The Asylum Podcast
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The Asylum Podcast
KISS fan Kousins talking about their favorite genre and “Hard Rock” in general.
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Spinquisition: Trouble by Whitesnake
The new segment, Spinquisition, was back with a whole new album to drop on the Kousins.
The premise is this: the Kousins put out a call...
Alive! 50th Anniversary
The reason this podcast started was that there were three KISS Kousins who needed something to do during the pandemic. Along came a fourth - honorary...
Happy Birthday, Kousin Marvin
This weekend will be Kousin Marvin's birthday! And thus, all four Kousins added three songs each from the year 1976 to celebrate him in a 1976 Mixtape...
Extended Now Listening/Let Me Know August 2025
This coming week, Kousin Gary starts his new residency on Camel City Radio. It will be about new music discovery and will be called Asylum - First Lis...
Happy Birthday, Kousin Ray
Yesterday was Kousin Ray's birthday! And thus, all four Kousins added three songs each from the year 1970 to celebrate him in a 1970 Mix Tape. Kousin...
Spinquisition: The Debut featuring Witness by Vola
All four Kousins were in the proverbial house this week. And, with that, there is a new theme intro and outro performed by the fantastic Stuart Hill....
A Live-Aid Retrospective
Kousins Marvin and Ray were both out, so that left Kousins Tim and Gary on their own. However, the shimmering light known as Christy came and sat in,...
Closing the Sabbath Chapter
A few weeks ago, Kousin Tim committed to a deep dive into Dio-era Black Sabbath albums; at least the first two. That said, Kousin Tim discusses Heaven...
See You On the Other Side
This week, the music world is mourning the passing of John Osbourne, better known to his friends, you, and us as Ozzy. We say music world. Not just th...
Grading the 1988 Hard Rock Albums Part Deux
A few weeks ago, the Kousins did a retrospective of music (and other pop-culture things) from 1988, which focused on the hard rock genre. Then, three...
Black Sabbath and Ozzy Back to the Beginning/Top 10 Sabbath Songs
So, the final show for Ozzy and Black Sabbath was this past weekend. Kousin Gary streamed the whole show, carrying his laptop with him everywhere he w...
Matt Mullins & The Bringdowns
A few weeks ago, we were supposed to have Stuart Hill on to talk about Matt Mullins & The Bringdowns (in which he's the guitar player), but due to tec...
Grading the 1988 Hard Rock Albums
First, our producer apologizes for the lack of an episode last week. There it is; we're done with it. No more mentions.
A few weeks ago...
The Top (and Bottom) Five #5s
It's KISS Throwback time! The assignment was to pick your top five tracks #5 on the 20 KISS studio albums.
To be clear, the #5s to choo...
The Listening Party: Monsters of Rock USA Tour 1988
Continuing our 1988 theme, the year saw a months-long tour come to the USA and use the name Monsters of Rock. The show consisted of performances by op...
An Asylum Podcast Pop-Culture Retrospective: 1988
Dateline - The Asylum. The Year... 1988.
1988 was still a good year for music. It was great not only in the hard rock but also in all m...
Extended Now Listening/Let Me Know for May 2025
Kousin Ray was takin' care o'bidness this week, so the Original Three Kousins decided to do a little XNL and LMK. Each Kousin did four songs, and it w...
Top 10 Judas Priest Songs
Kousin Marvin was missing this week, but he did send in his homework (in fact, he sent it in three weeks ago). The Kousins—sans KM—did the Asylum Top...
Grading the 1987 Hard Rock Albums
A few weeks ago, the Kousins did a retrospective of music (and other pop-culture things) from 1987, which focused on the hard rock genre (which can be...
The Listening Party: E. Z .O
Kousin Ray is out this week with a stuffy head so Eugene B Sims of the Wheeler's Dog Podcast is filling in. Actually, he was already scheduled to be o...
The 200th Episode!
Here it is! #200. The TWO HUNDREDTH episode! Can you believe it!? The Kousins can't.
Kousins Tim, Gary, Marvin, and Ray reminisce throu...
The Listening Party/KISS Throwback: Off The Soundboard – San Antonio
The Kousins are back together, and it's time for a KISS topic in the rotation, and look! We have a new release. It's the sixth in the "Off the Soundbo...
Album Gladiator Showdown – 1984 vs. 5150 (The Birthday Edition)
We are celebrating Kousin Gary's birthday on this episode! In honor of that, we invited his best friend (and sometimes adversary), Stuart Hill, to com...
An Asylum Podcast Pop-Culture Retrospective: 1987
Dateline - The Asylum. The Year... 1987.
1986 was hard to top. It was great not only in the hard rock but all music. So, how did 1987 d...
The Asylum Mount Rushmore: Bassists
So, here it is. The Mt. Rushmore that Kousins Tim and Gary have been waiting for. The Mt. Rushmore of bass players. The instrument that holds the bott...
Random Topic: Alice in Chains’ Sap and Jar of Flies
We are without Kousin Ray, who is "on assignment," this week. Because it was "random topic week," Kousin Marvin picked both Alice in Chains EPs, Sap (...
Top 10-ish KISS Songs with “Love” in the Title
For the KISS retrospective, and because tomorrow is Valentine's Day, the Kousins decided to do a collective top 10 of their favorite KISS songs with t...
Grading the 1986 Hard Rock Albums
A few weeks ago, the Kousins did a retrospective of music (and other pop-culture things) from 1986, which focused on the hard rock genre (which can be...
The Listening Party: Cinderella’s Night Songs
Keeping with the 1986 theme, and with Kousin Ray out doing "mandatory fun," the remaining Kousins threw a listening party for Cinderella's 1986 debut,...
The Ozzy List
The Kousins all said the same thing, "When I listen to Ozzy, I love it. But, it's just not a go-to for me." That may not have been verbatim, but you g...
Album Gladiator Showdown – Rage For Order vs. Empire
It's a combo/co-production episode of both Asylum AND I Remember Now: The Queensrÿche Podcast. In this episode, it's some Queensrÿche on Queensrÿche g...
An Asylum Podcast Pop-Culture Retrospective: 1986
Dateline - The Asylum. The Year... 1986.
1984 was a banger. 1985 was a letdown(ish). However, 1986 brought back the hard rock (and all...
A Christmas Listening Party-ish
The Kousins are rockin' 'round the Christmas Tree in this episode. Being the last Asylum episode of 2024, the Kousins talk about Christmas tunes, each...
The Asylum Mount Rushmore: Lead Guitarists
Due to some technical difficulties (of which Kousin Tim is sparing you details), Kousin Tim had to pass off production duties to Kousin Gary. The Kous...
Asylum Inmates’ KISS Album Rankings
It started with Bruno From Sunny South Africa talking about an album that was a "bottom three" album or "top five" or whatever. Arbitrary rankings wit...
Grading Iron Maiden Mark I and Mark II Albums
While listening to the Paul Di'Anno albums a few weeks back, one of the Kousins mentioned grading Iron Maiden albums. So, that's what the Kousins are...
Remembering Paul Di’Anno
The Hard Rock community lost original Iron Maiden singer, Paul Di'Anno this past week after bouts with illness over the past several years. So, the Ko...
Grading the 1985 Hard Rock Albums
A few weeks ago, the Kousins did a retrospective of music (and other pop-culture things) from 1985, which focused on the hard rock genre (which can be...
The Listening Party: Led Zeppelin’s “Led Zeppelin III”
Yes, two listening parties in a row. Kousin Ray is out this week for "Mandatory Fun." Led Zeppelin's third album, cleverly called Led Zeppelin III (19...
The Listening Party: Mötley Crüe’s “Theatre of Pain”
Staying with the 1985 theme after a week off, the Kousins thought that Mötley Crüe's Theatre of Pain was an underrated album and needed some love. It...