Rock N Roll Story Guys

Brian and Murdock unravel the story of how the first band on MTV briefly became part of prog rock pioneers YES - and how it almost ruined everything...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buggles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Fighting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lane_(manager)
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-managers-that-built-prog-former-yes-manager-brian-lane-reminisce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tormato
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(Yes_album)
https://www.rhino.com/article/5-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-yess-drama
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Brian and Murdock dust for fingerprints through the last 25 years of pop music trying figure out what happened to two people who created one of the biggest hits of the late '90s.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Brisebois
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-danielle-brisebois-b/100962358/?locale=en-US
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520premonition
The Premonition (full movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGMQwWpv7L8
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0g6TkUOH7f/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-danielle-brisebois-on-archi/100962099/?locale=en-US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Strouse
https://tedium.co/2024/08/25/new-radicals-gregg-alexander-history/
Kevin & Bean interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZV0i4lPhxA
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/found-star-new-radicals-gregg-739434/
https://www.realgonerocks.com/2009/11/gregg-alexander-intoxifornication/
https://popsublime.blogspot.com/2010/09/music-of-gregg-alexander.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nowels
New Radicals on All That: https://youtu.be/lPDlG5bjPyA?si=2OpXf0Y-ds4FAiGL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Radicals
https://www.theringer.com/2021/1/20/22241467/new-radicals-history-you-get-what-you-give
https://intermediaries.wordpress.com/tag/new-radicals/
https://news.pollstar.com/1998/12/21/new-radicals/
https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/new-radicals
The press release Gregg writes: https://web.archive.org/web/20121110110511/https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/new-radicals-dissolves-156295355.html
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/08/23/new-radicals-return-with-new-music-for-first-time-in-25-years/74915946007/
https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/21/11477490/sing-street-john-carney-interview-once-begin-again
Gregg Alexander songs he wrote for others playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YBo9X6uPktenqruUjFQNT
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/18/natasha-bedingfield-how-we-made-unwritten
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The guys go on one of their wildest rides to date - connecting The Rolling Stones, 80's punk, murder, and jazz guitar.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jove
https://www.popvalley.co.uk/p/echoes-the-death-of-peter-ivers-and
https://www.popvalley.co.uk/p/echoes-the-death-of-peter-ivers-and-874
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ivers
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/peter-ivers-becoming-peter-ivers-interview
https://www.deuceofclubs.com/books/291peter_ivers.htm
https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfnFACEgVK/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/27/an-einstein-among-neanderthals-the-tragic-prince-of-la-counterculture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Weinstock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones%27_Redlands_bust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones%27_Redlands_bust
https://vocal.media/beat/she-had-a-mars-bar-where
https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/players/5645-who-killed-lenny-breau-4.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau
https://www.reddit.com/r/thelema/comments/1hbe439/picked_up_this_record_by_david_jove_recently/
Peter and The Acid King - Penelope Spheeris podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/2XzPtqqdYPpBquMLdinhpe?si=51662add4d1c4333
Transcripts: https://podcasts.happyscribe.com/imagine-audio-peter-and-the-acid-king/peter-and-the-acid-king-theories
https://offscreen.com/view/in-heaven-everything-is-fine
Jove - Never Say Never - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngUwh_rbtyE
https://ifrqfm.substack.com/p/terminal-love
The Josh Frank book: https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Everything-Fine-Unsolved-History/dp/1416551204
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/c3guj9/who_killed_peter_ivers/
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The guys get into the backstory behind two of the most powerful women in rock and the biggest obstacle they've faced - each other.
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The oral history: https://www.amazon.com/Kicking-Dreaming-Story-Heart-Soul/dp/0062101684
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ann-nancy-wilson-heart-update
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/14/heart-singer-ann-wilson-success-was-a-faustian-bargain-we-made
https://1001-songs.blogspot.com/2013/04/interview-with-magic-man-mike-fisher-of.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wilson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine_(Heart_album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Queen
https://www.dreampathpodcast.com/episodes/michael-roger-fisher-two/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/heart-can-ann-and-nancy-wilson-go-on-after-family-assault-115109/
https://wror.com/2022/04/12/ann-and-nancy-wilson-no-feud-but-there-is-split/
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Brian and Murdock dig into the story behind the most infamous SNL performance-gone-haywire, and figure out how it weirdly connected a king of comedy, a premier provocateur, and the ultimate torchbearer of punk authenticity.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(book)
openculture.com/2025/10/the-night-john-belushi-booked-the-punk-band-fear-on-snl-1981.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi
https://diffuser.fm/john-belushi-fear-snl/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_Theatre
https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/spreading-fear-since-the-1970s/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_(band)
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/inside-john-belushis-long-lost-punk-song-with-fear-73830/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbors_(1981_film)
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-belushi-fear-snl/
Ian McKaye telling story about SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssNYb7HFUvE
https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-real-story-fear-snl-1236258816/
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