DISGRACELAND

By iHeartRadio & Jake Brennan

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What's DISGRACELAND about?

Disgraceland is the world’s first and only rock and roll true-crime podcast. Each episode explores a different theme through the perspective of the legendary misdeeds and alleged criminal connections of the most notorious and beloved rock stars.

Season 1 starts with the exploits of Jerry Lee Lewis, Beck, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls and those legendary heathens, The Rolling Stones. We finish our season with episodes on crimes surrounding the likes of Johnny Cash, Per Ohlin, The Clash and maybe even the freshly disgraced, R. Kelly.

Our first season is a limited, bi-weekly, eight episode run spanning from September 12 - November 14th. We will return with season two in February, 2018.

Keep an eye on www.disgracelandpod.com and @disgracelandpod.

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Motown Records: Pimps, Pros...

10.08.2019

Motown Records is one of the most successful musical industry endeavors or all time. The music and the megastars Motown produced; Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5 defined a generation. But that success is marred by ...

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10.08.2019 Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America Motown Records is one of the most successful musical industry endeavors or all time. The music and the megastars Motown produced; Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5 defined a generation. But that success is marred by ...
10.01.2019 Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defined excess. The designed the avatar for the heavy metal rock star; themselves. Along the way there were violent brawls, car crashes, lots ...
09.27.2019 More Disgraceland Stories: The Disgraceland Book Trailer The Disgraceland Book Trailer Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
09.26.2019 N.W.A (Part 2): Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs due in part to their own violent behavior and at a crossroads creatively. Death Row’s Suge Knight, Public Enemy’s Chuck D. and a young thug from ...
09.26.2019 N.W.A (Part 1): Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture Shifting Violence N.W.A, the self proclaimed, “most dangerous group in America” were seen as violent, thuggish, profanity spewing criminals but they had nothing on those who were sworn to serve and protect them in South Central, Los Angeles. The group’s hard hitting ...
09.18.2019 Disgraceland Season 4 Trailer Disgraceland Season 4 Trailer Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
07.30.2019 After Party 6 (Mini Episode) After Party 6 (Mini Episode): Quentin Tarantino, Cardi B as Robert De Niro, Disgraceland Season 4 and more. Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding Disgraceland subjects, upcoming episode previews, insight into ...
07.23.2019 The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll record ever made, Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones created this album as fugitives––tax fugitives––exiled from their homeland to the French Riviera and desperate ...
07.16.2019 After Party 5 (Mini Episode) Marilyn Monroe, More Cardi B, The Rolling Stones in exile, the Grateful Dead and more. Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding Disgraceland subjects, upcoming episode previews, insight into episode influences, listener ...
07.09.2019 Cardi B: Bondage, Beatdowns and Big Ass Beats Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop artists of all time. She is accused of two counts of felony assault stemming from a fight in a Queens ...
07.02.2019 After Party 4 (Mini Episode) Jim Morrison, More Amy Winehouse and more Cardi B, Fleabag, Friends and More. Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding Disgraceland subjects, upcoming episode previews, insight into episode influences, listener emails, deleted ...
06.25.2019 Jim Morrison: Zodiac Killer Qu'est-ce Que C'est This is a bonus episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime. Originally released on April 1, 2019 as an April Fools joke, this episode fooled many. However, it was quickly taken off the Internet. The joke worked ...
06.18.2019 After Party 3 (Mini Episode) Tommy Lee and Courtney Love Beef, Guns ‘N Roses Deleted Scene, Varg Vikernes Gets Booted and More. Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding Disgraceland subjects, upcoming episode previews, insight into episode ...
06.11.2019 Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own and his success owes as much to his delivery as it does to his hustle. Slick Rick worked hard to get ...
06.04.2019 After Party 2 (Mini Episode) How the Elton John Interview Happened, Courtney Love, Cardi B, Slick Rick, Big Lurch and More. Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding Disgraceland subjects, upcoming episode previews, insight into episode influences, ...
05.30.2019 Elton John interviewed by Jake Brennan for Icons Jake sits down with Elton John to discuss his new film, Rocketman for the pilot episode of iHeartRadio's new podcast, Icons: Intimate, incredible conversations with the most famous creators and artists of our time. Learn the backstories (and secrets) about ...
05.28.2019 Johnny Cash: Pills, More Pills and Playing With Fire Johnny Cash took no shit. Was a total original. Could maneuver that big baritone around a ballad or a rave up like nobody’s business. He also burned down a national forest, crashed cars, overdosed, was arrested for drug trafficking and ...
05.21.2019 After Party 1 (Mini Episode) Amy Winehouse and XXXTentacion news. Live show preview. Johnny Cash preview. Brian Jones lookback. Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding Disgraceland subjects, upcoming episode previews, insight into episode influences, listener emails, ...
05.14.2019 Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and she was also one of the greatest musical talents of the past 20 years. Her voice was unlike any ...
04.30.2019 XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by violence and drama; beatdowns, beefs (what’s up, Drake?) and abuse. XXXTentacion’s music quickly rose from Soundcloud to the top of the charts due ...
04.16.2019 Grateful Dead: Freedom is just another word for… The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”. Through drug busts and CIA surveillance, they thrived and created one of the largest, most fervent ...
04.02.2019 Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll and his wife, Tina Turner, one of the most electrifying entertainers to ever take the stage may have ascended to icon status but the couple’s road to the top was ...
03.26.2019 Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case Snoop Dogg, aka Calvin Broadus has worn many hats. Inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF: But in 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop yet his career was about to be derailed just as it was taking off due ...
03.19.2019 Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 2: Suicide Samurai Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and the couple’s heroin hazed pregnancy. An escape from rehab and a punk as f*ck group ...
03.14.2019 Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 1: No Direction Home Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love was once the most hated woman in America. Courtney like Kurt, was unapologetic, fierce, determined, ambitious, authentic and a total hypocrite. They were both totally ...
02.20.2019 Disgraceland Season 3 Trailer Kurt Cobain - dead. Courtney Love - insane. Snoop Dogg - acquitted. Ike Turner - abusive, addicted, imprisoned, overdosed, and, quite possibly, the man who invented rock and roll. These artists make great music. They also made scandalous headlines, lots ...
10.30.2018 Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder Spade Cooley was one of the Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was also a violent, drunk and homicidal psychopath who had no heart. Mean, jealous, abusive and almost totally driven by the deep seeded insecurity that ...
10.23.2018 Rick James: Superfreak, an Understatement Rick James may have been born into a life of crime but he was determined to make his way in life through music. He intimidated George Clinton, inspired Prince and more than likely saved Jim Morrison’s life. Rick James was ...
10.16.2018 Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal Big Lurch, didn’t just rap about standard hip-hop culture; he rapped about serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and horror movie villains like Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger and in the process contributed to a sub-genre of hip-hop called, “horrorcore”. He ...
10.09.2018 Keith Moon: Rockstar Excess and a Dead Chauffeur Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers. Both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates behavior, it was violent and like his personality it was electric. Everyone loved Keith Moon aka “Moon ...
09.25.2018 Marvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Too Many of Us Dying Marvin Gaye was born into a God-fearing home to a sweet, wholesome mother and crossdressing, philandering, pentecostal preacher who ruled his children with an iron fist. Despite his tense upbringing, Marvin Gaye found his calling - music - and used ...
09.11.2018 GG Allin: Live Fast, Die GG Allin, the notorious transgressive punk rocker pushed the limits further than anyone before or after him. For GG, there were no limits. No laws. He lived and performed well outside the boundaries of the mainstream and saw himself as ...
08.28.2018 Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone Brian Jones invented “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘N Roll Band”, The Rolling Stones but would find himself kicked out of that band just a few years after helping rocket him and his bandmates to international success. He was ousted because ...
08.14.2018 Johnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill Lots of country music stars wear the black hat but none of them wore it with more authenticity than Johnny Paycheck. Johnny Cash may have bragged about shooting a man “just to watch him die” but Johnny Paycheck actually pulled ...
07.31.2018 Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason... That the Presidents Dead Frank Sinatra had it all. Then lost it all. Then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme talent, confidence and insecurity. And he had powerful and dangerous friends. He orchestrated some of the greatest music ever ...
07.17.2018 Motley Crue: Sex, Drugs And Holy Sh*t, How Are These Dudes Still Alive? Motley Crue frontman, Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run and took the life of his friend Razzle Dingley, drummer for Hanoi Rocks in the process. Bassist, Nikki Sixx survived multiple heroin overdoses. Guitarist Mick Mars walked ...
07.10.2018 John Lennon (Part 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye” John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. He was gunned down just as he was getting his groove back by Mark David Chapman, a self-loathing narcissist obsessed with his contradictory ...
07.10.2018 John Lennon (Part 1): "John Lennon, I'm going to kill you, you phony bastard." John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. He was gunned down just as he was getting his groove back by Mark David Chapman, a self-loathing narcissist obsessed with his contradictory ...
06.26.2018 James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth. What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the devil’s workshop. This episode will detail James Brown’s scorching career as well as the scorching high speed chase he led cops on ...
06.19.2018 Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen? In March 1996, “King of the Club Kids”, promoter Michael Alig, after appearing on TV’s Geraldo and on the cover of New York Magazine, bashed his friend and DJ, Angel Melendez in the head with a hammer, who died quickly. ...
06.12.2018 Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It Who killed Tupac? Who killed Biggie? The answer has been right there out in the open for years. This episode looks at the lives and deaths of both rap superstars, the east coast/west coast beef and the media’s culpability in ...
05.29.2018 Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante Bob Marley is known as the peace and love reggae superstar but the truth of who he really was is a bit more complicated. After gunmen raided his home, putting bullets into him, his wife, his manager and his guitar ...
05.15.2018 Tay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life The Arlington, Texas rapper was involved in two killings by the time he was 17. Arrested on murder charges and placed under house arrest until hearings were to take place, Tay-K sawed off his ankle bracelet and announced to the ...
05.01.2018 The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin In the 1970s, the world regarded The Rolling Stones as an insular band of hedonistic and glamorous pansexual junkies. But all of the trouble they’d stirred up during the 60s and early 70s would be dwarfed by the mess they ...
04.17.2018 Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was known as “the crazy one”. She did, after all, burn down her NFL playing boyfriend, Andre Rison’s mansion. But given the fact that it was done after what was then one of many domestic ...
04.03.2018 Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder In 1968 Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently the victim of a physical attack from a Genovese crime family member, Morrison was desperately trying to piece together a band to complete ...
03.20.2018 Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’s founding band, Mayhem, its sister act, Burzum and supporting cast of musicians with names like, Necrobutcher, Hellhammer and Dead horrified Norway in the ...
03.05.2018 Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide Sam Cooke was a lot of things: soul superstar, civil rights champion, whip smart entrepreneur but he was also a serial womanizer with an unbridled libido. On December 11, 1964, Sam Cooke, was shot to death by Bertha Lee Franklin, ...
02.20.2018 Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love? It’s long been believed that punk rock icon, Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. However, new evidence suggests that his overly affectionate and increasingly dependent mum gave him a fatal hotshot in a final, maternal act of mercy. Listen ...
02.13.2018 Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away With Murder The night before, Jerry Lee Lewis’ 5th wife died, she made a phone call to her Mom. She told her that she was thinking of leaving the rock and roll pioneer, but that he wouldn’t let her. Then, she made ...

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DISGRACELAND episodes:

Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America

Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick

More Disgraceland Stories: The Disgraceland Book Trailer

N.W.A (Part 2): Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire

N.W.A (Part 1): Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture Shifting Violence

Disgraceland Season 4 Trailer

After Party 6 (Mini Episode)

The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile

After Party 5 (Mini Episode)

Cardi B: Bondage, Beatdowns and Big Ass Beats

After Party 4 (Mini Episode)

Jim Morrison: Zodiac Killer Qu'est-ce Que C'est

After Party 3 (Mini Episode)

Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor

After Party 2 (Mini Episode)

Elton John interviewed by Jake Brennan for Icons

Johnny Cash: Pills, More Pills and Playing With Fire

After Party 1 (Mini Episode)

Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent

XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence

Grateful Dead: Freedom is just another word for…

Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll

Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 2: Suicide Samurai

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 1: No Direction Home

Disgraceland Season 3 Trailer

Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder

Rick James: Superfreak, an Understatement

Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal

Keith Moon: Rockstar Excess and a Dead Chauffeur

Marvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Too Many of Us Dying

GG Allin: Live Fast, Die

Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone

Johnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill

Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason... That the Presidents Dead

Motley Crue: Sex, Drugs And Holy Sh*t, How Are These Dudes Still Alive?

John Lennon (Part 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye”

John Lennon (Part 1): "John Lennon, I'm going to kill you, you phony bastard."

James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth.

Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?

Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It

Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante

Tay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life

The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder

Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse

Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide

Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love?

Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away With Murder

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