One Album Wonders There are some really obvious examples of bands or artists that only made one studio album — The Sex Pistols, Jeff Buckley, and Lauryn Hill immediately come to mind. But how many others are there? Surprisingly, quite a few! We talk about those as well as other single-album artists like The La’s,
MTV 45th Anniversary MTV launched 45 years ago on August 1, 1981 with “Video Killed the Radio Star.” To celebrate this big anniversary, we spend time reminiscing about the glory days of Music Television by talking about our favorite music videos — and a few of our least favorites. We
The legendary Paul McCartney has a very busy time lately, with a new album (The Boys of Dungeon Lane), appearances on Saturday Night Live and the final Stephen Colbert show, a new exhibition at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and a recent book and documentary. Rob and Alan
Saturday Night Live has concluded its most recent seasons on both sides of the pond! Both SNL US and UK broadcast their finales on May 16. That means it’s time to find out what the best musical performances were on both shows. I’ll count down my Top 10 selections from SNL Season 51 and the
The Music of 1986 (Part 2) We continue our examination of the year 1986 by talking about the albums that were released in the second half of the year. Metal and rap were reigning supreme with releases from Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Slayer, and The Beastie Boys, but pop and rock offered up some really strong
The Music of 1986 We’re diving headfirst into the first six months of 1986! Join us as we rewind to January through June and relive the music that made 1986 one of the most memorable years of the decade. It was a time when rock and rap were colliding, metal was still
Rock Icons This week we have the privilege of being visited by Giles Moon, the head of music curation at Julien’s Auctions, who gives us the inside scoop of the upcoming Music Icons auction, which takes place May 29-30 at the Hard Rock Cafe Times Square in New York City. The sale features nearly
Rock Super Bowl X On April 18, 1981, I saw my very first all-day stadium show, billed the Rock Super Bowl, featuring Heart, Blue Öyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Firefall, and UFO. In this episode I give you a rundown of that show, share some memories from that amazing day, and play
80s Bands We sure do love a list! And Loudwire has put out their list of 80s bands that should have been bigger! And we have a lot to say about this list — the ones we agree with, the ones we don’t really like, and the ones who may
FIVE Killer Ace Frehley Songs! This month on Alan’s Record Bin we celebrate the 75th birthday of KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley. We dig back through the record collection and focus on Ace’s early career as a member of KISS and his subsequent emergence as a solo artist with FIVE (okay,
5 Forgotten AOR Songs This week Alan from Modern Musicology launches a new side-project! In this series of shows, I’ll tell stories behind some of the albums in my collection. This week, we’re talking about 5 Forgotten AOR Songs! These are tracks that got airplay on Album Oriented Rock radio stations back in the
Rock Hall 2026 Nominees It’s that time of year again! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has released its list of nominations for 2026. Sadly, we aren’t amongst the 1200+ official voters who will be casting their ballots for this year’s inducted class, but that won’t stop us from discussing who
