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"The Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics"/William Irwin [Episode 59]
More than 40 years since their formation, and 125 million album sales later, Metallica is as relevant as ever. Much has been written about the band, …
4 years, 2 months ago
!["Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral"/Adam Steiner [Episode 58]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/13a70cb172168711ad51fd8b071538c3.jpg)
"Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral"/Adam Steiner [Episode 58]
Ushering in a new era of confessional music that spoke openly about experiences of trauma, depression, and self-loathing, Nine Inch Nails' seminal al…
4 years, 3 months ago
!["Black Sabbath in the 1970s"/Chris Sutton [Episode 57]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/34597b7dbf7ef8d49b0ae7131764d903.jpg)
"Black Sabbath in the 1970s"/Chris Sutton [Episode 57]
The 1970s saw the rise of rock and metal as a force in record and ticket sales. Right there at the birth of this was Black Sabbath, whose first album…
4 years, 3 months ago
!["Uriah Heep in the 1970s"/Steve Pilkington [Episode 56]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/149ea8b27443eef87ac9d124aa9b1283.jpg)
"Uriah Heep in the 1970s"/Steve Pilkington [Episode 56]
Incredibly, Uriah Heep have now been active for a full fifty years. Few, however, would argue that the period which has come to define them the most,…
4 years, 3 months ago
!["Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed"/Jim Berkenstadt [Episode 55]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ef5aad07b1283a8d01913f620030e855.jpg)
"Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed"/Jim Berkenstadt [Episode 55]
"Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed" examines the secrets, myths, legends, hoaxes, conspiracies, and the wildly inexplicable events that are such an…
4 years, 3 months ago
!["Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present"/J.R. Moores [Episode 54]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f536e595e8c4f0590f8d84fd97077207.jpg)
"Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present"/J.R. Moores [Episode 54]
It began with the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” It was distilled to its dark essence by Black Sabbath. And it’s flourished into a vibrant modern undergr…
4 years, 3 months ago
![“Craig's Record Factory: A Young Entrepreneur's Journey Through the 70's and 80's”/Craig Odanovich [Episode 53]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6fa88c27af4b315a4d87ee3e7bc656d5.jpg)
“Craig's Record Factory: A Young Entrepreneur's Journey Through the 70's and 80's”/Craig Odanovich [Episode 53]
Craig Odanovich grew up in Flour Bluff, Texas. In an era before Dairy Queen officially expanded their menu beyond dessert, he learned entrepreneurial…
4 years, 4 months ago
!["Beyond & Before: Progressive Rock Across Time & Genre"/Paul Hegarty & Martin Halliwell [Episode 52]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2cd75a839ab6be699916ab5a19b26f79.jpg)
"Beyond & Before: Progressive Rock Across Time & Genre"/Paul Hegarty & Martin Halliwell [Episode 52]
Called by Record Collector “the most accomplished critical overview yet” of progressive rock and one of their 2011 books of the year, “Beyond and Bef…
4 years, 4 months ago
!["Unchained: The Eddie Van Halen Story"/ Paul Brannigan [Episode 51]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/11982e3ef0443cd7cd0e211646f7919a.jpg)
"Unchained: The Eddie Van Halen Story"/ Paul Brannigan [Episode 51]
Arriving in California as a young boy in the early 1960s, Edward Van Halen and his brother Alex were ripe for the coming musical revolution. The sons…
4 years, 4 months ago
!["Frank & Co: Conversations with Frank Zappa 1977–1993"/Co de Kloet [Episode 50]](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/bbd3090a2d6fff52158b8d0fd2635c30.jpg)
"Frank & Co: Conversations with Frank Zappa 1977–1993"/Co de Kloet [Episode 50]
Co de Kloet and Frank Zappa were friends for many years, and during that time Co recorded nearly every conversation the two men had. They also corres…
4 years, 4 months ago