What happened to music that meant something?

The who at the kingdom or a kiss at the Coliseum?

Where is the Misty Mountain Hop? Where is the smoke on the water?

Where is the Iron man of today. Hey, this is not a test. This is rock and roll.

Welcome to sound opinions from Chicago Public Radio and American Public Media.

I'm Jim De Regattis, the pop music critic at the Chicago Sometimes.

And I'm Greg Kot. I write about Rock and Roll for the Chicago Tribune.

Today, on the world's only rock and roll talk show,

we are going to be reviewing new albums from Death Metal Legend Slayer.

Boy, I can't wait to play that record.

We should have a Parental Advisory sticker on this show.

Indeed.

And we've also got one of the most talked about new bands of the year, White Whale, out with their debut album from

beautiful Lawrence, Kansas, a record that a lot of people are talking about.

We're going to tell you why you need to know about it.

Plus, we have got to cover this story because it's

ubiquitous this week in the media. MTV is 25 years old. As of Tuesday

they're 25. It was 25 years ago that they launched this channel. We're going to do it a little differently than all the talking heads you've seen in the media and all the obligatory

The 25 greatest moments in 25 years of MTV.

But before we get to any of that,

we have a tradition here at Sound Opinions.

Whenever a new city adds the show,

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