Has anyone found a couple of random marbles laying around somewhere around here? I know I put them somewhere I just can’t remember if I hid them in the secret spot so I wouldn’t lose them or the spot where I would see them the most so hypothetically I wouldn’t lose them. Either way we are few monkeys short of a barrel today and hope you’re having a good week. We’re only halfway there (WHOOOOA LIVING ON A PRAYER) but today is not without some good stories for the newsletter today.

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Today is Trading Cards for Grown-Ups Day, which is really just a polite way of saying: all those kids who swore their card collections would be worth something someday… well… we’re adults now and we’re still not ready to throw them out.

Because if you grew up in the 80s or 90s, chances are you had a box somewhere. Maybe under the bed, maybe in the closet, maybe guarded like it was Fort Knox.

Some people were all about the sports cards. Others were chasing whatever the cool set of the moment happened to be.

But let’s be honest — a lot of us remember the weird ones.

The gross ones.

The ones teachers definitely did not want to see on the lunch table.

I’m talking about Garbage Pail Kids.

Cards like Adam Bomb, with the mushroom cloud blowing off the top of his head… or Leaky Lindsay, melting into a puddle on the floor.

Completely ridiculous. Slightly disgusting. Absolutely unforgettable.

And maybe that’s why they stuck around.

Because the best collectibles — just like the best rock songs — aren’t the ones that play it safe.

They’re the ones you see once… and never forget.

On April 8, 1975, Aerosmith released their third studio album, Toys in the Attic — a record that would quietly change the trajectory of the band and leave a lasting mark on rock history.

At the time, Aerosmith wasn’t the unstoppable force people think of today. Their first two albums had respectable sales and a growing fan base, but they hadn’t broken through to the massive mainstream success that would eventually define them. Toys in the Attic was the moment everything shifted.

The album delivered two songs that would become pillars of classic rock: Walk This Way and Sweet Emotion. “Walk This Way” climbed into the Top 10, while “Sweet Emotion” carved out its own place in the cultural conversation. Together, they helped push the album to an extraordinary milestone — nine-times platinum certification in the United States alone.

Beyond the numbers, Toys in the Attic became one of the defining hard rock albums of the 1970s. Its swagger, riff-heavy sound, and unapologetic attitude created a blueprint that would echo through the next decade. Many of the bands that exploded out of the Sunset Strip in the 1980s were following a path that Aerosmith had already helped carve.

Looking back now, it’s easy to see Toys in the Attic as a turning point — the record where Aerosmith stopped being a promising rock band and became something much bigger. It didn’t just elevate their career. It helped shape the sound and attitude of an entire generation of rock that followed.

Every once in a while a band tries to cover a classic… and you can tell they’re being polite about it. Respectful. Careful.

That is not what happened here.

Back in 1977, KISS unleashed Love Gun, and it’s been part of the loud, unapologetic DNA of this show since day one. Big riff. Bigger attitude. The kind of song that doesn’t ask permission before kicking the door open.

Then along comes Stone Sour — and instead of tiptoeing around the legacy, they just walk straight up to it.

Frontman Corey Taylor doesn’t do anything halfway. That’s just science. He grabs this song, cranks the voltage, and somehow makes it sound like it always belonged in his world too.

That’s the magic of a great cover — it doesn’t replace the original. It proves the song was powerful enough to survive another round in the ring.

So today’s pick is Love Gun, Stone Sour style.

And if this one doesn’t make you want to find the nearest arena and feel the walls shake a little… you might want to check your pulse.

Looking back at today’s show, it’s kind of funny how a bunch of completely different stories end up circling the same idea.

We started with trading cards — those little pieces of cardboard every kid used to guard like treasure. Cards like Adam Bomb from Garbage Pail Kids that were ridiculous, messy, and absolutely unforgettable.

And then we rolled straight into rock history.

Albums that changed everything. Bands figuring out who they were in real time. Songwriters who helped build legendary sounds and then quietly stepped away when the chaos got too loud. Records that didn’t just make noise — they built the blueprint for what came next.

Different stories, same lesson.

The things that last usually aren’t the ones that were designed to be perfect. They’re the ones that had personality. Attitude. A little bit of weird in the mix.

The stuff that made you stop, look at it, and say, yeah… that one’s going in the collection.

Rock and roll has always worked the same way.

You don’t remember the safe stuff.

You remember the moments that were loud enough, strange enough, and real enough that they stuck with you long after the needle lifted off the record.

And if today proved anything…

It’s that the best things in life — whether it’s a song, a story, or a trading card you kept way longer than you should have — are usually the ones nobody expected to become legendary.

-Bobby D