MTV Drops Best Rock From The VMAs And The Crew Unloads On The Decision

Kayal and Company · Aug 19, 2026 · 45m

We start hour two with the death of ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard and turn it into a spirited ranking of rock drummers. Anna then commits radio sacrilege by declaring the 1980s a bad decade for music, sending the crew through Jimi Hendrix, Guns N’ Roses, J. Geils Band, Fleetwood Mac, Luke Combs, HARDY and RÜFÜS DU SOL. Phil adds the news that MTV drops Best Rock from the VMAs, and Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Train, Creed and Nickelback all get dragged into the argument. We pivot to Disney and ABC suing the FCC over accelerated broadcast-license reviews. Nick argues that opinion programs such…