Completely Conspicuous Episode 83: I Was a Teenage Metalhead

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Rick Johnson about growing up a teenage metal nerd. 

Topics:

- Schooled in the art of metal by his older brother 

- A respite from crappy radio 

- Both a freak and a geek

- Scaring our parents

- Early concert experiences

- Rockin' the night crew

- Moving on to college/indie rock

- Jay's short-lived band

- A Rush show and a drug deal

- Rediscovering metal

- No longer a guilty pleasure

- Pinhead of the Week

Music:

- Early Man - Death is the Answer

- The Sword - Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians

- Warrior Soul - Love Destruction

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The Early Man song is on the band's album Closing In on Matador Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/earlyman. Find out more and download the song at http://www.matadorrecords.com.

The Sword song is on the album Gods of the Earth on Kemado Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/thesword and download the song at http://www.kemado.com.

The Warrior Soul song is on the 1992 album Salutations from the Ghetto Nation, originally released by Geffen Records and re-released by Escapi Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/warriorsoulinfo. The song is courtesy of IODA Promonet; find out more at http://www.iodapromonet.com. A link to download the song is in the shownotes on my blog at http://jzkumar.blogspot.com.

The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.com. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull.

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