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Bonus Episode: Top 5 Most Surprising Musician True Crimes
Season 27 Episode 272
The “smart” folks over at The New York Times aren’t the only ones with a list this week. We use the (mostly solid) Times list of Thirty Greatest Livi…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ian Watkins from Lostprophets: A Nu Metal Monster in the So-Called “Monster Mansion”
Season 27 Episode 272
The story about Ian Watkins of Lostprophets might be the most disturbing I’ve come across in all my music history research. It involves the abuse of …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: The Count Who Killed Jim Morrison?
Season 27 Episode 271
Like the Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins’ death, the details around the Doors Jim Morrison’s death are mysterious. Was a debonair jetset Count responsibl…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Foo Fighters: How Did Taylor Hawkins Die?
Season 27 Episode 271
How is it that one of the most famous drummers on the planet died four years ago and we still don’t have an official cause of death? We have some ide…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: Near Death Experiences and Unlikely Covers
Season 27 Episode 270
In this week’s After Party, we dive into the near-death experience of Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan. After a harrowing moment in 1996, he floated above h…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: We Are Starting Our Own Rock ‘n’’ Roll Hall of Fame
Season 27 Episode 270
The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 2026 inductees were announced, and guess what? You’re pissed! So we are starting our own Hall of Fame. Plus, we are he…
2 months ago
Grace Jones: True Crime Magnet. Eighties Icon.
Season 27 Episode 270
Grace Jones was one of the era-defining multihyphenates of the 1980s, an icon of the music, fashion, and movie worlds. From Jamaica to Studio 54, she…
2 months, 1 week ago
Bonus Episode: A Big Announcement, The True Crime and Grime of the Chelsea Hotel, and More
Season 26 Episode 269
Disgos, we’ve got some big news—and you’re hearing it first. Also, Patti Smith has us asking (and answering), which movies about the Chelsea Hotel ar…
2 months, 1 week ago
Patti Smith: How True Crime Helped The “Godmother of Punk” Survive
Season 26 Episode 269
The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, Helter Skelter, the .44 Caliber Killers, the crime and grime of 70s New York; Central Park, the Chelsea Hotel, 42nd St…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: A Music History Memoir and Rock ‘N’ Roll Autobiography Reading List
Season 26 Episode 269
Fresh off of reading Patti Smith’s excellent memoir Just Kids in preparation of our upcoming Patti episode, we are discussing our favorite music hist…
2 months, 2 weeks ago