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Back to SearchBlack Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of Heavy Metal
Season 8 Episode 89
Black Sabbath are solely responsible for conjuring the diabolical power of heavy metal. When guitarist Tony Iommi lost his fingertips as a teenager, he turned to a less painful style of playing— a st…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Black Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of Heavy Metal
Season 8 Episode 89
Black Sabbath are solely responsible for conjuring the diabolical power of heavy metal. When guitarist Tony Iommi lost his fingertips as a teenager, he turned to a less painful style of playing— a st…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Fleetwood Mac Pt. 2: Going to #1, and Going Your Own Way
Season 8 Episode 88
Fleetwood Mac’s mid-’70s merger with the musical duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks changed the course of the band forever, propelling them to Top 40 mega-fame and cocaine-fueled excess. At t…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Fleetwood Mac Pt. 1: Guns, God, Cocaine and Rumours
Season 8 Episode 87
Few bands can boast a rock ’n’ roll lore at the level of Fleetwood Mac. The band lost not one but two guitarists to cult-like religious freaks. Two band members were arrested on gun charges. They enc…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Tommy James and the Shondells: Mony Mony and Mafia-Sanctioned Hits
Season 8 Episode 86
Tommy James came up during a time when the music industry was in part controlled by New York’s Italian mafia. And for a period in the 1960s, that power was centralized at Roulette Records. The record…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Tommy James and the Shondells: Mony Mony and Mafia-Sanctioned Hits
Season 8 Episode 86
Tommy James came up during a time when the music industry was in part controlled by New York’s Italian mafia. And for a period in the 1960s, that power was centralized at Roulette Records. The record…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell
Season 8 Episode 85
Gunned down onstage by a delusional fan who thought his metal heroes had stolen lyrics from him, Dimebag Darrell Abbott blazed a savage new trail in hard rock during his short time on this earth. Wea…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell
Season 8 Episode 85
Gunned down onstage by a delusional fan who thought his metal heroes had stolen lyrics from him, Dimebag Darrell Abbott blazed a savage new trail in hard rock during his short time on this earth. Wea…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Ray Charles: Busted for Heroin and Busting Genres with the Best Damn R&B
Season 8 Episode 84
Ray Charles was hooked on heroin, arrested by federal agents, and once survived a near-death plane ride by helping the pilot - as a blind man. He invented R&B. He was powerful enough to bring black a…
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the FBI, and Pissing off the President
Season 8 Episode 83
In the early 1970s, John Lennon was suspected of conspiring to disrupt an American political convention and contributing to a paramilitary terrorist organization. Authorities took notice. So much so …
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago