Final Countdown Classics

Hangin’ with Cronos and Abbadon…Part 2. By the way, I know the sound is kind of crappy but these are 20+ year old cassettes so cut me some slack. ~OG Adam Bomb

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Greetings deaf ones. Here’s a nice bit. At the time, this was a huge score for me. An interview with the kings of black metal, Venom. It was conducted poolside on the patio of a rundown Huntington Beach motel on April 17, 1985. Abaddon and Cronos did most of the talking while Mantas did laps in the pool and shouted out occasional phrases. They were in town to play a show at the Palladium along with Slayer and Exodus. The tape recorder I used picked up every external noise including helicopters and splashing water so you might have to strain to hear some passages. But it’s worth it because Abaddon talks some pretty good smack. Well hope you all enjoy it and thanks for listening… ~OG Adam Bomb

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Part 2 of COC’s 2nd Final Countdown appearance. Circa January 1985.

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Raleigh, North Carolina’s COC drop by the studio circa January 1985 for their second visit to The Final Countdown. This is between the ‘Eye for an Eye’ and ‘Animosity’ albums and they were actually in town to work on the ‘Animosity’ record with Metal Blade’s Bill Metoyer. COC were always great guests and one of the first non-local bands to visit the show. Appearing were Reed Mullin, Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean and Simon Bob Sinister (Ugly Americans). I guess the appearance was kind of prophetic because Simon Bob would later join the band as lead vocalist. There’s a cool Johnny Valiant interview in here as well…thanks for listening.

~OG Adam Bomb

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Part 2 of Dr. Jerry Graham’s appearance…

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Now this one’s slanted a bit towards the pro wrestling camp. If you are at all familiar with the game, you know that Dr. Jerry Graham was one of the great names of the late 50’s and 60’s, particularly in the Northeast where he would sell out Madison Square Garden on his name alone. For more info on the man, check these links:

http://www.bodyslamming.com/deceased/jerrygraham.html http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/gallery/j/jerrygraham.html http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/j/jerry-graham.html

The good doctor loved life and often lived it beyond the fullest. He knew the ups and downs of life very well. He went from lighting cigars with $100 bills to living in a Glendale flophouse with one bathroom at the end of the hall. One afternoon my friends Kurt Brown, Fisico Nuclear and I went to visit him. When he finally answered the door, he was clad only in tiny underwear and the room reeked of gin. Sitting on top of the dresser was a 3/4 empty gallon of Tanqueray and an open box of Cheerios. He spent quite a while getting dressed and ready, then we went to the Round Table across the street, ordered 2 large pies and 3 pitchers of Bud. We had maybe a 1/3 of one of the pitchers and the Doc drank the rest. He spun one tale after another and almost cried with joy when he recounted the time that Johnny Valentine took a shit on Don Leo Jonathan while he slept in his motel room. We miss you Doc…RIP.

~OG Adam Bomb

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Part 2 - more mayhem with Jordan, Dave and Philco.

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Here’s something I thought about posting for a while. If you are at all familiar with college radio, you know that a certain amount of funding is provided by the institution. Anything above and over that needs to be culled from other financial sources. Thus, the KXLU fundraiser. They happened once a year and I dreaded doing it. I HATED shilling for money but it was a required thing and the station expected you to do it. This broadcast was my first year doing it so I wanted to make sure I got it right. My guests for the show were Jordan Schwartz (We Got Power Fanzine), Dave Markey (We Got Power/Sin 34) and Philco (Mystic Records). If you listen, you can tell I’m stressed out…normally it was a circus when Jordan and Dave were up there but this time I was gettin’ $eriou$. Hope you dig it…send your comments…

~OG Adam Bomb

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Hello there…here is part 2 of the Suicidal Tendencies interview conducted one Monday in late 1985. When Mike Muir was promoting Suicidal, nothing got in his way. You’ve got to admire him for his tenacity. Notice how mentions of any other band get brushed aside and it was right back to Suicidal. Great stuff! Shout outs to Mike and Red Dog. Let us know what you think…till the next time.

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Welcome to the debut episode of Final Countdown Classics. Thanks to my incredibly accurate record-keeping (not), I believe this show was broadcast sometime in late 1985. Appearing on the show were Suicidal’s leader Mike Muir, along with Louiche Mayorga, Rocky George and Ralph Herrera. A highlight of the show is a rare, unreleased version of ‘War Inside My Head’ recorded live at The Ritz in New York City. Enjoy…

UPDATE: Sorry about the confusion here, but I just found the tape with the first part of this interview (I thought it was lost forever). Therefore there is some shuffling going on around here but hopefully it won’t get too confusing. From hereon in, it looks like most shows will be posted in two parts to conserve on bandwidth and junk like that. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks again for checking this out…

~OG Adam Bomb

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