Absolutely, the reunion of Mark II Deep Purple in 1984 was monumental.!!!

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Some good choices guys but amazed that Maiden didn’t get mentioned. When you combine the longevity of the reunion, the quality of the albums and tours they are second to none….

I absolutely love Perfect Strangers. Start to finish it’s a perfect 10 imo. It’s still a regular spin for me to this day.

1. Deep Purple MKII (1984 & 1993) 2. Led Zeppelin (2007) 3. Black Sabbath (1998) 4. Iron Maiden (2000) 5. Heaven and Hell 6. Rick James and the Stone City Band (1997) 7. Fleetwood Mac (1997) 8. Bad Company (1995) 9. Asia (2006)

My favorites: 1. Deep Purple Mk. II - Perfect Strangers 2. Iron Maiden - Brave New World (Bruce and Adrian return) 3. Michael Schenker Group(s) 4. Asia 5. Lynyrd Skynyrd

I think the Allman Brothers are the greatest American rock band of all time. I did get to see Lynyrd Skynyrd while they still had some of their original members, with the guy on bass with all the hats, and the original piano player, and I'm happy I saw that. There is a lot of sadness and emotion that comes along with that band, and their music, and the Allmans as well.

I gotta go with Bruce and Adrian rejoining Iron Maiden for Brave New World and releasing one of their finest albums

KISS '96 for me. When the curtain went down in Berlin on that tour and I saw the original line-up in their full overblown make-up glory for the first time (they unmasked when I was still in elementary school), I totally lost it in the front row. After Deuce, I looked around... grown men were weeping. A popular German TV host next to me was sobbing while shouting in my ear (english translation follows): "That's Ace Frehley right there, man! Ace Frehley, man!!! My hero Ace Frehley, man!!!" Unforgettable. (They should have called it quits soon after, though.) Honourable mentions: Alice In Chains '09, Exodus '04, Simon & Garfunkel '81. All other reunions mostly sucked.

I saw Styx with Dennis on the "Return to Paradise Theater" tour in the late 90's with Kansas as the opener. It was an amazing show!

Favourite Bands & reunion album: *1)* Bachman Turner Overdrive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1984) *2)* Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light (1987) *3)* Santana (original members) - Santana IV (2016) *4)* Lynyrd Skynyrd - Endangered Species (1994) *5)* The Allman Brothers Band - Seven Turns (1990)

I saw the Purple reunion too Pete. Great album and tour.

Europe on their -84 Wings of Tomorrow tour here in Sweden was my first ever concert. Great pure hard rock! Saw them again in 2018 and they were HEAVY, no hair metal-pop feeling there! And like you said, Martin - AIC really made a glorious come-back with William Duvall. Saw them in 2018 as well and both the new and old material was great.

Styx "Return to the Paradise" has got to be one of the best concert DVD's ever. The whole band kicks it in high gear. Not a weak moment IMHO.

KISS reunion will always be my favorite in regards to being 17 or 18 at the time and loving them since I was very young. But never imagined I'd ever see the original 4 on stage and in make up.

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe Asia Styx Foreigner...the tour with many original members And certainly Deep Purple of the 80's.

1. Asia (2006 w/ original lineup) 2. UK (2011 w/ Jobson & Wetton) 3. ELP (2010) 4. Black Sabbath (2011 w/ Osbourne) 5. Van Halen (2007 w/ David Lee Roth) 6. Judas Priest (2003 w/ Rob Halford)

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Mercyful Fate is quite amazing. I agree with you gents. Everything they have ever released has been top notch quality music.

Hi Pete. For me the GREAT BAND REUNIONS could be: 1. CREAM 2005 for 4 shows in London and 2 shows in NYC 2. LED ZEPPELIN 2007 for one night only at O2 in 2007 3. KISS 1996 Tour that unleashed a short Kissmania around the rock world 4. BLACK SABBATH 1997/98 Reunion tour 5. DEEP PURPLE Perfect Strangers album and tour after 10 years of the last MK2 show. Unfortunately we know what happened next with the following years. Greetings from Monterrey, Mexico

Styx Return To Paradise is genuinely one of the best live DVD/albums ever.

Status Quo the Frantic Four reunion. Even though Alan was suffering from MS he sounded like the young Nuff of old. Bet they’re glad they did it, the fans were Lynyrd Skynyrd reunion. First there was the 20th anniversary tour then came the 1991 album. Glad I got to see them when most of the 70’s lineup were still going

you two have great chemistry and a perfect fit. I am enjoying these videos -- Pardo and Popoff--immensely. Thanks much. Its actually the perfect way to unwind before sleep and still find something interesting and new info. Yesterday I listened to some music by bands I had NEVER heard of before. Thanks much fellas.

Allman Brothers for sure in the late 80's Little Feat too

My Top Reunions: Genesis "Six of the Best" the one that got away... One I wish I had seen since it doesnt look like they will ever get back together (Gabriel, Rutherford, Banks, Phillips, Collins and Hackett) But the Reunions I was lucky enough to see in concert: 1) Raspberries 2) The Eagles 1st Hell Freezes over Tour 3) Kiss Psycho Circus 4) Deep Purple Perfect Strangers 5) Styx Return To Paradise

Triumph at Sweden Rock Festival 2008

Will never forget seeing Skynyrd on the first tour after the plane crash. When they played Freebird, the stage was completely dark except for one spotlight focused on a pair of white shoes at center stage at the base of the mic stand. An incredibly moving moment.

Funhouse time!

Todd Rundgren brought back Utopia for a great tour, with 3 of the 4 remaining members present. It was a great 2.5 hour show. I think it was in 2018.

Soft Machine's 2015 reunion! In the album "Hidden Details" of 2018 they gave us Mike Ratledge' little gem "The Man who waved at Trains" in an "enhanced" version!

Thank god someone out there appreciates Europe. As much as I do like their mid 80's stuff, all of the newer albums are just stellar. And I would agree the War Of Kings is quite possibly the best of the bunch. And the fact that it's actually still the same 5 guys that recorded The Final Countdown, amazing band.

1. Van der Graaf Generator. A great reunion after a 28 year pause. 2. Rainmakers. After 3 great albums they had a break, but came back better than ever after 5 years. 3. Kevin Ayers. After retiring to Spain with wine, he was coaxed out of years of inactivity by Mike Oldfield.

Deep Purple “Perfect Strangers” and best concert too.

Great stuff, gentlemen. Love hearing the back stories behind each reunion

Thanks for the props for MSG!!! Love Michael Schenker. Saw the "Michael Schenker Fest" show.

Hey Pete, just wanted to vent a little bit, I discovered you and your world during the Covid pandemic, I can’t thank you enough for what you’re doing, I look so forward to your show’s, absolutely love Hudson Valley Squares, and the Monsters Den, Must see TV! But also to hear smart people talk about music! Martin Popov is awesome, and everyone else you bring on your show, I learn something new from every single show you have, I don’t comment much, but I have to give you much love from Detroit, you have more fans then you think! Keep up the great work you do! Love you and all who are apart of this special platform! God bless sup Cris Ali 😎

Maybe it's cheating, but Page and Plant in the mid-90's put out two fantastic albums, one live, one new studio.

All really good choices. I’d have to say that the Europe one is the reunion most people would be shocked by. Absolutely killer stuff over the past 15 years from these guys. Everyone here in Detroit just associates them with the Pistons Bad Boys teams because that was the team’s theme song. So much more to them now. ‘Secret Society’ shocked the hell out of me and is my favorite out of the newer ones, although they are all very strong.

1) Return To Forever 2) David Sancious & Tone 3) Crosswind [Japanese Band] 4) Budgie 5) Steely Dan

Gotta agree with Martin. The Michael Schenker Group output over the past several years has been absolutely amazing.

King Crimson. Discipline. Unreal and way ahead of its time. ABWH - Unreal performance. I was in Philly and the place went nuts. Rush - Just because we never thought the band was coming back together.

My favorite reunion only happened for one song. Normally I would never sight this institution, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was the stage for a reunion that made be both super happy and ultimately pissed off as well. Heart...and the original band playing "Crazy on You" showed with one song, despite decades of anger and attacks at each other in the media, how essential those original members were to that untouchable sound and feel of those classic Heart albums! They were awesome!!!! They have NEVER been the same since Derosier, Fossen, Leese and Fischer left the band!! Since all of them are still alive, IF they were to regroup, (which I know they won't) I would pay almost any amount of money to see that lineup!!

Ozzy reunion with Black Sabbath for 13; DLR reunion with Van Halen for Different Kind Of Truth; Steve Perry returning to Journey for Trial By Fire; Santanas’ reunion for IV. The reunion of Aerosmith for Done With Mirrors. And KISS reunion for Psycho Circus. Loverboy reunion for Business As Usual. Duo’s reunion with Sabbath for Dehumanizer and the later Heaven And Hell group. Ritchie Blackmore returning to Deep Purple for Perfect Strangers, House Of Blue Light and The Battle Rages On.

Van der Graaf Generator in 2005 ... great album and fantastic live.

KISS with makeup was the be all end all reunion of all time. I saw the 2nd night at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh and Metallica was escorted to the soundboard to watch the show. Lars was air drumming Detroit Rock City. Crazy good stuff. Psycho Circus was OK as an after tour follow up but the pure excitement of seeing that lineup in makeup will never be topped.

I loved the Deep Purple reunion. I saw them in concert March of 1985 with Girlschool opening for them. It was a great show, but afterwards I thought I was going to die on the 120 mile drive home in the sleet and snow.

Styx reforming with Dennis DeYoung in the mid 1990s Kansas getting the original band together for the " Somewhere To Elsewhere " album in 2000

Perfect strangers is a 10/10 album. Every song is great.

About Europe. John Norum left the band during the height of their success in the mid/late 80's. He didn't care for all the commerical stuff and "work" around. Taking photos, doing interviews for teenage magazines and such. He wanted to rock and play live. He started a solo career that went decent. He later rejoined the band and has been a stabile member since. I think they do a good job of keeping a balance of the early work and the later stuff live. Even though The Final Countdown was a early favorite song for me as a kid I must agree that you shouldn't judge the band upon that song or Carrie or Rock the Night. They do offer quite much else!

Yes 1991.The album not so much but that tour..damn,! ELP 1992.Black Moon just might be my favorite album of the 90s.Saw them on that tour and it was the best show I have seen. Saw Michael Schenker Fest in 2019.That was a fun show!They played for nearly 2 1/2 hours.

Dinosaur Jr reunion of original lineup. They have now put out more albums since reunion than original run and arguable more consistently strong albums. I’ve enjoyed each of the newer albums, even though they ironically more like the stuff put out after Lou Barlow left.

My favorite Reunions 1. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers, saw them 2x once they got together, and love this album 2. Happy The Man - 2000- NEARfest and album "The Muse Awakens", dream come true for me. 3. KISS - 1996. I saw them as a kid on Dynasty tour (1980), but was amazing to get to see them again. No interest in any albums..,just live

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Also King Crimson in 1994. A reunited KC is not such an unusual thing - but this one was special for me because I had no prior knowledge of the band coming together. Just walked into our local HMV, and there it was on the wall - VROOM. And the best part - it was good!

Here’s an idea for future topic: the concept of the Mason-Dixon Line for bands and musicians. What was the discography line in the sand where people stop paying attention or heep praise. And what are the reasons and is it fair. Case in point, Scorpions mason Dixon seems to largely be between love at first sting and savage amusement

Michael Schenker Group saw them in Germany 2015 at festival was great to see all the singers. Mcauley voice is amazing on his solo stuff to these guys all in 60s plus and still got it.

Saw Deep Purple at the Meadowlands in 84' being a big fan I was so excited and they didn't let me down. Another was the Doobie Brothers at Garden State Arts Center during the Cycles Tour.

Mission of Burma, great run of albums starting in the mid 00s, after previously only releasing one EP and album in 81/82. Original line-up of Dinosaur Jr, the 'Beyond' album was a great return in 2007 and they've been releasing quality albums since. Carcass with Surgical Steel and last year's Torn Arteries.

I love Pete's frozen "trying to look interested" expression while Martin talks about the Stooges. Great to hear Perfect Strangers get love

The Michael Schenker Fest with all the vocalists was awesome. RIP Ted McKenna.......

These episodes with Pete and Martin are so enjoyable for me, as the "metalhead progger jazz fan who also loves punk, new wave, and post-punk!" :-) I love most of what Pete loves, musically, and I'm still always learning more from him about great bands and albums (new and old), and for the punk stuff that Pete doesn't like, Martin always has my back too! :-) Great show, great music, great conversation-- love it, guys!

You have got me to listen to so many groups in the two years I have been following you, but I never imagined anything so preposterous as me listening to Europe. I am listening to War of Kings right now and that bad boy is going into my Amazon shopping basket straight away. I'll listen to the other later ones that you recommended over the weekend.

I’ll add: Kiss (that first reunion tour was indeed exciting), Priest/Halford, Floyd at Live 8, Zep “Celebration Day,,” Sabbath w/Ozzy AND then Dio.

The #AllmanBrothersBand revival in the 1990's was great and I became an Allmanhead then, seeing them several times in that decade (got busy with my own music) and the Dreams box set is one of the best compilation releases ever. 🎶

Porcupine Tree, new album and tour dates announced! Great band back together again!

Another great episode, loved the background story. The ones that sprang to mind were: Billy Idol / Steve Stevens - Devil’s Playground (2005). Probably my favourite reunion album of all time & thankfully they stayed together ever since, releasing another album, last years EP and some great tours. ZZ Top - Deguello (1979). Away for 3 years which was a long time in the 70s. Aerosmith - Done with Mirrors (1985). Original line up cleans up, reforms & goes on to be one of the biggest bands in the world in the 80s & 90s. Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth (2012). DLR back in the band, & really good album. Cold Chisel - No Plans (2012). 4 members of the classic line up deliver 3 really good albums over the last 10 years. Honourable Mentions: Kiss original line up, Eagles, Police & Cheap Trick when Tom Petersson re-joined in 1987. P

GRYPHON CARPE DIEM ( original )ASIA CREAM ( 2005) RETURN TO FOREVER ( 2008)

The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple and so .... Are great bands they can`t go wrong BIG NAMES Thank you for that show. Pete and Martin

Forgot one. Dire Straits headlining the. Mandela Concert in 88. Mark said that concert was the reason he got the band back together. And Eric Clapton with them as guest guitarist

Pete and Martin, here's an idea for a future show: what are your top 5 songs that fade out at the end (as opposed to a hard stop)? Some random examples of rock songs that fade out at the end include "Born to be Wild", "Crazy Train", "Holy Diver", "I've Seen All Good People", "Red Barchetta", and "Tom Sawyer". What are your top five?

The first band that came to mind was Led Zeppelin's O2 show in 2007. I wasn't a fan at the time but, I even then I knew it was a big deal. And The Police's reunion tour. I was a Police fan at the time but, I didn't have the money to see them. A friend of mine, who is also a fan, went and she enjoyed the show. Again guys, stunning omissions from both of you!

1. Carcass- there 2 reunion albums are as good or maybe better then the late 80s and 90s album. 2. At the Gates 3. Iron Maiden with Bruce and Adrian. 4.

As a teenager All Right Now blew me away. I bought all of Free's albums and then they split up. I thought I would never see them but they got back together and did a farewell tour and I got hold of a ticket and went to see them at De Montfort Hall in Leicester. I was so amazed and was in awe for days afterwards. What a band.

Good morning Peter and Martin! And if I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight! Great show as always! Thank you so much! Just got my Sea of Tranquilty hoodie delivered and it is beautiful! Perfectly dize and so comfortable! Everyone buy one! Cheers from Canada!

Great choice for day 7, Pete. I too bought this LP for its melodic sense. I have Triumph's Never Surrender for day 7. Rik Emmett pumped a bunch of catchy riffs following up Allied Forces. Never Surrender and When the Lights Go Down were two great concert songs.

My bucket list of bands to see live has Europe at the top. They've become one of my favorite bands since their comeback. Also, I hope we get some new material from them sooner than later.

Glad Martin mentioned MSG!! My favorite group, since i saw them in Dec. 1980. Seen various line ups. Got all the CD's. Glad to see him still playing and better than ever. Still top notch band members.

1996 I was happy to see Kiss back together again. I saw them in Orlando.

All the bands you mentioned were good picks. Glad martin mentioned Alice n Chains. Black Gives Way to Blue is my second favorite Alice album! It's also admirable that they got a new member with his own personality and talents. Will isn't just a Layne sound alike to sing his parts, as MArtin mentioned he's a writer, guitar player, and has his own unique singing style. As for me, I'd also include Rob Halford rejoining Judas Priest. Angel of retribution is a great album and I think it was the perfect balance between their classic sound while still embracing modern metal production, and of course, the band has continued on since with great albums like Redeemer of Souls and Firepower. I think Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson rejoining Iron Maiden is also an important one. Similar to the Priest in that they came back with a great new album and have build off that momentum ever since. A weird one would be the Beatles Anthology project in 1994. I actually really like the two Lennon songs Free As A Bird and Real Love that George, Paul, and Ringo finished.

Van der Graaf Generator. Their reunion concert in 2005, unbelievable,

The Velvet Underground reunion had every potential of being an abject failure. And then...it was pretty freakin' great. Like, really really great. Getting to see Maureen Tucker do her thing after all those years was a dream come true, and man did she bring it! Everyone did.

ABWH in 1989. With Yes West and Asia plowing along at full speed, I really didn't see it coming. And, although I'm luke-warm on the album, there was something about those songs that felt more in-line with classic yes. I remember the promo video being cool (studio footage) and seeing the guys on MuchMusic (our local MTV) was fun. Hadn't seen Wakeman or Bruford in some time. And then the concert - which was fantastic! My best memory was watching the video for Brother of Mine with a buddy - who had no experience with Yes - and seeing his jaw drop at the site of Wakeman's rapid fire piano build that ends the track.

Great episode as always. What Michael Schenker did with those reunion tours should have been done by Blackmore as well. Would have been better than the Memories In Rock concerts I think.

one really great reunion that comes to mind for me is the band Satan. Great NWOBHM band who puts out 2 albums in the 80s including the fantastic 'court in the act' but are done by 88. Then they reform in 2011 and start releasing a string of banger albums from 2013 with 'life sentence' 25 years after their previous album.

Another great show guys and thank you for showing the love for past and present SKYNYRD, I just don't get the people who won't listen to any of their albums after 77 as far as I'm concerned their discography stands up against any of their peers who are still around today.

Allmans almost by far the greatest reunion of all time for a classic rock band. Warren and Woody gave such a spark to the band. I saw the Crackdown ON Crack show at MSG in 1986, and then numerous times on the glorious second reunion. Dregs for sure Thanks for the reminder Pete. Saw them in I believe 1988 for the reunion of Morse, Lavitz, Slone, Morgenstein AIC good call Martin If I may both Grateful Dead W/ Jerry and Phish took breaks and reformed arguably Better than before. At the very least went strong for many years after the reunion/hiatus Dead - 4 keyboard member changes, and took off most of 1975 came back strong to continue 76-95. I personally do not consider the last 3 years STRONG but many great shows in there. Phish took off 5 years 2004- 2009 and are still crushing shows city to city in arenas and stadiums.

Talking reunions here; ok, here are my favorites: Led Zeppelin’s reunion with Jason Bonham on drums for the one-off 2007 concert. Black Sabbath’s Reunion tour and album 13. Mark Farner rejoining Grand Funk for the Concert For Bosnia tour and album. Deep Purple’s Perfect Strangers, House Of Blue Light and The Battle Rages On trilogy. Joe Perry and Brad Witford rejoining Aerosmith for Done With Mirrors. DLR reunion with Van Halen for A Different Kind Of Truth. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen reunion for Steely Dan’s Grammy winning Two Against Nature. Rob Halford’s return to Judas Priest for Angel Of Retribution. Steve Perry’s return to Journey for Trial By Fire. And finally, the RJD return to Black Sabbath for Dehumanizer and the subsequent Heaven And Hell album and tour.

Great call on Europe. I didn't even know they were together and somehow stumbled on the the single War of Kings and I was blown away. Been a big fan ever since.

Reunions I witnessed Live: Yes (90125 Tour), Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers, TBRo-if we consider that a re-reunion of the MKII), Thin Lizzy w/ Sykes (talking about reuniting without THE key member), Kiss in 95, The Cult in 95 and somewhere in early OO's, King Crimson (around the Thrak period), Page/Plant, Destruction (in 2006), Queen + Adam Lambert (is it a reunion? Is it Queen?), Fleetwood Mac w/ Nicks & Buckingham in the 10's, Whitesnake in 2009 (the previous tour was after all a farewell tour...), ...so many good memories. Thnx for the reunions!

I love the William Duvall era Alice In Chains albums. They’re incredible and consistent with the Layne Staley albums. I wonder if Martin has ever thought of doing a book on Alice In Chains. I think he would do a great job covering both eras of the band.

Iron Maiden hands down! Brave New World is the greatest comeback album ever and a Top 5 album in their catalog.

Good episode. I love The Stooges. Wish I could have seen them live. Thanks guys.

So glad you picked up Europe here!! Its one of my favorite bands of al time! Even if I´m Swedish but they are really great. And like you said about the Greatness of thier new records after the comeback its a Thunderstike,. Some peeple that I meet just talk about Europe of the 80s, so great and Big they were., with the look and the sounds of that time., But don´t really have lissen to the new stuff., I I can say : I am a Big fan of the 80s hair metal bands and Europe of that time, the records " Final Countdown" Out of this World " Prissoners in Paradise " But i prefer the new stuff better., ) I have fallowed the since the comeback in 2004 and brought every record sence and like you say : Its a kILLER! WHAT A Sound,. what a style., its more heavier, darker, cooler and deeper. You here their inspitaions from the 70s bands like Deep Purple, Thin Lizzi and UFO. : We dont have so many bands like sounds like this today so thats why they are unice! * * Rock n roll. // Henrik from Sweden.

I think it was 99. When Bruce and Adrian came back to Iron Maiden!! My life was complete again

Always love those weather updates...

I’m from Saskatchewan. I’m praying for -11. It was colder than -40 with wind chill here this week. That’s -40 Fahrenheit as well. That temperature is when Celsius and Fahrenheit meet.

Iron Maiden '99 Ed Hunter Tour. If you were at any of the handful of shows,..It was like the re-birth of metal !

Anthem reunion concert with the many singers might be my fave, that's pretty epic.

Really cool show guys!!! Love all the picks and are pretty worthy for the topic My picks (most of these are metal but maybe some rock picks here and there) in no particular order Carcass-surgical steel Coroner (arguably the best band I have seen live). Were inactive for about 20 years breathtaking to see that they are still brilliant at their instruments Heathen-evolution of chaos (one of the best metal reunion albums of all time) Exodus-tempo of the damned ( again one of the best reunion albums along with heathen and carcass) Judas priest-angel of retribution (priest with rob halford back. Really good album) At the gates at war with reality (classic atg lineup that lasted only with one album after the reunion since Anders left. Phenomenal album) Celtic frost- monotheist (an absolute spine crusher. Returning after years of absence with arguably the heaviest album of your career is one of the coolest things one can do) Gorguts-coloured sands (masterpiece of an album with a fantastic concept) Solitude aeturnus-alone (their best)

Mike Watt name drop! God bless you Mr.Popoff!