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The New Radicals: One Hit, One Album, and a Sudden Departure from the Spotlight
Coming up…we uncover the story of the New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" a 1998 hit that took shots at healthcare giants, the banking industry, an…
1 year, 5 months ago
Jim Morrison Called 'Hello, I Love You' a Dumb Joke…The Label Made It a #1 Smash
The Doors were coming off a year that included their breakthrough to the masses with one of the most iconic songs of the rock era, Light My Fire hit …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Secret Meaning Behind Modern English’s 'I Melt With You': Love in the Face of Nuclear Destruction
We've been singing this 1983 classic all our lives and come to find out it's about a couple hooking up during nuclear war? I Melt With You by Modern…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Danny Elfman Created an 80s Classic in a Haunted Room—But Never Had a Top 40 Hit
Coming up next, one a scary story for ya. Our story revolves around singer-composer Danny Elfman who stayed in a haunted room where 7 people were mur…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Strip Clubs Saved Def Leppard’s 'Animal' and Turned 'Hysteria' Into a Smash
Today, we’ve got a drama-filled double feature from Def Leppard, a band that ruled the airwaves with one album, Hysteria, from 1987 to 1989. At the t…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Stories Behind 5 Banned or Disowned Songs in Rock History
Coming up, we’re counting down the Top 5 songs that stirred up so much controversy, for the most part, the artists themselves won’t perform them anym…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Story Behind 'Lunatic Fringe': A One-Hit Wonder That Was Never a Hit in America
Today’s band Red Rider was a well-kept secret in their time and they had multiple hits in their homeland of Canada. In the early 80s inspired by seve…
1 year, 5 months ago
From Fired to Headliner: How Lemmy Kilmister Made Motörhead a Metal Icon
"Coming up…the story of metal rock icon, Lemmy Kilmister who toiled behind the scenes as a roadie for the great Jimi Hendrix, and was fired from a ba…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Cass Elliot Overcame Rejection and Became the Voice of the Mamas and the Papas
Coming up… the strange tale of how a lead pipe falling at a construction site allegedly gave Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas one of the most i…
1 year, 5 months ago
How 'You Make My Dreams' Became Hall & Oates’ Most Beloved Song Decades Later
Coming up next, one of my favorite singers ever and one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of the past 50 years, Daryl Hall tells us the stori…
1 year, 5 months ago