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Autograph's Steve Plunkett Re-Records Their Only Hit! Why?! · Classic Metal Show

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  Well,
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  since we're in the topic of very,
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  very,
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  very useless bands,
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  this came out this week.
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  SPEAKER_01: I hate to crack on this guy because I don't know this guy,
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  SPEAKER_01: and I'm pretty positive you don't know this guy either.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know our friend Bob Nelbandi knew this guy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: But what he is doing might be the all-time lamest thing yet.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's a big statement, and I know that.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right.
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  So this week it was announced the return of Steve Plunkett from
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  Autograph.
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  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm not going to read the story.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm just going to tell you what it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: He re-recorded the debut Autograph album.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've talked about this so many times, and I just don't get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he recorded it without any of the other guys.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know,
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  SPEAKER_00: but he sang it,
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  SPEAKER_00: and again,
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  SPEAKER_00: we all know that when it comes to bands,
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  SPEAKER_00: if it's got the singer and the guitarist,
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  SPEAKER_00: or the singer,
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  SPEAKER_00: most notably,
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  SPEAKER_00: because that's what,
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  SPEAKER_00: as far as popular songs go,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know the singer.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Steve Plunkett had that
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  SPEAKER_00: Ronald McDonald hair.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  That orange hair,
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  you know,
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  and of course they,
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  they too capitalized on the MTV era.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: the only reason we know autograph is because of,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: a couple of shitty videos and really one.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let's be honest.
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  SPEAKER_01: They had, I think, three hits.
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  SPEAKER_01: They had one song that stood the test of time,
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  SPEAKER_01: which I'll argue Day and Night is a shitty song by itself.
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  SPEAKER_01: But it stood the test of time.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can't argue Turn Up the Radio.
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  SPEAKER_01: No.
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  SPEAKER_01: Other than it's a dumb song.
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  But why in the world,
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  other than re-recording Turn Up the Radio,
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  would you do this?
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  SPEAKER_01: There's not another hit on this record.
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  SPEAKER_01: I've got the track listing on the screen.
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  SPEAKER_01: Send her to me.
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  SPEAKER_01: You don't like autograph, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: No, I'm not a particular fan.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I know a couple of their songs.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about it.
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  SPEAKER_01: See if you know these.
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  SPEAKER_01: Do you know send her to me?
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  SPEAKER_01: Send her to me.
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  SPEAKER_01: Send her to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I may know it, but I mean, I couldn't tell you the lyrics.
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  SPEAKER_01: 19 and nonstop.
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  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_01: Deep end.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm on the deep end.
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  SPEAKER_01: Throw me a rope.
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  SPEAKER_01: And these are bad songs.
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  Yeah,
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  I mean,
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  it was just kind of the pop,
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  the pop metal genre of that time.
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  SPEAKER_01: Look, I'm going to be honest.
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  The only reason I know this tape or this album or whatever is
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  because it was...
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  SPEAKER_01: I got three tapes when I got my yellow Walkman for my birthday.
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  SPEAKER_01: Crimes of Passion, Pat Benatar, MSB, Michael Stanley Band.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this one.
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  SPEAKER_01: Sign in, please.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I played it a lot.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I know all these songs.
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  SPEAKER_01: But this wasn't even a platinum album, for God's sakes.
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  Why in the fuck would you re-record an album that didn't even
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  go platinum in the platinum era?
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  SPEAKER_01: That just makes no sense, does it?
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  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: How old is Steve Plunkett?
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  SPEAKER_00: He's got to be in his mid-70s, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: He must be mid-hundreds by now.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, holy shit.
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  SPEAKER_01: Steve Plunkett.
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  SPEAKER_00: I bet he's like 73 or 74.
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  SPEAKER_00: He probably is.
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  SPEAKER_01: He is.
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  SPEAKER_01: Where is his age?
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  SPEAKER_01: Where is he?
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, man.
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  SPEAKER_01: He doesn't even have a wiki page.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't know how old he is.
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  SPEAKER_01: For past members, it just lists everybody.
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  SPEAKER_01: God damn it.
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  SPEAKER_01: For autograph.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't see nothing.
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  SPEAKER_01: Steve Plunkett.
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  SPEAKER_01: When the group disbanded, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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  SPEAKER_01: It doesn't say how old he was.
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  SPEAKER_01: Whatever.
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  However old he is,
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  there's no reason to be re-recording this album,
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  is there?
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  SPEAKER_00: I agree.
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  SPEAKER_00: No.
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  SPEAKER_00: About the only thing that he could...
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  possibly benefit from that is if they kind of like what steven
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  piercie did get get
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  it played like in a movie soundtrack that version right because
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  like i think uh
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  round and round the the rat song round and round the steven
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  piercie re-recorded
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  SPEAKER_00: version was used in the wrestler sure
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  SPEAKER_00: So Piercy got 100% royalty on that.
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  You know,
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  you didn't have to share that with the record label that owns
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  their catalog.