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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After Party 8 (Mini Episode)

12.11.2019

Top 5 Disgraceful Christmas Movies, Charles Manson, The Beach Boys, Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ and Joe Pesci for president. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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12.11.2019 After Party 8 (Mini Episode) Top 5 Disgraceful Christmas Movies, Charles Manson, The Beach Boys, Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ and Joe Pesci for president. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
12.03.2019 The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the Sixties The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Altamont speedway outside San Francisco as the triumphant capstone to their 1969 tour: a west coast Woodstock, and a celebration of free love and ...
11.26.2019 A$AP Rocky: Love Sex Dreams/LSD and Locked Up Overseas A$AP Rocky’s upbringing; Harlem, Riker’s, and his own instincts and sense of history informed his world view: A view that included not only a healthy respect for the healing powers of LSD but also to want no part of the ...
11.19.2019 After Party 7 (Mini Episode) Eminem, 1969, Iggy Pop, A$AP Rocky, Things I Don’t Like (spoiler: negativity), Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup and Sam Shepard. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
11.12.2019 Whitney Houston: Cracks in the Mirror, Crack on the Mirror, and One Fateful Choice Whitney Houston was The Voice. A stunning beauty. An early MTV star and leading actress. But when she passed away in a hotel suite bath, the music industry gala downstairs that she was supposed to attend went on without her. ...
11.05.2019 Eminem: Taking His Shot, Pulling a Glock, and Facing the Real Slim Shady On a single Saturday in 2000, Marshall Mathers assaulted two separate men with a pistol and fought with his wife outside a nightclub, resulting in lawsuits and charges that hung over the completion of his original trilogy of albums. For ...
11.01.2019 Introducing: Murder in Oregon Introducing a brand new iHeartRadio Original Podcast: Murder in Oregon. In January of 1989 the director of Oregon’s Department of Corrections, Michael Francke, was brutally stabbed to death outside his office in Salem. His murder was quickly ruled a “car ...
10.31.2019 Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal (special Halloween re-release) 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 ...
10.25.2019 Introducing Bear and a Banjo Bear and a Banjo is a new musical podcast that tells the incredibly tall tale of a band that time forgot. Although history may have left them behind, Bear and Banjo rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest musical icons ...
10.22.2019 Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing pop iconography and feminism alike. But whether it was Toronto police threatening her for indecency, her short-fuse husband, Hollywood bros exploiting her ...
10.15.2019 Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and rumored suicide on stage. From his cocaine fueled bromance with David Bowie, to his search for inspiration in the voodoo rituals of Haiti, ...
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 ...

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DISGRACELAND episodes:

After Party 8 (Mini Episode)

The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the Sixties

A$AP Rocky: Love Sex Dreams/LSD and Locked Up Overseas

After Party 7 (Mini Episode)

Whitney Houston: Cracks in the Mirror, Crack on the Mirror, and One Fateful Choice

Eminem: Taking His Shot, Pulling a Glock, and Facing the Real Slim Shady

Introducing: Murder in Oregon

Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal (special Halloween re-release)

Introducing Bear and a Banjo

Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop

Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds

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.

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