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In 1984, Van Halen were one of the biggest bands on Earth. By 1985, they were on the verge of breaking up, as vocalist David Lee Roth left to pursue a solo career and try his luck in Hollywood. After a couple asks that went nowhere, they settled on former Montrose vocalist Sammy Hagar as … Continue reading

Five episodes! FIVE episodes! FIVE….never mind. For episode five, we go big, looking at an album by some guys from Liverpool who I guess were kind of big in the 1960s? Big enough that they could follow up a landmark album with a 93-minute opus and no one would bat an eye. And despite the … Continue reading

For Episode Four, we travel back to 1980 and get to know five musicians who only worked all together one time. Three of them are what’s left of a prog-rock band after their singer and keyboardist left. The other two are a duo who write songs about the perils of technology using the finest recording … Continue reading

The third episode of The Divisive Albums Podcast, where I discuss the follow-up to one of the most successful albums in history: Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 double album, Tusk! The episode comes with the following SHOW NOTES! 0:00: Intro and Theme Song 0:25: About me, and announcing I’ll be begging for money in about 20 minutes. … Continue reading

The second episode of The Divisive Albums Podcast, where I discuss an album by a band a lot of people forgot about: Stabbing Westward, and their 2001 self-titled album! In the episode, I discuss the following. SHOW NOTES! 0:00: Intro and Theme Song 0:22: About me, and introducing our band: Stabbing Westward! 0:51: Announcing we’re … Continue reading

The first “proper” episode of The Divisive Albums Podcast, where I discuss an album by a band who are inherently pretty divisive: Dream Theater, and their 1997 album Falling Into Infinity! In the episode, I discuss the following. SHOW NOTES! 0:00: Intro and About Me 0:26: Introducing our band: Dream Theater! 0:30: Who are Dream … Continue reading