Kings of No Hope: The Story of The Stereo

I was living across the street from UNLV in 2000, having just completed a one year contract drumming in a casino band (The Wild Celts), when I noticed a bunch of traffic (foot & car) at the strip mall on the corner. Feeling intrigued, I pulled in, parked, and walked into a packed all-ages club right before this band stepped up, plugged in, and ripped through their entire set. I bought the CD (Three Hundred) on the spot and I’ve been a huge fan ever since. Finally, with this podcast, I can get the whole backstory. Because, for the life of me, I still can’t figure out how these guys didn’t become unbelievably huge…

As someone who has always been obsessed with The Stereo, Rory’s podcast is an incredible gift. It was always apparent that there was turmoil behind the scenes but the band didn’t exist in the era we’re in now, where information and news is everywhere. After all these years, to get the juicy gossip and everything that went down is unbelievable. And the way Rory has edited it all together just adds to the entertainment. Thank you Rory! And thank you, Jamie, for humbly sharing your disasters with us!

Only one episode in, but this is really well done! Anyone who’s a fan of Fall Out Boy or Panic At The Disco should do themselves a favor and hear who those bands owe huge parts of their sound to.

This podcast is absolutely Divine! Please Try to Understand the time and Devotion that was put into creating such a compelling story of The Stereo’s origins and Problems along the way. I tried to tell Ramona that she could Dance to This but she said She Would Never. I told that *** (oops, There Goes My Mouth Again) “You’ve Got Some Nerve to say something like that”. If that’s how it is You Can’t Go Home Again and you Can Count Me Out of this relationship. If I could give Kings of No Hope Three Hundred stars I would!