Agonizing Audio Hour

Is she a robot? Is she brainwashing people? Is she actually talented? Let's talk about the polarizing YouTuber, Poppy, and her first album Poppy.Computer!

We are back! This time with Wes Scantlin and Puddle of Mudd. A lot of good stuff in this one from riding baggage claim carousels to Avril Lavigne possibly actually being dead(?). Don’t miss it!

Be our guest, be our guest. Put our service to the test! We have a special guest this week and it is a fun one! Can’t miss this episode covering this really interesting concept album by Between the Buried and Me!

Taylor Swift 2.0? Country girl turning pop star, Maren Morris, sounds a lot different on her albums than on her most popular work with Zedd in the song 'The Middle.' Find out what the guys think this week on her latest album, Girl, and get ready for a guest appearance in next week's episode!

What an album. No one saw this coming out of a random selection, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. The lyrics and style The Jesus Lizard has is like nothing we have heard. Give it a listen!

Insane Clown Posse may give a lot to charity and do great stuff for the community, but their music gives off a completely different vibe. Listen to Flip the Rat and join us this week in episode 54!

Hear about the straight out of a horror film creepiness that is Tiny Tim!

Have your children close their ears this week as we cover Peaches! This is easily the most vulgar episode we have had and it is a doozy! Come hang out!

Heyyyyyyyyy!!! WE. ARE. BACK.....with one of our most intriguing characters yet, this weeks podcast we cover Buckethead with his album 'Enter the Chicken'.

Have a listen to our first look into Christian music with pop duo 'for KING AND COUNTRY!'

We’re baaaaacccckkkkk! After a bit of a hiatus, Erk and Hark are back with an exciting episode. Emo has been the butt of Hark’s jokes for months now and he just had to live it for 3 weeks. Listen in to a great episode as we catch back up with everyone! Let’s gooooooo!

Dizzy Reed, the keys player and second longest tenured member of Guns N' Roses hits the podcast this week! Of all members of big bands that went solo, this one might surprise you. Check it out with Erk and Hark this week! Also, check out our new website AgonizingAudioHour.com

Everyone's favorite genre! Bro country! Listen in this week as Erk's album to Hark was not a kind one. Had a little bit of catching up to do this week so its a bit longer of an episode, but it is well worth the listen. Let's go!

We are back! These past 2 weeks we listened to Canadian singer Alanis Morissette and her acoustic release of the worldwide 13th best selling album of all time, Jagged Little Pill. Alanis brings great lyrics that were a bit ahead of her time, and a voice that is love or hate. Have a listen!

Bette may be old, but she's not too old to produce elevator music. It was a long two week stint for us listening to this album, from 2000, that didn't produce anything like "The Rose" that Napoleon Dynamite so famously made his dance routine to. Give this one a listen for yourself, and you might just fall asleep while wondering how Bette Midler is still making music. BUT... give us a listen and we'll give you the cliff notes and a few laughs.

If you don’t like snakes, we don’t like you, ya jerk! Check out our first (real) punk episode this week with the Minnesota punk duo, Awesome Snakes! We had a really great time with this one, so give it a listen and follow along with us. If you don’t, you’re gonna get cut, jerk.

Call me The Monkees, 'cause I'm a believer! Our first soundtrack! Come hang out with us and talk about the 2001 Dreamworks movie, Shrek. Smash Mouth is the obvious "All Star" on this one, but the rest is filled with little-known bands and artists. Plus, we get talking about some truly obscene things happening in the news. Lets go!

This week, we cover a rap legend that goes reggae! Snoop Lion, more commonly known as Snoop Dogg, changed his religion, name, and style and produced this 16 song marathon of a Reggae/hip hop album. His new sounds, as well as his classic, smooth sound can be picked up all the way through it so give it a listen!

Hell week for Hark is over! These past 2 weeks we listened to the metal (rap?) group Attila! Hark describes the lead singers screaming as a similar sound as a screeching espresso machine. That and more on this week's episode! Lets goooooo!

Alexi was peddling burned copies of his first CD at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. 15 years later and he's still making music, unbeknownst to most. Sunshine is an album full of positive sounds and a summer vibe. Check it out, along with his other albums, and see what the former USMNT defender can do!

Jesse McCartney, not to be confused with pill junkie Aaron Carter, provides our album this week, and the fact that it wasn’t too terrible was a shock to both of us. Tune in to hear what we have to say about “In Technicolor”, a wonderful duet, and also what a pissed off R. Kelly sounds like. Let’s go!

If you thought the name of this album was weird, you should do a quick Bing search for Riff Raff AKA Jody Highroller AKA Dale Dan Tony. What a character and what some bizzare music. Is it a persona? Is he normal behind closed doors? Will he be going to jail soon? All that and more on this episode of Agonizing Audio Hour! Lets GO!!

Not...so...hot. Paris Hilton's self-titled album "Paris" is an absolute eye-roller. With Fat Joe and Jadakiss as its lone features, its a lot of Paris and her voice that wasn't meant to be professionally produced. Lots of Erk singing this episode. The most we have ever offered and yet we still offer all of this for free. Lets go!

After a short hiatus, we are back with an incredible episode! Trixter might have caught the end of the era of hair metal, but their long flowing locks bring a it whole new meaning. Be sure to turn this one up because Trixter will catch you by surprise.

Okurrrrrr! Bronx-raised stripper, turned rapper, Cardi B was a surprising feel-good story coming out of this week's episode. Cardi's album "Invasion of Privacy" is vulgar, anything but family-friendly. In fact, we had to get a little creative with our vocabulary this week when speaking on one of Cardi's body parts, but her rags to riches path was a great takeaway. Let us know what you think!

Our first American Idol winner! This weeks' album is brought to you by a current 42 year-old who was 30, but looked 50, when he won on the show. Taylor Hicks, in this self-titled album, brings a little bit of soul with not a whole lot of anything else to spice it up which is just what we'd expect from the lowest ranked 'Idol' winner to date. Come and join us!

It’s not David Lee Roth. It’s not Sammy either. It’s Gary Cherone in Van Halen III! The third Lead singer for the legendary band has so many mixed reviews, but no one has suggested he bests his more prominent counterparts. Come listen with us!

Really great episode this week! Episode 25 brings us Phil Collins with his 1985 dance album 'No Jacket Required.' We also compiled a list of our favorite albums and songs of the past year. We'd love to hear from you on both topics as we round out 2018, and maybe we can feature some of YOUR favorite music of the year on our next episode. Find us on facebook and join in on the conversation. Until then, turn up the tunes and get dancing to some Phil Collins!

Get out your camo cargo shorts, bro tanks, and fitted Monster Energy hats that you probably got by sending in saved up Monster can tabs. This week its Five Finger Death Punch with 'And Justice for None,' their latest studio album. Let's get angsty and listen to all of Ivan Moody and FFDP's problems!

This week, we put on our ripped jeans and leather jackets and dove into mainstream punk band Green Day! ‘Revolution Radio’ provided a good mix of what Green Day has to offer and we can’t help but think it sounds pretty familiar to their old stuff, though not as popular. That and more this week on our 22nd episode! Let’s go!

O.AR.! With special guest Chris Hoppe this week, hippies, jam bands, and crazy games of poker are the talk of the episode. Learn, along with us, as to what a jam band is and what surprisingly can be dragged into that category as we talk about O.A.R.’s first album, The Wanderer!

Goonies never say die! Corey Feldman is holding his career to that with his music career. Love Left is the first of 3 albums for Corey and Erk and Hark have a field day with this one. Let’s go!

Erk and Hark turn up the 'Unusual' Heat this week with Foreigner! With so many great hits you would think they couldn't do any wrong. That is, of course, until you spin this album and wonder if it's mislabeled. With a new lead singer and almost a whole new band they didn't seem to be able to crank out the same product. Listen in and give us your take!

Canadian Heartthrob, Shawn Mendes, graced our ears for the past week with his self titled 2018 album and gave us a little surprise! Join us as we discuss the Vine musician that made it HUGE!

Welcome to the Jungle! It is episode 17 here on Agonizing Audio Hour and we've got Guns N' Roses with a 1993 punk cover album called "The Spaghetti Incident?" Listen in to how it got its name along with a lot of die-hard GNR fan takes about it since there were sooo so many people talking to us this week. Thanks for the support! Lets get rockin' to some GNR!

Kid Rock is on the docket this week for episode 16! Hark came into last week with a pure hatred for him; any chance he changed his mind? In this 2017 album, Kid Rock sticks to his brand and doesn't dissapoint all of his white trash followers and Erk and Hark have plenty to say about it. Lets Go!!!

The 'Cash Me Outside Girl' makes Music?? I guess you could call it that. For our 15th episode, Erk got the album '15' by Bhad Bhabie, AKA the 'Cash Me Outside Girl', and it is some of the worst music he has ever heard. Join us this week as the guys' ears bleed perhaps more than they ever have. You won't want to miss it!

Fergie Ferg! Listen this week to what the guys have to say about Stacy Ferguson, AKA Fergie, and her second studio album 'Double Dutchess!' She shows glimpses of her old self, as one might expect, but definitely brings out some new sounds that are......interesting. Tune in!

WHERES MY HORSE?! The first exploration into some country music for the guys this week with a little Toby Keith. His 2015 album '35 mph Town' was less than a hit in the basement studio. Give it a listen and let us know what you think!

WE ARE BACK! After a week off, we have a really great episode featuring Katy Perry and her newest album 'Witness.' Erk, as always, graces us with plenty of seranades to keep the listeners happy so hit that play button and join in on the agony!

This week, the guys bring in a guest! Scott Reddinger, joins the guys on the podcast as Biz Markie tells us what he needs. Our first 90s hip-hop album, The Biz Never Sleeps, is a very unlikely one hit wonder and brings with it many ridiculous rhymes that will leave you scratching your head. Hit play and join in on the agony!

Is that yodeling? No, it's just Jewel! Lots of horrible serenading this week as Erk and Hark review this lyric-heavy album. Jewel brings up a lot of suppressed emotions and Hark shows a little bit of his obscurity in an episode you will not want to miss!

This week, the guys take on a musician that has writing credits on the best selling album ever in the United States. Don Felder, a former Eagle, wrote this dumpster fire of an album seemingly just for the podcast with its monotonous guitar riffs, regretful vocals, and weird African jam sessions! Dive right into 'Road to Forever' and join in on the agony.

We are boyband crazy this week! Erk and Hark take on the dreadful boyband O-town in this episode that might just include some duet singing from other boybands as well (it does).Sit back and let the 90s flashback horrors commence!

This album will get your head spinning right 'round; like a record, if you will. Erk and Hark listen to 'Youthquake' by the band Dead or Alive! Lead singer, Pete Burns, brings all the flare to this 80's classic with his hair, hip thrusts, and flashy personality. Hit that play button and join in on the agony!

Another fantastic episode for you this week for your Agonizing Audio Hour! Hark and Erk take on the 1997 album 'Aquarium' with the infamous bubblegum pop song 'Barbie Girl' by the Danish/Norwegian band 'Aqua.' Learn a bit about their lawsuit and how nauseating the rest of the album is while Erk goes past his 2 beer limit for the first time since the podcast's inception. Join us in the agony!