Welcome to the Beehive! It's the 100th and final episode ever of the Rock Under Fire podcast. It's all about hot takes as Mike Derrico is joined by Marisa Baldassaro, Heather Drain and Michael Lee Nirenberg in over two hours of too many topic

The Drug Fair Kiss Book

Jun 27th, 2023 9m 17s

When you get to share a personal story with an author about one of his works 41 years later. Some Rock Under Fire moments are worth their own bite-size episode. From Mike's 2020 interview with Creem Magazine managing editor and author of Loud

North Exit

Jun 19th, 2023 1h 36m

The conversation is all over the map in Episode 98 as Mike is joined by his cousin Paul to discuss vinyl records, jazz, lip-synching, live bands playing to tracks, Kiss, and Mike's highly-detailed take on John Lennon's murder. Paul Sisolak is a

Midnight in Berlin

May 29th, 2023 53m 49s

From the outskirts of Viktoria Park in the heart of Kreuzberg, it's midnight in Berlin. Mike and an anonymous guest in a very random trail of assorted thoughts...some rock & roll...some not so rock & roll. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON..

Bouncing Over London

May 14th, 2023 53m 17s

We're down to the final five Rock Under Fire episodes ever! In Episode 96, John K and Greg return to flip the script on Mike in an attempt to interview him as well as talk London, green screens, our favorite concerts, the seat cushion trend of

Jesse Jackson, Set Lusting Bruce Podcast

Apr 9th, 2023 1h 11m

In Episode 95, Jesse Jackson, host of the Set Lusting Bruce Podcast joins Mike Derrico to discuss Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band's 2023 tour. For the past 6 years, Jesse Jackson has been talking to Bruce Springsteen fans from around the

Heather Drain

Mar 26th, 2023 1h 45m

Mike Derrico and Heather Drain talk Blue Oyster Cult, Lester Bangs and Kiss in Episode 94 of the Rock Under Fire podcast. Heather Drain is a writer who veers between the worlds of esoterica film, wild music, heart-born words, and prose that is

Baylee Avery

Mar 12th, 2023 1h 3m

Baylee Avery, music journalist for Banded PR joins us for episode 93. As a podcast that has often catered to the dinosaur mentality, we step outside our comfort zone to talk about what's good and vital in rock music today as well as get a fres

Going Off the Rails in the UK

Feb 27th, 2023 1h 36m

London, Manchester, death tickets, Queen, Lemmy and karaoke. Mike is joined by Greg and John K...some musicians from the old neighborhood he found in a bar one dark and stormy night. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON Ep. 92 https://rockunderf

Red Shoes & the Blue Album

Feb 12th, 2023 23m 42s

In response to the sudden 2022 popularity of Kate Bush with Gen Z, Mike shares his story of "meeting" Kate in 1993. ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL SEASON E. 91 https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ https://twitter.com/Mik

The Feast

Dec 23rd, 2022 14m 3s

In this special one-off / year-end episode, Mike reads from The Locker Notes, a chapter called The Feast...a tribute to the power of music's imprint on memory and dedicated to family and friends we've lost. Ep. 90 ROCK UNDER FIRE...THE FINAL S

Through the Decades in Random Songs

Dec 18th, 2022 1h 13m

We pick four songs at random from every decade since the 1960s for discussion. This recording originally comes from our 2018 holiday special which amounted to a three-hour radio show. For copyright reasons, music has been omitted but the discus

Our 10 Favorite 80s Pop Songs

Dec 11th, 2022 38m 2s

Just as the title says...we pick our favorite radio-friendly pop songs of the 1980s. This one plays like a classic RUF episode from the early years of the podcast. Mike Derrico and Patrick Ivanitski are your hosts. Rock Under Fire...The Final

Our 10 Favorite 80s Albums

Dec 4th, 2022 50m 58s

Just as the title says...we pick our favorite albums of the 1980s. Rock Under Fire...The Final Season Episode 86...Mike Derrico and Patrick Ivanitski are your hosts. https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free

Creatures of the Night 40

Nov 27th, 2022 51m 24s

Happy 40th to Kiss's most overrated album! We discuss Creatures of the Night, an album that revisionist history has placed among the greatest albums of the Kiss catalog. We touch on the great things about the album...but we also go where no K

In Search of Nebraska

Nov 20th, 2022 16m 4s

Riffing on Bruce Springsteen's sixth album, Nebraska in celebration of its 40th anniversary this past October...and reading from AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: The Murder of John Lennon, Evolution of Bruce Springsteen and the Birth of the Reagan

What Are We Listening To?

Nov 13th, 2022 29m 27s

Original Rock Under Fire cast member Stick Nixon returns to talk about recent vinyl record acquisitions as well as a conversation about what we've been listening to. Ep. 83 https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copy

Stagefright

Nov 6th, 2022 14m 34s

Another fun bite-size episode from the unreleased archives. A peek behind the scenes! Random nonsense before the edit as we prepared for a show back in 2019. Never meant for release, Pat talks about Rival Sons and Mike and Marisa wax poetic on

Tickets

Oct 30th, 2022 18m 5s

A brief snippet of the unreleased season premiere, recorded in August but scrapped for technical issues. Ep. 81 https://rockunderfire.libsyn.com/ https://derricountitled.com/ Copyright free music provided by Lovers Squared by Letter Box 1973 by

Aaron Novak Returns

Oct 23rd, 2022 57m 42s

Friend and fellow podcaster/radio host Aaron Novak returns to talk about his longtime radio show Memphis, Egypt with Aaron and Todd, and his decision to leave the show. For over a decade, Memphis Egypt with Aaron and Todd was a Tuesday night st

Nirenberg / Baldassaro

Oct 9th, 2022 59m 40s

ROCK UNDER FIRE / THE FINAL SEASON Writer & director, Mike Nirenberg returns to the Rock Under Fire podcast once again. Nirenberg's most celebrated recent works have been his 2014 documentary Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story, and his 202

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Sep 22nd, 2022 40m 22s

The final season of the Rock Under Fire podcast begins with a discussion of the first of two tribute concerts for Taylor Hawkins...the first of which happened in London's Wembley Stadium this past September 3. Mike Derrico and Patrick Ivanitski

INSIDE AUTUMN: Lennon, Springsteen, Reagan 1980

Dec 7th, 2021 34m 37s

From November 2020 and re-cut from a deleted Rock Under Fire episode. In the one and only time he addresses it in detail, Mike talks to Patrick Ivanitski about his book AUTUMN AND EVERYTHING AFTER: The Murder of John Lennon, Evolution of Bruce

Talkin' Dylan with Allison Rapp

Dec 2nd, 2021 1h 2m

In Rock Under Fire's Season 5 finale, Mike Derrico and Allison Rapp discuss Bob Dylan and various aspects of the artist's career, music and concert history. Allison Rapp is a New York City-based music and culture journalist whose work has appea

In Defense of Music From the Elder

Nov 21st, 2021 1h

In Rock Under Fire's 75th episode, original cast member Stick Nixon returns to talk about the much-maligned 1981 KISS album, Music From the Elder in celebration of its 40th anniversary. Hosted by Mike Derrico SOME COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT: Boo