The latest episode of the podcast contains an interview with drumming legend Carmine Appice. During the episode he discusses the latest album by King Kobra, why Paul Shortino is in the band and not Marcie Free, how he got into doing drum clinics, his upcoming autobiography which is co-authored by Greg Prato, and what Carmine finds exciting or boring with other autobiographies he’s read. He also discusses Ozzy’s legendary ant story, something he thinks never took place. Along the way he also touches upon a bunch of the bands he’s played with over the years.

During the episode you’ll hear tracks by King Kobra, Blue Murder and VBA a project that features Spanish blues guitarist Javier Vargas, Tim Bogert, Carmine and Paul Shortino.

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During the latest episode of the Mars Attacks Podcast we are lucky enough to welcome fellow New Jersey native, comedian Don Jamieson.

Be forewarned that this interview contains explicit content.

Don is co-host of VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show, and has just put out a live comedy album called Live and Hilarious. During the interview Don discusses what it was like to win an Emmy Award, being star struck or geeked out as he puts it when interacting with guests on That Metal Show, and the difficulties surrounding writing jokes in a PC era (among other things).

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There where 200 metal, hard rock, punk or hardcore albums where voted on, there were well over 300 voted on, but that’s where we cut the list off. We’ll wrap things up this Thursday on Mars Attacks Radio with a countdown of the top 30 albums selected by you the listeners. A podcast version of the show will follow on Friday.

Without further ado here are the 100 to 200 most voted metal albums:

100 Killing Joke – Absolute Dissent
101 East Of The Wall – Ressentiment
102 Howl – Full Of Hell
103 Negura Bunget – Virstele Pamintului
104 Scorpions – Sting In The Tail
105 Animal As Leaders – Wave Of Babies
106 Danzig – Deth Red Sabaoth
107 Disturbed – Asylum
108 Ozzy Osbourne – Scream
109 Darkthrone – The Guessing Game
110 Mantric – The Descent
111 Sabbath Assembly – Restored To One
112 Spiritual Beggars – Return To Zero
113 Ufomammut – Eve
114 1349 – Demonoir
115 Firewind – Days Of Defiance
116 Star One – Victims Of The Modern Age
117 Envy – Recitation
118 Baptized In Blood – Baptized In Blood
119 Coffinworm – When All Became None
120 Defeated Sanity – Chapters Of Repugnance
121 Harvey Milk A Small – Turn Of Human Kindness
122 Kill The Client – Set For Extinction
123 Soulfly – Omen
124 Coheed And Cambria – Year Of The Black Rainbow
125 Hail The Villain – Population Declining
126 Immortal – All Shall Fall
127 Terror – Keepers Of The Faith
128 Unleashed – As Yggdrasil Trembles
129 Danko Jones – Below The Bealt
130 Helmet – Seeing Eye Dog
131 Slough Feg – The Animal Spirits
132 Boris & Ian Astbury – BXI
133 Halford – Made Of Metal
134 Korn – III
135 Thou – Summit
136 Unearthly Trance – V
137 Knut – Wonder
138 Airbourne – No Guts, No Glory
139 Aeon – Path Of Frie
140 All That Remains – For We Are Many
141 Fintroll – Nifelvind
142 Heaven Shall Burn – Invictus
143 Karnivool – Sound Awake
144 Woe – Quietly Undramatically
145 Avantasia – The Wicked Symphony
146 Dommin – Love Is Gone
147 Sister Sin – Ture Sound Of The Underground
148 Charred Walls Of The Damned – Charred Walls Of The Damned
149 Joe Satriani – Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards
150 The Birthday Massacre – Pins And Needles
151 Bad Religion – The Dissent Of Men
152 Barren Earth – Curse Of The Red River
153 Dawnbringer – Nucleus
154 Magrudergrind – Crusher
155 Pendulum – Immersion
156 Salem – King Night
157 Celeste – Morte(s) Nee(s)
158 Gamma Ray – To The Metal
159 Priestess – Prior To The Fire
160 Protest The Hero – Fortress
161 Stargazer – A Great Workd Of Ages
162 Withered – Dualitas
163 Disprirt – Rehearsal At Oboroten
164 Satanic Warmaster – Nachzehrer
165 Castevet – Mounds Of Ash
166 Drudkh – Handful Of Stars
167 God Dethroned – Under The Sign Of The Iron Cross
168 Apocalyptica – 7th Symphony
169 Constants – If Tomorrow The War
170 Demiurg – Signed By Evil
171 Karma To Burn – Appalachian Incantation
172 Monster Magnet – Mastermind
173 Power Glove – Saturday Morning Apocalypse
174 Rock Bottom – Born To Hate
175 Suicidal Tendencies – No Mercey Fool! The Suicidal Family
176 Cradle Of Filth – Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa
177 Mutiny Within – Mutiny Within
178 Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe
179 Spock’s Beard – SBX
180 Trash Talk – Eyes & Nines
181 Weapon – From The Devil’s Tomb
182 36 Crazy Fists – Collisions And Castaways
183 A Day To Remember – What Separates Me From You
184 Circa Survive – Blue Sky Noise
185 Enforcer – Diamonds
186 Far – At Night We Live
187 Kamelot – Poetry For The Poisoned
188 The Vision Bleak – Set Sail To Mystery
189 Volbeat – Beyond Hell Above Heaven
190 Bloody Sign – Chaos Echoes
191 Gypsyhawk – Patience And Perseverance
192 Hardcore Superstar – Split Your Lip
193 Jorn – Dio
194 More Than A Thousand – Volume IV: Make Friends And Enemies
195 Philm – Amoniac
196 Seventh Wonder – The Great Escape
197 The Creepshow – They All Fall Down
198 The Grotesquery – Tales Of The Coffin Born
199 The Left Rights – Bad Choices Made Easy
200 The Red Shore – The Avarice Of Man

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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Here is the playlist for episode 36:

Brazil – Sepultura – What I Do
France – Goddamn – Perfect End
Spain – Wayne – The Moon Effect
Switzerland – Krokus – Headhunter
England – Iron Maiden – Drifter
United States – Metallica – Through The Never
Germany – Scorpions – 321
Australia – Airbourne – Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
Denmark – Volbeat – Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood
Netherlands – Van Halen – Dirty Movies
South Africa – Seether – Your Bore
Japan – Loudness – Crazy Nights
Italy – Lacuna Coil – Spellbound

Here is the playlist for episode 33:

Slipknot – Snuff
Slipknot – Vermillion
Type O Negative – September Sun
Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
Heaven & Hell – Breaking Into Heaven
Metallica – No Remorse
Van Halen – Get Up
Scorpions – Love On The Run
Dokken The Prisoner
Kingdom Come – Get It On
Gary Moore with Ozzy Osbourne – Led Clones

During this episode we say thank you and celebrate the music and lives of Paul Gray, Ronnie James Dio, Pete Steele, and Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, in the event that you have been living under a rock, all four of these men have recently passed away. We also celebrate the fact that Metallica’s Kill Em All wrapped up its recording today 27 years ago in 1983, as well as the US Version of the Monsters Of Rock Festival which featured the aforementioned Metallica, Kingdom Come, Dokken, Scorpions, and the Sammy Hagar lead Van Halen. The festival tour kicked off in Alpine Valley Wisconsin 22 years ago today, back in 1988.

If you tune in you will hear the following bands:

Slipknot, Type Of Negative, Avenged Sevenfold, Heaven & Hell, Metallica, Kingdom Come, Dokken, Scorpions, Van Halen and Gary Moore.

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This is the playlist for Episode 30

Soulfly – Vulture Culture
Vince Neil – Another Piece Of Meat
Y&T – On With The Show
Ratt – A Little Too Much
Ihsahn – The Barren Lands
Ozzy Osbourne – Let Me Hear You Scream
Bullet For My Valentine – Your Betrayal
Armored Saint – Loose Cannon
Anew Revolution – Ashes From Stone
Deftones – Rocket Skates
Danko Jones – Full Of Regret
Annihilator – Coward
Godsmack – Devils Swing

Here are the songs that where played during this episode:

Ratt – Eat Me Alive
Vince Neil – Tattoos & Tequila
Danko Jones – Full of Regret
Scorpions – Rockzone
Airbourne – No Way But The Hard Way
Slash (With Andrew Stockdale) – By The Sword
Godsmack – What If?
Non-Point – Miracle
Wildestarr – Arrival
Demon Hunter – This Is The Line
Deftones – Diamond Eyes
Savage Messiah – Insurrection Rising
The 69 Eyes – Dead Girls Are Easy

Items discussed:

Infestation, Below The Belt, Sting In The Tail, No Guts, No Glory, Wolfmother, The Oracle, Dave Starr, Amazon Metal Sampler, Amalgamate

This is the play list for the last episode of Mars Attacks, if you missed the episode it will repeat today, and tomorrow, as well as next week.

Anthrax – Auf Widersehen (Cheap Trick)
Sebastian Bach and Dimebag Darrel – Believer (Ozzy Osbourne)
Halford – Black Out (Scorpions)
Metallica – Breadfan (Budgie)
Rattlebone – Cities Of Flames (Blue Oyster Cult)
Cradle of Filth – The First Still Burns (Twisted Sister)
Fu Manchu – D.O.A. (Van Halen)
Fear Factory – Dog Day Sunrise (Head of David)
Static X – Look That Kill (Motley Crue)
Iron Maiden – I’ve Got The Fire (Montrose)
Soundgarden – Into the Void (Black Sabbath)
Arch Enemy – The Oath (Kiss)