ROCK AND/OR ROLL
523 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 149 ratingsA podcast about rock and/or roll. Part of Pantheon Podcasts
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Episodes
120 - FRANK SECICH INTERVIEW
March 25, 2016 02:42 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBBJ has a conversation with Frank Secich, author of a new book called Circumstantial Evidence, about his experiences over the course of his career in rock and roll, from Blue Ash to Stiv Bators and beyond.
119 - NUMBERS WITH WINGS
March 18, 2016 02:19 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBTime flies, hands of the hourglass.
GETTIN' BOSSY 002: THE RIVER REVISITED
March 11, 2016 02:09 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBBJ is once again joined by Brian Sword from The Double Stop podcast for the second episode in an ongoing series they're calling "Gettin' Bossy." On episode #64 of the podcast the pair discussed Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska and for this episode they decided to tackle the new Springsteen box set called The Ties That Bind: The River Collection. In October of 1979 Bruce Springsteen delivered a completed album to be called The Ties That Bind to his record label, only to change his mind...
117 - UNPLUGGED
March 04, 2016 02:44 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBIt's RA/OR UNPLUGGED as BJ plays 25 of his favorite acoustic songs.
116 - HEADBANGERS BALL
February 26, 2016 02:29 - 3 hours - 167 MBWith the debut of Headbangers Ball in April of 1987 MTV began devoting an entire three hour block every Saturday night to nothing but hard rock and heavy metal. Are you ready for a blast from the past? Let's go back and experience a moment in time: Saturday into Sunday morning, October 8th into October 9th, 1988. For your listening enjoyment BJ has engineered an audio recreation of the entire episode of Headbangers Ball from that night.
115 - TWO MINUTE WARNING TWO
February 19, 2016 02:21 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBOn this episode BJ plays 50 more songs that are less than two minutes long. After that...sudden death.
114 - CHIP Z'NUFF INTERVIEW
February 12, 2016 01:29 - 1 hour - 181 MBOn this episode BJ has an in depth conversation with Chip Z'Nuff about the early years of his great band Enuff Z'Nuff and how a power pop band came to be marketed as a hair metal band. Chip also gives us the inside scoop on Enuff Z'Nuff's near misses with reality TV and also the story behind his fellow Chicago band Life Sex & Death and the mysterious Stanley.
113 - ENCORE
February 05, 2016 01:33 - 1 hour - 177 MBWith over 100 episodes in the can that means that well over 1000 bands or artists have been played on the podcast thus far, some of them more than once but many of them only once. For this episode BJ revisited the previous episodes and chose 20+ bands or artists to give an encore. On this episode BJ plays another song by bands or artists that have only been played once before on the show.
112 - VINYL COUNTDOWN IV: THE VINYL CHAPTER
January 29, 2016 01:51 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBBJ raids his vinyl collection again.
111 - PAGLIARO INTERVIEW
January 22, 2016 01:03 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBMichel Pagliaro is a one of a kind artist and a true seventies rock visionary. Famous in Quebec but virtually unknown outside the French Canadian province, Pagliaro made music ahead of its time and yet with obvious universal appeal. On this episode BJ actually has a conversation with this elusive figure in the history of rock music. Many thanks to Simon Fauteux and Six Media Marketing for making this happen! Purchase Pagliaro's music on iTunes HERE. Purchase the tribute album Pag Revisite...
110 - COLONEL TOM PARKER (WITH AUTHOR JAMES L. DICKERSON)
January 14, 2016 23:03 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBBJ is joined by James Dickerson, author of Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life of Elvis Presley's Eccentric Manager, for a conversation about Parker's shady past and mysterious motives and how his conniving impacted the course of Presley's career.
109 - TESLA (WITH JOE ROYLAND)
January 07, 2016 00:13 - 1 hour - 105 MBBJ is joined by Joe Royland from Sit and Spin for a discussion of the great rock band Tesla and then each counts down his top ten favorite Tesla songs.
108 - TOP TEN: 2015
December 31, 2015 16:47 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBBJ counts down his top ten favorite albums to be released this year, 2015.
107 - AOR???? AOK!!!!
December 24, 2015 18:59 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBWhat better way to celebrate Christmas than with some AOR?
106 - NO SHAME IV (WITH MICHAEL BUTLER, THE ROCK AND ROLL GEEK)
December 18, 2015 01:20 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBBJ is joined by Michael Butler, host of The Rock and Roll Geek Show, for another round of No Shame.
BATTLE OF THE PODCAST ALLSTARS: ROUND ONE - FINAL BATTLE
December 04, 2015 00:38 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBBattle of the Podcast Allstars is a tournament that pits rock podcasters against each other to determine who is rock trivia king, hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller of Pods and Sods. The final battle of round one features the three winners from round one: BJ from Rock and/or Roll, Ryan McKay from The Shabby Road Record Show and Randy W. Hall from That Dandy Classic Music Hour.
BATTLE OF THE PODCAST ALLSTARS: ROUND ONE - BATTLE THREE
November 27, 2015 01:40 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBBattle of the Podcast Allstars is a rock trivia tournament between rock podcasters hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller. On this episode Craig Smith from the Pods & Sods Network will battle Randy W. Hall from That Dandy Classic Music Hour and Joe Royland from Sit and Spin.
BATTLE OF THE PODCAST ALLSTARS: ROUND ONE - BATTLE TWO
November 20, 2015 01:32 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBBattle of the Podcast Allstars is a rock trivia tournament between rock podcasters hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller. On this episode Ryan McKay from The Shabby Road Record Show will battle Craig Cohen from Slycast and Zilch! The Monkees Podcast and Ken Mills from the PodKISSt and Cheap Talk.
BATTLE OF THE PODCAST ALLSTARS: ROUND ONE - BATTLE ONE
November 13, 2015 01:14 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBBattle of the Podcast Allstars is a rock trivia tournament between rock podcasters hosted by Ken Pardo and moderated by Eric Miller. On this episode Chris Czynszak from Decibel Geek will battle Matt Porter from The Kiss Room and our very own BJ Kahuna from Rock and/or Roll.
100 - EPISODE ONE HUNDRED? HOLY SHIT!
November 06, 2015 02:26 - 1 hour - 95.7 MBIt's hard to believe this is already the 100th episode of Rock and/or Roll. BJ takes a look back with some help from friends Greg Renoff and Ken Mills and stay tuned until the end when we'll take a look ahead with Eric "Trebek" Miller. And for a limited time you can help BJ celebrate reaching this landmark by going to the new Redbubble store and buying a ROCK AND/OR ROLL T-SHIRT!
099 - TOP TEN: 1999
October 30, 2015 02:35 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBSince this is the 99th of the podcast BJ decided to discuss his top ten favorite albums to be released in the corresponding year of 1999.
098 - CHEAP TRICK: THE ALBUMS
October 23, 2015 02:42 - 1 hour - 89 MBAn album by album discussion of the Cheap Trick catalogue.
096 - BEATLES COVERS
October 09, 2015 03:35 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBThis episode is more popular than Jesus.
BONUS EPISODE: TEENAGE FANCLUB (TOP TEN)
October 06, 2015 16:30 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBAs a companion piece to the Nineties Power Pop episode BJ counts down his top ten favorite Teenage Fanclub songs.
095 - NINETIES POWER POP
October 02, 2015 04:39 - 1 hour - 96 MBOn this episode BJ plays some of his favorite songs by some of the various bands and/or artists that came to be called "power pop" in the nineties.
094 - EVEN MORE POWER POP
September 25, 2015 01:55 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBThis episode is long overdue! BJ finally gets around to raiding his power pop collection again for an episode filled with obscure gems.
093 - TOP TEN: 1993
September 18, 2015 00:04 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBSince this is the 93rd episode of the podcast BJ decided to discuss his top ten personal favorite albums to be released in the corresponding year of 1993.
092 - THRASH
September 11, 2015 01:32 - 2 hours - 131 MBIn the wake of the Metallica episodes BJ is once again joined by Fistful of Dave for a discussion of Thrash Metal in general and a bunch of cool, obscure thrash tunes are included.
091 - METALLICA: SAD BUT TRUE
September 04, 2015 02:25 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBBJ is once again joined by Fistful of Dave to discuss Metallica's unfortunate reinvention of themselves with the so-called "Black Album" and then Joey Haynie from the Rock Strikes Ten podcast joins BJ to offer a different perspective on the album and whether or not it was a success, "success" having multiple definitions.
090 - METALLICA: GARAGE DAYS RE-RE-REVISITED
August 28, 2015 02:36 - 1 hour - 104 MBBJ is joined by Fistful of Dave to discuss the early years of Metallica and to examine how the band's unique version of heavy metal developed over the course of the early demos and live performances.
089 - TOP FIFTEEN: 1989
August 21, 2015 02:10 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBSince this is episode number 89 of the podcast BJ takes a look at his top fifteen favorite albums released in the corresponding year of 1989.
088 - BON JOVI
August 14, 2015 02:55 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBThis is for the ones who stood their ground. For Tommy and Gina, who never backed down.
087 - FOREIGNER
August 07, 2015 02:06 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThe list of great rock bands still inexplicably excluded from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is way too long and Foreigner may not be near the top of that list but they are on the list, they do deserve that level of respect for what they accomplished and what they contributed to the history of rock and roll. On this episode BJ gives credit where credit is due.
086 - NO SHAME ROUND 3 (WITH THAT DANDY CLASSIC MUSIC HOUR)
July 31, 2015 04:16 - 1 hour - 87 MBBJ is joined by Randy W. Hall and Handsome Dan from That Dandy Classic Music Hour for this third installment of No Shame. Who will sink so low as to admit to liking a Beatles tune? Listen and find out.
085 - AOR??? AOK!!!
July 24, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 98 MBAfter a brief detour into nineties alternative rock let's cleanse our palate with some AOR!
084 - THE ROOTS OF PEARL JAM
July 17, 2015 03:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBLast week BJ was joined by Craig and Eric from Pods & Sods to discuss Pearl Jam and the role they played in the "alternative revolution" that temporarily dominated pop culture in the nineties. On this episode BJ takes a look at the myriad of the bands that the members of Pearl Jam were in before Pearl Jam formed.
083 - PEARL JAM AND THE ALTERNATIVE BANDWAGON
July 10, 2015 02:51 - 1 hour - 109 MBBJ is once again joined by Craig Smith and Eric Miller, the hosts of Pods & Sods, this time to discuss the fascinating career of Pearl Jam and the part the band played in the "Alternative Revolution" that temporarily dominated pop culture in the nineties.
082 - TOP TEN: 1982
July 04, 2015 05:20 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBSince this happens to be the 82nd episode of the podcast BJ presents his top ten favorite albums to have been released in the corresponding year of 1982.
081 - VINYL COUNTDOWN III
June 26, 2015 03:20 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBBJ raids his vinyl collection once again in order to present another collection of random favorites and interesting obscurities.
080 - TITLE MATCH
June 19, 2015 00:46 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBTwo artists...two songs...one title. Which song shall be crowned the victor? That's up to you. Vote HERE
079 - NO SHAME ROUND 2 (WITH DECIBEL GEEK)
June 12, 2015 04:13 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBIt's the Decibel and/or Geek as BJ is joined by AAron Camaro and Chris Czynszak from the Decibel Geek podcast for another installment of "No Shame." Listen as three dudes raised on metal shamelessly admit to liking some decidedly non-metal tunes.
078 - 8 TRACKS
June 05, 2015 03:00 - 1 hour - 91.7 MBBJ presents a brief history of the 8 track tape cartridge and then raids his own 8 track collection to play some great songs ripped directly from the 8 track tapes. Why? Why not?
BONUS EPISODE: SLADE IN THE EIGHTIES
June 01, 2015 13:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBSlade were one of the greatest rock bands of the seventies but they also made some amazing music in the eighties and so as a companion piece to the "Into the Eighties" episode let's all celebrate the awesomeness of Slade into the eighties.
077 - INTO THE EIGHTIES
May 28, 2015 17:05 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBOn this episode BJ plays some of his favorite songs from the eighties by bands mostly known for what they did in the seventies.
076 - KRAUTROCK
May 15, 2015 03:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBBJ gets some help from special guest Jayson Kohl (aka Eggman) this week as they take a look at an odd collective of bands that arose out of Germany in the late sixties making some very strange sounds that came to be known as Krautrock.
075 - TWO MINUTE WARNING
May 08, 2015 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBThis is the podcast you have heard about. This is the podcast you have read about. Soon you will be talking about the podcasting shock of the year: TWO MINUTE WARNING. On this episode BJ plays 50 songs that are each less than two minutes in length. After that...sudden death.
074 - TOP TEN: 1974
May 01, 2015 03:14 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBSince this is episode 74 of the podcast BJ decided to take a look at his own personal top ten favorite albums that were released in the corresponding year of 1974.
073 - RADIO STATION COMPILATIONS
April 24, 2015 03:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBBJ is joined by special guest Chris Grey, co-owner of Cheapkiss Records, who was gracious enough to share with us his vast collection of regional radio station compilations from the early eighties. BJ and Chris discuss the obsessive nature of record collecting and then you'll get to hear a bunch of cool songs by local, unsigned bands from those radio station comps.