The Story Behind: The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, Ep. 222
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Pogues were born out of the Irish diaspora in London and out of Shane McGowan's love of the downtrodd...
18 Elo 20251h 54min
BONUS: Song Battle: 90s 1 Hit Wonders - Ep. #1
On our Patreon-only bonus show Song Battle - we pick 16 songs to enter a bracket competition, write tweets about each one while telling a short backstory about how they were made, then vote on who sho...
15 Elo 202542min
The Story Behind: Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul, Ep. 221
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Isaac Hayes was a back-of-house songwriter who got thrust to the front of a struggling record label calle...
11 Elo 20251h 26min
The Story Behind: Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum, Ep 220
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Blue Cheer were innovators of the noise and loudness approach to rock music in the San Francisco 1960s. T...
4 Elo 20251h 31min
The Story Behind: Brian Eno - Before and After Science, Ep 219
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Brian Eno broke away from Roxy Music and began a prolific solo career both as a solo artist and a highly ...
28 Heinä 20251h 28min
The Story Behind: Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in it for the Money
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Frank Zappa assembled the Mothers to make anti-authoritarian, anti-hippie, anti-commercial music. This re...
21 Heinä 20251h 33min
The Story Behind: Slayer - Reign in Blood, Ep. 217
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Slayer was birthed from the bowels of hell (Orange Country, CA) and burst onto the scene with harder, lou...
14 Heinä 20251h 24min
The Story Behind: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes, Ep. 216
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Lloyd Cole started the Commotions as a soul band in Glasgow but after some home demos landed himself a re...
7 Heinä 20251h 36min
