In an attempt to be a little spooky on Halloween weekend, we have re-uploaded 2022’s spookiest episode about one band that pretends to be scary and isn’t – and one who claims they aren’t but very much ARE!

Brian and Murdock reach into the history of the 1970’s novelty song “Werewolves of London” and discover how it got the entire California scene singing along. Plus – they learn which crooner’s late-night movie viewing inspired it and the troubadour whose career would be defined by it.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2534400/Why-DID-Everly-Brothers-hate-RAY-CONNOLLY-reflects-little-concord-singing-duos-relationship.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Zevon

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-the-everly-brothers-inspired-warren-zevon-on-werewolves-of-london/

Steven Hyden’s piece on Warren: https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/9/7/17830460/warren-zevon-career-music-albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf_of_London

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolves_of_London

https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-secret-inspiration-behind-warren-zevons-werewolves-of-london-4a5fa337a7f1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Ho_Fook

Rolling Thunder Revue playing “Werewolves” December 4, 1975: https://www.wolfgangs.com/music/the-rolling-thunder-revue/audio/38354-6061.html?tid=4711

https://www.rhino.com/article/single-stories-warren-zevon-werewolves-of-london

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/01/warren-zevon-werewolves-of-london-demons

BS Conversations are a Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories spin-off pod featuring long-form conversations with the people making the magic happen in the music industry.

Listen into thi BS Conversation with Breakfast with the Beatles host (and bass player for Dramarama!!) Chris Carter.

Hear Brian and Chris completely nerd out on Beatles, liner notes, rumors and just a general love for all things rock n roll.

Brian and Murdock regale with the tale of Tionne, Lisa and Chili – including their popstar turned manager, the bathtub full of shoes, and the time they (maybe) took their record label president hostage to try and find the money they were owed.

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Funk_Shun

https://sisterperri.com/contact/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebbles_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Boy

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/pebbles/mercedes-boy

https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/l-a-reid-claims-then-wife-pebbles-did-the-most-after-walking-in-on-him-paula-abdul-2/

https://www.essence.com/celebrity/exclusive-la-reid-perri-pebbles-reid-essence-rb-star/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep9apkOVKYI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend_(Pebbles_song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Lopes

https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/who-is-crystal-jones-tlc-5109865/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Dame

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozonda_Thomas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrazySexyCool

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/viacom-avoids-defamation-trial-settlement-tlc-biopic-1137552/

Chili talking about the hostage situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3YFYd_R_g

1996 LA Times piece: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-28-mn-9230-story.html

Return to Episode 44 for the quintessential rock n roll bedtime tale – Def Lep vs the car wreck.

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Leppard

Behind the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zYR-Ah9RM

Artists as tax exiles: https://bravewords.com/news/def-leppard-among-other-artists-deal-with-tax-issue

https://www.artbusinessinfo.com/vat-for-artists.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rock-bands-taxes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Allen_(drummer)

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/def-leppards-hysteria-turns-25/

https://parade.com/635868/nancyberk/def-leppards-rick-allen-talks-music-art-and-discovering-the-power-of-the-human-spirt/?fbclid=IwAR1LNtiETeK8CPuX9SW2fVfCXFPiyglrkYWnWRVSmm12OqC6YuAnSc4SuaQ

https://www.weberlifedesign.com/post/def-leppard-rick-allen-speaks-drumming-and-his-fine-art-interview

The guys get the details behind the Def Leppard fan classic acoustic set that was shot in a bar that was way too small for a band that big. Take another rock n roll field trip – this time to Sheffield, England.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rocknrollbedtimestories

SHOW NOTES:

Motley Crue in Sheffield: https://youtu.be/jIxSI_h0JWQ?si=qOtNmBjHahtNI0QY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield

Chaucer-related Sheffield nerdery: https://mediakron.bc.edu/mappingchaucer/the-canterbury-tales-1/sheffield-1#:~:text=Considered%20part%20of%20%E2%80%9Cthe%20North,particular%20spelling%20for%20their%20dialogue.

The Fiesta promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bebvd8atLU 

The Stockton Fiesta: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/12970917.new-book-recalls-stocktons-fiesta-nightclub-drew-biggest-names-show-business/

Photos of the Grosvenor Hotel: https://steelcitystatic.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/grosvenor-house-hotel/

Rock history of Sheffield: https://dirtystopouts.com/

Photo of Olga: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0414/7884/8666/files/Olga_Buccaneer_30af4f33-9d85-41d3-a411-22f982ace4b1_480x480.jpg?v=1693856409

Olga Marshall profile: https://dirtystopouts.com/blogs/news/wapentake-the-rock-bar-that-became-a-worldwide-phenomenon-under-olga-marshall

Background on the Buccaneer: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/94-the-buccaneer-leopold-street-sheffield/

The 1995 performance: https://youtu.be/e-nnm1Uw8_M?si=pc3RvbD1IDkMV3Az

Press photos from 1995 performance: http://www.deflepparduk.com/2016newsoct44.html

List of Def Leppard landmarks: http://defleppard.snaggledworks.com/archive/misc/fodor_guide.txt

https://www.thestar.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/sheffield-wapentake-rock-bar-landlady-olga-marshall-saved-a-legendary-show-by-def-leppard-2965408

Rebels message board: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/33-rebels/

Photos of Wapentake being demolished: 

https://www.defleppard.com/wapentake-club-sheffield/

Newsreel about the Grosvenor House Hotel: 

https://youtu.be/WlPGaVuwSPQ

Albums That Changed My Life is a spin-off  podcast about Brian’s favorite albums. On this episode, he talks about his long-time love of Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace, and flips track-by-track through their 2005 record Healthy in Paranoid Times.

The guys take on something new when a listener letter points them not to a song or a band – but to the rumor and innuendo surrounding a BRAND.

Hear the tale of an ancient accident and the family who turned it into a centuries-lasting business endeavor that would help define jazz and lead to rock n roll.

SHOW NOTES:

https://mcaulaydrums.com/CYMBALS/item4498.html

https://thedrumninja.com/where-are-buddy-richs-drum-sets/#:~:text=Buddy%20Rich%20was%20a%20Zildjian,popularity%20even%20more%20amongst%20drummers.

https://reverb.com/news/crash-clash-the-shared-history-of-zidjian-and-sabian

https://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/clashing-cymbals-are-music-their-ears

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avedis_Zildjian_Company

Modern Drummer, 1983 article: https://www.soft.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?21422-Zildjian-Sabian-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1940

UPI Archives, April of 1981: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/04/15/Cymbal-making-family-clashes-in-court/5192356158800/

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/arts/armand-zildjian-81-head-of-family-of-cymbal-makers.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabian_Cymbals

Brian and Murdock run through their favorite parts of attending the largest rock festival in the country – Louder Than Life – which took place in Louisville, KY on September 21-24.

Brian and Murdock get into a listener request asking them to figure out if the guys in Rush – Geddy, Alex and Neil – were always as nice to everyone as their reputation would imply.

Support the show via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rocknrollbedtimestories

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/is-geddy-lee-the-most-likeable-guy-in-rock.1388179/

https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-of-Geddy-Lee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart

https://bravewords.com/news/how-neil-peart-s-disastrous-audition-for-rush-turned-into-the-final-piece-of-a-musical-puzzle-professor-of-rock-investigates-video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_(band)

https://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/5269-neil-is-standoffish-and-rude/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-was-neil-peart-embarrassed-around-rush-fans/

https://rockcelebrities.net/steve-lukather-recalls-rushs-attempt-to-sabotage-toto/

https://www.innerviews.org/inner/steve-lukather

Alex’s version of the Runaways story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPpfoE0Jdmc

The photo of The Runaways with Rush: http://news.2112.net/2010/01/joan-jett-bashes-rush.html

https://rock929rocks.com/2019/10/23/joan-jett-had-some-feelings-to-share-about-rush/

The 1987 Joan Jett SPIN interview: https://www.spin.com/featured/joan-jett-good-music-may-1987-cover-story-the-promised-land/

https://www.reddit.com/r/rush/comments/xly41n/why_did_rush_and_the_runaways_hate_each_other_i/

https://forums.melodicrock.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=57462

https://bravewords.com/news/rush-more-details-surface-on-alex-lifesons-arrest