O'Brien & Doug
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O'Brien & Doug Ep294 [June 11, 2026 RUSH is Back!]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode, we try to explain what Anika Nilles has done for the Rush faithful. We also hear new music from Prince, and the spawn of KISS. We discuss the “Big 4 Guitar Solos”,…
O'Brien & Doug Ep293 [June 4, 2026 And the Checklist Saves the Day]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode, we discuss O’Brien missing his first Syndicate Show, Eli’s senior week; we hear new music from Peter Gabriel, Greta Van Fleet, and Billy Gibbons, identify 80s TV…
O'Brien & Doug Ep292 [May 28, 2026 Monkeys in a Zoo]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode, we recap Eli’s prom, O’Brien’s concerts, Rick Beato, and more. We play Poorly Explained Movies, MixTape, and climb the Wall of Tunes for a 50s vocal group that Doug…
O'Brien & Doug Ep291 [May 21, 2026 The Great Chocolate Chip Hunt]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode, O’Brien & Doug dish out new rock releases for the month of June, discuss the greatest guitar solos from 80s hairbands, and hear new music from Deep Purple and…
O'Brien & Doug Ep290 [May 14, 2026 Dead End Doug's Dreamhole!]
Send us Fan MailThis episode goes off the rails in swift fashion. We’ve always said we are the podcast for those with ADD, but the number of rabbit holes we follow is record-breaking. We discuss Alex…
O'Brien & Doug Ep289 [May 7, 2026 Two Young Thugs]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we hear new music from Peter Gabriel and the Rolling Stones, Doug rants about the NYTimes list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters. We play Poorly Explained…
O'Brien & Doug Ep288 [April 30, 2026 Everything is Stoopid!]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we finally get to some listener mail, we hear new music from Europe, Michael Stipe and Skid Row’s Rachel Bolan. We try to guess the 80s movie from one frame. Plus, we…
O'Brien & Doug Ep287 [April 23, 2026 Black Ankle Socks]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we discuss the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death, talk upcoming appearances, ruminate on the premise of the next Topgun movie, and more. We also play Poorly Explained…
O'Brien & Doug Ep286 [April 16, 2026 Hedy Lamar is a BossBabe!]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we begrudgingly chat about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, hear new music from Foo Fighters, list more new rock music coming in May, and more. We also play…
O'Brien & Doug Ep285 [April 9, 2026 6th Anniversary]
Send us Fan MailIt’s our 6th Anniversary!! On this episode we chat about our upcoming gigs, more stuff about Rush, hear new music from Stephen Pearcy of RATT, and discuss the fact that WKRP in…
O'Brien & Doug Ep284 [April 2, 2026 Uh - I Don't Know!]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we discuss Rush’s first reunion performance on the Juno Awards, the new installment of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival, and we see how many Billy Joel Jeopardy…
O'Brien & Doug Ep283 [March 26, 2026 Thank You Chuck Norris]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we discuss the last couple of band gigs, the loss of a cult martial arts hero, the new rock releases for the month of April, and the “Best Hair Metal Band for Each…
O'Brien & Doug Ep282 [March 19, 2026 Happy St. Paddy's Day]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode O’Brien recounts a recent school trip to the Senate, we establish KISS are marketing geniuses and Vinnie Vincent is delusional; we play “Poorly Explained 80s Movies”,…
O'Brien & Doug Ep281 [March 12, 2026 Farewell Dungeon of Fun!]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we discuss possibly ditching the Fun Dungeon, Steve Vai on the new version of Van Halen’s “Jump”, The Big 4 of the Sunset Strip, Great covers from female vocalists,…
O'Brien & Doug Ep280 [March 5, 2026 Grabbing at Straws]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we explain why we unexpectedly took a week off. We discuss which was better, the cover or the original…we talk rock hall nominees, play “Poorly Explained Movies”,…
O'Brien & Doug Ep279 [February 19, 2026 Dogs Love Surf Music]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we talk vacation, new releases, cover songs, and why Snoop Dogg is the new mascot for Gen X, plus we play “Poorly Explained Movies” and MixTape, and climb the Wall of…
O'Brien & Doug Ep278 [February 12, 2026 Poorly Explained Podcast]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we discuss Super Bowl, the passing of 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold and what the band does from here, the original demo of “Shot in the Dark” by Ozzy, and how…
O'Brien & Doug Ep277 [February 5, 2026 Big Time Dumb]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we discuss the upcoming release of Van Halen’s 5150 Box and all its glorious extras, the passing of Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night and remember their best songs, we…
O'Brien & Doug Ep276 [January 29, 2026 How Do We Label These?]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we list some upcoming rock releases for the month of February 2026, hear new music from Def Leppard, Lou Gramm of Foreigner, and a surprising delivery from Megadeth.…
O'Brien & Doug Ep275 [January 22, 2026 Taste is Irrelevant]
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we talk about the NFL Playoffs, promo photos via ChatGPT, the 20 Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums from 1986 according to UCR, upcoming concerts in Maine, a question…
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O'Brien & Doug has published 294 episodes since April 2020, covering topics in Music, Music Commentary.
O'Brien & Doug is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 10m.
