Bottom line > Like what you like and don’t be a DICK about it🎉 This is a beautifully crafted concept for music and life❤……Much love and respect to you brother 🎉

Hey Guys, great show. Turns out I’m just a song guy. Rock, Country, Disco…If it resonates with me, it doesn’t need a label. Might go from The Cars to Chaka Khan, in a listening session. Man, wish I lived closer….cool record shop, great stereo store near by; (hope Brendon is digging the new NAD). Bet you can get a decent bagel too. That would be a Saturday shopping heaven for me. Kind of how I built up my collection. Late 90’s there was a NY pizza place and the OG- Record Theater, in the same plaza. I’d go in, order a pie…little stroll…grab a pile of records for like 5 for $10. Back home to the NAD rig…I’m a simple man.🍻

First of all, it was great to see Anthony over there. Thanks Anthony for responding to my Kansas order that I recently placed with you. You guys are awesome at Sound Exchange. Speaking of Kansas, there’s so many people that feel that after Steve Walsh, there is no Kansas and that is just not true. Ronnie Platt is one of the best vocalist around so if you have not checked him out, do yourself a favor and do it

This is a great topic and both of you are spot on. My first memory of music is 60 years ago. I have been through various phases of my likes and dislikes. As a teenager we had great discussions and conversations (arguments 😆) about why Sabbath was better than Deep Purple or The Allman Brothers ruled over everyone in Southern Rock. I am now 66 years old and I still like what I like but I have come to appreciate and actually like the music of some artists that I didn’t like or listen to in the past. Bottom line…..listen to and love whatever turns you on and allow others to do the same thing without being an ass in the process. Love seeing what both of you guys have to say in these videos!!! ✌️❤️🎸🎧

Enjoyed this video. Musical genres can either be helpful or a hinderance. Sometimes I find bands I like in genres that I wouldn’t normally listen to. I wouldn’t normally listen to glam-metal, but some bands you’ve mentioned I’ve enjoyed, so now I ignore the genre and give them a listen.

“I don’t f**k with dairy” 😂😂 I’m using this line from now on

Great stuff guys ! Anthony always enhances the videos. What a cool store man.

Such a great diss behind his back! Love your videos, guys!

Always enjoy these discussion videos you do with Anthony. I say the same thing you guys say, listen to what you want to listen to, like what you want to like, and don’t worry about what other people have to say or think about it.

With 5000+ cds in my collection, with ALL KINDS of different music, as i was a DJ for several years, i only place them in minimal genres...metal, hard rock, rock, country, pop, rap. Not a fan of all these sub genres. It's a great debate though. All comes down to personal preferences. Great episode. Love watching everyday!!!

glad this has been covered as I'm so frustrated by other music channels saying that you are only a music lover if you listen to vinyl, in my opinion ( i'm 50yrs old) and have never been drawn to vinyl as pop and crackles aren't my idea of great listening, same as you wouldn't want to watch a movie today on vhs due to degraded quality,

Hi Brendon.,another top episode thanks,more please,i could listen to you amd Anthony all day. Great format,raw,unfiltered, funny and top notch knowledge! Please keep it as it is! Regards from near the home of metal(debatable?!)... Stourbridge,West Of Birmingham,England!

Let's count are blessings - collecting music back in the day without internet was challenging. Keep up the great reviews & informing on new & old bands.

Interesting video! You two are hilarious!!😂😂

Hey guys, another great video about music, formats etc. I would throw in reel to reel.. betcha don't hear that much anymore. Take care

Cassettes can be awesome. I have RAGE FOR ORDER on an XDR tape. Sounds fantastic ! Great discussion guys ! You both made me laugh and ponder !

This video was great! Being an Aerosmith fan I hear it from a-hole fans all the time, “they were only good in the 70’s”. Also, a-hole Metallica fans are always “Justice for All was their last good album.” very relatable video

Growing up it was just metal!! I remember first hearing Glam Metal or Glam Rock and thinking what!! It makes sense!! Skid Row and GnR were similar!! Nowadays I only listen to this. I love music in general but this is what I grew up on and it's the absolute greatest!! Motley Crue Dokken Cinderella Metallica Iron Maiden W.A.S.P Poison Europe Whitesnake White Lion Warrant Slaughter Kiss Ozzy Lita Ford and to me it's 80's greatness 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I would like to donate my AXE twenty years volume ll, to You. The jewel case has scuffs and I'm Sure You would want to replace that, but the CD and inserts are Excellent. I want to give that CD a better home! 😀

Aloha Anthony & Brandon I really enjoyed watching these videos. More so when you visit Anthony, in his Shop "Sound Exchange" . I do have a few Cd's but I'm more of a record album enthusiasts. I grew up here in Honolulu Hawaii, listening to Heavy Rock music like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Grand Funk Railroad, Iron Butterfly ,Blue Cheerand so on.... My favorite Heavy Rock concert I went too was Black Sabbath in 1970 with Sweathog opening up for them, when I was in 10th grade, back then we called it Heavy Rock 🤘. Lol.... Brandon, I'm looking forward to watching your next videos. Thanks again for another awesome video. Long live rock and roll. Mahalo Ed

Everyone listens to music. The ear of a person is personal. No one should dis someone's personal likes and dislikes. There is factors that draw a persons love and dislikes. Me personally if it rings truth to my life and the moment it bring in a absolute love and follow. A Fan is one that relates to the lyrics and sound the bands produce. People can suggest but not dis. I love Nickleback, I may not like the bands rants but the music is fun and I relate to the lyrics.

I'm a fan through and through. When I love/ like a band, it doesn't matter who's in the line-up. There are line-ups I prefer of course, but they're all worth listening to and enjoying. Deep Purple's my fav band and I love every single album they've released. Great topic. Cheers.

Very nice video! It's good to hear about respecting other people's opinion and not letting other judge our tastes. Cheers :D

Oh man! I met you guys right after you filmed this! It was awesome meeting you guys! I definitely wish I had gotten to Sound Exchange a little bit earlier! Take care Brendon!

I feel like it's all fair game until you start getting personal. It's fun to banter about this or that band.

Ramones and hellacopters records in background so cool😊

Can I just say respectively, sorry to Brendon in the past we haven't always seen eye to eye. But I would like to add, some of the artists or bands I am a big fan of, it becomes more a case of you grew so attached to a certain singer of the band that it becomes too hard to imagine someone else taking their place. For example when Bon Scott died AC/DC were faced with do we carry on or not, but they decided to carry on and found a brilliant replacement for Bon Scott, although calling Brian Johnson a replacement for Bon Scott doesn't sound morally right to some fans, but in my case I have grown to love both eras equally. But if you look at bands like Thin Lizzy where it was all about the story of Phil Lynott making it big from Ireland and he was and his band that eventually made it to the bigger audience, he was the contributer which paid off, so you could argue who could replace Phil Lynott in that band? But it doesn't respectfully make me an a*****le. Another way of looking at it when Freddie Mercury died Queen died with him because Freddie made Queen what they were. But the Paul Rodgers, and Adam Lambert period is awful, because it is not awful, but just capitalising on Freddies past success, so I think this is when some fans get wrongly accused of being as****s they simply don't want their bands being dragged under in such a morally wrong way. Hopefully I made some sense in my madness. But I hope I brought sensitivity to the topic. Much respect as always. Dave., 👌

love the Ringo segment. i haven't heard it and if you like it more power to you. myself, i couldn't care less ( oops the jack black is strong in me )

I see a lot of this regarding Alice In Chains. There are still a lot of fans that dismiss everything AIC after Layne died. Bummer as the newer 3 records are great!

This was great. To me the most offensive group is people into thrash, death and extreme metal who dismiss anything they consider is remotely glam metal and make fun of you for liking it. You can like multiple types of metal. So rude. I love traditional metal, thrash metal, some power metal, GLAM metal, hard rock ect. If you wanna say a type isn't your cup of tea ...cool...but to say it sucks and to make fun of the bands ect is just plain rude.

Brendon, while you may never get into modern pop-rock artists like Paramore, I am actually surprised that Anthony digs some of the songs the band has released or recorded. (Paramore) is a band that is pretty much an acquired taste, just as many of their influences (like Bowie, the Smiths, Rush, Styx, Roxy Music, Blondie, Michael Jackson, Prince, Bee Gees, ABBA, Roxette and B-52's) are. And I myself am trying them out again to see if I like them or not, although I do already like some of their songs. As you did this with a few artists you weren't initially into (like Oasis, Richard Marx, Robin Trower, Rick Springfield, and these yacht rock bands you didn't care much for at first,) I'm doing likewise with Paramore. So I have learned a few things from you. And one of them is Never Say Never on an artist one dislikes, because tastes might change in the future.

With ACDC i've always been a Brian Johnson man though I do like all the Bon Scott albums. Because of my age I grew up with Brian Johnson which is probably why I prefer those albums. I think one reason why some prefer Bon Scott era is because when Brian Johnson arrived ACDC toned down the humour and innuendos in the songs.

Great discussion guys. I've never understood the appeal of The Beatles in respect of being the be all end all of music. My own dad cut a record at Percy Philips recording studio in Liverpool where The Quarrymen did That'll Be The Day. This was in early 1962 before the Fab Four were widely known. Music has been part of my family's life from my dad's father and brother through to myself. I have all The Beatles albums as I am a music fan but to me Sgt Pepper wasn't as good as The Monkees' Headquarters or The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band's Gorilla. As for Pink Floyd I couldn't get into the Waters led material and had to hear See Emily Play and Syd Barrett's Gigolo Aunt to understand what gave them their later appeal.

i used to be like jack black's character in HIGH FIDELITY. in my youth I've softened ( a little ) since then.

I'm in a couple Yes groups on Facebook and this video resonates so much for me. God forbid anyone like the more recent albums and the current lineup of the band. A-holes will jump all over you and declare that "real fans only like the 70s material".

If someone asks me what do I listen to I give them a simple answer: I listen to everything because my tastes vary from time to time: I bought from Sound Exchange many “different artists” that I enjoy. I have a “Sound Exchange Box” where I keep all my purchases from the one store. A-ha,Clapton,R.E.M and Europe. Just to name a few. Next time I went to the get together I bought other stuff that I enjoy. You cannot tell me you wouldn’t like this or that. Truth of the matter is I listen to just about anything at least once. Except for what I don’t listen to. I really enjoy the hip-hop from the 80’s Run DMC,LL, Jazzy Jeff and the fresh Prince aka Will Smith these days. I knew from a very young age what I wanted to do with my life. Did I ever get there? Nope but I’m cool with that. I also bought Long Gone Day The Sixth. What an awesome record that is. I’ll leave you with that one. Way to go Anthony.

Mick Mars is going to release something on Halloween.. can't wait for that! Waiting for the Crue to put something out as well. Sometimes fresh air is needed for everyone in bands. We make out when the bands do this. I don't care about the back and forth between the band members, just want to hear some new music..

great video, great topic ...thanx fellas

Hi, brendon. Interesting topic are u a fan?/ ROCKERS & METAL HEADS HEADS UNITE! LONG LIVE OUR ROCK GENERE!!!❤❤

Love the episode! Would also note that you can be a good fan of a band and now adore everything in their catalogue. I've seen so many asshole fans that say you're not a 'real' fan unless you like everything the band ever does. No way! I can be critical of a band because bands change over time. Radiohead have put out some of, to me, the best AND worst albums. Same with Yes! So many fantastic bands have a varied catalogue of quality and I can be a fan by appreciating specific aspects and eras.

I'm with Brendon on most of this. GnR, glam metal, Sabbath, early Sabbath is basically already everything metal became, the first metal band. I also like genre tags, mostly cause I listen to a butt ton of music and it helps.me.know where to focus my attention. Basically people really have become crazy and egos are over bloated at the moment. Chill out.

Okay here’s one for you:Genesis (Why do I keep talking about them?!?) because I can relate to the Van Halen changes with them best. Anyhow Peter Gabriel (new album coming Dec 1 2 CDs) was in the band since inception of the band. He left after The Lamb lies down on Broadway in 1975. They found Phil Collins behind the kit and he took over after a long line of singers failed to impress them. He stayed through the 1980’s and early 90’s while having a successful solo career. He left in 1996: they found Ray Wilson and released the last album September 1 1997. Why am I telling this story many of you may already know the story. My point is I stuck with Genesis through out the lineups. Just because people leave a group that you enjoy don’t give up on your hero’s. End of Story/ rant/my explanation when a group goes through lineup changes. Your friend Bill

Cool discussion. Enjoyed it. Thanks 🤘👍

Great topic… if I don’t tell people they should listen to Winery dogs because it’s top class musicians playing rock and Kotzen sounds like Chris Cornell… I have Zero clue how else to describe such musical madness 😂

Hey Brendon, love these videos with both of you…already looking forward to the mentioned future video about who is or isn’t glam metal and/or who was or wasn’t the originators of it! On a side note, I enjoyed seeing you put some troll in his place in the comments of another recent video! Good to see you do that, hopefully it’s not something you have to face very often! I know I’ve said it before, but really like what you are doing here and keep it up!!

what do you guys think of the new slowdive? haven't seen you comment on that one...

Friendly debate is fun but you should never be made to feel bad about what you like or what you don't like. I mostly listen to death metal but my favorite band is actually Blink 182 and I get alot of judgement from metal heads for it. If it sounds good to me I'm gonna listen to it. Do not care what anyone thinks

I have to take a trip down to this store for some pick ups. I think it's like a 4 hour drive ✌️

I think my new response to "why don't you..." is going to be "Because I don't fuck with dairy!".

Donnas rule Anthony, love them!!😊

I wouldn’t slot GNR in with the poppier, Autograph side of glam, but I’d have no problem slotting them in with bands like Cinderella. Glam can cover a wide range, and I definitely file them in there, even if they are somewhat rawer than a lot of their ilk.

I like Floyd but I disagree with what they're labeled genre-wise and I can only listen to them for a limited time. I'm an old Yes fan (hard core) but this fan base is so splintered it's almost unbelievable. I, on the other hand, have followed it through all its transformations. I think prog fans, the purists, are the worst when it comes to dealing with things like rock or metal, indie, whatever. Nothing else is good enough. I also have been trolled on the internet simply for saying one group just didn't appeal to me in a metal group. Rather than fight I just dropped out because music shouldn't be a point of insulting contention.

Don't know if this is the same thing but I hate it when all the "cool kids" agree making you feel awkward to disagree. They all love Women and Children First and dump on Diver Down. I am total polar opposite on that. Lapse of Reason isn't Floyd enough, and yet it has three of my favorite Floyd songs.

I actually just bought the last 2 EPs Ringo has released 3rd and 4th one.

Great video and great topic

Where will you categorise Ramones? Is it punk or is it Rock n’ roll???😎

i was about to comment about The Beatles and then Anthony brought them up. i like several of their songs but the idea that i have to worship the ground they walk on b/c "they're legends" drives me insane. like they're fine. actually i could say that about most "classic" bands esp older ones, the idea that just b/c they made an impact you're supposed to love/worship/be into those bands is insane to me. i understand that they have that status b/c most often yes, what they produced what noteworthy. but being 36 i get this a lot from older music fans, the idea that i'm supposed to worship these kinds of bands. people my age or even younger, unless you actively go find out the history of music, you may not know where things evolved from and my point is you can go learn all that if you want to or have an interest but the idea that i HAVE TO can fuck right off.

If you had the New wave of british heavy metal between lets say 1979 and 1983 then you had also a wave earlier and those are JUDAS, UFO, BLACK SABBATH or BUDGIE. You are right Brendon. But they also called them heavy rock bands back then. But heavy metal too.

I like Twisted Sister and alot of people have picked on me for liking them. But to me they play good Rock music and they have so many good songs other than the 2 everyone seems to know.I wanna rock and Were not gonna take it.

Cassette? 😂😂😂

🤘😎🤘 You guys are the best. 🤘😎🤘

Even Lemmy has himself said he never cared for Motorhead being classified as a metal band, although they technically were metal. He had said repeatedly in interviews, "We are Motorhead, and we play rock and roll." And Sabbath's debut album had heavy metal songs based on the blues, especially "The Wizard" and to an extent, "Sweet Leaf" from Master Of Reality had bluesy elements in it, although it was 100% purely heavy metal.

Think fast… who are the real cro-mags!!! Good luck which ever way you answer.

LOL!!!! Anthony on the Ringo album!!!! Funny shit

I'm a real fan of AC/DC; Van Halen; Pink Floyd, but I strongly dislike David Lee Roth. However, I have all Van Halen albums. I like Nickelback, but I play them for too long, just not enough variety. Bands I don't like, I don't collect. I collect music I like and I don't care what other think. I don't trash anybody's music tastes, but if you ask me if I like them or not, I'll answer you. If you don't like my answer, tough sh_t!! Also I'm not around a lot people, so I think I'm a real fan.

Great episode!

I love you guys! So spot on! I find judgemental people are usually ones needing to be judged or jealous. Everyone is unique and Love what you love. If we were all the same be damn boring. BTW I love Rush but I found some of their fans and some prog fans in general are so pretentious. Like they are somehow more intelligent because what they listen too... LMAO.

Lemmy always said we are motorhead and we play rock n roll. Did you guys like all different singer's of Black sabbath

I would call Morgan Wade as alternative country/ singer -songwriter.

Love the Beatles and Black Sabbath are definitely a Heavy metal band 😁

Yeah I couldn’t put GnR in glam metal with poison and Cinderella. Not the same kind of rock to me

My favorite is when I say I like Ghost, and someone inevitably says “they’re not Metal!!!” when I never said they were. They’ve never called themselves that either. But even that doesn’t compare to being a Metallica fan who loves their entire discography, and not just what they did in their 20s. People have straight up yelled at me for that. Regarding people who think cassette is the best format, I haven’t come across anyone yet and I can’t wrap my head around how ridiculous that opinion is.

Van Halen definitely were the pioneers of 80's glam rock/metal. Can't even argue that in my opinion 😛

Uriah Heep is a prime band for this topic. Lots of fans can't get by the David Byron era without David & Ken Hensley the band no longer is what they are. Sorry Heep is still going and making some awesome music. I have all era of the band and love it all. The die hard fans that say the band is nothing without those two members but pay money to go watch Heep live in concert just to hear the Byron era songs make me angry and don't care about the rest are not fans of the band. They are a David Byron fan. Uriah Heep has always been about founding member Mick Box it's band he has never moved on. Don't forget that Heep fans. When you ignore the later stuff with the band you are slapping Mick Box in the face. Uriah Heep would not be here with David Byron if he was still alive in the band what a train wreck that would have been. Love Uriah Heep now while they are still going Mick Box is not gonna live forever.

As long as you agree to disagree it's all right.i love the Beatles but i also love the Stones and i will stick up for the Stones because there are a percentage of nose in the air Beatles fans cant like both lol, can't we all just get along? Lol

Bad Company fans (and the Bad Co. band members themselves) can be rather close minded regarding the Brian Howe era of the group. I love all versions of the band, including the Paul Rogers and the lone album done with singer Robert Hart. Yet some are pretty militant that you can’t like all versions of the band. I disagree and I will continue to listen and enjoy my Brian Howe era Bad Co. albums.

I never got the rush and triumph fans hating on each other, I love both bands

Dont see VH and Gnr as glam at all, i like how DLR described VH as "Big Rock"

In regard to Sabbath, I would argue they're more rooted in the blues than they are metal. Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time, but I also get why some just aren't into it.

We all like different things and that's cool because if we all liked the same things, then this world would be a boring place! As for bands with different lineups, if you prefer the Bon Scott era of AC/DC over the Brian Johnson era of AC/DC, that's cool, but if you're trashing Brian Johnson, not only are you disrespecting the singer, but you're also disrespecting the band. If any band loses a lead singer, it's their decision to decide whether or not to carry on with a new singer. If it was the band's choice to carry on with a new singer, shouldn't the fans respect that decision?

Any love for dave evans AC/DC's original singer?

Music is art and subjective. Every artist has fans. Judging art is ignorant.

It's okay to have strong defined opinions, even unpopular ones. It's somewhat of an art not to veer off into asshole behavior towards someone whose opinions are counter to yours or whose opinions are more flexible. I find this true of a lot of types of fans. There are the casual music fans who might know only the hits or most famous songs. There are mid level fans who know a little more, but never did a deep dive. Then there are the die hands who know every obscure detail and b-side. I think the mid level fans are the.most likely to be the worst type of fan.

As long as the music is good I don't care who is in the band. That being said, I will never accept those two scabs in KISS. There are two KISS albums I do not own.. guess which ones! Lol I can't think of another band with different members I don't like because they changed out members.

I listen to what I like, everyone enjoys what they like. Just have an open mind to other bands/music don’t piss on others people’s likes.

Brendon, I guess I'm an asshole fan when people compile a best of album list from the 70's and they leave off the Boston album for 1976. I never mean to be. I think a couple times I may have been an a$$hole fan in your comments section a few times. It was never intentional. I think music just inspires passion and our society these days someone always needs to be right and someone else wrong. I've never meant to be that way here, and if I have been to anyone or you I am sorry. I appreciate you and your channel. Love you and Anthony together. Peace and rock on!

TOOL fans also can be a lot intense ... 🤣

About Pink Floyd fans, let’s not forget the Syd Barrett fans sub-genre. You know, we all know someone from somewhere who claims that the only good PF album is « Piper... » and gives you that « I know something you don’t know » kinda look. 🙄

Dudes, it’s only rock and roll, but I like it like it, YES I DO!

I can listen to the Beatles all day, can't stand GNR Axel is an ass but like a few of their tunes. Pink Floyd like some of their stuff same with the Rolling Stones. But If I go over to someone's house I listen to what ever they listen too. It's all good. We are all different. I like a bit of everything, not so much Rap.

Greatest video

As far as I go AC/DC is ALL kick ass AC/DC it all sounds the same lol love it all!

You both are great ..So funny I agree "Don't Be A Dick" hahaha!!!!

With Kiss I like the original with Ace Peter through to 80s with Eric Vinnie and Bruce and up to the original Farewell tour and don’t care for the Tommy Eric singer line up in the make up and a lot of kiss fans say your not a real fan if you don’t like this line up

I remember specifically when GNR's Appetite was released and they were NOT a glam band and have never been. In my opinion, Being Glam Metal has nothing to do with just big hair. It's about the look but also about the style of music, the attitude and the target audience. The GNR audience was different than Ratt or Kix or Dokken. GNR had a different attitude as the mainstream hair metal scene. In fact, I will say this. GNR was the engine that got the vehicle rolling that destroyed Hair Metal. I consider GNR more of a spinoff from L.A. Guns or ACDC. Just crunchy guitar riffs with a sleaze attitude and look.

Brendon works “blue” when he hangs with Anthony 😂

I’m a real fan of Def Leppard. They can put out a polka record and I would love it

Sabbath is 100% a metal band. Journey is a Rock and Roll Band

Opinions are like assholes everybody has one.

You and Anthony celebrate the entire Nickelback catalog. 😁