Episode #22 - The Producers (Part 1): Max Norman
Generally speaking, the Enter Sadmen podcast is usually all about the people making the noise, rather than the people who are left to survey the empty cans of super strength Tennents and overflowing ashtrays covering every surface, listening to the hum of a Marshall amp in the newly-minted silence of the studio while they work out how the fuck they’re going to stitch together a month’s worth of assorted riffs, screams and clangs into something remotely coherent.
Episode #20 - The Rock Goddess Homework
Occasionally, the boys get to sit down for an hour and chat to a special guest - and when they do they challenge that guest to choose three albums to review in a future episode: three albums released between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1995, none of which have featured on the show already. And it was no different when Rock Goddess dropped in for a chat.
Episode #19 - Siblings
Now, we all know that by and large, when you’re a kid, siblings are a total pain in the arse. And it doesn’t matter which sibling you are, either - older, younger or middle, it’s all the same. in this episode of the pod, the boys manage to find three rare creatures indeed: three sets of siblings who got on so well as kids that they decided to form a band together and spend even more time in each other’s company. How mad is that?
Episode #18 - Donington 1987
In the shadow of East Midlands International Airport, Blackie Lawless sharpened the blades of his chainsaw codpiece.
Ronnie James Dio stood on tippy-toe to meet the venue’s minimum height restrictions. James Hetfield practised his trademark woof! in front of the hotel mirror while, in the room next door, Jon Bon Jovi practised not tripping on the Stars and Stripes flag-turned-cape around his shoulders.
It was August 22, 1987 and the Monsters were back. All was right with the world.
Episode #15 - Sheer Art Attack
We’ve all been there. Loitering in the record shop, pretending to be browsing whilst gawping at the cover to the Scorpions’ Lovedrive and nursing a boner. It’s an unwritten rites of passage for male rock fans of a certain age (and in fact, the Scorpions were serial purveyors of controversial album covers in the late 70s and early 80s - as evidenced by the original album art for both Animal Magnetism and Virgin Killer).