What Is Heavy Metal? In 1981 Are Styx, Toto, Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon Heavy Metal?

Episode 603. This week we discuss a post in the Three Sides of the Coin Facebook Group  The post is a Heavy Metal chart from Sounds magazine, May 9, 1981. Boy did it open a can of worms… so much debate about bands on this list not being heavy metal. Well, what is heavy metal? […]

Episode 602. NME January 15, 1977 KISS Rock And Roll Over (Casablanca Import) MUCH, MUCH against my better nature I must admit to having had quite a laugh listening to this one. Kiss however are pushing themselves into amusingly ghastly quarters in the numbered vault. Once considered the very crust of hopeful predictions of outlasted […]

Episode 601. We answer more of your questions this week. Tommy is nearly fired, again. And Lisa reveals she was filmed for an episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels that never aired. Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has […]

Episode 600. 600 episodes! This episode is spent answering as many of your questions as possible. And wow do you have some great questions! Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 times. […]

Episode 599. This week is our Thanksgiving episode… Five things (KISS) we are each most thankful for. 1) Song (again, thankful for not favorite) 2) Album 3) Tour 4) Era 5) Memory Play along and share what you are most thankful for. Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com […]

Episode 598. Mark suggested this week’s discussion… respecting the opinions of other people. We start by discussing the comments Blackie Lawless made regarding censorship at his recent NYC show. People can have different opinions and different beliefs and still get along, still be respectful. And of course this sort of behavior is nothing new to […]

Episode 597. Idolator recently shared a new story titled, KISS Finally Admits The Truth About Their Band Name + Other Secret Facts Most Fans Don’t Know. We went through this list so see if there were any secret facts we didn’t know. Sorry, but most of this article is filled with “duh!” moments. But join […]

Episode 596. We discuss Creem Magazine’s review of Rock N Roll Over… you need to sit through seven paragraphs of “what the hell is he talking about” before we get to the actually album review, but it is worth it! KISS – Rock And Roll Over by Billy Altman Creem Magazine Feb 1977 In the […]

Episode 595. Ken Nardi, known on YouTube as FranKENstein, brings his passion to Three Sides of the Coin to discuss his Hotter Than Hell fan remix. Why he did it? How he did it? What other projects is he working on? Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since […]

Episode 594. What the f is wrong with some of you people? Do you understand just how foolish you look when you comment on an episode and you haven’t listened to it first? When you react based on how someone else is reacting? When you offer your opinion of a show that you didn’t listen […]