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Mike Castleberry and Big Frog

The Metal Shop

A weekly Music podcast
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The Metal Shop

Mike Castleberry and Big Frog

The Metal Shop

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The Metal Shop

Mike Castleberry and Big Frog

The Metal Shop

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On this episode we take a look at Rolling Stone's list of greatest guitarists and discuss ones we think are underrated.
Often considered one of the biggest blunders for KISS, the solo albums marked the start of a decline in popularity for the band. We asked ourselves: Could this project be salvaged as a proper KISS album? We cherry picked tracks from all 4 to pu
On this episode we talk about the new Metallica album, and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame
Little bit of a grab bag episode, we're talking about seeing Maiden live on the recent tour, and our thoughts on Rob Zombie's "Munsters"
We're getting meta with our metal. Talking about our favorite (and some least favorite) metal songs that are about metal, plus some metal news!
Ok, so Covid isn't actually GONE, but apparently we a decided it was anyway.  We do a run down on the state of metal after the worst pandemic in a century, and discuss the Hall of Fame nomination we thought would never come.
We're back! Sorry about the unexplained absence, we both just had a really busy start to 2022.  We're back to recording more regularly and have some fun things planned coming up. This episode we're talking about Rob Zombie. He's solo career and
The year is almost over, and for this episode we're talking White Zombie, and more!
Happy Halloween everyone! Sorry about the delay (life is hectic lately) but just in time we have our episode on Iommi's most evil riffs, along with some metal news!
You heard the worst, now here's the best! Our favorite cover songs!
For every epic cover song in rock and metal history, there are probably ten awful ones.  We're going "undercover" to unearth 10 of the most heinous crimes in cover song history. 
Sometimes even our favorite artists make huge mistakes, these are some of the biggest missteps in rock and metal history (In our opinion) 
We're getting close to reopening and summer is around the corner, what better time to talk party songs?
Nothing fancy this time, just talking some more kick ass guitar riffs!
We decided to make this our annual tradition, we break down the 2021 Hall of Fame nominees, and who we think has the best chance of getting it 
This is it, the episode VH fans have been waiting for: our final tribute to the legendary Edward Van Halen is a deep dive into the self titled debut of the mighty Van Halen!
We send off 2020 and talk about the goings on in the world of metal in the bizarre year that was.  We'll be back soon with our final Van Halen episode!
We continue our trip in the way back machine, covering the Dave era of the mighty Van Halen!
On October 6th, we lost a legend.  We decided to do an album by album dive into his career, but for fun, we're doing it in reverse!  In part 1 we'll cover "A Different Kind of Truth", Van Halen III, and the entire Sammy Hagar era. 
The wind blows through your hair as you slay the mighty red dragon and save the realm!  Not really, but power metal will paint that picture for you! Is it cheesy? Sure, but at least it's fun.
With all the protests and general unrest, we thought this would be a great time to release an episode on one of the most controversial bands of all time, Body Count. This one is a bit more politically charged than other episodes, but, fuck it. 
Last episode we followed the band from its origins to the end of the classic era, when Fast Eddie Clarke left.  This episode we pick up from there, and follow the lineup shifts up until Lemmy's passing in 2015.
We're finally tackling Lemmy and the legendary Motorhead! This week we follow him through his days as a roadie, Hawkwind, and the classic era of the legendary band!
We're finally tackling Lemmy and the legendary Motorhead! This week we follow him through his days as a roadie, Hawkwind, and the classic era of the legendary band!
pretty straight forward. We continue our dive into 70s influences on heavy metal with the legendary Led Zeppelin!
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