EXTENDED PLAY: THE LIGHTS vs. THE SOULS

 

 

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SAME NAME REDUX

Same name, different band.

METELICA - TRAIN

METELICA - TIME AND TIME AGAIN

NIRVANA - PENTECOST HOTEL

NIRVANA - SATELLITE JOCKEY

NEW EDITION - SUNSHINE SATURDAY

OASIS - SMILE FOR THE SUN

KID ROCK - ICE CREAM MAN

THE EAGLES - YOUR ENEMY CAN'T HURT YOU

THE SUPREMES - JUST FOR YOU AND I

PANTERA - I CONFESS

CINDERELLA - FROM TOWN TO TOWN

THE RUNAWAYS - WHERE WE CAME FROM

THE MISFITS - YOU REALLY WANT ME

THE STROKES - WHATCHA GONNA DO

DISTURBED - I DON'T BELIEVE

OFFSPRING - WINDFALL

VELVET UNDERGROUND - SOMEBODY TO LOVE

IRON MAIDEN - FALLING

HEART - LOVEMAKER

THE KNACK - ALWAYS

POISON - GET UP AND MOVE YOUR BODY

PUBLIC ENEMY - NO RESPECT

ANTHRAX - PPB

WARRANT - SATAN

NEW ORDER - ROCK 'N' ROLL SOLDIERS

WAYNE COUNTY AND THE BACKSTREET BOYS - MAX'S KANSAS CITY

LUCKY HILL AND THE ROLLING STONES - I'M WONDERING

GENE SIMMONS - MONEY MONEY MONEY

TAX SCAM RECORDS

 

In 2014 a certain record sold on ebay for $14,000. The lucky seller purchased the album at a Goodwill in New Hampshire for $1.00. As it turned out, very few copies existed because the majority of whatever had been pressed had most likely been shipped straight to a landfill by the label as a shady tax write off. And this wasn't a one-off scam.

AND HOWE! BAD COMPANY GONE GOOD

In BJ's opinion Bad Company were, well...bad. That is, until Brian Howe replaced singer Paul Rodgers in the mid-eighties. Then they were kind of good, for awhile. On this episode BJ tells the story of the band's awkward transition from the seventies to the eighties, and counts down his top ten favorite Bad Company songs...with Brian Howe.

EXTENDED PLAY: THE SWINGING RICHARDS VS. STANDING WAVES

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PARTY'S OVER: 1995-1997 (ON LIFE SUPPORT)

Part four in a four part series: BJ traces the demise of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal in the nineties.

PARTY'S OVER: 1994 - LAST GASP

 

Part two in a four part series: BJ traces the demise of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal in the nineties.

PARTY'S OVER: 1993 - STILL TRYING

Part two in a four part series: BJ traces the demise of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal in the nineties.

PARTY'S OVER: 1992 - LATE TO THE PARTY

In this four part series, BJ traces the slow decline of hard rock and heavy (hair? glam?) metal over the course of the nineties.

NEVER MIND NEVERMIND

 

Never mind Nevermind, BJ picks his top ten Nirvana songs not included on that iconic release.

HAROLD AND MAUDE AND CAT

 

For many, like BJ, the 1971 dark comedy film Harold and Maude was their introduction to British songwriter Cat Stevens. If you're unfamiliar, may this episode be your introduction to either or both.

EXTENDED PLAY: INTERNAL AFFAIRS vs. THE CRIME

 

  

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DEATH SS: HORROR OR COMEDY?

 

Death SS were an Italian metal band formed in 1977. They performed whilst clad in the most basic children's Halloween costumes. How many in the audience were laughing? None, according to the band's less than modest "visionary," Steve Sylvester, who wrote a book about the band's early days called The Necromancer of Rock. BJ got his hands on a copy.

BEE THOUSAND 30th ANNIVERSARY

BJ celebrates the 30th anniversary of an album very near and dear to his heart, Bee Thousand from Guided By Voices, explicitly laid out like a fruitcake.

 

EXTENDED PLAY: THE LEAP vs. THE LEAPERS

 

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AC/DC: BEST OF THE REST

B.J. examines how the rest of the eighties went for AC/DC after the monumental success of Back In Black and then counts down his top 15 favorite eighties AC/DC songs post-BIB.

WORST OF BON JOVI - THE EIGHTIES

 

BJ is joined once again by Brian Sword, who just relaunched his podcast The Double Stop, to discuss their least favorite Bon Jovi songs from the eighties.

JOHN BUTLER TRAIN

From There But For Fortune by Michael Schumacher: 

John Train appeared without warning in the early weeks of summer 1975, quickly asserting himself into the Greenwich Village scene like an unwanted stranger who refused to go away. For the next few months he would anger, confuse, shock, sadden or frighten nearly everyone who crossed his path.

EXTENDED PLAY: BOY WONDER vs. BOYS LIFE

 

 

 

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JESUS CHRIST ALLIN

  

The life and death of Jesus Christ "G.G." Allin.

VINYL COUNTDOWN XVI

 

 

Presented for your listening enjoyment: 21 more cool songs ripped from BJ's record collection.

DOLCE VITA - BEGINNING ALL OVER
PIPE DREAMS - UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAM
PM - DREAMERS
SIMON BYRNE - WANTING YOU BACK
THE FORCE - TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME
RODWAY - LEAVING YOUR WORLD
ROY SUNDHOLM - GO ZERO
BACKSEAT SALLY - TROUBLE ON THE LINE
JOHN WARREN - RADIOACTIVE
INSTRUCTIONS - THE EXTRA
ALDA RESERVE - ANCIENT LIES
MAX DEMIAN - THE BEST OF ME
ASLAN - PLEASE DON'T STOP
THE PEDALJETS - A CERTAIN SUNDAY
THE LIFE - IF IT WORKS (DON'T FIX IT)
PRIVATE LIGHTNING - WHEN YOU'RE LAUGHING
HOTEL HUNGER - DON'T TALK ABOUT IT
PERENNIAL - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
M-80 - GET OUT OF TOWN
ONLY CHILD - SCREAM UNTIL YOU LIKE IT
THE DIFFERENCE - P.M.T. (PRE-MENSTRUAL TENSION)

 

2 MUCH JOY

  

In August 1990 a quirky rock band from Syracuse, New York who had just finished recording thier major label debut album ventured down to Broward County Florida to stage a political protest for which they were arrested and put on trial.

  

EXTENDED PLAY: THE F.R.O.N.T. vs. BAND 19

 

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EXTENDED PLAY: THE READYMADES VS. U.S. SECRET SERVICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ANOTHER POWER POP PLAYLIST

THE FEATURES - THE KIDS DON'T NEED TO KNOW
AVERAGE CITIZEN - RAPID WORLD
HOLME - WEEKEND
SHELL & THE CRUSH - CARY'S GOT A HEARTACHE
HOLLY PENFIELD - TIGHT FIT
ANDREW AND THE UPSTARTS - WATCH OUT FOR THE HUMANS
GARY SHANE AND THE DETOUR - GONNA WIN
THE EXPERTS - SOUND ON SOUND
PHOTOGRAPH - MYSTERY GIRL
CATS - IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
THE TALK - SHE SAID
WHIZ KID - ANNIE ANNIE
WINK - CRAZY ABOUT THE GIRL
PHILISTEENS - TURN UP THE MUSIC
LEYDEN ZAR - YOU CAN CHANGE
CITY THRILLS - SORRY
THE SMILE - LEAVE IT AT THAT
DAVID MARKO AND THE TRADE - THE LAST TO KNOW
KOOL RAY AND THE POLAROIDZ - I HEARD YOU FALL
CRAIG BEVAN AND THE TOURISTS - MODERN BOYS
JOEY HARRIS AND THE SPEEDSTERS - DO YOU WANT TO?
THE FLEX - NEW WAVELENGTH
RIZE - ANYWAY YOU GOTTA LOVE
M&R RUSH - #1
RINGER - LOVING YOU THIS WAY
THE PLANTZ - KIND GIRL
THE CLAMS - WISH IT AWAY
DICK COULSON AND THE LETTER O - WHERE'S MY ANGEL
THE ASCENDERS - JUST A MATTER OF TIME
THE CATCH - NERVOUS

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