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Prisoners of Rock and Roll

Prisoners of Rock and Roll

Prisoners of Rock and Roll is a bi-weekly podcast about music, the people who make it, and the almighty, ever-lasting power it has over all of us. We"ve covered everything from Anthrax to Frank Sinatra, the history of the blues to the history of punk, and from Johnny Cash to the Joshua Tree. We also play clips, discuss music news, and sentence a song every week to The Electric Chair for being terrible. Check us out -- you might learn something! Check us out at www.prisonersofrockandroll.com.

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50 - Happy Birthday to Us! A Look Back at 2 Years

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/10/24

Music is awesome. Have you ever had one of those moments where you start a song over at the beginning because you were doing something else and didn’t get to hear the whole thing? Or have you heard a song and are immediately transported back to some moment in time you associate with it? We have. And that’s why we love doing this show for the last two years. . In episode 50 of the Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re taking a look at the Prisoners of Rock and Roll! We’re jumping in our Magical Mystery

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106:14

49 - Listen Up Y'All, It's the Beastie Boys

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2022/10/10

The Beastie Boys are so important to music because they never stopped evolving. They started as a hardcore band before putting down their instruments and becoming part of the golden age of hip hop. After being one of the first and most successful acts on Def Jam, they split with the label and took creative control of their music and their image. They picked up their instruments again and built a new sound on a foundation of dense samples and parts of rock, hip hop, jazz, funk, a sense of humor and

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107:59

48 - The Songs Led Zeppelin Ripped Off

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/09/26

There’s no debate that Led Zeppelin is one of the most powerful heavy, blues, rock and roll bands of all time. But what IS up for debate is their originality. Several of their biggest hits borrow (or steal) from songs that came before them, mostly from African American blues singers who already sang the blues because they were getting shafted by society. They’ve been sued almost a half a dozen times for copyright infringement and have made a career of taking songwriting credits for stuff they just

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107:12

47 - God Save the Queen: The Sex Pistols

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2022/09/12

The Sex Pistols were one of the pioneers of the music, fashion, and attitude of the punk rock movement. They were only together for about 2 ½ a half years and released just one album. But over that period, they were just as famous (or infamous) for their behavior as they were as for their music. They didn’t care what you, the music industry, or society thought about them. Led by frontman Johnny Rotten and an illiterate guitar player named Steve Jones who stole one of his first axes from David Bowie,

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113:22

46 - Woodstock: Peace, Mud, and Music

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/08/22

Woodstock was an important moment in pop culture, music, and the hippie movement. The organizers of the event originally planned it as a way to raise money so they could build a recording studio in New York. They sold tickets in advance but decided to let people in for free when nearly half a million people showed up at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York over the course of three days in August during the summer of love in 1969. The people in attendance were hammered by a massive rain storm

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127:08

45 - The Greatest Drummers of All Time

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/08/08

The drum is the world’s oldest instrument. Drummers can use their kit to lay down the back beat and help the rest of a band keep time, or they can use it in solos just like a guitar. In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re taking a look at the best drummers in music history. We’re starting with the big band drummers Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, who put the spotlight on their instruments and paved the way for modern drummers for generations. Then we’re covering legends like Bonzo and

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108:50

44 - Truckin' With the Grateful Dead

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/07/25

The Grateful Dead are among the most unlikely stars in the history of rock and roll. They created a culture and became one of the most famous bands in the world on their own terms. They toured relentlessly, made things up as they went and didn’t care about making mistakes. They never cared about being famous, and would probably hate me even calling them stars in this monologue. In this trippy episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re taking a look at Grateful Dead – the music, the drugs, the

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98:45

43 - Back to the Beach: The Songs of Summer

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/07/11

Summertime is the right time for heading to the beach, going to the lake, or sitting by the pool. And you can’t do any of that without some music. In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re talking about the best songs of summer. So open a cold beverage of choice, sit back in your beach chair, and turn up the volume. Our show is sponsored by our home base of McCusker's Tavern at 17th and Shunk Streets in Philadelphia. We are proud supporters of our friends at Boldfoot Socks. We are just

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Update -- Where The Heck Have We Been?

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/06/28

Hey guys! Sorry you haven't gotten a new episode from us in a few weeks. Life outside of podcast land has been hectic, but we'll be back on July 11th. In the meantime, Check us out online, on Facebook and Twitter, or shoot us an email at prisonersofrockandroll@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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120:10

42 - Rock The Mic with the Golden Age of Hip Hop

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/06/05

Like rock and roll before it, hip hop gave a new voice to generations of people and became a cultural movement just as much as a type of music. In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re taking a look at the Golden Age of hip hop. We’re going to look at the pioneers who started hip hop in the wake of disco. The rappers who helped bring hip hop to the mainstream like Run DMC and LL Cool J. And rappers like Public Enemy and NWA who used their music to speak up about how black people were

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113:07

41 - Rock Around the Clock - Music of the 50s

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/05/23

The 1950s were an awesome time for music. And when rock and roll crossed paths with television, it blew the doors off of post-war America and changed everything it touched. These artists built the foundation of modern music and you can still hear their influence on artists 70 years later. Elvis. Chuck Berry. Buddy Holly. And more. But the story isn’t all sock hops and poodle skirts. The history of early rock and roll also contains stories of tragedy, scandal, and racism that ended this early era as

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98:10

40 - Hold Those Lighters High! Power Ballads

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/05/09

Hair metal ruled the radio and the backs of denim jackets in the 1980s. A cornerstone of every hair metal band’s music output was a power ballad – this was a chance for the bad guys in rock and roll to show their softer side by slowing things down and singing about the women they love. These were the songs you put on a mixtape for the girl who sat in front of you in history class or requested on the radio on a Saturday night. On tonight’s episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re taking a look

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99:29

39 - "Dear Loser" -- The History of Sub Pop Records

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/04/18

Sub Pop was an independent record label that rose to fame by putting out albums by several Seattle rock bands before they got huge and had teenagers rocking Doc Martens and flannels. While the label is still around today, they’re best known for releasing early material from Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, L7, and more. In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we take a look at Sub Pop Records and the role they played on the Seattle music scene. We read read their famous rejection letter that

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138:35

38 - The Hottest Band in the World: Kiss!

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/04/04

When it comes to rock and roll, nobody does it louder or bigger than KISS. They took the idea that rock is about having a good time and then turned that up to 11 with their bluesy music, soaring solos, and some of the most recognizable looks in rock and roll. In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re taking a look at KISS. Their rise to fame. The personality conflicts. The make up. The live shows with the explosions, fire breathing, and blood spitting. And of course, the

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37 - Return of the King: The Elvis Comeback Special

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/03/21

By 1968, Elvis Presley he had been out of the music spotlight for a decade. He had only performed once since getting out of the army in 1960, and most of his time was spent turning out dozens of b-level movies that left him frustrated with his career. Then his manager and infamous jerk Colonel Tom Parker pitched an idea to NBC to have Elvis do a TV special. Presley took the stage in a black leather outfit and reminded EVERYONE that he was the King of Rock and Roll. In this week’s episode, we’re

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36 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/03/07

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for the class of 2022. As always, the list includes some people who deserve to be inducted as well as some head scratchers. In this week’s episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re talking about artists who have been snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We’ve put together a list of 10 artists that we think should be nominated, and we want you to vote on who should get in. VOTE NOW. Plus, we’re going to send a song to the Electric

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111:38

35 - The Faces of David Bowie

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/02/21

David Bowie defied every category society tried to put him in. He constantly experimented with new sounds in his music and releasing albums that were glam, proto punk, industrial, and plastic soul. He blurred the lines of gender, fashion, and sexuality. He also combined theater and music by inventing characters that he played on stage and in his music. In this week’s episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re going to take a look at the faces of David Bowie including Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust,

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107:44

34 - Does Rush Suck?

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/02/07

Rush is one of the most successful progressive rock bands of all time. They’ve made 14 platinum albums and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame calls them “the patron saints of brainy, technical, ambitious rock and roll.” But we just don’t like them. Are we missing something? Do we have bad taste in music? On today’s episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we agreed to put our opinions aside and objectively listen to some of their most popular and important cuts. Then we’re going to sit and down and

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33 - Revisiting the Music of 1992

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/01/24

1992 was a great year for music. Rock branched out into all sorts of different cool directions and we got to hear grunge and alternative albums from Alice In Chains, Faith No More, White Zombie, Soul Asylum, and the Gin Blossoms. We heard debut albums from Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, and Body Count. Industrial music took off with Psalm 69 from Ministry and Broken by Nine Inch Nails. Pantera made one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. We had TWO albums from Bruce

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32 - The Day the Music Died: American Pie

Prisoners of Rock and Roll ·

2022/01/10

American Pie by Don McClean is one of the most analyzed songs in rock and roll. This 8 and a half minute song looks at what happened to rock and roll – and America – in the decade after Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in 1959. Don McClean has never fully explained the meaning of the song but there are references to Bob Dylan, Elvis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Byrds, and Janis Joplin, as well as the JFK assassination, communism, the Manson Murders, and

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