TOP 5 XPERIENCE
Written by Art Fredette on November 26, 2019
It’s that time of the year again for the Radio Radio X “Top 5 Xperience”. We asked staff, local musicians, artists ,our advertisers and sponsors, readers and listeners and now you, for a Top 5 list. Create your own top 5 category (see below for ideas or make up a new one), top 5 can be for the year and or of all time, just have fun with. Example: booze, local bands, food, guitar solo, show, movie, porn star, ? If you’d like your top five listed simply email your top 5 list to ralph.renna@gmail.com. We will post more
Dave Vumbaco -Vumbino Productions
Top 5 Hip Hop Records
1. GZA “Liquid Swords”
2. Nas “Illumatic”
3. Wu-Tang “Enter The 36 Chambers”
4 Gangstarr ” Step Into The Arena”
5. Beastie Boys “Pauls Boutique”
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Amy Modesti – Artist Photography Video Marketer
Top 5 music-based art exhibition shows
1. Play It Loud NYC
2. Herb Ritts: The Rock Portraits Cooperstown
3. Perfect Harmony: The Musical Art & Life of William Sidney Mount Cooperstown
4. Annie Lennox: Now I Let You Go North Adams, MA
5. Elliot Landy: The Spirit of a Generation” Woodstock
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Jackson Tollerton Local Musician- Frozen Sun
Top 5 Favorite Bands
1. Clutch
2. The Sword
3. Tool
4. Snarky Puppy
5. Black Sabbath
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Alex Scher & Mike Bellini Real McCoy Beer Co. Delmar
Top 5 Beers
1.Delmartian NEIPA
2.No Name Hefeweizen
3.Kenwood IPA
4. Empire Red Ale
5. Liberty Cream Ale
Top 5 Beers
1.Delmartian NEIPA
2.No Name Hefeweizen
3.Kenwood IPA
4. Empire Red Ale
5. Liberty Cream Ale
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Steve Candlen Local Musician
Top 5 Favorite Local Bands
1. Super 400
2. Motorbike
3. Belle Skinner
4. Rich Ortiz
5, Sean Rowe
Top 5 Favorite Local Bands
1. Super 400
2. Motorbike
3. Belle Skinner
4. Rich Ortiz
5, Sean Rowe
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Girth Control- Local Punk Band
Top 5 Holiday Gift Suggestions
1. Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker
2. Case of El Toro Gold Tequila
3. Glow In The Dark Bongzilla Beer Bong
4. 30 pounds or Ore Ida Tater Tots
5. Girth Control ” Shorter, Faster, Dumber” Full Length 7″ Record In All 3 Colors
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Kevin Brock Local Musician
Top 5 Hobbies
1. Guitar playing
2. Lifting weights in the gym
3. Reading books
4. Watching movies & TV shows
5. Playing video games
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Jody Brenenstuhl Rustic Barn Pub Troy
Top 5 Ice Cream Shops
1. Moxies
2. Dutch udder
3. Snowman
4. Ice cream man
5. Ben & Jerry’s
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Kathy Conway – Radio Radio X Social Media & Marketing
Top 5 Shows
1.The Fleshtones The Hangar on The Hudson Troy
2. Woody Pines at Johnstown Concert Series
3 .Holly & Evan Band -On Tap Patio Concert Series Latham
4. Rasputina & Ryder Cooley Putnam Place Saratoga
5. Jittery Jack The Ale House Troy
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Stephanie Revely Upst8musicfanzone
Top 5 funniest Things musicians say to their videographer.
1. Can I have that video by tomorrow?
2. Can you auto tune my vocals?
3. Can you make me look thinner?
4. Can you take the screaming drunks out of the live soundtrack?
5. Can you bring customers with you?
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Zach Leffler- Local musician Zeffler/The Otherside/ The Tradition
Top 5 Hair Metal Bands Of All Time
1. Dokken
2. Ratt
3. SkidRow
4. Great White
5. LA Guns
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Krista Ellis – Illusive Restaurant & Bar Rensselaer
Top 5 Best Things About Rensselaer
1. Amazing Views of The Albany Skyline
2. Partition Street Wine & Liquor -Timmy & Derick, Supplying the Party Juice
3. Exploring The Hollows
4. The Bowery Salon & Beauty Bar – Erika & Melissa Making us Glow!
5. The Kick-Ass Community that Has Supported Our Culinary Endeavours
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Greg Bell -Guthrie Bell Productions
Top 5 Bands Of All Time
1. Grateful Dead
2. Neil Young with Crazy Horse
3. Talking Heads
4. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
5. The Monkees
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Ralph Renna -The Tradition / Radio Radio X
Top 5 Favorite Records
1. Shawn James “The Dark And The Light”
2. Volbeat “Rewind, Replay, Rebound”
3. The Slaughterhouse Chorus “…In The Name Of Progress”
4. Lucero “Before The Ghosts”
5. Totally Gnarly “Tales From The Ripped”
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Bob Donahue Vocals- Given To Fly-Pearl Jam Tribute
Top 5 Pearl Jam songs
Top 5 Pearl Jam songs
1. Given To Fly
2. Inside Job
3. State of love & trust
4. In Hiding
5. Love Boat Captain
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Ed Conway On Air – Radio Radio X
Top 5 Shows
1. Surfer Joe at The Hangar
2. Deke Dickerson, Bloodshot Bill Combo w/ Trevor Lake at The Hangar Troy
3.Gringo Starr’s (featuring Chris Sprague) and His All-Star Band The Ale House Troy
4. Los Straitjackets at The Hangar
5. Steve Forbert at Club Helsinki Hudson
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Seth Laclair – West Coast RRX Listener / Clutch Fan
Top 5 strains to enhance stoner rock listening
1. Girl Scout Cookies
2. Sour Diesel
3. Green Crack
4. O.G. Kush
5. Skywalker OG
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Dan Russomanno Local Musician- Noncompliants
Top 5 Most Hated Local Bands
1.The Erotics
2. Noncompliants
3. The Erotics
4. Noncomplaints
5. Brother T (Tied with The Erotics and Noncomplaints)
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Stephanie Bartik – Local Photographer
Top 5 Live Photo Shoots
1. Humane Society Benefit -The Hangar On The Hudson troy
2. Rockin On River- Tom Petty Tribute Troy
3. My Birthday Bash- Chrome Waterford
4. Vicious Rumors- Chrome
5. Groovin At The Egg Albany
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Rob Smittix -On Air / Writer /Local Musician
Top 5 Super Hot Local News Anchor or Reporter
1. Subrina Dhammi (News Channel 13)
2. Karen Tarache News (News Channel 13)
3. Trisha Begman (News 10)
4. Melissa Steininger (Spectrum News)
5. Emily Defeciani (Channel 6 News)
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Tom Weathers- Local Musician / RRX listener
Top 5 Open Mics
1. Molly O’Bryan’s Albany (Tuesday)
2. Rustic Barn Troy (Thursday)
3. Wicked Clifton Park (Thursday)
4. Helsinki Hudson (Tuesday)
5. Blues Jam McGeary’s Albany (Sunday)
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Kelly Najdek – Bella’s Delicatessen Lake George
Top 5 DVD’s to view at home
1. The Crow
2. 13th Warrior
3. Pixar Cars
4. Wonder Woman
5. Rocky(all)
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Bob Riley – Vocals Murderer’s Row/ Stigmata
Top 5 shows
1. The Bruisers
2. Agnostic Front
3. Iron Maiden
4. Misfits (Original)
5. Michael Shenker Group
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Liam Sweeney Local Author / Xperience Editor
Top 5 Books
1. “Thinking Fast and Slow” by Dr. Daniel Kahneman
2. “Ulysses” by James Joyce
3. “The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway
4. “The Lathe of Heaven” by Ursula K.LeGuin
5. “Slaughterhouse” by Kurt Vonnegut
5. “Slaughterhouse” by Kurt Vonnegut
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Kelly Funchine – THC Activist / Listener
Top 5 Munchie Spots
1. Muddady Flats, Troy
2. Corcoran’s Towpath Tavern, Waterford
3. Illusive, Rensselaer
4. Il Faro , Albany
5. The Towne Tavern, Averill Park
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Brother “T” -Bass Noncompliants
Top 5 Shots of Booze
1. Jack Daniels
2. Red Stag by Jim Beam
3. Jameson
4. Rumplemintz
5. Absloute
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Paul Simmons- Reader /Local Writer
Top 5 Cover Bands
1. The Refrigerators
2. Tommy V Live
3. Skeeter Creek
4. Tom Petty Tribute -The Broken Hearted
5. Funk Evolution
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Vito Ciccarelli – On Air Staff- Radio Radio X
Top 5 Local Concerts
1. The Tradition, Donny Elvis Legend, Moriah Formica -Knickerbacker Park Troy
2. Out of Control Rhythm & Blues Band-Powers Park Concerts Troy
3. TNT Tour with Tommy Castro & Tinsley Ellis -Cohoes Music Hall
4. Jam For Josh – The Hangar on the Hudson Troy
5. Skeeter Creek – Powers Park Concerts
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Tom Atkins (Local Musician)
Top 5 Guitar God Recordings
1.KXM – “Circle of Dolls”
2.Vinnie Moore – “Soul Shifter”
3.Chris Stark – “Electric Sky”
4.Paul Gilbert “Behold Electric guitar”
5.Generation Axe – “The Guitars that destroyed the world”
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Sly Fox – Manager , Putnam Place Saratoga/ Hustler
Top 5 Concerts
1. Rolling Stones , Foxboro MA
2. Clay People -Putnam Place
3. Lucas Nelson -Spac
4. Wild Adriatic & Lynyrd Skynyrd -Spac
5. Andy Frasco- Putnam Place
1. Rolling Stones , Foxboro MA
2. Clay People -Putnam Place
3. Lucas Nelson -Spac
4. Wild Adriatic & Lynyrd Skynyrd -Spac
5. Andy Frasco- Putnam Place
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Gus -Blackcat Elliot (Local Musician)
Top 5 Movies
1. Joker
2. The Lighthouse
3. The Irishman
4. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
5. Midsommer
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Mike Shudt – Bass, The Refrigertors
Top 5 Bass Players
1. Marcus Miller
2. Geddy Lee
3. Flea
4. James Jamerson
5. Joe Dart
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Mike Trash -Musician The Erotics
Top 5 Things you will need to be in a Cock Rock Band
1. Eyeliner
2. Extra long guitar straps
3. Large cowbell
4. Fireball and/or tequila
5. Dirty whores
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Mike Valente Upstate Black N Blue/ Brick By Brick
Top 5 Hardcore Bands
1. Sick of it all
2. Wolfpack
3. One King Down
4. Agnostic Front
5. Madball
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