Serious Rock Talk Podcast

Classic Rock Is Broken & How To Fix It? Ferris Kennedy turns in one of his best performances, demonstrating both calm erudition and raging anger, deciphering the dark morass that is Classic Rock. This is one episode you don't want to miss.

Listener Emails: We Answer Some BIG Questions: Thank you listeners for your emails. We read every one. We didn't realize you were so smart - and vengeful! Check to see if we responded to your questions.

What can you say or write about the Rolling Stones that hasn’t been said or written a zillion times before? A lot, actually, because each of us has a unique opinion on the aging rockers—and certainly Dr. Clarke and Ferris Kennedy do. This is your special chance to get a neat summation of a sixty-year career, including flash reviews of the albums. So listen in.

Strange Urban Legends of Classic Rock. Yes, classic rock is brimming with stories of blood-curdling depravity and dark, satanic rites... And that's on a good day...Listen in as we sift through cumbersome conspiracies and flaky fairy tales.

Interview with Wayward Saints. No reason to doubt it. Here’s the proof. Classic rock is ‘Still Alive & Well’. Mississauga, Ontario-based band Wayward Saints knows a tree is only as strong as its roots, and this group has deep roots in Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, and a lot more architects of The Sound of Our Lives. Listen in as Ferris Kennedy and Dr. Clarke speak with the group, discovering where they’ve been, where they are, and where they might Ramble On.

The drummer is the soul of a band. Bad drumming puts a band on life support. In this episode, we discuss some of the great rock drummers and why they're so essential.

During JFK's presidency, rock music sounded like nothing before or since. Why? What happened? Dr. Clarke spoke with Richard Aquila, author of the book 'Rock and Roll in Kennedy’s America: A cultural History of the Early 1960s’, published by John Hopkins University Press. Richard is a professor emeritus of History and American Studies at Penn State University, and former host of NPR’s ‘Rock and Roll America’. Listen in as Richard offers unique insights on this misunderstood—but wonderful—period in rock history.

Why review a terrible album alongside a work of genius? It's not cruel. In fact, it's informative. Plus everyone knows the Stones are capable of outstanding music, You just won't find it on Dirty Work., Enough already! Just listen in.

The Beatles Revolver 2022 Remix: Track by Track. WARNING! Before you blow mega-bucks on this Beatles 2022 remix, please listen to this podcast. You might end up buying it anyway, but we guarantee you won't be as happy. Thank us later.

It's rare, but it happens, Sometimes a singer is, well, just a singer, and the guitarist takes the spotlight. Listen in as Ferris Kennedy fortified by special vitamins risks friendships and staggers towards the Truth.

The three amigos offer an honest appraisal of the year that was, the good, the bad, and the mediocre, and make it all entertaining.

Even for people who know a lot about rock, it's a tough question. Dr. Clarke does his best to explain the Velvet's and how they achieved such a weird ascendancy over everyone else.

Dr. Clarke was still in diapers when Ferris Kennedy and Steven Wheeler launched the Podcast. Right off, they take no prisoners. Big question:Why Can't Anyone Give You a Definitive Definition of Classic Rock?

Heavy Metal Music: How'd it Happen and Where's it Going? Love it or hate it, at some point you have to turn and face Metal music. It's part of the la condition humane. Steven Wheeler is at his existential best, nailing it down hard without mercy... for your pleasure.

Are the Beatles and Rolling Stones overrated in terms of military strategy? Did the mid-60s British Invasion really happen, and if so, were there casualties? Kennedy, Wheeler and Clarke hunker down in the trenches and deliver an entertaining dispatch.

How big is the universe? Is Child the Father of Man? Can Clint Eastwood really act? There are many questions without answers, and that includes What is Classic Rock? Only a jabbering fool would offer a concise definition. Listen in as the three amigos battle to define the undefinable. They are brave, desperate men.

Classic Rock Masterpieces You Should Know. Classic rock masterpieces are few and far between. That's why when an album explodes out of an ocean of mediocrity, you should know. These are truly inspired gifts. Clarke, Kennedy and Wheeler lead you into an aural paradise.

The Most Influential Classic Rock Artists. You've never heard of a list like this before. We're not talking about 'great' or 'famous' artists. Just people with substantial influence, who changed classic rock music. Listen in—it could also change your opinions. In two parts.

The Most Influential Classic Rock Artists. You've never heard of a list like this before. We're not talking about 'great' or 'famous' artists. Just people with substantial influence, who changed classic rock music. Listen in, it could also change your opinions. In two parts.

Like any group of mostly hairy, drugged and skinny men, classic rock bands often have terrible personnel problems. They can go after each other like rabid ferrets—and that's on a good day. The three amigos play it tough, discussing the most absurd moments and musicians. You really owe it to yourself to listen in.