Talking Metal

Talking Metal

One of the longest running podcasts. We talk about hard rock and metal. Hosted and produced by Mark Strigl. Guests have included members of Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Exodus, System Of A Down, Motorhead, Kiss, Megadeth, Korn and many more. Established in 2005 by Mark Strigl and John "Ostronomy" Ostrosky. Please visit MarkStrigl.net for more info. Bonus content by Mark Strigl is available on Patreon.

Episodes

June 15, 2025 14 mins

Mark Strigl talks to Shreddy Mercury.


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I’ll be judging alongside Frank Bello from Anthrax, Josh Bernstein from The Power Hour TV show and others. The show kicks off around 7:30 P...

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Recorded and posted May 31, 2025 - Mark Strigl talks about stuff.

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April 30, 2025 15 mins

Mark Strigl interviews Wolf Hoffmann of Accept.

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March 31, 2025 35 mins

This episode is part of the 20 year anniversary run of Talking Metal.

Jerry Dixon of Warrant interview.

Listen to Mark Strigl celebrating classic hard rock music on SiriusXM.

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February 28, 2025 36 mins

Great White guitarist Mark Kendall 

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January 31, 2025 28 mins

Talking Metal episode 959 - Is anyone hearing this?

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October 14, 2024 30 mins

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September 1, 2022 3 mins

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January 10, 2022 14 mins

Mark says goodbye to the podcast version of Talking Metal.

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November 29, 2021 46 mins

On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl is joined by some of the Patreon supporters to discuss the album 1986 album Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? by Megadeth.


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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with Adam Wakeman (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Jazz Sabbath, Jethro Tull, HeadSpace, Rick's son) and Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge).

Topics in the interview with Adam include his killer new album called A Handful of Memories, working outside of music, home restoration, carpentry, Jazz Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne's 2010 album Scream, Gus G, Kevin Churko, his recent bout of COVID-...

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On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with his long time friend "MetalMike Chlasciak. Topics include his upcoming show on Nov 27 at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ, drummer Ron Lipnicki, Rob Halford, Mike Davis, Marc Lopes, Sebastian Bach, Judas Priest, the Resurrection album by Halford, his Metal Heroes camp, and much more.

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November 9, 2021 18 mins

On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with Rev Jones. Topics include Jack Frost, Leslie West, Michael Schenker , James Kottak, Athena Lee, George Lynch, George Thorogood, Rowan Robertson, Rev's new album In the Key of Z and much more.

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November 8, 2021 26 mins

On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl talks with Billy Joel's drummer Chuck Burgi. Chuck has played with Hall & Oats, Bon Jovi, Tokyo Motor Fist, Steve Brown, Rainbow, Blue Öyster Cult, Bob Kulick and many more.

Part 1 of Mark talking with Chuck can be found here on Apple Podcasts.


The video and musical tribute to Bob Kulick, The World I Used to Know can be found here on Bruce Kulick's YT page. It features...

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October 29, 2021 36 mins

On this episode of Talking Metal, Phil Lewis of L.A.Guns talks with Mark Strigl about the new album Checkered Past, tour dates, the band's setlist, playing in NYC in 2019, his former job at Fx as an audio engineer, the Man in the Moon album, Don Arden, Ozzy Osbourne, the band Girl and more.

A new studio album by L.A. Guns, "Checkered Past" is coming on November 12, 2021 via Frontiers Music srl! Get your first taste of the a...

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On this episode, we have two new interviews. Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O./formerly of Accept and Johanna Sadonis of Lucifer. Topics with Udo include the new Game Over album by U.D.O., the socially conscious theme he has been covering in his songs, how the floods in Germany affected his son Sven and his family, the recent gigs he has played and much more. The interview with Johanna starts 29 mins into the episode. Topics inc...

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October 10, 2021 67 mins

On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with Doug Pinnick. Topics include the new dUg Pinnick solo album Joy Bomb which can be heard on Apple Music. George Lynch, KXM, Ray Luzier, Grinder Blues, the new and forthcoming King's X album, Billy Cox, Jimi Hendrix and more.

This episode also includes a conversation on Ride the Lightning by Metallica. Big thanks to Anthony Mackey, Ed Ferguson, and Johan Ederström for ...

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October 5, 2021 34 mins

On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with guitarist Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge. Topics include Mick Mars, Tim Bogart, his book Psychedelic Solo, Mark Stein, Carmine Appice, jamming with Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, the Ed Sullivan Show, upcoming tour dates and much more.

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September 28, 2021 21 mins

Mark Strigl talks about Paul Di'Anno, the former singer of Iron Maiden and other stuff.

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September 21, 2021 33 mins

On this episode of Talking Metal, Mark Strigl speaks with legendary rock manager Doc McGhee. Topics include the new scripted Netflix Kiss movie, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, touring during COVID, the Kiss A&E Biography documentary, Bon Jovi, his history, The Moscow Music Peace Festival, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the final Kiss show, and more Kiss concerts in the second half of 2022.

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