The latest episode of the Mars Attacks Podcast contains interviews with Chris Poland of Megadeth fame, and Mike Orlando of Adrenaline Mob. Chris discusses what he is currently up to with Ohm, and Ohmphrey, and addresses his solo work, and why Damn The Machine came to an end. His tenure in Megadeth is not discussed as this portion of the interview will form part of this month’s Classic Albums Column.

Mike Orlando discusses putting Adrenaline Mob together, writing the material for the band’s self titled EP, and what it was brining all of the members into the band among other things.

The episode also contains a review of the Iced Earth, White Wizzard and Fury UK show that host Victor M. Ruiz took in this weekend.

You’ll hear tracks from Megadeth, Adrenaline Mob, Ohm, Damn The Machine, Sick Speed, Dave Reffett and Iced Earth during the episode.

Pictures courtesy of Chris Poland and Mike Orlando.

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This week’s episode of Mars Attacks features an interview with Greg Prato author of The Eric Carr Story and When MTV Ruled the World (among others). The interview is split between both of these books, as both where released around the same time. During the interview he details what it was like to put both books together, what hard rock and metal musicians where interviewed for both (including members of Kiss, Judas Priest, Carmine Appice, Twisted Sister, Anthrax, etc.) and how difficult it was to get them involved in his projects. Some of the other items discussed with Greg are which testimonials (if any) surprised him, why he decided to release both books, and his two upcoming releases, an autobiography of Carmine Appice which he is currently writing alongside the legendary drummer, and Sack Exchange his first non-music related book which is centered around the New York Jets of the 1980s.

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Did a Q&A Interview for Metal Army America with Quiet Riot’s Frankie Banali. You can read the interview here.

The playlist for episode 35 looks like this:

Iron Maiden – El Dorado
Accept – The Abyss
Danzig – On A Wicked Night
Stone Sour – Mission Statement
Nevermore – The Day You Built The Wall
Nonpoint – 5 Minutes Alone
Hell Yeah – Hell Of A Time
Rush – BU2B
Hail The Villain – Runaway
Black Robot – Girls Kissing Girls
The Gracious Few – Honest Man
Anew Revolution – Head Against The Wall

As the title of this post suggests tonight’s Mars Attacks contains new music from the following bands:

Iron Maiden, Accept, Danzig, Stone Sour, Nevermore, Nonpoint, Hell Yeah, Rush, Hail The Villain, Black Robot, The Gracious Few and Anew Revolution

The episode debuts tonight (Thursday) exclusively on MarkStriglRadio.com 8PM EST / 5PM PST

These are the tracks we played during the episode, most of them have been uploaded and added to Mark Strigl Radio’s rotation.

How To Destroy Angels – A Drowning
Filter – The Inevitable Relapse
The Greatest Fear (Featuring Joey Z from Life Of Agony) – A Flower Without Sun
In This Moment – Gun Show
Rush – Caravan
Krokus – Ride Into The Sun
Sister Sin – Outrage
Shotgun Alley – Look At Me Now
Charred Walls Of The Damned – Nice Dreams (Power Mad Cover)
Jorn – Lonely Is The Word / Letters From Earth (Black Sabbath Melody)
Hellyeah – Cowboy Way
Korn – Oildale

This weeks show consists of new tracks from a slew of bands including Trent Reznor’s new band How To Destroy Angels, Filter, The Greates Fear (Featuring Joey Z), In This Moment, Rush, Krokus, Sister Sin, Shotgun Alley, Hellyeah, Korn, and covers from Charred Walls Of The Damned and Jorn.

Episode debuts tonight 8PM EST / 5PM PST on MarkStriglRadio.com

Lovely spring like day in NJ, for those of you not keeping score I am on the other side of the Atlantic for most of the remainder of the month. In any event, since I’m actually on vacation I haven’t been able to post this sooner, but tonight’s repeat of Mars Attacks contains an all 80s show. Not so much bands that came out of the 80s (there are some of those) but there are also bands like Priest, Kiss and Maiden, that have obviously been around previous to the 80s. The episode includes the following artists:

Motorhead, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Kiss, Dokken, Y&T, Krokus, Black Sabbath, Twisted Sister, Poison, Guns N Roses, Van Halen, Helloween, W.A.S.P., Tesla, MSG, Scorpions, Rush, Ozzy Osbourne, Testament, Megadeth, Metallica and Anthrax

Show reairs today at 4PM EST / 1PM PST / 10PM CET only on MarkStriglRadio.com

Do to a last minute scheduling conflict we had to switch up gears and resurrect an interview I did back in 93 with current Machine Head drummer Dave McClain. At the time he was part of Sacred Reich.

The interview took place shortly after the recording of Sacred Reich‘s Independent album. Items discussed during this interview are the album Independent, how he joined Sacred, his early influences, touring, and the advent of grunge. Since Dave is knows as one of metals premiere drummers, it is interesting to also hear him mention how he’s never recognized, and doesn’t know why people would want his autograph.

Items discussed are as follows:

Flotsam and Jetsam, Sepultura, Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Murder Card, Prong, Phil Rind, A Question?, Peter Criss, Neil Peart, Terry Bozzio, Igor Cavalera, Pantera, Vinnie Paul, New Titans On The Block, Napalm Death, Sick Of It All, Metallica, Fear Factory, Biohazard, Rush, Ice T, Public Enemy, Edie Brickell, The Sundays, Dave Jerden, Hollywood Records, Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Megadeth, Guns N Roses.

Songs played during the show:

Independent – Sacred Reich
Crashing Around You – Machine Head
Heal – Sacred Reich
Halo – Machine Head
Free – Sacred Reich
The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears – Machine Head
Crawling – Sacred Reich
Imperium – Machine Head

Songs Played Behind my banter:

Aesthetics Of Hate – Machine Head
Just Like That – Sacred Reich
From This Day – Machine Head
Days Turn Blue To Gray – Machine Head