Rock N Roll Story Guys

Brian and Murdock rip open a stack of letters asking questions about rock songs throughout history that may - or very well may NOT - be about members of Motley Crue.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_for_Nothing

https://www.musicmusingsandsuch.com/musicmusingsandsuch/2022/7/21/feature-groovelines-dire-straits-money-for-nothing

https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/the-two-non-motley-crue-classics-written-about-vince-neil/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heroin_DiariesAYear_in_the_Life_of_a_Shattered_Rock_Star

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude_(Looks_Like_a_Lady)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Vacation_(Aerosmith_album)

https://americansongwriter.com/meaning-dude-looks-like-lady-aerosmith-song-lyrics/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Maiden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Live_Tour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattooed_Millionaire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_Your_Daughter..tothe_Slaughter

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/what-happened-bruce-dickinsons-wife-27664926

https://www.facebook.com/MXDMAGTX/posts/did-you-know-when-the-dirt-hit-the-fan-bruce-dickinson-nikki-sixx-and-a-rock-n-r/1537697867462181/

https://genius.com/Bruce-dickinson-tattooed-millionaire-lyrics

https://americansongwriter.com/the-meaning-behind-bruce-dickinsons-tattooed-millionaire-and-the-ruthless-rocker-who-inspired-it/

Hard and Heavy Volume 7 clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvF-FyFFRf0

https://blabbermouth.net/news/nikki-sixx-it-wasn-t-my-fault-that-i-f-bruce-dickinson-s-wife

https://brucedickinsonforeverofficialblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/archive-interview-bruce-tells-who-was-the-inspiration-for-the-song-tattooed-millionaire-and-its-not-who-we-thought-at-first/

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Brian and Murdock answer a listener letter asking for a deep dive on the punk band that wasn't so punk - Television - and how their search for a place to practice created a landmark and cemented a scene.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_Generation_(song)

The Will Hermes book: https://shop.tenement.org/product/love-goes-to-buildings-on-fire-five-years-in-new-york-that-changed-music-forever/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_McFadden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hell

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HnuJHiG7824

https://www.rhino.com/article/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-richard-hell#

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/how-richard-hell-found-his-vocation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Verlaine

https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/richard-hell-walking-music-industry-30-years-ago/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JT_LeRoy

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/28/archives/cinemabilia-in-the-village-traces-history-of-film.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lloyd_(guitarist)

https://damienlove.com/writing/friction-the-making-of-televisions-marquee-moon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvert_Turner

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/guitarist-deemed-little-brother-jimi-hendrix/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilly_Kristal

https://www.villagepreservation.org/2019/09/23/hilly-kristals-long-road-to-the-bowery-and-rock-and-roll-legend

https://www.furious.com/perfect/hillykristal.html

https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/richard-hell-walking-music-industry-30-years-ago/

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Brian and Murdock investigate the story behind one of the biggest hitmakers of the 70s and try to uncover the answers to two mysteries: why their singer and guitarist couldn't get along, and why their legacy doesn't always get taken seriously.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jones_(Foreigner_guitarist)

https://rockcellarmagazine.com/lou-gramm-foreigner-live-at-the-rainbow-78-interview-legacy/

https://billboardchartrewind.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/the-ultimate-2-hits-on-the-billboard-hot-100/https://www.loudersound.com/features/foreigner-first-time-around

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lou-gramm-says-mick-joness-greed-was-reason-he-didnt-get-songwriting-credit-on-foreigners-i-want-to-know-what-love-is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_to_Know_What_Love_Is

https://web.archive.org/web/20140101012022/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/features/the-story-of-foreigners-i-want-to-know-what-love-is

https://www.njarts.net/lou-gramm-discusses-successes-and-struggles-of-a-remarkable-career/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Provocateur_(album)

https://blabbermouth.net/news/lou-gramm-i-dont-understand-how-they-can-be-touring-with-no-original-members-and-still-calling-themselves-foreigner

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-02-vl-1707-story.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/lou-gramm-shadow-king-interview-2021/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Dave Paulson’s concept album about Tommy Boy: https://open.spotify.com/album/5f2CjLEGOIUJrV8rb1R2L3?si=CRNKNU6JTJOYwBqC8UiofA

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Brian and Murdock dig deep to understand the circumstances that led Prince to feel punished for over-performance, quit music, pronounce himself dead, and come back as a... symbol.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-prince-changed-his-name-to-a-symbol/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36107590

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8908921/what-does-princes-symbol-mean-who-owns-his-music-and-why-did-he-change-his-name/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/prince-name-change-love-symbol-25th-anniversary-explained-warner-brothers-dispute-a8385801.html

https://medium.com/behance-blog/the-man-behind-the-symbol-minneapolis-creative-talks-about-collaborating-with-prince-4e644d76ed29

https://musebycl.io/backstory/miradas-mitch-monson-olympic-branding-shape-water-and-princes-love-symbol

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/andy-warhol-copyright-prince-fair-use-180982230/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Prince

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/prince-name-change-love-symbol-25th-anniversary-explained-warner-brothers-dispute-a8385801.html

https://goldiesparade.co.uk/new-power-generation/

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/how-the-data-was-extracted-from-the-prince-floppy-disk-and-uploaded-to-the-internet-archive/209475/29?page=2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Beautiful_Girl_in_the_World_(Prince_song)

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2014/04/21/prince-comes-back-to-warner-bros-and-shows-the-boundaries-of-diy/

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Brian and Murdock dig into mid-80's Prince - his projects (released AND unreleased), bands, drug buddies, and obsessions - to figure out what led him to get VERY involved in creating an official album about the Caped Crusader.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batdance

Wrecka Stow scene from Under the Cherry Moon: https://youtu.be/kbPo47TI8xs?si=NVjUfNx9pxTcorlx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Album_(Prince_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_o%27_the_Times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreleased_Prince_projects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_a_Day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parade_(Prince_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Factory_(album)

https://ultimateprince.com/prince-dream-factory-unreleased-album/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dez_Dickerson

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/princes-first-guitarist-dez-dickerson-looks-back/

https://www.housequake.com/dez-dickerson-interview/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Melvoin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Coleman_(musician)

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-did-prince-fire-the-revolution

https://enews.topnewsource.com/?p=6169

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-revolutions-wendy-melvoin-talks-grieving-for-prince-spring-tour-116224/

https://theconversation.com/the-artist-formerly-known-as-camille-princes-lost-album-comes-out-189486

https://pitchfork.com/features/article/9882-how-princes-androgynous-genius-changed-the-way-we-think-about-music-and-gender/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Ball_(unreleased_album)

https://ultimateprince.com/revolution-prince/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PRINCE/comments/1ft29d3/the_lore_of_prince_abandoning_the_black_album_for/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovesexy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Chavez

https://nypost.com/2021/08/23/prince-biography-tells-how-rockers-pill-addiction-began/

Our Lenny Kravitz/Ingrid Chavez episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zWn4e3u9VLT9PujqRyxFD?si=5sV_Lcl_RCCP1jFFfrVlTw 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/prince-talks-189956/

https://www.theringer.com/2022/03/04/movies/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance

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Brian and Murdock unravel the story of how the first band on MTV briefly became part of prog rock pioneers YES - and how it almost ruined everything...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buggles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Fighting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lane_(manager)

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-managers-that-built-prog-former-yes-manager-brian-lane-reminisce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tormato

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(Yes_album)

https://www.rhino.com/article/5-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-yess-drama

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Brian and Murdock dust for fingerprints through the last 25 years of pop music trying figure out what happened to two people who created one of the biggest hits of the late '90s.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Brisebois

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-danielle-brisebois-b/100962358/?locale=en-US

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520premonition

The Premonition (full movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGMQwWpv7L8

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0g6TkUOH7f/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-danielle-brisebois-on-archi/100962099/?locale=en-US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Strouse

https://tedium.co/2024/08/25/new-radicals-gregg-alexander-history/

Kevin & Bean interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZV0i4lPhxA

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/found-star-new-radicals-gregg-739434/

https://www.realgonerocks.com/2009/11/gregg-alexander-intoxifornication/

https://popsublime.blogspot.com/2010/09/music-of-gregg-alexander.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nowels

New Radicals on All That: https://youtu.be/lPDlG5bjPyA?si=2OpXf0Y-ds4FAiGL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Radicals

https://www.theringer.com/2021/1/20/22241467/new-radicals-history-you-get-what-you-give

https://intermediaries.wordpress.com/tag/new-radicals/

https://news.pollstar.com/1998/12/21/new-radicals/

https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/new-radicals

The press release Gregg writes: https://web.archive.org/web/20121110110511/https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/new-radicals-dissolves-156295355.html 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/08/23/new-radicals-return-with-new-music-for-first-time-in-25-years/74915946007/

https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/21/11477490/sing-street-john-carney-interview-once-begin-again

Gregg Alexander songs he wrote for others playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YBo9X6uPktenqruUjFQNT

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/18/natasha-bedingfield-how-we-made-unwritten

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The guys go on one of their wildest rides to date - connecting The Rolling Stones, 80's punk, murder, and jazz guitar.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jove

https://www.popvalley.co.uk/p/echoes-the-death-of-peter-ivers-and

https://www.popvalley.co.uk/p/echoes-the-death-of-peter-ivers-and-874

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ivers

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/peter-ivers-becoming-peter-ivers-interview

https://www.deuceofclubs.com/books/291peter_ivers.htm

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfnFACEgVK/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/27/an-einstein-among-neanderthals-the-tragic-prince-of-la-counterculture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Weinstock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones%27_Redlands_bust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones%27_Redlands_bust

https://vocal.media/beat/she-had-a-mars-bar-where

https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/players/5645-who-killed-lenny-breau-4.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau

https://www.reddit.com/r/thelema/comments/1hbe439/picked_up_this_record_by_david_jove_recently/

Peter and The Acid King - Penelope Spheeris podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/2XzPtqqdYPpBquMLdinhpe?si=51662add4d1c4333

Transcripts: https://podcasts.happyscribe.com/imagine-audio-peter-and-the-acid-king/peter-and-the-acid-king-theories

https://offscreen.com/view/in-heaven-everything-is-fine

Jove - Never Say Never - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngUwh_rbtyE 

https://ifrqfm.substack.com/p/terminal-love

The Josh Frank book: https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Everything-Fine-Unsolved-History/dp/1416551204

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/c3guj9/who_killed_peter_ivers/

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The guys get into the backstory behind two of the most powerful women in rock and the biggest obstacle they've faced - each other.

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The oral history: https://www.amazon.com/Kicking-Dreaming-Story-Heart-Soul/dp/0062101684

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ann-nancy-wilson-heart-update

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/14/heart-singer-ann-wilson-success-was-a-faustian-bargain-we-made

https://1001-songs.blogspot.com/2013/04/interview-with-magic-man-mike-fisher-of.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_(Heart_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Queen

https://www.dreampathpodcast.com/episodes/michael-roger-fisher-two/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/heart-can-ann-and-nancy-wilson-go-on-after-family-assault-115109/

https://wror.com/2022/04/12/ann-and-nancy-wilson-no-feud-but-there-is-split/

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Brian and Murdock dig into the story behind the most infamous SNL performance-gone-haywire, and figure out how it weirdly connected a king of comedy, a premier provocateur, and the ultimate torchbearer of punk authenticity.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(book)

openculture.com/2025/10/the-night-john-belushi-booked-the-punk-band-fear-on-snl-1981.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi

https://diffuser.fm/john-belushi-fear-snl/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_Theatre

https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/spreading-fear-since-the-1970s/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_(band)

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/inside-john-belushis-long-lost-punk-song-with-fear-73830/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbors_(1981_film)

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-belushi-fear-snl/

Ian McKaye telling story about SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssNYb7HFUvE

https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-real-story-fear-snl-1236258816/

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The guys finally get to a stack of letters about Paul Westerberg and The Replacements and untangle the tale of the time that the Twin Cities ne'er-do-wells took their inferiority complex onto national TV.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Replacements_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Stinson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westerberg

https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Boys-True-Story-Replacements/dp/0306825368

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Stinson

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/11/14/peter-jespersons-colorful-new-memoir-shares-music-business-thrills-and-spills

Jesperson interview on Licorice Pizza TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3WBS_hvrVA&t=3087s

The Replacements performance: https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1p4dwjl/snl_musical_performance_bastards_of_young_january/

https://uproxx.com/indie/rivals-revisited-rem-the-replacements-up-tim-reissues/

https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/l1nc3r/inside_the_replacements_disastrous_snl_debut/

https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/Elvis_Costello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Radio

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The guys do their best to answer the often-asked question about what happened to dismantle the (80% Canadian) American instituion - The Band.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_They_Drove_Old_Dixie_Down

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy

Testimony by Robbie Robertson: https://www.amazon.com/Testimony-Robbie-Robertson/dp/0307889785

Big Pink on VBRO: https://www.vrbo.com/3970069ha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pink

https://theband.hiof.no/history/band_shortstory.html

https://www.britannica.com/story/when-dylan-went-electric

https://dontforgetthesongs365.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/jemima-surrender-and-the-endless-royalty-battle-for-songwriting-credits-between-robbie-robertson-and-the-band/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manuel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levon_Helm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Danko

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Hudson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Band_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Wheel%27s_on_FireLevonHelm_and_the_Story_of_the_Band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Waltz

The car blog: http://phscollectorcarworld.blogspot.com/2018/12/lost-star-cars-wrecks-of-band.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/bobdylan/comments/12n652b/i_find_it_curious_bob_never_really_collaborated/

Joe Forno Jr, Interview: https://medium.com/@jeremylr/how-robbie-robertson-almost-reunited-with-levon-helm-and-the-band-2e77f8521416

https://www.grunge.com/1364351/robbie-robertson-complicated-history-the-band/

https://glidemagazine.com/102076/the-feud-that-just-wont-end-did-levon-helms-wife-keep-robbie-robertson-from-participating-in-grammys-tribute/

https://www.salon.com/2020/05/23/robbie-robertson-the-band-once-were-brothers/

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The guys allow a letter to lead them on a journey from Tom Petty and Dylan, all the way back to Ol Blue Eyes (and the time he almost caused an international crisis by not watching his mouth.)

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https://www.noise11.com/news/benmont-tench-explains-why-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-never-returned-to-australia-after-the-dylan-tour-of-the-80s-20211018

https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/newspapers/1980s/1980-03-23-sydneysunherald

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers/1980/capitol-theatre-sydney-australia-7bd98e20.html

Damn the Torpedos tour concert program: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276603584662

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Confessions_Tour

https://stevienicks.info/2017/11/04/stevie-nicks-reveals-how-she-almost-got-kicked-out-of-australia/

Knockin On Heaven’s Door - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkQ8wh1K88o

https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/magazines/1980s/1986-03-27-rollingstone#:~:text=By%20the%20second%20Sydney%20show,'%20on%20Heaven's%20Door%22%20finale.

https://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=1217756

https://stevienicks.info/1987/10/23/fleetwood-mac-dirty-dancing/

Petty: The Biography: https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Biography-Warren-Zanes/dp/0805099689

Tom Petty: The Life and Music: https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Petty-Gillian-G-Gaar/dp/0760392617/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks#Artistry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Accents

https://www.thepettyarchives.com/archives/newspapers/1980s/1986-04-12-readingeagle

https://themusic.com.au/features/10-times-international-music-stars-clashed-with-australia/UjnoREdGSUg/23-10-25

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110718797

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra

https://www.rtbuvic.com.au/clarrie-oshea/

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/04/18/regrets-he-had-a-few/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_gold_rushes

https://www.actu.org.au/history-of-australian-unions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarrie_O%27Shea

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Brian and Murdock take a challenge on from a young listener interested in ACDC and dig into the rumors and conspiracies surrounding the death of Bon Scott and what he might have left behind...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Scott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Young_(rock_musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt_Lange

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_to_Hell

http://uncut.co.uk/features/acdc-the-true-adventures-of-bon-scott-3713/2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ACDC/comments/vq5rjv/bon_scotts_contribution_on_back_in_black/

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/highway-hell-story-behind-acdcs-breakthrough-final-album-bon-scott/

https://www.loudersound.com/features/ac-dc-the-making-of-highway-to-hell

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/t52rcr/young_acdc_with_bon_scott_dressed_as_a_woman/?chainedPosts=t3_vq5rjv

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/how_involved_was_bon_scott_in_the_writing_of_acdcs_back_in_black-158566

https://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2023/11/06/this-ac-dc-demo-turned-into-one-of-their-most-iconic-songs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Johnson

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/singers-who-rejected-ac-dc/

https://people.com/music/iggy-pop-says-ac-dc-ex-manager-once-asked-him-to-join-the-band/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_in_Black

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums

https://ecwpress.com/products/bon-the-last-highway

https://www.reddit.com/r/nonmurdermysteries/comments/rghmfq/how_much_of_acdcs_back_in_black_was_written_by/#:~:text=But%20why%20would%20they%20not,the%20soul%20of%20the%20band

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthblatt/2014/04/30/why-being-a-family-business-made-acdc-the-most-consistent-brand-in-rock-n-roll/

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Brian and Murdock explore the wild influence Harry Nilsson had on rock music - and the secondary career that arguably killed him.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telephone_(1988_film)

https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/without-you-harry-nilsson-lyrics-meaning/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

https://rocknrollstorytimecom.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/the-lost-weekend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Dracula_(1974_film)

Watch Son of Dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkHN_QxNcw

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/harry_nilssons_best_friend_courtship_of_eddies_father_theme_was_originally

Buy The Telephone screenplay: https://www.royalbooks.com/pages/books/147221/terry-southern-harry-nilsson-rip-torn-elliott-gould-whoopi-goldberg-john-heard-screenwriters/the-telephone-original-screenplay-for-the-1988-film

Watch the documentary (2006): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8g10Q3-gY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Southern

The 1988 LA Times piece on Hawkeye: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-12-fi-35188-story.html

The 1994 LA Times piece on Nilsson’s death: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

New York Times review of The Telephone: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/14/movies/film-whoopi-goldberg-in-telephone.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

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Brian explains to Murdock the crazy story of the time a member of a pioneering rock n roll girl group had the worst week ever.

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Primary source: All I Ever Wanted – Kathy Valentine

https://nypost.com/2011/05/29/we-got-the-tweet/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Valentine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Go-Go%27s

Totally Go Go’s 1981 Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN-Pq5QCIy4

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A question about the superstitions of Robert Smith sends the guys on a wild journey that stretches from Ariana Grande to Nirvana and all the way back to the origin of rock n roll.

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https://www.theculturecrush.com/stull

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kansas/ks-creepy-hell-stull/

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/06/05/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-stull-kansas-cemetery-gateway-hell/

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/503

https://theclio.com/entry/89054

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stull,_Kansas

https://hometowntales.blogspot.com/2005/04/ks-pope-flew-around-stull.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Left_to_Fear_(film)

https://grungebook.tumblr.com/post/10732584775/urge-overkill-eddie-king-roeser-on-1991-nirvana-tour

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ariana-grande-demon_n_4221025

https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/when-ariana-grande-encountered-devils-energy-after-visiting-an-infamous-cemetery-i-started-crying/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stull_(EP)

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-urge-overkill-story

https://www.centraltrack.com/30-years-ago-nirvana-sparked-a-dallas-legend-at-trees/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/robert-johnson-myth-devil-crossroads-story/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Road_Blues

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170907-what-the-myth-of-faust-can-teach-us

https://www.paranormalscholar.com/the-devils-blues-tommy-johnson-and-his-crossroads-deal-with-satan/

https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2022/08/devil-didnt-make-him-debunking-robert-johnson-myth-3dw/

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The guys discover how a particular 80's earworm found success nearly a decade after release - and the story of the unlikely managers and their bad behavior that derailed the group from finding chart dominance and financial reward for years.

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https://millerlawpc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The_Romantics_settle_lawsuit_over_song_royalties_with_former_.pdf

https://www.canadianclassicrock.com/artist-roster/romantics/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romantics

https://www.detroitpbs.org/news-media/one-detroit/underground-sound-detroits-punk-rock-history-on-display-at-the-all-star-garage-rock-punk-revue/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC5

The New MC5 (August 1977): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejDUcBjPFeo

https://www.theromanticsdetroit.com/bio

https://chscommunicator.com/83360/features/2022/06/ukrainian-community-in-metro-detroit/

https://www.behance.net/gallery/86835905/FAMOUS-AMERICANS-WITH-UKRAINIAN-ROOTS-MUSICIANS

https://wdrv.com/the-romantics-wally-palmar-reflects-on-40th-anniversary-of-bands-debut-album-what-i-like-about-you/

Ray Shasho interview with Wally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IzZ20L4OwE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_I_Like_About_You_(The_Romantics_song)

https://www.metrotimes.com/music-2/test-of-time-2176986/

https://spiderrecordsdetroit.com/pages/about-spider-records-detroit

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/03/11/romantics-learn-hard-lesson-in-royalties/

https://www.ascap.com/music-users/types/general-business-landing-page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PntPSVMlT9M

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The guys get into what drives some bands into "cult" status by exploring the story of Alex Chilton and Big Star - and the big scandal that kept their first two records from reaching the masses.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Star

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bell_(American_musician)

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-big-star-number-1-record-was-commercial-failure/

https://relix.com/articles/detail/that-70s-cult-band-big-star-remembered/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Chilton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax_Records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estelle_Axton

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/soundcheck/articles/43814-stax-vs-motown

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/02/alex-chilton-big-star-biography-rocks-backpages-melody-maker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardent_Records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bell

https://www.memphisflyer.com/40-years-of-ardent

https://123oclock4oclockrock.com/2014/10/24/the-story-big-star/

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/08/01/john-king-obit-memphis-ardent-records-big-star-memphis-listening-lab/10208764002/

https://stevenrosenwriter.wordpress.com/2019/12/26/all-the-way-to-memphis-big-star-and-the-great-rock-writers-convention-of-1973/

https://clivedavisarchives.com/the-end/

https://streamingthruamerica.com/2021/06/09/soul-food-for-thought-the-history-of-stax-records

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clive-davis-ousted-payola-coverup-charged-37191/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Star_Markets

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-genius-of-chris-bell-one-of-rocks-greatest-tragedies/

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Star-Story-Rocks-Forgotten-ebook/dp/B0047T6QB2

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Brian and Murdock take a listener's cue to explore the short but influential career of Sting, Andy, and Stewart as a unit called The Police - and the island recording session that signaled their demise.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Padovani

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police

https://strangereaction.com/were-the-police-a-punk-band/

https://nypost.com/2015/03/19/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-police/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Copeland_III

https://classicrockbob.com/2022/03/23/miles-copeland-remembers-the-police-go-gos-bangles-timbuk-3-in-memoir/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Copeland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlandos_d%27Amour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggatta_de_Blanc

https://www.grunge.com/222437/the-real-reason-the-police-broke-up/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenyatta_Mondatta

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-police-recording-session-that-ended-in-fistfights/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_My_Camel

https://grokipedia.com/page/Behind_My_Camel

https://uproxx.com/music/grammys-rock-nominations-history-old-man-rock/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/police-songs-ranked/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/07/19/police-synchronicity-oral-history-sting/

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Brian and Murdock explore the story behind the Quiet Beatle's reconciliation with the six-string, the song it produced, and the solo it bequeathed on the world decades later via a totally different artist.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching

http://www.beatlesebooks.com/gently-weeps

https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps.html

https://medium.com/@danielralston/while-his-guitar-cf1d63a626da

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Guitar_(Can%27t_Keep_from_Crying)

https://bestclassicbands.com/prince-rock-hall-guitar-solo-directors-cut-2004-george-harrison-4-28-21/

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/arts/music/prince-guitar-rock-hall-of-fame.html

https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-story-behind-the-greatest-guitar

https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/eric-clapton-felt-compelled-organize-concert-george-george-harrison-died.html/

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2018/03/15/what-happened-to-princes-guitar-after-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps

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Brian and Murdock unpack the partnership that birthed one of the greatest holiday tunes of all time - and the rumor, innuendo, hurt feelings, and younger diva who broke it all apart.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You

https://americansongwriter.com/5-songs-you-didnt-know-mariah-carey-wrote-for-other-artists/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenalvarez/2020/09/27/why-doesnt-mariah-carey-get-the-songwriting-credit-she-deserves/?sh=a48acd479cd9

https://www.today.com/popculture/music/mariah-carey-grunge-album-rcna48941

Chick song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJIGKt3YokQ

 Hey Lamb Video about her contract with Ben Margulies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6hsVmxTy58

Hey Lamb Video about her relationship with Walter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxGV3wAo8Dg

https://populartimelines.com/timeline/Mariah-Carey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Afanasieff

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/inside-mariah-careys-20-year-feud-with-co-writer/P6DMVBS47XDDQ67GUGLXB7KLUE/

https://www.songwriteruniverse.com/walter-afanasieff-interview-2018.htm

https://mariahcarey.fandom.com/wiki/Walter_Afanasieff

https://www.today.com/popculture/music/mariah-carey-grunge-album-rcna48941

https://fox4kc.com/news/mariah-carey-sued-over-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7230641/Mariah-Carey-opens-feeling-like-prisoner-marriage-music-exec-Tommy-Mottola.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mariah-careys-shocking-new-allegations-of-coercive-control-and-racism-against-ex-husband-tommy-mottola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Cole

https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-co-writer-walter-afanasieff-falling-out-with-mariah-carey/

https://www.mcarchives.com/index.asp?id=145&PageNo=&keywords=&date=&f=2

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Brian and Murdock break down the history of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, and Mr Bungle and try to figure out if Mike Patton and Anthony Kiedis actually hate each other as much as they seem to want us to think they do.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_No_More

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Love

Video of Courtney Love in Faith No More: https://www.tiktok.com/@louderposts/video/7387774884421700897

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gould

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Mosley

https://www.loudersound.com/features/faith-no-more-the-real-story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Irons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_This

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Uplift_Mofo_Party_Tour

https://www.fearandloathingfanzine.com/chuck-mosley.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Patton

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/faith-no-more-the-real-thing-album-8516844/

Mr Bungle Raging Wrath demo tape: https://youtu.be/6ceXL51hERM?si=LKjH80rhinkhZiLF

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-feud-between-mike-patton-anthony-kiedis/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Thing_(Faith_No_More_album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Milk_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alapalooza

http://anthonykiedis.net/magazine-scansarticles/1990-1994/1990-3/kerrang-june-1990-292/

http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2016/08/faith-no-more-vs-red-hot-chili-peppers.html

https://youtu.be/GQK2O6nsb4Q?si=Kmg3ERWkb4HAtyUv

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Brian and Murdock unravel another story-behind-the-song, following one of the great guitar gods through his cocaine 70s, alcohol 80s, and loss + redemption 90s.

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https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/tears-in-heaven-eric-clapton-song-story/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Tonight

https://www.biography.com/news/eric-clapton-tears-in-heaven-son

https://www.biography.com/news/eric-clapton-the-beatles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Stevie_Ray_Vaughan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Fini_Zanuck

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_the_World

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-eric-clapton-felt-when-stevie-ray-vaughan-died/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lory_Del_Santo

https://www.tumblr.com/mcglassonion/179872558811/i-read-somewhere-that-lory-del-santo-conor

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2007/11/clapton200711

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_Heaven

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The guys look into the story behind that legendary female vocal performance - and learn a lot about Pink Floyd, their reputation, and their history.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/john-lydon-opinion-pink-floyd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piper_at_the_Gates_of_Dawn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovely_Rita

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Saucerful_of_Secrets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscured_by_Clouds

https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/inside-the-making-of-pink-floyds-the-dark-side-of-the-moon/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gig_in_the_Sky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Torry

https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2025/09/23/what-happened-to-clare-torry-the-vocalist-on-pink-floyds-the-great-gig-in-the-sky/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops_(record_series)

Clare Torry interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW7xZSlZoM

The 1998 MOJO article: https://pfco.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/band/interviews/art-rev/art-mojo98.html

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Brian and Murdock dig into one of the most well-known rock n roll rumors and try their darndest to figure out which Hollywood face (or faces) "You're So Vain" is actually about.

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You’re So Vain lyrics: https://genius.com/Carly-simon-youre-so-vain-lyrics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_So_Vain

https://www.grammy.com/awards/14th-annual-grammy-awards

Diss track history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diss_(music)

https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-youre-so-vain-carly-simon/

Isolated vocal track for “You’re So Vain” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU2fWzwW8Vw

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/is-carly-simons-youre-so-vain-about-mick-jagger.html/

https://groovyhistory.com/the-mystery-man-behind-carly-simons-youre-so-vain/2

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/lost-duet-mick-jagger-carly-simon/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/carly-simon-cat-stevens-anticipation-1971-1152331/

http://bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34866406

http://latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-jc-the-famous-vain-men-of-carly-simon-s-boys-in-the-trees-20151123-story.html

https://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2017/05/carly-simon-blows-the-lid-off-of-who-her-mystery-playboy-was-001676001.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4479590/Womaniser-Carly-Simon-s-song-revealed.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_Pussycat

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Brian and Murdock explore the legions of lawsuit and bunches of bad luck that plagued Creedence Clearwater Revival and their front man John Fogerty for a big chunk of the 1970s and 80s.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revisited

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Zaentz

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-was-sued-ripping-john-fogerty

Academic journal article about the CCR contract with Fantasy: https://www.meiea.org/Journal/Vol12/Bordowitz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_Your_Fate_to_the_Wind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Mary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bank_%26_Trust_(Bahamas)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfield_(album)

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A listener letter leaves Brian and Murdock discussing their love for Thin Lizzy and following the story of their illustrious frontman - Irishman Phil Lynott- and the bad habits that took him away from the stage far too soon.

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Jacy’s thesis: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1659&context=honors-theses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jailbreak_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Lynott

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/thin-lizzys-phil-lynott-wildman-7501874

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/phil-lynott-addiction-destroyed-irelands-forgotten-rock-genius/

https://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/music/thin-lizzy-midge-ure-lifts-6257341

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_in_the_Jar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/thin-lizzy-members-on-the-band-s-rise-and-fall-heroin-was-the-worst-mistake-we-made-1.4397445

https://www.loudersound.com/news/phil-lynott-calmly-explaining-on-breakfast-tv-that-using-heroin-can-be-very-enjoyable-makes-for-heartbreaking-viewing

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/thin-lizzy-phil-lynott-death-story/

https://americansongwriter.com/producer-tony-visconti-opens-up-about-his-fears-surrounding-phil-lynotts-drug-use/

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Phil+tried+to+bed+Paula+while+Bob+was+being+sick+in+the+bathroom%3B...-a0245843470

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/phil-lynotts-most-controversial-moments-21358253

https://www.loudersound.com/news/phil-lynott-calmly-explaining-on-breakfast-tv-that-using-heroin-can-be-very-enjoyable-makes-for-heartbreaking-viewing

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Brian and Murdock get a letter from a fan of the show asking for the story behind Peter Frampton's long-time lost love - a very particular Gibson Les Paul guitar.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble_Pie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frampton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Faces

https://christiansmusicmusings.wordpress.com/tag/marc-mariana/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frampton_Comes_Alive!

https://medium.com/@jonathanusa/this-live-album-was-recorded-to-fulfill-a-contract-and-wound-up-a-classic-c101a4d209c5

Mr A and Mr M: The Story of A&M Records Frampton clip: https://www.facebook.com/roseanne.k.aitken/videos/2700717333557073?idorvanity=49095915148

https://www.npr.org/2012/01/07/144799712/framptons-dream-guitar-recovered-decades-later

https://www.vaildaily.com/entertainment/peter-framptons-story-of-the-phoenix-his-guitar-returned-after-30-years/

Return of the Phenix documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo3VOHNksSw

UPI news report from Nov 7, 1980: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/07/The-show-must-go-on-for-British-rock-musician/3762342421200/

https://www.npr.org/2012/01/07/144799712/framptons-dream-guitar-recovered-decades-later

https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/peter-frampton-s-phenix-les-paul-the-guitar-that-rose-from-the-ashes

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Brian and Murdock work to verify a story about some creatively stolen master tapes, and simultaneously learn to tell the difference between a Jefferson Airplane, a Jefferson Startship, and just a plain 'ol Starship.

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https://jeffersonairplane.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_sound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Balin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Society_(band)

https://eddiesrockmusic.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/j-is-forjefferson-airplane-flight-log-1966-1976/

https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/fromthevaults/4014/the-great-society-somebody-to-love-1966/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik-hertzberg/newsweeks-glory-days-mine-too

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/07/bill-graham-drigs

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/13/archives/the-pop-life.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Starship

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/grace-slick-quits-jefferson-starship/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kantner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Furniture

http://alansalbumarchives.blogspot.com/2008/07/review-87-jefferson-starship-nuclear.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jefferson-airplane-jefferson-starship-starship/

https://rockshowcritique.com/2016/03/interview-craig-chaquico/

https://www.artsjournal.com/jazzbeyondjazz/2016/01/whys-nobody-mourning-paul-kantner-jefferson-airplane-flies-forever.html

Play That Rock N Roll podcast: https://youtu.be/MHpMqKfAg5Q

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Brian and Murdock hunt down a newspaper ad from 1980 to corroborate a listener story involving a Deep Purple show that was campaigned against by... Deep Purple.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore

http://www.deep-purple.net/archive/68-76history/roundabout.htm

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2025/06/23/that-went-well/

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/sad_and_mysterious_story_of_deep_purples_original_singer_rod_evans-89196#

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/1980/newyorkmp.html

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/birth-deep-purple-mk-ii-110212643.html

Coverdale singing Nillson on his demo tape: https://open.spotify.com/track/0d63FM2uCuLuSw9pSSzyKj?si=db69ecd434424fc7

https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/the-insane-story-of-the-bogus-deep-purple-part-one

:https://www.dpac.at/Bogus_Deep_Purple_1980.html

https://outsiderrock.ca/2025/09/03/deep-purple-1980-an-interview-with-author-steve-mclean/

https://mayobat.wordpress.com/tag/goeff-emery/

Tim’s Vinyl Confessions podcast interview with Steve McLean: https://youtu.be/C6mNkHGNUnI?si=6CAhVv1UpYFCgnu_

The actual ad Adam mentions in his letter: https://www.thaliacapos.com/blogs/blog/the-insane-story-of-the-bogus-deep-purple-part-two

https://mayobat.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/who-do-we-think-we-are-part-two/

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/1980/darkside.html

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Brian and Murdock explore the King of Pop's long-running fascination with the theatrical - and the movie roles he ALMOST got to take.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/michael-jackson-wanted-to-play-jar-jar-binks-in-star-wars-56736/

https://collider.com/star-wars-michael-jackson-jar-jar-binks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_EO

https://www.mjvibe.com/huge-movie-roles-almost-played-by-michael-jackson

https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/03/michael.jackson.diana.ross/index.html

http://oprah.com/own-oprahshow/who-discovered-michael-jackson-diana-ross-or-gladys-knight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(talent_manager)#Public_image_and_controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Michael_Jackson

https://time.com/4135018/the-wiz-michael-jackson/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Thriller_(music_video)

https://www.mjjcommunity.com/threads/michael-jacksons-unrealised-film-career.200546/

https://www.mjjcommunity.com/threads/john-landis.143211/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krzG7OKjzUA&t=15s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlock_(film)

How Rick Baker met John Landis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHp9LUSgEv0&t=3s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Werewolf_in_London

https://mouseplanet.com/the-untold-story-of-captain-eo/2773/#google_vignette

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1092496918912993&id=100044580847515&set=a.643639267132096

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-07-ca-7919-story.html

https://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/michael-jackson-and-david-geffen-the-operator/

https://collider.com/hook-steven-spielberg-michael-jackson/

​​https://variety.com/2015/film/news/michael-jackson-star-wars-jar-jar-binks-1201547616/

E.T audio storybook: https://youtu.be/VB9v_BBi6Cg?si=dxfxoIPlfS3cmG4S

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Brian and Murdock go looking for the history on why one of the most successful rock bands ever simultaneously seems to be hated.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(band)

Klosterman essay on The Eagles: https://ew.com/article/2013/06/20/book-excerpt-chuck-klosterman/

https://groovyhistory.com/eagles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyn_Johns_discography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_(album)

The Cameron Crowe 1975 Rolling Stone piece: http://www.theuncool.com/journalism/rs196-the-eagles/

Excerpt from the Felder book: https://web.archive.org/web/20080718172259/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2638985.ece

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/eagles-hatred-explainer-defense-glenn-frey-6851078/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_CanyonLosAngeles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperado_(Eagles_album)

https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/5/5/22420083/the-eagles-glen-frey-don-henley-50-years

http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/eagles.php

Big Lebowski scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlmvtAHhnc

https://rocknyc.live/don-henley-ejects-a-fan-from-a-show-for-shouting-don-felders-name.html

https://www.loudersound.com/features/life-in-the-fast-lane-the-turbulent-tale-of-the-eagles

https://decider.com/2016/12/02/history-of-the-eagles-documentary-netflix/

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The guys get into the early history of the Van Halen brothers - and the already-rockstar who almost stalled things out before they started.

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Van Halen Rising by Greg Renoff - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/van-halen-rising-greg-renoff/1121176783

Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen by Brad Tolinski - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eruption-brad-tolinski/1138833566

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-10-07/gene-simmons-eddie-van-halen

The Zero Demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXZnB2xJ26s

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The fellas field a question about the guys who once took on the nasty name "Kingdom Clone" in the music press, and discuss why sounding like Led Zep is just not allowed by a certain type of rock n roll fan.

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https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/greta-van-fleet-anthem-of-the-peaceful-army/

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kingdom-come-mn0000096804/biography

Danny Stag’s brother’s WaPo piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1988/06/05/my-brother-the-rock-star/158337df-3bbf-48b3-9007-8500835cf052/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Come_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Reid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudbbVdz8os

https://www.themaineedge.com/buzz/music/danny-stag-of-kingdom-come-talks-30th-anniversary-tour

2011 Southeast of Heaven interview with Lenny Wolf: https://www.southeastofheaven.com/?p=5531

2011 Full in Bloom Lenny interview: https://fullinbloom.com/lenny-wolf-kingdom-come-interview/

2015 James Kottak interview: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/james-kottak-says-breakup-of-original-kingdom-come-lineup-was-caused-by-one-persons-big-mouth/

Japanese Pure Rock interview from 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpOtVhznrVQ

LA Times 1988 piece: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-17-ca-9661-story.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-10-wildest-led-zeppelin-legends-fact-checked-153103/jimmy-page-once-owned-aleister-crowleys-former-home-154298/

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The guys go looking for songs that bands wrote about being mad at their managers and record labels and come back covered in Southern rock, British bombast, and a little punk attitude.

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https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/779753813/songs-against-the-suits

https://americansongwriter.com/the-meaning-behind-why-cant-i-by-liz-phair-and-why-she-may-have-been-ahead-of-her-time/

https://meetinmontauk.com/2019/01/27/song-of-the-day-3859-one-down-live-ben-folds/

https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-i-divered-lynyrd-skynyrd-by-al-kooper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Kooper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lynyrd-skynyrds-new-if-i-leave-here-tomorrow-doc-10-things-we-learned-630575/

Al Kooper interview: https://youtu.be/rP0wcXXe1zE?si=GAua0nrjeoW2q8-D

https://wcsx.com/2023/08/12/lynyrd-skynyrd-simple-man-ronnie-fought-to-get-it-on-the-album/

https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/e6f8a3/sweet_home_alabama_is_in_d/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CERyhdJyq/

https://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/51568795029/workin-for-mca-when-the-rock-roll-dreams

https://thinkinginyoursleep.com/sweet-home-alabama-from-dream-to-mega-hit/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-gimme-back-my-bullets/

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-nuthin-fancy/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/queen-song-to-get-back-at-management/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Sheffield

https://medium.com/@daviddesola/what-bohemian-rhapsody-gets-right-and-wrong-d04b5af410d1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_Studios

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_Control

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Brian and Murdock follow the story of Fleetwood Mac from album 5 through 9, tracing the path of infights, sexual liaisons, and imposters that led to Mick Fleetwood finally meeting Lindsey Buckingham.

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The Mark Blake book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dreams/Mark-Blake/9781639367320

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch_(musician)

https://themeggiesue.substack.com/p/tms-muse-of-the-week-judy-wong

https://classicrockforpoc.tumblr.com/post/137364959800/groupie-jewel-eyed-judy-wong-43

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kirwan

https://www.spectacularoptical.ca/2018/06/rip-danny-kirwan-fleetwood-macs-drunk-muppet/

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/11/618869222/fleetwood-macs-forgotten-hero-guitarist-danny-kirwan-has-died

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Weston_(guitarist)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/mar/30/jenny-boyd-mick-fleetwood-jennifer-juniper-its-not-what-you-think-behind-the-star-studded-life-of-a-rock-stars-wife

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Davis_(music_manager)

Original Rolling Stone reporting on fake Mac: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fleetwood-mac-flak-manager-takes-name-not-members-on-tour-233735/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch_(band)

Weston on being a scape goat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w-p3uxFSko

https://pleasekillme.com/fakewood-mac/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_Are_Hard_to_Find

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Brian and Murdock go way back to start breaking down the details of who and what made up Fleetwood Mac for the seven years before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham showed up.

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The Mark Blake book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dreams/Mark-Blake/9781639367320

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mayall_%26_the_Bluesbreakers

https://alanpaul.substack.com/p/its-a-hard-road-john-mayall-jason

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Spencer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac_(1968_album)

https://www.wpr.org/culture/fleetwood-mac-mark-blake-dreams

https://www.musicradar.com/news/early-fleetwood-mac-5-peter-green-jeremy-spencer-danny-kirwan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then_Play_On

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiln_House

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch_(musician)

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Brian and Murdock chronicle Bruce's struggle to breakthrough to the mainstream at the end of the 1970s- and the hits he gave away along the way.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/when-joey-ramone-asked-bruce-springsteen-for-a-song/

https://www.app.com/story/news/history/2016/03/25/night-bruce-springsteen-met-ramones/82228748/

“Hungry Heart” in the style of The Ramones:

https://youtu.be/5tCMa7_liNA?si=IileU-_es5u2u3iN

E-Street Shuffle piece with Joey Ramone interview videos, etc.: 

https://estreetshuffle.com/index.php/2022/12/21/roll-of-the-dice-hungry-heart/

https://americansongwriter.com/5-songs-you-didnt-know-bruce-springsteen-wrote-that-were-made-famous-by-other-artists/

How Manfred Man got access to Bruce’s songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv0kQ-VopnI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Appel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greetings_from_Asbury_Park,_N.J.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_by_the_Light

https://medium.com/@rchamoff/blinded-by-the-light-is-complete-nonsense-201d31919c38

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gordon_(singer)

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2021/04/11/fire-the-boss-was-knocking-on-the-kings-door-musicislife-tedtockscovers-brucespringsteen-robertgordon-thepointersisters-shakinstevens-robinwilliams-linkwray/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/03/28/music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Because_the_Night

https://the-circuit.greasylake.org/index.php?/topic/155283-patti-smith-talking-about-because-the-night-and-bruce/

Brian’s 2023 appearance talking about Sire Records on Only Three Lads: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1DqU34hgE3qb7SSCYzlZdS?si=65k6Va-uR72dzfMG9Cpdpw

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Brian and Murdock dig into the history of MTV's unlikely smash hit that resurrected careers and created a new revenue line for loud bands willing to turn down the volume.

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I WANT MY MTV - The Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/308409/i-want-my-mtv-by-rob-tannenbaum/

https://www.impericon.com/blogs/magazine/when-metal-bands-pull-the-plug-unplugged-and-acoustic-projects

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ve-seen-million-faces-ve-120710082.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stray_Gators

https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/harvest-moon-neil-young-album/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Roberts

https://www.facebook.com/groups/266465700545777/posts/1727363401122659/

https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-in-1988-mtv-refused-to-play-neil-youngs-this-notes-for-you-for-a-pretty-silly-reason/

Internet Archive – Neil Young MTV Unplugged 2/7/93

https://archive.org/details/neil-young-mtv-unplugged

FaceOff Rock Show 

Neil Young’s Second Attempt on MTV Unplugged. 

https://en.faceoffrockshow.com/post/neil-young-second-attempt-on-mtv-unplugged-1

How Neil Got It Right The Second Time

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/neil-young-unplugged/

12 Unforgettable Unplugged Performances

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-mtv-unplugged-episodes/

Did Neil Young run out of his Unplugged taping

http://forum.cakewalk.com/m/tm.aspx?m=3163911&p=1

Fandom Wiki Neil

https://music.fandom.com/wiki/Unplugged:Neil_Young

Unplugged: Full Album

https://youtu.be/BSOItCgL-CE?si=k-ry5jw51_VnOOHc

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Brian and Murdock dig at the roots of "Mrs. Robinson" only to end up on a journey through 70s cinema, childhood friendships, and especially petty songwriting.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Nichols

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Webb_(author)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Turman

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/arts/lawrence-turman-dead.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Levine

https://medium.com/@jacobdowning/nichols-and-simon-and-garfunkel-cde5b6f03db5

https://valentinamariesemler.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-graduate

https://www.openculture.com/2021/02/paul-simon-deconstructs-mrs-robinson-1970.html

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/06/01/today-in-music-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/first-pop-song-used-in-a-movie

Dick Cavett interview: https://youtu.be/sDqIsuIpVy4?si=Fb9MZGCEaq29IKPB

https://www.openculture.com/2021/02/paul-simon-deconstructs-mrs-robinson-1970.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/12/art-garfunkel-paul-simon

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Brian and Murdock answer a letter asking for the backstory on what went down between the two big personalities inside The Smiths - Steven Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

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https://consequence.net/2025/06/johnny-marr-smiths-reunion-vibes/

https://www.vinylmeplease.com/blogs/music-industry-news/johnny-marr-rejects-smiths-reunion-offer-a-look-at-artistic-integrity-and-band-dynamics

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-smiths-johnny-marr-reunion-offer-turned-down-1236003199

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/morrissey-turned-down-mega-bucks-smiths-reunion-offer-over-johnny-marr-96578/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/26/morrissey-accuses-johnny-marr-clickbait

Johny Marr’s book: Set the Boy Free: https://www.amazon.com/Set-Free-Autobiography-Johnny-Marr/dp/0062438697

Morrissey’s book: Autobiography: 

https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Morrissey/dp/014310750X/ref=sr_1_1

Tony Fletcher’s book: A Light That Never Goes Out:

https://www.amazon.com/Light-That-Never-Goes-Out/dp/0307715965

Chuck Klosterman’s IV (which contains the August 2002 SPIN article): https://www.amazon.com/Chuck-Klosterman-IV-Curious-Dangerous/dp/0743284895

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/morrissey-johnny-marr-hate/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilla_Black

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_Is_a_Four-Letter_Word

https://www.rhino.com/article/deep-dive-cilla-black-the-smiths-work-is-a-four-letter-word

https://smiths.fandom.com/wiki/Joyce_v_Morrissey_%26_Ors#:~:text=In%20March%201989%2C%20Joyce%20and,and%20understood%20the%20royalty%20deal.

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/news/news1296.htm

https://www.salon.com/2024/08/30/a-history-of-the-smiths-beef-morrissey-and-johnny-marrs-political-divide/

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/morrissey-claims-johnny-marr-acquired-trademark-intellectual-property-rights-for-the-smiths-name/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CJ%20Marr%20has%20successfully%20applied,yet%20another%20Smiths%20best%2Dof.

https://x.com/Johnny_Marr/status/1836103851666993170

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/does-the-mexican-american-community-still-love-morrissey-despite-everything/

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Brian and Murdock explore the rumor that Lennon's last album might have had some musical support from a certain set of Midwestern power-poppers.

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Cheap Trick In Color with Steve Albini producing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bsT3EWlsJM&list=PLvLuPYa2vgAsbNg5NhnEBx2N1GgV28nX6

Interview with Rick Nielsen about working with Lennon

https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2009/sep/13/nielsen-original/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI'm%20Losing%20You%E2%80%9D%20was%20knocked%20out%20in%20two,%2C%20never%2Dhappened%20things.%E2%80%9D

“Rick and Ben” on the Double Fantasy experience (this is cartoon spoof is barely a minute, animated and funny, but not actually Rick and Ben)

https://youtu.be/BHGTkWNsOcU?si=bQut-fIhOoNS4ozH

All About the Hit Factory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hit_Factory

Morris Levy wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Levy

Double Fantasy Session Musicians

Tony Levin-Bass-bio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Levin

Andy Newmark-drums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Newmark

“I’m losing you” outtake from Double Fantasy

Lennon with Rick and Ben from Cheap Trick

https://youtu.be/BZae6fbxItI?si=D8uPkEvxmxVrqxpI

Motley Crue headlining with Cheap Trick opening 1986, SHEFFIEEEELD, England.

“Ten Seconds to Love”

https://youtu.be/8hWnUsyTtik?si=vSMfF2vUpvmGkSOy

Kid Rock intros Cheap Trick into the RNR Hall of Fame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjxkpoqM3Q8&t=367s

Highway to Krell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf0Pa2iyOEA&list=RDpf0Pa2iyOEA&start_radio=1

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The guys go through a series of letters all focused on the intersection of musicians and publicity. Did Grateful Dead dose an audience? Did a punk band pull one over on tabloid TV? And why was the singer of that emo band on Sally Jesse Raphael?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_show

https://www.liveabout.com/talk-isnt-cheap-a-brief-history-of-the-tv-talk-show-3177025

https://ellenhume.com/talk-show-culture/ii-history-u-s-talk-shows-from-radio-to-television-and-the-internet/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-night_talk_show

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/carlos-santana-woodstock-that-was-when-my-guitar-turned-into-a-snake-m708lgchr

https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/when-the-grateful-dead-performed-on-hugh-hefners-playboy-after-dark.html#google_vignette

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_After_Dark

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy%27s_Penthouse

https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/grateful-dead-dosed-playboy-after-dark/

Jon Gugala piece on acid and the Dead: https://huckberry.com/journal/posts/trip-of-a-lifetime-how-the-grateful-dead-s-acid-experiences-shaped-its-sound

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/owsley-stanley-the-king-of-lsd-82181/

https://www.loudersound.com/news/watch-this-super-rare-footage-of-a-baby-faced-gerard-way-before-he-was-famous-defending-comic-books-on-a-us-chat-show

Gerard Way on Sally Jesse Raphael: 

https://youtu.be/98LQmdkO8DU?si=-Am2NWuk-W8vvHiB

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-embroiled-in-comic-controversy-89842/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MyChemicalRomance/comments/1xza0l/hart_d_fisher_goes_off_about_my_chemical_romances/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MyChemicalRomance/comments/f2ybkq/someone_on_fb_just_posted_this_and_i_was_shocked/

https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3277602/interview-hart-d-fisher-goes-off-about-my-chemical-romances-gerard-way-kickstarter-and-fangoria/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Jessy_Raphael

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_talk_show

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_D._Fisher

https://www.keycollectorcomics.com/series/on-ravens-wings,66401/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-locust-justin-pearson-on-jerry-springer-1999-video/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Pearson_(musician)

https://web.archive.org/web/20170405073703/http://www.laweekly.com/news/a-day-with-the-locust-2137011

https://www.epitaph.com/news/article/the-locust-have-signed-with-epitaphs-anti-label

The Locust on Jerry Springer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oRAVNUWTOk

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Brian and Murdock get a listener request to revisit the life, trials, and absolute chaos that came to define the finest country music singer of all time - George Jones.

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The George Jones & Tom Carter book: I Lived to Tell it All

George Jones On The Reccord with Ralph Emery:

https://youtu.be/BPoH39J-LWU?si=SV-7SNHBXToi18sM

Mike Judge’s Tales from the Tour Bus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPA5iWmbYtY

Bad Cock will Treat You Right:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmm7nvCpNAM

Heartbreaking stories about George: 

https://www.factinate.com/people/george-jones/

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Brian and Murdock answer an inquiry regarding The Pre-Fab Four and one member who may (or many not) have had an outsized impact on the future of rock n roll beyond the band.

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https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-monkees/1997/cardinal-stadium-louisville-ky-4bda9b8e.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nesmith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_(album)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rafelson

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/head-1968

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Jones_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tork

https://americansongwriter.com/the-brutal-reason-why-stephen-stills-was-rejected-by-the-monkees/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004880/bio/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/11/the-monkees-michael-nesmith-a-supremely-gifted-innovative-songwriter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Nesmith_Graham

Michael Nesmith’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Tuesday-Autobiographical-Michael-Nesmith/dp/1101907517/ref=sr_1_1

https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/michael-nesmith#:~:text=But%20what%20I%20said%20was,and%20I%20will%20follow%20you.%E2%80%9D

https://medium.com/the-riff/one-of-the-last-interviews-with-michael-nesmith-aba038cb4703

The Damien Love deep dive piece: https://damienlove.com/writing/loose-salute-the-story-of-michael-nesmith-and-the-first-national-band/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_(Michael_Nesmith_song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_National_Band

The RIO video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yciLq5kYFnU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_a_Radio_Engine_to_the_Photon_Wing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qube_(cable_television)

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Brian and Murdock talk about discovering the first Boston album and dive into the fascinating and upsetting story of the two men who defined their sound and personified their struggles.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains mention of suicide and abuse after the 34 minute mark.

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SHOW NOTES:

http://rockandrollgarage.com/how-boston-tom-scholz-made-their-entire-debut-album-in-his-basement/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/exclusive-interview-bostons-tom-scholz-remembers-bradley-delp-94896/

https://www.thirdstage.ca/boston/the-band/former-members/brad-delp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goudreau

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scholz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Delp

https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-boston-flew-so-high-and-fell-so-far

https://www.rcfp.org/briefs-comments/scholz-v-boston-herald/

The actual court decision on Scholz vs the Herald: https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/imported/2014-05-02-scholz-v-boston-herald.pdf

Archive of lawsuit briefs/decisions/documents: https://www.thirdstage.ca/boston/articles/legal-documents

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/brad-delp-suicide/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boston_band_members

The Boston Herald piece with important parts highlighted: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/525ed589e4b07b05fff51e46/t/585b2884725e25b52bb8eaf4/1482369156574/Boston+Herald+Reporting.pdf

http://archive.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2012/05/27/boston_singer_brad_delps_final_days_marked_by_crisis_over_hidden_camera/

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Brian and Murdock unravel the story of the Roland TR-808 - a drum machine/musical innovation hailed as an absolute failure - until it absolutely wasn't.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/trapproduction/comments/2d9sc2/what_is_an_808/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_TR-808

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Lover

https://youtu.be/7_CIiNBdEvI?si=eN1KI8gcGE-12uA4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Lewis

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/arts/music/don-lewis-dead.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI

https://djhistory.com/read/don-lewis-changed-electronic-music/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_(music)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_machine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_MC-8_Microcomposer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_CR-78

https://www.roland.com/us/promos/roland_tr-808/

The Mr Tuna reel showing 808 use: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDQjcrPvBoP/

Roland’s “808 Beats” Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0tYX2qYhiZxpaB5jnMPRjV?go=1&sp_cid=d7e1412f578968a8f36733673e0bd2a1&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop

https://articles.roland.com/paul-revere-beastie-boys/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kn4rj

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Glass_(song)

https://iprofessdesign.wordpress.com/2020/08/20/the-modest-mr-kakehashi-and-the-defect-effect/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oO7PT_nzQ&t=487

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Brian and Murdock dig into the iconography of one of outlaw country's loudest voices, discovering how Hank's visual turn from tribute act to rowdy powerhouse was due in part to a fall he shouldn't have survived.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Payne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Williams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr.

https://www.wideopencountry.com/audrey-williams/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Cheatin%27_Heart_(film)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr._and_Friends

https://theboot.com/hank-williams-jr-secret-history-of-country-music/

Bobby Bones Hank Jr Interview (2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdkB2jgoN4

Classic interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaj2mLeiVZg

https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/country-music/hank-williams-jr-biography

https://savingcountrymusic.com/40-years-later-hank-jr-s-fall-from-ajax-mountain-the-full-story/

Photo of Hank with Dick and Walt Willey years later: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOCxICFMIp/

9/28/76 interview with Ralph Emery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7im8DjPNMro 

https://theboot.com/hank-williams-jr-mountain-climbing-accident/

The tweet that shows distance of the fall: https://tasteofcountry.com/hank-williams-jr-mountain-climbing-accident-fall/

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Brian and Murdock get sent looking for stories of out-of-control album creations and come back with the tale of Walter, Donald, 3 years, 50 musicians, a drug problem, a tragic death, and a personal injury - aka Gaucho.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan

Reelin in the Years book by Brian Sweet: https://www.amazon.com/Steely-Dan-Reelin-Brian-Sweet/dp/1468313142

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Steely_Dan_members

https://www.lindahoovermusic.com/bio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_to_Ecstasy

Quantum Criminals book preview: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Quantum_Criminals/JPi0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 

Die Behind the Wheel Crime Fiction:

​​https://downandoutbooks.com/bookstore/thornton-die-behind-wheel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aja_(album)

Jonathan Clark’s Medium article: https://medium.com/@jonathanusa/the-crazy-story-of-the-making-of-steely-dans-gaucho-e4e7d68651e5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaucho_(album)

The Jake Malooley reporting on “The Second Arrangement”

https://expandingdan.substack.com/p/second-arrangement-steely-dan-roger-nichols-tape

https://wiki-lied.fandom.com/wiki/The_Second_Arrangement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nichols_(recording_engineer)

https://rogernichols.com/wendel

https://bangnzdrum.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-many-sides-of-walter-becker.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Becker

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steely-dans-quiet-hero-inside-walter-beckers-troubled-life-wry-genius-199094/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steely-dan-most-tragic-album/

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