Classic Album Clash: Nitro – The Best/Worst Band Ever

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Nitro was a short-lived, over-the-top metal band from Hollywood, California fronted by singer Jim Gillette and guitarist Michael Angelo Batio. They formed in 1988 and broke up in 1993, but in that five years they managed to release two albums – 1989’s “O.F.R.” and 1992’s “Nitro II: Hot, Wet, Drippin’ With Sweat.” And those are the albums being put to the test in the Classic Album Clash! Andy, Nick, and the mysterious Chris L. from the “Pod of Thunder” podcast return to share Nitro stories, trivia, production notes, and a do a detailed deep-dive track-by-track breakdown as they pit the two albums against each other to determine a best and favorite!

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0:00.0	Please make that horrible music stop before my ears start bleeding. It's horrible.
0:18.5	All right, welcome to Talk His Cherico. It's the pot of thunder and rock and roll and the classic
0:22.6	album clash is back. I got a trio of special guests, a different band and two unbelievable
0:29.5	albums to break down and pithead head. This is the best slash worst band you've ever heard in your
0:34.9	life. I don't want nitro, but the guy is from the pod of thunder return and the Nick, the Jones
0:40.0	Brothers and the mysterious Chris L are back talking about the band that we're focusing on today.
0:45.3	Like I said, nitro, the best worst band you've ever heard. And the albums under comparison review
0:50.2	are 1989's OFR, which stands for Outf-Ragis in 1992's Nitro 2 hot wet dripping with sweat.
0:59.2	Didn't make it up. This is all real stuff. Nitro was a short lived over the top heavy metal band
1:04.0	that formed in Hollywood, California in about 1989. Those are the only two albums they released.
1:08.5	They broke up in 1993 not long after hot wet dripping with sweat came out. Nitro was basically
1:14.9	Jim Gillett on vocals and Michael Angelo Batio on guitar. There's a lot of reasons why you've
1:20.3	probably never heard of them and a lot of reasons why you might have heard of them. And we're about
1:23.8	to give you more reasons why you should check them out or stay away from them after listening to this
1:27.3	show. It's a traditional classic album clash filled with our first experiences with Nitro,
1:32.1	how we found them. We've got some great stories, trivia, production details, and of course to do
1:36.7	the traditional classic album clash song by song breakdown that culminates in a winner. Or at least
1:43.3	what we feel is the best. If you can even say that of these two albums, the Nitro classic album
1:48.8	clash is here. And so is the new Fuzzy record boom box drops May 6th. You can pre-order it today
1:55.2	wherever you buy and stream music and come see the second leg of Fuzzy saved the world tour.
2:01.0	We had a very successful first leg. It was amazing played a bunch of amazing shows,
2:05.9	packed houses and met a bunch of great people at VIP. You can join us there as well. And you can
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