Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss rock stars and retirement.

Show notes:

• Recorded recently via Skype

• David Lee Roth recently announced his retirement

• Should more aging rock stars retire?

• Robert Plant isn't trying to be the Golden God anymore

• Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford can still deliver high-energy metal performances

• Shut it down, Clapton

• Ozzy's been doing retirement tours for 30 years

• KISS keeps playing "final" tours

• DLR actually predicted his retirement in a 1991 video

• Jay: Never saw Dave play with VH

• VH changed the hard rock game

• Dave and Sammy are different kinds of clowns

• Dave only did a few solo albums after 1991

• DLR's image radically changed as his looks did

• Bands keep touring into their 70s and 80s

• Grant Hart looked pretty rough toward the end of his life, but kept touring

• Similar to athletes who don't know when to hang it up

• Ringo Starr has the right idea: Let the young guys do the heavy lifting

• Ozzy and Sharon have issues with writing credits

• To be continued

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.