RepeatOne

The Go-Go’s, formed in 1978, are widely considered the most successful all-female band ever. By the beginning of 1984, the band had released two massively popular studio albums with accompanying tours and were on the cusp of releasing a third, titled “Talk Show.”

Despite Isaak being active since the late 80s, you’ll find that the sophisticated algorithms powering Pandora or Google will play his tracks alongside hits from the 50s and 60s. His music is so unlike that of his contemporaries that his style is more accurately compared to that of Elvis or Roy Orbison.

At the age of 15, Mike Hadreas was the only openly gay student at his high school. He received death threats, was spit upon, and beaten regularly by players on the football team. Due to the constant harassment, he dropped out of school entirely by his senior year...

Find out how Rock God Eddie Van Halen and the Red Rocker Sammy Hagar wrote an acoustic rock classic in the middle of the night and what the song means.

For 13 years, Tim Hardin battled a number of health problems, including heroin addiction and psychological trauma.  He struggled to maintain his musical career after the initial humble success of his first two albums during the mid 60s.  His live performances were often erratic due to the combination of drug use and stage fright.  In December of 1980, he passed away at the age of 39 of an overdose...

RepeatOne - Songs you can listen to on loop and the stories behind them. A short form podcast where the host tells the true origin stories behind music he loves so much he's played them on repeat for hours and days at a time. To listen to music accompanying each episode, you need to listen to the "RepeatOne Playlist: Talk+Music" playlist on Spotify. Email: bmovieben@gmail.comCredit f...