Final Countdown Classics

Well, here is one of the episodes I consider an award winner. The late, great Eldon B. Hoke aka El Duce is represented here in all of his glory. During the Cathay de Grande days, we would always kick around the idea of Duce coming up to the show and taking the piss out of all the hair bands that were around in those days. So we created the Rock Court concept and the rest is history. As usual, there was no date written on the tape so I’m going to guess that this took place circa 1985. I’m still going crazy trying to find a tape of the ultimate El Duce appearance on the Final Countdown - an outrageous Mentors interview that got me so much heat with the LMU Jesuit administration it damn near got me thrown off the air. As soon as I find it you know it’s going up here asap. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this one. FYI, the live Mentors tracks played on the show all came from the Mystic Records release ‘Mentors Live at the Whisky/Cathay De Grande’ (MLP 33107).

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OK…here is side 2 of more obscure prank calls. The tape starts off with a brief snippet of a trumpet player telling Buddy Rich to go to hell right on the bandstand. This leads into a classic confrontation between two 7-11 employees (one real and one not so real). The rest of the tape contains the hijinx of the one and only Marky St. James, a Sunset Strip hair band vocalist who calls unsuspecting musicians that have placed ads in local music rags. Too much!

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Hello everyone. It’s obviously been WAY too long since I’ve posted anything up here. After months of procrastination, I’ve decided to work up the courage to re-enter the insect laden, cobweb encrusted storage shed that houses most of the old Final Countdown tapes. I hope you folks realize the health hazards I am risking to bring you the best (and worst) of mid-80’s independent HC/Metal radio. So - to tide you over while I undertake this new expedition into the unknown, I’ve decided to post a couple of episodes featuring my favorite prank calls of the last 20 years. Although great in their own right, there are no Jerky Boys or Tube Bar bits here. Instead, you get to hear the saga of little Chun Nguyen, a Cambodian refugee whose sponsors are desperately (and hilariously) trying to place into a home in Garden Grove. As a bonus, you also get the ‘Alpha Beta Secret Admirer’ bit. More stuff on Part 2. Tons of thanks to Elise Thompson for turning me on to this tape many years ago! Hope you dig it…

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Part 2 of an FC interview with LA’s Wasted Youth…

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