Remember When

Steve and Scott, review the Top 10 Billboard songs of 1990. We also discuss some of our favorites in the top 100. Popular Rock albums released in 1990 are discussed along with some TV shows. Like 1989, this will entail a Part 2 or possibly Part 3.

Part 2 of 1989 is here! We discuss the champions in the sports for the year, and of course tackle some of the Pro Wrestling stories of 1989. YOu will be surprised to know nothing has changed since 1989 for our Detroit Lions!

Fish and Wood are baaaaaack! As the world is practicing social distancing amid the COVID-19, coronavirus, we thought what not a better time to relaunch our podcast, Remember When. We will brand this as Season 3! :) Back for the first time since December, 2019, we hope we can bring you some fun and humor in this very stressful time for many. We cover the year 1989, and discuss many of the key areas of entertainment of that year. Including Movies, TV shows, and of course, Music! So much to cover, we will need to make this a 2 or possibly 3 part episode. We even release our new intro promo, we hope you will enjoy. Thanks to my 10 year old daughter, Addison, for her contributions! :) Hope you enjoy and be safe out there!

Happy Anniversary!  Remember When Celebrates One Year on the air!!! Who would've thought??? Jason Hall joins the set again this week, as we dive in and go song for song in a classic Album Showdown.  The Self Titled Debut Albums for Skid Row (1989) vs. Damn Yankees (1990).  The young, hungry, attitude driven, young guns from Jersey, Skid Row vs the Veteran led Supergroup, Damn Yankees.  The power from Sebastian Bach, Rachel Bolan, and Snake Sabo vs Terrible Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw (Styx) and Jack Blades (Night Ranger).   A great discussion.  This is the tightest showdown we have had to date.   We discuss the recently announced Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 2020 Stadium Tour. We also talk about three new bands in our newest segment of Rock n Roll 4 Life.   The Temperance Movement https://open.spotify.com/track/75RtxTKo3Y3LHF3z8XNQw4 Liliac https://open.spotify.com/track/5UvayqyhdSRJFhaOFtcRjf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvqwBrkJ_jw Saint Asonia  https://open.spotify.com/track/0YvajK2fyXIjOpijUAoftu

Steve and Scott discuss some of our odd memories from Clear Lake Elementary School in Oxford Michigan. Weird and Interesting activities in gym class. Is the Recorder a real musical instrument?? Teachers Pets and School Plays are discussed as well. Who will be our band choices in this week's "Rock 'n Roll 4 Life" segment? All this and much more in this week's episode of Remember When....

Steve and Scott discuss several road trips / vacations while growing up. Check out our newest segment of "Rock 'n Roll for Life". We also discuss long time Oxford High School football coach, Bud Rowley, who retired this week. We also discuss the benefits of Horse Liniment??? Check it out!!

Steve and Scott discuss our favorite childhood sports heroes. Brings back lots of great memories. It is also the debut of a new segment "Rock n Roll For Life!", where we will discuss some of the present day newer bands out there. Ernie Harwell call on Milt Wilcox's near perfect game 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ITi9ZJTQk The Baseball Bunch Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ITi9ZJTQk Mondo Cozmo https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ybnRZKtRbWQzJfKyYSyh6 The Gasoline Gypsies https://open.spotify.com/artist/63g2PjfoP0Uj4YD27eEXTw Bluegrass Gun's N Roses https://open.spotify.com/album/1H1Flaszhxw2xhynLotNCN

Steve and Scott are back again for the Premier of Season 2. We catch up since our last show in August. We discuss everything from Tigers, the AL Cy Young race, Lions, AEW Wrestling, Iron Maiden, LA Guns, Skid Row, Cinderella, and Poison. Hope you enjoy the season premier, as we hop back into the time machine. Apologize for some of the sound quality. We plan to have this resolved in the next episode.

Art Fader rejoins this weeks show to discuss two of the best Tom Petty albums. Which album will win?

Steve and Scott discuss memories of our first real sense of freedom - our first cars. We have a lot of fun discussing our own adventures, along with many of our friends.

The trio of Steve, Scott and Jason Hall are back this week to do our first Album Showdown. This week we breakdown the Iconic Def Leppard's two biggest albums. Pyromania vs Hysteria. (One of only 5 bands to have 2 studio albums each sell over 10 million copies in the US) We go track vs track down the line and give our thoughts on each song until we determine which Album is the winner!! Lots of fun and great conversations. Check it out!

Steve and Scott bring back Jason Hall to the show. We discuss the two main frontmen from the band Van Halen. Which era was better? Roth or Van Hagar. We all have our opinions to share. Have fun listening to this ongoing debate.

Steve and Scott discuss the second all time highest grossing Debut Album in the US, with over $17 million in sales: Boston's self titled album from 1976. Who owns the # 1 spot? Listen to find out. It will only make sense. We will discuss the groundbreaking sound that the band produced, what the band meant to us as teens and today. Join us as we take a close look to all 8 tracks on this awesome album. Feel free to share your thoughts!

In this Episode, Steve and Scott attempt to discuss the different sports they played as kids. A few tangents enter our conversation, including the Summer Concert Scene, Steve's Hoarding, Rowleyball in 8th Grade Gym Class, and Fischer busting out a few acoustic hits! Hope you enjoy!

Steve and Scott continue their conversation on fashion in the 1980s and early 1990s. Have fun listening!

After a 3 week hiatus, Steve and Scott are back to discuss fashion statements in the 1980s and 90s. We talk about the types of T-shirts you would see in school hallways in the 1980s. We also have a very detailed conversation on the different ways baseball hats have been worn over time. The phenomenon of the late 1980s, Spuds MacKenzie is discussed. Along with The Marlboro Man, Joe Camel, and even Alf! Hope you have as much fun listening, as we did recording this episode.

In this episode, Steve and Scott discuss some of their first jobs. A majority of the show is spent discussing the Oxford McDonald's. Lots of entertaining conversations about our first taste of responsibility and life lessons. Check out the links below for some cool retro commecials and shows! Enjoy! Links of Interest: Remember When Twitter Handle @PodcastWhen: https://twitter.com/podcastwhen Remember When Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastWhen/?modal=admin_todo_tour Highland Appliance 1980's Commercial - https://youtu.be/kKQcZYTZVmI Fretter - Moonlight Madness Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg2kvX_Tac8 Fretter - Midnight Madness Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez8YDANmyyo Little Caesar's Commercials 1980's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFWTBlEooFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nulGTo3wJSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpJ0TNXzU7o Gus Macker 2019 Linden tourney https://www.macker.com/linden-mi/ This Week in Baseball 1984 - Detroit TIgers 9-0 start https://youtu.be/inVngmzTw9c Baseball Bunch - https://www.si.com/mlb/video/2016/06/29/remembering-tv-show-baseball-bunch Oxford Athetics Twitter: @OxfordAD Oxford Footbal Twitter: @Ox_football Oxford Basketball Twitter: @OxWildcatsHoops Episode Music: "Take the Lead" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

After a week off, Remember When is back.  Scott and Steve discuss the evolution of technology in this episode.  Steve's friend and former co-worker, Matt Groves, joins the show live from Portland.  Matt, a software developer / engineer,  hosts three different podcasts of his own, and sheds light on his podcasts and technology in our lives growing up.   We discuss  beginning memories of home computers, Atari, Commodore 64,  the internet, cell phones, and mp3 players.  Have a fun time listening!  See below for additional links of interest, including links to Matt's podcasts Matt Groves Podcast website links Twitter  @mgroves Cross Cutting Concerns Podcast -  https://crosscuttingconcerns.com/  Dot Net Bytes Podcast  -  https://www.dotnetbytes.fm/  No SQL Database Podcast -  https://nosql.libsyn.com/  Retronauts Podcast - https://retronauts.com Atari Archive Youtube Series  -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNtI90yiOOU  Racing the Beam  book -  https://www.amazon.com/Racing-Beam-Computer-Platform-Studies/dp/026201257X  Remember When Twitter @PodcastWhen:   https://twitter.com/podcastwhen   Remember When Podcast on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/PodcastWhen/?modal=admin_todo_tour     Episode Music:  "Take the Lead"  by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

Steve and Scott broadcast remotely with a new app from their cell phones (Apologize in advance for any sound delays, etc.).  We discuss our favorite tag teams growing up from the 1980's and early 1990's.  Hopefully you will enjoy.  Please check out the links below to view some of the videos we discuss on the show.   Picture on episode cover art - Meeting the Heartbreak Kid at Cabella's in 2015 Remember When Twitter Handle @PodcastWhen:   https://twitter.com/podcastwhen  Remember When Podcast on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/PodcastWhen/?modal=admin_todo_tour  Doom  - "Her Strut"  Tron entrance -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcbGpWBIcl4  Hollywood Blondes - Tron entrance -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2VUWKvBCo  Sid powerbombs Pillman - https://youtu.be/vxn_YIbBwFA Bray Wyatt's new gimmick -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHkiVa-FYvo  Dafoe's LLC:   https://www.facebook.com/Dafoesfeedandseed/  Wrestling Tonight:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9GMHZ4eA4I&t=10s  Butch Bludd Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Butch-Bludd-1006974452664307/  Episode Music:  "Take the Lead"  by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

Steve is still in Memphis, just off a tour of Graceland. He is looking forward to running into Jerry "The King" Lawler for breakfast. In honor of his visit to Memphis, we decided to base our show on the glory days of the Territory Days of Professional Wrestling. Tim Williams returns as our special guest to provide his expertise and insight. We discuss Lawler / Jarrett's CWA and USWA, of Memphis. We also cover the Poffo (Macho Man Savage) ICW Outlaw Promotion, World Class, Global, International Wrestling of Montreal, and UWF. Lots of great memories. Enjoy! Links of Interest: Picture on episode cover art - Current Picture of Mid-South Collesium Remember When Twitter Handle @PodcastWhen: https://twitter.com/podcastwhen Remember When Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastWhen/?modal=admin_todo_tour Dafoe's LLC: https://www.facebook.com/Dafoesfeedandseed/ Wrestling Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9GMHZ4eA4I&t=10s Butch Bludd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Butch-Bludd-1006974452664307/ Episode Music: "Take the Lead" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Fischer is off this week! Hanging out with the King in Memphis, we need to ensure the Show Must Go On! Previous guest, Jason Hall, sits in as co-host this week to keep Steve's seat warm, We discuss some of the best venues in the Detroit area, old and new. Whether it be a sporting event or concert, the Detroit area has spoiled us with all the great facities in the area. Sit back and relax, as we discuss these great venues. Links of Interest: Remember When Twitter Handle @PodcastWhen: https://twitter.com/podcastwhen Remember When Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastWhen/?modal=admin_todo_tour Dafoe's LLC: https://www.facebook.com/Dafoesfeedandseed/ Wrestling Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9GMHZ4eA4I&t=10s Butch Bludd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Butch-Bludd-1006974452664307/ Five Finger Death Punch (feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert & Brian May) - Blue on Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=p8NQUbLQGio Episode Music: "Take the Lead" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Steve and Scott welcome back Art Fader to the show. We discuss this pivotal / polarizing year in Detroit Tigers History.  It was the last year the Tigers would play in the postseason for 19 years. We discuss the players on this roster and key player acquisitions. The Doyle Alexander trade that included a future hall of famer.  The rivaly with Toronto and the Game 162 Classic!  ALCS vs the Twins. How does MLB mange to make determining home field advantage more difficult than it needs to be? Red headed pitchers?  Baseball cards shows! We even discuss donating Plasma for cash? What????  Listen to find out more.  Hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane.  

Steve and Scott discuss how we came up with the idea of our Podcast. How it got off the ground, and how we continue to evolve and hope to entertain you, our audience. Remember When is now on Twitter! Follow us at @PodcastWhen to get updates and possible polls for future episodes. Tweet us to comment or provide feedback. Thanks again for listening! Links of Interest Jeff Wood's "Stories from the Woods Podcast" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-from-the-woods/id1416954256 Website: https://stories-from-the-woods.mn.co/ Episode Music: "Take the Lead" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Steve and Scott welcome Gregor Gilliom to the show to discuss Rock n Roll Documentaries. Steve and Gregor were neighbors for several years in the Columbus area. They discuss some of the neighborbood get togethers they had watching Documentaries, having cocktails, and sharing insights. These evening get togethers were famously called "RockDoc". We hope you enjoy this episode. Please share with us some of your favorite Rock Documentaries on our Twitter feed, @PodcastWhen.

Part two of our conversation with Jason Hall. The trio finish up their countdown of their favorite concers with their top 2.

Steve and Scott welcome back Jason Hall to the show. They each discuss their Top 5 favorite concerts. Lots of fun, as they all review memories from these great shows. Please join us. Hope you enjoy!

Steve and Scott welcome a special guest, Jason Fylan, to the show. In this episdoe the trio discuss the build of the Detroit Pistons in the 1980s. Coined, "The Bad Boys" for their physical play, the Pistons changed the way basketball was played for years to come. Sit back and enjoy as we discuss this piece of NBA history.

What makes a concert experience great? Steve and Scott welcome special guest, Jason Hall, to the show. Jason has attended approximately 400 shows in his lifetime, and shares several of his personal experiences. A great conversation covering lots of concert stories. We hope you can join us and will find this episode as enjoyable as we did.

In this episode, Steve and Scott dissect the careers of two of the greatest storytelling "Heartland Rock" artists in history, Bob Seger vs. "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen. We compare similarities and differences in their sound, voice, and overall style. Historically, this has been a great debate over the years, and Steve and Scott are here to settle it once and for all! Well, maybe.....not! Please feel free to connect with us to share your thoughts and opinions on these two great American songwriters.

Art Fader joins the show again to cap off part 2 of The Eagles episode. In this episode we wrap up discussions on the The Long Run album, Eagles Live, and Greatest Hits Volume 2. We discuss personal interactions with the band along with Art sharing his Top 10 favorite Eagles song listing. Lots of fun sharing stories on one of the all time greatest bands in history, The Eagles.

Steve and Scott had so much fun on the last One Hit Wonders Episode, they decided to come back with a new version. In this episode, they dig a little deeper into Rock history and examine some of the best One Hit Wonders produced. Hope you enjoy this one.

(Part 1)  In this episode, Steve and Scott welcome a very special guest and good friend, Art Fader, to the show.  Art shares his expertise on one of our favorite bands growing up, The Eagles.  We dig deep to review the band’s roots, the background of each member, and how they all connected to form The Eagles.  We also share our thoughts on favorite albums, songs, experiences, and interactions with one of the Greatest Bands of all time.   We had so many themes to discuss, we needed to split this into 2 parts.  Part 2 will continue in a future episode.  Hope everyone enjoys!

In this episode, Steve and Scott discuss their favorite One Hit Wonders from the Rock 'n Roll world. Some of your favorites, from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. You may not know the artist, but you probably have heard the song. Prepare yourself for lots of fun! You may want to make yourself a mix tape with all of these songs after listening.

In this episode, Steve and Scott welcome a very special guest from Oxford, Tim Williams. The show highlights how everyone became fans of Professional Wrestling in the 1980s. Conversation then revolves around the genesis of Backyard Wrestling in Oxford. What was involved, who participated, how ideas were created. Plus some discussions on how some of the people who participated in Oxford Backyard Wrestling actually went on to make it in professional wrestling and the music industry.

Arguably the biggest Hard Rock / Heavy Metal band in the last 25 plus years, Steve and Scott discuss the history of Metallica and the impact the band had on their teen years. First experience with the band, favorite tracks, concerts, and memories are discussed in detail. Hope you enjoy!

Merry Christmas everyone! In this episode, Steve and Scott discuss one of the pioneers of today's home video game systems, the Nintendo Entertainment System. They discuss their memories of NES, along with their favorite games.

Merry Christmas Everyone! In the spirit of the holiday season, Steve and Scott review their favorite Christmas Rock songs. Some are covers, while others are originals. This episode will definitely create some fun conversation.

In this episode, Steve and Scott break down the recent box office release, Bohemian Rhapsody. This film is a career overview of the band Queen, including front man, Freddie Mercury, and band mates, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon. A favorite band of both Steve and Scott, this should be an episode full of passion and excitement.

The very first episode of Remember When...In this episode, Steve and Scott discuss what was going on in the rock scene during the late 1980's and early 90's. This was a very big transition era for Rock 'n Roll. With the Seattle "Grunge" invasion upon us, led my Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", many band from the "Hair Metal" era, such as Poison, and Motley Crue were losing interest from listeners. Steve and Scott discuss this transition in addition to many other rock themes from the era.