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From Professor of Rock. We are going to talk about the 2026 Rock Hall of Fame Nominees and why they truly need to change their name because they hate rock. Of the 16 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees only 6 or 7 could be considered rock which if not even half. The nominees…
From Professor of Rock. Oh man, this one is going to be something else. Today we’re counting down 6 songs that became pop culture punchlines… These tracks that got mocked, misunderstood, and in some cases, flat-out destroyed. I’m talking about one musical legend, Isaac Hayes, whose biggest song, the Theme from Shaft, was parodied in…
From Professor of Rock. We’ve had a tough couple of weeks in the music world, with the recent passing of an incredible 80s songwriter, Billy Steinberg. He penned five number one 80s songs for some of the era’s biggest female artists, making him a true legend in songwriting. Dive into this episode of the music…
From Professor of Rock. We did the 80s, but after thousands of requests for the 60s and 70s… we are counting down the top cartoon themes of those decades… And there are some spectacular stories to tell here. Like how The Flintstones started out as a prime time show with the main animated characters selling…
From Professor of Rock. Here we are… more than twenty-six years into the 21st century, and you can really feel how much has changed since the start of the 2000s. Pop culture has evolved in big ways. When you rewatch a movie or TV show from one of your favorite decades, the outfits and the…
From Professor of Rock. So today we’re coming back to a show that we did a little while back that you all absolutely loved. It was one of our most popular episodes of 2025… the funniest “non-parody” songs of the Rock Era. Well, we’re back for round two, and these tracks don’t pull any punches.…
From Professor of Rock. In today’s professor of rock livestream I’m going to talk to you about Kenny Loggins and Huey Lewis and the the 2026 People’s Music Hall of Fame, the death of one of our greatest songwriters who wrote some of the biggest hits of the 80s for Heart, The Bangles and the…
From Professor of Rock. Coming up. Let’s dive into the bizarre and sensational era of the Satanic Panic, a time when songs were accused of harboring "evil" hidden messages, and bands faced relentless scrutiny as alleged corruptors of society. While heavy metal bands were the primary targets, even the likes of today’s squeaky clean band…
From Professor of Rock. Coming up, we are covering one of the years that’s consistently called one of the 4 or 5 best years in rock history. In fact, it was so good there were dozens of incredible songs that missed the charts that were far better than any of the biggest hits of the…
From Professor of Rock. The Love songs we love to hate and hate to love… Music at it’s best…Including Billy Joel, Peter Gabriel, Journey, and some guilty pleasures like Nickelback, Bryan Adams and Color Me Bad. it’s an episode that may raise a few eyebrows. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m counting down the Top…
From Professor of Rock. Coming up next a special tribute to a rockstar we lost recently in an interview I did with him that I’ve never shared on here. Brad Arnold of Three Doors Down passed away on February 7th 2026, after battling stage 4 cancer that had spread to his lungs for nearly a…