And Introducing

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Seven: Sonic Youth! We’re joined by Texas Monthly’s Paula Mejia to take a look at the original NYC cool kids of 80’s rock, as well as come up with some great ideas of our own.

Check out Texas Monthly’s series on the singer Selena: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/celebrating-selena/

SONGS

Glenn Branca - Lesson #1 for Electric Guitar

Sonic Youth - Burning Spear

Sonic Youth - (She’s In A) Bad Mood

Sonic Youth - Death Valley ‘69

Sonic Youth - Expressway to yr. Skull

Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia

Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Six: The Replacements! We’re joined by Felix Biederman to examine the self-sabotaging career of one of the greatest American bands-that-couldn’t.

Songs:

The Replacements - Something to Dü

The Replacements - Kids Don’t Follow

The Replacements - Willpower

The Replacements - Take Me Down To The Hospital

The Replacements - I Will Dare

The Replacements - Androgynous

The Replacements - Swinging Party

The Replacements - Bastards of Young

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Five: Husker Du! We’re joined by culture critic Steven Hyden to set the Land Speed Record of podcasting and do the Dü.

Check out Steven’s books here: https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Hyden/e/B01H0F6IDU%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

And check out his writing on Uproxx: https://uproxx.com/author/steven-hyden/

Songs in order:

Hüsker Dü - Gilligan’s Island

Hüsker Dü - New Day Risingl (Live 1987)

Hüsker Dü - It’s Not Funny Anymore

Hüsker Dü - Chartered Trips

Hüsker Dü - Something I Learned Today

Hüsker Dü - I Apologize

Hüsker Dü - The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill

Hüsker Dü - Books About UFOs

Hüsker Dü - Flexible Flyer

Hüsker Dü - The Baby Song

Hüsker Dü - Crystal

Hüsker Dü - Standing In The Rain

And introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Four: Minor Threat! We’re joined by Street Fight Radio’s Bryan Quinby to talk hardcore, straightedge, punk houses, DIY and all things Minor Threat:

Check out Street Fight Radio: https://www.streetfightradio.com/

And of course, the P.O.D.Kast: https://thepodkast.libsyn.com/

SONGS:

Teen Idles - Get Up and Go

Monkees - Stepping Stone

Minor Threat - Straight Edge

Minor Threat - Out of Step

Minor Threat - Salad Days

And introducing, WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Three: Mission of Burma! We’re joined by author Rob Sheffield to talk Boston excellence, Zines, radio, Clown Night, and the Horrible Truth About Burma!

Follow @robsheff

And find all his work at Rolling Stone here: https://www.rollingstone.com/author/rob-sheffield/

Songs:

Mission of Burma - Peking Spring

Mission of Burma - That’s When I Reach For My Revolver

Mission of Burma - That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate

Mission of Burma - Treme Two (Live, ‘83)

Mission of Burma - 2wice

And introducing, WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Two: The Minutemen! We’re joined by Max & Doug of the Chicago-based indie label Hausu Mountain to talk mersh, gigs, fliers, corndogs from Pedro and all things jamming econo.

Follow @HausuMountain on twitter.

Hausu Mountain on bandcamp: https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/

Hausu Mountain website: https://hausumountain.com/

That Prolaps release Doug mentions is indeed sick, check it out: https://hausumountain.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-cycle-pt-1-vernal-birth

Songs In Order:

Minutemen - Sickles and Hammers

Minutemen - Fascist

Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs

Minutemen - The Anchor

Minutemen - Jesus and Tequila

Minutemen - Corona

Minutemen - The Glory of Man

Minutemen - King of the Hill

Unknown Instructros - Out in the Cold

Minutemen - History Lesson - Part II

AND introducing...our first ever miniseries! WELCOME TO WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene. And today we start that journey with the legendary...BLACK FLAG. We’re joined by artist/comedian/podcaster Branson Reese to explore Black Flag’s heavy history and the life of legendary intense guy Henry Rollins.

Check out Branson’s book of comics, Hell Was Full: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hell-Was-Full/Branson-Reese/Hell-Was-Full/9781620107430

And I implore you, listen to Branson’s amazing DnD podcast Rude Tales of Magic: https://www.rudetalesofmagic.com/

Songs in Order:

Television - Little Johnny Jewel

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown

Black Flag - Rise Above

Black Flag - TV Party

Black Flag - My War

Black Flag - Three Nights

And introducing, on the ones and twos, it’s RICK RUBIN. One of the superstar producers of the last forty years, Rubin went from Long Island punk to hip-hop pioneer in the 80’s, founding Def Jam Records out of his dorm room with Russell Simmons. He’d go on to produce some of the top recording artists of his era, ranging from Beastie Boys to Neil Diamond, LL Kool J to Metallica, and co-head Columbia Records. And today we’re joined by producer Jesse Cannon to learn all about Rubin from the book “Rick Rubin in the Studio” by Jake Brown

Check out Jesse’s YouTube channel and other work here:

www.Musformation.com

www.Jessecannon.com

SONGS IN ORDER:

T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - It’s Yours

LL Cool J - I Need A Beat

Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin

Public Enemy - Don’t Believe the Hype

Slayer - Raining Blood

Danzig - Mother

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss

The Chicks - Lubbock of Leave It

The Chicks - Gaslighter

Lady Gaga - Dope

Max Collins of Eve 6 drops by to discuss mysterious cartoon memories, predatory music management, the Trolls franchise, rock ‘n roll for children, evil owls, and more all through Don Bluth’s 1992 animated film “ROCK-A-DOODLE”. We also talk about Eve 6, being a teenage superstar, and finding emotional catharsis through twitter, but this is a ROCK-A-DOODLE ep.

The new EP is called “Grim Value” and it’s available wherever music is streamed/sold!

Songs:

Rock-a-Doodle - Sun Do Shine

Rock-a-Doodle - Rock-a-Doodle

Eve 6 - Inside Out

Eve 6 - Amphetamines

Eve 6 - Can We Combine

And introducing...singer, song-writer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and all around legend, it’s Mr. Frank Zappa! One of the S-tier weirdos of rock n’ roll, Zappa mixed genres from classical modernism to doo-wop with an acerbic sense of humor to create a vast discography of Rock weirdness. All the while, becoming one of the most outspoken musicians for free-speech and against censorship. And today we’ll be talking all about his life, his works, and whether or not that’s a real poncho, I mean is that a mexican poncho or a sears poncho, through his autobiography “The Real Frank Zappa Book.”

But first let’s introduce our own guest, she’s a Tornoto-based pianist and composer, it’s Robin Hatch!

Songs In Order:

Captain Beefheart: Pachuco Cadaver

Frank Zappa and the Mothers - Wowie Zowie

Frank Zappa - Titties & Beer

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

Frank Zappa - Camarillo Brillo

Frank Zappa - St. Alphonso’s Pancake Breakfast

Frank Zappa - The Black Page #1

Frank Zappa - Dancin’ Fool

Frank Zappa - Titties & Beer (Baby Snakes DVD version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzWEeiUf3Y&ab_channel=bolimozak)