DISGRACELAND

Bonus Episode: Classic Country Gateways, the Best Post-Punk Bands, and Peter Cetera's Bauhaus Tee

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake connects his a-ha moment with country to the greats, specifically this week's DISGRACELAND subject Merle Haggard. Jake takes voicemails, texts, a...

Merle Haggard: 17 Arrests, 17 Breakouts, Hard Time at San Quentin, and the Lonesome Fugitive

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Merle Haggard was what authorities liked to call a “repeat offender.” He was arrested for riding trains, for skipping school, for stealing cars, f...

Bonus Episode: Grinder Men, The Jon Bon Jovi Effect, and the Greatest English Groups of the Post-Punk Era

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's After Party, Jake is talking the classic film Almost Famous, John Lee Hooker's baseball song Grinder Man, and taking your voicemails an...

New Order: Blood on the Dance Floor, E in the Bloodstream, and Inventing the 1980s

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New Order proved that a rock band could make dance music and actually become cooler in the process. The musical hybrid they created helped define the ...

Bonus Episode: Aerosmith Encounters, The Jake Brennan Story, and Ariana Grande

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After a week's break from the After Party, Jake catches up on voicemail, wraps up our musical mashup conversation, and explores Billboard's top rap gr...

Ariana Grande: Terror on Tour, Tragedy in Manchester, and Learning to Sing Again

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On May 22, 2017, a terrorist detonated a bomb outside Ariana Grande’s performance at Manchester Arena. The blast killed 22 people. It injured over a...

Bonus Episode: Loving (and Hating) Aerosmith, Meeting Your Heroes, and the Way Back Machine

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's After Party, Jake is digging into why he loves and hates Aerosmith with a dive into a personal story from his way back machine. We ask ...

Aerosmith: Toxic Twins, M-80s, Cocaine Eyeliner, and Living on the Edge

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At their peak, Aerosmith was sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the flesh, wrapped up in spangly scarves and jumpsuits. They crossed target practice wit...

Bonus Episode: Hüsker Dü, A Disgo's Unbelievable Red Sox Story, and Lil' Kim's Post-Prison Career

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's After Party, Jake is ready to dive into this week's Disgraceland episode on Lil' Kim, and to talk about how her career thrived after sh...

Lil' Kim: Shootouts, Lusty Lyrics, and Loyalty in the Land of the M.A.F.I.A.

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lil’ Kim is the queen of hard core. She practically invented hard core sex positivity with her raunchy raps and head-turning getups. She survived a ...

Bonus Episode: The Santa Barbara Punk Scene, Internet Guitar Tutorials, and Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett Talks "Shred With Shifty"

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the After Party, Jake is sharing an interview he did with Foo Fighters' guitarist Chris Shiflett at this year's Boston Calling Music Fest...

Jimi Hendrix: Tear Gas, a Kidnapping, Heroin Hostages, and the Great Escape

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jimi Hendrix spent much of his life pursuing a great escape. Escape from his abusive childhood home. Escape from his court-ordered time in the Army. E...

Bonus Episode: Jake's Disco Gym Playlist, Your Paul Simon Recs, and Jeff Buckley's Influences

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week in the After Party, Jake is ready to dive into the latest Disgraceland episode on Jeff Buckley, and to talk about his crazy influences, like...

Jeff Buckley: Dreaming of Music, Drowning, and Eternal Life

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Buckley released his only studio album, Grace, at the height of grunge rock. But it didn’t sound like grunge. It sounded like nothing else out...

Bonus Episode: Your Top 3 Disgraceland Episodes and Eazy-Motherflippin'-E

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake has been basking in the New England sunshine and listening to some John Coltrane. But first, we're talking about how moved 15-year old Jake was w...

Eazy-E: A Hidden Coke Stash, Domestic Terrorists, and Death Threats

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Long before he created a paradigm-shifting hip-hop supergroup, Eazy-E lucked into life as a Compton drug dealer when he discovered a dead man’s hidd...

Bonus Episode: Infamous Pop Star Parents and Justin Bieber

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake is back from his trip to Rhode Island and he's recommending some more music, including a Taylor Swift song or two. But first, we're talking Justi...

Justin Bieber: Murder Plots, Drag Racing, and Deportation Threats

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Justin Bieber is the pop star who went from preteen heartthrob to pure hedonist seemingly overnight. He raced into a bumpy adulthood when he mixed dra...

Bonus Episode: The Del Fuegos, Charles Starkweather, and Writer Warren Zanes Talks Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska"

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Best-selling author and former guitarist of the Del Fuegos Warren Zanes talks with Jake about interviewing the Boss for his new book, Deliver Me from...

Bruce Springsteen: Shootouts, Killing Sprees, and the Making of Nebraska

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unprovoked killing sprees. Nightclub gunfights. Mafia assassinations. True crime stories and modern folklore make up the backbone of many of the chara...

Bruce Springsteen: Shootouts, Killing Sprees, and the Making of Nebraska

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Unprovoked killing sprees. Nightclub gunfights. Mafia assassinations. True crime stories and modern folklore make up the backbone of many of the chara...

Bonus Episode: Trailer Week, Your Disgraceland Episode Suggestions, and Phil Collins and Philip Bailey's "Easy Lover"

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake is still watching music videos on his TV like it's 1991 and teases Season 12 of Disgraceland, which hits your feeds on Tuesday, May 16th. He also...

Disgraceland Season 12 Trailer

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mafia assassinations, drag racing, extortion, eternal life, and doing time at Rikers Island and San Quentin. Find out which music legends are featured...

Bonus Episode: Bruce Sprinsgteen's Nebraska, Best '80s Pop Stars, and Richard Pryor Jamming With Sly and the Family Stone

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake is slowly recovering from the Bruins' humiliating loss the other night but is ready to talk about the latest Badlands episode on Richard Pryor, h...

Bonus Episode: Body Heat, A Disgo's Encounter with Quentin Tarantino, and Willie Nelson, an American Outlaw

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake is back in the studio after getting some R&R down in Florida last week and is making his way through your texts, emails, DMs and voicemails. But ...

Willie Nelson (Pt 2): Grifters, Con Men, Thieves, and the Reinvention of the Outlaw

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Willie Nelson left Nashville and reinvented himself in Austin, Texas as the ultimate outsider. It was a metamorphosis from freak flag flier to mainstr...

Willie Nelson (Pt 1): A Shootout, a House Fire, and the Ballad of the Red-Headed Stranger

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Broke and depressed, Willie Nelson almost joined the 27 Club on a snowy Nashville street late one night – before he’d even sold a single song. ...

Bonus Episode: Jake's Favorite '80s Horror Movies, A Long-awaited INXS Episode, and Irish Rock 'n Roll

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake dives deep into the chilling, new Skip James episode and tries to explain what makes an Irish rock 'n roll band just sound so.... Irish. Sharon T...

Skip James: A Sawmill Shootout, Pimping, Bootlegging, and the Son of a Preacher Man

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Skip James’s most famous lyric was “I’d rather be the Devil” and he put his money where his mouth was. He is believed to have shot a man dead,...

Bonus Episode: Slow Train Coming, the Extra Gear of MC5, and the Return of Badlands

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake has been into everything from disco to Dylan's Christian era this week, but he's making time for a testimonial to the MC5's greatness, to announc...

MC5: Dope, Guns, and F***ing in the Streets

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MC5 embodied revolution in a way most bands only pay lip service to. The Detroit cops sent riot squads and even a tank to break up their shows, and ev...

Bonus Episode: Muddy Waters, George Benson, The What-If's of Sly Stone, and Alfred Hitchcock's Best Movie

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake's been listening to guitar greatness and has some classic recs to share. But first, he's fielding your recs in a packed mailbag of Disgo texts, V...

Sly Stone: Guns, PCP, a Psycho Mutt, and a Fugitive from Justice

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At the end of the 1960s, Sly Stone was at the center of a groundbreaking musical movement that intended to break down barriers of race and genre, all ...

Bonus Episode: Bjork's Stalker, Lou Reed's Lyrics Explored, and a Succession Rewatch

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake dives under the hood of the unique, new 2-part Lou Reed episode. He teases the over-the-top insanity of the Bjork stalker story, now available fo...

Lou Reed (An Origin Story) Pt. 2

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lou Reed blurred the lines between fact and fiction when it came to his past. To him, it was all a walk on the wild side anyway. After exploring his l...

Lou Reed (An Origin Story) Pt. 1

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lou Reed is one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll characters of all time, one known to lie and exaggerate his own mythology during interviews about hi...

Bonus Episode: Best Springtime Records, Your Top 5s, and Last Temptations

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Spring is here and Jake is listening to his all-time springtime records. Peter Tosh and Keith Richards are out on YouTube @disgracelandpod. And a dedi...

Bonus Episode: Disgraceland Origins, Elvis's Dressing Room, and Jake's Top 5 Movies Ever

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rocka Rolla Disgos. It's been a wild week. Jake is riding high off a win for the show at the Ambies in Vegas, a trip to Maine, and yes, your listener ...

Otis Redding: A Chitlin Circuit Shootout, a Fatal Plane Crash, and Crossing Over to the Other Side

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Otis Redding was nearly shot by James Brown while performing at an after hours club. He played sweet soul music to crowds of KKK sympathizers. He took...

Bonus Episode: Rocka Rolla Beer, Chris Rock DGAF, and Deciding Which Episodes are Two-Parters

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The After Party celebrates the Lynyrd Skynyrd episode, provoking the question: how does Jake decide which episodes deserve two parts or even their own...

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Busted Teeth, Saturday Night Specials, and the Smell of Death

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, was a violent bully from the mean streets of Jacksonville, Florida. He tried to maim one of his guita...

Bonus Episode: Mac Miller's Tragedy, the Real Cocaine Bear, and the Matrix

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake covers it all in this week's After Party: his thoughts on the latest pod episode, our Cocaine Bear coverage on YouTube (yes, it involves music), ...

Mac Miller: Hallucinations, Counterfeit Pills, and a Standoff with the Most Powerful Man in the World

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mac Miller was threatened by the most powerful man in the world. Rejected by some of the most powerful tastemakers in the music industry. Dumped by on...

Bonus Episode: The Daytona 500, AC/DC, and Filmmaker Tiller Russell Talks the Night Stalker

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Friend of the pod and incredible documentary filmmaker Tiller Russell (Netflix's Night Stalker: Hunt for a Serial Killer and the upcoming Waco: Americ...

AC/DC: Serial Killer Fan

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1980s, AC/DC’s biggest fan was a notorious serial killer. The band was an international best-selling hit machine, and members like the late B...

Bonus Episode: 5 Years of Disgraceland, New Episodes, and Pitter Patter

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jake celebrates Disgraceland's 5 year anniversary happening this week! Season 1 just re-released, Season 11 just started with 50 Cent, and Jake talks ...

50 Cent: Police Raids, Motorcycle Chases, and a Nine-Bullet Wake-up Call

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was dealing crack by the age of 10, born into the height of the epidemic in Queens. He faced possession charges while sti...

Disgraceland Season 11 Trailer

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shootouts, drug running, crashing cars and planes, and walks on the wild side. It's almost here: find out which musical icons are featured in Season...

Bonus Episode: The Mamas and the Papas (Pt. 2)

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Got a Disgraceland pitch? Know a cover that beats the original? What are you reading watching and listening to? Jake closes out Season 10 of Disgracel...

Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 2): Rape, Murder, and Taking Secrets to the Grave

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mama Cass’ role as Hollywood’s hippie den mother pulled her into the orbit of troubling company during the “Summer of Love.” The former singe...

Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 2): Rape, Murder, and Taking Secrets to the Grave

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mama Cass’ role as Hollywood’s hippie den mother pulled her into the orbit of troubling company during the “Summer of Love.” The former singe...

Bonus Episode: The Mamas and the Papas (Pt. 1)

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The wildest on-stage freak outs (and even deaths), Jake's master movie list, your texts calls and emails, and of course... the down low on the latest ...

Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 1): Dangerous Drug Dealer Boyfriends, International Arrests, and the Solo Career That Should’ve Been

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cass Elliot, AKA "Mama Cass" from The Mamas and The Papas, broke the mold of female pop superstardom and shattered expectations of what women in music...

Mama Cass Elliot (Pt. 1): Dangerous Drug Dealer Boyfriends, International Arrests, and the Solo Career That Should’ve Been

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cass Elliot, AKA "Mama Cass" from The Mamas and The Papas, broke the mold of female pop superstardom and shattered expectations of what women in music...

Bonus Episode: Charles Manson the Music Man

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Manson the Music Man, the tale of Trent Reznor's time in the Cielo Drive murder house, and Jake's latest takes on All Quiet on the Western Fro...

Charles Manson the Music Man: Lost Records and a Prosecutorial Song too Crazy to Sing

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In and out of juvie and jail since childhood, Charles Manson learned guitar in prison from the last of the great Depression-era gangsters. He also mad...

Charles Manson the Music Man: Lost Records and a Prosecutorial Song too Crazy to Sing

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In and out of juvie and jail since childhood, Charles Manson learned guitar in prison from the last of the great Depression-era gangsters. He also mad...

Robert Johnson: Voodoo, Delta Blues, Cursing God, and a Crossroads

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Johnson didn’t just play the blues. He embodied them. He drank and womanized his way through the South, New York, and Chicago in the 1930s, u...

Chris Brown: Police Standoffs, Rejection from Rehab, and America’s Most Hated Pop Star

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Brown established himself as America’s most hated pop star when he brutally assaulted Rihanna in 2009. But long after the well-publicized atta...

Ringo Starr: Busted by Mexican Federales, Threatened by French-Canadian Separatists, and the King of Feel

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ringo Starr’s first show as the Beatles’ new drummer was nearly ruined by a hostile audience that wanted him out of the band. Although he was fina...

Jennifer Hudson: An American Idol, a Triple Homicide, and Undying Faith

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer Hudson shocked her hometown of Chicago when she was eliminated from American Idol in 2004, only to surpass everyone’s expectations when she...

The Sex Pistols (Pt. 2): Crashing the Queen’s Jubilee, Shocking America, and Leaving a Trail of Blood, Spit, and Junk

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1977, the world’s most controversial band didn’t stop when they were dropped by their major label only months after they were signed. John Lydo...

The Sex Pistols (Pt. 1): Anarchy, Thievery, and the Death of Rock ‘n’ Roll

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Punk rock’s greatest debut record was penned by a singer who saw traditional rock ‘n roll as a disease that needed to be eradicated and a sex-addi...

Pink Floyd: Acid Overload, a Psychotic Breakdown, and a Crazy Diamond

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pink Floyd’s original frontman, Syd Barrett, did so much LSD that he experienced a mental breakdown just as the band began to achieve mainstream suc...

Britney Spears (Pt. 2): Lithium, Las Vegas, and a Long-Awaited Emancipation

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship was an arrangement so strict and unfeeling that it left her without any control of her career, loopy on lith...

Britney Spears (Pt. 1): Trauma Pop

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

No musician owned pop music quite like Britney Spears at the turn of the century. After graduating from Mississippi tween queen to full-fledged Americ...

George Harrison: Surviving the Beatles, the London Drug Squad, and a Home Invasion

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

George Harrison famously survived the dissolution of the Beatles, a bust by London’s drug squad, a potentially bloody visit from the Hell’s Angels...

The Temptations: Fame, Drugs, and Paranoia

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Temptations were one of Motown’s signature vocal groups, and they remain one of the most successful R&B acts of all time. But fame and drugs cor...

Miles Davis Pt. 2: Mountains of Pills, Bitches Brew, and the Reinvention of the Original Motherf#%*er

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When it came to music, Miles Davis wasn’t about no safe, tired yesterday bullsh*t. After kicking his heroin addiction, he traded bespoke suits for f...

Miles Davis Pt. 1: Blasting Bebop, Blasting Racism, and a Devastating Heroin Habit

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Miles Davis is jazz’s first and only rock star, with the rap sheet to prove it. He did enough cocaine to run down the entirety of 52nd street, and p...

Juice WRLD: Percocets, Lucid Dreams and a Whole Lotta Lean

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The loss of emo-rap trailblazer Juice WRLD is one of the most sudden, tragic, and graphic celebrity deaths in recent memory. His adolescence experimen...

Billie Holiday: Heroin Hounds, ‘Whorehouse Music,’ and the Queen of Jazz

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Billie Holiday ascended from the rough and tumble streets of Baltimore and Harlem, through reform school, brothels, and Welfare Island, right to the t...

The Eagles Pt. 2: Death, a Plane Crash, and Innocence Lost at What Cost

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1970s, The Eagles made taking off into the upper stratosphere of the charts look easy. Their near decade-long reign of rock afforded them hobbi...

The Eagles Pt. 2: Death, a Plane Crash, and Innocence Lost at What Cost

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1970s, The Eagles made taking off into the upper stratosphere of the charts look easy. Their near decade-long reign of rock afforded them hobbi...

The Eagles Pt. 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From games of chicken on private planes to one member surviving a private plane crash, the Eagles as a group very narrowly survived themselves. During...

The Eagles Pt. 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From games of chicken on private planes to one member surviving a private plane crash, the Eagles as a group very narrowly survived themselves. During...

The Eagles Pt. 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From games of chicken on private planes to one member surviving a private plane crash, the Eagles as a group very narrowly survived themselves. During...

Bonus Episode: Just A Cook, Napkin Hats, and Big Country

23 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week Jake talks the inspiration and background behind this week's brand-new DISGRACELAND episode on Anthony Bourdain, plus your emails, voicemail...

Hank Williams: Sanatoriums, Poison Pills, and Fired from the Grand Ole Opry

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hank Williams defined the genre we now call country with a guitar in one hand and a bottle of booze in the other. In between stints in the local drunk...

Sublime: Hoodlums, Police Helicopters, and Getting Dirty at Denny’s

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With their newfangled ska-punk, Sublime preached the gospel of Long Beach’s seedy shores unlike any band before them. They also incited a riot at th...

Tom Petty: House Fires, Hiding a Heroin Habit, and Run-Down Dreams

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

When a mystery arsonist set Tom Petty’s house on fire in the late 1980s, he barely escaped with his life. But there was another danger looming aroun...

Taylor Swift: Horrifying Stalkers

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor Swift has a list of stalkers longer than her stadium tour setlists. One drove over 900 miles to hand-deliver his “love” letters to her then...

Derek and the Dominos: Clapton, Cocaine, Motorcycles, and Murder

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1960s London, for young guitar enthusiasts, believing that “Clapton is God” was practically the 11th Commandment. In 1970 he lent his big, stic...

Woodstock Pt. 2: A Disaster Movie

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The original Woodstock was a literal disaster, declared so on its first day by the state of New York. There were fights, onstage, armed black-shirted ...

Woodstock Pt. 1: A Disaster Movie

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Woodstock is remembered as the generation-defining moment when the baby boomers demonstrated to the world the power of peace, love and communalism. In...

Black Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of Heavy Metal

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Black Sabbath are solely responsible for conjuring the diabolical power of heavy metal. When guitarist Tony Iommi lost his fingertips as a teenager, h...

Fleetwood Mac Pt. 2: Going to #1, and Going Your Own Way

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fleetwood Mac’s mid-’70s merger with the musical duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks changed the course of the band forever, propelling the...

Fleetwood Mac Pt. 2: Going to #1, and Going Your Own Way

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fleetwood Mac’s mid-’70s merger with the musical duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks changed the course of the band forever, propelling the...

Fleetwood Mac Pt. 1: Guns, God, Cocaine and Rumours

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Few bands can boast a rock ’n’ roll lore at the level of Fleetwood Mac. The band lost not one but two guitarists to cult-like religious freaks. Tw...

Fleetwood Mac Pt. 1: Guns, God, Cocaine and Rumours

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Few bands can boast a rock ’n’ roll lore at the level of Fleetwood Mac. The band lost not one but two guitarists to cult-like religious freaks. Tw...

Tommy James and the Shondells: Mony Mony and Mafia-Sanctioned Hits

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tommy James came up during a time when the music industry was in part controlled by New York’s Italian mafia. And for a period in the 1960s, that po...

Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gunned down onstage by a delusional fan who thought his metal heroes had stolen lyrics from him, Dimebag Darrell Abbott blazed a savage new trail in h...

Ray Charles: Busted for Heroin and Busting Genres with the Best Damn R&B

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Charles was hooked on heroin, arrested by federal agents, and once survived a near-death plane ride by helping the pilot - as a blind man. He inve...

John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the FBI, and Pissing off the President

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1970s, John Lennon was suspected of conspiring to disrupt an American political convention and contributing to a paramilitary terrorist o...

Paul McCartney: Paul Is Dead

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Despite his reputation as “the safe Beatle,” Paul McCartney was a badass. He took wild artistic risks, rubbed elbows with truly dangerous characte...

The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 2: A Dead Rivalry, New Inspiration and a Murder Mystery for the Ages

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of the Notorious B.I.G. story we see the young star trying to deal with life after the death of his rival (and one-time friend), Tupac Sha...

The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 2: A Dead Rivalry, New Inspiration and a Murder Mystery for the Ages

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of the Notorious B.I.G. story we see the young star trying to deal with life after the death of his rival (and one-time friend), Tupac Sha...

The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 1: Dealing Crack on the Corner, Spitting Beef and Creating One of the Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Notorious B.I.G. entered adulthood as a crack dealer and left this world as one of the most famous hip-hop stars of all time. He was murdered myst...

The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 1: Dealing Crack on the Corner, Spitting Beef and Creating One of the Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Notorious B.I.G. entered adulthood as a crack dealer and left this world as one of the most famous hip-hop stars of all time. He was murdered myst...

Lil Wayne: Murder Squads, A Pre-Teen Suicide Attempt, a Year at Rikers and More Hits than Elvis

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lil Wayne grew up on the mean streets of New Orleans. His father split when he was two, and his stepdad was shot before he was a teenager. Wayne poure...