Kerrang Feb 1984 - Genesis, Thor and Manowar

Bigamy at Christmas We’re looking at the early 80s work of Genesis and immediately make an absolute booboo regarding their hit Mama - I know it wasn’t Rapper’s Delight, it was The Message by Grandmaster Flash that was the inspiration for the laughy bit! Don’t @ me! Regardless their “The Mama Tour” video is praised to high heaven despite having one of their more embarrassing tunes on it. You know, the one about aliens. No, the *other* one about aliens. Tina Turner is live and unleashed, in an era before she was the 80s’ favourite purveyor of raunchy soft rock. Still waiting around for Private Dancer et al, she’s mostly doing cover versions. This leads us to remember Steve Coogan’s mostly forgotten comedy character, Tony Ferrino. We delve into the oeuvre of Thor, Norse god of thunder and, apparently, rock. Wendy O. Williams has been doing stuff with KISS, Manowar has been doing stuff with Orson Welles and Kate Bush gets an interview. Tune in to find out which is her favourite season! This is still Kerrang we’re talking about, by the way!  Along the way we’ll talk robots, graphic design, Eminem, Lenny Kravitz (yet again) and Eamon Holmes. Er... rock and roll...? Kerrang 62, Feb/March 1984 (part 2) Recorded June 8th 2024   This week's ad is for Six Picks Music Club  @SixPicksMusicClub   #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s  #ClassicRock #PhilCollins #Genesis #Eminem #Thor #WendyOWilliams #KateBush #SteveCoogan #TonyFerrino #TinaTurner