The drummer from Damn Yankees was a hometown friend (Akron,OH) Michael Cartellone | He moved to NY a couple of years ahead of me and I literally watched him go from living in a Basement in Queens with 5 musicians to playing Radio City with Tommy Shaw in the space of few months. Wonderful, hard hitting drummer that has been able to forge a successful career as a working musician over the course of the last 30 years....

1- REVENGE. 2- The Symbol REMAINS. 3- Heaven FORBID 4- Curse of the Hidden MIRROR 5- Damn YANKEES Pete/. Martin. / this series/ theme. Is tremendous. Thx guys 👍💯

I've championed "Heaven Forbid" for years... Fantastic album...

Let me rank the ones I have: 1. Blue Oyster Cult - The Symbol Remains 2. Ted Nugent - Craveman 3. Blue Oyster Cult - Heaven Forbid 4. Blue Oyster Cult - Curse of the Hidden Mirror 5. Kiss - Psycho Circus 6. Blue Oyster Cult - Ghost Stories 7. Aerosmith - Get a Grip

Popoff and Pardo are at it again with the final "blender" episode for this particular group in the 90s and beyond. Really enjoyed Martin's opening comments to the show though, and might have just missed it, but where was the weather report for Canada and the Hudson Valley? In any event, still not familiar enough with all these albums to make significant comment except to say of the ones in the personal library, BOC's The Symbol Remains currently sits atop the list. Thanks again to Martin and Pete for making a challenging task so entertaining for those of us watching. Another fine episode from The Funhouse. There ya go!

That Dude in BOC put a lot of work into Ghost Stories to get out product for fans and that is commendable. Mr. Castalano I believe.

New Martin Popoff drinking game: Take a drink every time he says "Well-put-together"

As Pete would say himself Pete and Martin have knocked it out of the park again. I learned so much.

Very cool and entertaining show guys thank you! Very much looking forward to the ZZ Top, Foghat and Pat Travers comparison - good thinking!!!

I'll never forgive Aerosmith for their post pump output.

Great to see some love for Heaven Forbid! I just remember how blown away I was the first time I played it.

Nice job fellas! I can’t really do a full ranking as I am only familiar with Aerosmith, Kiss and BÖC’s catalog from the 90’s. Overall the BÖC albums stand head, shoulders and a tall hat above anything done by Aerosmith or Kiss despite the hits and sales Aero had. Just my opinion though, I really think BÖC should have had more success with those albums.

Martin is Hilarious. What did he say "Hey Ted can you sign this album, it really sucks"

Harvest Moon is a great BOC track. I didn’t buy that album when it came out. First time I heard it was live in 2019 at Penns Peak in Jim Thorpe PA. I was late on that one.

Pete and I have very similar tastes. I would definitely have Symbol Remains and Heaven Forbid by BOC as #1 and #2. Both are exceptionally strong LPs. If Heaven Forbid had come out in the late 1970's or the early 1980's it would have gone platinum and the trajectory of the band might have been very different. I'm very fond of Spectres and Mirrors as there as some real gems on those LPs, but they were much mellower than their earlier LPs and BOC lost some of their momentum and their original fan base. They got some momentum back with the excellent Fire of Unknown Origin in 1981, but BOC wasn't big enough to weather the storm of changing musical shifts in the 1980's and the Revolution By Night and Club Ninja LPs really missed the mark. If those two LP's weren't released and Heaven Forbid had been released in 1982 or 1983 as the follow-up to FOUO it would have been a massive seller rather than a niche LP for BOC diehards. Timing matters. BOC strayed too far from the original formula at the wrong time...BTW go see BOC live if they come near your town. The amazing Blue Oyster Cult are still amazing live in concert, but without the pyrotechnics...

This exercise illustrated how much i prefer BOC's post-'90 work to that of Kiss or Aerosmith. Three of my top 4 would be Heaven Forbid, Synbol Remains, and Hidden Mirror. BOC still delivering!

Am I the only one who loves psycho circus? The title track, I pledge allegiance, within, into the void, and especially you wanted the best are all great

Loved the countdowns on these legends. I have some homework to do from the 90s forward. Very much looking forward to the next series too. Grew up with all of these bands.

I am really looking forward to a ZZ Top / Foghat discussion !

Awesome show gentlemen. 1. Revenge. Kiss 2. Get a Grip. Aerosmith 3. The symbol remains. BOC I have a suggestion for a show. Judas Priest . MAIDEN. Accept . Saxon . Rannking the albums from the 80s.

Get a grip was the album that got me into aerosmith when I was 11. It will always be special to me. However, once I discovered the 70’s albums. I never listen to anything but those.

Nine Lives is excellent. “Ain’t That A Bitch” is a great composition with loads of passion and energy. Great performances throughout the entire album.

Most of the Aerosmith 90's albums are average at best with regards to the production and hired hand lyrics, having said that in terms of musicianship and having one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time in Steven Tyler they blow the Kiss and Nugent albums out of the water in this time period, I can't include B.O.C as I'm not too familiar with their 90's output.

Great show guys loved it 🥃

Kiss Revenge was an excellent album and followed by the superb Alive III. It was a real good step up after the bloated and weak Hot in the Shade. I read Carnival of Souls was only released as everyone had already heard it!

What's funny is Blue Oyster Cult's Ghost Stories, an album of demos and rehearsal material, still ended up being better than a few of the other bands studio material. BOC just wanted to get those songs out for their fans in the best quality they could. Kiss, Aerosmith and Ted Nugent were trying to make actual "quality" albums. 🤣

How about a ranking of Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Nailbomb, Killer be Killed, Go Ahead and Die, Andreas Kisser solo and his projects, maybe Paulo Jr and Igor Cavalera projects, Sarcofago, what else am i missing lol?

Yeah, Honkin On Bobo came with a harmonica keychain. The harmonica worked too and had the Aerosmith logo on it like the one on the album cover.

By this point all these bands were done. Never a big Ted Nugent fan but pretty much loved everything these bands put out in the '70s and a small handful of decent ones in the '80s.

1. Craveman 2. Love Grenade 3. Heaven Forbid 4. Shutup & Jam! 5. Revenge 6.The Symbol Remains 7. Get a Grip 8. The Music Made Me Do It 9. Curse of the Hidden Mirror 10. Detroit Muscle 11. Sonic Boom 12. Spirit of the Wild 13. Carnival of Souls 14. Ghost Stories 15. Nine Lives 16. Monster 17. Music from Another Dimension! 18. Psycho Circus 19. Damn Yankees 20. Just Push Play 21. Don't Tread

A ranking of Nazareth/ Cheap Trick/ Van Halen/The Godz albums would be interesting

Being from the UK I don't like any of these bands but i still watched the show so you must be good. Thanks Lads.

I have been a huge of Damn Yankees from the very beginning. Great songs, great vocals, both top notch albums.

You guys should add cheap trick to the next one !!!

What a great episode

Regret I missed the "original" airing of this episode; Great concept btw. For me: AeroSmith wasn't relevant(post Permanant Vacation)- their catalog: Spotty @ best. The only 90's offering I enjoyed by Kiss is Revenge. Sweaty Teddy's career in that period,(barring his two album stint in Damn Yankees - Meh. Though there were some good tracks on Spirit of the Wild & Craveman. Damn Yankees- great songs & hooks,Shaw & Blades harmonies & guitar work by Uncle Ted!!! The Symbol Remains & Heaven Forbid are head & shoulders above the 90's & beyond output of really any "classic rock" group....unless your a blues fan and spin a little Goverment Mule/but....a different animal. Or more into prog & the late addition of Ronnie Platt into Kansas.

Still burning is amazing!

The inconvenient truth is that drugs and music go together very well. Drugged out sleaze Aerosmith - absolutely classic Clean, gym-toned Aerosmith - ghastly

The fun house, need some fun today boyos 👍

I wouldn't call "Eyesight to the Blind", "I'm Ready", "Stop Messin' Around" or especially "Baby Please Don't Go" obscure blues songs. Maybe it's because I love Sonny Boy Williamson II, the original Fleetwood Mac and Muddy Waters. Bo Diddley's "Road Runner" is quite famous too, at least here in Finland, because Hurriganes (the biggest band ever in Finland) did a cover of it and even named their most legendary album after it.

“I Love My BBQ” 🤣🤣🤣

So no solo albums included by Ace Peter Paul Gene Tyler Perry Bruce etc? The other episodes included solo albums and side projects.

Wow!!!! A mucho attack on Aerosmith….Ive followed them since the beginning.

Dawn Yankees is solid but Martin makes a great point: Ted's guitar elevates it a full grade.

I thought Robin Trower, Frank Marino and Pat Travers would have made a good show.

As a lifelong Aerosmith fan, Just Push Play is the biggest bag over the head punch in the face I ever got, god damnit!

The 89 Aerosmith pump record has 2 hidden tracks

Get a Grip and Revenge would be at the top of my list.

Contrarians! What’s the name of podcast ab “horrible horrible” records that Martin appeared on for Just Press Play??

Get A Grip would be a good record if cut down to 8 rock songs including Can't Stop Messin' which was a B-Side that's better than anything on the album.

I don't like most of these albums. Until 1992 Aerosmith was my favorite rock band. Then Get A Grip came out and they kept shitting the bed thereafter. Nuge is not a good singer. He needs Derek St. Holmes but Uncle Ted can't stand sharing the spotlight so he makes records now that only Martin wants to hear. KISS made consistently OK records. I don't hate any of them so that puts them ahead of Aerosmith and The Nuge. B.O.C. I have these albums except Ghost Stories, and I don't recall hating them but I haven't listened to them in years. Of all these bands Damn Yankees' output is without doubt my favorite. 2 great albums. Shaw and Blades wrote memorable songs, sang amazing harmonies, and Nuge lit a rock and roll fire under their asses. I saw them 4-5 times live and they were awesome. They had tons of fun and it made the shows highly entertaining. If they included solo stuff I'd put Joe Perry's albums all in my top 10. It would probably be Damn Yankees at 1 and 2, then the Joe Perry albums and Reunion by Whitford/St. Holmes.

My #1 might be a stunner but it's Ace Frehley - Origins Volume One...Liked every track...I don't like a single Aerosmith song from those awful CDs...Some of the Nugent albums were okay and Kiss still had a bit in the tank up until Monster anyway.

Martin: "It's pretty ugly I must say," bwahahahahaha!

I like to have a bump of ket every time Martin says right, right?

What I find a bit strange with Aerosmith. The band was bigger than ever in the 1990's. "Get a Grip" is their best sold album if I am not mistaken. The ballads Angel, Janie's Got A Gun, Crazy, Cryin', Amazing, I Don't Want To Miss A Thing were all huge songs. Even today.. A new video of these songs on KZfaq can go up to millions of views in a short time. At the same time Aerosmith is a quite inactive band that the younger generations don't really know much about. NOBODY seems to like them when talking about them online. How is that? Does people really hate them as much as they say? If so, who is listening to them so much decades after the releases?

I love the Damn Yankees albums, so I'm interested, but wow there are going to be some bad albums in this countdown.

I believe Richie Castellano & the “band geeks” will be backing up Jon Anderson’s Yes tour this Summer.

I don't get Martin saying that Aerosmith shouldn't do Blues covers. If the Yardbirds and Stones can do it, then so can Aerosmith.

Halfway through. No solo member releases included?

Really funny episode guys. For me, Aerosmith would be at the bottom. And like Pete, I just hated the hits. Martin's take on Damn Yankees made me spit out my drink. Luckily just water. Lol. My #1 is Symbol Remains for sure. #2 Revenge. 4 of my favourite artists. Thanks for the series.

I know I’m going to get thrashed for this, but…Most of these albums are forgettable, at best. It’s hard to think of too many people really listening to the majority in these albums more than once.

Sonic Boom was way better than I thought it would be. I hated Monster lol

Spirit of the Wild is good Uncle Ted album. The solo in Fred Bear is awesome. Teds playing a PauI Reed Smith guitar that he also played on little miss Dangerous and with the Damn Yankees. I think the the finger picking chords in the intro and verses is cool. The song is a tribute to a great Michigan archery hunter who Ted met and had a friendship with who had died. It's a hunting anthem. Derek St. Holmes came back to sing and play on the record. And both Damn Yankees albums are excellent and Ted's playing is great on both of them. All of the Ted and Damn Yankees records blow away every other album away. Maybe Revenge from Kiss is the only other one here that is even remotely decent.

"Tommy Shaw Jesus Christ complex vocals" it's about time somebody said it 🤣🤣🤣

Left some off, agree with Martin some bad, bad albums in this period. Included some solo albums from the period I quite like tho. Great series guys! 1. Get A Grip - Aerosmith 2. Revenge - KISS 3. Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees 4. Monster - KISS 5. The Symbol Remains - BOC 6. Space Invader - Ace Frehley 7. Psycho Circus - KISS 8. Joe Perry - Joe Perry 9. Carnival of Souls - KISS 10. Craveman - Ted Nugent 11. Heaven Forbid - BOC 12. Love Grenade - Ted Nugent 13. Anomaly - Ace Frehley 14. Sonic Boom - KISS 15. Nine Lives - Aerosmith

Revenge is Vastly overrated imo.

Just push play is awful, nine lives is awesome way better than get a grip, Crash is one of Aerosmith's finest songs and many other great songs on the album to., nine lives was the last good Aerosmith album. For me freedom fighter is their best song of the 21st century which Joe Perry sings from music from another dimension.

I pretty much stopped following some of those bands later stuff, so here is my top 5 from for the albums I know/own. Obviously I need to check out some of the recent BOC and Ted Nugent. 1. Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees 2. KISS - Revenge 3. Aerosmith - Get A Grip 4. KISS - Psycho Circus 5. Damn Yankees - Don't Tread

So now Popoff is saying he doesn't like the cover for The Symbol Remains....Wow! It looks completely badass, as it's crushing it's way through concrete, what more do you want for christ sake? Then to top it off, he doesn't like the heavy tracks, lol. Martin, why don't you throw out all your rock and metal albums and just listen to Madonna full time? Hats off to the people who simply love the sound of their own voices. Oi Vay!!

Looks like on the home stretch with this topic...Again for me I like almost nohing Nugent's done post 70's (incl Damn Yankees) & not into Kiss at all (except for a handful of their hits). So Aerosmith/BOC it is! My ranking, both bands clearly no longer in their heyday by this point - also I'm an Aerosmith fan but less into BOC so that's reflected here: 1. Get a Grip, Nine Lives 2. Aerosmith Unplugged 1990 3. The Symbol Remains, Joe Perry Project (2005), Heaven Forbid 4. Aerosmith MTV Unplugged, Up In Smoke 5. Music From Another Dimension, Curse Of The Hidden Mirror 6. Just Push Play, Ghost Stories, Sweetzerland Manifesto, Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII 7. You Gotta Move, Rockin' The Joint, Honkin' on Bobo, Cult Classic (many great tunes but why rerecord them?), Have Guitar Will Travel, Reunion (Whitford/St Holmes)

it bothers me, it annoys me and I don't like it at all, in fact I hate everything, Martin said, and I love the way he says it

* 90's onwards

1. Kiss - Psycho Circus 2. Kiss - Revenge 3. Aerosmith - Get a Grip 4. Kiss - Sonic Boom 5. Kiss - Monster

You left off some solo Kiss stuff.

Why rank this 90s albums and not 90s new bands??? Sound garden Alice in chains nin tool? Wtf

I didn't like anything from Aerosmith after Nine Lives. I really liked the album outside of Pink... god, that song sucks! Personally, I always liked Psycho Circus.

For once and for all, Aerosmith's "Cryin'" is not a ballad!

Just Push Play just screams corporate. It’s horrible. Jaded isn’t the worst song ever but the album is sad and sellout.

Can we expand the palette just a little? Bad Company, Bad Religion, Ben Folds, Billy Joel, Billy Squier, Blur, Bod Dylan, Bob Seger, Bon Jovi, Boston, Bruce Springsteen, just to take a few from the "B's"? Those are all classic rock, with the possible exception of BR, BF, and Blur. Love your discussions. I just wish you had more varied artists you cared to debate.

Aerosmith.............. Just Push Play....... is a Terrible Aerosmith Album

This is for the most part a bunch of crappy albums by formerly good bands.

Can you guys PLEASE number these albums while you are ranking them? “My next one is” “Next is”. It makes it a complete mess. I have no idea where you are at in your rankings and it shouldn’t be up to the viewer to keep track. Do better.

Both way too hard on aerosmith while they're okay with kiss (revenge?) ticking off boxes. Only tn solo + dy are interesting, along with gag to hob. Admittedly mfad is a turd. Finally, boc ain't up to dp standards after blackmore quit again. Top five of era: four asmith in a row then first yankees. Best is either grip or nine lives. At least most rock fans know stuff on the five best albums!

The Aerosmith albums post 1987 really caused me to lose interest.Awful crap...Toys was great,Wings, Vacation ,Rocks were good (although massively over praised) the others are either mediocre or terrible...Overall not one of my 100 favorite bands.

How can you even compare kiss to AEROSMITH OR BLUE OYSTER CULT

"cloying", Martin always makes me reach for the dictionary 🎉

22. Just Push Play 21. Get a Grip 20. Honkin' on Bobo 19. Nine Lives 18. Music from Another Dimension! 17. The Music Made Me Do It 16. Ghost Stories 15. The Curse of the Hidden Mirror 14. Sonic Boom 13. Detroit Muscle 12. Psycho Circus 11. Love Grenade 10. Craveman 9. ShutUpandJam! 8. Heaven Forbid 7. Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions 6. Don't Tread 5. Monster 4. Spirit of the Wild 3. The Symbol Remains 2. Revenge 1. Damn Yankees