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How Tom Petty punched back at the music biz with “Refugee”
Episode 114
By the time Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers set out to record their third album, Damn The Torpedoes, they were in a legal mess with MCA Records over a …
3 years ago
How "On The Dark Side" became a surprise hit
Episode 113
Without the music, the 1983 cult classic film Eddie & The Cruisers just wouldn’t be the same. And without the film, the real-life bar band band who w…
3 years, 1 month ago
The inspiration behind David Bowie’s “The Jean Genie”
Episode 112
By the time David Bowie wrote the songs for his Aladdin Sane album, which was released in April of 1973, it was his first time writing as an actual r…
3 years, 1 month ago
How “One” unified U2
Episode 111
By the time U2 recorded their seventh album, 1991’s Achtung Baby, they were exhausted from nonstop touring, going through personal struggles at home …
3 years, 2 months ago
The spellbinding story of “Black Magic Woman”
Episode 110
The late Peter Green was one of the early guitar heroes in England, alongside names like Eric Clapton. He formed Fleetwood Mac in 1967, and their ear…
3 years, 3 months ago
The love song that started it all for Styx
Episode 109
“Lady” was the first of several hit Styx songs that Dennis DeYoung wrote for his longtime wife, Suzanne. It became the first hit song for the band, a…
3 years, 3 months ago
How Joe Walsh’s “In The City” went from Warriors to Eagles
Episode 108
“In The City” is best known as an album cut on 1979’s The Long Run, an album the Eagles cobbled together after many months and on the heels of their …
3 years, 4 months ago
Why Van Halen took their time with “Right Now”
Episode 107
"Right Now” by Van Halen is an inspirational song about living in the moment, but it took a long time to come together. Released on 1991’s For Unlawf…
3 years, 4 months ago
When Billy Squier Rocked Christmas on MTV
Episode 182
In 1981, the launch of MTV coincided with the rise of Billy Squier, and the two were a match made in pop culture heaven. The year ended with a singal…
3 years, 5 months ago
How Joan Jett embraced her "Bad Reputation"
Episode 171
“Bad Reputation” is a song Joan Jett wrote while being rejected over and over by people in the music business, after realizing that she herself had g…
3 years, 6 months ago