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Great interview! Raven is one of the few veteran bands who are still releasing material as good as (or even better than) what is considered their classic albums. I saw them in 2018 and they were exceptional. Hope I get the opportunity see them again!

Any thoughts on The Hardest Line doco?

Great show❤❤❤❤❤❤

I absolutely love this album its a segue from their more protoprog direction for most of the Morse era into a nostalgic reprise of the classic Purple sound. Everyone sounds great and the band sounds invigorated and happy. I like every song on this album but my favorites currently are New Fangled Thing, Now You're Talking, and Bleeding Obvious. I don't obsess over album covers because that's a vacuous, insipid, approach to music appreciation. The music is all thet matters to me.

Maybe too much reading the lyrics slowly with punches for emphasis. I saw them on the Metal Health tour opening for Loverboy. It was a good show but, Loverboy kicked major a$$ that night! As for why they fell out of favor? It was Kevin's cockiness. He may have had a powerful voice but, he didn't know how to hold that power back. It was too in your face and to be frank, annoyingly so. We loved the album Metal Health but, Condition Critical was a big drop off in songwriting. Kevin's bravado seemed to only increase though. If you know what I mean. A little band called Metallica had also just flipped the script on the whole scene too. We dropped the "poppy" sounding Metal for thrash when Ride the Lightning came out. You messed up on the Grim Reaper show Pete. I saw them with Armored Saint and Helloween. That was a great show at a small club in Harrisburg Pa. called the Metron on Sept. 30th 1987.

Great video guys this is probably my favourite overall but I like Condition Critical enough aswell. I even enjoy those first 2 Japan only released albums would love op's but very expensive, you also mentioned randys love of British rock thet cover Small Faces on both early albums and Dave Clark on the debut. I might have to play my unofficial press of their debut later and I have that late 80s album with a different singer in my collection but I've never listened to it.

Great show guys. Love the clinical analysis. Watched the show last night & listened to the album this morning. Better than I remember, particularly the deep cuts. Masterpiece? Not in my mind, but definitely underrated.

Excellent show, gentlemen! I can think of one band that had a bigger fall… and AS I’M TYPING THIS, Mr. Kerr JUST SAID IT: Twisted Sister. After watching “The Two Johns” discuss TS recently on JC’s My Music Corner channel, I had forgotten what a precipitous drop off they had. Quiet Riot were right up there too, with a mighty large tumble down the mountain. The big difference is that QR ended up - somehow - making eleven total studio albums. TS only did five. Besides showing the power of radio in the 1980s, the TRUE money maker? Why, MTV, of course. They helped to make these bands, and also aided in their untimely demise and downturn in fortune. If you don’t have a hit, your career turns to $h!t. That’s the way the cookie crumbles. I played Metal Health a few months ago, after my friend ranked the whole Quiet Riot catalog on his channel, Rock Show Critique. I thought the album was good - for the most part - but it DIDN’T make me play their other albums. Very interesting. Hmmm… 🤔 I wanted to add, that in America, you might say that Quiet Riot helped to usher in the era of commercial hard rock. As you said, they were the first “metal band” to have a number one album in the USA. You cannot take that, or six million copies sold in the States away from them. Forgotten about? Perhaps, but there’s no denying the power of that title track. I still love that song, man. The drums are so powerful and the bass playing really pops as well. Good production job, Spence. By the way Mr. Jones, Mr. Kerr is correct: the Quiet Riot rockumentary is definitely worth viewing. I look forward to the future adventures of “The Two Peters.” Much like “The Two Johns,” you guys have a right on, righteous, raconteur rapport that l find quite entertaining. Cheers from The Big Apple. 🍎 Rock Out, Prog On & Pogo! It’s my mantra and my logo. Your clone and mine, ~ The Mischievous, Devious Doppelgänger of Davey Cretin, from CRETIN CLASSICS.

I don’t mind QR 3 at all. It’s just a more mature sound. The wild and the young is a classic too. They couldn’t win no matter what they did though. They were criticised for virtually copying Metal Health with Condition Critical so they changed their sound for the next album and it still only reached number 30 in the US charts. It’s almost gone gold now some 38 years later

The way I see it is quiet riot were the band that opened the floodgates for what would become the glam metal scene for the 80s while Judas priest and iron maiden were leading the pack for the early 80s metal scene quiet riot took MTV and the record charts by storm with metal health and in the blockbuster year that was 1983 with huge albums such as thriller, pyromania and synchronicity quiet riot for one glorious moment beat all of those albums and went number one it's the incredible achievements this band did in 1983 that in a way plagued them because they never got to those heights ever again

Brief popularity, similar style twisted sister stole their thunder the next year. Twisted are superior musically and condition critical sounds like an exact copy of metal health.

simple ...., Rhoads .., he left , and done

It stands the test of time, the album still sounds really good. The sound and tone of Carlos's guitar that is mixed really well, being upfront and prominent. Great production.

No Farner No Funk

No, they made 3 mistakes 1. No follow up for years 2. The follow up was poor 3. Not on Live Aid

Underrated for sure, Blackmore in his creative peak and Glenn Hughes energy is amazing. Mark3 is the most refined version of Deep Purple and the best songs came from that era.

Any chance you could get some Rock Daydream nation Merchandise?? Are you going to the Good Things 2024 Festival??

Anything on the Hard Ons Pete, and of course Motorhead. Ciao for now

Super excited about you reuniting with Mark Farner!

Cool update. Looking forward to future videos

For some reason the Green Bullfrog album is always overlooked in purple family tree reactions.Blackmore, Paice, Earl Jordan on vocals, Tony Ashton on hammond, Chas Hodges on bass and lots of other British blues guitar heroes. The vinyl and the cd are quite different from each other. The cd has more tracks and a different mix, but I love both of them.

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Great up date Peter. Some exciting shows coming up! Enjoy Maiden, Glenn Hughes, & Raven

You definitely have some cool content coming up that will remain on my radar. I’m not really a ravishing Raven raconteur, but I’m psyched for the upcoming shows on Iron Maiden, Glenn Hughes, Deep Purple, the Velour Shingle and more! Plus, you’ve got some great, groovy guests in the very near future like The Professor, Reed, Mikey, etc. Have an amazing Autumn! Cheers from The Big Apple. Rock Out, Prog On & Pogo! Your clone and mine, ~ The Dastardly, Devastatingly Dirtbaggy Doppelgänger of Davey Cretin, from CRETIN CLASSICS.

Looking forward to the Quiet Riot video! I have a few books in the pile to read regarding the band. Mostly Randy related but one devoted more to Kevin. One day I'll catch up on those. The John Gallagher interview was wonderful! I need to rewatch it. The Lita episode was wonderful as well. One day I'll get back on the RDN. But tonight, on the Contrarians, we get surreal. Sorry I missed this one live.

Close to “who do you think we are “….but if you want to be really critical…no strong hit songs despite great performances…so…?

Wow, I've never heard such a lame reaction. Please supply some audio content to your listeners, so they can compare your opinion to the actual tracks. Please have some consideration for your potential listeners. Your entire reaction belongs on the edi9ting floor. You have no concept of a viable reaction. You have lost me as a vlistener. I don't like it-you are uninteresting, and boring. By the way, the sound of monster was not their wheel house, and fans hated it. Your reaction meanders, and puts me to sleep. This is actually an amazing cd. Both of you guys are so bland and uninteresting, it's ironic that you try to be interesting, or thoughtful, because you are niether.

...but he didn't. Sorry. I just couldn't help myself 😂

Riot was huge in their own right for a period of time , and Riot was exactly that , a period of time .., Rhoads was bound for more ..,

Blizzard would have been just as big with no matter who was playing guitar..randy got his cult status after his death just like many other musicians that died

Looking forward to this one. When The Two Peters get together, musical sparks fly! When is the premiere? Cheers!

I knew you would mention your favourite band of all time. I wonder how many people know David Coverdale visited your parents house. And nice to hear Motorhead get mentioned. Have a nice day Pete ciao for now

Are you serious to make that question, finest hour? There are at least 5-6 albums much better than this one...there are many moments when Lord and Blackmore creating magic and this album is lacking those moments....There were moments where Ian Gillan was just phenomenal and unfortunately he is not on that level anymore....This is solid album, but not even close to be finest hour

so here is the interesting thing, would a lot of these bands gotten the run they did if Randy had not made it big with Blizzard of ozz. Blizzard of ozz really kicked in the next wave of British Heavy Metal. Def leppard opened for Blizzard of ozz....UFO did.

Great topic!

Raven is a great band.

I had MTV via Manhattan Cable TV. Jelly Roll and Valley were on it in heavy rotation for 3-4 weeks. THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE. Sykes was a drinker. They should have gotten a singer who wrote. I love em anyways.❤

The Dead Milkmen were on Enigma, I dug those jokers when I was a preteen.

Out for Blood will always be my fave, DotE is fine too and Lita's okay but the debut (and its original cover) can't be beat in sheer ferocity and punch.

Hi Peter, you and the panel raised some really good points. could see some of the material from the Phenomena debut,getting a ‘guardians of the galaxy’ make-over,that Since You’ve Been Gone got. With the strength of Glenn Hughes’s vocals throughout,it’s almost a no-brainier! It might give Tom Galley the type of recognition he values too. There is a Tom Galley interview up online around the time of the release of this album which is worth a listen.

I subbed on X as well

Mark 3 was just as great as Mark 2.

The only RUSH album with zero songs I don't love.

I love GUP.

Saw RAVEN in 87 on life's a bitch tour at Blondies in Detroit o think testament was also there

Awesome interview Love it

I would love RAVEN re recorded the pack is back