Rock Is Dead With Thelonious and Jesse

Today on the Rock is Dead Podcast we discuss one of the greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time the one and only Dimebag Darrell, lead guitarist and co-founder of Pantera.  Please enjoy and listen responsibly 

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First of all this episode is dedicated to our dear friend Amber Martinez, we love you Amber and we'll carrier you in our hearts forever.

Today on the podcast Thelonious and I sit and discuss the short life of the amazing Chester Bennington.  Sit tight folks this one is sad af.

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The voice, the hair, the lyrics.  If there was a Mount Rushmore of the Rock N Roll Hearthrobs Chris Cornell would be righfully on it with Robert Plant and Jim Morrison amoung others. Another sad one folks as we take our first trip as a podcase into the Pacific Northwest and explore not only the dark moody sounds of Soundgarden but we also discuss Audioslave and the heavy metal melting pot the early 90's was for so may great bands along with some tragic endings.  Please enjoy our conversation about the iconic Chris Cornell

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A special episode today as I sit with comic, writer, Rhoda Ramone to talk about one of our favorite movies of all time, Almost Famous. It's what uncool kids do. Please enjoy our chat.

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We all loved her, we all miss her.  Whitney Houston was born to sing and to party and she did them both until she couldn't.  Such an amazing talent and such a sad sad story but we need to celebrate the music and legacy she left behind for us all to continue to enjoy through good times and bad. 

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Today's subject is a man you may have heard stories about and you probably assumed those stories were not true.  They were folklore or tall tales or maybe something kind of like that happned once.  Nope.  It's all true when it comes to GG Allin.  Hold on tight, this one is wild.

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We had to pay our respects to eveyone's sweetheart, Selena. So much to talk about in this one.  Not only do we discuss Selena and ....i'm not even typing her name.  We also get into the astology of her father Abraham, her brother A.B. and of course the love of her short lived life Chris.  Please enjoy our chat, this is a good one.

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Mac Miller did not even make it to become a member of the 27 club.  Thrust into the limelight at the age of 16 it wasn’t so much the pressure of fame and the next best album. He had the natural talent to make album after album not just for himself but for anyone around him who was down to collaborate.  But with some artists Its not the success that's gets them it's the access to excess that make them become prisoners of their own creative drives.  

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This is one of the roughest stories in Rock N Roll history.  Ian Curtis's story is bleak, beautiful, and far too short.  It's hard to call him a front man when he kind of hid from the crowd behind his forearms head staring at the ground.  Or he danced to himself oblivious to all around him.  Regardless of who he was performing for or who he was performing with the impact of his works his actions his songs are still being felt today.  Please enjoy our conversation about Ian Curtis of Joy Division.  Below are some links of random stuff we may have mentioned during the podcast.  Thank you for listening

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Iggy Pop: The Idiot

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Johnathon Melvoin was born into a musical family but was he also born under a bad sign? What's it like when two signs are drawn together for all the wrong reasons?  Please enjoy are chat and deep dive into the life of musician Johnathon Melvoin.

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