The Hudson Valley Squares: Crappy Albums That Have One Really Good Song

love these episodes with the original squad... such a throwback feeling every time these four dudes are on together... and Pete better do that Anathema albums' ranking before Nick disappears again! welcome back Nick.

Chris Alo- “We don’t shit on Metallica enough!” 😂

I came to age with Rush and "Roll the Bones," and that tour was the only time I saw them live. It'll always have a soft spot in my heart.

Great point on Halford Chris! I hate when people get a total pass for saying unacceptable things (about Metal, etc.) and everyone conveniently "forgets" later on when it's fashionable to do so. It's not that they shouldn't be forgiven, so to speak, but let's not pretend those things weren't said or didn't happen.

All of Petes co hosts are tremendous. This particular lineup card is always extra special to me. Welcome back NICK. Thx guys 👍💯

This lineup is awesome. Takes me back to early squares. Cheers fellas.

I can totally relate to Nicks pet peeve about artists disrespecting their old work. They always end up looking foolish. On that same note I hate when guitar players slag off on guitar and say dumb stuff like “guitar is dead” or “guitar is over” then put out non-rocking synthy albums that suck.

Takeaways from tonight's episode: 1. Chris A., Ryan and nice to see Nick in the house 2. "We're both bald so I know we blend together " 3. "...let me be a schoolgirl in college - let me experiment" 4. "Wow, this is $18.95 out the window" 5. "Sorry, Cake fans. I guess there are about 10 of you left" 6. A Pantera album that sounds like bad Judas Priest meets bad Metallica... 7. "The best song ever about pussy and Coors Light" 8. "Those Blaze Bailey albums are not good but I have at least two copies of them" 9. "darkier" 10. " quasi grunge fucking boredom fest" 11. "These guys took a left turn into pure, pure weapons grade bullshit" 12. It hits me at this point in the show that Ryan's background reminds me of the cover of ELO's "Face The Music" album 13. "I don't know what you think of the album Nick, but I think it sucks ass" 14. "...one little corner of that album that didn't suck and make me want to put my fist through the radio" 15. "We don't shit on Metallica enough" 16. Chris Alo as Marketing Director for the Scorpions... 17. "I wish I could say I pulled a Pete and sold it but nah, I still got it somewhere" 18. You know Chris Alo hates an album when he only has one copy of it... 19. "They must have done so much coke before making that album"

Bon Jovi “Crush” (2000) for me. Bought it full price based on It’s My Life…and that song is GREAT. But the rest of the album is absolutely forgettable.

junior's eyes shines with a cool bassfigure and some psychodelic feeling in the intro using fuzz. the song never say die has some old skool rock'n'roll moments, so to say.

Good to see Nick and Ryan back!

The phenomenal four. You 4 dudes together have so much chemistry, humor, knowledge, insight. All I got today is thank you man, for making my life better and keeping the metal alive. Respect. 🤘🤘🤘🤘

I like the evolution of Opeth. Where they're at now is really good.

Man I miss this lineup. Along with Butch, Lynn, Steve and occasionally Professor Popoff, this is the best part of my Mondays over the last few years.

Regarding “Roll the Bones” by Rush, I enjoyed Dreamline, The Big Wheel and Ghost of a Chance as well as Bravado.

The most tragic thing about Blaze is that his stuff with Wolfsbane was pretty legit

I was at the Metallica show in Buffalo. Didn’t have great seats (lower level though), bought them through Ticketmaster the day they went on sale, and if memory serves me correctly, I paid $190/ticket. It was a great show, really. Worth every penny. First time I’ve seen them. The show was 10 days ago and I’m still thinking about it.

Nick you were spot on I've had the exact same thought regarding bands/artists shitting on metal when it suits. The 90's were riddled with it.

Grumpy Uncle Alo's comments always take the Cake.

Pete - the UFO album misdemeanour came out in 1985, I saw the line- up at Knebworth fair with Deep Purple & an amazing line up of bands that year. Phil wanted to call the band by a different name, but the record company would have none of it. Paul Raymond is on that album (take a closer look at the picture you showed us on the back, lol), & Atomic Tommy is a Japanese born American. Brilliant show as always.