Podcast: Let's Talk About Rock

We look at the many rock artists and the musical styles that have played a significant foundational role in rock history as well as rock appreciation.

Let’s Talk About Hair Metal

In Episode 51 of Let’s Talk About Rock, Vinnie discusses the decade of decadence. Specifically, talking about the rise of hair metal in the 1980’s, and the success of bands like Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Dokken, W.A.S.P., Poison, Great White, Warrant and many, many more bands that oversaturated the metal genre by the decades end….

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Let’s Talk About the Monkees

This episode, Vinnie talks about this great Pinocchio story if ever there was one for rock music, The Monkees who started out as actors who played a band on TV, and then transformed into a real band and this is a story of how the Prefab Four starring Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and…

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Let’s Talk With Jacky Bam Bam

On Episode 49, of the Let’s Talk About Rock podcast, Vinnie interviews rock radio personality Jacky Bam Bam, the nighttime host of Philadelphia’s legendary rock station, 93.3 WMMR. We talk about how he got his start as a DJ and playing drums in bands like Scarlet Fever and the Dogtown Balladeers, before eventually making his…

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Let’s Talk About Alice Cooper

In this special Halloween Episode of Let’s Talk About Rock, Vinnie talks about the Godfather of Shock Rock Alice Cooper starting with his humble beginnings, his 70’s heyday, his battles with alcoholism and his eventual resurgence as a cultural rock icon.

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Let’s Talk About Tom Petty

More than 3 years after the rock world lost Tom Petty, Vinnie examines the life and legacy of Tom Petty’s 66 years on this earth, and the many ups and downs he endured in life.

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Let’s Talk About Van Halen

To pay tribute to one of rock’s greatest guitarists Eddie Van Halen, Vinnie looks at the summarized but comprehensive history of Van Halen since the 1970’s from the David Lee Roth era, the Sammy Hagar era, the Gary Cherone era all the way up to the present day. R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)

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Let’s Talk About John Lennon

To celebrate what would have been John Lennon’s 80th Birthday, Vinnie talks about John’s early and his solo career from the Beatles breakup in 1970 to the time he took a hiatus to become a househusband for he and Yoko’s son Sean in 1975. We talk about everything in between from his albums, to his…

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Let’s Talk About the Four Seasons

If there was one band beside the Beach Boys that were hugely successful before during and after the British Invasion, their name was the Four Seasons. Vinnie chronicles the long running band, their success, their troubles, and most importantly their legacy, best exemplified by being the subject of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Jersey…

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Let’s Talk About Led Zeppelin

40 years after we lost drummer John Bonham (1948-1980) leading up to Led Zeppelin’s breakup, Vinnie gets the led out by learning more about Led Zeppelin’s history from their origin story, their tales of debauchery and a summarized making of the great timeless records they made together over the course of their history together.

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Let’s Talk About Jimi Hendrix

It’s been 50 years since the rock world lost Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) so Vinnie talks about the life and legacy of one of rock’s greatest guitarists of all time examining his rise to fame summarizing the albums and songs he had given us as well as some of the history of his posthumous discography over…

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