March Metal Madness: Skid Row & Pantera

March Metal Madness: Skid Row & Pantera

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March 30, 2026 · 49 min · Episode 331

About this episode

The episode features a showdown between Skid Row and Pantera in the March Metal Madness bracket.

Don and Dude crash into the second round of March Metal Madness where glitter, hairspray, and street‑corner hooks square up against steel‑toed stomp and Texas‑born groove. Skyscraper choruses, talkbox licks, mosh‑pit breakdowns, and arena‑ready riffs drive a bracket showdown between a late‑80s glam breakthrough and the record that dragged metal out of the Sunset Strip and into a heavier, meaner decade. The Albums Skid Row – Skid Row (1989) Young Jersey upstarts turn the glam formula meaner and more grounded, stacking blue‑collar storytelling, towering Sebastian Bach vocals, and streetwise riffs into a sleek debut that feels more alleyway than catwalk. Pantera – Cowboys from Hell (1990) Former glam lifers slam the door on their past and invent their future with precision riffs, machine‑tight rhythms, and swaggering grooves that reset how heavy metal could punch, swing, and strut at the same time. Diggin’ Albums William Crighton – Further Down the Road (2026) Australian folk‑rock storyteller stretches his baritone over spacious, atmospheric arrangements that move at a slow burn, turning journeys through the outback and inner life into something that feels mystical and lived‑in…

People in this episode

Hosts: Don, Dude

Topics covered

  • March Metal Madness
  • Skid Row
  • Pantera
  • heavy metal
  • music commentary

Keywords

  • Skid Row
  • Pantera
  • heavy metal
  • March Metal Madness
  • music commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Skid Row, Cowboys from Hell, Further Down the Road, Richard Marx, Paradises

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