Season 1

1984 propelled Van Halen to the stratosphere thanks to Jump, Pamana, Hot for Teacher at MTV but it also broke up the band

The video of U2 Live from Red Rocks helped explode the band in the US and our friend Markus The Darkus Goldman was there as a teenager! Hear his memories of this epic show which was huge to children of the MTV generation

On Part 2 of our look back on the show in 2023 we talk about the concerts around the world we covered and the artists & legends we interviewed on UAWIL and reveal our Top 10 Episodes of 2023

Hear us reflect on all the fun we had on UAWIL in 2023! Part 1 focuses on the albums we reviewed, and the authors, journalists & podcasters we hosted on the show

We all have our favorites and some of us have disgust for them but Christmas rock songs are a genre of its own and we made our lists based on our personal experiences with these songs over the years

Director Toby Amies tells about touring with King Crimson, how Robert Fripp perceives the band and how the other members of KC perceive him and their own role in teh band

Christy literally wrote the book Search for Jimmy Page so we wanted to hear about her first experience seeing the guitar god live

The iconic Wings album that gave Paul McCartney his biggest success & credibility in the 1970s

We welcome keyboard maestro Oliver Wakeman to talk about his relationship with John Wetton and to promote the 8 CD box set An Extraordinary Life

Bark at the Moon turns 40 and we look back at Ozzy's career as he had said goodbye to Randy Rhoads and hello to MTV

Punk rocker turned solo superstar Billy Idol and his album Rebel Yell were propelled to another stratosphere thanks to guitarist/co-writer Steve Stevens and MTV

The Wolf takes the Wolfcub to see KISS on The End Of The Road Tour one final time to give her the memory of what a real rock concert can be

Seeing the legendary KISS lead guitarist as a solo artist was appointment viewing for our friend Hollywood and he shares his memories from seeing Ace Frehley on a co-headliner tour with Y&T in 1987

To celebrate Halloween & the anniversary of its release in November 1982, we dive into the biggest cultural phenomenon of our lifetimes and the biggest selling album in history , Thriller by Michael Jackson

Rush's 3rd live album chronicling their much malighned 80s techno & cold war phases has a lot more good than bad for these sentimental Rush fans

The Church's opinionated Singer/Founder/Songwriter Steve Kilbey joins us to talk about his new record The Hypnogogue, his 40+ year career & catalog, acting aloof on MTV and fighting off overzealous fans on our 150th episode

In our new series On First Listen we choose an album we've never heard that has been recommended to us over the years and subject it to our usual track x track evaluation. For our first exploration we've chosen Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery, considered by many to be a prog masterpie…

Our friend Neil from Def Lep Pod shares his memories of seeing Def Leppard for the first time on the Adrenalize Tour in 1992 just a few months before The Wolf & Action Jackson saw them

Traveling Wilburys were a happy supergroup formed from legendary friends wanting to eschew the music business and just have fun making music again

Yes' best selling album 90125 is turning 40 and we celebrate it as the record that turned two kids from the MTV generation onto Yes

Genesis' eponymous 1983 album was an inflection point between the prog all-star days & the 80s pop days which had some big hits, solid album cuts and adult contemporary schlock that would redefine the band yet send them onto megastardom

We chat with The Yardbirds Jim McCarty on his new single, Breath of the Wind, his time in The Yardbirds, and life after death

Greg Renoff, author of Van Halen Rising & Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music joins us to talk about the night he saw Van Halen on the 1984 Tour

Hear us debate the greatest replacement members of rock n roll history