Rock N Roll Story Guys (Story Guys Productions)

Brian tells Murdock a tale of thievery, law suits and one of the most recognizable movie theme songs of all time.

SHOW NOTES:

See the article and research referenced for this story at this wonderful spot on the internet:

https://ledgernote.com/blog/interesting/ghostbusters-theme-i-aint-afraid-of-getting-sued/

Songs and videos discussed:

Huey Lewis and the News – I Want a New Drug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA

Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ\

M – Pop Muzik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4

Huey Lewis and the News – BEHIND THE MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHV–LQxgqM

Murdock explains how Stevie stole a song from the Purple One and what he had to say (and do) about it.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs, videos and additional reading and listening suggested on this show are below:

Little Red Corvette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0KpfrJE4zw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wQTApZN-NU

Brian unwinds the complicated legacy of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, his relationship with Paula Yates and what really happened in that hotel room.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs, videos and additional reading and listening suggested on this show are below:

Boomtown Rats – “I Don’t Like Mondays” – https://youtu.be/8yteMugRAc0

INXS – “Need You Tonight” – https://youtu.be/F93ywiGMDnQ

Paula Yates – “These Boots are Made for Walkin'” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Bmbxoc0q8

The Tube Interview: https://youtu.be/Cu_aTZPil4k

The Big Breakfast Interview – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttfXzrYIMwI

Michael’s daughter now: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-hutchences-daughter-lives-simple-20801176

Trailer for new documentary “Mystify” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDODh7ko1Hc

Murdock unravels the dysfunctional love triangle/quadrangle that hangs over the greatest songs of the 60’s and 70’s and explains why some of the most famous rock stars of all time should never have trusted their dentist.

SHOW NOTES:

Pattie Boyd – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd

Ronnie Wood Show with Pattie Boyd – http://www.axs.tv/featured/theronniewoodshow-pattie-boyd/

“Mo” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Starkey_Tigrett

More about the dentist: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/revealed-dentist-who-introduced-beatles-to-lsd-6231654.html

Brian reminds Murdock of the megastar that was Richard Marx and the time-lord/troll-fighter/action star he is today.

SHOW NOTES:

Zack’s Story: https://www.zacheverson.com/tag/richard-marx/

Ed’s Story: https://www.salon.com/2013/01/19/richard_marx_hates_my_guts/

CNN’s Story: https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/entertainment/richard-marx-korean-air-passenger/index.html

Daisy’s Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/BOPJdvCD4qh/?utm_source=ig_embed

Buy Richard’s new CD: http://richardmarx.com/

“Hazard” music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdmHHoI9beM

Murdock drops John Prine stories and unwinds the saga of Gram Parsons, Joshua Tree and a crazy promise between friends that ends with a $750 fine.

SHOW NOTES:

A basic rundown: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gram-parsons-body-theft-case-settled/

The Oral History: https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-i-stole-gram-parsons-body

Original Rolling Stone reporting: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gram-parsons-the-mysterious-death-and-aftermath-204652/

Eight Miles High: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg

Byrds playing Eight Miles High live at the Filmore East in 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ymkBEhdHBE

Murdock rips through the best parts (read: most horrifyingly sad parts) of George Jones’ life – including that time he might have been controlled by drug dealing shysters.

SHOW NOTES:

The autobiography – I Lived to Tell It All

White Lighting

He Stopped Loving Her Today

Brian tells another sordid rock n roll love triangle tale that features break-ups, make outs, bad poetry and one big hit song – that became a hit for a guy who wasn’t around for any of the drama!

SHOW NOTES:

Book excerpt from Dave Stewart’s memoir Sweet Dreams are Made of This:

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/6859098/dave-stewart-memoir-excerpt-stevie-nicks-fling-tom-petty-song-jimmy-iovine

The Tourists:

“Don’t Come Around Here No More” on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Come_Around_Here_No_More

Eurythmics on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurythmics

“Don’t Come Around Here No More” on YouTube:

Brian breaks down the career and carousing of soul legend Jackie Wilson – and that one time he almost died in the hallway of his apartment building.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/state-of-the-art/article31127363.html

https://www.history-of-rock.com/jackie_wilson.htm

Brian and Murdock call on old friends for help in building the ultimate set of songs to listen to during quarantine.

Add your songs to the playlist by emailing the show: wearethestoryguys@gmail.com

Or Tweet at Brian (@Beichen22) or Murdock (@heyitsMurdock).

Listen to the Spotify Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/05KThJHSGdI6fxqjsAgntk?si=eT9N64VFTLSN4o_T6csh2w

Brian and Murdock meet up to honor the guy who influenced pretty much anyone else who ever made rock n roll after him – but doesn’t always get the credit. Hear the tales of church, dirty lyrics, PCP and short legs that make up the legend of Little Richard.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.grunge.com/93930/untold-truth-little-richard/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard

Little Richard on Letterman (1982) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqxbyZDoFnk

Brian breaks down the drug-fueled meltdown that left Billy Idol’s friends referring to him as “Bilvis.” PLUS – the guys check their mailbox and user reviews. Get your own email in at wearethestoryguys@gmail.com.

SHOW NOTES:

Story recounted from the book Dancing With Myself, written by Billy Idol (2014): https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Myself-Billy-Idol/dp/0857205609/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=billy+idol+book&qid=1593655017&sr=8-3

Billy Idol Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol

Billy Idol “Shock to the System” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx2fZU5USus

Billy Idol MTV VJ clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx8QzFMUiSA&t=57s

Billy Idol MTV New Years Eve 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn51nAThYQc

Billy Idol at Capitol Theater, New Jersey in 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0dGO-syKL8

Murdock geeks out about one of his formative favorites – Motley Crue – and that time they might have replaced the bass player and never told anyone…

SHOW NOTES: 

Loudersound article:

https://www.loudersound.com/features/matthew-trippe-nikki-sixx-the-imitation-game

The interview tapes with Matthew Trippe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlBFJ2UXBsE

From CarWreckdebangs.Wordpress.com (with photos of original Kerrang! article)

1983 Japanese TV interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4SS8ptJgm4

Motley Crue performing “Take Me To the Top” in 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujG4md_Lcg

Murdock gets the gritty details of the Skynyrd plane crash figured out and Brian shares about his few close encounters with Artimus Pyle.

SHOW NOTES:

Skynyrd Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd

Skynyrd 7/13/77 “That Smell” -https://youtu.be/hib4n9RmFrQ

Artimus Pyle wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artimus_Pyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzYLLYHoq8

Original news reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RxEe_OnGOo

Rolling Stone tribute: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/remembering-lynyrd-skynyrds-deadly-1977-plane-crash-2-195371/

Brian digs into the facts surrounding the strange relationship between one of the makers of the California Sound (Dennis Wilson) and the man with 1000 foot stare, 15 girlfriends and some crazy theories about race war (Charlie Manson!).

PLUS – What film made Brian Wilson quit going to the movies for almost two decades???

SHOW NOTES:

Beach Boys on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys

Dennis Wilson on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Wilson

Charles Manson on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson

The Beach Boys – Lost Concert 1964: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a4YupnT1sM

NBC News Special on Charles Manson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1nqKMU1m0A

The Beach Boys – Never Learn Not to Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49bxJKLI5d8

Charles Manson – Look at Your Game, Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpx4ODP35VQ

Dennis Wilson – River Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCzTLnFpLE

Did Charles Manson audition for the Monkees?: https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/did-charles-manson-audition-for-monkees.htm

Biography.com article on the relationship: https://www.biography.com/news/charles-manson-dennis-wilson-friendship#:~:text=Dennis%20Wilson%20and%20Charles%20Manson,musical%20possibilities%20that%20lay%20ahead.&text=Thus%20began%20the%20unusual%20friendship,history’s%20most%20sadistic%20cult%20leaders.

The guys pay tribute to the late, great Eddie Van Halen by tackling one of the most popularly cited “rock n roll bedtime stories” of all time. What did the guys in Van Halen really have against brown chocolate candies?

SHOW NOTES:

Eddie talks about the Frankenstein guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mh7zGfFRM&t=158s

Hot for Teacher video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0

Eruption (1986): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9r-NxuYszg

David Lee Roth on WTF: https://www.mixcloud.com/WTFwithMarcMaron/episode-1034-david-lee-roth/

NBC News story on racism: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/eddie-van-halen-endured-horrifying-racist-environment-becoming-rock-legend-n1242663

THE RIDER!!: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/van-halens-legendary-mms-rider

David Lee Roth tells the brown M&Ms story: https://youtu.be/_IxqdAgNJck

Brian and Murdock lean full-tilt into the ’80s to tell a tale of collision between a rock n roll guitar god and a legendary movie monster (and the drugs it took to get there).

SHOW NOTES:

Guns N Roses at Farm Aid (Adler’s last performance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYen5GUEtB8

Predator movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2hBYGwKh3I

Rolling Stone’s wildest GNR moments: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/50-wildest-guns-n-roses-moments-149883/

Slash Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(musician)

Predator Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(film)

Duff is a financial advisor: https://www.nme.com/news/music/guns-n-roses-213-1295655

Brian unravels the details of one of the greatest rock n roll hotel parties of all-time… and how it led to a lifetime ban for one group of musicians.

SHOW NOTES:

Keith Moon with Led Zep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyM6-QibDFM

Vintage Holiday Inn Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZSCjyUWPgE

The Who “Can’t Explain”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3h–K5928M

RockCheetah.com rundown: https://rockcheetah.com/blog/legend/worlds-most-infamous-hotel-stay-keith-moon-birthday/

The guys get morbid examining rock n roll stories that feature someone getting hungry for their hero. Hear how a Rolling Stone claims to have a special connection with a particular ancestor and find out who else has claimed to smoke, snort or have stolen the ashes of musical legends.

SHOW NOTES:

Great list of things that have happened to rock star ashes: https://www.houstonpress.com/music/10-things-that-have-happened-to-rock-stars-ashes-6498996

Cremation wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation

Keith Richards on CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEkIg2n8Dzw

Keith Richards follow up article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/keith-richards-9-1225978

Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer (live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohZnOaetFvY

Stiv Bators Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiv_Bators

Natascha Stellmach ad for original installation: http://www.hecklerspray.com/kurt-cobains-ashes-get-smoked-for-art/200816487.php

Natascha Stellmach website: https://nataschastellmach.com/2013/09/14/complete-burning-away-the-ashes-of-kurt-cobain-vac-bendigo-australia/

The Florida Times Union story on the Skynyrd grave robbing: https://www.jacksonville.com/article/20000630/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/180817286

Did Phil Collins bring justice to a dead man via front row concerts and a spotlight? Or is that a whole bunch of BS?

Brian and Murdock investigate; PLUS: The guys dig into the mailbag to hear from listeners and talk more about Eddie Van Halen and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

SHOW NOTES:

What is the “brown sound”?: https://www.roland.co.uk/blog/guitarists-brown-sound/

2016 Guardian interview: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/11/phil-collins-interview-take-a-look-at-me-now-remastered-albums-rerelease-2016

“In the Air Tonight” (Official Video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA

Hit Parade podcast episode about Genesis and Phil Collins: https://slate.com/culture/2019/05/genesis-phil-collins-peter-gabriel-charts.html

Snopes collection of rumors about the drowning man: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/in-the-air-tonight/

Eminem “Stan” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hfMtY

Current divorce drama: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/10/phil-collins-ex-wife-orianne-cevey-20-million-payout-vacate-mansion

Phil on the Jonathan Ross Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSTDgBSvJs4

The guys pay tribute to the late, great Tennessee Charley Pride, discussing his first career, his 30 #1 hits and his contribution to international peace relations.

Show Notes:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/as-i-began-singing-crystal-chandeliers-in-belfast-i-thought-about-those-who-had-come-to-see-me-amid-all-the-violence-i-got-so-emotional-and-i-dont-do-fake-tears-35624084.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Pride

The guys take on a listener email looking into the effect a terrorist attack on American soil had on popular music and commerce. Which band was set to release controversial album art featuring the World Trade Center that day? What songs got played more in the aftermath? And what about that list of songs a certain radio company suggested should stop getting airplay?

SHOW NOTES:

Albums released that day: https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/09/11/september-11th-2001-was-a-super-tuesday-of-album-releases/

Banned songs: https://www.kerrang.com/features/here-are-the-164-songs-that-were-banned-from-american-radio-after-9-11/

Songs and bands mentioned:

POD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxAcx8jyqoY

Nickleback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M

Dream Theater: https://noisecreep.com/mike-portnoy-recounts-bizarre-9-11-coincidence/

Jimmy Eat World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_American

South Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2xFnKWSxdQ

Brian and Murdock discuss the legend of lining up Dark Side of the Moon while watching Wizard of Oz and more of the lore surrounding one of the most viewed movies of all time.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Savage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Rainbow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)

https://lwlies.com/articles/dark-side-of-the-rainbow-fan-theory-pink-floyd-wizard-of-oz/

https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hanging_Munchkin

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hanging-munchkin/

https://time.com/5647491/wizard-of-oz-curse/

Hanging Munchkin Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f89KX753O8Q

Debunking Hanging Munchkin Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAqvkj3HtGY

How to sync the music and the movie: https://www.goldminemag.com/features/how-to-view-the-wizard-of-oz-with-dark-side-of-the-moon

Brian and Murdock from Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories discuss the songs that kept them sane during 2020.

The Combined Shortlist:

Murdock’s long list:

Hear the pilot episode of a brand new show from the Story Guys Network – Hypertheticals!

New episodes launch on the Hypertheticals feed on January 6th, but enjoy this first episode here.

The guys get into another famous rock n roll plane crash, discussing the legendary Randy Rhoads and how he might have saved Ozzy Osbourne’s career – AND his life!

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.biography.com/news/ozzy-osbourne-plane-crash-randy-rhoads

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/crazy-train-high-life-and-tragic-death-randy-rhoads

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/rudy-says-randy-rhoads-was-killed-by-the-pilot-in-an-attmpt.1928883/page-7

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/randy-rhoads-plane-crash/

https://open.spotify.com/track/1IeOBzoyH4Xu1ylBBCY4Qo?si=937B_tM5RFqIA3iTQ5X-lg

Brian unravels the rumors around Michael Jackson’s obsession with a 19th century oddity. PLUS – the guys recount their favorite visits to MJ’s hometown…

SHOW NOTES:

https://kerryhennigan.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/leave-me-alone-michael-jackson-and-the-elephant-mans-bones/

“https://kerryhennigan.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/leave-me-alone-michael-jackson-and-the-elephant-mans-bones/”

Frank Dileo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_DiLeo

David Bowie in The Elephant Man (ABC 1981): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_FbWQG642g

Joseph Merrick Biography: https://www.biography.com/news/elephant-man-joseph-merrick-biography

MJ dancing with Elephant Man’s Bones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A5myZJXPMk

Murdock unwinds the weird and complicated legacy of Blackie Lawless and his band W.A.S.P. – a group that never quite got its due from anyone but Tipper Gore and angry parents.

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackie_Lawless

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center

W.A.S.P. – Wild Child

Blackie Lawless riding the mic stand

The guys research the rise and fall of Jani Lane and his dysfunctional relationship with his bandmates in Warrant while diving into the rumor of “I Saw Red.” Did it really cause a mental breakdown? And who was Jani’s girlfriend caught with in bed?

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.grunge.com/243058/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-warrants-jani-lane/

Warrant – Cherry Pie video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjyZKfdwlng

Bobbie Brown’s Dirty Rocker Boys: https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Rocker-Boys-Bobbie-Brown/dp/1476734704

Bobbie Brown’s Cherry on Top: https://www.amazon.com/Cherry-on-Top-Bobbie-Brown-audiobook/dp/B07XCYM4MB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Bobbie+Brown+warrant&qid=1612158431&s=books&sr=1-1

Dry Country: https://drycounty.com/jovitalk/other-bands-f18/jani-lane-r-i-p-t53393/page2.html

Songfacts.com: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/warrant/i-saw-red

Brian breaks down the big mouth and bad attitude of Kelly Garni – Quiet Riot’s original bass player – and uncovers details about DuBrow, debauchery and that one night someone almost got killed (kinda…).

SHOW NOTES:

The amazing 4-hour video interview from 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncTJGJ_ZbcQ

Consequence of Sound/The Metal Voice version of the story: https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/quiet-riot-kelly-garni-randy-rhoads-kevin-dubrow/

Quiet Riot II album art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Riot_II#/media/File:Qr2.jpg

“Killer Girls” from Quiet Riot II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM1cVnjf2Vw&list=RDnM1cVnjf2Vw&start_radio=1&t=29s

The 2002 Wikipedia photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Riot#/media/File:Quietriot2.jpg

Quiet Riot on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Riot

The 2007 MTV piece about DuBrow’s death (told entirely by Kelly): http://www.mtv.com/news/1575283/ex-quiet-riot-bassist-gives-details-about-kevin-dubrows-death/

“Slick Black Cadillac” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPBiO7w6r5Y

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The guys read mail and remember Mary Wilson; PLUS – Murdock talks about that one time he had a conversation with a punk legend about Motely Crue.

SHOW NOTES:

Roy Head’s amazing dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnOr-FeoXw0&t=62s

Roy Head Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Head

Variety Obit: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/roy-head-dead-treat-her-right-rocker-once-upon-time-hollywood-1234779102/

That scene in The Commitments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noJDCWOvzFQ

That scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EYphQzfm7I

Mary Wilson wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wilson_(singer)

Background on Truth in Music Advertising: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_in_Music_Advertising

Murdock goes geek again on a member of Motely Crue – Tommy Lee – and the relationship he had with Pam Anderson. Did this tabloid-fueled romance rewrite the path to pop cultural dominance forever?

SHOW NOTES:

David Rose’s The Stripper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2CWfSLyjx8

Bob Vila and Pam Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6YJ4yr_bI&t=29s

Best Crue interview ever? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxOyfAbGKgA

Rolling Stone feature: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/pam-and-tommy-the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-most-infamous-sex-tape-194776/

E! Feature: https://www.eonline.com/news/919118/tommy-lee-s-tumultuous-family-life-a-look-at-his-rocky-history-with-pamela-anderson

Brian and Murdock talk guitar noodling, Dinosaur Jr. and that time Lemmy had a cold and tried to fight Mikkey Dee.

SHOW NOTES:

J. Mascis guitar: https://shop.fender.com/en-US/squier-electric-guitars/jazzmaster/j-mascis-jazzmaster/0371060541.html

Dinosaur Jr “Just Like Heaven” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT7IpRx08tE

The story of the onstage Motorhead fight: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/motorhead-onstage-fight/

Lemmy on Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy

Footage from Bloodstock 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWxjkUN2GQA

The guys get out their research knives and forks and dig into Meat Loaf – after getting a listener email wondering about claims of Meat meeting the supernatural during a recording session.

** This episode brought to you by Away Travel: https://www.awaytravel.com/**

SHOW NOTES:

Grunge.com story on Meat Loaf: https://www.grunge.com/168905/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-meat-loaf/

Meat Loaf on Larry King in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXCX-_P-Icc

Ghost Hunters Q&A cell phone video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz_LAGSU4WE

Mirror article: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loaf-seeing-ghosts-amazing-9368304

Meat Loaf wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf

Jim Steinman website and article archive: http://jimsteinman.com/00classicr1.htm

Brian’s Google searches uncover a series of mysterious deaths that all trace back to one band – and take the guys on a trip into the world of go-go music history along the way.

SHOW NOTES:

Go-go music Wiki: https://www.google.com/search?q=go+go+music&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS893US893&oq=go+go+music&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l4j69i60l3.2162j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Rare Essence Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Essence

Rory Felton killer arrested: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/arrest-made-in-murder-of-go-go-music-legend-rory-felton-original-member-of-rare-essence

Report of murder from 2018: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/oh-my-god-dc-go-go-music-legend-stabbed-to-death/65-544507364

Footz Davidson murder story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/09/20/go-go-music-pioneer-footz-davidson-is-found-shot-to-death-on-pg-road/f92f51c9-5dc3-4aab-8652-3d6758f117be/

Footz’s son’s murder story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/04/07/son-of-slain-musician-killed-in-pr-georges/59509cfe-3aa3-4c46-9e6c-4ed10c6d29bd/

The guys mashup and freak out over the similarities between two big hits from two big 80’s hitmakers. Plus – that time Phil Collins played on both Live Aid stages, got lampooned on South Park and thought he was at the Battle of the Alamo in another life…

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SHOW NOTES:

The DJ TBT Mash Up – https://www.mixcloud.com/djtbt/prince-vs-phil-collins-1999-vs-sussudio-mixed-by-dj-tbt/

Phil Collins in Hook – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnNmVjkBVVU

Phil Collins parody on South Park – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V672NDj4iYo

The Buster trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbIIaUg4SjA&t=47s

The guys answer a listener letter asking if the Beastie Boys were involved in causing the crackdown on sampling in rap music.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00152816.html

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.55725/title.russell-simmons-addresses-beastie-boys-def-jam-fallout-i-just-wasnt-mature-enough#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Brothers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%27s_Boutique

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_O%27Sullivan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Upright_Music,_Ltd._v._Warner_Bros._Records_Inc.

I Hate Myself and Want to Die by Tom Reynolds: https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Myself-Want-Die-Depressing/dp/140130835X

Biz Markie – “Alone Again” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebqNsNRBtU

Brian tackles the tale of Iron Butterfly and their replacement bass player, Phillip Taylor Kramer – a rocker turned scientist who quit showing up.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Philip_Taylor_Kramer

The WaPo long read from 1995: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/10/06/far-out/e7bfbaa7-8f9a-4cec-88dc-45d6d2d03f3d/

The Unsolved Mysteries episode – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_amjG-naxU

The 1999 story: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-31-me-42784-story.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/iron-butterfly-philip-taylor-kramer-found-dead/

In an addendum to Episode 34, the guys go ALL the way back to the BEGINNING of sampling to uncover the origin story of possibly the MOST sampled song in music history – “Amen Brother.”

SHOW NOTES:

The Winstons Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winstons

The drum break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UltDBPW0w

The full song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrrWhCbZAyY

BBC interview from 2015: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32087287

Nate Harrison’s documentary Can I Get an Amen? – https://nkhstudio.com/pages/popup_amen.html

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/

The guys answer a listener letter asking for the history on “backmasking” – recording messages backwards on rock n roll records meant to be played forwards. Get ready to go deep on The Beatles, Led Zep and even that annoying Napoleon XIV track.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Eligibles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oTsFlwwzQ

Napoleon XIV backwards – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gbvcEkuFFI

Tomorrow Never Knows – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHNbHn3i9S4

The Snowblind controversy – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowblind_(Styx_song)

The amazing anti-Led Zep televangelist – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9uANJR1qRg&t=35s

Backmasked messages list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_backmasked_messages

Paul is Dead story: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paul-mccartney-is-dead-conspiracy-897189/

The phenomenon of Pareidolia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia#:~:text=Pareidolia%20(%2F%CB%8Cp%C3%A6ri,Moon%20or%20the%20Moon%20Rabbit.

Spotify playlist with songs with backwards messages:

Brian breaks down TWO rumors about Mamas and the Papa’s voice Mama Cass: Did a ham sandwich kill her? – AND – Did she die in the same place as another major musical legend?

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SHOW NOTES:

Mamas and the Papas Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mamas_%26_the_Papas

Mama Cass Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Elliot

Gavin Edwards book excerpt: https://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-14/keith-moon-mama-cass/

Lovin’ Spoonful- Summer in the City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rts7Qdew3HE

Psych (theme song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyR-tE0siwY

Trailer for “The Rainbow” documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkD3wG60bMQ

Harry Nilsson Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson

The Point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!

Me and My Arrow TV special clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ey8s8EALU

Oak Ridge Boys – Trying to Love Two Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBdGHJ0–so

Keith Moon and Led Zep: youtube.com/watch?v=GyM6-QibDFM

Keith Moon on the Smothers Brothers show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0G0oCt_aCc

Dance Gavin Dance cover of “Semi-Charmed Life”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELK8ZOlqoCw

Murdock examines the excess of that one tour in the ’70’s where ZZ Top recreated Texas – with mixed results.

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SHOW NOTES:

Johnny Black piece on the 1976 tour: https://www.loudersound.com/features/fly-on-the-wall-29-may-1976-zz-top-take-texas-on-the-road

Bill Ham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ham

Ralph Fisher… on FACEBOOK? https://www.facebook.com/661809653877877/posts/see-ralph-fisher-in-the-new-zztop-documentary-zztop-that-little-ole-band-from-te/2740586606000161/

Crazy stage shows: https://www.redbull.com/bg-bg/over-the-top-stage-shows-music

PFunk Mothership: https://youtu.be/uQFGkGk4PSc?t=547

Flying Lotus stage show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbuQuvoc0YE

Songs in the show:

Kenny Rogers – We’ve Got Tonight & Daytime Friends

Flying Lotus – Never Catch Me

ZZ Top – La Grange, Rough Boy, Got Me Under Pressure

The guys celebrate a new Offspring album by examining rockers throughout history who did more college than drugs.

SHOW NOTES:

Dexter gets his degree: https://variety.com/2017/music/news/the-offspring-dexter-holland-phd-molecular-biology-1202424779/

Dexter’s actual dissertation: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll40/id/364391/rec/1

Rock stars w advanced degrees: https://www.master-degree-online.com/top-10-rock-stars-with-advanced-degrees/

The guys take on a listener letter and end up exploring the world of album art: it’s origins, a married couple who created a ton of it, and how the iconic 1984 album cover came to be.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Margo interview about 1984: https://www.coverourtracks.com/single-post/2016/06/27/margo-nahas-on-her-iconic-cover-for-van-halens-1984

The Music Is My Life podcast episode with Jay and Margo: https://musicismylife.libsyn.com/058-margo-nahas-and-jay-vigon

2017 profile: https://dsmmagazine.com/2017/06/27/double-time/

Mainframe Studios: mainframestudios.org/blog/in-the-news-mainframe-artists-jay-vigon-and-margo-nahas-experience-a-surge-in-local-fame/

Alex Steinweiss book: https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/music/all/45495/facts.alex_steinweiss_the_inventor_of_the_modern_album_cover.htm

Illustration Chronicle piece on Alex Steinweiss: https://illustrationchronicles.com/Alex-Steinweiss-and-the-World-s-First-Record-Cover

Vanity Fair piece on Sticky Fingers: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/04/the-man-who-made-the-most-notorious-album-art-of-1971

The guys follow a listener suggestion into the world of a martial-arts-master-turned-movie-star and his vintage guitar collection.

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SHOW NOTES:

2009 Seagal and Billy Gibbons hangout: https://www.vintageguitar.com/3813/albert-kings-flying-vs/

History Channel documentary clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2MUzYR_2eM

Grunge.com piece on Seagal’s guitars: https://www.grunge.com/249001/what-you-should-know-about-steven-seagals-amazing-guitar-collection/

Looper.com article: https://www.looper.com/29030/untold-truth-steven-seagal

Message board chatter: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/steven-seagals-guitar-collection.1840945/

Seagal’s Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Seagal

The Estonia article: https://filmindustry.network/steven-seagals-music-career-nosedives-estonia/25418

Albert King: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_King

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/albert-king-617/

Phil Hartman album covers: https://www.fastcompany.com/3044107/8-album-covers-designed-by-legendary-comedian-phil-hartman

Steve Cropper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cropper

Dan Erlewine: https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/online-resources/reference/about-dan-erlewines-new-repair-videos.html

The guys pay tribute to video vixen Tawny Kitaen in the wake of her passing, examining her outsized influence on Whitesnake and early Tom Hanks.

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SHOW NOTES:

Bachelor Party trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvLcJiEj7w&t=42s

The Seinfeld appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JIHzPVRn8

Murdock’s first introduction to Tawny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvLcJiEj7w&t=42s

Before Bachelor Party – The Perils of Gwendoline…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKLyXsxcCB8

Ratt’s Back for More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2CsUYAP6AU

And those Whitesnake videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF8RHM1OCg

Here I go again

https://open.spotify.com/track/29pzjF6ZkzcW3ofgOVbF0t?si=98c77add03d64094

Fool for your loving was originally on 1980’s ready and willing

https://open.spotify.com/track/5qZnB1misAxvptTqwpB4cd?si=7cda4812d3c24c87

Interview from March of this year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsE82m3ITY&t=1236s

Tawny’s favorite video was this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuUz7QedAaM

The guys welcome legendary music journalist Joel Selvin to join them in a discussion of Jan and Dean (featuring kidnaps and train wrecks), the Monterey Pop Festival and hanging out with Dennis Wilson.

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SHOW NOTES:

More on Joel Selvin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Selvin

More on Jan & Dean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_and_Dean

Joel’s book Hollywood Eden: https://houseofanansi.com/products/hollywood-eden

The guys get listener mail from an upset source; Murdock reveals that Jimi Hendrix got kidnapped once – and never even knew it…

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/book-excerpt-the-man-who-saved-jimi-hendrix-from-the-mafia-187900/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jimi-hendrix-so-high-kidnapped-by-mafia/?amp

Brian examines the connection between that one line in Spinal Tap and that band of studio musicians who owned the early eighties with “Rosanna” and “Africa.”

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosanna_(song)

https://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-14/tragic-gardening-accident/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_(band)#Band_members

https://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/ten-great-tracks-featuring-jeff-porcaro-574361

Jeff’s instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMI81yIlT0Q

The guys celebrate the start of summer by flipping through their playlists and picking their favorite songs of the year so far.

Listen to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2vpCXIJr2smNNT3lbuQ0Om?si=27ee0c2b652141ff

The guys get out all the details of the rise, the wreck and the ultimate return of Rick Allen and the boys from Def Leppard.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Leppard

Behind the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zYR-Ah9RM

Artists as tax exiles: https://bravewords.com/news/def-leppard-among-other-artists-deal-with-tax-issue

https://www.artbusinessinfo.com/vat-for-artists.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rock-bands-taxes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Allen_(drummer)

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/def-leppards-hysteria-turns-25/

https://parade.com/635868/nancyberk/def-leppards-rick-allen-talks-music-art-and-discovering-the-power-of-the-human-spirt/?fbclid=IwAR1LNtiETeK8CPuX9SW2fVfCXFPiyglrkYWnWRVSmm12OqC6YuAnSc4SuaQ

https://www.weberlifedesign.com/post/def-leppard-rick-allen-speaks-drumming-and-his-fine-art-interview

Brian and Murdock get the lowdown on the music and lifestyle of the 1980’s Sunset Strip (and find out if Slash REALLY DID audition for Poison) by welcoming rock journalists Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock to the show.

Check out Tom and Rich’s amazing oral history NÖTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME: The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion here.

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Inspired by news from the KISS camp, Brian and Murdock explore misperceptions and lore around Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter. Did they really serve the Devil? Did they really put their blood into a comic book? And what was with Paul’s ear?

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SHOW NOTES

Paul interview 2021: https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1445256/Kiss-Paul-Stanley-Gene-Simmons-end-of-heavy-metal-band-after-world-tour-rock-music

KISS Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(band)

Wicked Lester: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLS-KpVDtoc&list=PLOf97ULJj0rSNSunbwh030QlkmHr4p0FG

Chelsea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWnhhia_N4A

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kiss/

Sally Jesse Raphael clip – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sum9dPoCXgI

The photo of KISS pouring the blood into the ink: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/kissfansite/viewtopic.php?t=1468&=1

Kiss (comics) wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(comics)

https://www.wired.com/2014/09/this-artist-had-a-robot-print-his-selfie-with-ink-made-from-his-blood/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/style/nike-satan-shoes-lil-Nas-x.html

Murdock dives into the deep end of nostalgia and his childhood obsession with metal to discover if Chris Holmes of W.A.S.P. really had vodka in that bottle while floating in the pool and filming for The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 2.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Mean Man documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uYbqCtLZok

The clip from Decline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUxXO3eSHa0

Black Sheep “RO-ADS” scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjNpZ5t9S4&t=41s

Chris Holmes Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Holmes_(musician)

WASP wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.A.S.P._(band)

Penelope Spheeris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Spheeris

Brian takes the bait and falls down the Andrew W.K. conspiracy theory wormhole. Is the “Party Hard” maven an actual person or an industry plant from one of rock n roll’s legendary drummers?

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SHOW NOTES:

The Gawker story: https://gawker.com/5439943/andrew-wk-and-the-problem-of-identity

The Reddit write-up: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7stqax/conspiracy_to_party_who_is_andrew_wk/

AWK Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_W.K.

Larry King interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-AMMqy5ohw

The weird Weebly site: http://what-happened-to-awk.weebly.com/beyond.html

Rick Ross: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Ross

JT Leroy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JT_LeRoy

Andrew WK live in Pamona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycAerv1-0ys

The guys draw the line between a piece of tech and the biggest band in the world, the loudest band in the world and the weirdest band in the world. Hear the story of how when they all came together,  it led to the lyrics that ride atop one of the most iconic rock n roll riffs of all time.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Water

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/frank-zappa-montreux-casino-rainbow-theatre-1971/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stones_Mobile_Studio

The guys geek out about their love of the Ramones and unravel the tale of the original member who left punk for the world of hip hop.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones

https://groovyhistory.com/phil-spector-ramones-album

https://www.nme.com/news/music/ramones-19-1332648

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28392/5-artists-reportedly-held-gunpoint-phil-spector

Youtube doc – Dee Dee Ramone Made a Rap Album – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGbVgnbopJs

Youtube doc – The Dee Dee King Disaster – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ayDj2nbtpM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_in_the_Spotlight

Dee Dee Sharp – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51eJ3-h86JQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Dee_Sharp

Dee Dee King – Mashed Potato Time – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngqy6X2wKKk

Dee Dee King – Funky Man –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAl-xzN8e-M

https://rockandrollglobe.com/rap/dee-dee-ramones-rap-n-roll/

Dee Dee’s novel – https://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-Horror-Hotel-Dee-Ramone/dp/0306825007

Brian reveals the amazing story behind one of the biggest rock hits of the 1970’s while exploring the biography of Paul Pena – a blind musician with one of the strangest career arcs on record.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuva

Singing example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8hrhBZJ98

Paul Pena performs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMiKKRbSckY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Blues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pena

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_Folk_Festival

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Train

https://danfrank.ca/the-best-musician-never-heard/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Grossman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sidran

Paul Pena – Jet Airliner – https://youtu.be/Cjr5U7g6aiA

Paul Pena on Conan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dnGj5YF8F0

Brian breaks down the legal case that put a rapper in court for cashing in on an infamous drug dealer’s reputation – and on the way talks 50 Cent, prophetic Pitchfork reviews and the Kentucky journalist who might have gotten offed by the CIA.

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SHOW NOTES:

http://www.mtv.com/news/1606926/rick-ross-finally-admits-prison-guard-past/

http://www.mtv.com/news/1723583/rick-ross-corrections-officer-past/

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/how-the-infamous-freeway-rick-ross-went-from-cocaine-kingpin-to-marijuana-entrepreneur/Content?oid=23376482

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Ross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustlin%27

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5855093/rick-ross-allowed-to-keep-stage-name-under-first-amendment

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5855093/rick-ross-allowed-to-keep-stage-name-under-first-amendment

CB4 plot summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB4

CB4 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__aoalbyZWQ

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/screw-rick-ross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Miami_(album)

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/12/01/exploring-crack-rap-in-hip-hop/

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9300-port-of-miami/

Officer Ricky cartoons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHUQRn1KWHQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/freeway-ricky-ross-taking-battle-430210/

https://www.vibe.com/gallery/gangsta-luv-10-rappers-who-named-themselves-after-infamous-gangsters/gangster-rapper-10/

The guys get into the history behind what led to rock stars using the stutter as a singing style by diving into the stories behind two classic rock jukebox staples.

Theme song: Counterpointless by Hark the Herald (Hear their 2008 album Aurora here.) 

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.newportmentalhealth.org/resources/definitions-of-common-disorders/

https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/stuttering

https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/top-11-stuttering-songs/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/46f837da-9ffa-494d-94e7-c7ffb0781bea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Generation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_(subculture)

The Who perform “My Generation Blues” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C2wZGBuQqw

https://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/new-memoir-lead-singer-my-generation-most-famous-stuttering-song-rock-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Ain%27t_Seen_Nothing_Yet_(Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdrive_song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdrive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guess_Who

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Turner_(musician)

https://www.loudersound.com/features/story-behind-the-song-you-aint-seen-nothing-yet-by-bachman-turner-overdrive

Bus Stop – “You Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5NLoy7dJpY

Brian breaks down the history of the real and fictitious group(s) that might be controlling everyone you love to listen to – from Jimi Hendrix to Def Leppard to Jay-Z.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.vox.com/2015/5/19/8624675/what-is-illuminati-meaning-conspiracy-beyonce

https://www.amazon.com/Them-Adventures-Extremists-Jon-Ronson/dp/0743233212

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/637982.The_Illuminati

https://www.thebookstall.com/book/9780988726819

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/illuminati+hand+symbols?image_type=photo

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201112-the-eye-of-providence-the-symbol-with-a-secret-meaning

https://www.kqed.org/pop/94895/the-illuminati-satan-and-numerology-conspiracy-theories-about-jay-zs-444-are-everywhere

https://news.artnet.com/opinion/apeshit-art-1304999

Rolling Stone explainer on Jay-Z and Beyonce and Illuminati – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4C-R60hu8

Professor Griff on Coast to Coast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8oRo_Oz-I

Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” backwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy10oNmYFrg

https://www.vulture.com/2014/12/jay-z-illuminati-satan.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-responds-to-mc-hammer-slam-102230/

https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/taylor-swift-clone-of-a-famous-satanist-theory-3325

https://www.ranker.com/list/illuminati-in-the-music-industry/mike-rothschild

http://usa-prophecies.blogspot.com/2012/01/we-didnt-start-fire-billy-joel-hip-hop.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_(song)

The guys go true crime and trace the thread of truth that connected AC/DC to a notorious serial killer in the summer of 1985.

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SHOW NOTES

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/acdc-richard-ramirez-night-prowler/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/ac-dc-drummer-phil-rudd-807498/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez

https://gnrcentral.com/2021/01/11/ac-dc-did-the-band-inspire-richard-ramirez-night-stalker-murders/

Highway to Hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKggnBh2Mdw

Night Prowler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX93gmyya7c

Brian and Murdock have an informal conversation about Woodstock 99, Lollapalooza ’21 and the rap rock front man the two fests had in common.

Brian and Murdock discuss two of the 70’s coolest sidemen and that time one of them almost stabbed the other.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs played:

Black Sabbath – NIB, Black Sabbath – War Pigs, Marcus Hook Roll Band – Quick Reaction

The Quora responses: https://www.quora.com/What-do-I-do-if-someone-pulls-a-knife-on-me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geezer_Butler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Young

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath

https://metalwani.com/2020/03/bob-daisley-ozzy-osbourne-lied-that-he-wrote-suicide-solution-about-bon-scott-i-wrote-it.html

Ozzy talking about writing Suicide Solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNr-BWnW6Bc

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/knives_out_when_ozzy_maybe_stopped_geezer_butler_from_stabbing_malcolm_youn

https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/angus-young-black-sabbaths-geezer-pulled-knife-malcolm/

https://www.loudersound.com/features/geezer-butler-story-of-bar-brawl-arrest-1

The guys celebrate the life of the late, great Charlie Watts with the story of that time he punched Mick Jagger in the face; PLUS – the baby on the cover of Nevermind is mad as hell and he’s not gonna take it anymore…

SHOW NOTES:

Songs played: “When the Whip Comes Down” – Rolling Stones (Some Girls, 1978)

https://www.vulture.com/article/book-excerpt-rolling-stones-charlie-watts-mick-jagger-fight.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/arts/music/spencer-alden-nirvana-nevermind.html

The guys explore the legend of a series of Filipino killings all tied to the amateur public performance of one particular song…

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Songs used in this episode:

Claude Francois – Comme D’Habitude, Paul Anka and Jon Bon Jovi – My Way, Sid Vicious – My Way

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/world/asia/07karaoke.html?hpw=&pagewanted=print

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke

Sing Along with Mitch clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dY9gtYeHhk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra_Doctrine

https://historyofyesterday.com/frank-sinatras-my-way-is-allegedly-cursed-in-my-country-4e5696d7d2a7

https://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment/2013/12/24/did-david-bowie-adapt-the-song-paul-anka-used-for-my-way-before-anka-wrote-my-way/

Paul Anka and Bon Jovi – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiKfFpSu2pg

Claude Francois – Comme D’Habitude – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w22haP4hgsQ

Brian and Murdock discuss Columbia House Record Club, ABBA’s reunion, GNR song stories, and the grunge record that – three decades ago this week – redefined rock and throaty belting forever.

SHOW NOTES:

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/michael-mcdonald-recuperating-isolating-doobie-brothers/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/abba-reunion-voyage-album-digital-concert-1219815/

https://www.spin.com/2021/08/bonnaroo-2021-canceled/

https://www.spin.com/featured/pearl-jam-ten-turns-30/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-right-next-door-to-hell/

Operaman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4n0JVaLqw

Brian and Murdock detail the beautifully dysfunctional relationship that shaped late-70’s punk and glam – Iggy Pop and David Bowie – and talk about that time Iggy started a fight with a bunch of motorcycle guys.

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RNRBS’ original theme is “Counterpointless” by Hark the Herald. Hear their entire 2008 release Aroura here.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs played in this episode: Davey Jones and King Bees – Liza Jane; David Bowie – Uncle Arthur; The Stooges – Cock in my Pocket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iggy_Pop

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/iggy-pop-david-bowie-dennis-hopper-cocaine-rehab-story/

https://www.grunge.com/220987/the-truth-about-iggy-pop-and-david-bowies-relationship/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Jane_(David_Bowie_song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(2020_film)

https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2009/03/maxs-kansas-city-new-yorks-celebrity.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Power

Classic photos of Bowie and Iggy: https://art-sheep.com/rare-old-photos-of-david-bowie-and-iggy-pops-friendship-2/

https://calendar.songfacts.com/february/4/19352

https://listverse.com/2012/09/11/top-10-true-rock-music-stories/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic_K.O

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this is a reposting of Episode 24, originally posted in December of 2020.

The guys take on a listener email looking into the effect a terrorist attack on American soil had on popular music and commerce. Which band was set to release controversial album art featuring the World Trade Center that day? What songs got played more in the aftermath? And what about that list of songs a certain radio company suggested should stop getting airplay?

SHOW NOTES:

Albums released that day: https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/09/11/september-11th-2001-was-a-super-tuesday-of-album-releases/

Banned songs: https://www.kerrang.com/features/here-are-the-164-songs-that-were-banned-from-american-radio-after-9-11/

Songs and bands mentioned:

POD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxAcx8jyqoY

Nickleback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M

Dream Theater: https://noisecreep.com/mike-portnoy-recounts-bizarre-9-11-coincidence/

Jimmy Eat World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_American

South Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2xFnKWSxdQ

Inspired by a photo, Brian and Murdock dig to discover what caused Steve Perry to walk away from a monumental career – and the relationships that eventually brought him back.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Journey – “Stone in Love”, Journey – “1990’s Theme”, Bad English – “When I See You Smile,” Journey – “When You Love a Woman”

The grilling photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nubbytwiglet/3670374986

https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-08-15-steve-perry-explains-why-he-disappeared-after-leaving-journey/

“1990’s Theme”: https://youtu.be/NxztxglUxK4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Perry

http://www.mtv.com/news/1562298/journey-singer-insisted-on-knowing-sopranos-finale-before-allowing-song-use/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dont-stop-believin-sopranos/

http://www.mtv.com/news/1562182/sopranos-is-latest-to-keep-the-faith-in-journeys-dont-stop-believin/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eels_(band)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/arts/music/steve-perry-journey-traces-interview.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-perry-eels-influence/

https://www.amazon.com/Eels-Blinking-Lights-Other-Revelations/dp/1849385963/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780857127471&linkCode=qs&qid=1631529259&s=books&sr=1-1

Patty Jenkins filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420941/

The 2014 St Paul performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip4F9fGHZ00

Brian breaks down the tale of that time Vanilla Ice got hung over a balcony and threatened with his life… maybe.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Ice Ice Baby and Scars by Vanilla Ice.

Oral history of the balcony incident: https://www.laweekly.com/did-suge-knight-really-dangle-vanilla-ice-off-of-a-balcony/

https://www.stasheverything.com/news/truth-behind-vanilla-ice-suge-knight-incident-revealed/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/vanilla-ice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suge_Knight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Ice_Baby

2016 Facebook interview with Marion Johnson: https://www.facebook.com/1134528640000637/posts/marion-chocolate-johnsonshout-out-2-bowdencstyle-bomb1stcomwho-is-mista-choc-mis/1149451665175001/

Infamous “Not the same bassline” quote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1_9-z9rbY

That’s My Boy clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-ea8diZ5M8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_as_Ice

https://www.essence.com/entertainment/surviving-compton-michelle-dr-dre-suge-knight-things-to-know/

Brian busts the belief that Jimi Hendrix started it all when it comes to repurposing “The Star Spangled Banner.” He reveals the backstory to the baseball game performance that first put musical protest on the map.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano

https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/jose-feliciano-talks-acoustic-guitars-and-a-lifetime-of-making-music-567096

John Gilliland’s Pop Chronicles interviews: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1692141/m1/#track/2

“Everybody Do the Click” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T0sRXlHlz4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Chronicles

https://www.pollstar.com/article/celebrating-hispanic-live-history-jos-feliciano-revolutionizes-the-national-anthem-148822

https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/04/12/jose-feliciano-susan-tigers-world-series

Video of the 1968 World Series performance: https://youtu.be/aQkY2UFBUb4

https://people.com/music/controversial-national-anthem-performances/

Marlins will Soar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fof40yqaW1U

The guys go “Down Under” for one of the most irritatingly asinine copyright claims to infect pop music – especially since it took almost 30 years to become a court case.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Down Under by Men at Work; Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree by Play School

Patent troll definition: https://www.eff.org/issues/resources-patent-troll-victims

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_at_Work

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_Under_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra

Hear a Kookaburra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA0-YAoo9Q

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sinclair-marion-15924

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spicks_and_Specks_(TV_series)

https://www.warrenfahey.com.au/larrikin-records-and-larrikin-music-founder-speaks-out/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/45million-kookaburra-scots-rocker-reveals-8624295

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You

Holiday songs NOT in public domain: https://support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/218000403-Holiday-songs-that-are-and-are-not-in-the-Public-Domain

Colin Hay explaining the case in 2012 on stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1OTollUAk&t=0s

Brian and Murdock remember that time Eddie Vedder and crew tried to fight for fair ticket prices, cheap merch and music for the people – and lost miserably.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs played in this episode: Mr Blue Sky by ELO, Dissident by Pearl Jam, Alive by Pearl Jam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticketmaster

https://www.ticketmaster.com/about/our-history.html

https://www.argusleader.com/story/scotthudson/2015/03/08/how-ticket-sales-worked-before-the-internet/24619097/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticketron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam

February 1991 Mookie Blaylock performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pi8jjMsUYc

August 1991 Pearl Jam performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKFzoSWKnzg

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/pearl-jam-ticketmaster-1995-boycott-booking-fees-gigs-ticket-prices-a8989516.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-06-fi-20602-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Philips

MTV News report with Tabitha Soren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR8Uook5Cq0

The guys get the context around the weird cocktail of pop music, internet trolling and goofball humor known as “Rickrolling” and examine the frustrating and short career of the man at the center of it all.

SHOW NOTES

Songs used in this episode: “Never Gonna Give You Up” version by Rick Astley and a version by The Animal in Me; “Touch Me” by Samantha Fox, “Cruel Summer” by Bananarama.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Astley

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-28-ca-154-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Aitken_Waterman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania:_The_Album

https://qz.com/994372/manuel-noriegas-capture-in-panama-kicked-off-a-new-era-of-sound-as-psychological-warfare/

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894180,00.html

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/duckroll

Moot interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyaceYHrC2g

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/an-oral-history-of-rickrolling

“I did the first Rickroll” video: https://youtu.be/tmVadY7vX1I

Rick Rickrolls the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: https://youtu.be/wL-hNMJvcyI

Rick’s Moot tribute: http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894180,00.html

A listener letter leads the guys to investigate the origins of using rock music for political torture practices.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: “Theme from Rawhide” from the Blues Brothers soundtrack; “Back There” by Tim McGraw

Pathways to Music Torture journal article (2014) – https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/494?lang=en

https://www.vox.com/2014/12/11/7375961/cia-torture-music

https://www.mic.com/articles/87851/11-popular-songs-the-cia-used-to-torture-prisoners-in-the-war-on-terror

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/19/usa.guantanamo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jericho

https://www.metalsucks.net/2008/02/28/deicide-music-used-to-torture-people-seriously/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_psychological_operations

In honor of Halloween, revisit Episode 32 when the guys get a listener email wondering about claims of Meat meeting the supernatural during a recording session.

SHOW NOTES:

Grunge.com story on Meat Loaf: https://www.grunge.com/168905/the-tragic-real-life-story-of-meat-loaf/

Meat Loaf on Larry King in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXCX-_P-Icc

Ghost Hunters Q&A cell phone video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz_LAGSU4WE

Mirror article: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loaf-seeing-ghosts-amazing-9368304

Meat Loaf wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf

Jim Steinman website and article archive: http://jimsteinman.com/00classicr1.htm

A listener story sends the guys on a search to discover from where the stereotype of drummer-as-madman first emerged, leading them to learn more about legendary stickmen from Gene Krupa to John Bonham.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: “Sing, Sing, Sing” Benny Goodman Orchestra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Appice

https://nypost.com/2016/04/30/drummer-who-slept-with-4500-women-witnessed-led-zeppelins-grossest-moment/

Wally Wingert’s short film (clip) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQTcO0U8J8

https://www.syracusenewtimes.com/appice-brothers-got-beat/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Krupa

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/17/archives/gene-krupa-revolutionary-drummer-died-applauserousing-style-from.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rich

Buddy Rich Tapes audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-uoTD4fMQ

Seinfeld on the Buddy Rich Tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWP77C4StLs

https://www.mic.com/articles/123969/studies-show-that-nearly-every-stereotype-we-have-about-drummers-is-wrong

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1339718/john-bonham-dead-how-did-led-zeppelin-drummer-john-bonham-die-last-words

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/ginger-baker-why-rolling-stones-are-not-good-musicians-86521/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beware_of_Mr._Baker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_(Muppet)

Animal being introduced by Kermit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qisaGTajtvk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Fudge

The Prince podcast episode about the Stones show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GUueb6aCl7BCNdfQCSDxm

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/carmine-appice-nobody-knows-if-the-vaccination-is-really-a-vaccination-or-something-to-kill-everybody/

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/legendary_drummer_carmine_appice_explains_why_he_had_to_refuse_joining_whitesnake__rainbow_recalls_crazy_behavior_of_the_whos_keith_moon.html

A listener letter lets Murdock fly his geek flag for Elvis as the guys explore the rumor that the King was known for using firearms on TV sets.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Phillips

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Keisker

https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/elvis-presley-shot-gun-rca-tv-while-watching-robert-goulet-still-preserved-to-this-day/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/why-elvis-shot-this-tv-and-other-photos-of-his-exhibit

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-priscilla-presley-reacted-when-elvis-presley-shot-his-tv.html/

Will Ferrell’s Robert Goulet – https://vimeo.com/339015408

The Lisa Waller Rogers article: https://lisawallerrogers.com/tag/elvis-shooting-tv-with-robert-goulet/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Tom_Parker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Mafia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_West_(actor)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_West

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis%27_Greatest_Shit

The guys hang out in the world of hip hop to discuss the impact of Slick Rick and examine the one bad decision that sent him to jail for way too long.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/24/slick-rick-you-learn-from-prison-time-what-doesnt-kill-you-makes-you-stronger

https://universalattractions.com/artists/slick-rick/

https://blackdoctor.org/slick-rick-eye/

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/nyregion/at-50-slick-rick-a-hip-hop-pioneer-still-has-stories-to-tell.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_Rick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Show_(Doug_E._Fresh_song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Di_Da_Di

Rick and Russell interview: https://youtu.be/bV8Ln38Iopc

https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-rapper-alive-every-year-since-1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source#The_Source’s_Five-Mic_albums

Brian barrels through the backstory of his favorite televised rock n roll performance, connecting punk rock, alien movies and Bob Dylan’s conversion to Christianity along the way.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: The Plugz – La Bamba, Larry Norman – UFO, Larry Norman – The Great American Novel, Larry Norman – I Wish We’d All Been Ready, Bob Dylan – Gotta Serve Somebody, John Lennon – Serve Yourself

Vulture article with clips to all of the performances: https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/strange-saga-of-dylans-first-letterman-gig.html

Harmonica Gate Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/giwbk4/harmonicagate_story_jokerman_on_letterman_1984/

https://78sand45s.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/bed-of-lies-bw-chains-of-freedom-by-cruzados-arista-109-488-german-release-recorded-in-1987-in-los-angeles/

The Plugz – La Bamba: https://youtu.be/tb3b_b1535w

Repo Man trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLGrXGEMOSo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Vineyard_Churches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Norman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Girard

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/bob-dylan-jesus-trouble-no-more-bootleg-series-volume-13-slow-train-coming-u2-a8031031.html

Larry Norman tribute album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJ_R0r-drc&list=PLX3vEJ8epL7KybDlh_UBQdI19QsvWrGHg&index=4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infidels_(Bob_Dylan_album)

Sweetheart Like You video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpRKstHl7Y0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman

In celebration of Ghostbusters: Afterlife taking over a lot of post-Turkey holiday plans, the guys reload the PILOT episode of Rock N Roll Bedtime stories – the tale of Ray Parker Jr. vs Huey Lewis.

SHOW NOTES:

See the article and research referenced for this story at this wonderful spot on the internet:

https://ledgernote.com/blog/interesting/ghostbusters-theme-i-aint-afraid-of-getting-sued/

Songs and videos discussed:

Huey Lewis and the News – I Want a New Drug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA

Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ\

M – Pop Muzik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPoiv0sZ4s4

Huey Lewis and the News – BEHIND THE MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHV–LQxgqM

Brian answers a listener letter about a Berlin album cover that sends him to the backstory of forgotten feminist icon Terri Nunn.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs heard in the show: Berlin – Sex (I’m A…), Donna Summer – Love to Love You, Baby, Berlin – Dope Show

https://vinyldistractions.com/berlin-pleasure-victim/

https://www.thatericalper.com/2019/01/05/terri-nunn-who-would-later-become-lead-singer-of-new-wave-group-berlin-auditioning-for-princess-leia-in-star-wars-with-harrison-ford-in-1976/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ_Weenie_Roast

https://www.tampabay.com/terri-nunns-journey-to-berlin-almost-got-sidetracked-in-dallas/2322182/

Child actor system dissertation: https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2453&context=utk_chanhonoproj

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Heartbeat

Hollywood Heartbeat 1979 performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APPhaCUZj-0

https://www.lostturntable.com/2016/03/21/10-years-of-being-lost-berlins-information/

Virginia and the Slims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBaUgA0NzA

Beast of Beast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC4M5e6xAzs

https://themusepatrol.com/2014/02/09/80s-bands-time-forgot-spotlight-beast-of-beast/

Berlin at US Festival 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAo-q-4kW7E

https://www.yahoo.com/now/berlins-terri-nunn-on-how-she-got-her-ex-to-play-an-ahole-on-new-song-202751710.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Words

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Whitlock

Hollywood Heartbeat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YdNSu3WunE

Brian unwinds a remarkable tale about Neil Young’s improbable career, persistence, vision and love of his kid.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: The Squires – The Sultan; The Mynah Birds – It’s My Time; Neil Young – Hey Hey My My; Neil Young – Computer Age; Neil Young – Transformer Man; Neil Young – Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young

The Pitchfork review of Trans: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22905-trans/

https://thedissolve.com/features/interdisciplinary/94-the-dovetailing-musical-and-directorial-careers-of/

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/trans-the-overlooked-prescience-of-neil-youngs-electro-album/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Rockin%27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_(Neil_Young_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody%27s_Rockin%27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_(album)

https://rockcelebrities.net/the-tragic-story-of-the-diseases-neil-youngs-children-suffered/

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/neil-young-comes-clean.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C2%B7ac%C2%B7tor

Brian answers a listener letter about the first hours of MTV and gets up to speed on the startling DNA discovery made in Ohio this week.

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Lane

Robin Lane & The Chartbusters – “When Things Go Wrong” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pTHbZKhjXY

http://www.reddyteddy.com/band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph.D._(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O%27Jays

PhD – “Little Suzi’s on Top” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKgzYLBV_cc

https://spinditty.com/industry/List-of-first-25-videos-played-on-MTV

The O’Jays – “Oh How You Hurt Me”- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDC5geQZqmw

Brian breaks down the story of Prince’s beef with his record label and what led him to giving up the rights to his own name.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: “Just Another Sucker” – 94 East, “Soft and Wet” – Prince, “One of Us” – Prince

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-prince-changed-his-name-to-a-symbol/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36107590

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8908921/what-does-princes-symbol-mean-who-owns-his-music-and-why-did-he-change-his-name/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/prince-name-change-love-symbol-25th-anniversary-explained-warner-brothers-dispute-a8385801.html

https://medium.com/behance-blog/the-man-behind-the-symbol-minneapolis-creative-talks-about-collaborating-with-prince-4e644d76ed29

https://musebycl.io/backstory/miradas-mitch-monson-olympic-branding-shape-water-and-princes-love-symbol

Brian is joined by Mitch Monson – one of the designers who worked with the Prince creative team in 1992 to create what would become the Love Symbol – to talk creation, influence and the importance of a big brother’s musical tastes.

SHOW NOTES:

The infographic that explains the evolution of the symbol: https://www.logolounge.com/articles/creating-princes-love-symbol-2016-5-18

More on Mitch: http://behance.net/mmon

Mitch’s current employer: http://mirada.com

Secret identities, secret albums and gay love songs? Brian walks through a long, sprawling story involving Cher, rap icons, a morally bankrupt tech bro, and a Beatle.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Bonnie Jo Mason – Ringo, I Love You; Black Rose – Julie; Cher – Believe

https://goldenpages.jpehs.co.uk/2018/12/20/music-patronage-in-italy-from-15th-to-the-18th-century/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Shaolin

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cher-wu-tang-clan-collaborate-for-two-songs-on-secret-album-186862/

https://www.thefader.com/2018/03/07/wu-tang-clan-and-cher-collaborated-on-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher

Ringo, I Love You – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIQ8coQX9mg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo,_I_Love_You

https://www.biography.com/news/sonny-cher-relationship

Black Rose on Midnight Special – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNahJvMdowk

Black Rose – full album – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRBNiRqNRAk&list=PLsBBcR0vqPKmuDudYvCoSkWfXxcQrMvZ0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rose_(Black_Rose_album)

Brian and Murdock run down quick lists of their favorite songs, artists and albums of the past year.

The guys get a very specific rumor request from a listener and go on a mission to verify if Bret Michaels once randomly bought a kid in an Ohio mall a guitar.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2629490-Susie-Hatton-Body-And-Soul#:~:text=Label%3A,CD%2C%20Album

Chicago concert review: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-10-14-9104020937-story.html

The list detailing Bret’s dating history: https://www.whosdatedwho.com/dating/bret-michaels-and-susie-hatton

“Fallen Angel” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AelpbAegA-4

Gary James interview: http://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/susie_hatton.htm

Brian and Murdock celebrate the music and songwriting of Tom T Hall in light of his tragic passing.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs on this episode: “Fox Hollow’s Animal Train” Tom T Hall; “I Like Beer” Tom T Hall; “Little Bitty” Alan Jackson; “I Like” Heathen Dan

SavingCountryMusic article: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/on-the-new-details-of-country-legend-tom-t-halls-death/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_T._Hall

Songs of Fox Hollow LP: https://www.ebay.com/itm/313767596886

1976 Chevy Truck Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v093vCFYIxM

Heathen Dan – “I Like” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrQcNWP4LU

Brian breaks down the tortured and dysfunctional soap opera that led to one of the greatest rock records of all-time.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: “Long Grey Mare” by Fleetwood Mac

https://www.mamamia.com.au/fleetwood-mac-affairs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumours_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_McVie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Nicks

https://www.biography.com/news/fleetwood-mac-rumours-album

https://www.loudersound.com/features/stevie-nicks-all-of-us-were-drug-addicts-but-i-was-the-worst

https://www.nme.com/news/music/fleetwood-macs-mick-fleetwood-says-cocaine-use-left-him-with-two-year-memory-gap-2873541

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/30/jenny-boyd-mick-fleetwood-jennifer-juniper-its-not-what-you-think-behind-the-star-studded-life-of-a-rock-stars-wife

https://genius.com/Fleetwood-mac-the-chain-lyrics

The 1977 Rolling Stone piece: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-true-life-confessions-of-fleetwood-mac-120867/

https://stevienicks.info/2006/01/cameron-crowe-reflects-on-fleetwood-mac-piece/

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-100-best-covers-fleetwood-in-flagrante-232585/

Brian and Murdock talk the New Romantic movement, high drama, fan fiction and the self-proclaimed “great unresolved romance of the century” between Boy George and his drummer.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/boy-george/culture-club-feud-jon-moss/

London – Animal Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkSPV-j0suE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_(punk_band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_George

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Moss

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/it-was-great-experience-portraying-one-half-1059060

The New Romantics (BBC Documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idkdr1s64HA

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jan/20/how-we-made-do-you-really-want-to-hurt-me-culture-club-boy-george

https://www.iamboygeorge.com/

Jon/George fan fiction: https://www.wattpad.com/372605648-the-drummer%27s-boy-chapter-1-boy-george-jon-moss

Behind the Music Tumblr: https://dearly.tumblr.com/post/630644709179654144/boy-georgejon-moss-summary-from-vh1-behind-the

Boy George Behind the Music clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuACdPQAxOc

Smash: The Culture Club Story documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcaZATCUox4

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-08-07-8602260755-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worried_About_the_Boy

The guys catch up on music news, including the break up of Every Time I Die, the When We Were Young Festival, and the TV show Mick Fleetwood just signed on for…

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-golden-age-of-emo-returns-as-my-chemical-romance-paramore-and-more-sign-up-for-when-we-were-young-festival

https://www.loudersound.com/news/keith-and-jordan-buckley-offer-conflicting-accounts-of-every-time-i-die-split

https://www.loudersound.com/news/mick-fleetwood-signs-on-as-executive-producer-for-new-fox-tv-music-drama

Brian and Murdock dig into the rumor that the man behind “Baker Street” disappeared more than a decade ago and uncover his contentious relationship with fame and booze along the way.

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SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: Can I Have My Money Back, Baker Street, Right Down the Line – Gerry Rafferty; Stuck in the Middle with You – Stealers Wheel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/17/gerry-rafferty-in-hiding

https://www.loudersound.com/features/gerry-rafferty-the-man-who-hated-the-music-business

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/gerry-rafferty-rest-in-blue-b1907781.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealers_Wheel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller

Archive of the Scotsman article: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.obituaries/c/gCi2iM5Nkiw?pli=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsider_(Wilson_book)

https://mikesnotebook.com/post/72514431789/gerry-rafferty-colin-wilson

https://medium.com/the-riff/fame-was-a-curse-for-gerry-rafferty-d61e3513209c

https://web.archive.org/web/20090220184729/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-lonely-road-from-baker-street-to-skid-row-1623805.html

The guys let a listener letter lead them into the deep details of all the legal entanglements that defined one of the biggest rock bands of all-time.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs in this episode: Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Vince Guaraldi Trio, Run Through the Jungle – CCR, Old Man Down the Road – John Fogerty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revisited

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Zaentz

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-was-sued-ripping-john-fogerty

Academic journal article about the CCR contract with Fantasy: https://www.meiea.org/Journal/Vol12/Bordowitz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_Your_Fate_to_the_Wind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Mary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bank_%26_Trust_(Bahamas)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfield_(album)

In honor of Hulu launching their new original series “Pam & Tommy,” we revisit the February 2021 episode “Tommy vs Pam” where Murdock went geek again on a member of Motely Crue – Tommy Lee – and the relationship he had with Pam Anderson. Did this tabloid-fueled romance rewrite the path to pop cultural dominance forever?

SHOW NOTES:

David Rose’s The Stripper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2CWfSLyjx8

Bob Vila and Pam Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6YJ4yr_bI&t=29s

Best Crue interview ever? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxOyfAbGKgA

Rolling Stone feature: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/pam-and-tommy-the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-most-infamous-sex-tape-194776/

E! Feature: https://www.eonline.com/news/919118/tommy-lee-s-tumultuous-family-life-a-look-at-his-rocky-history-with-pamela-anderson

The guys trace the origins of mock n’ roll from Bach to Dr. Demento, Weird Al and the internet.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode: Bach “Peasant Cantata”; Spike Jones and his City Slickers “Cocktails for Two”; Tom Lehrer “The Masochism Tango”; Stan Freberg “Nuttin for Christmas”; Allan Sherman “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”; Spirit “I Got a Line on You”; Weird Al “Belvedere Cruisin’”; Alex Melton “American Idiot”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_mass

https://interlude.hk/bach-makes-joke-peasant-cantata/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jones

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122018506

https://ket.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/mozart-to-weird-al-the-evolution-of-parody-video/sound-field/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Muddah,_Hello_Fadduh_(A_Letter_from_Camp)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Freberg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/644173/dr-demento-ruled-radio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento

Full 1991 episode of the Dr Demento show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdnb8Z9IxmQ

Full 1986 episode of the Dr Demento show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbYcPmo9d2w

https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-dr-demento-man-discovered-weird-al-fish-heads-222028433.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic

Belvedere Cruisin’ – Weird Al demo – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwaY5Ibz83w

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75056/9-musicians-who-refused-let-weird-al-yankovic-parody-their-songs

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/alex-melton-youtube-pop-punk-covers

Brian and Murdock welcome comedian Mandee McKelvey and have a conversation about Gen X, the 1990s, and the good and bad of the first three episodes of Hulu’s Pam & Tommy.

See videos, tour dates and more for Mandee here: https://www.facebook.com/Mandee-McKelvey-232015440844862

Brian takes a cue from a listener letter and dives deep into rock n roll history to talk teen idols, Canadian crooners and one infamous plane crash.

SHOW NOTES:

Songs used in this episode:

Fuzzy Bunny Fish Fry- Sex Drugs and Rock n Roll; Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – She Believes in Me; Marc Jordan – Marina Del Ray; Rod Stewart – Rhythm of My Heart; Bobby Vee – Take Good Care of My Baby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Jordan_(baritone)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Jordan

https://www.history-of-rock.com/bobby_vee.htm

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67742/15-freewheelin-facts-about-bob-dylan

https://www.bobbyvee.com/interview/

https://www.history-of-rock.com/winter_dance_party.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly

Marc Jordan podcast interview: https://soundcloud.com/theadamantium/e063