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The Psychedelic Furs - Music the Butlers' Way
Season 1 Episode 67
Soon after forming in London in 1977, The Psychedelic Furs would be part of the rising UK post-punk scene. However, they would not be just another po…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Catherine Wheel - Ferment and Chrome
Season 1 Episode 66
The English band Catherine Wheel's 1992 debut album Ferment and the 1993 follow up album Chrome associated the group with the shoegaze music scene. A…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Björk - The Sugarcubes Years
Season 1 Episode 65
The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic alternative band that formed in 1986, and by the time the band ended in 1992 they had become Iceland's biggest music…
10 months ago
Cabaret Voltaire - The Original Sound of Sheffield
Season 1 Episode 64
The story of Cabaret Voltaire began when they formed in Sheffield, England in 1973 by Chris Watson, Richard H Kirk, and Stephen Mallinder. The band w…
10 months, 1 week ago
Primal Scream - The Loaded Screamadelica
Season 1 Episode 63
Screamadelica, the 1991 third studio album from Primal Scream, was a defining album as it successfully fused indie rock with electronic, techno, and …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Origins of Alternative Music: The Velvet Underground
Season 1 Episode 62
The Velvet Underground formed in New York City in 1964 and has been considered by many as one of the most influential American rock bands.
The band's…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
45 Grave - Halloween from the Grave
Season 1 Episode 61
When 45 Grave formed in Los Angeles in 1979, their music would combine punk rock with a dark and horror themed aesthetic becoming one of the first Am…
11 months ago
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi and a Dark Field
Season 1 Episode 60
When Bauhaus created the song “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” and released it as their debut single in early 1979, they did not realize the impact the song and …
11 months, 1 week ago
Chrome - Sonics of Another World
Season 1 Episode 59
Chrome was one of the more unusual alternative bands that arrived on the 70's San Francisco music scene.
Chrome’s music would often take on sci-fi th…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Blancmange - The Sweet Synth of Luscombe and Arthur
Season 1 Episode 58
Blancmange formed in London in 1979 behind vocalist Neil Arthur and instrumentalist Stephen Luscombe. On their way to becoming a classic synth-pop du…
11 months, 3 weeks ago