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Prisoners of Rock and Roll

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October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min

Prisoners of Rock and Roll is a podcast about music, the people who make it, and the almighty power it has over so many parts of our lives. We love music, and we love talking about the records that changed us, the songs that remind us of a…
Alan Freed: Rock's Original Hype Man

September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 44 min

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Down In A Hole With Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged

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Alice in Chains is one of the biggest bands from the 90s. But by 1996, they were ghosts. Over two and a half years had passed since their last real concert. Layne Staley’s heroin addiction had derailed the band’s touring schedule. Yeah…
Ace In The Hole: KISS’s Secret Weapon

July 6, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

KISS was well known for their image, the characters, and the merch. But behind the makeup and pyrotechnics, Ace Frehley brought the fire. Ace was the secret weapon: a Bronx-bred, unschooled guitar slinger whose wild bends, dinosaur…
How Dr. Dre Reshaped Hip Hop 3 Times with guest Mick Breezy

June 22, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

You guys ready for this one? Dr. Dre didn’t just have a great run in hip-hop… he reshaped the entire genre three separate times in less than thirty years. First, as the driving force behind N.W.A. He helped take raw, unfiltered gangsta…

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Hang Ten With the History of Surf Music

June 1, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

Summer’s coming in hot, and so are we. In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re checking out one of the coolest, most American sounds in rock history: surf music. It’s a sound designed to imitate the ocean — dripping wet…
Jerry Garcia: Reluctant Captain of the Long Strange Trip

May 18, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

Jerry Garcia never wanted to be the leader. He was the reluctant heart of the Grateful Dead — the quiet, bearded wizard whose guitar could take a song and stretch it into an all-night cosmic journey. But whether he liked it or not, the…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Got It Right This Year

May 4, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

It’s easy and honestly fun to complain about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Every year, they announce a class of inductees and music fans rise up in anger asking “how is so and so not in yet” or “how did this person get in before that…
I Wanna Rock! Twisted Sister

April 20, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Twisted Sister started as a hard-working bar band in the New York/New Jersey club scene. These guys played thousands of shows—eight thousand performances—grinding it out night after night in dive bars long before anyone knew their names…
Whip It Good! New Wave Music

March 23, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

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The Music of 1976

March 2, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min

In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re diving into 1976 – that wild year where America turned 200 with fireworks, flags, and music exploding everywhere. It is also the year where Ryan and I were born. And the music world…
Rockin’ Reinventions: Killer Covers (Vol 2)

February 2, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min

In this episode of Prisoners of Rock and Roll, we’re talking about covers – those magical moments where one artist takes another’s song and makes it their own…Wait, we said that in the monologue of last episode. Well it’s true! We had so…

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About the show

Prisoners of Rock and Roll is a bi-weekly podcast about music, the people who make it, and the almighty, ever-lasting power it has over all of us. We've covered everything from Anthrax to Frank Sinatra, the history of the blues to the history of punk, and from Johnny Cash to the Joshua Tree. We also play clips, discuss music news, and sentence a song every week to The Electric Chair for being terrible. Check us out -- you might learn something! Check us out at www.prisonersofrockandroll.com.