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Send us Fan Mail In memory of Rob and Michele Reiner, rest in peace This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner in his feature directorial debut. Christopher Guest , Michael McKean , and Harry Shearer play members of the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap . [3] [4] Reiner plays Martin "Marty" Di Bergi, a documentary filmmaker following the ban...

Send us Fan Mail Surfer Rosa is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Pixies , released in March 1988 on the British label 4AD . [5] It was produced by Steve Albini . Surfer Rosa contains many of the elements of Pixies' earlier output, including Spanish lyrics and references to Puerto Rico . It includes references to mutilation and voyeurism alongside experimental recor...

Send us Fan Mail Nº 1 in Heaven is the eighth studio album by American pop and rock duo Sparks . Recorded with Italian disco record producer Giorgio Moroder , the album marked a change of musical direction for the group and became influential on later synth-pop bands. Released on March 1, 1979 by Virgin Records (with initial copies on colored vinyl) and later licensed to Elektra Records in the US,...

Send us Fan Mail Come On Pilgrim is the debut mini-album by the American alternative rock band Pixies , released on September 28, 1987, on 4AD . Produced by Gary Smith , the release consists of eight tracks from a seventeen-song recording session that the band had recorded at Fort Apache Studios in March 1987. Signing the band based on the quality of the recordings, 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell w...

Send us Fan Mail Blinded by Science is an EP by new wave / synthpop artist Thomas Dolby , comprising extended 12-inch single versions of songs from the 1982 album The Golden Age of Wireless . It was released in 1983. [2] [3] Four of the recordings had previously been released as two separate 12-inch remix singles in the UK: " She Blinded Me with Science " backed with " One of Our Su...

Send us Fan Mail The songs Up In Mississippi and Depot Street, and other Mudcrutch songs, can be found on the Playback boxset from 1995 on Disc 5: Through The Cracks & Disc 6: Nobody's Children. The B-Sides can be found on YouTube. Check out this YouTube playlist for all 4 songs we reviewed.  Check out our review of the Mudcrutch album from 2008 Mudcrutch was an American rock band from Ga...

Send us Fan Mail Fugazi , also known as the EP 7 Songs , [7] is the debut release by the American post-hardcore band Fugazi . As with subsequent release Margin Walker , Guy Picciotto did not contribute guitar to this record; all guitar was performed by Ian MacKaye . It was originally recorded in June 1988 and released in November 1988 on vinyl and again in 1989 on the compilation release 13 Songs...

Send us Fan Mail Update: Ace Frehley has passed away on October 16th, 2025 at the age of 74. RIP Ace, we didn't mean to dig this episode up the same week you passed.  Ace Frehley is the first solo album by American guitarist and former Kiss member Ace Frehley , released on September 18, 1978, by Casablanca Records . [1] It was one of four albums released by each separate Kiss member as a solo...

Send us Fan Mail Check out our review of the album proper here .  Spirit Phone is the seventh studio album by Lemon Demon , a musical project created by American musician Neil Cicierega . The album was released digitally through Bandcamp on February 29, 2016, marking his first full-length album in eight years. All tracks were written, performed, and recorded by Neil Cicierega . The album's co...

Send us Fan Mail Side Two of this album is the EP we are reviewing today if you want to check it out here. https://struggle31g.bandcamp.com/album/one-settler-one-bullet At the turn of a decade, 1990, aligned a group of angry, disenfranchised teenagers from San Diego who connected in that they all had something similar to say about the city around them– one afflicted with racism, consumerism, abuse...

Send us Fan Mail Check out Jacob's band Robo Dojo Bread were an American soft rock band from Los Angeles , California . They had 13 songs chart on the Billboard  Hot 100 between 1970 and 1977. [2] The band was fronted by David Gates (vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion) with Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion) and Robb Royer (bass guitar, guitar...

Send us Fan Mail Autobahn is the fourth studio album by German electronic music band Kraftwerk , released in November 1974 by Philips Records . The album marked several personnel changes in the band, which was initially a duo consisting of Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter ; later, the group added Klaus Röder on guitar and flute, and Wolfgang Flür on percussion. The album also completed the group&...

Send us Fan Mail Full Moon Fever is the debut solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty , released on April 24, 1989, by MCA Records . It features contributions from members of his band the Heartbreakers , notably Mike Campbell , as well as Jeff Lynne , Roy Orbison (who died prior to its release), and George Harrison , Petty's bandmates in the Traveling Wilburys . [3] [2] The record sh...

Send us Fan Mail We Cool? is the debut solo studio album by Jeff Rosenstock . [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It was released by SideOneDummy Records on March 3, 2015. The album crashed the SideOneDummy website upon its release. [8] It debuted on the Billboard charts at #7 for Heatseekers Albums, #43 for Rock Albums, and #157 for Current Albums. [9] It features guest appearances by Laura Stevenson , P.O.S , a...

Send us Fan Mail Check out Clayton's band Jeremy Mercy and the Rapture Orphans Speak of the Devil is a live album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne , released on 22 November 1982 by Jet Records in the United States. [6] It is a double album consisting entirely of live renditions of songs originally recorded by Osbourne's previous band Black Sabbath . The album was entitled Talk...

Send us Fan Mail Check out our folky live set we talk about at the end of the episode Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes . Mostly recorded in July 1982, the album was released by Slash Records on vinyl and on cassette in April 1983, and on CD in 1987 with two extra tracks, "Ugly" and "Gimme the Car". Most of the songs on Violent Femmes and its follow-up were wr...

Send us Fan Mail Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection is a compilation album by American rock band Pere Ubu . Released in 1985, the album compiles several of the band's early singles and B-sides, including the Hearthan singles recorded with founder Peter Laughner that were initially compiled on the Datapanik in Year Zero EP, and continuing through later sides recorded with Mayo Thompson . T...

Send us Fan Mail Check out Chubs’ new song on Spotify Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys , released on November 15, 1986, by Def Jam and Columbia Records . The album became the first rap LP to top the Billboard  200 chart, and was the second rap album to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is one of Col...

Send us Fan Mail Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division . It was released on 15 June 1979 through Factory Records . [4] The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport 's Strawberry Studios in April 1979, with producer Martin Hannett contributing a number of unconventional recording techniques to the group's sound. T...

Send us Fan Mail So Far, So Good... So What! is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth , released on January 19, 1988, by Capitol Records . [1] It was the band's only album recorded with drummer Chuck Behler and guitarist Jeff Young , both of whom were fired from the band in early 1989, several months after the completion of the album's world tour . So Far, So Good...

Send us Fan Mail Changestwobowie is a compilation album by English rock musician David Bowie , issued in November 1981 through RCA Records . [5] It is a companion volume to the 1976 compilation Changesonebowie , and its title and artwork follow the format of that album. In addition to selected post-1976 singles, the album collected five songs from earlier in Bowie's career that had not appear...

Send us Fan Mail Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian adult animated science fantasy anthology film directed by Gerald Potterton (in his directorial debut) and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, which was the basis for the film.  Support the show Check out our post-punk band The Alliterates new song The House Came Crashing Down on the Vol 1: L...

Send us Fan Mail Check out Jimmy's projects: spareparts , Not Ben Shin , No Functional Purpose , The Bricks Support the show Check out our post-punk band The Alliterates new song The House Came Crashing Down on the Vol 1: Let's Begin compilation from Shift-Ctrl-Music Check out our cover of Child's Christmas in Wales (OG by John Cale) on Chaos For Christmas from Rejected Youth Record...

Send us Fan Mail Point Blank is the only studio album by heavy metal band Nailbomb , released on March 8, 1994, by Roadrunner Records . The side project was started by Max Cavalera and Alex Newport in the mid-1990s. Part of the first track, "Wasting Away", plays in the 1995 film To Die For . The album cover is a photo of female Vietnamese civilian with a U.S. soldier's gun to her he...

Send us Fan Mail Viagr Aboys is the fourth studio album by Swedish post-punk band Viagra Boys . It was released on 25 April 2025 through Shrimptech Enterprises. Support the show Check out our post-punk band The Alliterates new song The House Came Crashing Down on the Vol 1: Let's Begin compilation from Shift-Ctrl-Music Check out our cover of Child's Christmas in Wales (OG by John Cale) o...