If you've ever heard the phrase "this could only happen in LA", you'll know that Los Angeles is a fascinating and bizarre city, with millions of transplants clogging up the freeways, trying to make their mark in the entertainment capitol of the world. For those who grew up here, this stuff is old hat. For example, Morty Coyle and Jordan Summers are LA natives and literally went to high school with rock stars and movie stars. University High School in West LA has a long and fascinating history, and to take a glance at a list of former students at Uni High is to have your mind blown. This place is legendary for a reason and ATTT is delighted to have Morty and Jordan give us a guided tour, and help us count down the 10 greatest musicians and singers those hallowed halls have yet produced. Picks 10-6 are featured here in Part 1.

Morty and Jordan make great music as members of LA stalwarts All Day Sucker. Explore their catalog at their website
https://www.alldaysucker.net/

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. It's the long-awaited return of Chrissy Olsen, in an all new episode, out February 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

We did it! ATTT is the first place on the internet to plant our flag on an amazing musical topic. People talk until they're blue in the face about all the times Prog artists went Prog. Why isn't anyone talking about those ridiculous moments where our favorite Pop stars said "Prog It!" Here in TOP TEN TIMES POP WENT PROG Part 2, progressive rock wizards Fernando Perdomo & Matt Tecu help us reveal picks 5-1 in epic fashion. We hail our favorite pop stars for their artistry and adventurousness. Prog on!

If you missed Part 1, go back and start here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-652-top-ten-times-pop-went-prog-part-1-w-fernando/id573735994?i=1000684688010

If there was ever a playlist that would get a 13/5 epicness rating, it's the official TOP TEN TIMES POP WENT PROG Spotify playlist, featuring all songs heard in Parts 1 & 2, bumper songs included. THE IKON included!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6YrDIbriG6KIKA9aeYk46h?si=9c1457e999f348c7

Fernando & Matt's excellent album "Art" is out there on all of the streaming places, but you should really check it out on Bandcamp:
https://fernandoperdomo.bandcamp.com/album/art

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. It's the long-awaited return of Chrissy Olsen, in an all new episode, out February 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

The concept of the prog artist going pop is so well-known that it's almost a cliche. We still love you, Phil Collins! But what about the inverse? What happens when our favorite pop bands and artists get the "prog bug" and go off the deep end? This is a concept that almost nobody talks about but greatly interests us here at ATTT HQ. It doesn't always work, but when Pop Goes Prog and it does work, the results can be an artist-or-band-career-defining moment. Thankfully we have access to a couple of mensches that know their pop and know their prog. The great Fernando Perdomo and the also great Matt Tecu join for what turned out to be a ridiculous good time in TOP TEN TIMES POP WENT PROG. Picks 10-6 are featured here in Part 1.

Fernando & Matt's excellent album "Art" is out there on all of the streaming places, but you should really check it out on Bandcamp:
https://fernandoperdomo.bandcamp.com/album/art

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. New Joe Lavelle episode just dropped January 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

By now you should be primed for the cream of the crop. Here in Top Ten Essential Power Pop Bands Volume 1 Part 2, Sirs Brent Stranathan and Jeremy Levy of the mighty power pop band Near Beer help us reveal picks 5-1 in what might be our most essential list ever. Much like rock n roll itself, power pop will never die and we'll gladly help carry the torch. Viva Power Pop!

If you missed Part 1, go back and start here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-650-top-ten-essential-power-pop-bands-volume/id573735994?i=1000682862681

Since there's no scientific way to actually get enough power pop, here's a good place to put your ears. It's the official Top Ten Essential Power Pop Bands playlist, featuring all songs heard in parts 1 & 2:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0TYaPATVQGlMnPq5YQVNwS?si=4f908f402ca94e0a

Near Beer is in your face on stage and in your earholes on your stereo. Check out their stuff and find out where they're performing at their website:
https://nearbeerla.com/

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. New Joe Lavelle episode just dropped January 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

What is power pop? The Who's Pete Townshend coined the term in a May 1967 interview promoting their latest single "Pictures of Lily". He said: "Power pop is what we play—what the Small Faces used to play, and the kind of pop the Beach Boys played in the days of 'Fun, Fun, Fun' which I preferred." So take one part Moptop Beatles melodies and harmonies, add in the powerful punch of The Who and The Kinks , mix in some great songs about unrequited love and voila, power pop is born. Despite the persistent pattern of great power pop bands being criminally under-loved, this hearty genre has had a long shelf life and still gets love to this day. Brent Stranathan and Jeremy Levy of the great power pop band Near Beer join to help ATTT scratch the surface of this beloved genre. Picks 10-6 are revealed in the first of many volumes of Top Ten Essential Power Pop Bands. Viva power pop!

Near Beer is in your face on stage and in your earholes on your stereo. Check out their stuff and find out where they're performing at their website:
https://nearbeerla.com/

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. New Joe Lavelle episode just dropped January 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

We have nothing left to offer. These are the best songs we heard all year. The lovely Shannon Hurley and the talented David Daskal come through for us yet again as our Year-End Crew. Part 3 features picks 7-1 in our countdown of the Best Songs Of 2024.

If you missed Parts 1 and 2 start here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-647-top-twenty-one-songs-of-2024-part-1-w/id573735994?i=1000680561396
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-648-top-twenty-one-songs-of-2024-part-2-w/id573735994?i=1000681409118

BEHOLD! 31 songs of glory are featured here. It's the official Top Twenty-One Songs Of 2024 Spotify playlist. What you're in for: all of the songs played in Parts 1, 2 and 3, bumper songs included. Our cup runneth over with amazing music!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Winozy5cpng3iioXqzKe4?si=6f60bac72efd4e23

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. New Joe Lavelle episode drops January 1st! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

Shannon is up to as much creative stuff as she can get her hands on these days. Follow her on Instagram or go to her website for updates:
https://shannonhurley.com/

Look folks, it's not rocket science. These are the best songs we heard this year. Simple as that. The beloved Shannon Hurley and the loved David Daskal help continue our annual year-end blowout with picks 15-8, featured here in Top TWENTY-ONE Songs Of 2024 Part 2.

If you missed Part 1 start here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-647-top-twenty-one-songs-of-2024-part-1-w/id573735994?i=1000680561396

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

Shannon is up to as much creative stuff as she can get her hands on these days. Follow her on Instagram or go to her website for updates:
https://shannonhurley.com/

It's the episode that we spend all year thinking about. It's the songs of 2024! The O.G. end-of-year regulars are back for the 11th go-around in this essential series. The great Shannon Hurley and the mighty David Daskal bring their A-game and 7 songs apiece to make this 3-part episode - TOP TWENTY-ONE SONGS OF 2024 - an absolute blast, with Part 1 featuring picks 21-15 of the songs of the year!

We've lowered our prices, but not our standards over at the ATTT Patreon! Those who are kindly contributing $2 a month are receiving an exclusive monthly Emergency Pod episode featuring our favorite guests and utilizing our patent-pending improv format in which we miraculously pull a playlist out of thin air. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

Shannon is up to as much creative stuff as she can get her hands on these days. Follow her on Instagram or go to her website for updates:
https://shannonhurley.com/

Folks, things happen. Plans are made, plans fall through. It's no big deal for us though, because even if we got nothing, we can always pull a playlist out of thin air using our patent-pending Emergency Pod format. It helps to have the amazing and imminently available Shannon Hurley on hand. Shan is always down to clown, and brings the goods in a true emergency Emergency Pod with a complete top ten list of amazing songs we put together on the spot.

If you like what you hear with this format, you should know it's usually reserved for our friends over at Patreon, who are kindly contributing $2 a month and in turn are receiving one of these Emergency Pod episodes featuring our favorite guests every month. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

Shannon is up to as much creative stuff as she can get her hands on these days. Follow her on Instagram or go to her website for updates:
https://shannonhurley.com/

Look, we're not going to beg for your help, but we'd surely appreciate it. At least our good friend Ryan Blake is back to help fulfill ATTT's current mission - to get Rock and the concept of the Rock Band back into mainstream culture and to get people thinking and talking about and listening to rock bands in the year 2024. Top Ten Rock Bands Of 2024 has been a labor of love, and hope. Does rock music have a future? If this list is anything to go by, hell yes. Picks 5-1 are featured in Part 2.

If you missed Part 1 give it a listen on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-644-top-ten-rock-bands-of-2024-part-1-w-ryan-blake/id573735994?i=1000678153800

ANNOUNCEMENT! ATTT's Patreon is lowering its prices to $2 a month, just like back in the day. Now, for just $2 a month, you can get an exclusive bonus episode every month featuring your favorite guests joining the pod for our Emergency Pod improv game. Listen as we pull a playlist out of our butts in real time! For December we proudly present the Thanksgiving Crew aka Shannon Hurley, Matt Dinan, Tony Ross and Julia Marchese, who gave us a spirited round of Emergency Pod for the holidays. Join today to hear it!
https://www.patreon.com/c/alltimetopten

Get yer ya ya's out with the official Top Ten Rock Bands Of 2024 Spotify playlist, featuring every rockin' track heard in Parts 1 & 2, bumper songs included.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5hanNPY6A1zFZTb56hiTUZ?si=ae7ae5f2eae24f7f

Ryan's boy Jasper has a YouTube page that is as hilarious and silly as he is. Check out PixelShadowStudios:
https://www.youtube.com/@Pixelshadowstudios

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