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BJ pits his top ten favorite Metallica songs against his top ten favorite Megadeth songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally released September 2015: BJ finally gets around to raiding his power pop collection again for an episode filled with obscure gems. SNEAKERS - RUBY THE SCRUFFS - BREAK THE ICE THE TOMS - I DID THE WRONG THING THE PLEASERS - YOU DON'T KNOW YANKEE ROSE - I'M GONNA LOSE SMASHERS - I NEEDED THAT ZULU & THE HEARTACHES - LISTEN TAXI BOYS - BAD TO WORSE THE JETS - TEARAWAY THE RUBINOOS - HURTS TOO MUCH THE KRAYOLAS - ALL OF THE TIME LATE SHOW - LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING NOW WIZE - DARLING I NEED YOUR LOVE THE BLAZERS - DON'T WORRY 'BOUT IT NOW TWEEDS - WE RAN OURSELVES THE PRANKS - I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE FEELING PINKEES - SAY WHAT YOU'RE THINKING JUSTIN TROUBLE - MISSILE THE DRIVERS - TEARS ON YOUR ANORAK THE JUDYS - RADIATION SQUIRM THE WIND - WONDER TRACK THE BATS - HOW POP CAN YOU GET? JIM BASNIGHT AND THE MOBERLYS - I WANT TO BE YOURS YANKS - REASON TO TRY THE CRIME - MAD ABOUT YOU SEX CLARK FIVE - I WANT YOU MINE THE INFIDELS - TAKE ONE MORE LOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dennis Meehan, aka Clovis Roblaine, goes deep with BJ about his classic power pop album The Clovis Roblaine Story. We also get to hear about Dennis' adventures at Woodstock and working in the film industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golden Earring is the world's longest surviving rock band, having formed a year before The Rolling Stones, and the current line-up of Barry Hay, George Kooymans, Rinus Gerritsen and Cesar Zuiderwijk has been intact since 1970. That's the same line-up for 50 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ is joined by frequent guest Joe Royland for part two of an overview of the career of German heavy metal pioneers Scorpions and then each counts down his personal top ten favorite Scorpions songs from the eighties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ is joined by frequent guest Fistful of Dave for part one of an overview of the career of German heavy metal pioneers Scorpions and then each counts down his personal top ten favorite Scorpions songs from the seventies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In early 1972 Pink Floyd were in the middle of creating one of the most successful and iconic albums in history when they took an unexpected break, flew to France and wrote and recorded an entirely separate album in just two weeks. That very same month, February of 1972, Pink Floyd's enigmatic founding member Syd Barrett surprisingly resurfaced, fronting a new band called Stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BJ goes down a rabbit hole of eighties German heavy metal. TRANCE - BURN THE ICE FAITHFUL BREATH - PLAY THE GAME NOISEHUNTER - HOT FOR LIVIN NO TROUBLE - LOOKING FOR TROUBLE AXE VICTIMS - YOUNG AND WISE CUTTY SARK - INVITATION TO DANCE HAZZARD - WE ARE THE BAND TYRAN PACE - RED SWEAT RESTLESS - BREAKIN’ OUT FACT - 2001 TYRANT - MAKING NOISE AND DRINKING BEER BREAKER - TOGETHER WE’RE STRONG MP - CLAWS FROM THE NIGHT SINNER - SCENE OF THE CRIME BRAINFEVER - DEVIL’S EYES MP - CLAWS FROM THE MIGHT MIDNIGHT DARKNESS - LA PRISONER HIGH TENSION - WORK HARD DIE YOUNG GRAVESTONE - CREATING A MONSTER VETO - BORN TO RIDE DARXON - NO THRILLS GRAVE DIGGER - HEAVY METAL BREAKDOWN RUNNING WILD - FIGHT THE OPPRESSION SCANNER - WARP 7 EXUMER - FALLEN SAINT LIVING DEATH - DEEP IN HELL VENDETTA - ON THE ROAD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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BJ pits his top ten favorite Led Zeppelin songs against his top ten favorite Pink Floyd songs in an attempt to figure out which band he likes more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices