The Kousins and Roadie Ray rank all 24 Studio Albums’ Track #2. From the self-titled debut through Monster, the second track of each is up for dissection and scrutiny. Some entries baffled the other Kousins. There were a couple that were agreed upon by at least two Kousins but the lists were diverse. Nick calls … Nobody Sets Out to Make a S#!++y Podcast
The Kousins and Roadie Ray welcome Uncle Steve from Uncle Steve’s Iron Maiden Zone. We talk a little bit of Maiden, a whole lot of KISS and we give KISS’s second album, Hotter Than Hell, the Listening Party Treatment. Production is shoddy for that album, but the Kousins and Uncle Steve are divided on whether … Uncle Steve and Hotter Than Hell Redux
The Kousins and Roadie Ray talk about Queensrÿche’s fifth album, Promised Land. It was the first album after the uber-successful Empire and was a bit different from their past, but still quite firmly planted in the band’s history. Kousin Tim and Roadie Ray totally geek out on it and Kousin Gary shows his musical appreciation. … The Opening Act: Queensrÿche — Promised Land
The Kousins and Roadie Ray talk about KISS before they were ever KISS. It’s Wicked Lester time and it gets the “Listening Party” treatment. Wicked Lester is not everyone’s cup of tea and it had to grow on Ray but the Kousins seemed to dig it. There are some interesting songs on this album, for … Wicked Lester
The Kousins and Roadie Ray do their first-ever “Album Draft.” The rules: each Kousin (“Honorary” or real) gets to pick one song from each album from the self-titled through Creatures of the Night. Once that song is picked, no one else can pick it. Whichever song you pick, neutralizes that whole album for you, you … Album Draft – Phase I: The Early Makeup Years
The Kousins and Roadie Ray (he kept the position just reverted the name) do an Opening Act show, being the first podcast of the month (yes it’s still March but the last day): Whitesnake (’87). It gets the “Listening Party” treatment and Kousin Gary gives you more info about John Sykes (the guitarist on the … The Opening Act: Whitesnake — Whitesnake (’87)
The Kousins and Road Manager Ray talk about KISS’ third studio album, the one that possibly set the band up to continue as it was the tour that led to Alive! which is the one that gave the world Rock and Roll All Nite. The album gets the “Listening Party” treatment. Kousin Tim has never … Dressed to Kill (Redux)
The Kousins surprise Road Manager Ray and ask him to be a permanent co-host on the show. Then there’s the Destroyer album given the “Listening Party” treatment. We go through the album and give our opinions, facts, and figures on it. All the Kousins and RMR talk about their “now listening” tunes and why. Where … Destroyer (Redux)
The Kousins (well two of the three – Kousin Marvin is absent) welcome listener Nick Provenzano on to talk about KISS’ second “live” album, Alive II. We give it the “Listening Party” treatment that it didn’t get the first time we listened through. We go through the album (all 20 songs) and give our opinions, … Alive II (Redux)
The Kousins bring a new monthly series to the Asylum: The Opening Act. KISS has had a lot of big-name acts open for them on their own road to stardom. We want to highlight some of those. The inaugural chapter of this is one of the first bands to open for KISS, on and off, … The Opening Act: Rush — Moving Pictures
