'93 - '94: A Music Podcast with Travis Roy

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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.

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    • Apr 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 89: Hum "You'd Prefer an Astronaut" with Eron Worley and Cory Worley

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 47:35


    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.

    Episode 88: Bjork "Debut" with Christian Herominski

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 51:42


    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?"

    Episode 87: R.E.M. "Automatic for the People" with A.J. Belmont

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 63:36


    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

    Episode 86: Bad Religion "Stranger Than Fiction" with Brandon Callahan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 56:10


    Brandon Callahan, the Metal Professor, has returned to the show to get punk rock with the 1994 classic Bad Religion album Stranger Than Fiction!

    Episode 85: Blues Traveler "Four" with Adam Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 42:03


    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.

    Episode 84: Beastie Boys "Ill Communication" with Joe Lowry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 57:24


    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!

    Episode 83: New Order "Republic" with Dustin Lince

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 44:28


    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.

    Episode 82: Afghan Whigs "Gentlemen" with Steve Guile

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 52:40


    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.

    Episode 81: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded "No Quarter" with Shawn McGhee

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 52:00


    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.

    Episode 80: Nirvana "Nevermind" with Mike Krupinski

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 58:37


    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.

    Episode 79: Icky Boyfriends "I'm Not Fascinating" with Chris DeCarlo

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 68:55


    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.

    Episode 78: Face to Face "Big Choice" with Derek Fern

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 55:45


    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.

    Episode 77: The Sea and Cake "Self-titled" with Cory Worley

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 70:06


    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.

    Episode 76: Beck "One Foot in the Grave" with Morgan Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 47:55


    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!

    Episode 75: Weird Al Yankovic "Alapalooza" with Chad Gibbons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 59:15


    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!

    Episode 74: Crash Test Dummies "God Shuffled His Feet" with Eric Branstrom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 35:20


    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?

    Episode 73: Sunny Day Real Estate "Diary" with Dustin Lince

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 50:06


    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.

    Episode 72: Lemonheads "It's a Shame About Ray" with Eron Worley

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 41:24


    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!

    Episode 71: Ace of Base "The Sign" with Michael Brennan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 41:48


    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.

    Episode 70: Soundgarden "Superunknown" with Derek Fern

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 50:37


    Returning champion Derek Fern is here to preach the gospel of Soundgarden and their 1994 mega-hit album Superunknown.

    Episode 69: The Cranberries "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" with Kate RB

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 46:02


    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?

    Episode 68: The Crow Soundtrack with Amanda Hallbeck

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 57:43


    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!

    Episode 67: Swervedriver "Mezcal Head" with Rob LeRoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 38:15


    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.

    Episode 66: David Gray "A Century Ends" with Adam Thomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 50:17


    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.

    Episode 65: Frank Black "Teenager of the Year" with Steve Guile

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 57:42


    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!

    Episode 64: Sarah McLachlan "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" with Kandice Morrissette

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 43:24


    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.

    Episode 63: The Juliana Hatfield Three "Become What You Are" with Mike Govier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 64:20


    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.

    Episode 62: Sublime "Robbin' the Hood" with Joe Lowry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 53:24


    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.

    Episode 61: Pulp Fiction Soundtrack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 67:25


    Mike Krupinski has returned to the show to talk about a cultural juggernaut from the year 1994-- the movie Pulp Fiction and its soundtrack!

    Episode 60: The Cure "Wish" with Dustin Lince

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2024 51:12


    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!

    Episode 59: Rancid self-titled with Jon Herominski

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 42:00


    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!

    Episode 58: Billy Joel "River of Dreams" with Steve Laskowski

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 59:30


    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/

    Episode 57: Lagwagon "Hoss" with Derek Fern

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 53:32


    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!

    Episode 56: Peter Gabriel "Us" with Shawn McGhee

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 67:01


    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.

    Episode 55: Frank Black self-titled with Judd Roy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 48:44


    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.

    Episode 54: Tom Waits "Bone Machine" with Eric Branstrom

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 57:37


    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.

    Episode 53: Candlebox self-titled with Michael Brennan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 60:18


    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!

    Episode 52: Metallica "Live Shit: Binge & Purge" with Brandon Callahan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 61:24


    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.

    Episode 51: Green Jello "Cereal Killer Soundtrack" with Charlie Root

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 37:49


    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!

    Episode 50: Tori Amos "Under the Pink" with Kandice Morrissette

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 41:33


    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!

    Episode 49: Elvis Costello and the Attractions "The Very Best of, 1977 - 86" with AJ DiCosimo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024 63:51


    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.

    Episode 48: Dinosaur Jr "Without a Sound" with Rob LeRoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 45:27


    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.

    Episode 47: PJ Harvey "Rid of Me" with Mike Krupinski

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 43:53


    Mike Krupinski of the Snapcat Bandits joins '93-'94 to discuss one of his favorite albums, 1993's Rid of Me by PJ Harvey!

    Episode 46: Radiohead "Pablo Honey" with Donny Fucking Richmond

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 51:16


    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.

    Episode 45: Radiohead "The Bends" with Chris Deary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 50:02


    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.

    Episode 44: Ween "Chocolate and Cheese" with Dave Horning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 52:23


    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.

    Episode 43: The Jesus Lizard "Liar" with Morgan Peak

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 47:06


    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.

    Episode 42: MxPx "Pokinatcha" with Christian Herominski

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 46:42


    Christian has returned to '93-'94 to talk MxPx and to get love-mauled by Travis's eleven-pound dog.

    Episode 41: Bob Dylan "World Gone Wrong" with Brad Carroll

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 57:31


    Brad Carroll has returned to the show to talk about one of his life's greatest obsessions-- Bob Dylan! In particular, the album World Gone Wrong from 1993. Other albums, bands, and subjects are touched on liberally.

    Episode 40: Pennywise "Unknown Road" with Joe Lowry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 50:01


    Joe Lowry has heeded the call! Every episode, I ask guests to come on and talk about an album they love from the era, and Joe has stepped up to the plate to talk Pennywise and their 1993 album Unknown Road.

    Episode 39: Sting "Ten Summoner's Tales" with Shawn McGhee

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 57:38


    Shawn is back and he and Travis talk all about Sting's 1993 album Ten Summoner's Tales! Well, they talk about everything but the fact that Sting's real name is Gordon Sumner. Hey, good one, Gordo! A range of other topics are discussed including history, 50s tv, beer, and lots and lots of talk about Peter Gabriel.

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