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Back to SearchGrateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…
Season 3 Episode 29
The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”. Through drug busts and CIA surveillance, they thrive…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
Season 3 Episode 28
Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll; Tina Turner is one of the most electrifying entertainers to ever take the stage. Together, the pair ascended to icon status through the music the…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case
Season 3 Episode 27
Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop, yet his career was about to be derailed just as it was taking …
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai
Season 3 Episode 26
Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and the couple’s heroin-hazed pregnancy. An escape from rehab…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home
Season 3 Episode 25
Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love, was once the most hated woman in America. Courtney, like Kurt, was unapologetic, fierce, determined, ambitious, …
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder
Season 2 Episode 24
Spade Cooley was one of Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was also a violent drunk and homicidal psychopath with no heart. Mean, jealous, abusive, and almost total…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Rick James: Superfreak Is an Understatement
Season 2 Episode 23
Rick James may have been born into a life of crime, but he was determined to make his way in life through music. He intimidated George Clinton, inspired Prince, and more than likely saved Jim Morriso…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal
Season 2 Episode 22
Big Lurch didn’t just rap about standard hip-hop culture; he rapped about serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and horror movie villains like Freddy Krueger. In the process, he contributed to a sub-gen…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
The Who Pt 1: Keith Moon, Rockstar Excess, and a Dead Chauffeur
Season 2 Episode 21
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates' behavior, it was violent, and like his personality, it was electri…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Marvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Far Too Many of Us Dying
Season 2 Episode 20
Marvin Gaye was born into a God-fearing home to a sweet, wholesome mother and crossdressing, philandering, pentecostal preacher father who ruled his children with an iron fist. Despite his tense upbr…
Published on 7 years, 3 months ago