Episode 10: The Residents - Commercial Album

Ghost is one of those rare modern rock bands that has increased in popularity over the last few years, selling out stadiums and frequently debuting in the upper realm of the album charts.  Not a mean ...

8 Feb 8min

After five albums within the span of two and a half years Creedence Clearwater Revival was starting to have some issues.  John Fogerty was the songwriter, lead guitarist, lead singer and producer for ...

1 Feb 5min

After a decade absent John Fogerty returned to the spotlight with the hit album Centerfield in 1985, only to be promptly sued by his old label boss Saul Zaentz for plagiarizing himself.  Fogerty won, ...

25 Jan 5min

Pop Will Eat Itself elevated themselves above their grebo roots with 1989's This Is the Hour... This Is the Day... This Is This!.  Combining hip-hop, punk rock and alternative rock with sampling and e...

18 Jan 6min

After departing Yes during the sessions for the follow=up to 1978's Tormato Jon Anderson took his songs with him.  They formed the backbone of his second solo album, Song of Seven, in 1980.  The album...

11 Jan 5min

Frankie Goes to Hollywood were declared to be the new Beatles, blasting out of Liverpool and taking the British music scene by storm in 1984 and the U.S. by drizzle in 1985.  However, band in-fighting...

4 Jan 6min

After the success of 1973's We're an American Band Grand Funk Railroad (or simply Grand Funk) maintained producer Todd Rundgren for their 1974 album Shinin' On.  Although it gave them another number o...

28 Dec 20255min

After a series of lackluster albums in the second half of the 1980s AC/DC came roaring back in 1990 with The Razors Edge.  It gave them a top-40 hit with "Moneytalks" and revitalized their flagging ca...

21 Dec 20258min