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Welcome to the brand new edition of the show along with all the usual features, the album anniversary, the news and on this day 50 years ago in this edition we hear the story of the man Rolling Stone called "Heavy Metals Greatest Survivor" and for good reason as just over a year ago Blaze Bayley suffered a near fatal heart attack 12 months on he's back on the road the best album he's done since the heady days of Wolfsbane back in the late 80's it's called "Circle of Stone" It's also the 30th anniversary of him joining Iron Maiden we will talk about his time with Maiden in the 90's and from those days in the 80's when they were discovered by legendary producer Rick Rubin for Def Jam .

Lots of great tales and anecdotes and great music to go with it !


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Welcome to this special video edition of the show and coming up joining me from home in LA is Billy Morrison ex of the Cult and for the last 14 years with Billy Idol's playing alongside Steve Stevens.

He has got together with an "A" list of friends to put together the new album "The Morrison Project" Featuring guest performances by Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, DMC, Al Jourgensen, Steve Vai, Steve Stevens, Linda Perry, Tommy Clufetos, John 5 and more.
Billy looks back on a career in music as well as being an accomplished artist, actor, presenter and producer and best friend of Ozzy.

It all started for him back in the late 70's in London where he was growing up .


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Welcome the Friday "Fourplay" a collection of the best new tracks appearing today and over the next week and another eclectic mix today including AOR courtesy of FM , Heavy Metal from Canada's Anvil ...Blues Rock done only the way Joanne Shaw Taylor can do it and to conclude a reworking of a Peter Green/Fleet wood Mac classic "Oh Well" from Slash's upcoming new album.


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Special video edition of "The Classic Rock Podcast" with Simple Minds Mel Gaynor joining us to talk about his wide and varied career from brit funk bands at the end of the 70's to teaming up with NWOBHM stalwarts Samson in the early 80's at the time they took on a new untried singer called Bruce Bruce, who would morph into Bruce Dickinson when he left to go to Iron Maiden . Mel looks back to his early days and through the huge successes with Simple Minds and finally on to his new album set to arrive in May.


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Brand new feature from "CRP" as we introduce "Foreplay" coming up we introduce the best 4 tracks released today and coming up over the next week and today we feature , Black Country Communion, Nickelback, Rober John and The Wreck and Thunder.


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Welcome to the new show and this time around we catch up with all the latest news stories plus we have the "Golden Anniversary 50 " feature looking back at who was releasing what 50 years ago this month.

In the studio one of rock music's most enduing acts Hawkwind return with a new album and joining in the conversation Dave Brock, Magnus and Kris as we talk not only new album but tales of 6 decades in music from teaching a young Eric Clapton a few blues chords over tea to what substances not to take before going on stage.

To conclude we talk to one of the standout female vocalists performing at this time Meghan Parnell of Bywater Call joined us to talk about the band it's future and Meghans journey to becoming one of the standout vocalists at this time


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