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May 28, 2025 11 mins
“Would you take Led Zeppelin over Loverboy? What about The Police over Pantera? And who the hell is holding whose dong on Cloud 8?”Welcome to one of the most unhinged, hilarious, and musically passionate episodes of The Ben and Skin Show on 97.1 The Eagle! With Ben Rogers out on vacation, the mic is in the capable (and chaotic) hands of Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina “Little Baby Cornbread” Ray—and they’re diving headfirst into a rock ‘n’ roll alphabet showdown you won’t forget.Inspired by Loudwire’s “ABCs of Rock,” the crew debates the best rock bands for every letter of the alphabet—from Heart to Judas Priest, Metallica to Nirvana, and Van Halen to ZZ Top. But this isn’t just a list—it’s a full-blown, laugh-out-loud, off-the-rails debate filled with hot takes, deep cuts, and some of the funniest moments in show history.🔥 Key Moments You Can’t Miss:
  • The Cloud 8 Incident:
    “Krystina was on Cloud 9, and we were over there on Cloud 8… holding our own dongs.”
    (Yes, they clarify. No, it doesn’t help.)
  • KT’s Rock Rants:
    “Motley Crue is terrible. I said it. I meant it.”
  • The Great Queen Debate:
    “I actually prefer Queens of the Stone Age to Queen.”
    “Come on. Freddie Mercury? Let’s not act like they’re better than Queen.”
  • The Who vs. Weezer Showdown:
    “Who’s better? The Who or Weezer? Text us now!”
🎶 From Talking Heads to Tool, Rush to Radiohead, and even a shoutout to XTC and Uriah Heep, this episode is a love letter to rock fans of all generations—with a heavy dose of absurdity and Eagle-style humor.If you’ve ever argued over which band truly rules the letter “P” (Pearl Jam? Pink Floyd? Pantera?), or if you just want to laugh until your face hurts, this episode is for you. It’s a perfect blend of music nerdery, comedy chaos, and the kind of chemistry only Ben and Skin (and crew) can deliver.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:53):
The thing's big. It is ABC's of Rock.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
According to Loudwire, one of our favorite pub locations always
so h they have a band. H is tough. It's
not h bands out there, oh, I mean after that
hoodie and the Blowfish. You kind of get lost. I
could take a one him her.

Speaker 4 (01:19):
Well him is an actual? Is her an actual?

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Oh? Yes, Jesus, oh, Jesus. H.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
I don't know what you got, heart. I mean they
got four songs I can deal with. Let's move do
I in excess?

Speaker 3 (01:41):
The Interpool is the first one across my mind. But
that's a little too Indie probably, Yeah, Incubus cort perfect
never really did it for me, though.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
I didn't have to say it out loud. Just keep
it to yourself.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Oh you did say that out loud. Okay, Sometimes I'm
in your thoughts.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
Jay.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Oh, I would take Judas Priest over Journey, but I'm
sure they put Journey.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
I had Jack White on mine. Yeah, I thought we're
doing bands. We kin are because they went with Christina.
You're gonna you're gonna paint yourself for this. You're gonna
not like this one. Jimmy Hendricks experience.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Oh yeah, you can do that. Because it was a trio.
You can do that.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
The Jimmy Hendricks experience k craft work.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
I mean for me it would be The Killers.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
Oh yeah, yeah, Killers.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
I think for most people it would be Crocus. You're
gonna your first concert. Oh, kiss, kiss and that makes sense?

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Yeah, I can you guys believe I saw a kiss
when I was nine?

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Did they play Beth? Hell? Yeah they did. Peter Chris
got Old Sentimental.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
Akin, you get to go first on this one and
then me elle uh oh.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
The Japanese metal band Loudness, go ahead, Christina Leon Bridges
el lover Boy.

Speaker 4 (03:05):
Led Zeppelin because I'm thinking z That's why led.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Zeppelin their first name is lad uh led Zipp. Would
you take led Zeppelin over the lover Boy?

Speaker 4 (03:15):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (03:16):
What about over Creed?

Speaker 4 (03:17):
Yes? I take Zeppelin over every band Zeppelin.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
It was pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
After the Black Keys show, the house music was led Zeppelin.

Speaker 4 (03:26):
That was amazing.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah. Man, Christina is floating on cloud That's what's having
the best.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
Don't you have ramble on and you're like your bio
on one of your social media and they're playing ramble
on in honor of Christine.

Speaker 3 (03:37):
He was on Cloud nine and we were over there
on Cloud eight holding her dog.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
Why you did it? Though?

Speaker 4 (03:47):
It's fun?

Speaker 2 (03:48):
Why people say that?

Speaker 1 (03:54):
I want to make sure though everybody understood we were
holding our own dongs like you weren't holding mine, and
I would holding yours. We were standing on cloud eight,
but we were holding our own individual dolls. Clarify, what
is that cloud didn't come from?

Speaker 2 (04:09):
It's a great temptation song, is it? Were they the
first to do it? Who came up with the term?
I don't know. It's good. We need to know. Call
him Metallica.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
What the legendary Seattle band Modest Mouse. No, I did
not Motley Crue.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
Oh I take Metallica over Motley cud Wire, known for
being a little more classic than.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Was around in the eighties. I know, I know, but
freaking ninth grade.

Speaker 3 (04:43):
I think Motley Crue is terrible in Nirvana. Alright, sorry,
I took your I stole your thing. Either them or Nazareth.

Speaker 4 (04:54):
We're playing to save the Cicada show June eighth, by.

Speaker 1 (04:57):
The way, okay, June eighth is give me a day
of the week, dear Cat Sunday, all right, little baby
corn Bread?

Speaker 2 (05:06):
Oh uh?

Speaker 1 (05:11):
Also Motley Ozzie, Oh well, he's not a band Automatipeda.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
We think they're going to be touring if they can
keep it together.

Speaker 2 (05:24):
Oasis.

Speaker 3 (05:25):
I still think every day that goes by and they
haven't reunited.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
Just yet, there's a chance that it all fizzles out.
I don't have a problem with Oasis.

Speaker 3 (05:35):
Pink Floyd, Oh, it's got to be Pink Floyd, Oh, Pantera,
Pearl Jam.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
I personally prefer Pink Floyd to Pearl Jam, but I
totally understand if you want to be Pearl Jam.

Speaker 3 (05:49):
Guy, I'd say they're probably on the same level. For me,
I would say I like him.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
Our listeners are like Dimebag bro It's Pantera, suck it,
Q Queensrake.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
Yes, are Queens of the stone Age?

Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah, Queens of the Stone Age? For me, I think
it'll just be Queen. Yes, great work everyone. I actually
prefer Queens of the Stone Age to Queen.

Speaker 3 (06:12):
Come on, the Queens and Stonage is great, but let's
not act like they're better than Queen.

Speaker 2 (06:18):
Queen's incredible. All right, fine, come on, fine? Are Radiohead
going to the mall? Later? Radiohead? Radiohead?

Speaker 1 (06:30):
Rat Radio Oh, let's go, let's go out of the cellar?

Speaker 2 (06:34):
What are the greatest albums of old time? Kat?

Speaker 3 (06:37):
Apologies to Rat and to Radiohead, and we do appreciate
their candidacy.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
Candidacy. There's a lot of.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
Ra A bands that are good, The Ramones, Rolling Stone, Yeah, whatever,
Rolling Stones just like whatever yet rule and you know
that let me go back, let me go back right quick.
On P, would you guys can sitter the Police?

Speaker 4 (07:03):
Yeah, definitely.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
I freaking love consideration.

Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, I mean you you get three guys together that
are that good. And by the way, on R you
could put Rush in there talking about power trios. Absolutely,
but man, the level of musicianshipping those two bands, specifically
Police and Rush, oh my god.

Speaker 4 (07:22):
Oh uh, I'm not saying sticks not saying sticks.

Speaker 2 (07:25):
God. I'd rather.

Speaker 3 (07:28):
If we're talking over it should be sligned the family Stone.
But yeah, they're not.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
We're not.

Speaker 1 (07:32):
We're just doing rock. Yeah, I would say Steely Dan
over Strokes. I like the Strokes, but I prefer Steely Dan.
But I'm also a fifty four year old white guy.

Speaker 2 (07:41):
Sound Garden Totally cool with that, dude.

Speaker 5 (07:46):
Have you seen that they may release some previously recorded
stuff before Chris passed away?

Speaker 4 (07:51):
They might release it?

Speaker 2 (07:52):
Oh cool, very exciting. I'm in a little creepy too, Yeah.

Speaker 5 (07:56):
Te.

Speaker 2 (07:58):
Triumph my another power trio. Would you let me have
the Talking Heads? Yeah?

Speaker 3 (08:03):
Okay, you know, I love the Talking Who did they say?
A band with a huge fan base and very very loyal.

Speaker 1 (08:13):
Tripping Daisy Tool. Oh yeah, our audience probably prefers Tool
to anything. You You you raya Heat, You did it, Christina,
you two.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
Over your Riyah Heat. Okay, there's not a lot of
you options. Yeah, the pretty easy, the.

Speaker 4 (08:32):
Vaginants, van Halen, van Halen.

Speaker 3 (08:35):
The Village people do the Village People, van Halen w War.

Speaker 2 (08:45):
Good God, y'all, that's Edwin start.

Speaker 1 (08:48):
I'm talking about the actual band board that sings Lowrider.

Speaker 2 (08:54):
Is that who they have? They took the who m
all right? Who's better?

Speaker 5 (08:59):
Who?

Speaker 2 (08:59):
Or we two?

Speaker 1 (09:03):
I really would be curious what our audience would say.
Would they go a classic rock band or would they
go a more pop alternative rock band.

Speaker 5 (09:11):
They do crush it on those tours every year. Great,
the whole Pinball Wizard.

Speaker 2 (09:17):
I mean they got on an eminence front for every Maverick. Yeah,
come on.

Speaker 3 (09:23):
Behind blue Eyes, I mean, okay everyone. Fred Durst did that.

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Ally Berry was in the video. Why did that happen?
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (09:31):
X the band X that is correct, one of the
seminal La punk bands.

Speaker 2 (09:39):
With guitarist Billy Zoom and DJ bone Break.

Speaker 1 (09:44):
You could also I'm a fan of the British alternative
band XTC.

Speaker 2 (09:49):
I think they're pretty great.

Speaker 1 (09:50):
See yeah, okay, you know our buddy jeffk worships at
their altar. Really, if you're not listening to us, we'll
allow you to listen to lone Star ninety two to
five and our buddy JEFFK why.

Speaker 2 (10:01):
Uh yes, oh yeah.

Speaker 5 (10:07):
It is.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
And then zzzz top. Oh I was thinking the zombies.

Speaker 3 (10:15):
I would rather go zz it is zz top putting
out tush and legs?

Speaker 1 (10:20):
Was that?

Speaker 2 (10:20):
Did you just turn into Eric Nadell?

Speaker 1 (10:22):
There?

Speaker 3 (10:23):
Is that?

Speaker 2 (10:23):
What happened? It was weird.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
I didn't know what was happening.

Speaker 2 (10:26):
The Rangers are going to the World Series. We got
a real Donnybrook? What happened to that offense?

Speaker 1 (10:32):
By the way, do you have a Ranger update for
us here? With twenty seconds together?

Speaker 2 (10:36):
Well right now? If they got a big win last night, no,
go for tune row tonight.

Speaker 1 (10:40):
I'm excited. Uh and we'll talk about it tomorrow for
the entire show. We'll go pitch by pitch out of
the Ranger box score. All right, Hey, thank you KT.
That was fun. Yeah, man, I hope you had fun
with us today. We'll go have more fun tomorrow. I'll
never forget the time KT met his hero Eric Nadell
and he said, blurting is my superpower, and Nadelle was
immediately turned off. Christina is going to stick around and

(11:02):
play tunes right here on the Eagle.

Speaker 2 (11:04):
There're you going, well, I'm gonna get my sack back. Dude.
All right, enough fun in games, a great summer.

Speaker 5 (11:11):
Let's go hands
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