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The first Motörhead release without Fast Eddie Clarke and the only to include his replacement, ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson could have been a disaster.  Instead, it’s Another Perfect Day.  Lemmy's rasp and bass roar remain in tack as does Filthy Phil’s frenetic pounding, and while Fast Eddie’s speedy riffing is missed, in it’s place are Robertson’s newly welcomed guitar melodies that add another dimension to the ferocity of the patented Motörhead sound.  The band would soon return to their meat and potatoes approach but the outlier that is APD remains a bright stop in their glorious catalog.     RIP Lemmy RIP Fast Eddie RIP Filthy Phil    Recommended Listening:    EP134:  Motörhead “Ace of Spades” https://huntsmanhill

The shadow(play) of this band and this record in particular, looms large.  From its iconic cover to the deification of singer Ian Curtis after his suicide shortly after the albums release to their transformation into the stadium filling New Order afterward, everything about Joy Division feels big and important.  But what about the music itself?  Sure it influenced everyone from The Cure to U2, Tears For fears to Interpol but does it hold up on its own merits in 2024?  We dig into the fading new dawn and attempt to remember everything.    Recommended Listening   HHPP Spotify Track:  Shadowplay  https://open.spotify.com/track/4ZuC5MfGjRQs3pZtPxqMYP?si=ba5d22e63b474e3e   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:   https://open.spot

Outside of Black Sabbath and the Ramones, it’s hard to imagine a band more influential to Alternative music than Wire. Without their first three albums, 80’s Post Punk & College Rock, 90’s Shoegaze & Brit Pop and the indie rock of 2000’s would have all sounded completely different and early 80’s Hardcore maybe never exists.  Their 1977 debut is simultaneously a totem of its time and entirely timeless. Pink Flag's songs span just over thirty five minutes and there’s nary a wasted second with every note spawning a new genre / inspiring a new band.  We dive deep.  Flex your head.    Recommended Listening   EP41:  Gang of Four “Entertainment’  https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/10/02/ep41-gang-of-four-entertainment/   EP209:  Television “Marquee Moon”  https://huntsmanhill.com/2023/02/12/ep209-television-marquee-moon/   “Whore:  Various Artists Play Wire” https://www.discogs.com/release/101972-Various-Whore-Various-Artists-Play-Wire   HHPP Spotify Track:  “Fr

Unbeknownst to us, this long unavailable album would be remastered and made available on all your notable music streaming services only a week or two after we recorded this episode.  That means that you can now hear it with Apple Music or Spotify clarity as opposed to the less than desirable ad-riddled YouTube experience we had to endure to prep for this conversation.  Does that vastly improve the record’s listening experience?  No, no it does not.  You can’t polish a turd.  Enter at your own risk.     Recommended Listening:    EP32:  Black Sabbath - Complete Discography   https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/07/09/ep32-black-sabbath-complete-discography/   Kerrang! Sabbath Album Raking https://www.kerrang.com/black-sabbath-every-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best   Spotify Pla

The best mashups are like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and the worst play like an 11 years olds YouTube channel. So what happens when you put Chocolate City’s favorite sons into the Brooklyn Zoo?  An Emo motherfucking ruckus!!!  DC killa bees y’all!   LINK TO EPISODE IN BIO   Recommended Listening   Wugazi 13 Chambers Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3p5V13QvhPHQfgJySsNWeb?si=c935427f81744d14   HHPP Spotify Tracks:   Fugazi “Argument” https://open.spotify.com/track/6a2Y5mQxG4Ij6hdy2yIjsX?si=204a645b52ff45fb Wu-Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.” https://open.spotify.com/track/119c93MHjrDLJTApCVGpvx?si=00ca59f1c90c4192   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFl

Fuck This Band    Recommended Listening   EP78:  Voivod “Killing Technology” https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/09/30/ep78-voivod-killing-technology/   HHPP Spotify Track:  “To Hell With Good Intentions” https://open.spotify.com/track/6voBjlyjKJ51YmsuOhVxmM?si=ec2a0acccc71476c   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRwAcademy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkStS?si=6SCjNtXbSO2xRBDuBKJelQ Mid City Three:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LW7wWSHd9bi3n3Q5N8i35?si=aVFU0HdnRzqI1UOTAfc-ig

We’re not getting older, we're getting bitter    RIP Mr Chi Pig    Recommended Listening   EP5:  “…And No One Else Wanted to Play" https://huntsmanhill.com/2016/12/21/ep-5-snfu-and-no-one-else-wanted-to-play/   HHPP Spotify Track:  “The Devil’s Voice” https://open.spotify.com/track/7fKAcYpq6N55ficeXaGMZo?si=cf3278348dd0482d   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRwAcademy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkStS?si=6SCjNtXbSO2xRBDuBKJelQ Mid City Three:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LW7wWSHd9bi3n3Q5N8i35?si=aVFU0HdnRzqI1UOTAfc-ig

Essentially Hatebreed w/ a dash of Slayer.  It’s not the most original formula but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a fun listen.     Recommended Listening   Videos Deathwestern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lSSzMZg0oE&list=RDEMUxm5PCua3VxOjzHA5MlaGg&start_radio=1   TV Show Preacher  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5016504/   Other Music Panopticon “Kentucky”  https://open.spotify.com/album/41MBKLkhzs5dWsELkCW20x?si=QDA8wBMmSYuMEBKeC8Q0LA   HHPP Spotify Track:  “The Heretic Butcher” https://open.spotify.com/track/17plD7R9ZNJ4o3yGuWw2WW?si=115de8af25cb463c     Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRwAcademy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.c

Our journey through uncharted Sabbath waters continues with the band’s thirteenth studio album.  Released in 1987, at this point more of a Toni Iommi solo project than a band.  This one features Tony Martin, their fifth singer and a solid contribution from ex-Uriah Heep, Rainbow & Blizzard of Oz bassist Bob Daisley.  It’s not exactly a return to form but it's a step in the right direction.     Recommended Listening:    EP32:  Black Sabbath - Complete Discography   https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/07/09/ep32-black-sabbath-complete-discography/   Tony Iommi ft Brian May https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_-Swyrtzh4   Movie "Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis" https://www.netflix.com/title/81721595#:~:text=Watch%20Squaring%20the%20Circle%20(The%20Story%20of%20Hipgn

EP256:  X - More Fun in the New World - Beginning with their debut “Los Angeles” in 1979, X put out four consecutive nearly perfect records culminating with “More Fun in the New World" in 1983.  It would be their last album produced by Ray Manzarek and the bands sound would more overtly incorporate elements of Roots Rock and Americana whole John Doe and Exene Cervenka’s lyrics would begin leaning into current events and political and social happenings in addition to the amazingly detailed, heart wrenching observations from their personal lives.  Maybe more than any previous release, More Fun in the New World is the sound of X starting down adulthood.      RIP Mojo Nixon   Recommended Listening   EP3:  X "Wild Gift" https://huntsmanhill.com/2016/11/23/64/   EP86:  X "Los Angeles"  https://huntsmanhill.com/2019/01/22/ep86-x-los-angeles/   Ep121:  X “Alphabetland” https://huntsmanhill.com/2020/05/03/ep121-x-alphabetland-soundtrack-to-the-apocalypse-vol-7/   EP180:  X "Under The Big Black Sun" https://huntsmanhi

If you have heard Big Star’s music, chances are that you’re a fan.  If you haven’t but love Cheap Trick or REM or the Replacements or the Plimsouls or the Go-Go’s or Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers chances are that you’re a fan but just don’t know it yet.  They were that good.  In this, our first episode discussing the Power Pop geniuses, we deep dive record #1.    RIP Chris Bell RIP Alex Chilton RIP Andy Hummel  RIP Wayne Kramer RIP Mojo Nixon   Recommended Listening The Box Tops “The Letter” https://open.spotify.com/track/6RJK553YhstRzyKA4mug09?si=87b3201939374987   Chris Bell “I Am the Cosmos”  https://open.spotify.com/album/7a7Lzqu4AuMHVtCPkxASay?si=baGet3soSZWVtYuGcy4caw   The Replacements "Alex Chilton” https://open.spotify.com/track/2g9EvzLR2sYscJQubwKGqu?si=6e2aaee1a7cb46c6   Movie Big Star:  Nothing Can Hurt Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Star:_Nothing_Can_Hurt_Me   HHPP Spotify Track:  “The Ballad of El Goodo”  https://open.spotify.com/track/1B5kQto4k99RG67TJEwwS5?si=cef86b8f1665466b   Spo

EP254:  The Adolescents.  Inspired by our Orange County lineage, we discuss this classic debut LP from 1981 and how it stacks up against the rest of the OC Punk canon.  It’s the rare episode recorded with all three amigos together in the same room, coming to you live and direct from Venice Beach CA!      RIP Steve Soto    Recommended Listening   EP68:  Remembering Steve Soto  https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/07/05/ep68-remembering-steve-soto/   HHPP Spotify Track:  “Kids of the Black Hole” https://open.spotify.com/track/7aDotQpUKpGFrOsrfQAxNc?si=c9be11e7816649ab   Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRwAcademy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.c

Pierre Kezdy was a staple of the Chicago Punk scene for more than 25 years.  Beginning in the early 80’s with Strike Anywhere Kezdy made his mark with his distinctive bass playing and melodic songwriting.   His work with Naked Raygun across classic albums from 1986’s “All Rise” through 1990’s “Rayun…Naked Raygun" would cement his legacy and joining ex-Raygun guitarist John Haggerty for several Pegboy albums further confirmed the high regard that he was held in throughout the Windy City.  We sadly lost Pierre to cancer in 2020.  He was only 58.  To celebrate his life through the music of Naked Raygun a number of Chicago area bands put together this compilation to support his late wife and children with all proceeds going to the family.  You can contribute and help support the Kezdy family by buying it on BandCamp:  https://godspeed-tribute.bandcamp.com/album/godspeed-a-tribute-to-pierre-kezdy-of-naked-raygun.  RIP Pierre.      Recommended Listening   HHPP EP16:  Naked Raygun - Complete Discography  https://hu

How does a band stay interested in making music together when they’re 20+ years into their recording career and their creative forces have competing sensibilities?  If you’re Fucked Up you indulge every whim, throw everything into a blender and see what comes out.  Results vary on their 2023 release but it’s never short of compelling.     Recommended Listening   Turned Out A Punk https://open.spotify.com/show/188Vlf3XVklJG9BPo2QKzK?si=44e29c659b294511   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRwAcademy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkStS?si=6SCjNtXbSO2xRBDuBKJelQ Mid City Three:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LW7wWSHd9bi3n3Q5N8i35?si=aVFU0HdnRzqI1UOTAfc-ig   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/hunts

BABYLON FALL!!!!!     Recommended Listening   Venom “Welcome to Hell” https://open.spotify.com/album/72v57SJxlkhi5ALoBTBGH0?si=Q0IBE9oKQHyumWHTxyxFyw   Sepultura “Chaos A.D.” https://open.spotify.com/album/5r4qa5AIQUVypFRXQzjaiu?si=QuThihZCTnybx43JfWwmJQ   Motörhead “Overkill” https://open.spotify.com/album/6rfGeD9P5kyZTSwif5tOJb?si=5ofkg0ZbSzml_HntxU4qgg   Corrosion of Conformity “Eye For An Eye” https://open.spotify.com/album/6MXrcKF4lcAeIVHyAlaI4n?si=i_VPZQeuTjaTdwVyN2L1aQ   D.R.I. “Dealing With It”  https://open.spotify.com/album/6KYKPjFDSvLkx0T4SqslWd?si=2NHwL24nSLi-tDAynZZPMg   Cathedral “Forest of Equilibrium” https://open.spotify.com/album/7Kr8okQKNUYPrs6uVTNf7g?si=CKkcM0pVTOuqpK4KtnPQLg   The Obsessed  https://open.spotify.com/album/0ucCyo64TIXxDHQChDnsXF?si=XtyUzXR-QMOSjsVR8KzoDg   Celtic Frost “Morbid Tales”  https://open.spotify.com/album/44zdONTM6zSrXMJUV93BBM?si=XcsbO__3TOi4XRG4CFSKmg   Voivod “Rrröööaaarrr” https://open.spotify.com/album/3IymtaFe8M1hW6ZAl51zYQ?si=Sues7UUVQZSQdBfajs05jw   Troub

We’re a little late to the Best of the Year party but better late than never, here’s our annual top tens from the year of our lord 2023.     RIP Bob Nalbandian   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRwAcademy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkStS?si=6SCjNtXbSO2xRBDuBKJelQ Mid City Three:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LW7wWSHd9bi3n3Q5N8i35?si=aVFU0HdnRzqI1UOTAfc-ig   huntsmanhill.com instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill

The boys of the HHPP Choir still singing Galway Bay and the bells are ringing out for Christmas day as we celebrate the life of the great Shane MacGowan.  Rest in peace good sir.     RIP Shane MacGowan  RIP Bob Nalbandian   Recommended Listening   EP21:  The Pogues “If I Should Fall From Grace With God”  https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/04/16/ep21-the-pogues-if-i-should-fall-from-grace-with-god/   Kiefer Sutherland on Shane MacGowan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vsm0gFtOd4   Movie Los Punk:  We Are All We Have https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4934152/   The Banshees of Inisherin  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11813216/   Book A Drink With Shane MacGowan https://www.amazon.com/Drink-Shane-MacGowan/dp/0802137903   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com Spotify Playlis

The fabled question posited by Neil Young, “is it better to burn out than to fade away?”  looms large when considering Sabbath’s 12th studio album.  It makes a strong argument for the former.  The prior quality of Tony Iommi’s work and his indelible influence on every single piece of heavy music that came after affords him eternal appreciation and love regardless of the atrocities that came after.  In the words of Sunn O))) "Praise Iommi’” and never waiver.    RIP Bob Nalbandian   Recommended Listening:    EP32:  Black Sabbath - Complete Discography   https://huntsmanhill.com/2017/07/09/ep32-black-sabbath-complete-discography/   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=w

INXS had a TON of hits during their 80’s heyday and you’d instantly recognize all of them, The Swing’s “Original Sin” included.  The rest of the album is filled with deep cuts that only the diehards will recognize.  Results may vary but if you want to know what 1984 sounded like, you could do a lot worse than starting here.     RIP Shane McGowan  RIP Geordie Walker  RIP Scott Kempner  RIP Bob Nalbandian   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.c

Part 2 of our Soulside series, this one focusing on their incredible third LP, which not only served as a sonic transition into the equally great Girls Against Boys but also unknowingly proved to be the inspiration for the HHPP outro music.      RIP Bob Nalbandian   Recommended Listening:    EP67: Hall & Oates “The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates” https://huntsmanhill.com/2018/06/25/ep67-hall-oates-the-very-best-of-daryl-hall-john-oates/   Contact us at:  huntsmanhillpodcast@gmail.com Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tFBWn0UFkdOEMf67TRD6W?si=vzllkbDwSEmfZFlj02GLRw Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/