The Secret History of Rock: Episode 006

Sorry I didn’t get this up earlier, but I’ve been travelling a lot.  I still am, actually, because I’m needed in Phoenix for a couple of days.

Here’s a summary of Episode 6 of The Secret History of Rock.  It’ll be available for on-demand streaming in the YouTube player on the right side of the page in a day or so.  

Meanwhile, feel free to browse through all the other shows.  And if you have a comment or question, just shoot me an email, okay?

Topics:

1. Small Town Heroes
2. The English Beat Family Tree
3. A Brief History of Backwards Messages
4. 1988
5. Rock’n’Roll Hotels
6. Useless Information

Playlist:

1. 3 Doors Down/”Kryptonite”
2. Three Days Grace/”I Hate Everything About You”
3. Nirvana/”Come As You Are”
4. English Beat/”Mirror in the Bathroom”
5. General Public/”Tenderness”
6. Fine Young Cannibals/”Johnny Come Come”
7. Beck/”Loser”
8. Depeche Mode/”Master and Servant”
9. Pursuit of Happiness/”I’m an Adult Now
10. Morrissey/”Every Day is Like Sunday”
11. INXS/”Devil Inside”
12. RCHP/”Under the Bridge”
13. Echo and the Bunnymen/”People Are Strange”
14. Stone Temple Pilots/”Plush”
15. Blur/”Girls and Boys”
16. Payolas$/”Eyes of a Stranger”
17. Coldplay/”Vida La Vida” (Thin White Duke Remix)