{"id":5801,"date":"2026-10-14T02:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/?p=5801"},"modified":"2026-10-14T02:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:45:44","slug":"radioactive-metal-886-40-years-of-eating-and-smiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/10\/14\/radioactive-metal-886-40-years-of-eating-and-smiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Radioactive Metal 886: 40 Years Of Eating and Smiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the immortal words of Brenden Frazier in the classic flick &#8220;Airheads&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Whose side did you pick in the DLR\/Van Halen split?&#8221; At the time, Metaldom was divided. Now forty years later the question is still in conversation. The VH camp seemed to be going in one direction. While David Lee Roth was still in the classic VH mode. Case in point &#8211; DLR&#8217;s full length solo effort, &#8220;Eat &#8216;Em and Smile&#8221;. And seeing as this record is celebrating it&#8217;s fourth decade (!), we&#8217;re featuring it in our &#8220;40th Anniversary Album Spotlight Series&#8221;. We go all out dissecting the album track by track and everything going on in the DLR camp. Who did you pick in the split? Musically, we crank some new and used from Left To Die, Split Dogs, Nocturnus, Aus Rotten, Devil Lee Rot, Pandemonium and we inroduce Canadian rockers Powerload in our &#8220;Indie Spotlight. Horns Up!! <\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8592\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5801-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/6xkd4ugtzhcmngxy\/RAM886.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/6xkd4ugtzhcmngxy\/RAM886.mp3\">https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/6xkd4ugtzhcmngxy\/RAM886.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/6xkd4ugtzhcmngxy\/RAM886.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/?powerpress_pinw=5801-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/6xkd4ugtzhcmngxy\/RAM886.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RAM886.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the immortal words of Brenden Frazier in the classic flick &#8220;Airheads&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Whose side did you pick in the DLR\/Van Halen split?&#8221; At the time, Metaldom was divided. 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