The years 1993 and 1994 were the two best years for music in history. Join Travis Roy as each episode he explores a different album released in either year with a different guest host. This podcast is a labor of love. It is not and never will be monetized. Please don't sue.
Travis's brother Judd has returned to the show, this time to get outside the years 1993 and 1994 to talk about one of his favorite albums ever, Hayden's 1995 debut Everything I Long For.
Regular contributor Derek Fern has returned to the show to talk Propagandhi's 1993 debut album How to Clean Everything and he and Travis have a good time doing it.
Kandice Morrissette makes her third visit to the show to talk about an album she has a lot of passion for, the cult favorite Ruby Vroom from Soul Coughing, released in 1994.
Eron and Cory Worley are two brothers that Travis has long associated with the band Hum and particularly their 1995 album (that was recorded in 1994), You'd Prefer an Astronaut. So it was extra special to get both old friends on the show to talk about their love of the album and experiences recording at Matt Talbot's studio.
Travis's buddy Christian is back on the show to discuss Debut, the 1993 album from the Icelandic icon Bjork. Then, the fellas play a game called "Goon or Guru?"
A.J. Belmont heeded the call at the end of every episode of '93-'94, this time to do a 1992 album that had a huge impact on the years 1993 and 1994, R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People. Find out more about A.J. at abelmont.com
Brandon Callahan, the Metal Professor, has returned to the show to get punk rock with the 1994 classic Bad Religion album Stranger Than Fiction!
Adam Thomas has come back to the show to discuss an album from 1994, Four from Blues Traveler. He does not give Travis the runaround.
Joe Lowry has returned to discuss one of the most iconic albums of the era, Ill Communication by the Beastie Boys. He also fends off the geography trivia that Travis springs on him. Check out his podcast 2 Brothers Road Trip Radio!
Dustin Lince joins the Five Timers' Club for '93-'94 on his fifth visit to the show. This time he came to discuss the 1993 New Order album Republic but we also got into his very own ep The Dance Dance Revolution Will Be Televised by his band Teardrop Versus Freight Train.
Steve Guile is Travis's dear friend and cohost on the podcast Small Screen Sessions. Steve was kind enough to come on '93-'94 and interview Travis about an album they both love but that Travis considers his favorite album of all time-- Gentlemen by the Afghan Whigs.
It's a little hard to stream, or nail down a specific track listing, but all the same, Shawn McGhee has returned to the show to discuss Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's No Quarter live album from 1994.
Mike Krupinski of the Snapcat Bandits has returned to the show to talk about a little album from outside the confines of 1993-1994 called Nevermind by Nirvana.
Chris DeCarlo is a person with a deep knowledge of music who happens to also be a fan of the show. He reached out and proposed recording an episode about the cult band Icky Boyfriends and their 1993 LP I'm Not Fascinating.
Derek Fern has returned to again step outside the lines of 1993 and 1994 to get into a discussion about the 1995 Face to Face punk rock classic Big Choice.
One of Travis's oldest friends has joined the show for the first time, Mr Cory Worley! As long as they've known each other, they were somehow unaware of each other's love of the band The Sea and Cake, but they work that all out here.
Morgan Peak is back on the show and it is time to take on the ultimate folk-punk indie album of the era, Beck's One Foot in the Grave!
Travis's dear friend Chad Gibbons has come back to the show to discuss another offering from the era, Weird Al Yankovic's 1993 album Alapalooza. Check it out!
Travis's dear friend and cohost from the Cinema 9 Podcast has joined the four timer's club over here at '93-'94, and this time he's come to talk about an album that he once loved, God Shuffled His Feet from 1993 by Crash Test Dummies. Does it hold up?
Dustin returns again to take on one of the albums that has been one of the most influential in he and Travis's lives-- Sunny Day Real Estate's monumental classic Diary. The two talk the album, its impact on the emo genre in particular, and their undying love for it.
Eron has come back to the show for a third time! As such, it was his prerogative as to whether he wanted to get outside of 1993 and 1994 a little bit, and he decided on the 1992 Lemonheads indie classic It's a Shame About Ray!
Mike Brennan has returned to the show to discuss the album The Sign from Ace of Base! Is it his favorite album? No! But he came ready to talk about it all the same. We also got into some other stuff.
Returning champion Derek Fern is here to preach the gospel of Soundgarden and their 1994 mega-hit album Superunknown.
Kate RB has heard the call to be on '93-'94 and answered it! She joined the show to discuss the 1993 debut album from The Cranberries, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Friend and soon-to-be fellow podcast host Amanda Hallbeck has returned to the show to discuss one of the monster soundtracks of the era, The Crow!
Rob LeRoy of the band Dharma has returned to the show to discuss Swervedriver's Mezcal Head, which is very much one of those "if you know, you know" albums from the era. It was a treat for Travis to get to talk to someone else who loves the album, check it out.
Adam has made his third visit to the show, this time to talk about David Gray's 1993 debut album. They also reminisce about living in the same neighborhood in Philly and, ya know, talk about society.
Friend of the show Steve Guile has returned to talk Frank Black's Teenager of the Year and a very, very wide assortment of other topics. Check it out and find Steve at his own podcast, Is It Safe? which is available wherever you listen to podcasts!
Kandice Morrissette has visited the show once again, this time to talk Sarah McLachlan and her 1993 smash hit album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. The word "ethereal" gets thrown around a lot.
Mike Govier is more than just one of Travis's cohosts from his other podcast Cinema 9-- he's also one of Travis's closest and oldest friend. And he just so happens to be a huge fan of the 1993 album Become What You Are by The Juliana Hatfield Three.
Joe Lowry has come back to the show! He has plenty to say about this week's album Robbin' the Hood, the 1994 release from Sublime. There is also some discussion about weed and California, naturally.
Mike Krupinski has returned to the show to talk about a cultural juggernaut from the year 1994-- the movie Pulp Fiction and its soundtrack!
It's safe to say Dustin Lince is a regular guest at this point, and he has returned to discuss a 1992 album this time, Wish by The Cure! Check out Travis and Dustin's conversation and, if possible, join them in person at the New Way Bar in Ferndale, Michigan on June 22, 2024!
While Jon Herominski's brother Christian has been on the show a few times, this was Jon's first visit to '93-'94 and he is discussing Rancid's 1993 self-titled debut album!
It was awesome both to get Travis's good friend Steve Laskowski to come onto the show, and it was awesome to get one of the biggest Billy Joel fans around to come and reassess the 1993 album River of Dreams/
Travis's dear friend and former bandmate Derek Fern has returned to the show to discuss an album that didn't come out in 1993 or 1994, wasn't even recorded in '94, but damn it, it came out in 1995 and had a huge impact on them both-- Lagwagon's Hoss!
Shawn has returned for the third time which means he picked an album from around the years '93-'94 with the 1992 Peter Gabriel album Us. Both Shawn and Travis deeply love this album, so prepare yourself for an hour of two dudes gushing nonstop.
Travis's brother Judd is back on the show to discuss something near and dear to both of them, Frank Black's 1993 self-titled album! They also try and retrieve memories of their childhoods from each other's brains and have middling success.
Travis's cohost from the Cinema Podcast is back! Eric Branstrom is making his third appearance on the show and he is here to talk about an album that is a beloved gem for he and Travis both, the 1992 Tom Waits classic Bone Machine.
Mike Brennan is on the show to discuss Candlebox, a band whose earnest sincerity demands that we approach their 1993 self-titled album from a place of honesty. Mike is more than up for the task!
The show's resident metallurgist is back! Brandon Callahan has returned to discuss his all-time favorite band Metallica and their 1993 boxed set which is called Live Shit: Binge & Purge, not Live: Shit, Binge, & Purge.
Green Jello, Green Jelly, whatever you want to call them, was never a band that demanded their audience take them seriously and discuss their work at length. But Travis and new guest Charlie Root do exactly that this episode in discussing the band's 1993 album Cereal Killer Soundtrack!
Kandice Morrissette has answered the call to come onto '93-'94! And the album she has chosen has just hit its 30th anniversary-- Under the Pink by Tori Amos. Check out our conversation!
We're doing our first compilation album on the show and talking about Elvis Costello and the Attractions with author and humorist AJ DiCosimo. Travis and AJ have both spent a lot of time with the album The Very Best of Elvis Costello and the Attractions, 1977 - 86 and had plenty to say about it.
Rob LeRoy of the band Dharma has joined the show to discuss 1994's Without a Sound, the most commercially successful Dinosaur Jr album and also an album that holds a weird place in Rob and Travis's hearts.
Mike Krupinski of the Snapcat Bandits joins '93-'94 to discuss one of his favorite albums, 1993's Rid of Me by PJ Harvey!
Straight from the All American Spookshow Podcast, Donny Fucking Richmond has joined us at '93 - '94! Travis and Donny go back a long way and have a great time reuniting and discussing Radiohead's debut album Pablo Honey.
We're coloring outside the lines of '93-'94 again by getting into 1995's The Bends from Radiohead. Chris Deary is back on the show for the third time, and we get into one of his favorite albums from one of his favorite bands, among other things.
Dave Horning is on the show again, this time in person! He came with a lot of love for and a few stories about Ween and their 1994 album Chocolate and Cheese.
Morgan has returned to the show for a third time and has chosen to color outside the usual lines a little bit by talking about an album released in the fall of 1992, The Jesus Lizard's Liar.
Christian has returned to '93-'94 to talk MxPx and to get love-mauled by Travis's eleven-pound dog.
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