Personal Jukebox Music Podcast

Cock rock superstars Jovi’s 5th studio album was released slap-bang in the middle of the Grunge and alternative boom. Hence, Jon Bon and the boys were no longer wild in the street chasing bad medicine all across New Jersey and instead found themselves with a more mature sound, keeping the faith and laying their potential suitors down on beds of roses. Simon manages to tie Mr. Metal himself, Gaz do...

Ok, so you know the drill here. Simon is going to fire off the reverse swing googly and It’s Boyd’s job to bat those bad boys away… or so you’d think anyway. After OK Computer, Radiohead’s Kid A album was hotly anticipated by the music press and the record buying public alike but did it live up to expectations? Put aside your preconceptions and listen to us dissect this one. Get in touch with feed...

Most commentators would agree that mega-influential Manchester band The Smiths’ star shone bright and was extinguished far too soon. Indeed, the band’s debut album was released in February 1984 but they had played their final gig before the end of ‘86. In-fighting has plagued the group even since they have split whilst constant rumours of ‘getting the band back together’ persist.  Simon and Ning t...

If our old mate Gaz was given the choice of a band to cover (NO SLAYER MAN!) then I guess he’d pick SOAD. Good job he’s on this episode talking shop about part one of 2005’s twin album release, Mezmerize. Come listen and find out if the rumours are true and they did actually put all the good songs on this one. Drop us a message jukeboxpod@gmail.com  and follow on the social medias of the day @juke...

The year is 2002. 2 major pop-culture touchstones could have been said to be on their respective 'comedowns' from massive critical acclaim but still baring the fruits of financial success, WWF wrestling/entertainment and Nu-Metal. So what better way to build a pile of dollar-dollar than to (tag) team up and put out an musical effort reworking the entrance themes of then-WWF wrestlers by legitimate...

The Verve released their third studio album Urban Hymns on 29 September 1997. It earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release, and went on to become the band's best-selling release and one of the biggest selling albums of the year but are we in agreement with the critics? Does the album hold up? Is there any substance aside from the big singles? Has Richard Ashcroft ever smiled? Simon...

Absolute paid-by-the-word motormouth Little Si is welcomed back to the pod to discuss the second compilation put out by Kerrang! in 2001.  Whilst we try to keep discussion focused on the Foo Fighters, Sum 41, Marilyn Manson et al, matters soon turn to many topics including but not limited to Christmas dinners, the new Scream film, Eminem’s Mariah diss track, the plight of Prince Andrew and working...

Time to get down (in a hole) with possibly the most underrated of Seattle’s early 90’s grunge big 4 quartet, Alice in Chains. Simon and Boyd, who have both been long fans of Alice, take a look at the band’s sophomore effort and try to decipher the lyrics of mr’s Stayley and Cantrell. Get in touch with us jukeboxpod@gmail.com  , follow the podcast on our Facebook and Instagram pages, drop us a revi...

We ease into the new year with a trip down memory lane back to the summer of 1999. A place where the UK charts were inhabited by such mega big-hitters as S Club 7, Shanks & Bigfoot and The Vengaboys. Can we find any actual decent stuff knocking around at the end of the old millennium though? Get in touch with us jukeboxpod@gmail.com  with feedback and questions. Check out the show on the socials @...

Full disclosure, both Simon & Neil are full of ‘festive spirit’ in this episode. Be warned. In 2012 the BBC decided to commemorate the then 20 year career of one Mr. Pete Tong on their radio platforms by polling the great British public for their favourite dance records put out during Tong’s tenure. We begin by looking back at Mr. We Continue’s work but quickly descend into a full-on drunken tune-...

So we looked at 2001's Kerrang offering a few episodes back but now let's have a gander over the British magazines 1994 effort of 30 Kranium Krunchin' Kuts taking in 3 decades and celebrating 500 issues of Kerrang! Simon is joined by old Metal Head himself, Gaz Davies to take in 2 discs of Kontempary Kaos and Kerrang Klassix, all the time bearing in mind that the cd itself warns that this Kacophon...

Marketing Man 1 – “That ‘Shine’ album did ok, don’t you think?” Marketing Man 2 – “It didn’t sell as well as ‘Dance Zone Level 5’ though” MM 1 – “Different market, mate, different market. But this guitar music seems to be everywhere, and there’s a lot of it in the charts. I reckon we can make another compilation and make a quick buck or two” MM 2 – “Can we try not to use old songs this time?” MM 1...

Hey! The Bizkit just released their new album after a massive 10 year wait and depending on your point of view it’s either a bit of a banger or they still suck, But for just now, forget about that. Instead allow Simon and Neil to whisk you back to 1999 when Fred and the boys dropped the Nu-Metal megahit to find out if it really is all about the ‘he-said, she-said’. A buzz saw of bad attitude, meta...

GIRL! I wanna take you to a gay bar! But instead, let Simon and Stewart invite you to their own soirée, digging under the hood of Detroit band Electric Six’s initial long player offering.  After long being vaunted by Mr. Boyd as underrated, we get the chance to listen for ourselves. One or maybe two hit wonders? Listen to the pod to find out. Get in touch with the show via email jukeboxpod@gmail.c...

Our old pal Little Simon rocks up again, joining Big Si to delve into 2001’s offering of muchos metal from the UK’s premier rock and metal Magazine, KERRANG! 39 tracks ranging from Wheatus to White Zombie via Monster Magnet & My Vitriol receive the Personal Jukebox appraisal in this, the longest episode so far!  Get in touch with the show via email jukeboxpod@gmail.com or take a peek on Instagram...

The time has come to take at least a cursory glance at one of the greatest debut albums of all time. Brothers Liam & Noel along with Mr. ‘Cooking with classical gas’ Tony McCarroll et al get the Jukeboxpod treatment from Simon and Ning.  Get in touch with the show via email jukeboxpod@gmail.com or take a peek on Instagram @jukeboxpod or follow on Facebook by searching for the show.

Finally we get to looking at an album that was kind of the impetus for this entire podcast, the first Shine Indie hits compilation from 1995.  The Shine series of became a touchstone for the rapidly growing indie scene of the mid to late 1990s & tell the tale of the fast rise and slow decline of Britpop, whilst offering a vast selection of hits, classics, one-offs and obscurities. Simon and Stewar...

Simon isn’t the biggest fan of 80s music and Gaz doesn’t particularly dig the chart music scene so what better idea for an episode than mixing both those bad boys together? The guys head back to a time when they were both 10 years old, a place inhabited by musical giants like Prefab Sprout, Maxi Priest, Belinda Carlisle & Phil Collins. We hear all about Simon’s week off work holiday japes, get an...

Freak out and give in, doesn’t  matter what you believe in. Stay cool and be somebody's fool this year. All of the Jukebox fan’s favourite wordsmith, Mr. Stewart Boyd joins Simon to look at the Smashing Pumpkins album Siamese Dream.  Listen to find out how this all invokes discussion of Hall & Oates, Luther Blissett and Mayonaise’s claim to have the best song intro ever y’all.  Get in touch with t...

Happy Birthday to us!  Simon is joined by Neil Strong to celebrate the pod’s 1st Birthday. What better way to do so than to sit around, drink cider, compare each of our top 12 Smooth Radio-esque mega (?) hits and deliver a BUMPER episode?  Get in touch with the show directly by email via Jukeboxpod@gmail.com  Also Always follow us on the social media @jukeboxpod on Instagram and by searching Perso...

Simon is back with a new episode featuring Gaz Davies looking at Metallica’s much maligned album St. Anger. There’s lots of chat about the Some Kind of Monster film as well as Metallica’s MTV Icons celebration show. Is the album actually any good? Can the guys make it all the way though? Should Metallica fire James and bring in Avril Lavigne? Does Snoop Dogg know the words to Sad But True? All the...

OH, AH, AH, AH, AH! Simon and Neil Strong make a Guinness world record attempt at the ‘Highest number of uses of the word LIKE in a podcast ever’. They take an in-depth look at the recent Download festival pilot event and somewhere in there they cover the debut 2000 album by Disturbed, The Sickness. Follow the show on Instagram @jukeboxpod search Personal Jukebox Podcast on Facebook or drop the po...

Here’s your latest episode of the podcast focusing on Drowning Pool’s 2001 debut Nu-metal (?) album ‘Sinner’. Gaz Davies joins Simon to take a listen and find out if the Pool are more than just ‘Bodies’. Follow the show on Instagram @jukeboxpod or search for Personal Jukebox Podcast on Facebook. Alternatively, get in touch directly through jukeboxpod@gmail.com  and tell your friends boy!

Simon is joined once again by ‘The Idiot In The Middle’ Ning to look back on the UK singles Top 20 from late summer 2000. They discuss The Rock’s only ever uk chart hit, the reliance of dance music at the time on 70s licks, watching early Big Brother, if Mel C was the only Spice Girl who could actually sing then degenerate into a Dubstep finale and take a wrong turn into analysis of the Dane Bower...

Ignore the intro, this is definitely episode 24, not 22. Simon(big) and Simon(little) bash their way though counting down the most downloaded songs from the 90s ever in the world.  This chart is packed full of mainstream faves as well as Gangsta’s Paradise. We get an update on Little Si’s sex life, find out ‘No Pigeons’ is one of his fave songs ever and discover the ‘Thunderstruck Drinking Game’....