BONUS – An Alternative History of Fred Durst

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BONUS – An Alternative History of Fred Durst

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Aug 20, 2021

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Brian and Murdock have an informal conversation about Woodstock 99, Lollapalooza '21 and the rap rock front man the two fests had in common.

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Aug 20, 2021

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Episode 13- Lynyrd Skynyrd vs the Big Blue Sky: Murdock gets the gritty details of the Skynyrd plane crash figured out and Brian shares about his few close encounters with Artimus Pyle. SHOW NOTES: Skynyrd Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd Skynyrd 7/13/77 That Smell -https:// by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 17- The Who vs Holiday Inn: Brian unravels the details of one of the greatest rock n roll hotel parties of all-time... and how it led to a lifetime ban for one group of musicians.   SHOW NOTES: Keith Moon with Led Zep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyM6-QibDFM Vi by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 11 – Billy Idol vs the Thai Military: Brian breaks down the drug-fueled meltdown that left Billy Idols friends referring to him as Bilvis. PLUS - the guys check their mailbox and user reviews. Get your own email in at wearethestoryguys@gmail.com.   SHOW NOTES: Story recounted from by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 12 – Motley Crue vs Fake Nikki Sixx: Murdock geeks out about one of his formative favorites - Motley Crue - and that time they might have replaced the bass player and never told anyone...   SHOW NOTES: Loudersound article: https://www.loudersound.com/features/matthew-tripp by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 20 – Rock n Roll vs the Christmas Season: Brian and Murdock explore the historical intersection of rock music and the Yuletide through entries from the Boss, the Beatles, Beach Boys and ACDC and then count down their personal Top Five Rock n Roll Christmas Lists. SHOW NOTES: The Top 5 Play by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 42 – Beach Boys vs Jan and Dean (with Joel Selvin): The guys welcome legendary music journalist Joel Selvin to join them in a discussion of Jan and Dean (featuring kidnaps and train wrecks), the Monterey Pop Festival and hanging out with Dennis Wilson. This episode brought to you by: Baxter Blue - get by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 25 – Pink Floyd vs The Wizard of Oz: Brian and Murdock discuss the legend of lining up Dark Side of the Moon while watching Wizard of Oz and more of the lore surrounding one of the most viewed movies of all time.   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Savage https by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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BONUS – The Rare Essence murders: Brians Google searches uncover a series of mysterious deaths that all trace back to one band - and take the guys on a trip into the world of go-go music history along the way.   SHOW NOTES: Go-go music Wiki: https://www.google.com/search?q= by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 15- Van Halen vs the brown M&Ms: The guys pay tribute to the late, great Eddie Van Halen by tackling one of the most popularly cited rock n roll bedtime stories of all time. What did the guys in Van Halen really have against brown chocolate candies? SHOW NOTES: Eddie talks about t by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Special Episode – Pandemic Playlist Part 1: Brian and Murdock call on old friends for help in building the ultimate set of songs to listen to during quarantine. Add your songs to the playlist by emailing the show: wearethestoryguys@gmail.com Or Tweet at Brian (@Beichen22) or Murdock (@heyits by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 16- Slash vs Predator: Brian and Murdock lean full-tilt into the 80s to tell a tale of collision between a rock n roll guitar god and a legendary movie monster (and the drugs it took to get there).   SHOW NOTES: Guns N Roses at Farm Aid (Adlers last performance): by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 41 – Tawny Kitaen vs music video history: The guys pay tribute to video vixen Tawny Kitaen in the wake of her passing, examining her outsized influence on Whitesnake and early Tom Hanks. This episode is brought to you by Baxter Blue. Click here for 10% off.   SHOW NOTES: Bachelo by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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Episode 38 – ZZ Top vs the buffalo: Murdock examines the excess of that one tour in the 70s where ZZ Top recreated Texas - with mixed results. This episode brought to you by SPARK from Positive Grid! Get $10 off when you use the code RRBS3 until 4/28/21. SHOW NOTES: Johnny Black p by Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories
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E79: Loyd Grossman, Rock Critic + Brian May audio + (Dixie) Chicks: In this episode we are joined by self-professed "failed musician" and pasta-sauce mogul Loyd Grossman, OBE, to wax nostalgic about the most important years of his illustrious career: those he spent as a contributor to Fusion, Rolling Stone and other American music papers. Loyd reminisces very amusingly about seminal late '60s shows at the Boston tea party, before explaining how he moved to London and reinvented himself as a British national treasure on TV and in every kitchen in the country. He also recounts how he came to play guitar, three times a year, with Jethro Tull. After a digression on the sad passing of Fairport Convention's original singer Judy Dyble, Loyd joins his hosts in hearing clips from a 1982 audio interview with Queen's Brian May in which that poodle-headed plank-spanker describes, among other things , working with David Bowie on the classic 'Under Pressure'. Barney drags Loyd into a discussion of by Rock's Backpages
72 min listen
Lady Gaga - Born This Way by Enjoy An Album with Liam Withnail & Christopher Macarthur-Boyd
73 min listen
E65: Michael Watts on Melody Maker + Swamp Dogg + Cramps audio: In this week's episode, Mark & Barney are joined by a not-so-"Anonymous" Michael Watts, who regales his hosts with tales of life as the Walsall Observer's "Mick" Watts before reminiscing about his halcyon days as one of Melody Maker's star '70s scribes. Watts waxes poetic – not to mention humorous – about his encounters with David Bowie, Bob Dylan, the Sex Pistols and others, and about the Maker's rivalry with the N(ew) M(usical) E(xpress). Mark & Barney grill him on the MM's response to punk and hear about colleagues such as Richard Williams and Caroline Coon. After a brief discussion of the week's featured artist, hilarious country-soul eccentric Swamp Dogg, the trio hear the first of two clips from Martin Aston's 1986 audio interview with Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, prompting conversation about the Cramps' inspired mash-up of '50s psychobilly and sub-Hollywood horror – and, 11 years after Lux's death, the ban by Rock's Backpages
64 min listen
Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller and the Great American Song: This week author Ben Yagoda joins Nate to talk about his book “The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song.” In this episode, Ben and Nate discuss the golden age of American song when writers like Cole Porter and George Gershwin wrote songs that worked on Broadway, on the radio, in dance clubs and as source material for great jazz and how that era ended after world war 2. It wasn’t rock and roll that almost killed Frank Sinatra’s career -- it was Columbia producer Mitch Miller. Come back next week when author Mark Blake joins us to discuss Led Zeppelin and the greatest manager in rock history. by Let It Roll
54 min listen
E36: KLF + Echo & the Bunnymen + Julian Cope with Mick Houghton: This week, Mark and Barney are joined by Mick Houghton, Let It Rock and Sounds scribe turned beloved publicist for Echo & the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes and the KLF. Discussing Mick's new book Fried and Justified, Barney addresses Mick's rage at a bad NME review of Julian Cope's World Shut Your Mouth written by... Barney himself. The three of them listen to excerpts from an unwieldy but fascinating conversation between New Orleans R&B legends Dave Bartholomew, Red Tyler and Earl Palmer, in which they discuss what makes the Crescent City so different – and hence so tricky for non-NOLA musicians. Finally, Mark presents highlights from the week's new library pieces, including Geoffrey Cannon's live review of Joni Mitchell getting off to a rocky start at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival; Michael Goldberg's report on the John Fogerty/Saul Zaentz "Zanz Kant Danz" lawsuit, and Steven Daly's 1999 interview with the young Brit by Rock's Backpages
63 min listen
E80: Mary Harron on New York Punk + Tom Verlaine audio + Peter Green R.I.P.: In this episode we welcome the wonderful Mary Harron, director of cult movies I Shot Andy Warhol and American Psycho. After a brief digression on dating Tony Blair at Oxford, the Canadian relives her memories of the punk rock scene at New York's CBGB club, including her interviews with the Ramones and Talking Heads for John Holmstrom & Legs McNeil's pioneering Punk magazine. Mary also talks about her friendship with ZE's Michael Zilkha and her long fascination with Warhol and the Factory. Along with her hosts, she hears clips from Martin Aston's 1987 audio interview with Tom Verlaine, prompting her recall of his seminal band Television and a general discussion of 1977's classic Marquee Moon album. Mark & Barney pay heartfelt tribute to tragic blues-guitar hero Peter Green, ruminating on what made the Fleetwood Mac man so much more emotional a player then his UK blues-boom peers. They also say goodbye to the h by Rock's Backpages
73 min listen
Episode 166: Redwall by The SSR Podcast
53 min listen
E104: Vivien Goldman's Punky Reggae Party + 'Launderette' + Joe Strummer audio by Rock's Backpages
66 min listen
Intersectionality: Diane Burkholder by Freethought Radio
42 min listen
Taking stock of Woodstock: The oddity of Sha Na Na at Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix’s searing performance of the national anthem, how Sly and the Family Stone’s album “Stand” sounded a note of hope in a turbulent time, and the surprising, life-changing influence of that other Woodstock — the “Peanuts” character. by Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
50 min listen
426. Matthew Milia (Frontier Ruckus) on Paul and Linda McCartney 'RAM' (1971): Today singer-songwriter and Frontier Ruckus frontman Matthew Milia joins me to celebrate Paul and Linda McCartney's 1971 masterpiece RAM. We talk about the freedoms and pressures on Paul as an artist in the wake of the Beatles breakup, his philosophy... by My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan
32 min listen
83: John Lennon Memorialized: It has been 36 years since the December night when we lost John. On this show, Robert and Richard discuss the array of musical tributes to the slain former Beatle that came from peers and admirers alike, some many years later. by Something About the Beatles
116 min listen
Bonus Song Thursday - Metallica "Hero of the Day": It's Bonus Song Thursday! Brian and Bill continue talk about Metallica, jumping 10 years ahead from 1986's Master of Puppets to "Hero of the Day" from 1996's Load. We discuss the evolution in the band's sound and image, how their alternative leaning... by The Great Albums
38 min listen
E31: Bernard Fowler's Life in Music + Dr. John audio + Andy Gill R.I.P.: Hosts Barney Hoskyns and Mark Pringle are joined by special guest Bernard Fowler to discuss his life in music, from the Peech Boys at the Paradise Garage to working with Mick Jagger on She's the Boss and commencing a 30-year relationship with the Rolling Stones. He also regales the chaps with tales of recording a disco cover of Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall' and explains how growing up in New York City influenced his new album of Stones covers Inside Out. Barney enthuses about Martin Scorsese's new Rolling Thunder Revue, a film about Bob Dylan's mid-'70s tour of America, before paying tribute to NME/Q/Independent writer Andy Gill – noting pieces he wrote about Cabaret Voltaire (and Andy's native Sheffield), Frank Zappa and the man for whom he was often mistaken: Gang Of Four guitarist Andy Gill. The three hombres then listen to clips from Andy Schwartz's 1994 audio interview with Dr. John, wherein the ma by Rock's Backpages
58 min listen
E29: Rickie Lee Jones + Harry Doherty + Rory Gallagher audio: In this week's episode, Barney Hoskyns and Jasper Murison-Bowie hold the fort in Mark Pringle's absence as he enjoys the sunny shores of Crete. Back in muggy London, Rickie Lee Jones is the free feature on RBP, ahead of the release of new covers album Kicks. Barney and Jasper take a look at pieces about Jones' unexpected success with 1979's 'Chuck E's in Love', as well as her drug problems and wild days with boyfriend Tom Waits. The two of them then consider pieces by Melody Maker mainstay Harry Doherty, who died five years ago: a report from a 1977 Queen/Thin Lizzy tour; an interview with the young Kate Bush; and a 1976 interview with Irish blues guitar hero Rory Gallagher. By editorial design, the week's audio interview is also with Gallagher, this time from 1978 and with Cliff White. Barney and Jasper hear a clip in which Rory talks about recording live. Despite his absence, Mark has selected highlights from the week's li by Rock's Backpages
58 min listen
Rock Goddesses with Ann Wilson (Heart) & Terri Nunn (Berlin) by Totally 80s
54 min listen

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