The Story Behind: The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus, Ep 242
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Stranglers started with a jazz drummer and an ice cream van, and somehow made it work such that they ...
12 Jan 1h 33min
The Story Behind: Bad Brains - I Against I, Ep. 241
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Bad Brains revolutionized the DC punk scene by being consistently adversarial and unpredictable. The fell...
5 Jan 1h 41min
The Story Behind: The Chop - Stay Puft
Special bonus: we made an album - hear us, the musicians and producers tell the backstory - first of The Ghostbusters film that was our inspiration, and then of how we made Stay Puft together. And - w...
1 Jan 1h 21min
The Best Mean Tweets of 2025
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected stories behind the making of your favorite albums. Happy (almost) New Year! In order to take a little break for the holidays we've painstakingly compiled o...
29 Dec 202542min
The Story Behind: Taylor Swift - 1989, Ep. 240
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Taylor grew up on a Christmas tree farm and moved to Nashville to become a country star before ditching i...
22 Dec 20251h 42min
The Story Behind: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands, Ep 239
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Jesus and Mary Chain started as warring brothers with a port-a-studio and ended up on Top of the Pops...
15 Dec 20251h 20min
The Story Behind: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell, Ep. 238
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Meat Loaf met his soulmate Jim Steinman on stage in New York and the two set about crafting the most over...
8 Dec 20251h 30min
The Story Behind: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Ep. 237
Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Tom Petty came up in the swamps of Florida playing tiny clubs and sock hops before heading to LA and maki...
1 Dec 20251h 57min
