Cranked & Ranked

1 band. 5 albums & 2 EPs. 1 song from each must go...

Join us as we rank the under-appricated (everywhere except Australia) discography of the teenage grunge-rockers who progressed into an overall fantastic band and then called it quits.

1 singer + 5 albums + a butt-load of tangents = 1 ultimate compilation. 

Join us as we celebrate 4 years of Cranked & Ranked by revisiting our very first episode.

The tangent-filled conclusion to our Aerosmith ranking. You don't want to miss a thing.

We're back in the saddle again with part 1 of our two-part Aerosmith album ranking!

Once again the dudes consult the Encyclopaedia Metallum and react to some ridiculous negative user reviews of otherwise beloved albums.

Join us as we dive into the discography of one of the last big bands of the 80's "hair metal" era.

They said it would never happen, but here it is. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a wild ride with the dudes as they collide head-on with the discography of the Motor City Madman.

Join the dudes as they use their powerful slashing and mashing skills to construct the ultimate Sammy Hagar era Van Halen compilation.

Robb Flynn and company get the C&R treatment.

Our top 10 favorite albums of 1993.

The second half of our Ozzy Osbourne solo album ranking.

The first half of our Ozzy Osbourne solo album ranking.

The plan was to have no plan. Join us for our first ever totally improvised show where we wind up talking about metal mascots and reacting to other people's album reviews.

Billionaires, military lasers, and the small yet killer discography of one of the greatest bands of the 90's.

Prepare to have your balls soothed by the return of Cranked & Ranked and our ranking of one of the most influential rock bands of all time!

For those who prefer to just listen, here is the audio from my 5th Anniversary livestream Q&A. Cranked & Ranked returns next week!

Join us as we wrap up the year by ranking our top 10 rock/metal Christmas albums, take a delicious trip down Quality Street, get completely sidetracked by the Chicago discography, and somehow stumble upon our newest inside joke.

Join us as we each discuss our 10 most influential, life-changing songs.

Crossover thrash? Funk metal? Air Bud? We cover all of that and more in our ranking of one unique under-appreciated killer band that became two unique under-appreciated killer bands.

What about Heart! Don't you want to listen to us rank the rest of their albums?

The Wilson sisters get Cranked & Ranked.

Nobody asked for it, but here we are... Join us as we take 2 classic nu metal albums and combine their powers to create the ultimate Bizkit banger! You're welcome.

The best-selling hip-hop artist of all time (aka Slim Shady, Marshall Mathers, Em, The GOAT...) gets the full service Cranked & Ranked treatment.

7 classic KISS albums. 1 song from each must go.

We have a lot to say. We have a lot of nothing to say.

Our top 10 favorite albums of 1987... and a load of tangents.

Get ready for a Cranked & Ranked hot take on the discography of one of the most influential bands in heavy rock music.

It's a Brendan Fraser double feature! Get ready to wheeze some juice and eat a dick cheeseburger.

We're finally back with the long-awaited conclusion to our Dream Theater album ranking!

One of the biggest progressive metal bands of all time gets Cranked & Ranked.

Join us and watch as we do all of the hard work to create the official C&R approved 10 track Ronnie James Dio fronted Black Sabbath compilation.

We're back to rank an absolutely classic band from the 2nd wave of 80's thrash metal.

I think we all know how this one is going to go...

Welcome to the Korn-hole, where Eddie unknowingly creates an industrial masterpiece, Old Head manages to slag off both Ted Nugent and Rammstein, and the guys also rank the top 7 Korn albums.

The pioneers and perfecters of Nu Metal get the C&R treatment.

One band. Six classic albums. One song from each must go...

Join us for Sue's Anal Bum Party! I mean, our top 9 Iron Maiden albums.

We finally get around to ranking the discography of one of the biggest metal bands of all time.

The dudes discuss all 3 movies in the Bill & Ted trilogy and their soundtracks.

Welcome to the longest album review ever! When our favorite band releases a new album, we give it the attention it deserves.

"Fear Factory fatigue is a real thing."

Our favorite albums of 1979.

"The good half" aka Cream of the Reich.

Our first multi-part ranking of the year beings with "the bad half" of the Queensrÿche discography.

Join us as we transform the Big Boi & André 3000 double solo album into one killer Outkast album.

One of the greatest and most unique hip hop duos finally gets the C&R treatment!

One band. Eight albums. One song from each must go...

It's finally time to pay tribute to the video game that has been mentioned in countless C&R episodes with our longest episode ever! Join us as we rank all of the radio stations included in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas!

Do you have the time to listen to us rank all of the albums by Green Day all at once?

We kick off 2023 by ranking all of the recent releases from past C&R rankees.

In case you missed it, and would rather just listen, here's the audio from the Old Head 4th anniversary livestream I did on new years day.

Join us for the holiday festivities as we chat all about presents, food, movies and injuries as well as our newest film concept, Home Alone: Judgement Day.

An under-appreciated classic UK thrash metal band finally gets the C&R treatment!

Our top 10 favorite albums of 1994.

We're Cranked & Ranked. We got nothin' to prove. Pay attention, our Intention is to rank the Beastie Boys albums.

"You'll laugh. You'll hurl. You'll discuss the morality of man."

We're back! Join us as we stumble into the 21st century with the most modern band ever to get the C&R treatment.

Join me as I talk to Mark DeVito about his work with Metallica & Motörhead as well as his experience in the Bay Area thrash metal scene in the 80's.

For our very first interview on Cranked & Ranked, we are joined by none other than Jason Bieler to discuss all things Saigon Kick as well as his fantastic current project Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra.

We finally give some much deserved attention to the discography of a band that were perhaps too good for their own good.

We finally wrap up our Obituary ranking with our top 5 albums.

For those who couldn't be there...

Come listen as we rank another classic death metal band and try to fit in as many bad John Tardy impressions as possible.

One band. Five classics. One song from each must go...

We're back to slash and mash the 4 KISS 1978 solo albums down to 1 killer KISS album!

At last, we rank and discuss the discography of one of the best and most underrated thrash metal bands!

Join us as we rank and discuss the discography of a band that is very important to one of us and very new to the other.

For our first C&R Sidebar, we talk all about the music we love that many would see as "out of character" for us.

The dudes are back to rank their favorite albums from the year of Old Head's birth!

Two metalhead commoners attempt to rank the discography of a band that is clearly too complex for them to truly understand.

118 minutes of pure, tangent-filled, album ranking bliss.

The pretty rank machine continues with another tangent-filled episode...

Our first foray into the world of industrial rock, plus Eddie's Download Festival wrap-up!

The epic, tangent-filled conclusion to our Pantera album ranking.

Part 1 of our two-part ranking that includes EVERY Pantera album as well as the one and only album from Damageplan.

Since we had to take a week off from C & R, I decided to treat the podcast listeners with the audio from a recent Old Head livestream Q & A. Enjoy!

Hop in our DeLorean and let us take you back in time to rank our top 10 favorite albums of 1985.

Whadda you wanna do with your life???

We're back to transform 2 good albums into 1 great one!

Our top 7 Sepultura albums.

Part 1 of our two-part Sepultura album ranking.

The conclusion to our Public Enemy album ranking where you will not only hear all about our favorite PE albums, but also (finally) our favorite Pop Tarts!

This week we take on the discography of one of the most important groups in hip-hop.

The conclusion to our Rush ranking trilogy, including an epic C&R tangent featuring Tom Tanks!

Part 2 of our Rush album ranking trilogy!

Part 1 of the Rush discography ranking trilogy!

30 years ago, we were treated to a year jam-packed with killer albums. Today, we talk about a few of them.

The exciting conclusion of our Testament album ranking, soon to be a major motion picture starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!

The formation of the dark brotherhood of creation.

You're Back For More and we're here to Lay It Down for you.

The dudes return with a tangent-filled kickoff for 2022!

Join us as we wrap up 2021 with a tangent-filled Cranked & Ranked holiday party!

This week, we rank the full-length studio albums of the UK masters of extreme metal.

It's pudding time, children.

Here they come...

It has its moments.

This episode takes us from metal to punk to southern rock to grime to Steve Guttenberg... And somehow it all makes sense.

Part 2 of our Anthrax studio album ranking.

The last of the "Big 4" to get the Cranked & Ranked treatment.

This week we venture back into the world of hip-hop for our first multi-artist ranking.

Join us as we turn 2 great albums into 1 killer album.

Axl and company get the Cranked & Ranked treatment.

We've got something to say. We ranked the Misfits today.

The conclusion of our 3 part Black Sabbath discography ranking.

Is it the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end? Welcome to the middle of our 3 part Black Sabbath discography ranking.

Part 1 of our 3 part Black Sabbath discography ranking!

A year that was overflowing with great albums.

 It's time to party like it's 1999.

R.I.P. Jeff LaBar & Gary Corbett.

A year that was so great for music, we had to double our lists.

The brutality continues...

It's time to get brutal.

Yeaaahhh we did it!

We finally get around to ranking the discography of our favorite band of all time!

A fantastic band that deserves a lot more attention gets the Cranked & Ranked treatment!

Our first step into the world of Hip Hop. Definitely not our last.

Join us as we discuss the discography of another, and arguably the best, of the big 4 of "grunge".

One of us was a senior in high school, the other was not even a sperm.

One band. Five Albums. One song from each must go!

We guarantee that this episode will be nothin' but a good time.

Ranking is our business... and business is good!

Whadayamean we haven't ranked Megadeth yet?

Hey, man. You wanna listen to us talk about our favorite albums of 1976? It'd be a lot cooler if you did.

The final chapter of the Kisscography ranking.

Part 2 (of 3) of our ranking of the studio album Kisscography.

Part 1 (of 3) of our ranking of the studio album Kisscography.

It's all Winona Ryder's fault.

A damn good year for music. A damn good episode for tangents.

We finally venture into the world of death metal and tackle the discography of arguably the most influential band of the sub-genre.

Ain't talkin' 'bout love. Talkin' 'bout Van Halen.

Everybody wants some... and we're here to give it to you.

Get your pitchforks ready! This week, we each rank our 5 favorite albums from 1999!

The heartwarming conclusion of our two-part Alice In Chains discography love-fest.

The first of our two-part Alice In Chains discography celebration... I mean ranking.

This week, we give some well deserved attention to the discography of one of the most underrated thrash metal bands.

The final chapter of our epic Judas Priest album ranking!

Welcome to the middle of our massive Judas Priest undertaking!

The first of a 3 part ranking of all 18 studio albums from the classic heavy metal band.

Wake up! Grab a drink and listen to our ranking!

What do you want? We want rock 'n' roll. You betcha.

Do you wanna get rocked?

A pivotal year in the history of rock and metal that not only produced some big albums but also marked the beginning of some big changes.

We care a lot about these albums.

You want it all? Well, you can have it!

An underrated and perhaps misunderstood band that spoke directly to the social misfits and outcasts of the 90's and beyond.

This week, we each rank our top 5 albums from 1989.

MORE SLAYER!!!!!!

SLAYER!!!!!!

More Crüe!

Join us as we dive deep into the Mötley Crüe discography for the first of a two-part ranking!

Welcome to the first in a new series of episodes where your old pal Steven is joined by Eddie Sparxx to rank and discuss rock and metal band discographies and whatever else they happen to come up with.

A fond-ish farewell to my hometown.

It scared some people. It annoyed others. But to us, it was exactly what we were looking for.

What exactly is a "poser"? In an era where discovering music takes little to no effort, does the idea of the poser even mean anything anymore?

Story time!!

This week, we say goodbye to the greatest rock drummer and try to make some sense out of our relationships with people we don't actually know.

Welcome to 2020. What is there to look forward to? Let's talk about it.

It's been almost a year since I started this podcast. Back in January, I started everything off with my most anticipated releases of 2019. Now, let's see who made the cut!

The title says it all! We're gonna talk about comeback albums. Whether we end up loving or hating them, they are albums we all look forward to hearing.

I think it's about time we finally figured me out.

Hang on to your JNCOs! We're about to bawitdaba up in here!

Who's right? Who's wrong? Who knows? Who cares?

You asked for it (well, one of you did) and you got it! Here are my top 10 bands of all time.

You asked... I answer.

It was the beginning of the 90's, but the 80's were still holding on for dear life.

From ambitious progressions to minor improvements, it's always interesting to hear what bands have to offer on their 2nd albums.

This week, I decided to sprinkle a little positivity onto some controversial topics.

The story of my two-and-a-half-year love affair with one of the most important bands of my life.

Who's ready to get irrational? No sub-par replacement band member is safe. Today, the gloves are off.

Some music has always been there for us, even when we didn't know we needed it.

Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer & Anthrax. Are these bands worthy of being called "The Big 4"? What does it even mean? And does it even matter?