Free Form Rock Podcast

🎙️ This Week on The BS! Sessions 🎙️ Episode Title: "The Amalgamut, a Mooger Flyby, and a Whole Lotta Rock!"

This week on America’s favorite barely-controlled audio trainwreck, we dove headfirst into Filter's ‘The Amalgamut’—a criminally underrated album that dares to ask, "What if industrial rock had feelings... and a gym membership?"

Our resident man of mystery, Mooger, was “on assignment” (which we assume means chasing down th...

This Week on America’s Podcast! We summoned the mathematical wizardry of Ryan T. Russell—armed only with a calculator, a dream, and a list of 50 of our favorite Cheap Trick songs. What did he do? He crunched the numbers, sprinkled some rock 'n' roll sorcery, and conjured up the ultimate Top 25 Cheap Trick songs of all time!

Joining this sonic séance are none other than Ross Warner, author of American Standard: Cheap Trick from the...

This Week on America’s Podcast: We slam you harder than a metal riff with the one and only Metal Mike Tyler! Together, we dive headfirst into Metal Church’s The Dark — is it a thrash classic that’ll make your head bang or a total meltdown waiting to happen? Spoiler: no spoilers here… we like to keep you guessing (and slightly confused).

Tracks of the Week:

• Marc rocks out to “Good Day in Hell” by The Eagles — because who does...

This Week on America’s Podcast  Strap in, folks—this week we're diving headfirst into a swirling pool of flannel, feelings, and post-grunge gloom as we break down Counting Crows' August and Everything After with guests Travis Perrotta and Andy Rodriguez. Is this album a poetic masterpiece or just the sound of someone staring out a rainy window with a journal and a half-smoked cigarette? We ask the tough questions—like: Is this wha...

This Week on America's Podcast: Coheed and Cambria 

Strap on your space helmets and tighten your prog-rock seatbelts, because this week on America’s Podcast, we descend into the melodically twisted, comic book-fueled universe of Coheed and Cambria—specifically, their tongue-twisting opus Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. (Yes, that’s the full title—breathe now.)

We wrangled in the ...

This Week on America’s Podcast – we’re heading into the desert with the album that made U2 a household name: The Joshua Tree. Joining us for this sonic pilgrimage are Travis Perrotta and Andy Rodriguez to help decide—does this album “Bullet the Blue Sky” or make you want to “Exit” because you “Still Haven’t Found What You’re Looking For”? No spoilers—but Bono might be lurking in your conscience.

Tracks of the Week:

• Jerry pick...

This Week on America’s Podcast… We’re flipping the switch and turning on the Black Light as we dive headfirst into Smith/Kotzen’s "Black Light/White Noise"—joined by our special guest Eric Lussier from The French Connection!

Is this album a sonic revelation or just some artsy white noise that makes you want to unplug the stereo and apologize to your ears? No spoilers—but we definitely brought sunglasses for the solos.

Tracks of th...

This Week on America’s Podcast… We’re having a high time (in every sense) as we float through Heart’s "Dog and Butterfly" with rock-loving guests Tim Wirasnik and Travis Perrotta!

Is this album a Straight On classic or does it nap like a tired puppy? No spoilers—but expect some passionate opinions and a few musical detours.

Tracks of the Week:

• Mooger goes metalcore with “Perfect Soul” – Spiritbox

• Marc kicks it old-school M...

This week on America’s Podcast, it’s Black Celebration—or Black Condemnation, depending on who you ask! Jerry wanted an album to tear apart, so Marc handed him one he adores. Will Jerry respect the synth gods, or will he spread blasphemous rumors? Can Mooger be the tie-breaker, or will he just sit back with popcorn? And most importantly—will Marc go full Jerry, but not tonight? No spoilers, but let’s just say emotions will be strip...

This week on America’s Podcast, we dive These Days (literally) into Bon Jovi’s 1995 album because Mooger missed out last time—so, of course, we’re doing a Redux. #SecondChances #BonJoviOrBust

We bring in special guest Eric Lussier to help us answer the big question: Does this album give you something for the pain, or is it pure Jovi gold? No spoilers, but let’s just say opinions are flying like Richie Sambora solos. #NoPainNoGain #...

This week on America’s Podcast, we’re diving into six albums that split fanbases like a badly mixed record. Love them or loathe them, these albums had fans either throwing their fists in the air or throwing their CDs out the window.

First up, Queensrÿche – Hear In the Now Frontier—where prog-metal legends decided to strip things down, leaving fans wondering if they’d just wandered into the wrong album. Then, Mötley Crüe – Theater o...

This week on America’s Podcast, we hitch a ride down the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road to see if Elton John’s classic still rocks—or if it just blows like a candle in the wind (no spoilers, but we ain’t packing up our bags just yet).

Helping us navigate this glitter-covered, piano-fueled journey are Travis Perrotta and Andy Rodriguez, who bring their hot takes and questionable life choices to the table.

And of course, we’ve got Tracks ...

This week on America’s Podcast, we’ve got an all-star lineup of rock maniacs! Joining us are Chris Czynszak from The Decibel Geek Podcast and Bushy AKA Nate Atchison from The Plug Music and More Podcast. So what happens when four hardcore KISS nerds and one poor soul who just kinda likes KISS sit down to discuss the Asylum era? Well… let’s just say things get louder than Paul Stanley’s stage banter in ‘86! But hey—no spoilers! You’...

This week on America’s Podcast, we hand over the keys to the Pinto to none other than Eric Lussier—let’s just hope he doesn’t strip the gears before we get to our destination.

We’re reviewing Kissin’ Dynamite’s Back With a Bang. Is this album a full-fledged explosion of rock greatness, or does it fizzle out like a damp firecracker? No safety goggles required—we’re giving you our unfiltered opinions. Plus, special guest Travis Perro...

This week on America’s Podcast, we dive into the self-titled debut of Blue Murder—an album packed with enough guitar wizardry to make even your air guitar feel inadequate. But does it still rock as hard as its reputation, or is it just another relic of hairspray-fueled excess? No spoilers, but let’s just say we have thoughts.

We also take a moment to honor the late, great John Sykes, a guitar hero who shredded his way into rock his...

This Week on America’s Podcast: Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen, and Pure Mayhem!

Buckle up, metalheads, because this week we welcome the mighty Favio Vegas to the show as we dive headfirst into the sonic chaos of Flemming Rasmussen’s legendary trilogy—the three Metallica albums that melted faces, shattered speakers, and arguably set a bar so high even Metallica themselves never quite climbed back over it. Yep, we’re talking about Ri...

This week on America’s Podcast, the gang is back with Guest Travis Perrotta to take a deep dive into the slippery world of Saigon Kick’s iconic album The Lizard. Was Matt Kramer the best vocalist for them? Or was he just the lizard king who could do anything? These burning questions are tackled with the kind of wit and wisdom you’d expect from a group who likely argued over the pronunciation of "Saigon" for at least ten minutes...

🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast: When 2 Podcasts Collide! 🎸🔥

Lock the doors, hide your vinyl, and prepare for maximum rock ‘n’ roll chaos! This week, we’re smashing two podcasts together like a reckless Keith Moon drum solo! Eddy Cannistraci and Eric “RMCP” Jordan from The Rock All Over You Podcast join us to make a massive, earth-shattering announcement (no spoilers—because we like to keep you guessing). Then, we dive headfir...

This Week on America’s Podcast – Episode 500!

Break out the champagne (or at least that dusty bottle of bottom-shelf whiskey you’ve been saving for a special occasion) because we’ve hit the big 500! And what better way to celebrate than bringing back the one and only Lee Gerstmann reuniting him with Travis Perrotta for a nostalgia-fueled rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza?

This week, we crank it up to 11 and dive headfirst into Black Sabba...