Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast

Dust off yer ol' Best of Matthew Wilder album, because this week Uncle Gregg and Brett chew the phat (yeah, that's P-H-A-T, yo!) on some of their favorite classic alternative compilation albums.  We did Various Artists compilations in a previous episode, so this one focuses on albums for one band/artist.  You know, the greatest hits albums that have all the songs you love in one place...the record...

This week, we count down the classic alternative songs that went straight to the toppermost of the poppermost on some chart, somewhere in the world in the 1980s.  Yowsah, this was a tough one...   Because we have a hard time focusing sometimes, we also discuss kids' TV, some, uh, interesting  million dollar O3L tie-in product ideas, cookware, Halford's Batmobile, the return of ABBA...and, hey, wha...

Привет, товарищи!  How's that for an opening?!?  No??  OK, well, we promise that you'll like our lists better, because this week we celebrate some of the best opening tracks of the O3L era.  A great album has everything in the right place, and it all starts with Track 1, Side 1.  These are the cuts that get us excited and make us weak in the knees.   Along the way, Brett and Uncle Gregg talk about...

The lads quantum leap back to the year of 1975 A.D. to save the world from the evil clutches of Captain & Tennille.  Yep, they're just a couple of private dicks (that means detectives, by the way, kids) on a covert mission to dig up some of the best underground sounds of the day.   Who is Uncle Gunner, and what has he done with Uncle Gregg?  Will love keep us together...or will it tear us apart? ...

OK, boomers!  Take a seat in the back of lecture hall, because O3LU is in session.  Brett takes a break from his son's college move-in to hang out with Uncle Gregg to discuss the essentials for any self-respecting college kid's dormroom.  And, no, we're not talking about totally lame things like food, clothes, toiletries, and books, we mean the really important stuff...like classic alternative mus...

hhhhHHHHHHHello, hhhhhhhhHHHHHello again!  Sit down, pop open a Bartles & Jaymes and spend some time with your friends at O3L.  This week, Uncle Gregg and Brett discuss some of the absolutely sublime albums that came out in 1984...and it really was one of the greatest years in music history.  We had a lot of great input from our third lads out there too, so there are shout outs galore in this one!...

This one's for all of you with a fine appreciation for the bottom end...of music, you sickos!  Join us for a funktastic voyage celebrating some of the best basslines of the classic alternative era. Our special guest lad this week is Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley, bass player and music director for the stars.  He has performed with 50 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and in 12 Broadway Shows.  Funkboy...

Bea·​tlesque | \ ˌbē-tᵊl-ˈesk \: of, relating to, or suggestive of the musical style or technique of the Beatles   O3L discussing their favorite songs inspired by the sound and spirit of the Fab Four? Yeah, yeah, yeah!   Our special guest this week is a progenitor of power pop, a fine purveyor of Beatlesque bops, RAY PAUL! Ray joins us to discuss his long and storied music career that stretches ba...

This special bonus episode features our extended conversation with RAY PAUL.  You will not want to miss these amazing stories of rock n' roll's past!   Our special guest this week is a progenitor of power pop, a fine purveyor of Beatlesque bops, RAY PAUL!  Ray joins us to discuss his long and storied music career that stretches back to the days of Beatlemania, his hitmaking years on the Boston sce...

"Vacation, had to get away."  Brett and Uncle Gregg did some summer traveling this past week, but we're not going to leave you empty handed!  Instead, we've cooked up a very special episode, culling some of our favorite stories and moments with our past guests.  Join us on a trip down memory lane featuring hilarious, revealing clips from Linda Hopper (Magnapop/Oh-OK), Andy Strickland (The Loft/Car...

Hey bruhs, what episode is it??  That's right...69, dudes!  Join us for Gregg & Brett's Excellent Adventure, as we hop in the phone booth time machine and dial up the year 1998.  The year of Celine Dion, auto tune, boy bands...and a whole lotta great classic alternative music.  Along the way, the Lads bring up plenty of memories of the year, as well as movies, some new music recommendations, the c...

Do you like American music?  We like American music, baby! The 4th of July may be over, but the party's not!  We're comin' to your town, and we will, by all counts, help you party it down.  This week, Brett and Uncle Gregg celebrate the best classic alternative bands from the USA, with a lot of great input from the "Third Lads" out there...all of you in the O3L Community! Plus, we discuss Uncle Gr...

1977: The Year Two Sevens Clashed. The Year Punk Broke. The Year Everyone Caught Saturday Night Fever. Whatever you call it, it was arguably the single most important and revolutionary year of the O3L era.   This week, Uncle Gregg and Brett discuss their favorite records from that pivotal year with indie legend ANDY STRICKLAND from The Loft, one of the first bands on the influential Creation Recor...

You do not want to miss our SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE featuring our extended conversation with Andy Strickland. This one has everything you could want in a rock & roll story, kids. The early days of Creation! A #1 hit! Radio and TV appearances! Onstage breakups! Fluffing solos! Tea with Morrissey! Making Bobby Gillespie cry! Toy boats! This is a great one...we mean it, maaaaaaaaaaaaan! Learn more abou...

We're not only Lads, we're also Dads...so we took the Father's Day weekend to spend with our kids, but don't worry, we're not going to leave you without a new O3L!  We had such an incredible time with HUGO BURNHAM from GANG OF FOUR that there was far more than we could fit in the last episode.  Other than the opening discussion on the brilliant new Go4 box set, 77-81, this is all brand new content...

“The change will do you good/I always knew it would." This week, Only Three Lads is a gang of four. That is, for our discussion on our Top 5 Drummers, we are joined by one of the most legendary and influential drummers of the O3L era, Hugo Burnham from GANG OF FOUR! Oh, sorry, that's M'Lord to you!   Also joining us for this episode is Brett's big brother Brian, and you will likely notice that tho...

Hold on, because the Lads tackle their top bands with women at the helm. Celebrating the classic, the groundbreaking, the influential, and the underappreciated.   Speaking of great female fronted bands, O3L congratulates The Go-Go's on their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!   Plus - Bueno dreams of Jeannie! Brett marries Wilson Phillips! Uncle Gregg's got skidmarks on his...uh, heart!...

Beware the savage roar...of 1984.  This week, we cover the best of this most excellent of years in the classic alternative era.  And, added bonus - Bueno's back!  We discuss his journey to the BIG3 basketball league tryouts, how he may (or may not) have invented MTV Unplugged, and how he helped The Go-Go's get to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.  Uncle Gregg is assigned his status as the 127th Beatl...

What time is it? It's APT (Athens Party Time), y'all, because we're hanging out with the magnificent LINDA HOPPER from OH-OK and MAGNAPOP to discuss some of our favorite short songs of the O3L era. So grab a White Claw or some Willie Weed, sit back and enjoy the show. This is O3L At Our Best (exclamation point!).   We had such a great time with Linda that we couldn't fit everything into just one s...

  We had such a great time with Linda Hopper that we couldn't fit everything into just one show! Linda shares some amazing stories from her career from coming up in the early '80s Athens scene with Oh-OK, through to the heady '90s alt-rock with Magnapop, to present day....and the talented musicians with whom she's played and crossed paths - including Lynda Stipe, Matthew Sweet, REM, Bob Mould, Pyl...

On the day of this episode's "transmission", it is 41 years to the day that we lost Ian Curtis.  We celebrate the music of Joy Division this week, one of the most influential and important bands of the O3L era.  Playing the role of Bueno this week, we've got the marvelous Mark Cline of Love Tractor returning to the show.  Since Mark and Love Tractor toured with New Order in the mid-80s, he's a ver...

Our oddest episode yet (question mark???)...you be the judge.  For starters, we discuss the Oddball Albums of the classic alternative era - the eccentric, the weird, the daring left turns, the unloved, the underappreciated, the groundbreaking, the soul patches.  Oh, the soul patches.  It's also odd because Bueno isn't back yet...and you know how we miss our Bueno! How appropriate, though, that our...

Coming soon to a podcast near you!  O3L Media presents: Cool Like O3L.  The year is 1991.  A grungy slacker who may or may not actually be your uncle.  A troubled hoodrat from the mean streets of suburban Poway.  A young medical prodigy with a taste for Toad in the Hole.  Three different worlds.  One united cause: to save the world from terrible music.  Yo, drop the zeros and get with the heroes!...

We've got a fever...and the only cure is more CURE!   Join us for Only Three (Imaginary) Lads this week.   In the O3L world, The Cure are as important an institution as any. During this special episode, we celebrate the music and legacy of Robert Smith and his legendary band. The gloomy. The doomy. The playfully silly. The sublime. The hauntingly gorgeous. The profound and poetic.   And because it...

In this very special crossover O3L, we discuss our Top 5 Workout Songs with the very REAL  medical professional Dr. Don Sharnowski.  Dr. Don is  one of the leading experts in the wellness field, but he's also a dear friend of the show and a huge classic alternative music fan.  Not only can nobody fill out an O3L Be Bueno shirt like Dr. Don, but he's got a reeeeally big dictionary.  That's dictiona...