“If they’re not fat, they’re soft…”
Think back to The Sunset Strip and the emerging metal scene of the early 80’s, full of sleaze, shred, and riffs, long before the emergence of the “serious glam” and “serious thrash” of the mid to late 80’s. METAL HEALTH and OUT OF THE CELLAR, released in 1983 and 1984, by QUIET RIOT and RATT (respectively) both preceded the hair metal movement of the late 80’s and ironically (to a great extent) helped to define it.
While both METAL HEALTH and OUT OF THE CELLAR were “more metal than we thought”, each album has its share of pros and cons, with some tracks drowning in 80’s nostalgia that sound a bit dated by today’s standards, and others possessing a far more timeless heavy metal quality that still holds up and sounds awesome even today.
It’s time to “purse the lips up a little bit” and grab the attention of those who smell like “Aqua Net and Marlboros” that are wearing the “bustiers and leopard skin spandex” who just want to “use the bathroom”.
Discover the shared traits which “vegans and wizards” have in common, find out why squirrels are “deadass” the dumbest creatures on earth and why some birds are “a little bit touched”, go ahead and submit your early enrollment for “Juilliard Speech School” and get ready to do some “edging” to try and replicate “the weird feeling” you had when you were 10 when you JOIN US for the SUNSET STRIP EDITION of our HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATHMATCH featuring 2 of the greatest debut albums in the history of early 80’s metal, METAL HEALTH by QUIET RIOT and OUT OF THE CELLAR by RATT.
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Show Notes:
(00:01): “He became a recluse…” / “Have you ever seen a fat vegan…ever?” / “If they’re not fat, they’re soft.” / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “I was influenced to do that…squigglies and boobs…”/ #downstairssquiggly / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode / “I am worried…I’m worried, dude…”/ #NewHaze #MasonAleWorks #ZombieWars #ninepointfiveABV / “Lime green…shag…on the walls, on the floor…that’s new corporate condo carpet…this is NOT #daydrinking…”
(05:25): “I feel terrible…” / #RussellsReflections / “It was a squirrel…I went out of my way…”/ #deadass / “Every squirrel looks EXACTLY the same…”/ #squirreldrones / “If the earth is flat, why can’t we see #Everest?” / “It’s like we’re standing on a great big deck…”/ #overlymuch / “Without women, we wouldn’t have…”/ “But also…”/ “Not to one up your story…I didn’t do it on purpose, but it came from nowhere…”/ “Here’s a weird ghost question…did I tell you guys about the time I heard 1 bird chirping at 1 a.m.?” / #touched #specialneedsbird / #JuilliardSpeechSchool
(14:14): PATREON SHOUT OUT!!! / #MetalNerderyPatreon / ***JOIN US over on the #Patreon at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / #Doomsicle / “You never see a fat wizard, do you?” / #allthepoon / #DraculaLand / “That’s where vampires go on vacation…”/ “Are #hemophiliacs the #bloodlight of vampires?” / #theloreofyore / ***JOIN US on the #socialmedia at #metalnerderypodcast on #TikTok #YouTube #Instagram #Facebook, EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com or VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** / #RussellsReflectionsASMR regarding the #MetallicaConcert / “You never know…so let’s just go…”/ NOTE: not EVERY one of them, but an awful lot of them / “Bands used to make money…now the only way they make money is to go on tour…”/ “You have to own your own music and merchandise…”/ “Of course they’re metal!” / #fightingwords / “Wow, he’s really fast on guitar…”/ “Have we ever played them on this show?” / “Dude, there was a girl yesterday that walked by…and she smelled like #strawberrynerds…”/ #IceNineKills THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE (The Silver Scream – 2018) / “See, it’s got melody…”/ “As soon as I heard keyboards, I knew it was gay…”
(28:47): #TheDocket / “We’ve gotta get into the meat because the meat is gonna be fun…”/ METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATHMATCH – QUIET RIOT VS RATT (METAL HEALTH VS OUT OF THE CELLAR) / 1983 & 1984, respectively / #SunsetStripMetal / “Let’s be gayer or let’s be heavier…”/ “If I purse my lips out a little bit…”/ “I’m fucking that in the bathroom…”/ “You did not play football…”/ #debutalbums
(34:02): “If you were going to pick one…who’s gonna be the winner?” / “That was kinda the coolest #mascot because that could be any dude with that mask on…”/ #MTV / #QuietRiot METAL HEALTH (BANG YOUR HEAD) / “That’s WAY up there!” / #Ratt WANTED MAN / “Maybe at some point we could do battle of the songs…”
(42:33): “This next song…is probably the biggest song of 1983…”/ #Slade #coversong / CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE / “If you put your 10-year-old hat on…”/ “Why’d they spell it like that?”/ #drygasm / “Ohhh, the weird feeling?” / #edging / YOU’RE IN TROUBLE / “Is this Bon Jovi?” / “When I hear that one, I smell Aqua Net, Marlboros…and slimy fingers…”
(48:48): “I think Ratt’s gonna win the rest of this one…”/ DON’T WANNA LET YOU GO / “Here we go…” / ROUND AND ROUND / “Just give it time…”/ “Every time I hear Warren DeMartini, I hear George Lynch…” / “So between Round And Round and Metal Health…you gotta pick one…”/ “Apparently he was loaded, dude…”
(54:16): “I kinda like it…the first time I heard it, it was very loud…”/ #CBLE / SLICK BLACK CADILLAC / “The tone is weird…” / #midrange / IN YOUR DIRECTION / “It already wins…”/ “That’s very #Ozzyish…”/ “I think that’s the better song of the two…which one would you remember more?” / #nostalgia
(59:13): LOVE’S A BITCH / “That’s a very metal opening…it’s dark…”/ “He’s using a #wordydird…”/ #CaptainOrigami / “The next one ironically ties in well with Love’s A Bitch…” / SHE WANTS MONEY / “I almost hear #VanHalen…”/ “That’s why Love’s A Bitch…because She Wants Money…” / “That one didn’t age as well…”
(1:04:18): “So now we’re on to #Side2 for bolth…”/ BREATHLESS / “Power metal, dude…”/ “That aged pretty well…”/ LACK OF COMMUNICATION / #MovingInStereo / #BackOn / #Loverboy #BillySquier #SammyHagar / “Between the 2, Breathless might be more timeless…”
(1:08:44): RUN FOR COVER / “Double bass…”/ “That sounds like Tony Iommi!” / “This album’s got way more metal influence to it than we thought…”/ BACK FOR MORE / “I almost feel like this ain’t fair…”/ “A Wyla cat?” / “I think that’s a blowout…” / “Why do you gotta make it gross!?” / “You know that’s pee, right?”
(1:13:26): BATTLE AXE / “The tone is so fucking weird…guitars & midrange…”/ “Kinda has Randy vibes to it a little bit…”/ “It’s not even that distorted…it’s like a Marshall turned all the way up…”/ “I used to voiceover porn…” / “I got a great story!” / #RussellsReflectionsDocksideASMR / “He got him…”/ #PatreonReference #VanHalenSuprise / THE MORNING AFTER / “He almost has a weird Dave Mustaine vocal affectation…”/ “The sound is the same…in my head…it’s weird…”
(1:20:34): LET’S GET CRAZY / “Smoke on the cat fever…”/ “Cat scratch water…”/ I’M INSANE / “That’s 80’s metal all day…”/ “This is almost gonna be Side 1 Quiet Riot and Side 2 Ratt…”/ #dontgiveitup / #RickRoll #BeingRickRolled / #goingviral / #killercloser / THUNDERBIRD / “It’s almost like Queen…”/ “Have you ever polished anything off?” / SCENE OF THE CRIME / “Now I think of #SteelPanther …”/ “Those last 2 just cancel each other out…”/ #DonaldJTrumpASMR / “Basically, literally…technically Quiet Riot with 11 and Ratt with 14…”/ #votes / “If we put the last 2 in… / NOTE: somehow the math doesn’t work out if we ended with a tie / #grocerystoresoundtrack / “Whoa, whoa, whoa…”/ #soccerhockey / “As Russell would say…”/ #untilthenext #outroreel