Completely Conspicuous Episode 122: Rock of Ages

I'm joined by special guest Jay Breitling (and Ric Dube as live studio audience) as we trace our rock roots.

Topics:

- Breitling: John Lennon's death led to Beatles albums in house

- Older bro joined Columbia House Record Club: AC/DC, Rush, VH, Kinks

- Breitling's mom dug Sinatra, ELO, Winwood

- Sinatra made a concept album, Watertown

- Papa Breitling picked up Skynyrd hits comp 

- Kumar: Dug War and Eric Burdon's "Spill the Wine" as a toddler

- Parents dug Sinatra, Neil Diamond, mid-70s easy listening

- Parents got into disco and so did I

- Eventually started listening to hard rock

- Traded hockey cards for Zep II and Rush's Fly By Night

- Breitling got into metal: VH, Leppard, Priest

- Breitling: Live video of VH's "Unchained" was the pinnacle, featuring flaming gong

- Kumar laments late arrival of MTV to his NH town (1985)

- Watched USA's "Night Flights" and NBC's "Friday Night Videos"

- Breitling moved on to alternative: Cure, Smiths

- Also started listening to Grateful Dead

- Breitling got into hardcore through high school band called Lost

- Listened to Fugazi, Helmet, Orange 9mm; then got into indie rock

- Kumar was high school metalhead: Maiden, Priest, Metallica

- In college, got into alternative: REM, Husker Du, Cure

- Post-college, turned onto Seattle scene: Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, Nirvana

- Regrets, I've had a few: Spin Doctors

- Bonehead of the Week

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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.net. 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. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/.

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