Brian and Murdock answer a letter that leads to examining the history of a certain hand signal and how it got attached to heavy metal and rock n roll. Rock on, Bedhead. Rock on.
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SHOW NOTES:
Songs used in this episode: Coven – “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”; The New Orleans Owls – “Throwin’ The Horns”
https://blabbermouth.net/news/how-ronnie-james-dio-popularized-devils-horns-hand-gesture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Trunk
Dio interview about the horns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PXmSkLYMTI
Talk Is Jericho podcast with Gene Simmons: https://talk-is-jericho.simplecast.com/episodes/gene-simmons-returns-with-the-vault-for-episode-400-YT5rHyNj
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_%27em_Horns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Owls
https://www.kerrang.com/did-john-lennon-invent-the-metal-horns
https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/jinx-dawson-coven/
https://loudwire.com/where-did-metal-devil-horns-hand-come-from/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-gene-simmons-devils-horns-20170615-story.html
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