DISCovery with Eric Senich

Keith Richards celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday. In a time when we’re losing so many classic rock artists Keith continues to defy the odds. In this episode we celebrate the man known as "The Human Riff" by rolling out his ten greatest riffs.

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Rudy Childs is a photographer, documentarian and soon to be author. He’s written a book called Riff Raff and Rock And Roll. It is an absolute killer book, one that deserves to be published and turned into a movie. Rudy talks about all the great concerts he saw from a long list of amazing bands, some as they were just starting like Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers just to name a few.

He’s got stories of hitchhiking across country to see shows with some wild characters. He talks about the parking lot fights, the drinking, the drugs, the women, the outdoor parties, getting into a screaming match with Sharon Osbourne, pissing off Joe Walsh in the middle of a concert, witnessing AC/DC’s Bon Scott getting pissed off at concert security which, by the way, he recorded and shared that audio with us. He shared some more rare audio clips of Rudy at shows, of his hilarious uncle Phil getting into with an angry neighbor. You gotta hear the interview to get the story on that one. Plus a wild story that left a bloodied Rudy getting thrown out of an Ace Frehley show. Trust me, you will love this interview. Rudy is a great guy, a great story teller and so I’m not gonna waste any more time. Here is Rudy Childs.

RUDY CHILDS WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES:

WEBSITE: http://rrrrbook.com/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rudolph.childs

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RudyChilds

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rudolphchilds/

YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgwXTz86xFRp1gMZD9dBp3w

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On December 3rd, 1984 the song "Do They Know It’s Christmas?" was released. Recorded by the cream of the British pop world under the name Band Aid it went on to sell over three million copies in the UK, becoming the best selling record ever, and raised over 28 million dollars worldwide for famine relief in Ethiopia. The song was also a major success around the world, reaching number one in thirteen other countries outside the UK. In the US, the single fell short of the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100 but sold an estimated 2.5 million copies by January 1985.

We’ll get to the story behind the song from its inception right through to its completion, the b-side and 1985 "One Year On" version of the song. Along the way we’ll hear clips from a 1984 video titled "Do They Know It’s Christmas? - The Story of the Official Band Aid".

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On this week in 1975 Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" started a nine-week run at number one on the UK singles chart. In the US it eventually hit number nine. Freddie Mercury's rock operatic classic became a worldwide hit topping the charts in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Quite a feat for a song the band’s record label had little to no interest in releasing as a single.

As if the initial success of the single in 1975 and '76 wasn’t enough to prove their doubters wrong, "Bohemian Rhapsody" would become an even bigger hit decades later. After Freddie's death in 1991, the song topped the UK charts for another five weeks. The following year it went back up the US charts reaching a new peak of number two on the Billboard Hot 100 after being used in the film "Wayne's World" in 1992. In 2018, the success of the Queen film 'Bohemian Rhapsody', the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100, marking three separate decades the song has now charted.

That same year, it became the most streamed song from the 20th century, and it’s been downloaded or streamed over 1.6 billion times. With six million copies sold worldwide, it’s become one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Not only has "Bohemian Rhapsody" become Queen's most popular song and considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time, the groundbreaking promotional video for the song would be cited by critics as having a major influence on the eventual emergence of MTV.

All this from a song Queen’s record label said was too long. They told Freddie and the ban it will never be a hit.

In this episode we’ll get into the creation of the song including a section by section breakdown of the track, the groundbreaking video plus, how the song made a comeback thanks to Mike Myers insisting the song be included in the film 'Wayne’s World' and more.

DISCover the song Freddie believed more than anyone would send shivers down our spines. A song that was way ahead of its time. A song whose time had finally come. This is the story of "Bohemian Rhapsody".

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It's a Thanksgiving edition of DISCovery with songs all about giving, giving thanks, turkeys and sharing this great land of ours. Songs and the stories behind them from Adam Sandler, Sammy Hagar, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, KISS, ZZ Top, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan and more. It's an episode of DISCovery you can feast on!

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Martin Popoff has just released a brand new book called "Van Halen: A Visual Biography". This is a hard cover 224-page book with around 400 images including live shots, rare memorabilia, magazine ads, 45 sleeves, promo items, ticket stubs, passes and more. It covers all phases of Van Halen starting in 1974 right through to the band's very last tour in 2015. Martin also covers the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar solo years along with a few other surprises along the way.

In this episode Martin discusses the book, Van Halen history, his favorite DLR era album, his favorite Sammy era album, what he thinks of the new Wolfgang Van Halen song "Distance" and if we'll ever get to hear what's inside the 5150 vaults.

Purchase Martin's book here: http://www.martinpopoff.com/html/van-halen-a-visual-biography.html

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On this month in 1982 Phil Collins continued his meteoric rise that decade with his second studio album 'Hello, I Must Be Going!' It was another commercial success going top ten in the US and number two in the UK.

We’ll get to the stories behind all 10 tracks from the album, how Phil accidentally came up with his classic 80s drum sound, the story behind the album title plus hear some of the tracks included on the 2016 deluxe edition re-issue of the album.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "I Don't Care Anymore"
2. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
3. "Like China"
4. "Do You Know, Do You Care?"
5. "You Can't Hurry Love"

SIDE TWO:
1. "It Don't Matter to Me"
2. "Thru These Walls"
3. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
9. "The West Side"
10. "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning"

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We’re going back to the fall of 1982 for the Rush album 'Signals'. Released towards the end of that summer (September 9th, 1982) it climbed the charts and continued to sell through the months of September and October before reaching sales of one million copies on this month in '82.

'Signals' was Rush’s ninth studio album overall and third of the new decade. Before that came the decade opening 'Permanent Waves' from 1980 which hit #4 in the US and sold a million copies. 'Moving Pictures' followed in 1981. It sold three million copies and reached #3 on Billboard. 'Signals' would continue Rush’s run of early 80s commercial success. It peaked at No. 1 in Canada, No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and No. 10 in the United States backed by the band’s highest charting single "Subdivisions" which we’ll get to in this episode along with stories behind the seven other tracks, the album cover art and more. We'll also hear comments from one of the man who is an expert on all things Rush - author Martin Popoff. Martin just recently released the book "Limelight: Rush in the 80s". It’s the second in a 3-part Rush Across the Decades series.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "Subdivisions"
2. "The Analog Kid"
3. "Chemistry"
4. "Digital Man"

SIDE TWO:
5. "The Weapon" (Part II of "Fear")
6. "New World Man"
7. "Losing It"

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A rundown of the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held Saturday night, November 7th. It was a pre-recorded virtual event aired on HBO. This episode includes audio of the induction speeches and more.

2020 Inductees:

T. Rex
Depeche Mode
The Doobie Brothers
Nine Inch Nails
Whitney Houston
The Notorious B.I.G.

Ahmet Ertegun Award Honorees: Jon Landau and Irving Azoff

Special In Memoriam Tribute To Eddie Van Halen

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On November 7th, 1975 Elton John started a three week run at number one on the US album chart with his tenth studio album 'Rock Of The Westies'. With 'Captain Fantastic, and the Brown Dirty Cowboy' released just five months earlier, Elton became the first artist ever to debut at number one on the Billboard album chart. Elton was back on top again in the first week of November after replacing Jefferson Starship’s 'Red Octopus' atop the chart.

In this episode we’ll get into the nine tracks that made up the original album including the song Elton thought would be a big hit but was never released as a single. We’ll also hear some of the tracks that never made the initial record but later surfaced in reissues along with a listen to some stripped down piano & vocal only versions of a few of the tracks. Those coming from a bootleg that made the rounds among fans in the years following the album’s release.

TRACKLISTING:

SIDE ONE:
1. "Medley (Yell Help, Wednesday Night, Ugly)"
2. "Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)"
3. "Island Girl"
4. "Grow Some Funk of Your Own"
5. "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Street Kids"
2. "Hard Luck Story"
3. "Feed Me"
4. "Billy Bones and the White Bird"

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