Aaron and Bryon return with Season Three, and some new segments and theme song goodness! Learn about a train crash, cordless electric drills, band connections to Stevie Nicks and Anthrax, and why Paul Gilbert should tune more often as the guys explore the Platinum-selling second album from Mr. Big, Lean Into It, newly re-released on its 30th anniversary! 

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S3E1 - Mr. Big - Lean Into It

In the final episode of season two, Aaron and Bryon discuss the self-titled Blue Murder album, the awesomeness of John Sykes, the consequences of problematic song titles, and how to say Carmine Appice's name. Special guest Ryan Sheeler tells us his memories of this great record, along with some band experiences of his own.

S2E10 - Blue Murder

The 1984 hair metal classic, Ratt's "Out Of The Cellar" gets put under the microscope, Aaron and Bryon pay tribute to Tawny Kitaen, and special guest Melissa May tells a Ratt-inspired truth-or-dare story!

S2E9 - Ratt - Out Of The Cellar

Aaron and Bryon discuss the template for the bulk of hair metal as we came to know it, Quiet Riot's 10X Platinum-selling "Metal Health." A bassist plots to kill his singer, heads are banged, and special guest Rachel Dudley earns some hair metal points back.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2E8 - Quiet Riot - Metal Health

Aaron and Bryon tear into Mötley Crüe's raw, stellar debut, and chat with special guest Harvey Warren, who filled in for Tommy Lee at a Crüe show in Canada. Roy Thomas Baker's livelihood is discussed, and hear about a chance encounter with Nuno Bettencourt.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2E7 - Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love

In this episode, Aaron and Bryon discuss the 20-some million selling platinum juggernaut Hysteria album from Def Leppard, which had a rocky road to its creation, but became a certified hair metal classic. Special guest Adam Lyons joins the boys to talk about his childhood memories of the album, life as a local musician during a pandemic, and what it's like to be a butcher.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2EP6 - Def Leppard - Hysteria

Aaron and Bryon dive deep into the awesome 1991 classic, Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind." Special guest Jordan "Bleujack" Voigt returns to discuss this double platinum opus, which took hair metal to some heavy, serious, and dark places.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2E5 - Skid Row - Slave To The Grind

After a short hiatus, Aaron and Bryon return with an episode devoted to that most loved and hated staple of hair metal - the hair metal ballad.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2E4 - The Ballads Episode

Aaron and Bryon get down into the weeds with the classic full-length debut solo album from David Lee Roth! Learn about the Spanish version of this great record, and one of the all time great bands that play on it. Special guest Bobby Beagz Lucero of the band Slvthammer calls in from El Paso with the best rock stories yet, and everyone disses 5150, because it's not very good. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2EP3 - David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile

Aaron and Bryon publish a hilarious viewer video to the HMM Facebook page and dedicate this episode to her, then talk about her requested album, Cinderella's 1988 blues-drenched masterpiece, Long Cold Winter. Special guest Blake Delaney talks about his first CD, screwing up an expensive vinyl box set right when you open it, and screwing over Columbia Record Club. Also: the secret connection between Cinderella and Debbie Gibson. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2EP2 - Cinderella - Long Cold Winter

Aaron and Bryon are back, with the season two kickoff! New theme music is unveiled, hair metal's definition is once again discussed, and King's X's masterpiece gets a good shakedown. Special Guest David Nantais calls in from Detroit to talk about the album, and the complicated history of Christian Rock that gets intertwined with King's X's history. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

S2EP1 - King's X - Gretchen Goes To Nebraska

Part 2 of our all call-in show! This time, Aaron and Bryon speak with soundman Evan Taylor, guitarist Ryan Sheeler, our old friend Bleujack, and Matt Dake, who works in a local record store. A wide variety of topics is covered indeed, as we polish off Season One! Thanks for listening, and we'll be back with Season Two very soon!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

EP 10 - Season Finale All Call-In Show Spectacularrr!!! (Part 2)

To close out our first season of HMM, Aaron and Bryon decided to host an all call-in show. Our callers were too interesting, though, and we didn't want to have an enormous podcast that went for hours, so we're breaking it up into two parts! In Part 1, return guest Skotty B. Good discusses what hair metal is with the lads, and gets offended on behalf of Van Halen. Then the lads talk extensively with guitarist Greg DiPasquale of Fatal Curse about Vito Bratta, death metal, and what the metal scene in New York is like.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

EP 10 - Season Finale All Call-In Show Spectacularrr!!! (Part 1)

It's our longest episode yet, for the longest album we've talked about so far! Aaron and Bryon do a deep dive on Extreme's third album, their magnum opus, Three Sides To Every Story! Special guest Jordan Bleujack Voigt calls us from the countryside in Iowa to talk about this complex slab of hair metal history, and we announce our first-ever contest! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

EP 9 - Extreme - Three Sides To Every Story

In the second "lockdown" episode, Aaron and Bryon give their take on the debut Winger album from 1988, and why this band is way better than you remembered. Tangents include the incestuous inner circle of the band, Kip Winger's classical music career, Beavis and Butthead, and an accidental Adam Schlesinger tribute.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

EP 8 - Winger

"Hair metal" has become a genre that is often used in a derogative way, and lots of great albums from that period were unfairly lumped in with lesser ones as a result. Your hosts Aaron Alcott and Bryon Dudley aim to reclaim them! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hair-metal-memories/support

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