Dead Rock Stars

By: Mick Wall Joel McIver and 7digital.
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  • Dead Rock Stars is a new, enlightening yet wholly amusing podcast presented by former Classic Rock editor and star Kerrang! writer Mick Wall and Metal Hammer and The Quietus regular Joel McIver. Between them, these two rock writers have written over fifty books on music and contributed to dozens of publications. The new podcast, produced by 7digital – whose resumé includes Bruce Dickinson’s Rock Show and Radcliffe And Maconie for BBC 6 Music radio show – celebrates Wall and McIver’s combined decades of experience in rock writing and has the stated objective of revealing to listeners exactly what a particular deceased rocker was like in the flesh.

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  • Introducing Mick Wall’s New Podcast: Getcha Rocks Off - 1 Tales from the Sunset Strip

    Introducing Mick Wall’s New Podcast: Getcha Rocks Off - 1 Tales from the Sunset Strip
    Oct 20 2020

    In this episode of Getcha Rocks Off, Mick Wall and his guest co-host, author and journalist Jon Hotten, as they jump into a DeLorean and venture back in time to the spandex and AquaNet hairspray-adorned Sunset Strip of West Hollywood in the '80s.

     They unpack many tales from their travels, and explore:

    • the iconic Rainbow Bar & Grill
    • the origins of glam, hair metal
    • Franki Banali and Quiet Riot
    • Ozzy and Sharon
    • the rise of Motley Crue
    • Mud wrestling at the Tropicana
    • Tommy Lee squaring off with David Lee Roth
    • The feud between Axl Rose and Vince Neil
    • Guns 'n Roses
    • Gin fizzes
    • Twisted Sister hunting Krokus at Covent Garden
    • Joe Perry scoring from the enigmatic Izzy Stradlin
    • the curious case behind Bruce Dickinson not getting any songwriting credits on Iron Maiden's Somewhere in Time album

    ...and a whole bunch more sex, drugs n rock 'n roll!


    Find Getcha Rocks Off at:

    • Web: www.nofilter.media/getcharocksoff 
    • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getcha-rocks-off-with-mick-wall/id1534949847
    • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fCjXDHJqHFWC6UHODRzAg
    • Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9nZXRjaGFyb2Nrc29mZi5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXy-TV2MLsAhXPq54KHfHlAC0Q9sEGegQIARAC 
    • Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/boost-your-biology-with-lucas-aoun/getcha-rocks-off-with-mick-wall 

    Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1534949847/getcha-rocks-off-with-mick-wall



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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Dead Rock Stars 24: 24 Carat Dead Rock Stars

    Dead Rock Stars 24: 24 Carat Dead Rock Stars
    Oct 26 2018
    In the final episode of the first series of our Rock Godcast, Dead Rock Stars, we present a contractual obligation fulfilling Greatest Hits. Just thank Dio we didn't opt for a live album. Or our very own Metal Machine Music. Talking of which, you'll find a heated discussion about that very album within, plus banter about Bon Scott's nickname of Road-test Ronnie, Rick Parfitt's big night in, Elvis and the Memphis Mafia, Lemmy's love of poetry and fax machines and the harrowing account of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash (where some of the band exploded off the scene). Plus eye opening insights into David Bowie, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Phil Lynott, Freddie Mercury, Metallica, Ronnie James Dio and Marc Bolan.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Dead Rock Stars 23: Elvis Presley

    Dead Rock Stars 23: Elvis Presley
    Oct 19 2018
    In this latest thrilling episode, Mick and Joel pick over the life, loves and legacy of the greatest rock star of them all. The Big Cheese, the full enchilada, the deep-fried cheese burger. Or simply, The King. Elvis Aaron Presley is the pioneer of rock 'n roll. the man who created a road-map for rock stars before rock stars even existed. From a dirt-poor childhood, via a spell as a truck driver and briefly the world's most famous GI, he became the planet's biggest superstar and then its most mysterious recluse. Today, Elvis has taken on such a mythic quality that it's now hard to believe he was actually even a man (and a relatively young one when he died, aged just 42). This is an amazing, but tragic tale; a tale of fierce youth, facile films, fancy jumpsuits, and folly.

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    54 mins

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Hilarious and brilliant!

Fantastic podcast with great insights into the musicians we love. Mick's stories are often really funny and the silly way the episodes play out is great. Thoroughly recommend.

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