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  • The Story Behind: Digital Underground - Sex Packets, Ep 212
    Jun 9 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Digital Underground was the brainchild of Shock G, a multi-instrumentalist based in Oakland trying to find his hip-hop niche. The guys get together to discuss fake nose accessorizing, water-based rap crews, and Burger King bathrooms.

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    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

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    1 h y 18 m
  • The Story Behind: Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Ep 211
    Jun 2 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Lana Del Rey is a prolific songwriter and dream pop goddess of the modern era who shuffled through some different personas before finding her niche. The team welcome a very special guest and discuss sad girl indie, unexpected melodic changes, and an acrobatic vocal style.

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    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: Digital Underground - Sex Packets

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    1 h y 41 m
  • The Story Behind: Yes - Close to the Edge, Ep 210
    May 26 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Yes went through multiple lineups changes and their biggest hits before heading into the studio for their most ambitious project by far. The boys welcome Marty as a first time host and discuss gnome villages, terrible alternate band names, and the music of insects.

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    https://open.spotify.com/album/252LyflX4wUeISSzgL392F?si=OHyN-JnOSc6F9N5QbQNbIg

    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails Over the Country Club

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    1 h y 17 m
  • The Story Behind: De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising, Ep 209
    May 19 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. De La Soul were still kids when they got a record deal and access to a full studio's worth of gear to record their debut LP. The boys get together and talk about a complete lack of self-editing, early adventures in creative sampling, and the importance of being charming,

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    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: Yes - Close to the Edge

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    1 h y 27 m
  • The Story Behind: Abba - The Visitors, Ep 208
    May 12 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Abba had an impressive run of pop hits while touring the world non-stop in the 1970s, but as the 1980s came around, they were close to a breaking point, both personally and professionally. The team get together to talk about being in a band with your wife, the Swedish wrecking crew, and where pop catchiness comes from.

    Come hang with the guys live in person at The Beverly Crushers album release show in San Francisco - Saturday May 17th at Thee Parkside

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    https://open.spotify.com/album/3JHZ83ohEBDLFQfbVfDHFh?si=v-kmBHDSSX2p1zs8I7YcGQ

    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising

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    1 h y 36 m
  • The Story Behind: Santana - Abraxas, Ep 207
    May 5 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Santana formed as a collective in the swinging San Francisco 60s, and hit the big time during their breakout set at Woodstock. The boys get together to discuss mood music, minor pentatonics, and snake-fighting on stage in front of 400K people

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    Special Thanks to our guest complainer Dave Gebroe! Check out his amazing podcast Discograffiti here:

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    https://open.spotify.com/album/1CHUXwuge9A7L2KiA3vnR6?si=i5dZYOBKR7Si1MRu-914_g

    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: Abba - The Visitors

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    1 h y 28 m
  • The Story Behind: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand, Ep 206
    Apr 28 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow with the express purpose of making music that would make women want to dance. And - they did. The boys discuss the full backstory of the band and in the process touch on stacked guitar-monies, sing-talking, and the art rock-modded disco beats of the early 2000s.

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    https://open.spotify.com/album/0vi5ePiEHrGZJF7QhnDW2z?si=E16ir6IWRDuKPP81jY4awQ

    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: Santana - Abraxas

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    1 h y 30 m
  • The Story Behind: Christina Aguilera - Stripped, Ep 205
    Apr 21 2025

    Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Christina Aguilera went from pre-teen singing phenom to Disney channel star and then decided she wanted to make a different kind of music. The team get together to discuss genre-hopping, excessive vamps, and the challenges of pop stardom.

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    https://open.spotify.com/album/2USigX9DhGuAini71XZEEK?si=S5hzJg5JQK2TzpYcAIKQFA

    Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

    Outro music: After the Afterlife by MEGA

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    Next week's album: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

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    1 h y 41 m
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