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ROCK AND/OR ROLL

Rock and/or Roll

A podcast about rock and/or roll for record collectors, appreciators of the obscure, and anyone curious about lesser known stories and music from the underbelly of rock. Part of Pantheon Podcasts

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87:19

POWER POP SERIES: STEVE BUTLER (QUINCY) / PHIL SOLEM...

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/08/12

BJ is joined by Steve Butler from Quincy and Phil Solem from Great Buildings. Both tell very engaging stories. Topics tackled include: murder, lawsuits and Randy Rhoads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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94:43

POWER POP SERIES: MARCO DELMAR (ELEKTRICS) / DAVE...

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/08/05

BJ has enlightening conversations about power pop (and the music business) with guitar player Marco Delmar from The Elektrics (who released two albums with Capitol) and keyboardist Dave Hearn from HAWKS (who released two albums with Columbia). What role did a young Jon Bon Jovi play in creating a unique percussion sound? Who turned down a tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers? Listen to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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113:31

FROM THE ARCHIVES: TICKLED IVORIES / UNPLUGGED

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/07/29

A pair of remixed episodes from the RA/OR archives... "Tickled Ivories" originally released June 2014: BJ plays some of his favorite piano-centric rock songs...and they're not all ballads! "Unplugged" originally released March 2014: It's RA/OR UNPLUGGED as BJ plays 25 of his favorite acoustic songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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83:06

POWER POP SERIES: DAVID SWANSON (THE POP)

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/07/22

The Pop released a pair of singles and album independently before signing with Arista for their 1979 album Go! They managed one more EP with Rhino before splitting up in 1981. Hear David's story of moving from Chicago to LA in the early seventies to pursue his rock and roll dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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74:30

POWER POP SERIES: ARTHUR ALEXANDER (SORROWS)

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/07/15

BJ is joined by Arthur Alexander, guitar player and singer/songwriter from the classic power pop bands the Poppees, very early purveyors of the style that became power pop, and Sorrows, whose album Teenage Heartbreak is one of the greatest power pop albums ever released. We also learn how the band's second album, Love Too Late, was hijacked by a legendary producer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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68:04

POWER POP SERIES: GARY VALENTINE

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/07/08

Gary Valentine was an early member of Blondie, performing on the band's first album before leaving to form his own band in Los Angeles called The Know. Hear Gary's story on this episode, with lots of great music interspersed throughout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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55:55

POWER POP SERIES: STEVE BRIGIDA (ARTFUL DODGER)

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/07/01

BJ is joined by Steve Brigida, drummer from Artful Dodger, for a discussion about the band's career, and their place in the history power pop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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66:52

POWER POP SERIES: JONATHAN PALEY

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/06/24

BJ presents an interview with Jonathan Paley, who recalls unwittingly wandering into some dive called CBGBs along with Jonathon Richman, auditioning for the Heartbreakers (Johnny Thunders, Richard Hell and Jerry Nolan), recording with the Ramones, being produced by Phil Spector, not to mention the story of the band he had with his brother Andy, the Paley Brothers, who recorded a power pop classic for Sire in 1978. The follow up would have been even better, but it never happened. Find out

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92:50

POWER POP SERIES: GRAEME DOUGLAS / WILL BIRCH

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/06/17

BJ presents interviews with two former members of pub rock band the Kursaal Flyers, Graeme Douglas and Will Birch, who each went on to make power pop history with, respectively, Eddie and the Hot Rods and The Records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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122:55

FROM THE ARCHIVES: O CANADA / PAGLIARO INTERVIEW

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/06/10

From July 2013: B.J. is your self-appointed tour guide for a trip through the more remote provinces of the seventies rock scene in Canada. Beauty! From January 2016: Michel Pagliaro is a one of a kind artist and in terms of seventies rock and the advent of power pop he was a true visionary. Famous in Quebec but virtually unknown outside of that 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

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106:28

POWER POP SERIES: BIG STAR

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/06/02

For this episode, the second in the power pop series, BJ delves into the story of Big Star via interviews with drummer Jody Stephens and two more people who were there to witness the band's early days, Jon Tiven (from the bands Prix and The Yankees) and Van Duren, who also discusses his classic 1978 album Are You Serious? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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93:52

POWER POP SERIES: EPISODE ONE

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/05/27

For this episode, the first in what will be an extended series about the development of the power pop genre, BJ presents a brief overview, including interviews with Bob Jackson, who joined Badfinger towards the end of that legendary band's original run, and Cyril Jordan, who wrote the iconic "Shake Some Action" for The Flamin' Groovies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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102:31

AOR? AOK! XX

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/05/20

Yes, this is actually the 20th episode of AOR? AOK! Meaning, at this point, BJ has exposed RA/OR listeners to melodic rock songs by more than 450 different bands or artists. IAN CUSSICK - THE SUPERNATURAL GUIDO MINEO - ROSES ROULETTE - ONLY THE STRONG PALACE - NEVER WANNA SAY GOODBYE STEVEN MCCLINTOCK - WHEN LOVE BREAKS SILENT RUNNING - FLAME OF LOVE DAVID J. PETOVAR - IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT 6AM - TIME'S RUNNING AMONG THIEVES - THE SUN STILL SHINES WIZ KIDZ - DOWN ON MY LUCK CHINA - HOT LOVIN'

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92:19

WARRANT "CHERRY PIE" ROUNDTABLE

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/05/13

Originally recorded in 2018 as a Rocknpod exclusive: BJ is joined by Craig Smith from the Pods & Sods Network, Ian Wadley from Rock & Metal Combat, Steven Michael from Growin' Up Rock and Wallygator from the CGCM Podcast for a roundtable discussion about Warrant's unfairly maligned 1990 album Cherry Pie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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69:30

LOST EPISODE: TV THEME SONGS (UNRELEASED 2020)

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/05/06

Believe it or not...a lot of TV theme songs from the eighties were...good? This episode was ready to go when the RIAA sent its threatening letter, and has been gathering dust since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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104:20

CARPE DIEM BABY: THE METALLICA SAGA PART III

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/04/28

BJ is once again joined by Fistful of Dave and Joey Haynie for a shameless sequel to the most downloaded episode of Rock and/or Roll, episode 91: SAD BUT TRUE, a dismantling of the Black Album. On this episode they take apart Metallica's misguided follow-ups to that Diamond seller, LOAD and RELOAD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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99:39

FROM THE ARCHIVES: BADFINGER / ARTFUL DODGER

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/04/23

Originally released in October 2013 and September 2014. RA/OR 17: Badfinger were the first band signed by The Beatles when they launched their own record label Apple Records in 1968 and the band had several hits before the harsh reality of the corrupt record industry came crashing down on their hopes and dreams. The band's song "Baby Blue" was prominently featured in the finale of Breaking Bad and sold 5300 downloads that night on iTunes. On this episode BJ tells the tragic story of the band but

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89:00

THE RETURN OF SONGS OF THE KNIGHT: CREATURES OF HABIT

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/04/15

BJ is joined by Eric Miller and Jon Lamoreaux for the resurrection of the Songs of the Knight series originally presented by the Pods & Sods Network. For this episode they have an in depth discussion about Billy Squier's seventh album Creatures of Habit from 1991. Hear the previous episodes here: https://podsodcast.com/?s=songs+of+the+knight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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74:33

LOST EPISODE: ANSWER SONGS (UNRELEASED 2020)

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/04/08

This is a re-edited version of an episode I had finished and ready to go when the RIAA brought the smackdown in August 2020. An answer song is a song made in response to a previous song, normally by another artist. The concept became widespread in blues and R&B recorded music in the 1930s to the 1950s. Answer songs were also extremely popular in country music in the 1950s and 1960s, most often as female responses to an original hit by a male artist. In Rock Eras: Interpretations of Music and

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46:08

NO SHAME V - PODDER & SODDER (RELEASED APRIL 1, 2016)

ROCK AND/OR ROLL ·

2022/04/01

A special encore presentation of a classic episode from 2016. It's about time! BJ is once again joined by Craig Smith and Eric Miller from The Pods & Sods Network for another round of No Shame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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