zoom sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

©Mercury Records The Kousins bring a new monthly series to the Asylum: The Opening Act. KISS has had a lot of big-name acts open for them on their own road to stardom. We want to highlight some of those. The inaugural chapter of this is one of the first bands to open for KISS, on and off, 1974-1976. We dive into Rush's 1981 album, Moving Pictures, which celebrated its 41st anniversary in February. We give it the "listening party" treatment and the only regret that we had was that Roadie Ray wasn't with us. Listen in for our critique. How does Rush's "Moving Pictures" rate with you? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill and recorded via Zoom sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

©Creatures Fest The Kousins and Road Manager Ray welcome the first non-"family" (blood or otherwise) guest to the show. Jay Jadofsky, one of the organizers for Creatures Fest, joins to discuss the event. What is Creatures Fest? It is the only KISS-themed event outside KISS Kruise that will happen this year, with the "holy trinity" of KISS guitarists, Ace Frehley, Vinnie Vincent, and Bruce Kulick at one festival, plus Peter Criss. There are a plethora of other bands going to be there, to help celebrate the KISS family. Jay talks about the festival, his KISStory, and KISS in general. Learn more by visiting CreaturesFest.com. Will you be attending? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill and recorded via Zoom sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.

©Mercury The Kousins listen to the album that is the namesake of the podcast, 1985's Klassic, "Asylum." Of course, it features the Kousins' favorite KISS lineup (collectively) with Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr, has what Kousin Tim calls two of KISS' best songs, makeup era or non-makeup era, and we dive a little deeper checking out things we may not have known the first time we listened to it. What do you think of this album? Is it King of the Mountain or Secretly Cruel? Let us know by calling the TLDNetwork (KUZZ Army) hotline and leaving a message for the Kousins at 336-422-NUMB (6862). You can also see it on our YouTube channel. We have Instagram and Twitter. We would appreciate a like, rating, and review. Subscribe and follow! This podcast was recorded in The Less Desirables Studios in The Lab at Industry Hill and recorded via Zoom sponsored by Top Leaf Cigar Lounge.