Focus on Metal Scott Thompson

This week we are joined by Babylon A.D. frontman and founding member Derek Davis.
The band has just released the latest studio effort “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day” and Derek is on board to talk about that.
He also delves into the deep dark corners of the band’s history from the late 80’s until today.
Hopefully this will answer lots of questions about the band and why they just seemed to disappear for years.
We get stories about the Bay area, Y&T, Tom Werman, and even some Clive Davis thrown in for good measure.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Everyone has those bands that no matter what, if they put out a new release we’re buying it. AC/DC is a great example of this.
Then there are bands that perhaps it’s time to hop off the fan wagon. Maybe there’s too many members gone or the writing is not the same or the whole musical style has gone somewhere else.
This week Richie arrived with a surprise list of five bands that he used to love and has now opted to stop buying anything new from them.
Four of them I agree with Richie on and one I’m still buying every new release they put out.
We also kick off the week doing a bit of a review on the Black Sabbath “Anno Domini” boxset.
So lotsa discussion this week.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

A bit of discussion as we recap our recent concert adventures. After that we dive in with this weeks guest Marc Ferrari.
Marc is out and about talking about the a long awaited Cold Sweat live release “Unburied Alive”.
Their debut “Break Out” was released back in 1990 and promptly sunk under the changing tides in musical taste.
The release of this new CD has rekindled interest in the band.
Marc will give us the history of the band plus give us some other career insights.
The chat with Marc comes in at around the 45 minutes mark if ya wanna skip our incessant yakking.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

March 12 1994 Manic Eden released their one and only album.
Little Caesar main man Ron Young makes his second appearance on FoM this week to discuss the story of Manic Eden as well as what’s going on with Little Caesar.
And Ron being Ron there is no shortage of tales to tell so strap in for a long and hopefully entertaining episode.
BTW, the actual Manic Eden talk doesn’t start until about 50 minutes in, yep Ron’s a talker.
Did I mention that this one's a long one?

Music Theories/Mascot has also reissued this one last month on CD and a limited run on red vinyl.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

This week we are joined by author and frequent FoM collaborator Brian J Heaton to discuss his upcoming book “Roads To Madness” The Touring History of Queensryche 1981-1997.
If you may remember Brian was the coauthor of “Building An Empire: The Story of Queensryche”. This new book follows on in further fleshing out the story of the band by detailing their live shows during the classic era of the band.
Grab your own copy while they are available at RoadsToMadness.com

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

I was going to title this one March Metal Madness, for some reason Invincible March just resonated more with me.
Anyway, this week we discuss some current metal topics.
Obviously the latest metal masterpiece from Priest for one along with some Bruce Dickinson, Slayer, Skid Row, “The Other Voice of Ratt” and a potential shakeup at Frontiers.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.