HR Shenanigans and Heavy Metal Diss Tracks: Georgia Returns!

Part 2 of 3 — Featuring Georgia Lunch, HR RepresentativeGeorgia Lunch is still in the building. The animal trough situation remains unresolved. And somehow the Metal Shoppe has descended into one of the deepest, most gloriously unhinged rock music conversations in the show's history.Part 2 picks up right where Part 1 left off — Georgia Lunch is still on her post-air-guitar-travel welfare check, Noman is still navigating the ongoing saga of Donnie Rhames, tapestries, and corporate intrigue, and Rory is along for the ride as things spiral beautifully out of control.This episode covers:The Metallica and Lou Reed Lulu album — the podcast that covers it one track at a time needs a year between songs to recover, and honestly that tracksStars — the iconic 1985 heavy metal charity recording — the backstory, the Spinal Tap cameo that somehow was real, Ronnie James Dio making the calls, Rough Cut under Dio's umbrella, Kevin Dubrow in the pink jacket getting a lead vocal, and Yngwie J. Malmsteen making sure no one confused him with the other YngwieBeck Bogert and Appice — the supergroup trio that wrote Superstition before Stevie Wonder made it famous, and why Carmine Appice doesn't get enough credit for anythingThe Quiet Riot deep cut — Paul Shortino and the QR3 album, and why it's the only Quiet Riot album worth owningThe Desmond Child extended universe — turns out he wrote Poison by Alice Cooper, and the trivia game to identify which mystery artist hired him for their second album after the first one didn't sellKane Roberts — the bodybuilder guitarist with the preposterous Rock Doll video and the Desmond Child-penned songs nobody asked for but some of us deeply lovedJodi Bon Jovi — Jon's cousin — released an album. It exists. It's not great. She covers Jefferson Airplane's Somebody to Love. The definitive Bon Jovi family power ranking is established for the first time on recordThe complete Kiss deep dive — Gene vs Paul, the theory that Gene was the draw for comic book kids who didn't understand what Plaster Caster meant, why Paul only did one eye with the makeup, Kiss Revenge as possibly the greatest non-makeup Kiss album, Spit as an underrated banger, Vinnie Vincent trying to sell his decade-long solo project for $200 a song or a million dollars for the mastersBrent Fitz from Winnipeg — playing with Triumph, April Wine, Bruce Kulik, and Gene Simmons — the Winnipeg connection that keeps coming backMixtapes from Hell — the Cinderella podcast that plays every song in the catalog and builds the ultimate mixtape — and yes, the theme songs written for the three hosts are played live on airSeatGeek and Fast Fred — the AI podcast with the fake beard and the wig — continues to be mocked with increasing affectionPart 2 of 3. It gets better from here.Music featured this episode:Beck Bogert and Appice, Quiet Riot, Stars, Kiss (Revenge, Dressed to Kill, Hot in the Shade), Kane Roberts, Dogma, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, ClutchFind us everywhere: @seangeekpodcastWebsite: seanmcginty.caSupport the show: patreon.com/seangeekpodcast🎙️ Certified Geek — $5/month🎸 True Geek — $10/month👑 Supreme Geek — $20/month🤘 Metal Shoppe Tier — $75/month