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What bands/artists have managed to maintain quality releases over a 20 or more year period? Which Marley child sounded closest to Bob, and which sounded most different to him?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• Have online remote concerts become a good thing for fans and new listeners?
• What makes Green Day a good band?
• Were Weezer ever meant to be taken seriously?
• Did the replacement singers for Journey and Alice in Chains successfully supplement their bands' needs?

What bands were Robert Trujillo playing bass for before he joined Metallica? Did you know that James Hetfield is a major car guy?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• Would the most well-known bands/artists have made it without marketing?
• Do bands/artists need to sell out in any way in order to succeed?
• Did Lars Ulrich deserve the bad press for the Napster situation?
• Do some careers of artists/bands have longer shelf lives than others?

Did you know that Metallica have a podcast? Did Motörhead ever amount to anything more than "Ace of Spades"?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• Are Motörhead a punk band?
• Who are some Canadian rock bands?

Do you ever stick to your New Year's resolutions? Do people even still burn CDs anymore?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• What makes John Mayer a classic guitar hero?
• Have there been any guitarists bigger than or more iconic than Eddie van Halen after Eddie van Halen?

Is "Christmas music" "corny"? Do artists butcher the same songs every December?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• What made/makes Ringo Starr a good drummer and artist?
• Do blind musicians have an advantage in music?
• Have commercialization and consumerism ruined Christmas and other holidays?
• What makes "A Charlie Brown Christmas" a classic album?

What did Ringo think of Peter Jackson's "Get Back" docuseries? Does Paul McCartney still sign autographs?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• Was Yoko Ono "too present" during Beatles' studio sessions?
• Do media outlets tend to abuse invasive "journalist" behavior with artists/bands?
• Is it dehumanizing to put any artist/band on such a high pedestal?
• Is "Wonderful Christmastime" a bad song?

How do you feel about Christmas music? Were Sublime really in a league of their own?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• Who are some key pianists in popular music?
• What made "40oz. to Freedom" a 90s staple?
• What made Bradley Nowell a unique songwriter and frontman?
• Do people throw out quality for sentimental bias with music?

Are metal heads too musically "stiff"? Is it true that some genres "evolve" better than others?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• Who drummed for Nirvana before Dave Grohl joined the band?
• Was Kurt Cobain a control freak?
• Who drummed for Foo Fighters before Taylor Hawkins joined the band?
• Whatever became of the French band Phoenix?
• What happened to country music?
• "Bite Me" by Avril Lavigne (feat. Travis Barker)
• How up-to-speed are we with Blink-182?
• Do classical and jazz sound better instrumentally than they do in song format(s)?

Do you approach music more with feel, or do you usually go by the book? What does it mean to be more classically-driven than jazz-driven?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• What are some good hardware synths?
• Could companies do better with product support and user-friendliness?
• Are some artists more creatively intuitive than others?
• How might kids possibly think music is recorded?

Has music lost its depth? Has the album lost its value?

Here are some of the topics that we go over in this episode:

• Has music gone the way of the movie industry?
• Are seasoned rock bands losing their audience due to mainstream conformity?
• Who were Korn before they were "Korn"?
• Why did Brian "Head" Welch leave Korn?