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Season 1 Episode 347
Once upon a time, all music was made mechanically...something had to be hit with a hand or a stick...or strummed or plucked...or air had to be forced…
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Driven By Her: Women Who Rocked The 90's
Season 1 Episode 346
Women helped changed the face of ROCK as hair metal from the 80’s gave way to brand new sounds and VERY different attitudes in the 90's. On this epis…
3 years, 11 months ago
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Season 1 Episode 345
Okay, stay with us as this could get a bit confusing.
Since the Ongoing History takes the summer months off to write and research new shows, we dig in…
3 years, 11 months ago
The History of Alt-Rock: Chapter 9
Season 1 Episode 344
It had taken a few years, but by the middle 1980s, the underground music scene in north America had reached some kind of a tipping point...enough peo…
3 years, 11 months ago
Songs of Protest
Season 1 Episode 343
Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it…this is the protest song and it’s been with us fo…
3 years, 11 months ago
The History of Alt-Rock: Chapter 8
Season 1 Episode 342
When punk rock first appeared in the middle 1970s, the major record companies in north America really didn’t care...they were happily making millions…
3 years, 11 months ago
10 Unusual Things About Pearl Jam
Season 1 Episode 341
Pearl Jam is one of the most-documented bands of the last 30 years…even before the internet came along, fans were obsessive about cataloguing everyth…
3 years, 11 months ago
The History of Alt-Rock: Chapter 7
Season 1 Episode 340
Before we go any further with our history of alt-rock, a lesson in cosmology is in order...sometime around 16 billion years ago, there was this infin…
3 years, 11 months ago
10 Unusual Things About Nirvana
Season 1 Episode 339
Nirvana is one of those bands where it seems we know everything…when they broke through with the “Nevermind” album in 1991 and 1992, there was a rush…
3 years, 11 months ago
The History of Alt-Rock: Chapter 6
Season 1 Episode 338
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a group of young French film makers decided to mess things up...they insisted on more artistic control and less me…
3 years, 11 months ago