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Can I Pod With Madness - Kerrang, Metal Hammer and Rock in the 80s

Join us as we meticulously review a copy of Kerrang! or Metal Hammer, from the golden age of ROCK, 1987-1989

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    Kerrang Oct 1991 - Extreme, Axl's ring and Nikki Sixx’s duds

    Because we’re a 90s bitch, we’re checking out Kerrang from October ‘91. Extreme - are NOT on the cover but Nuno Bettencourt is. Don’t relax, girls, he looks pretty much the same now. Guns N’ Roses are going through some right shenanigans at the moment, Izzy’s about to leave and they’ve just put out Get in the Ring so if *that* doesn’t silence their critics I don’t know what will! We follow up our investigation into Poison’s I Want Action lawsuit from about a million podcasts ago - and the outcome is pretty much what you’d expect.   We note a SHOCKING connection between Mötley Crüe and Jethro Tull, dig up a Bad News cover version and read some very angry Kommunikations A Bee Gees deep dive, reappraisals of Sex and The City and Cry Baby, and we’re going on about Rock of Love yet again. Homina Homina! Also! Talkin’ Pointz on MCR’s Common People, Skywalkers, Mary Magdalene’s skull and postal feces. And some HOT recommendations from our recent viewing. And we give our final verdict on racism (it sucks).   Kerrang 361 Oct 1991 - PWM74 recorded 4th July 2026

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    Kerrang April 1988- Iron Maiden go synth and the song Judas Priest regret

    Rock ‘n’ Roll Slut! It’s a Maiden Month at Kerrang, in which Steve Harris gets low key insulted on the cover, but the mag is talking up Seventh Son of a Seventh Son like nobody’s business, so that’s all right. Prog metal puffery, and some ludicrous statements by Bruce Dickinson aside, we’ve got a Kommunicae from Nikki Sixx, Rush on tour, Judas Priest’s brush with Hollywood, and an introduction to the most panties-removingest bands from LA this month. And what’s Tiny Tim up to these days?   In addition there’s stuff about pigs, scary theatre, sexy drummers, yuppie rock and giant dandelions. Also (on the extended Patreon edition) we’ve got another AMAZING Can I Pod With Madness Quiz which, if you play along, you’re sure to do better than we did. Kerrang 183 April 1988 - PWM73 recorded 13th June 2026

  3. 71

    Kerrang Free Pod - Shudder Reviews, True Tales of Terror, and batteries STILL not included

    Tales of Terror! If you LOVE Can I Pod With Madness but hate all the Kerrang stuff, have I got the podcast for you. Yes we don't get to the magazine this week, so, y'know, it's one of *those*.  Fresh off a deep dive into the Shudder portfolio we've got some reviews (of the “trying to remember what happened in this one” variety) which leads us into true life tales of mystery and terror. Or at least childhood fears.  A new Mandela Effect/Parallel Universe/False Memory has dropped and we're here to investigate. Are we going to buy an EVP recorder and become full time ghost hunters? Or just sit around and jibber jabber about pop culture nonsense? Not only that but we have a genuinely scary tale of elephant based terror. In other news we saw Michael: a series of fake noses, and recall MJ's disappointing floating statue. Also: Labyrinth in Concert - several Jareths, a handful of worms but surprisingly more glitter and Junk Ladies than we remembered. And some Bucks Fizz appreciation! Keep it para!   PWM72 recorded 7 May 2026  

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    Kerrang October 1996 | Tool! Reef! Korn! and other four letter words

    Watering can news! When we're not giving you the excruciating details about our garden, we're looking at Kerrang 619 from October 1996. It's the most downery, cancelled motherfuckers filled issue we've had yet BUT we're still keeping it light! Helloween almost get Deep Kutz status AND we realise Coachella is probably not as good as Donnington ‘88. Korn are our cover stars but never mind that, there's a FREE TAPE which has a succession of the most 90s ass rockers imaginable. Imperial Drag takes us back to a mix CD from the early days of our relationship and we recall a time before Reef were the “It's Your Letters” guys. Nine Inch Nails’ Quake soundtrack is fondly remembered along with Command and Conquer and Force Commander. Only 90s gamer kids will understand.  Also! Aerosmith in therapy! Alice in Chains on hiatus! Twelve Monkeys confusion! Pat Boone goes RAWK! Also the astonishing revelation of the reason why one of us likes impenetrable Prog metallers Tool. We end on some Patreon shoutouts and a feature that *would* be a great ongoing strand. But probably won't, for the obvious reason.   PWM71 recorded 20th April 2026  

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    Metal Hammer 2014 | 1984's Greatest Vids

    Nobody Reads in That Band, Dude! Here’s another BONUS POD (Or if you’re not a Patreon - a PREVIEW of a BONUS POD) and we’re returning to Metal Hammer 256, from May 2014. Fear not though, we’re not touching on modern music (from 12 years ago)  - most of this issue is centred around a celebration of 1984, and our guides are Steel Panther, so you know, you can imagine what *that’s* gonna be like. Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Dio, Maiden - all the stuff we usually cover, it’s just now “Classic Rock”. In addition we’ve got Cradle of Filth, fondly looking back over their glittering, splattered in faeces career, and Zakk Wylde who “outs himself as an unlikely feminist”. We delve into the best videos of 1984, ponder the future of music, and ask if it’s possible to release a concept album about a Disney character and not get sued.  All this and the usual stuff: hamster updates, arguments about the rules of Battleships, Buffy talk, spot the mystery quote, and our new obsession, the Amazon adjacent horror streaming service Shudder. This is now a Shudder fan podcast.   PWM70 Recorded 29th March 2026   Full tracklist for the Patreon version: Shudder Shills Battleships Battle 5.20 Halloween 14.22  Back To Metal Hammer 16.05 * The Crue in ‘84 20.05 * Disney lawsuit ahoy 21.00 + Disney News The Howling Wind 25.50 The best videos of 1984 30.05 * The Future of Music 36.20 * Cradle of Filth 38.27 * Zakk Wylde isn’t his real name 40.00 *  

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    Kerrang May 1984 - Twisted Sister News, Spirit and Howard The Duck

    SIXTY NINE, DUDES! Yes it’s the pod you’ve all been waiting for, although the promised raunch content is pretty limited. There’s some BIG NEWS buried away somewhere in here and it has to be said we don’t talk about the magazine very much  - there is some stuff about a psych rock classic from 1968, though. We introduce The PWM Megaplaylist - and resign ourselves to the fact that we’re unlikely to be sponsored by Sky, which is a shame because we review some movies we recently watched and argue about a certain Sasquatch based 80s favourite - in fact we talk a lot about slightly naff 80s classics like Short Circuit, so they could do something with that, surely? Oh, and having sex with a duck - I guess it *was* a pretty sexy episode after all.   PWM69 Recorded 7th March 2026

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    NME December 1967 - Can I Psych With Madness

    Adventures in Remote Recording! In a special side episode, I'm temporarily leaving behind the world of 80s (and 90s) hard rock and exploring the distant galaxy of late 60s psychedelia. To do this I've roped in my old college buddy, so if you ever felt the world needed another podcast where two middle aged men reminisce about music that was made before they were born, look no further.  As a very flimsy twig to hang this thing on we've both been reading the NME from December 16th, 1967, and even though most of that paper is filled with an appreciation of Englebert Humperdink, we're drilling down and finding all the good stuff about Donovan, Procol Harum and Simon Dupree and The Big Sound.  Various psychedelic compilations are brought up and we get into The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, Cream, King Crimson and many more. There's also a lot of rambling reminiscences about being at college during the time of grunge and britpop but still listening to Tim Buckley and The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Stay tuned for more of these intermittent sidetrack episodes, depending on whether we can get the remote recording aspect sorted out!   Special note: our AMAZING theme music this week is by our pal Ol of @nithered_music - which it always is of course, but for this one, on a whim I asked him to do "something psychedelic" and he immediately knocked out this MASTERPIECE!   PWM68 Recorded 1st March,  2026 Note: As usual there's a longer version of this on the Patreon, as well as our test recording where we get into more PSYCH MADNESS (and loads of reminscing about being young bucks at college!)  

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    Arena HEAVY METAL - Marshmallow Related Injury

    As “promised” very early on in the history of this podcast, we've had a look at the BBC Arts programme Arena's Heavy Metal documentary, from April 1989. Mick Wall and Jon Hotten of Kerrang were NOT IMPRESSED with the programme, and neither were any of the people that wrote in about it. Featured are Ozzy and Geezer, Bruce Dickinson going for the presenting gig, Ax Rose at his most Ax Rose, David “LeRoth”, and loads of thrash.  It all adds up to not much but to a dopey 17 year old at the time it was a fun watch. BBC4's Heavy Metal Britannia from 2010 was a lot better. In addition we've got complaints about Guns n Roses’ tardiness, Spinal Tap II review, Metal documentaries we have loved and Napalm Death on Craig Charles' What's That Noise,.   A note on Heavy Metal Heaven: At the end of ‘89 year the BBC repeated the documentary alongside some related shows- among others they showed The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2, a Def Leppard doc,and live concerts by Ozzy, Metallica, and that black and white Led Zeppelin TV performance from Denmark. This was all under the banner of Heavy Metal Heaven and presented by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (sample quote “tonight I've got a couple of biggies for you... no, not *those*”). That's all on YouTube so, go crazy.   Special note: our AMAZING theme music this week is by our pal Ol of @nithered_music - it really annoys me that the BBC in '89 completely failed to do THE OBVIOUS THING for a metal documentary on Arena, namely a metal version of Brian Eno's Another Green World, but we have fully rectified that terrible oversight.   Special Special Note: Full unexpurgated version of this pod is on our Patreon - lots of Red Dwarf talk, for some reason.   PWM67 ARENA recorded Feb 20th 2026

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    Kerrang January 1988 - Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and David Bowie's suspicious hands

    It's 1988 once again and our cover star is Robert Plant, looking to regain his crown as THE prime hard rock frontman  (it says here). To be honest he's just back with a new album that's a bit more Zeppelin than his definitely not Zeppelin no sir! recorded output from the early 80s. Most of this is about their famously disastrous Live Aid performance, but there's a bit of slagging off David Coverdale for good measure.  There's an Ozzy interview that's suspiciously similar to one from Metal Hammer that we covered in an early episode, but I'm sure no one remembers that so I think we can get away with it.  Meanwhile Nikki Sixx is simultaneously both dead and alive, like Schrodinger’s Cat on smack. Warfare have the best song titles! Cher impersonations aplenty! We review Wonder Man and take a deep dive into M. Night Shyamalan's plant-based shitfest The Happening.  Also: Belinda Carlisle, Pepsi and Shirlie, Screaming Marionettes, Bastard Head, Malicious Mercenaries and, er, Impotent Society. Plus all the baking cork updates you could possibly want.  Note that this episode appears in (mostly) unedited form on our Patreon, the shorter version is here on the main podcast feed (so if you're pushed for time, listen to this one!)   PWM66 recorded 6th Feb 2026

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    Kerrang August 1986 - Run DMC Dis The Devil

    We’re looking at Kerrang from Aug ‘86, so as usual there’s news of another forthcoming Alice Cooper album, and Iron Maiden have a single out (one of their best although we are arguing about that one). Elsewhere we delve into the world of Madam X, and our main feature this week finds Run DMC colliding with Aerosmith, for one of the most bulletproof stone cold classics of the 80s. That’s not a hot take, I know, everyone likes that song. And the video’s even better. There’s plenty of distractions in terms of ranking the Spice Girls solo jams, movie reviews, run ins with horror icons and talkin’ Tolkien. Also another digression into the world of The KLF. Note that this episode appears in (mostly) unedited form on our Patreon, so if you want to listen to us going on about a shaved Bill Oddie, Garage Days, and Tusk, that’s THE PLACE TO BE. PWM65 recorded January 26th 2026

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    Kerrang April 1989 - Prepare Your Zombie Apocalypse Bag With Me

    Kerrang 233, Apr 89 Come with us as we take a fun nostalgic trawl through the minutiae of the late 80s rock scene, in order to distract from the continuing awfulness of the modern world. Our topic today is Kerrang from April 1989. What were you up to? Black Sabbath (actually just Tony Iommi) is on the cover and we have yet another New Alice Cooper Album nugget. We’ve missed the birthday of Ray Phillips from Budgie but someone in Kommunication is here to put things right, and from the looks of it both Extreme and Dream Theater get their first notices in this very issue. A review of The Cult’s Sonic Temple leads us to consider our short lived career as drummers, however we’re far more interested in this article about Lawnmower Deth, those lads sound like a laugh. Along the way we’ve got hamster updates, meme reminiscences, tattoo stuff and a DEEP KUTZ from a very well known band that one of us has never heard of, even though they’ve been mentioned many times on this podcast. Note that this episode appears in (mostly) unedited form on our Patreon, so if you want to listen to us going on about Lawnmower Man, seemingly endless scrolling through YouTube, and moaning about AI, get your ass signed up to our exclusive band of sickos.   PWM64 recorded 16th January 2026

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    Kerrang 1993 | Lots of Penis Talk

    It's the Nineties again, and two veteran swordmasters return to the field of battle. Yes, violin bows at the ready, Coverdale Page have embraced their destiny to team up for an album of uh... hoary old blues rock. Meanwhile shock news, Bruce Dickinson has left Iron Maiden, and ‘Arry and the lads are “surprised, to say the least”. I think we all would have been surprised if, as Kerrang suggest, his replacement had been Paul Di'Anno.  Also in this edition: 2 Tribes, Infectious Grooves, Blind Melon, Fish, and Jon Bon Jovi’s wang. Along the way, the usual digressions and nonsense on Michael Bolton, East 17, Lego, Labyrinth and the Stranger Things finale. . Note that this episode appears in (mostly) unedited form on our Patreon. I cut out a lot of the extraneous waffle here - imagine that - BUT if you want to listen to us going on in excruciating detail about hamsters, Jane McDonald and the difficulty of obtaining signed Whitesnake albums from eBay, that’s where you need to go! PWM63 recorded 10th Jan 2026

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    Kerrang November 1987 | Your Mum Had Sex With Wolfsbane

    We're back for another year of metal memories and deep digressions - taking a look this week at Kerrang, Nov 87. Great White are on the cover but we're far more concerned with this Wolfsbane interview. This leads us to discussing Home Star Runner, whether Wolfsbane does actually repel werewolves and we learn what constitutes "Scram Metal" Apart from that we've got our Christmas Roundup, ASMR spectacular, Karaoke report and like every other basic bitch on the planet we've been watching Stranger Things. Who's our favourite, least annoying character? You'll find out in PWM62!   PWM62 recorded 4th January 2026

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    Metal Hammer 2014 - Back To The Very Recent Future

    Here's a preview of our second Patreon exclusive Pod.  Our Christmas BONUS pod calls for something unprecedented so we’re unveiling our amazing CHRISTMAS QUIZ which hasn’t got a name, but needs to be heard to be believed. We watched Krampus and have OPINIONS - and we also reveal our YouTube Wrapped (like Spotify Wrapped but from a company that’s slightly less despicable). Our feature presentation is a look at Metal Hammer from the wildly futuristic year 2014! What’s the rock press like in the age of streaming and social media, other than loads of stuff about bands I’ve never heard of? We discover Babymetal 11 years after everyone else, and elsewhere we go through Taylor Momsen’s favourite records. And then go through ours. We’re not entirely out of our comfort zone as a big chunk of this mag is dedicated to a look back at 1984, although we don’t even get to that part, so we’ll be picking it up in a future episode. Want to get an insight into some of Can I Pod With Madness’ deepest, darkest secrets - and overhear us practically have a domestic over a certain Batman related song? Then our Patreon is for you! In addition to the bonus pods, you also get access to the PWM digital archive where you can read along with us, early episode access and we'll even send you our old, used Kerrangs!    PWM61 recorded 17th December 2025

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    Kerrang December 1985 - It's a Stryper, Venom and Frank Sidebottom Christmas

    Shittin Myself Waiting for Santa Merry Christmas, FOR REALS THIS TIME. When we're not roasting your favourite Christmas movies, we’re delving into a *very* festive Kerrang from 1985. Lemmy, Venom's Cronos and those lads from Ratt are all getting into the spirit, while the mag does its bit for women's lib by getting the top female rock stars of the day together for a photoshoot. And then referring to them as tarts. Stryper are the cover stars, appropriately enough for the birth of Christ, but Robert Sweet is keen to point out he knows all about sin. Meanwhile, Yes’ Jon Anderson has a Christmas Album out but it's anyone's guess why he's in a heavy metal magazine. And as for Frank Sidebottom... We have a lengthy feature on Starship, one time psychedelic godheads, now purveyors of smooth AOR (and the record Rolling Stone perpetually pegged as the worst ever, but fuck them, We Built This City is ace). And what's more Grace Slick is excellently snarky in the interview. Don't miss our third annual Festive Blowout!    PWM60 recorded 6th December 2025  

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    Kerrang November 1988 - David Lee Roth, Queen and the Parallel Crüeniverse

    Sexy Snowball Fight Christmas is rapidly approaching so we're discussing a modern festive Cinematic classic, which you've probably not seen but consider this your recommendation to watch Poinsettias For Christmas- particularly if you're really fucking into Poinsettias.  In November 1988 we have a news report of an imminent album release from Mötley Crüe- which turns out to be a reality warping mystery. Are ‘ver Crüe a nexus of paranormal anomalous weirdness? We're investigating the shit out of it. The Macc Lads have been banned by the Police, Marillion are still looking for a new lead singer, and Queen are rereleasing a shit ton of their old singles on CD. This leads us into some *very* salty opinions about the output of Freddie and the lads. And Christmas songs in general.  Kommunication leads us to rediscover a forgotten piece of 80s culture, and we reminisce about the time The Who replaced Keith Moon mid concert, and Journey pioneered the video game tie in. There's an interview with David Lee Roth, which is as unhinged as you'd want, and someone in the Klassifieds needs to get his hands on Europe's sexiest videos, for completely non pervy reasons, no doubt.  Beware - this is a HIGHLY SEXUAL EPISODE!   PWM59 Kerrang 214 November 1988 recorded 27th November 2025

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    Kerrang Sept 1992 - Faith No More, Monster Magnet and Bollocks Yuppie Metal

    It's September 1992 and Faith No More's Mike Patton is on the cover regurgitating *something*. Bryan Adams has a single out that we've completely forgotten, but we're still fans of all of his Mel C collaborations. Axl Rose is picking up industry awards left right and centre, but does that mean he's calmed down a bit? We'll find out! Bon Jovi have a “controversial” new single out, but we’re more interested in King Diamond’s Christmas song OBVIOUSLY. Marillion are celebrating 10 years of having a record contract with EMI (let's see how that one pans out) but Kerrang is throwing shade at their audience. Cover stars FNM are interviewed on what sounds like a pretty shitty tour, and the whole thing's a bit grim, meanwhile The Black Crowes are sick of hearing about how great the 60s were but at least Monster Magnet are bringing their psychedelic heaviosity to the UK's toilets.   We dig into the charts, and relate a story of youthful excitement, vandalism and East 17. Also the usual crap about personal ads. We ain't changing this winning formula! Kerrang 410 Sept 1992 PWM58 Recorded November 9th 2025

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    Q Magazine July 1990 - Say Hello to Quincy Jones

    A Very Merry Christmas from everyone at PWM Towers. We’re celebrating by lobbing up as much tinsel as humanly possible, rewatching one of our favourite cold themed horror movies and perusing Q number 46 from July  1990.  The venerable mag does a Where Are They Now on Jilted John, which leads us to remember John Shuttleworth’s appearance on Vic and Bob’s All Nighter from Xmas 1993. Some bloke writes in about how he was in Queen, and we sidestep The Stone Roses’ current legal problems by focusing on their affection for it’s grim up North urtext Rita Sue and Bob Too.  Finally we get to a big ass article about Prince where we learn something about his background and theorise about how he manages to fit everything in, particularly regarding his legendary appetite for bangin’. Also we do a not particularly deep dive into his album covers.  Talking of musical genius, New Kids on the Block have an album out and we cover the two best songs, Tonight (The Beatles perfected) and Stay With me Baby (Reggae the way it was always meant to be: Performed by Donnie Wahlberg). Along the way we talk concert videos, movie recommendations, and  - big shocker - some Chris De Burgh news.   PWM57 Recorded November 2nd 2025

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    Q Magazine July 1990 - Blind Melon and a man in a lobster suit

    How much for Prince’s shoes? It’s the Spooky/Christmas season so we’re discussing Trick or Treat related anxiety, dressing as Lindsey Buckingham for Halloween, and which of the CIPWM corporation is of no use when it comes to wrapping presents.  We go through a couple of our Christmas movie favourites  - no change there, then - and review some of our recent TV watches (Andor! Mayfair Witches! The Ed Gein Show!). By the way, did you ever notice rock bands in the 90s were really fucking into serial killers, for some reason? Meanwhile, in 1990, it’s July and, much like Muriel Gray’s best friends, we’re looking at Q Magazine issue 46. This particular publication, you’ll recall, is thick as a dick, so we’re only going to scratch the surface, but along the way we’ll look at some Rock Auctions (Rawktions) and how Jimi Hendrix's guitar is somehow both under and overpriced, a report on that John Lennon Tribute Concert you forgot all about, and some news reports about The Dogs D’Amour (Kerrang adjacent!) and Janet Jackson (Cat related content!). We hear from a listener, who has a recommendation that we thoroughly enjoy.  Recorded 4th Oct 2025

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    Metal Hammer KISS SPECIAL - Brilliant But Also Terrible

    Here's a preview of our first Patreon exclusive Pod.  An attempt to cover Metal Hammer's KISS Fan Mag stays mostly off track as we lurch into an AMAZING Bret Michaels Based Quiz, literally sing the praises of Poison, take an uncomfortably deep dive into the work of Michael Bolton, and offer our hot new recommendation - or, if you will, Rockommendation for 2025: Vixen. Also, for some reason, a review of Andor. Full Episode includes: Andor Review What’s Bret MicHEOWLING? Poison Tribute. Michael Bolton: Deep Dive Rock of Love Retrospective Rockommendation: Vixen KISS FAN MAG KISS KWISZ The Golden Girls: Slight Return KISS STATZ Bolton: The Deepest Dive Sounds pretty good right? Not just a bog standard episode behind a paywall! To listen to the whole unexpurgated mess, just sign up to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/PodWithMadness In addition to the bonus pods, you also get access to the PWM digital archive where you can read along with us, early episode access and we'll even send you our old, used Kerrangs! Recorded: 26th Sept 2025  

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    Kerrang September 1989 | Joe Perry, Batman and Bonnie Tyler’s YA Madness

    We’re back to finish off Kerrang 258, even though we did all the good bits last time. The old reliable maniacs in the letters page and personal ads come through for us, once again so don’t worry about that! There’s MORE Jim Steinman discourse, because that dude can’t be limited to one podcast. We do a DEEP KUTZ that we’ve already done, review some horror movies, and bring back TV KRYMEZ!   Video Fears! Endless Friends chat! The best superhero music revealed! And the 347th mention of The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: The Metal Years on this podcast. We *really* need to watch that movie.   This episode is not sponsored by Candy Kittens but it fucking might as well be - however, please note this is now an EG Daily fan podcast. Kerrang 258, Sept 30 1989 pt2 PWM54 Recorded 14 Sept 2025

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    Kerrang September 1989 | Jim Steinman, Shocker and Sexy Alice Cooper

    It's September so we're talking Christmas TV ads OBVIOUSLY. Meanwhile, in 1989 it's also September and Kerrang have an interview with Jim Steinman. Have a guess whether you think he's a fan of Dire Straits or the Police Academy franchise. There's a certain amount of shade thrown at Mitch Pileggi but that's down to our antipathy for Skinner from the X-Files,  and not his appearance in the extremely metal horror movie Shocker. Bruce Dickinson’s solo career and stage trousers are discussed. We reminisce about the worst Christmas Eve ever and look back at the best live performers from the early 2000s Pop Idol era. And we ascertain the exact moment in history when Alice Cooper was at his sexiest. Also we launch our Patreon. Come on, it had to happen.  Shoutout to @Kerrang_Classic_Magazine for posting stuff from the issue. This week’s secret theme: Ken Russell. PWM53: Kerrang 258, September 30th 1989 Recorded 7th September 2025

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    Metal Hammer July 1988 - Jive Bunny is like Prog

    We're back with our heads in Metal Hammer this week- it's 1988 - Ozzy is on tour, King Diamond is robbing graves and Van Halen is utterly indecipherable.  When we're not reading about a respectable heavy metal mum (37 - so she'd be 74 now, hello if you're listening ma'am), we spiral into the rabbit hole of all rabbit holes, Rotherham's very own Jive Bunny. If that wasn't enough of an irrelevant tangent for you we also dig into a nefarious conspiracy around Fruit of the Loom.  Also ANOTHER Kompetition update, Nizlopi memories and stuff about Christmas. Please note this episode features the first mention of Ed Sheeran on this podcast. And very probably the last. Plus a DEEP KUTZ DUET.   Recorded 15th August 2025

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    Kerrang September 1983 | Deep Sabbath, Meat Loaf and Venom Ain’t Got No Knobs

    Caught Up In The Rapture of Me! We’re jumping forward two years to find Kerrang well and truly established, hitting its 50th issue and smushing a cake onto Ian Gillan’s head. The celebrated Child In Time screamer currently finds himself NOT in the ranks of the mighty Purps, but somehow inexplicably in the doom laden court of another seminal 70s metal combo. Who could that be? Stonehenge based shenanigans aside, we have a feature on Venom, who are NOT HAPPY. Also disgruntled are Fastway, and most of the Korrespondents on the letters page. Crikey! Nazareth's Dan McCafferty appears in a photo I will never post on Instagram, and I regret to note that we're definitely losing the Quo fans with this episode. Luckily Ozzy shows up on the back cover and all is well again. We've got some DEEP KUTZ, an argument about DEEP KUTZ, and a Kompetition Update!    Kerrang 50 Sept 1983 - PWM51 Recorded 6th August 2025

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    Kerrang issue 1 June 1981 - 50th Episode Spectacular

    Join us as we look back on fifty glorious years of podcasting, in our ass-blasting, spectacular Anniversary Blowout!! We're teleporting all the way back to June ‘81 to check out a little magazine called Kerrang, The Sounds Heavy Metal Special (and The Empire Strikes Back Monthly issue 146). We look at some of the lesser known NWOBHMers (hello Handsome Beasts!), and check out the OFFICIAL 100 Greatest Heavy Metal songs. What’s at number 1? The answer may shock you. Or, y’know it may not.   Saxon get a big article that's mostly about tea. And there’s a lot of pics IN COLOUR! Works brilliantly on a podcast, that does.   We unveil a new feature, SUPERFICIAL SKRATCHEZ, PWM Ghostwatch continues, we chronicle our day trip to Whitby, bid a fond farewell to Ozzy and even manage to inadvertently shoutout to some of our listeners. And there's some fun end of term games too! Etc!   Kerrang issue 1 June 1981 Recorded 30th July, 2025

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    Kerrang July 1998 - The 100 Coolest Rock Stars

    Ch-ch-ch, Ha-ha-ha. Here's the second part of our DEEP dive into the rock scene of the late 90s. Kerrang is counting down the 100 Coolest Rock Stars and we attempt to guess who's made the list. Is Saffron from Republica here? You'll have to listen to find out.   Also, amid tales of hanging around in graveyards (goth af), we're reminiscing about stoner rock pub gigs, examining ghost physics, and continuing to bang on about Buffy. What’s workplace team building like in Sunnydale? Who's the 90s equivalent of Lisa Dominique? Who remembers Live Aid? What’s a Alice Cooper slasher crossover? Can we name the members of Reef?  Plus: Korntroversy!    Kerrang 706, July 1998 - PWM49 Recorded July 13, 2025 This week's ad is for @musicnoteswithjess

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    Kerrang July 1998 - It's The Nineties

    Gettin' it straight in '98 y'all! We're just back from a Star Wars "convention", and tearing ourselves away from playing (Kessel) Sabacc long enough to record a podcast, we're tackling a Kerrang from the modern era (27 years ago). The deeply ungoogleable pop punk band A are recalled, as is the unloved meteor based sci fi blockbuster Armageddon. We examine how Disney *really* banked on the popularity of that movie well past its use by date, and also the curious marketing decision of forcing people who want to go to Honey I Shrunk The Audience to watch a seemingly endless advert for Kodak. The Prodigy and The Beastie Boys are all over this issue, and Dream Theater predictably get a right kicking in the live reviews. The Presidents of the USA are no more (for the moment, at least). One of us saw them live. The other was clearly too busy watching Julia Valet on Superock. David Lee Roth might be ignoring the 90s but we sure as hell aren't!   This week's ad is for @PolyphonicPress Recorded 31st May 2025  

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    Q Magazine May 1989 - Peter Gabriel, Buffy and a salute to Cybergoths

    I want to feel disgusted! Once again we’re reliving our glory years of watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer and going to Cybergoth Nights. The Cure’s Robert Smith is being lowered into a furry, sticky orifice but not mentioning any potential Freudian implications. He's right about Morrissey, mind. We dig into a lengthy Peter Gabriel article, which is mostly about WOMAD and Real World Studios, so of course we talk a lot about Alan Partridge, the Genesis Reunion concert and whether Gabes consults his mum and dad when making his videos. Katy Perry’s Twitch Channel! Gravity boots! Michael Keaton love! Also exercise tips! Please note this is now a lifestyle podcast.   Q32 May 1989 PWM47 Recorded 17th May 2025   This weeks’s advert is for @WorstPodOnMars

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    Q Magazine May 1989 - Blackadder, Red Dwarf and maybe some music stuff

    Extra special 46th episode spectacular! Due to a tech fail cock up of massive proportions, this week we're looking at Q - The *Modern* Guide to Music and More - from May ‘89. Sting is on the cover, because of course he fucking is. We examine the intellectual rock hunk's activism, how difficult it is being really really good looking, and his half hearted feud with Rod Stewart. We're also talking Fun House, like, a proper Fun House Deep Dive. I swear there's been more mentions of Pat Sharp on this podcast than The Big Four. We dredge up our Blackadder and Red Dwarf memories. Musical genres are nailed down to locations in the UK. Also stuff about KISS. As usual.  Rainforests! Environmental info! Dietary advice! Fucking hell, we've gone woke! Also essential interior decoration tips. Don't say we never do nothing for ya.   This week's ad is for The @AlbumNerds podcast.    Q32 May 1989 (PWM46) Recorded 10th May 2025  

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    RAW Magazine October 1988 - Britrockin' with Little Angels, Zodiac Mindwarp and Philthy Animal Taylor

    Veering wildly away from our edict of “keep it light” we're discussing the best way to dispose of a corpse. I guess that makes us slightly more metal.  Otherwise we're finishing off our extremely deep dive into RAW issue 4. Motörhead's Phithy Animal Taylor gets a drum centric feature and the finer points of drum solos and electronic percussion are discussed. Zodiac Mindwarp is back, wishing he was royalty and Scarborough's finest, The Little Angels are playing a gig at a school. In Scarborough.  Along the way we talk hair dye, Buffy and our own personal Banter Box.  Special shout out to RJ and the Painful Memories- by the time you listen to this it's probably too late to vote for them in Kerrang Radio's The Deal competition, but give them a listen anyway because they rock.    This week’s ad is for @PickADisc Podcast    RAW4 Oct 12-25 1988 (PWM45) Recorded 26 April 2025

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    RAW Magazine October 1988 - Ozzy, Bon Jovi and KISS put the S in Shit

    We're back with another delve into RAW. The hefty Bon Jovi pullout is examined, but not as much as the video to Bad Medicine. One of KISS’ least loved hits is reappraised, and we draw a link between Ozzy Osbourne and Tim Allen.  A misconception about Alice Cooper's biggest hit just leads us into further confusion. Meanwhile there's an article about Mr Big that doesn't tell us that much but we can all agree the harmonies are good. We finally learn Ozzy’s favourite film (some recency bias), but before we can read the rest of the mag, we go off on a few tangents about Sandworms, Star Wars and the early work of M Night Shyamalan. Yes, this is now a whopping three parter! Also we talk about cats. Like, a lot. Finally we've got our first GIVEAWAY which is *very* exciting so make sure you listen till the end (or skip through the ep to get to that bit)   RAW4 Oct 12-25 1988 (PWM44) Recorded 29th March 2025 This week's ad is for Getting Down and Wordy @gettingdownandwordy

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    RAW Magazine October 1988 - Dating the 80s rock superhunks

    A Very Feminine Heterosexual  As promised, here's a look at the Johnny come lately rock mag of the 80s and early 90s, RAW - Rock Action Worldwide (it says here). American comedian Sam Kinison has a single out and is roping in his rockin’ pals to help out. But who’s the most dateable metal hunk in the video? And is Kinison a threat to The Goonies? There's some news about a new band who are destined for greatness, and an unfortunate incident with seafood. Possibly. Also Manowar say goodbye to Ross “The Boss” Friedman and hello to Dave “The Death Dealer” Shankle. This is why I was never a metal god, I never had a nickname. What have Anvil got in common with The Spice Girls? The answer may shock you.  Also! A DEEP KUTZ that is both smooth and angry! Superman history! Important information about Piranhas! Dry vs wet!    Recorded 16th March 2025

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    Kerrang February 1994 - Sepultura, New Crüe, and rating the Grunge Superhunks

    We're back with another deep dive into K482. We have a look at that televisual classic The Word (which has locked 50 Sepultura fans in a metal cage for no discernable reason).  There's singlez (from Soundgarden, Primal Scream, Smashing Pumpkins and Corduroy), and posters (celebrating the Big Hitters of grunge. And Tad). The Wildhearts’ health and safety precautions are questioned and we look at a very dubious piece of cover art by a band called... sigh... Genital Deformities.  The main feature is a look at the new “improved” 90s version of Mötley Crüe, which finds our heroes without Vince Neil, but apparently unable to talk about anything else.  Similarly free of their best known front man, Marillion are 6 years Fishless, but still doing concept albums. And a film -gulp! Also: Korrespondents, Klassifieds, and a teaser for the next episode. You've never had it so good!   Kerrang 482, February 19 1994 (PWM42) Recorded 8th March 2025   This week’s ad is for the @astrovert_media Podcast

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    Kerrang February 1994 - Nine Inch Nails, GWAR and bad band names

    Swingin’ on the flippity flop! It's the mid 90s, and we're donning our best flannel, kickin’ it with Ren and Stimpy and checking out Kerrang! To the extreme! Join us as we try to remember the name of our current favourite song! Confusing Steven Tyler for Jarvis Cocker! The Encarta / Cinemania / Music Central triptych of mid-90s CD-ROM excellence! Rediscovering 90s Britpop second divisioners Cast and accusing them of Guns n’ Roses plagiarism! Punky Fish remembered! Other stuff! We investigate what makes a good band name, and how there aren’t any. Aerosmith! The Cult! Gwar! Nine Inch Nails! Redd Kross! And the return of Mother Tongue! All this and a non anecdote about almost going to the inaugural Phoenix Festival. Make sure you listen to find out how that one turned out!   This week's ad is for @Polyphonic_Press Kerrang 482, February 19 1994 (PWM41) Recorded on Feb 6th, 2025  

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    Kerrang December 1987 - Cliff, Shaky and Ozzy's Winter Wonderland

    Saviours Day Is I-cumen In   What's a jalopy? What's that awful wailing? Ozzy Osbourne doing Winter Wonderland, that's what, so it must be our fun, festive Christmas episode.  Cliff's least loved Christmas hit is examined and we struggle to follow the plot of a video for a smooth 80s jam. Also, remember Lemmings? Man that was a good game.  In the world of Kerrang, we look at the Christmas 1987 edition, which features a ton of stuff we've already talked about on previous episodes. And there's an end of term game which very nearly goes all right.  The long awaited return of fan favourite features TV KRYMEZ and Have You Seen The Chart leads us to explore the parallel universes of Shaky and Dennis Waterman. Plus all the usual tangents and bullshit. You know the drill by now!   This week's ad is for @MusicNotesWithJess   Recorded Friday 13th December 2024  

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    Kerrang July 1989 - Faith No More, Soundgarden and Forgotten NWOBHMs

    Faith No More's Big Jim Martin appears as the Kerrang cover star this week, so we're back in AD 1989. There's a NWOBHM special, because of course there is, and we examine a few forgotten heroes of that bygone age. Or to be more specific, we look at a couple of goofy old promo photos. We check in with our old pals Ice Age who are ROCKING Wisbech Market Square, and The Who's Pete Townshend who's about to unleash his version of The Iron Man. Slash is dictating a letter to the press, we look at some SINGLEZ (Beastie Boys! Nuclear Assault! Soundgarden!), and once again consider King Diamond's face!   Sexy cartoons! American state mispronunciation. Even more Bea Arthur! Also the Milli Vanilli/Faith No More collision you never knew happened!   Our ad this week is for The @PickaDisc Podcast   Kerrang 246, July 1989 (PWM39) Recorded 16th November 2024.

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    Ghost (BC) arguments, Disney Report and cyberstalking Chris De Burgh

    It's a Blow Up The Outside World After All We're just gonna carry on as if there's not been a massive gap in our scheduling, and everything's completely normal, right? Denim and Leather are BACK! Our unexpected hiatus means we have a LOT to catch up on, which means no Kerrang this week- if you regularly tune in for info on all your Classic 80s metal faves you might want to skip this one (but also, what the fuck, are you OK?). In the meantime it's our usual bullshit: Chris De Burgh is cyberstalked, we meet Instagram royalty and complain about how hot Florida is. More arguments about Ghost! Tetchy cinema interactions. Cancellations aplenty. Can we possibly afford a pair of hazmat suits? Also this is now a Golden Girls fan Pod. You OWE YOURSELF the chance to enjoy Can I Pod With Madness!   Our ad this week is for The @AlbumNerds Podcast Recorded 8th November 2024

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    The Lost Boys Commentary

    Who wants to know? Michael wants to know HI BILLY! What's the one movie that gets mentioned on this podcast more than any other? Long time listeners will hardly be surprised to hear that we've recorded a Lost Boys special. Join us as we luxuriate in the sexy vampire goodness, 80s style!  What's Kiefer Sutherland like in real life? Has Billy Wirth cast a spell over all women of a certain age? Who is the drummer in this band? Do DVDs still exist? Are there any other movies with vampires in? We'll attempt to answer all these questions, and along the way relate various stories of awkward celebrity interactions. And the usual digressions, obv.   The video we edited for Alan Frog, Jamison Newlander @jamisonnewlander is here  https://youtu.be/toU6YKRH5xQ?si=cCXAD6jy4STVU9bt   Follow The Lost Frogs Comics @the_lost_frogs_comics (and for gods sake please try and identify the mystery comic book cover).   Follow For The Love of Horror @ftlohorror and if you can make it to the event you stand a good chance of meeting Tim Capello   Our ad this week is for The Worst Podcast on Mars @worstpodonmars PWM37: Recorded July 11th 2024

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    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   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFGqqut-JuJivF85ApMH45n-&si=8gSUKDDN0buffVQK   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  @revilorenidrag   #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s  #ClassicRock #PhilCollins #Genesis #Eminem #Thor #WendyOWilliams #KateBush #SteveCoogan #TonyFerrino #TinaTurner 

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    Kerrang Feb 1984 - Tenacious D, Status Quo and Phil Collins gets a Kerrang Kover

    Walkin' Cheese What’s Phil Collins’ favourite chocolate? It’s not a gag, we actually want to know. Regardless of the famous tub thumper’s preferred sweet treat, he’s the star of Kerrang’s most bonkers cover ever. We’re looking at a really really OLD magazine this week, so there’s news on Status Quo splitting up shocker - especially shocking since they carried on for about 40 years after this. Also in this ish: Spider with their particular peculiar brand of rock and roll and Rock Goddess, on tour of various shitty hotels around the country. Kommunication features a mysterious Whitesnake anecdote, and a letter from someone who thinks Kerrang should only cover Pink Floyd and The Doors. There’s a lovely story about Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue which doesn’t involve ants, and we discuss the lasting legacy of Risky Business. Also what’s a Wurlitzer (again)? More AMAZING reader mail from our Kontaktz! Our Tenacious D live review! Podcast news! Toys R Us News! What’s your fave 1984 hit? And why is it Jump?   PWM35 Kerrang 62, Feb/March 1984 (part 1) Recorded 16th May 2024   This week's ad is for Getting Down and Wordy @gettingdownandwordy Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFEkkS_DEgIsQ0JloWvaDvn2&si=ARPEkWwlHQvWuJ1o   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  @revilorenidrag   #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s  #ClassicRock #PhilCollins #Genesis #StatusQuo #RockGoddess #Spider #OzzyOsbourne #MotleyCrue #Cheese

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    Q Magazine July 1992 - Prince vs Kate Bush, and U2 vs Batman

    We don’t know what we’re doing, it must be art It's Q, so by law there has to be a feature about U2, but it's U2 in their postmodern, post-earnest, post black and white phase. We discuss the best song they ever did- see if you can guess which it is, considering we also talk about Batman Forever on this one.  Also featured is Prince so we investigate further his collaboration with Kate Bush and discover something that presumably everyone else knew since The Red Shoes came out. Also fun fact, we reveal which of Prince’s entourage appeared in Buffy and how much we spent on a VHS box set of Season 5. Faith No More, W.A.S.P, Napalm Death and Marillion all get reviews, so we're still keeping one foot in the hard rock universe. We remember Peachfuzz the friendly wolf and The Breakfast Club.  Q70, July 1992 part 2 Recorded 28th April 2024 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFHy1v9rCUUi-cI-ZTOgvrMe&si=nohydRn4PvDjFZ57   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  @revilorenidrag  

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    Q Magazine July 1992 - ABBA, Mel B and Don't Tell Mum The Babysitter's Dead

    All Right Let’s Just Go For It Once again we’re taking a break from the parallel universe of 80s metal, and delving into Q, The Modern Guide To Music and More, from 1992, so we’re on the back foot straight away as everything is spelled correctly. There’s news about Prince and Craig McLachlan, and ABBA are back, back, back etc. This leads us to talk about the brilliance of Erasure, and tribute bands. Along the way we’re talking Mel B / G / Scary Spice, a surprising revelation about Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, and the continuing subplot of a Billy Wirth obsession. We also shout out our friends over at the Dystopian Dance Party podcast @Dystopiangram who are basically a better version of us.  Is Metallica’s Kirk Hammett an Inspector Gadget fan? Why aren’t Americans charmed by a Gloucestershire accent? What’s the definitive version of Rocket Man? All this and much much more in PWM33.   Q70, July 1992 part 1 Recorded 18th April 2024 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFHy1v9rCUUi-cI-ZTOgvrMe&si=nohydRn4PvDjFZ57   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  @revilorenidrag   Buy Iron Maiden socks https://amzn.to/3U5VkuO And keks https://amzn.to/3TPzWJ1   #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #Q #ClassicRock #DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead #Prince #ABBA  #Erasure #Metallica #GunsnRoses #TheLostBoys

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    Kerrang Kontaktz 1988 - Sabbath in the 80s, KISS and American Horror Story

    Run By Trendies Back with our faces in Kerrang Kontaktz, we finally get to some Korrespondences with real live Kerrang readers from back in the day. In addition we tackle Kontroversies such as rap metal krossover, whether 80s Sabbath are any cop, and is Satan as much of a laugh as he claims.  Along the way we look at psychedelic jazz blues prog trio Show of Hands, American Horror Story, KISS NEWS, and probably something about The Lost Boys and Disney, as usual.   Recorded 10th April 2024   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFF4zmVNEjGfrfnwAofETKgJ&si=B8XjC-5-dzRvbbar     Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  https://www.instagram.com/revilorenidrag/ @revilorenidrag     Buy Iron Maiden socks https://amzn.to/3U5VkuO And keks https://amzn.to/3TPzWJ1     #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #MetalHammer #ClassicRock    #KISS #AmericanHorrorStory #Aerosmith  #RunDMC #Anthrax #BlackSabbath #TheLostBoys      

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    Kerrang Kontaktz 1988 - Whitesnake Sell Out, Priest/Saxon/Heep review and Aerosmith Faves

    Garfield is an Obligate Carnivore This week we’re looking at Kerrang Kontaktz, the Magazine Written By Rock Fans - or alternatively, a lazy money for old rope exercise in which some long rambling letters get published in full. Some “Kontroversial Komments” on the matters of are Whitesnake big fat sellouts, is Robert Plant trying to distance himself from his Led Zeppelin past, and are Glam Rock Pretty Boys giving rock a bad name? Also there’s a shit ton of Pen Palz, which is always good for some inexplicable and baffling comments that possibly didn’t even make sense at the time let alone 36 years later.   We also report back on everything we’ve been up to during our hiatus (mostly listing Aerosmith faves and being in the presence of metal royalty Judas Priest, Saxon and Uriah Heep)   Also includes a plea for sponsorship with Iron Maiden and Monty Bojangles   PWM31: Kerrang Kontaktz 1988 (part 1) Recorded 6th April 2024   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFFMSscrdXoDDQIEx_-vN-1q&si=nrVOaz9D6yzk4YNw Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  https://www.instagram.com/revilorenidrag/ @revilorenidrag Buy Iron Maiden socks https://amzn.to/3U5VkuO And keks https://amzn.to/3TPzWJ1 #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #MetalHammer #ClassicRock    #JudasPriest #UriahHeep #Saxon #RocknRollerCoaster #Garfield #Poison #GlamRock

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    Kerrang September 1989 - Marillion, Lenny Kravitz and Shilling for Disney

    If We Ever Get To The Bottom of it. This week we’re taking a look at Lenny Kravitz, and asking is he too sexy to be into Star Wars? Talking of NSFW content, we remember a classic Steve Guttenburg video, and assess the career of Judge Reinhold. Kerrang’s cover star is Marillion new boy Steve Hogarth, in a leaf related photoshoot. We ask is their latest single ideal to be used in an 80s douchebag comedy movie, and whether they should have worked with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Alice Cooper’s on tour and America is cracking down on rudeness.  Danish rockers Disneyland After Dark lead us to speculate about what that would actually be like, because we are apparently Disney adults. Also if the mysterious Club 33 want to give a couple of influential podcasters a membership, we’ll totally be up for that and be absolute shills and/or keep it quiet, just give us a shout. Charity football matches, charity singles and charity gigs are all going on, and we struggle to remember The Poll Tax, the hole in the ozone layer and other things that made the 80s terrible. The Monster Mash is BACK, as is me complaining about the lyrics. We ask whether musicians in the 80s worked out and give a shout out to the little known Austrian bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger.  All this and Font Talk is back!    Recorded 10th Feb 2024  

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    Kerrang Feb 1989 - Aerosmith Conspiracies, plus Quireboys and Vixen

    How do you feel about panthers? Vixen are our cover stars in this issue, so the casual sexism starts early! WASP are celebrating their lead guitarist (who - spoiler alert, bails out of the band in 6 months time) and cranking out a Jethro Tull cover. There’s reports of secret Aerosmith gigs, so we may rebrand as a mystery podcast. We’ve got features on Quireboys (mostly drunk) and Gary Moore (mostly angry about Kingdom Come). Motley Crue are up to their usual antics and we look at some great listings for Shrapnel, Penpalz and Klassifieds.  News about Scott Ian gives us an excuse to use our Anthrax artwork! Residual anger over people talking at KISS concerts! Talking of KISS, Paul Stanley is (affectionately) mocked. Plus ASMR!    PWM29: Kerrang 225 (Feb 11 1989) Recorded 31st Jan 2024   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFE6gA9hhlSjtXIwmYgLFPRs&si=0iKgfTOD9ELDVDdC   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  https://www.instagram.com/revilorenidrag/ @revilorenidrag     #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #MetalHammer #ClassicRock    #OzzyOsbourne #GaryMoore #Vixen #Quireboys #KISS #Prince #Anthrax #WASP

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    Kerrang Free Pod - Feeder and our Eurovision Faves

    In a change from the intended episode we don't even get to Kerrang in this one, but we do talk about Steve Wozniak, reminisce about Feeder's Just a Day, discover Feeder's Just a Day 2, remember the first lockdown and spin off into a conversation about Eurovision and our favourite entry ever from 2006, Lithuania's LT United with We Are The Winners. Also DEEP KUTZ brings us 1987 by Diamante, and we ask whether she's inspired by Stranger Things and/or Dazzler.   Also the return of the moon controversy. Maybe think of this as a bonus episode?   PWM28 Recorded 20th Jan 2024   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFHjUsn6DtA0_K17rlkSJkuU&si=mys2-Vg-Pud0j98m   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   THE DUDE theme by Oliver Gardiner  @revilorenidrag #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #MetalHammer #ClassicRock    #LTUnited #Eurovision #Diamante #1987 #Feeder #JustADay #Apple 

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    Kerrang 176 Feb 1988 - Motorhead, Faith No More and Zodiac Mindwarp's comics reviews

    Fresh Blood Could Kill Me Kicking off a new year and a new podcast with yet more Gen Patter, as we question whether Gen Z are into Zorro, and wonder whether it’s too late in the game to change the name of the podcast. Simply Red are reappraised, despite not appearing in this week’s issue of Kerrang! However - we do get Atomkraft, WASP, The Accused, Dogs D’amour, Paul Sabu, and Zodiac Mindwarp.  Kommunikation features opposing views about Faith No More (still in their Chuck Mosely era) which somehow sends us off down a rabbit hole where we discuss Paris Jackson and Incubus. We ask is “Martha Splatterhead” a feminist trailblazer, and wonder about the state of digital watch technology in the early 80s. We lament questionable marketing for Aerosmith’s Honkin’ on Bobo and present our pitch for the Sabbat biopic. There’s big features on Motorhead (apparently Lemmy is proper into The Titanic) and Heart (which means I can bang on about Dream of The Archer again). We finish off with a new KWIZZ, which goes a lot better than the last time we tried a KWIZZ.  Also: Coronation Street!   PWM 27: Kerrang 176 (Feb 27 1988)  Recorded 5th Jan 2024 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-pod-with-madness/id1667966016 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69OGJDFZRFu5mjHja3rEOn Amazon Podcasts: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fa9908fc-34dd-4638-b446-eef44988dfd3   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFEHCvtttFIycJxJRLTSP7Ic&si=scoPeHzxln_jKkAx   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner @revilorenidrag   #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #MetalHammer #ClassicRock    #SimplyRed #Atomkraft #WASP #TheAccused #DogsDamour #Quireboys #PaulSabu #ZodiacMindwarp #FaithNoMore #Incubus #ParisJackson #Aerosmith #Sabbat #Motorhead #Heart  

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    Metal Movies

    The Lost Picture Show Like a Christmas Gift For You, but less problematic (thanks Phil!) here’s a very special BONUS podcast that we recorded way back in April. We basically spend this bonus episode promoting Reels Ov Steel, the Heavy Metal Movies podcast, who probably have way more listeners than we do, but what you gonna do? This led us to discuss what constitutes a good example of a metal movie. Can you make a case for something being metal just because you like it? We investigate.  We suggest a few movies that our pals at Reels Ov Steel have since covered, but that just means great minds think alike, right? Also you get our hot takes about cinematic masterpieces like Singles and Iron Man 2. Spoiler: Garden State is not a metal movie.  In addition we look at a few upcoming rock biopics and give our verdict on the value of movies that haven’t been released yet.    PWM 26  Recorded 15 April 2023    #Podcast #Metal #HeavyMetal #Kerrang #80s #Rock #MetalHammer #Rock #ClassicRock #DefLeppard  #PaulStanley  #KISS  #AliceCooper #SpinningGold #DazedAndConfused #NeverEndingStory #GhostShip #GladysKnight

  50. 24

    Kerrang’s Kerristmas Kwizz, Digital KISS and Xmas Movies Sortout

    Get drunk enough and it’ll be fine Welcome to our Christmas Pod (for the third time). We thought we were done but then there was some IMPORTANT BREAKING KISS NEWS to cover (sorry... “kover”). Along the way we talk ABBA (obviously), The Millennium Dome, Spice Girls and horror movies that make you cry (or possibly just me). Damn you Guillermo Del Toro!    We attempt to delve into Kerrang’s Kerristmas Kwizz, but due to bad planning it doesn’t really work. At least it gives us an excuse to post a picture of Lisa Dominique looking sexual, as always. Talking of sexual, how do you like our new album art? Pretty sweet, right?   There’s some Christmas DEEP KUTZ that aren’t very deep, grudging praise for the skills of the doctor from The Human Centipede, lots of Krampus talk and then the podcast cuts off before the end because our microphone batteries ran out. Ordinarily that should mean it all goes in the vault, but we thought what the hell put the pod out anyway, because nothing says end of term vibes like this absolute shambles. There’s some good clips though.     PWM25 Recorded 7th December 2023   Check out pics from the issue on our Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/podwithmadness/   YouTube playlist:  https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6jGszBq8BFGzTjAtx5EMCrvwuqPsrIQ_&si=UTm_TTz6bYlbd33s   Tip us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podwithmadness   CAN I POD WITH MADNESS THEME by Oliver Gardiner  @revilorenidrag  

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