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Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast

Only Three Lads is a lively podcast celebrating the Golden Age of Alternative Music from the "70s, "80s & "90s. Join Uncle Gregg, Brett Vargo, and a variety of ”Third Lads” as we share our Top Fives, stories, and news about the music we love, and have a lot of fun along the way! Whether you‘re into indie, punk, new wave, Britpop, power pop, synth pop, shoegaze, grunge...or whatever...there is going to be something for you to discover and love. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

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E231 - The Apartments' Peter Milton Walsh - Top 5...

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2024/08/27

"Top 5 Winter Songs? A winter themed episode, lads? In August?!? Good timing, doofuses!" We hear you, imaginary (and, frankly, rather rude) podcast critic. And our retort is that our friends in the southern hemisphere are still firmly in the grips of winter. For example, our Third Lad this week, one of the greatest songwriters that Australia has ever produced (and an artist who is on the short list of Brett's musical heroes), Peter Milton Walsh from The Apartments! PMW has led the Apartments in

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113:50

E230 - Peter Jesperson (Twin/Tone Records,...

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2024/08/20

If you will dare, we will dare. "Children by the millions" have been waiting for the episode where we cover the music of one of the most influential and pioneering bands of the alternative era - heck, one of the greatest rock n' roll bands ever, period - The Replacements. And what better Third Lad could we hope for this week than the man who discovered, signed, managed, and co-produced the Mats, Twin/Tone Records co-founder Peter Jesperson?!Peter stops by to recount the early days of the Twin

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29:22

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 14 - The Heat...

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2024/08/16

For those of us in the Northern Hempishere, we are deep into the "Dog Days of Summer." Is anyone else sick of the heat?!? Well, before the dog days are over (to quote Florence & The Machine), cool off with a six pack of new tunes from: The Meringues - 'Shambles' Sissyhiya - 'Kristen Stewart' (Skep Wax Records) Gregorov - 'Gasterbeiter ide za Beč' LMS8 - 'Love Connection' (The Beautiful Music) Giant Day - 'Ignore The Flood' (The Elephant 6 Recording Company) Greg Williams - 'This

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E229 - Journalist/Author/Photographer Michael...

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2024/08/13

Our newest member of the 'Three Timer Club,' renowned music journalist / author / photographer Michael Goldberg, joins us this week to discuss some of the most iconic images of the classic alternative era. What are some of the photos, logos, and icons that come to YOUR mind?The first-ever collection of Addicted To Noise founder and former Rolling Stone senior writer Michael Goldberg's photographs, Jukebox: Photographs 1967-2023 (Hozac Books), features an impressive array of underground figures and

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27:23

E228 - Jeffrey Clark on 'Louder Than You Think: A...

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2024/08/08

During Episode 223, we took an extensive look at one of the best rock documentaries in recent memory, Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young & Pavement, with the film's director Jed I. Rosenberg and co-producer Brian Thalken. It is the inventive, hilarious, and heartbreaking tale of original Pavement drummer Gary Young: a rock n' roll wild man, consummate entertainer, and brilliant drummer who was unfortunately plagued by self-destructive tendencies. When we had the film's other

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118:27

E227 - Jeffrey Clark (Shiva Burlesque, The Torn Boys)...

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2024/08/06

From the Bay Area to the Central Valley to the Redwood Forest, this punk rock was made for you and me. Since the late '70s, Northern California has been a hotbed of punk rock activity. San Francisco sat at the epicentre of the first wave, with bands like Crime, Dead Kennedys, Avengers, Chrome, The Mutants, and The Nuns bringing the house down at the legendary Mabuhay Gardens. East Bay bands like Green Day, Operation Ivy, Rancid, and The Mr. T Experience ruled the punk revival of the late '80s

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E226 - The Hollywood Stars, Part 2: Top 5 LA Albums

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2024/07/30

Last episode, you heard the thrilling, incredible rock n' roll stories of the Hollywood Stars' Scott Phares and Jeff Jourard. This week, we conclude our epic conversation by revealing each of our Top 5 LA Albums!The Hollywood Stars were THE "It Band" on the Sunset Strip in the early '70s. Originally concocted by legendary Hollywood impresario and cult figure Kim Fowley to be LA's answer to New York Dolls, the Stars' mix of glammed-up hard rock and pop hooks made them mainstays at clubs like the

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84:55

E225 - The Hollywood Stars, Part 1

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2024/07/23

The Hollywood Stars were THE "It Band" on the Sunset Strip in the early '70s. Originally concocted by legendary Hollywood impresario and cult figure Kim Fowley to be LA's answer to New York Dolls, the Stars' mix of glammed-up hard rock and pop hooks made them mainstays at clubs like the Whisky a Go Go and the Starwood. Bands like Journey, the Runaways, and Quiet Riot opened for them. Iggy Pop joined them on stage. John Lennon attended their performances. Their songs were covered by Alice

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26:29

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 13 - Jangling...

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2024/07/20

Our 13th (unlucky for some!) installment of the Weekend Six Pack series celebrates one of the best indie labels currently going, Subjangle. Subjangle is the South African based label that boasts an impressive, consistently growing catalogue of some of the finest jangle-, indie-, psych- pop, and much more. This week, hear these six modern classics from Subjangle: 1) The Blue Herons - 'In The Skies' (from Go On) 2) Pantomime Horses - 'Lily Morita' (from Forever Polyester) 3) Kevin Robertson -

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E224 - Author Daniel Rachel - Label Spotlight: 2 Tone...

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2024/07/16

In 1979, 2 Tone Records (formed by Coventry, England art student and Specials keyboardist/songwriter Jerry Dammers) exploded into the consciousness of music lovers in Britain, the US, and beyond, as albums by the Specials, the Selecter, Madness, the Beat, and the Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a youth movement was born. 2 Tone was black and white: a multiracial force of British and Caribbean musicians singing about social issues, racism, class, and gender struggles. It spoke of injustices

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129:04

E223 - 'Louder Than You Think' Director Jed I....

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2024/07/09

Grab your popcorn, Milk Duds, and RC Cola (that'll be $42.75, please), and join us in the back of theatre. We promise not to put the moves on you...we're here to watch the movie. Let's take it slow and see where this goes. Oh, sorry, got lost in the moment.This week, we discuss some of our favorite music documentaries, and celebrate one of the latest additions to the canon of great "rock docs"- Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young & Pavement. Joining us for this discussion of

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109:44

E222 - Robyn Hitchcock! - Top 5 Albums of 1967

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2024/07/02

The O3L Time Machine has gone berserk...it's landed all the way back in 1967! It's nice here, so we'll stay a while. The love is free, the clothes are groovy, the drugs are psychedelic (but just say no, kids), and the music is jaw-droppingly brilliant! The reason why we've blasted right past our normal era of focus, you ask? Well, it's not every day that we get to welcome living legend, singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock n' roll surrealist - and now author - Robyn Hitchcock to O3L. That

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E221 - Author/Former Groupie Linda Chadwick - Top 5...

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2024/06/25

It's another introspective week spent going down memory lane, as we relive some of the best concert experiences from our respective pasts. And, believe us, that's no easy feat with quite literally thousands of concerts collectively between us. Yowsah!Yes, you could say that our "Third Lad" this week is quite the authority on the subject, as Linda Chadwick was a Texas groupie on the hard rock and metal scenes between 1982 - 1987. Weaving together a series of often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking,

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26:48

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 12 - Soltice...

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2024/06/21

Summer's here and the time is right for...well, you know... This week, we spotlight tracks by: The Vanrays - 'Survivors' (from Hey! Alright Now, Bonerattle Records) L.A. Drugz - 'Outside Place' (from Outside Place, Hovercraft Records) The Anti-Queens - 'Overthinking' (from Disenchanted, Stomp Records) WolfWolf - 'Twenty One' (from Tolentanz, Ghost Highway / Lux Noise / Off Label Records) Mad Ones - 'Drone' (from What It Takes, Fortune Stellar Records) Theremin Man - 'Are You

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111:04

E220 - Andy Golding (The Wolfhounds / Dragon Welding)...

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2024/06/18

Hey, guitarists (OK...and wannabe guitarists too)! What were the records that made/make YOU want to pick a guitar and learn to play? That's the burning question this week, as we welcome Third Lad Andy Golding from C86 legends The Wolfhounds to O3L! The Wolfhounds are an English noise pop band formed in Romford, Essex, in 1985 by Dave Callahan, Paul Clark, Andy Golding, Andy Bolton and Frank Stebbing, and originally active until 1990. The band reformed in 2005 and continues to write, record and play

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112:02

E219 - Brian Moss from Vicious Pink - Top 5 Ccclub Jams

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2024/06/11

Cccan't you see? This week, we're talking about Club Jams with the fantastic Brian Moss from Vicious Pink!Originating from a serendipitous encounter in a smoky Leeds nightclub back in 1979, Josephine Warden and Brian Moss embarked on a musical journey that would redefine the synth-pop landscape. Initially known as Vicious Pink Phenomena, they made their mark by providing distinctively off-kilter backing vocals for their friends in Soft Cell, a collaboration that unfolded organically and without

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E218 - Writer/Drummer S.W. Lauden - Top 5 Geek Rock...

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2024/06/04

We're going back to the days when the geeks inherited the earth...specifically, the bands that were influenced by the monumental commercial and artistic triumph that was Weezer's 1994 self titled album (or, as it's affectionately known, The Blue Album). That's the subject of the new oral history and accompanying 11-track compilation album Generation Blue, out now from Big Stir Records and Spyderpop Records. Compiled and edited by this week's Third Lad, S.W. Lauden, Generation Blue is a fascinating

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E217 - Miki Berenyi from Lush - Top 5 Songs of 1986

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2024/05/28

1986 is undoubtedly one of the great years in music history, but one in which the chasm in alternative music grew. Especially for more established artists, 1986 represents the apex of the "BIG '80s" sound - glossy production, synth horns, Fairlights and DX-7s, gated snares, etc. Conversely, there was a new crop of guitar bands who eschewed these big budget sounds for concise, exuberant, noisy, scrappy pop music - brilliantly captured on NME's C86 cassette compilation.Discussing the songs of 1986

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27:53

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 11 -...

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2024/05/24

Here in the U.S., it's Memorial Day weekend...the unofficial start to summer. So what better time to grab a six pack of fresh new indie tunes? This week, we highlight:Venus Sugar High - 'The God And The Sun' Jim Basnight - 'Summertime Again' (Power Popaholic Productions) Steve Conte - 'Shoot Out The Stars' (Wicked Cool Records) Yea-Ming & The Rumours - 'Big Blue Sea' (Dandyboy Records) Ray Richardson - 'A Crack In The Sky' (Nanneroo Music) Even As We Speak - 'Beauty, You Will Break Us All'

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127:53

E216 - Top 5 Albums of 1972 (with The Wesleys)

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2024/05/21

This week, we crank the wayback machine to 1972, a year filled with political turmoil, social unrest, and a whole lotta groovy, life affirming, socially conscious, groundbreaking music that cut across multiple genres and geographic boundaries. With possibly our most eclectic batch of lists yet, we cover a good cross section of what 1972 had to offer. Joining us on this journey are guitarist/vocalist Henry Girard and drummer/vocalist Pablo Garcia from Montreal garage-pop provocateurs The Wesleys, who

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