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Redemption Song

Mar 31, 2023

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually...it was just the worst of times. Hard drugs and hard livin had finally caught up to Aerosmith and the result was hard to hear. The making of this album was so tense that Joe Perry quit the band before the album was finished. But was Joe being too harsh on a...


Mar 17, 2023

Just how sexy are those grain silos, anyway? On this episode we dive into an album Dan got four songs into and turned off, vowing never to return. But now he has his three Redemption Song co-hosts to help him make sense of it all. Or...try. You may be ahem HIGHLY SUSPICIOS of the results, but it's high time we give this...


Oct 1, 2021

Is it better to burn out or fade away? What to do if you are a legendary 80's college radio band who has been touring on their back catalog for years? Dare you venture into the realm of new music? It worked for some of your left of the dial compatriots (Dinosaur Jr, Camper Van Beethoven) but will it work for a band like...


Dec 4, 2020

We're three for four with solo Beatles with this one! In the early 80's the "Quiet Beatle" had even less than usual to say, but still had an album left on his record deal. And so in 1982 he dropped Gone Troppo (meaning "On Vacation") and promptly shoved off out of the music business for five years. Historically maligned...


Nov 6, 2020

Why did they do it? Even they don't seem to know. But in 1995, Duran Duran decided to follow up their biggest album in years with an all covers record that featured their slickly stylized take on everything from classic rock to funk to (don't laugh) militant 90's hip hop. Immediately disavowed by everyone involved, this...