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October 1st I will be releasing episodes which will deep dive into your favourite albums.

Joining me will be a variety of guests to share their stories and thoughts.

10/03/2026

covering out this week!

28/02/2026

In 2009 Bruce appeared with Elvis Costello in a special playing favourites from their respective catalogues, with the choices being as you would expect other than a completely left field performance of Galveston Bay.

New release from ’s archive. This time it’s from the final leg of the Tom Joad tour and what a great setlist it has. Hi...
06/02/2026

New release from ’s archive. This time it’s from the final leg of the Tom Joad tour and what a great setlist it has. Highway Patrolman and Atlantic City from Nebraska and a beautiful combination of Brothers Under The Bridge into Born In The USA.

Excited to read/listen to new book about the Chinese Democracy Era that released today. Look for a review on the podcas...
08/01/2026

Excited to read/listen to new book about the Chinese Democracy Era that released today. Look for a review on the podcast in the upcoming months!

released his debut album on this day in 1973. Lyrically the album is very dense and the songs are very underproduced bu...
05/01/2026

released his debut album on this day in 1973. Lyrically the album is very dense and the songs are very underproduced but the magic is undeniable. Check out Lost in the Flood one of my top 5 Springsteen tunes. Would highly recommend listening to the full album performance from Buffalo 09 to see how the songs evolved over the decades.

Happy Nebraska day to those who celebrate. Legend has it that most of the songs from the album were laid down during a s...
03/01/2026

Happy Nebraska day to those who celebrate. Legend has it that most of the songs from the album were laid down during a single marathon session on this date in 1982. Springsteen has later claimed that the process took three days, though in the book Songs he later suggested it lasted “no more than a few weeks.” Fourteen tracks were recorded, and it’s hard to imagine Springsteen and Batlan managing to record and mix all fourteen in just a few days, particularly given the roughly thirty‑nine takes involved. Batlan has said the sessions actually began on December 17 or 18 and wrapped up around January 3, which appears far more plausible. Art by

The Chinese Democracy era of holds a special place in my heart.By the time I discovered the original lineup, they’d alr...
03/01/2026

The Chinese Democracy era of holds a special place in my heart.

By the time I discovered the original lineup, they’d already been broken up for years, and any hope of a reunion felt like pure fantasy. I remember obsessively flipping through Kerrang! and every other music magazine I could get my hands on, hunting for scraps of news or rumours about the mythical album Axl and his new friends were supposedly crafting.

Then came January 1st, 2001. The band played a show, and in those pre‑YouTube days it took ages before a bootleg finally found its way to me. But when I heard it, everything changed. The band sounded modern, dangerous, alive.

Any fear that they’d end up as a glorified tribute act vanished instantly. Buckethead looked and played nothing like Slash—he was his own bizarre, brilliant force. Robin Finck appeared as if he’d wandered straight off a Star Trek set and honestly terrified me in the best way. Tommy Stinson brought a completely different kind of cool to the bass. Brain’s drumming locked in perfectly with the new sound, and the extra keys from Dizzy and Chris Pitman added texture without ever feeling out of place.

Paul Tobias was there too, holding down guitar duties, even if his time in the band would be short‑lived.

And then—finally—new music. Hearing early versions of “The Blues” and the title track absolutely blew my teenage mind.

Over the next seven years there would be leaks, tours, chaos, and eventually the release of Chinese Democracy.

But for me, this moment… this is where it all truly began.

Well it would be rude not to give Western Stars sister album Twilight Hours a spin. Again beautiful instrumentation but...
31/12/2025

Well it would be rude not to give Western Stars sister album Twilight Hours a spin. Again beautiful instrumentation but this time the songs are romantic, lost-in-the-city in style compared to the American west in the previous album. One of the highlights of the Tracks 2 boxset for me.

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