GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast

55:58

The Story of Santana: how Latin rhythms created a new...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/10/01

In chaotic Tijuana, Mexico a young violinist, Carlos Santana, is pushed into music by his demanding Mexican band leader father. He secretly discovers blues and R&B guitarists and changes his instrument. After moving to San Francisco's explosive late-1960s rock scene, Carlos fusing those influences with his native Latin rhythms . Then an unlikely opportunity places his unknown band on an unimaginable stage and changes everything, introducing audience to a sound that was powerful,

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56:08

The Story of Pink Floyd: architects of sound and vision

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/09/16

In the mid 1960s, four English university students still learning to play instruments began jamming. What emerged was Pink Floyd, psychedelic early architects to experimenting with grand, cinematic soundscapes, deeply philosophical themes and live shows that felt more like journeys to the human mind than concerts. Prepare for an absolute roller coaster ride from the London Underground clubs to global domination, heartbreaking losses and dramatic fireworks from within. You'll learn:1) How

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56:27

The Story of The Cure: A rare combination of darkness...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/09/02

The Cure proved something very rare in the history of music: that darkness and beauty could coexist in the very same catalog. While navigating immense and shocking internal chaos, band leader and guitarist Robert Smith and The Cure inspired generations of artists, helped define the sound of alternative music, and showed millions of outsiders that they weren't alone. In this episode you'll learn:How Robert Smith managed to perform in two famous bands at one timeThe surprising musical

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45:55

The Story of R.E.M. The most successful college radio...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/08/20

Picture a 1970s American teen, dressed as Frank N. Furter from Rocky Horror, interviewed on local TV outside a suburban cinema. That fearless teen grows up to be Michael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M., the first alternative band to achieve global commercial success, from its origins in tiny Athens, Georgia. The first alternative band from the college radio airwaves to experience mass commercial success with 90 million albums sold, R.E.M. occupies an influential position in music history,

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61:22

The Story of The Eagles: From California country rock...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/08/12

Listen to how a true California sound was born… from musicians who didn’t even come from California. In the late 1960s, four young artists arrived in Los Angeles from completely different corners of America. Blending country, rock, and soaring harmonies, Eagles captured the spirit of the American West and helped launch a new musical movement. Over the decades they would sell more than 150 million records and secure 2 of the top 4 spots in album sales in history. This is their journey from

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61:40

The Story of Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys: The boy...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/08/02

Explore one of the most influential figures in modern music history - Brian Wilson leader of The Beach Boys. Known for layered orchestrations and an innovative approach to studio recording, Brian influenced artists like The Beatles, Elton John, Queen, The Eagles and more. Incredibly, Brian created one of rock’s great lost albums - Smile begun in 1966 - but it was shelved for 37 years. Decades later... our guest today, David Leaf, helped bring it to the world. You'll learn:1) Brian's

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64:42

The Story of U2: From near breakup to stadium legends

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/07/23

Incredibly, U2 began as a band of barely-formed teenagers—two 14-year-olds and two 15-year-olds—at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland. Just 4 years later, they were signed to a major label, and not long after that, they were reshaping rock on a global scale with music driven by faith, politics, and social unrest. U2 would go on to sell more than 175 million albums, never standing still—shifting from raw post-punk urgency to towering arena anthems to daring electronic

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52:04

The Story of Blondie: masters of image and innovators...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/07/10

From a crumbling New York of the mid-'70s, in a tiny downtown club on the edge of collapse, a sound began to cut through the noise and redefine what popular music could be. One of those bands, Blondie, fronted by a punk-era Marilyn Monroe, fused art, New York street cool, visual invention, and razor-sharp pop songwriting, fearlessly moving between punk, new wave, rock, disco, reggae, and hip hop -- to climb from the underground to the top of the charts in the late 1970s and early '80s. In

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66:25

The Story of Stevie Nicks: The poetic teenager who...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/06/29

Travel back to Northern California of the mid 1960s with a young teenage girl writing poems in her bedroom after enduring countless moves across the country with her family. Then on to a succession of menial jobs to support herself and her guitarist boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham to a strange twist that catapults her to becoming a mystical, fierce, powerful song writer fronting one of the top bands of the 1970s. Stevie Nicks has faced serious personal challenges, the kind that could have

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50:44

The Story of KISS: Masters in the Business of Rock

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/06/15

From the streets of New York came four young men — including one born to Holocaust survivors — obsessed from their earliest days with becoming the biggest band in the world. Behind greasepaint and fire, they transformed themselves into larger-than-life characters, igniting the imaginations of millions of youths. With thunderous riffs, explosive stage shows, and relentless ambition, KISS became one of the most influential and commercially successful bands in rock history, selling over 100

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38:45

From the Garage Archives: The Story of Bob Dylan -...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/06/03

Step into the early 1960s to see how a young performer appeared out of nowhere to shape modern rock music. You'll follow him through the decades to hear Dylan's incredible influence on all music through his effect on superstars like The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and modern music in general. How Bob grew up in a Jewish family in Minnesota and changed his nameThe very strange obsession that brought him to New York in the early '60sHow the women in his life greatly influenced

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55:16

The Story of Talking Heads: creators of a new...

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/05/21

Three art-school students leave Rhode Island for a collapsing New York City in the mid-1970s. It was a city on the edge of bankruptcy, violence, and.....artistic rebirth. They didn’t follow a musical movement; they built an entirely new language for rock. Discover how the chaos of a city in decline ignited the downtown scene that transformed Talking Heads into one of the most innovative forces in modern music. In this episode you’ll learn: How a college dropout in the band became one of

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49:57

The Story of Paul McCartney post-Beatles & Wings Part II

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/05/08

Part 2 of Paul McCartney's story will take you inside the daily life of his band Wings as they ascend to the charts. However, can they sustain their flight path given the fact that a famous Beatle is now at the helm with his own ideas of how a band should work... In Part 2 you'll learn:How Paul recruited members of The BandAn analysis of Linda McCartney and her role in the band from a number of perspectives A discussion of the pioneering techniques employed by McCartney in the studio The

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40:33

The Story of Paul McCartney post-Beatles & Wings Part 1

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/05/08

Listen in to inside details of how The Beatles empire collapsed and Paul McCartney's next challenge: could he be successful again without the banner, without the brothers, without the myth? What followed was not a smooth second act. It began as a retreat, a reinvention...hits, misses and masterpieces all followed, each carrying the fingerprints of a man unwilling to fade quietly into history. This is the story of what happens after you've already conquered the world and have to prove you

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49:57

The Story of Paul McCartney & Wings Part II

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/05/01

Part 2 of Paul McCartney's story will take you inside the daily life of his band Wings as they ascend to the charts. However, can they sustain their flight path given the fact that a famous Beatle is now at the helm with his own ideas of how a band should work... In Part 2 you'll learn:How Paul recruited members of The BandAn analysis of Linda McCartney and her role in the band from a number of perspectives A discussion of the pioneering techniques employed by McCartney in the studio The

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40:33

The Story of Paul McCartney & Wings Part I

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/05/01

Listen in to inside details of how The Beatles empire collapsed and Paul McCartney's next challenge: could he be successful again without the banner, without the brothers, without the myth? What followed was not a smooth second act. It began as a retreat, a reinvention...hits, misses and masterpieces all followed, each carrying the fingerprints of a man unwilling to fade quietly into history. This is the story of what happens after you've already conquered the world and have to prove you

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58:24

The Story of The Cars & Ric Ocasek

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/04/14

If any band defines the long odds of the garage-to-stadiums journey...it’s The Cars.Grinding through years in Boston, they cycled through wildly different sounds before finally striking gold—fusing punk edge with pop precision to help define a new musical decade.In this episode, you’ll learn:How bandleader Ric Ocasek and his partner Ben Orr struggled for years to unlock their breakthrough sound The surprising number of genres the band attemped before succeedingThe reveal of the secret

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58:24

The Story of The Cars

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/04/08

If any band defines the long odds of the garage-to-stadiums journey, it’s The Cars.Grinding through years in Boston, they cycled through wildly different sounds before finally striking gold—fusing punk edge with pop precision to help define a new musical decade.In this episode, you’ll learn: How bandleader Ric Ocasek and his partner Ben Orr struggled for years to unlock their breakthrough sound The surprising number of genres the band attemped before succeeding The reveal of the secret

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61:22

The Story of The Eagles

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/03/18

Listen to how a true California sound was born… from musicians who didn’t even come from California. In the late 1960s, four young artists arrived in Los Angeles from completely different corners of America. Blending country, rock, and soaring harmonies, Eagles captured the spirit of the American West and helped launch a new musical movement. Over the decades they would sell more than 150 million records and secure 2 of the top 4 spots in album sales in history. This is their journey from

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63:29

The Story of Stevie Wonder

GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast ·

2026/03/07

This is an astonishing story of the human spirit. Travel back to early 1960s Motown when an 11-year old child prodigy mysteriously appeared on the scene. Stevie Wonder rose from deep poverty, a fractured home and a significant physical disability to become one of the most influential musicians of all time. As you will hear, he was also a master of innovating new sounds, producing hits across many musical genres - soul, R'n'B, rock, reggae, pop, funk and more. In this episode you'll

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