Here is episode 71′s playlist

Kiss – Creatures Of The Night
Black Sabbath – Computer Gods
Iron Maiden – 22 Acacia Avenue
Judas Priest – Blood Stone
Megadeth – Symphony Of Destruction
Metallica – Through The Never
Fastway – Steal The Show
Badlands – Silver Horses
Warrior Soul – Rocket 88
Prong – Who’s Fist Is This Any Way?
Fear Factory – Smasher Devourer
Van Halen – Light Up The Sky

Dishwalla – Policy Of Truth
Marilyn Manson – Tainted Love
Foo Fighters – Darling Nikki
Shandi’s Addiction – Calling Dr. Love
Vision Of Disorder – Don’t Let Me Down
Communic – In Union We Stand
Iron Maiden – Cross Eyed Mary
System Of A Down – Snowblind
Metallica – The Wait
World Under Blood – Wake Up Dead
Filter – Gimme All Your Lovin
Killers – Children Of The Revolution
Fear Factory – School
Machine Head – Message In A Bottle

Twisted Sister – The Kids Are Back
Van Halen – Loss Of Control
Iron Maiden – Sea Of Madness
Helloween – Save Us
Black Sabbath – Disturbing The Priest
Anthrax – Among The Living
Overkill – Powersurge
Ozzy Osbourne – S.A.T.O.
Metallica – Crash Course In Brain Surgery
Manowar – Black Wind, Fire And Steel
Krokus – Stay Awake All Night
W.A.S.P. – Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)
Danzig – Twist Of Cain

Def Leppard – Wasted
UFO – Rock Bottom
Iron Maiden – Running Free
Black Sabbath – Hard Road
Rainbow – Stargazer
Judas Priest – Stained Class
Kiss – 100,000 Years
AC/DC – If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
Van Halen – I’m The One
Quiet Riot – Look In Any Window
Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation

Ron Scalzo, AKA Q*Ball of Return To Earth, Bald Freak Music, and Q*Ball Fame is featured during the latest episode of Mars Attacks Podcast.

During the episode we discuss all of the bands mentioned above, his label Bald Freak Music, his relationship with Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, his desire to score a movie soundtrack and more.

During the episode you’ll hear snippets of the following songs:

Return To Earth – Get Your Knife
Wayne – Let Us Kill Ourselves
Return To Earth – Automata
Return To Earth – The Altercation Of Man
Bumblefoot – Invisible
Return To Earth – Night Of Exploding Razors

Other items discussed:

Ron Scalzo, Ron Thal, Bumblefoot, Guns N Roses, Return To Earth, Q*Ball, Trent Reznor, Pretty Hate Machine, How To Destroy Angels, Inception, Nothing, Interscope, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, Ennio Morricone, Ministry, Meshuggah, Chris Pennie, Brett Aveni, Devin Townsen, Tom Araya, Slayer, Bono, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Steve Vai, Ki, Ziltoid, Jason Flom, Kid Rock, Back Street Boys, Creed, Three Doors Down, Nickleback, Kevin Richardson, Beastie Boys, Andy Carp, Caddy Shack, Sigur Ros, Peter Gabriel, Coheed & Cambria, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Billy Preston, Abby Road, Rubber Soul

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Here are the live tracks that where played during this episode:

Warrior Soul – Mars
Life Of Agony – My Eyes
Anthrax – Inside Out
Black Sabbath – Cross Of Thorns
Dio – Stand Up And Shout
Judas Priest – The Sentinel
Ozzy Osbourne – Miracle Man
Pantera – Domination
Kiss – C’Mon And Love Me
Iron Maiden – Revelations
Fastway – Say What You Will
Page & Plant – Kashmir

This episode contains the second part of an interview I conducted with former Helloween lead singer Michael Kiske, sorry for the delay. As mentioned during a previous post, he just recently put out an album with Amanda Somerville called Kiske Somerville, and is currently working on an album with the band Unisonic. You’ve read a lot of things our there regarding his thoughts on metal music, well if you’re a fan, you need to listen to both interviews to see what he really things of metal, his fans, his future with Unisonic, and his former band mates, etc.

During the episode you’ll hear tracks off of the album with Amanda Somerville, and a bunch of classic Helloween that features Michael on lead vocals.

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These are the top 30 hard rock / metal albums of 2010 as per the audience.

1 Deftones – Diamond Eyes
2 High On Fire – Snakes For The Divine
3 The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis
4 Enslaved – Axioma Ethica Odini
5 Periphery – Periphery
6 Agalloch – Marrow Of The Spirit
7 Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones
8 Alcest – Ecailles De Lune
9 Ihsahn – After
10 Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier
11 Kvelertak – Kvelertak
12 Decrepit Birth – Polarity
13 Watain – Lawless Darkness
14 Intronaut – Valley Of Smoke
15 Kylesa – Spiral Shadow
16 Blind Guardian – At The Age Of Time
17 Nachtmystium – Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2
18 The Ocean – Heliocentric
19 Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy
20 Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty
21 Overkill – Ironbound
22 Electric Wizard – Black Masses
23 Soilwork – The Panic Broadcast
24 Fear Factory – Mechanize
25 Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
26 Grand Magus – Hammer Of The North
27 Torche – Songs For Singles
28 Immolation – Majesty And Decay
29 Misery Index – Heirs To Thievery
30 Accept – Blood Of Nations

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This episode contains the first part of an interview I conducted with former Helloween lead singer Michael Kiske. He just recently put out an album with Amanda Somerville called Kiske Somerville, and I was lucky enough to interview him regarding the album, his past with Helloween, and his current band Unisonic. This is a must listen to interview if you are a fan of Helloween as he discusses how and why he was fired from the band, why he thinks the band was never able to recapture what they did on the original two Keeper of the Seven Keys albums, and why Ingo

We also touch on a plethora of other topics, just take a look at the tags to get a rough idea of what we discussed. Part 2 should be up next week.

During the episode you’ll hear tracks off of the album with Amanda Somerville, some of his solo work (including a track that features Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith and ex Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen), a Helloween track that was retooled for a solo acoustic album, and of course some classic Helloween that features Michael on lead vocals.

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During this episode we have interview with Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, and James Luna, lead singer of Holy Grail, and former lead singer of White Wizzard. Holy Grail have just released a great new album called Crisis In Utopia. During Luna’s portion of the interview we discuss the making of said album, his influences, playing Waken, and his time in White Wizzard, where he goes into detail to discuss the issues he and former member of the band (James LaRue, and Tyler Meahl both in Holy Grail) had with Jon Leon. Now before anyone jumps to conclusions I did try and contact Jon to get his side of things so that people can determine for themselves what really happened. One of the things that I love about doing interviews for my podcast is that listeners can directly from an artist. It isn’t like playing telephone where things are sensationalized just to put another notch in someone’s proverbial gun. Had I of been able to interview Jon people would have been able to (again) choose for themselves whether what all of these former members are saying is true, or not. Maybe Jon has a good reason that isn’t coming across? Or maybe things are cut and dry, exactly like all of the former members are saying, and is why the label, and Jon himself has decided to not come on the show.

Ripper’s interview was conducted late last year, it is one of a handful of interviews that were conducted for MarkStrigleRadio.com and has yet to be released as a podcast. During this episode we discuss Hail!, his solo album Play My Game, Yngwie Malmsteen, Beyond Fear, Charred Walls Of The Damned, and the abrupt end to his tenure in Iced Earth. Tim is very forth coming, and honest when talking about John Schaffer, and what was promised to him when joining IE, and how it differs to how Judas Priest and Yngwie Malmsteen approached him.

I recommend both interviews to anyone that has been following the dysfunctional history of Iced Earth or White Wizzard, or are fans of either one of these two great lead singers.

During the episode you’ll hear the following tracks:

Holy Grail – Nocturne in D Minor
White Wizzard Shooting Star
Holy Grail – My Last Attack
Holy Grail – Requiem
Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens – Death Race
Beyond Fear – Save Me
Judas Priest – Blood Suckers

Overall we touch on the following topics:

Hail!, David Ellefson, NAMM, Samson Wireless, Andreas Kisser, Jimmy Degrasso, Mike Portnoy, Paul Bostaph, Ray Mayorga, Soulfly, Stone Sour, Spinal Tap, Sepultura, Alice Cooper, Testament, Simon Wright, Motorhead, Pantera, Judas Priest, Accept, Wendy Dio, Bob Kulick, Chris Caffery, John Comprix, Steve Stevens, Jeff Loomis, Michael Wilton, George Lynch, John 5, Scott Ian, Vinnie Paul, Rudy Sarzo, Billy Sheehan, Bobby Jarzombek, Road Runner Records, Road Runner United, Jeff Waters, Cory Taylor, The Grammys, Beyond Fear, SPV Records, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Schaffer, Matt Barlow, Judas Priest, Ian Hill, K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Charred Walls Of The Damned, Richard Christy, Play My Game, Heaven & Hell, Hannah Montana, Pink,Amon Amarth, Exodus, Mahevilant Creation, Deep Purple, Klaus Meine, Scorpions, Manowar, Merciful Fate, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Slayer, Witchfinder General, Racer X, Testament, Lamb Of God, Jeff Loomis, Nevermore, Danny Lohner, Nine Inch Nails, Metal Blade Records, Angkor Wat, Waken Festival, Matt Hyde, Steve Evetts, Nuclear Blast, Side One Dummy, Prosthetic Records, Exodus, Kiss, Erik Kluibert, Jon Leon, Sleaze Roxx, Metal Sucks, Metal Sludge

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