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New opinions on old music, maybe.......hopefully. Join Simon and his rotating cast of goons and guests as they attempt to offer a slice of colour to retroactively reviewing albums and looking back at chart countdowns. Rock, Metal, Punk, Pop, Rap, Easy Listening, nothing is off limits probably aside from mumble-rap, we’re too old for that.
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Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
This is part 1 of a double episode.
For the first time, Simon welcomes Chris Wellings to the podcast to pour over what some may consider to be Indie Landfill, the summer of 2005’s compilation album Festival, but this one is chock-full of big hitters.
This double disc cd was squarely aimed at the mainstream side of festival-goers of the year including a host of headliner-worthy acts as well as a few outliers too. On this first part we welcome Chris with open arms and discuss the tunes provided by Oasis, Feeder, The Ordinary Boys and plenty more.
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Simon & Neil risk any remaining shred of credibility by reviewing Avril Lavigne’s 2002 album Let Go.
Released at the time of Pop-Punk saturation & armed with a trio of radio-friendly big hitters, Avril’s debut was seen for many as an attempt by record company bosses to cash in on the scene by creating a girl punker to peddle to the younger female demo… and it worked. The disc was the biggest pop debut of 2002 worldwide and made Miss Lavigne the youngest ever female to have a UK No.1 album but is it actually any good?
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Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Settle down and listen to the latest episode of the podcast, where this time we look at the most successful selling album we’ve covered so far (currently sitting at the 13th highest selling worldwide ever) Alanis Morisette’s major breakthrough Jagged Little Pill. Alanis’ 3rd album was a major change in style to her previous output and drew from the massive Alt-Rock prominence of the time but how does it measure up in 2023?
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Formed in the back room of a London fashion store as the brainchild of Malcolm McLaren sometime in 1975 and initially lasting just two and a half years, the Sex Pistols were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of music. They were responsible for kicking off the Punk scene in the United Kingdom and inspiring absolutely loads of following budding musicians (?) to ply their trade.
So what better way to look at their debut & only album than by welcoming our old mate and Pistols Uber-fan Ning back to the pod. We take a dive into what music was being peddled to the masses at the time, uncover stories from the early Sex Pistols days and discuss what the band members went onto after they imploded.
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Simon welcomes back the main man Stewart Boyd to cover the debut album from Sheffield’s very own Arctic Monkeys.
Released at the tail end of mid 00’s UK indie landfill era and lauded for their organic entrance onto the day’s music scene, the Monkeys were hailed as the latest saviour of guitar music and very much christened the ‘Cool new thing’. We look back to see if they have the tunes and chops to back those claims up, if their beginning was actually that organic & try to work out if they were actually (originally at least) just a British Strokes wannabe group.
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Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
For the last time for a fair while we head both back to the eighties and into chart countdown territory. April 1986 really is a catch-all for music of the era, as this episode takes in everything from Van Halen to Sam Fox via Prince, The Bangles & Sinitta.
Our old pal Gaz is back alongside Simon as they discuss the music from the chart of the day as well as Celebs Go Dating, Chris Moyles’ I’m a Celeb appearance, Amazon Prime/Absolute Plus subscriptions, David Bowie’s Labyrinth role, Warwick Davis being a **** & is Prince all that?
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Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
When the instrumentalists from Rage Against The Machine found themselves singer-less, friend of the band Rick Rubin suggested former Soundgarden frontman/vocalist extraordinaire Chris Cornell. And thus was formed the millennium’s first rock supergroup.
Simon & Gaz kick off the new year by reflecting on the festive season, Gaz’s arcade cabinet purchase & receive the nicest email ever sent to the pod. Obviously they have a good listen to Audioslave’s self-titled 2002 debut as well.
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Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
It’s party time on the last episode of the year so grab your glow sticks, blow your whistles and fire off your klaxons as we pit 2 dance compilation albums (90s Dance Classics vs. 90s Dance Anthems) off against each other. Cuts by Faithless, Basement Jaxx, Baby D, Urban Hype & Robin S as well as over 40 others fight it out in an attempt to find the quintessential 90s dance/house track.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Episode 62 of the Personal Jukebox brings you the 1998 third studio album from Marilyn Manson, Mechanical Animals. Released at the height of the band’s popularity/infamy, it signals a change in musical direction and offers a (shudder) concept album. Any good? or just pyro, ballyhoo and religion baiting?
Mr. Neil Strong hops back on the pod to discuss this one out with Simon. They also cover the recently announced initial Download festival line-up, England’s World Cup hopes, the untrustworthy Cristiano Ronaldo’s interview, Karen’s Diner and the time Neil cried his eyes out to the film Armageddon.
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Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Simon welcomes Ning back onto the pod as they take in Nirvana’s final recorded act, MTV’s Unplugged in New York. Recorded both when they were legitimately the biggest band in the world and less than 6 months before Kurt’s demise this has long been held up as one of, if not THE most iconic Unplugged performances.
It’s stacked with many unheard and unfashionable-at-the-time covers and poignant performances but does it hold up nearly 30 years later?
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