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Anthrax Top 10; Exodus Was First; Maiden Bootleg Swag

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  Welcome to a Monday. We’re those old fuckers that play those old heavy metal songs. METAL SHOP rolls out kick ass 80’s metal and hard rock 24/7.   All your favorites are always in the mix, including IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, METALLICA, DIO, MÖTLEY CRÜE, MEGADETH, QUEENSRŸCHE, SCORPIONS, RATT, SLAYER, and more.   Listen…

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Ozzy Nanny Action; Metallica Haters; Newsted Birthday

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  Yes, it’s Friday and time to ‘March Fourth’ to the weekend… think about that one if you need to 🙂   Seems everyone today is talking about Donald Trump defending the size of his willie during last night’s Republican presidential debate. Just for the record, I have small hands, which I have been told…

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80’s Metal Masterpiece; ‘Master of Puppets’ Turns 30

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  Hello again 80’s Metal lovin’ friends. Today is a big-time landmark day because today in 1986, METALLICA released what many consider the greatest metal record of the 80’s and maybe of all-time, ‘Master of Puppets.’   Rolling Stone notes the album still sounds as powerful today as it does fearless. It was also written…

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METAL SHOP Is Back; Appreciating Ratt; Lips Birthday

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  Oh, it’s good to be back from the dead. Less than 24 hours ago, a major Internet outage knocked thousands of radio stations off the air, including METAL SHOP and HAIR BAND RADIO. All are back now, so your days and nights can again be filled with 80’s metal and hard rock.   It…

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Megadeth Maiden In Vegas; Guns N’ Roses Izzy A No Go

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  Hi there! Back for another merry round of what’s up in 80’s Metal.   Photos, video and stories are coming from the big weekend of live metal in Las Vegas.   METAL SHOP listener Bianca Trujillo attended the MEGADETH concert last Friday (Feb. 26th). Check out her recap and photos at this location –…

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Live 80’s Metal Weekend; RATT Confusion; Leap Day

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  Metal Monday is on and it’s Leap Day, which means we get an extra day of February this year. It also means most of us are essentially working an extra day for free. If you look at it that way, we also get a free day of cable, internet and electricity, so there’s that….

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Lita Ford Led Zeppelin Bassist; New Anthrax Release

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  Oh yeah! It’s Friday. Now read that again in James Hetfield’s voice – “Oh yeah!”   Here we go…   Like any good celebrity memoir, Lita Ford’s new book ‘Living Like a Runaway’ has its share of surprising all-star revelations — like her memories of the night Robert Plant asked her if she wanted…

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Iron Maiden Tour Starts Tonight; Hair Metal Awards

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  Hello, you! Time to crank up METAL SHOP on a Wednesday.   IRON MAIDEN kicks off ‘The Book of Souls World Tour’ tonight in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They are the rulers of my 80’s metal world and seem to be for many others as well… check out this great comment on the Maiden Facebook…

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Dokken Reunion; Twisted Sister History; Wilton Birthday

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  Hello 80’s metalheads, lurkers, and surfers! There is word again of a possible DOKKEN reunion, this time from former bassist, Jeff Pilson, who says “we’re actually working really hard to try and pull something together right now. It has to fall in spaces where there is time off [from my gig with Foreigner], so…