Hojo and Hunnsy’s Hard Rock House

EPISODE 27. IS CONEY HATCH MAIN MAN ANDY CURRAN ALLOWED TO STAND HOJO UP FOR DINNER? AND HOW BIG IS YOUR BADGE?

We’re already 27 episodes deep into this ridiculous venture, and Hunnsy’s been revisiting the debut album from Canadian rockers Coney Hatch, which triggers HoJo because frontman Andy Curran blew him out for dinner in Toronto last May. He tries to get over the trauma by reminding us that Curran wore legwarmers, then takes solace in the deep cuts of Queen’s ‘Jazz’ album while remembering the time he sang ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ and had a fake moustache malfunction! Elsewhere the boys debate uses for a neckerchief and why size matters where badges are concerned. Never mind the bollocks. Here, friends, is where the important rock issues of the day are debated.

EPISODE 26. HUNNSY IN A LOINCLOTH? REALLY? IS THIS BECAUSE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ‘SEX PEOPLE’ RAMMSTEIN?

If you thought the arrival of a new year would stop your two favourite old rock fools chunnering on endlessly about rock music you’re sorely mistaken. Episode 26 sees HoJo and Hunnsy trying to figure out why concerts are now announced months in advance, whether Jon Bon Jovi has filched more ideas from Honeymoon Suite, why Rammstein are sex people and whether Hunnsy wearing a loin cloth is a good marketing ploy. And if that tremendous set of topics doesn’t get us as many listeners as ‘The Rest Is History’ then we may as well give up!
• Please note Hunnsy gets the name of Frank Brunos trainer wrong - if that in itself doesn't intrigue you, nothing will

EPISODE 25. 2025 IS UNDERWAY WITH A CALL TO HOJO FROM STEVE HARRIS AND A CONTROVERSIAL TED NUGENT TALE. PLUS! ALBUMS BY STARZ AND… YES, HIM AGAIN… TED NUGENT.

Episode 25 is here to help you shake off the post-festive period blues as your two favourite old gumbies return to the podcast fray with an action-packed session where HoJo shows off about getting a phone call from his old Iron Maiden buddy Steve ‘Bomber’ Harris, then comes back down to earth explaining the massive tiff he had with Ted Nugent back in 1986. It’s feather dusters at dawn! And if all that isn’t exciting enough, Hunnsy raves about Starz, while HoJo reveals what a big man he is by lauding the debut album by… Ted Nugent! Peace and goodwill to all men! (who play on ten)

EPISODE 24 IT’S CHRIIIISTMASSSSS! HOJO AND HUNNSY BRING YOU FESTIVE CHEER AS THEIR NON-ROCKING WIVES STEP UP TO THE PLATE TO BATTLE IT OUT IN A QUIZ. PLUS! ALBUMS BY Y&T AND BABY CHAOS.

Episode 24 is here, full to bursting with Yuletide fun and frolics. Your favourite old rockers discuss their best rocking Xmas records before ceding the floor to long-suffering wives Sahra and Louise who gamely agree to a quiz that tests their knowledge – or rather lack of knowledge – of hard rock music. Elsewhere Hunnsy draws your holiday attention to 1981’s classic ‘Earthshaker’ by Y&T, while HoJo goes striktly for konnoisseurs with Scottish band Baby Chaos’ ‘Ape Confronts Cosmos’ from 2020.

EPISODE 23 HOJO’S GOT A COLD. BUT THAT DOESN’T STOP THE OLD MEN OF ROCK LAUGHING ABOUT WILD HEADBANGING. PLUS! ALBUMS BY THE RODS AND VAN HALEN DISSECTED.

Episode 23 is here to slap you about the chops with Hunnsy running the debut album by The Rods up the critical flagpole and HoJo somewhat surprisingly going all LA with Van Halen’s ‘1984’ album. Elsewhere our dynamic duo pay tribute to Birmingham’s most enthusiastic current headbanger and HoJo remembers the time when he was given an audience in Wolverhampton – yes, Wolverhampton! – with metal’s Mr. Showbiz David Lee Roth.

EPISODE 22 – THE BOYS ARE BACK TO DISCUSS HOJO HANGING IN THE BAHAMAS WITH ANTHRAX BACK IN ’87, THAT BAND’S LITTLE-KNOWN ‘VOLUME 8: THE THREAT IS REAL’ ALBUM AND THE DEBUT RELEASE BY THE THROBS.

Episode 22 descends from the heavens as HoJo and Hunnsy talk about all sorts of rock ‘n’ roll shenanigans. Can you believe that once upon a time rock journos like HoJo were sent to the Bahamas to hang out with Anthrax for a week? What went wrong in the world?! Plus! Are rock ‘n’ roll cruises a worthwhile pursuit? Does Ted Nugent still shoot animals? And are Anthrax’s ‘Volume 8: The Threat Is Real’ and the debut album by The Throbs any cop? 

EPISODE 21 – WHAT’S THE DAFTEST ACT EVER TO GRACE THE COVER OF KERRANG!? PLUS! WE GET STUCK INTO THE CULT’S ‘ELECTRIC’ AND ‘GENERATION TERRORISTS’ BY MANIC STREET PREACHERS.

Strap yourselves in for a wild ride as Episode 21 sees Hunnsy bringing the Cult’s controversial third album ‘Electric’ to the table of discussion. Want to know what Metallica’s Cliff Burton told HoJo about the band? Here’s where you’ll find out. Plus, the boys investigate what on earth was going on back in the ‘80s when Kerrang! was featuring New Model Army, Prince and Duran Duran in its pages? You can’t blame it all on the drugs! Plus! Why on earth don’t the French like whiskey sours?!

EPISODE 20 – HUNNSY’S MUM DRINKS WINE WITH IAN GILLAN AND BERNIE TORME. AND CAN A BAND LITERALLY EXPLODE ONTO THE NEW YORK SCENE?

Who would have thought it? Episode 20 is here, and HoJo and Hunnsy are weirdly in sync with their album picks of Torme and Gillan. Spooky! But how did Hunnsy’s mum end up drinking wine with the Gillan band? And why on earth did she turn down Bernie Torme’s headband? Plus! Poor press releases. Diss names that were handed out to Kerrang!, Metal Hammer and RAW. And which album by Spanish rockers Baron RoJo has a pic of HoJo on it?

BONUS POD!!! ‘GET HIM ON!’ NUMBER TWO – HOJO AND HUNNSY INTERVIEW UFO AND GARY MOORE MAN NEIL CARTER!

He’s one of the nicest men in rock and his dress sense was once inspired by The Thompson Twins. But don’t let that put you off! Yes, it’s Wild Horses, UFO, Gary Moore and Moggs Motel multi-instrumentalist Neil Carter, who dropped by the pod to discuss why he was called Hammie, whether Pete Way even needed to be plugged in, ‘The Bouffant Years’ with Gary, judging cats, and why Neil gave hard rock up for many years to tech clarinet! So what are you waiting for? Get listening!

EPISODE 19 – UFO AND GARY MOORE MAN NEIL CARTER IN DA HOUSE! LIONS IN THE STREET’S ‘MOVING ALONG’, THE ANGELS’ ‘DARK ROOM’ AND THE IMPORTANCE – OR OTHERWISE – OF LONG HAIR IN METAL.

Praise be! Episode 19 is with us, and we’ve only gone and got ‘im on! Listen to a few glorious minutes of our Neil Carter interview here, then check out the full-length version! Meanwhile, Hunnsy’s “frothing at the gills” over Lions In the Street and their Stonesy rock ‘n’ roll, while HoJo wants you to investigate The Angels’ ‘Dark Room’, the album AC/DC would have made had they gone to art school and smoked lots of dope! Plus! The important question! Where do you stand on the great metal hair debate?