For Those About To Rock

Festive thanks to generous listeners and fallen rock mag types. FTATR see if they're down with the rock kids with Kerrang's hottest tracks of 2011. Apologies all round for this one. Special thanks to the HGN rockers and Richee Mathwin.   Kerrang!

Allo guys and gals. A quick thanks and info for you.      

We take a look at System Of A Spin Off project Elect The Dead by Serj himself. We promised ourselves we wouldn't constantly refer to SOAD, we failed. Apologies to Armenians, Canadians, Muppets, Gene Wilder (yes you're alive!) and of course, Serj Tankian.   Elect (and buy) The Dead

Dave Grohl has got his Senior Metal Citizens coach trip under way. Destination metal via rock n roll. Apologies go to the Irish, listener emailers, Foo Fighter superfans and of course, Probot. PROBOT

Finally we finish our first trilogy of covers. The final instalment fell to Stu and he just couldn't resist getting his Maiden on. An eclectic show for you here, not at all what you might expect, though is... Apologies this week to Londoners, Mancunians, Simply Syndicated listeners and of course, Iron Maiden.   Official Maiden

Mike joins Stu and Will to talk about The Kinks through the ages, as it turns out. If this is the first FTATR show to draw you in, we make no promises, we make some sense. This week we apologise mainly to transvestites, crotch grabbers, Will's Dad and of course, The Kinks   Buy The Kinks

  Three Podcasters; Check. Cheap Cider; Check. Abusive Guests; Check. Lets live some metal with Dave and the boys. Buy Thirteen Check out Richee @ Big Media TV Thanks To Brandon @ Astra Nova SciFi

Ok peeps, time for some nostalgia. Stu has his 'boo/meh' stick at ready as he really likes The Offspring. He's just getting us back for ragging on Power Metal. Apologies on a post card. SMASH

  The FTATR boys are joined by 2 special guests to make this conversational nugget a definite 'to and fro' show. This will hopefully make for good forum chatter. Apologies all round. Kiss kiss. Raw Power

Stu is back on the Swedes! He just can't leave them damn rockin bastards alone. Many to thanks to Rel from the various forums for emailing us a pointer towards the, for the most part, enjoyable Grand Magus. You have opened a Pandora's Box of Stu squealing like an excited kid in a Christmas Candy Store who is celebrating all his birthdays at once. This week apologise to Jason Statham, Residents of Stockholm which includes, of course, Grand Magus.   Hammer Of The North Grand Magus Official Site

Due to illness and last minute changes, FTATR decided, for better or for worse, to cover the granddaddies of Metal that wot is Nu, the one, the only, Korn. Lot of apologies this week to the usual lot but now we have to add the Mexicans, troubled teens and of course, Korn.   Follow The Leader @ Amazon    

  Today the lads half arse their way through the SID laden Geek opus that is Machinae Supremacy. We apologise to our good friends in Sweden, campers, lovers of computer game sounds and of course, Machinae Supremacy. A View From The End Of The World

More new Metal for you! And we finish off the Big 4 (not like that!) with Anthrax. It's been a long time coming and it hits the spot for two of the FTATR guys. Guess which crotchety old sour puss wasn't swayed... Worship Music  

  We take a look at the new album from the Chili's. After a 5 year break the lads are back with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer to spread some disco funk on all yo asses. For the first time in a long time I think we have to apologise to no one. Result.   R.H.C.P Official Site

Time for another special, well we say special, we really just hack through The Beatles back catalogue. It's what they would have wanted. We apologise for Stu being quiet for the first 13 mins or so, lovers of the Milton Keynes bus station, Swedish Elks, Liverpool and, of course, The Beatles.   Official Beatles Store