Rock N Roll Story Guys

Brian and Murdock respond to a pointed question about their lack of coverage of a certain British power pop influence and unpack the story behind the big sound, bad manager, and public breakdown that would come to define them.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTC
https://www.davegott.com/music/artist/xtc/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Partridge
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/20/my-dream-had-died-xtcs-andy-partridge-on-mental-illness-battling-the-music-industry-and-losing-his-muse
1989 Spin Article: https://books.google.com/books?id=h-bxxO5B-xsC&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://chalkhills.org/articles/Onion19970619.html
https://www.popmatters.com/the-man-who-sailed-around-his-soul-2495729988.html?rebelltpage=2#rebelltitem2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Reid_(talent_manager)
Paris, 1982 stage walk-off: https://youtu.be/SSeB_2tz5NQ?si=O8gOx7XCPdpFWPTN
https://xtcbackporch.freeforums.net/thread/49/last-xtc-diego-april-1982
https://www.songsommelier.com/xtc
https://www.popmatters.com/xtc-coat-2496118960.html
https://www.facebook.com/jeffknet/photos/released-on-this-day-in-1992-nonsuch-is-the-tenth-studio-album-by-xtc-and-consid/411992064074102/
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/xtc-nonsuch/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072511/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/too-much-of-a-god-thing/Content?oid=902571
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonsuch_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panayiotou_v_Sony_Music_Entertainment_(UK)_Ltd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Moulding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Partridge
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Brian and Murdock answer a listener letter that points them toward the alcohol-soaked section of music history, examining stories of rock stars and the drugs, drink, (and music) they forgot they did...
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SHOW NOTES:
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/54h7zp/til_that_in_1984_steven_tyler_heard_an_old/
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/aerosmith-classic-steven-tyler-didnt-remember-recording/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_White_Duke
https://musicdatablog.com.ar/en/timeline/david-bowie-history-timeline-1964-1979/
Cracked Actor doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnIBBkgkO5o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Fell_to_Earth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_to_Station
https://www.spinmagazine.com/2017/06/musicians-who-forgot-making-their-own-music/
https://fleetwoodmac-uk.com/wp/fleetwood-macs-mick-fleetwood-says-cocaine-use-left-him-with-two-year-memory-gap-nme/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper
https://people.com/alice-cooper-audience-once-killed-chicken-during-concert-8667451
https://www.loudersound.com/music/my-job-was-to-get-rid-of-alice-cooper-and-i-did-exactly-the-opposite-bob-ezrin-on-his-long-strange-trip-with-alice-cooper
https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-alice-cooper-went-cold-turkey-and-made-his-most-personal-album
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Vampires
Alice and Keith photo: https://x.com/historyrock_/status/2105960993444794536?lang=en&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
https://consequence.net/2026/09/alice-cooper-crack-almost-killed-him/
https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/alice-cooper-comes-clean-about-drink-drugs-and-the-bad-old-days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_(Alice_Cooper_album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipper_Catches_Skin
Zipper Catches Skin TV ad: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscureMedia/comments/dzba12/tv_commercial_for_alice_coopers_zipper_catches/
https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-in-1983-this-famous-shock-rocker-beat-his-addiction-completed-rehab-and-set-out-to-help-others-do-the-same/
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Brian and Murdock dig through the history of David Coverdale and the multiple eras of the solo effort he started that ended up being called... Whitesnake.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenore_di_grazia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Jam
https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-band-name-is-whitesnake-a-phallic-reference-or-not/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coverdale
https://rockcelebrities.net/david-coverdales-emotional-decision-that-cost-him-over-a-million-dollars/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_It_In
1997 Micky Moody interview: http://www.whitesnake.f9.co.uk/Moody.html
Loudersound piece: https://www.loudersound.com/features/whitesnake-the-coverdale-i-recall-was-a-vain-preposterous-oaf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kalodner
https://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,46094,46104
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-coverdale-interview-2017/
https://www.rockcandymag.com/blog/post/rcm-news-release-1-issue-2-rock-candy-mag-out-nowjune-7-2017-issue-2-newly-launched-uk-based-rock-candy-magazine-features-exclusive-hard-hitting-no-holds-barred-candid-interview-guitarist-john-sykes-who-clarifies-all-set
https://blabbermouth.net/news/david-coverdale-rules-out-collaborating-with-john-sykes-again-it-would-never-work
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Brian and Murdock peer into the world of publishing through the lens of one of the great songwriters and great catalogs - and unravel the truth regarding the savvy artist who later bought those songs for himself.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/beatles-catalog-paul-mccartney-brief-history-ownership-7662519/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music_publishing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Songs
https://www.beatlesstory.com/blog/2021/12/20/dick-james-becoming-the-beatles/
The Statute of Anne deep dive: https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=3389#
https://www.culturesonar.com/three-men-who-helped-bring-us-the-beatles/
Beatles music ownership timeline: https://producerhive.com/ask-the-hive/who-owns-the-beatles-music-the-entire-timeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records
Promo video of the Apple/Dick James meeting: https://amoralto.tumblr.com/post/111321506407/june-1968-apple-wigmore-street-london-in-a
Details of the Dick James sale: https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/03/dick-james-sells-his-northern-songs-shares-to-atv/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Grade
https://americansongwriter.com/the-story-behind-michael-jackson-buying-the-beatles-catalog-and-angering-friend-paul-mccartney/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/how-michael-jackson-bought-the-beatles-catalogue-then-turned-it-into-a-billion-music-empire/
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/04/the-beatles-and-atv-fight-for-northern-songs/
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1969/09/atv-gains-majority-stake-in-northern-songs/
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/how-michael-jackson-bought-the-beatles-catalogue-and-turned-it-into-a-billion-dollar-music-empire/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-jackson-takes-control-of-the-beatles-publishing-rights
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/entertainment/music-artists-selling-catalog/index.html
Running list of artists who have sold their publishing: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/heres-a-running-list-of-artists-who-have-sold-some-or-all-of-their-song-catalogues-to-a-new-breed-of-company/
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Brian and Murdock take on the task of deciphering what was (or maybe wasn't) being said when some teenagers in the Pacific Northwest tried to record a jukebox song on a budget.
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SHOW NOTES:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0671501283?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Louie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingsmen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Berry_(musician)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ely
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv96038
History of dance marathons: https://www.historylink.org/file/5534
American Bandstand footage: https://www.facebook.com/50s60smusicpage/videos/the-kingsmen-louie-louie-1963/1269326935187392/
Photo of the recording studio: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296569815544787/posts/916149043586858/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnie_Ginsburg
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the-kingsmens-louie-louie-and-the-fight-against-censorship-by-the-fbi-185054
https://www.amazon.com/Louie-Mythology-Including-Persecution-Anywhere-ebook/dp/B07PH913C4/ref=sr_1_1
The FBI report: https://vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-the-song/Louie%20Louie%20%28The%20Song%29%20Part%2001%20%28Final%29/view
https://www.ratherrarerecords.com/louie-louie/
Disney controversy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT0FnVc20CY&t=117s
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/08/14/the-kingsmen-put-louie-together-again/
“El Loco Cha Cha”- https://open.spotify.com/track/65PcnOjjqAg5UfcKFXb7Um?si=e77e3dda123e497f
https://popdose.com/soul-serenade-richard-berry-the-pharaohs-louie-louie/
California Coolers commercial: https://youtu.be/_KJo91qs26w?si=7twXZ4Lh9KwJDIla
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