Dad Band Land

Brian has finally done it: His last request of 2022 is that we all listen to The Grateful Dead (Live in Europe, 1972). And by god, we're doing it! (Help!) Also we break with tradition and visit the very best new songs of 2022. HNY from DBL! Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We asked for your favorite Christmas songs you don't get tired of and you delivered! Happy holidays everyone from DBL. Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're celebrating this festive season with a) Our favorite holiday songs that have not worn out their welcome, and b) The 30th anniversary of Dr. Dre's 1992 classic, “The Chronic!” It's a very Death Row Christmas! The playlist is here: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-39-playlist/pl.u-38oWroltZBaa Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does The Who's legendary 1967 album hold up? At least half of us have no idea, because we never paid attention to it before! But it's… something special. Also - our favorite massively popular songs that were never hits! The playlist is here: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-38-playlist/pl.u-e98lo8KiZEbb Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We told you about the songs that blew our minds the first first time we heard ‘em. Now it's your turn. A very special episode dedicated to the music that changed you right away! Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awwwww! Just in time for Thanksgiving, we're discussing our favorite songs of gratitude. Happy Turkey Day to the whole DBL family! Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's album? Lou Reed's “Transformer.” But before we get into all that (and there's a lot to get into!), we're hitting the floor with our most irresistible dance favorites. You will want to check out the playlist this week! The playlist is here: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-37-playlist/pl.u-e98lo6lUZEbb Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're all about massive rock comeback albums. We share our favorites and then dig into one of the most successful ever - George Harrison's “Cloud Nine.” Does it hold up? Well, we end up closer to Cloud Six… And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-36/pl.u-11zBv5gsK1oo Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Queen's “News of the World” turns 45, and that's at least 20 years younger than the “senior citizen rockers” we're also celebrating!  And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-35-playlist/pl.u-aZb0YBZsRrXX Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come celebrate “Talking Book's” 50th birthday! Come discover our favorite Hidden Tracks! And more than anything, come mourn Adam's catalytic converter. DBL! And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-34-playlist/pl.u-e98lol5CZEbb Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does INXS' “Kick” still kick? Join us as we revisit this classic of Australian funk/rock. Plus, we've got Principal/Comedian Eddie Gorton on hand to discuss our bands origin story and his own unique career! And then we share our biggest “mind-blowers” - songs that immediately floored us. And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-33-playlist/pl.u-d2b0v0lFGXyy GUEST: Eddie Gorton https://www.instagram.com/principalofcomedy/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/principalofcomedy Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We asked for the songs that torment you, refusing to leave your head… and wow, did you deliver! Warning: This one is dangerous! Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is REM's masterpiece “Automatic For The People” still… masterpiece-y? We take it out for a spin. Also, beware - one listener has suggested we take on “ear worms.” Cover us - we're goin' in!  And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-32-playlist/pl.u-11zBvBBhK1oo Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stone Temple Pilots' “Core” turns 30, and we are here to reconsider it. And we're also here to consider our favorite incredibly long songs - tracks of 10 minutes or more. There may be a few guitar solos involved… And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-31-playlist/pl.u-JPAZBZNTl8KK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the second half of our cultural exchange, wherein we trade Steely Dan for Black Sabbath! We listen to “Vol 4” and try to bridge the gulf and cut through the stereotypes! Also, another listener-suggested Jeffy's Jukebox - we reveal our favorite “oddball bands.” And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-30-playlist/pl.u-aZb0YE5CRrXX Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We dig deep into Steely Dan's “Aja,” which Kevin has somehow avoided all these years. And it's another listener-supplied Jeffy's Jukebox - great songs that have the same title as other great songs! And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dad-band-land-ep-29-playlist/pl.u-JPAZB1qtl8KK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Something Else by the Kinks” was a big deal in 1967, but how does it sound today? Our opinions may shock you! Or not! Also, thanks to one of you listeners' suggestions, we'll be revealing our favorite songs sung in languages we don't speak. Sound exciting? Yub Nub! And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-episode-28-playlist/pl.u-76oN9YeCqY11 Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ooh, we got a good one this week - the 40th anniversary of Peter Gabriel's self-titled fourth album! Also, Kevin and Adam got the band back together! Also also we're sharing our favorite artists whom we used to hate but now love. Come get some love! And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-27-playlist/pl.u-V9D7Z2GcjNbb Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who would've thought the “New Wave” would get so damn OLD? And yet here we are, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Yaz' “Upstairs at Eric's.” How's the old boy holding up? Also, we talk about music's most incredible creative peaks - who shined the brightest? And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-26-playlist/pl.u-mJy89b8tY044 Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dads trip out to Pink Floyd's ridiculously psychedelic debut, “Piper at the Gates of Dawn.” Plus, we introduce you to our favorite introductions - what songs are instantly, obviously themselves? (Please don't say “The Final Countdown!) And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-25-playlist/pl.u-aZb0YZxCRrXX Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce Springsteen hadn't recorded with his E Street Band for nearly 20 years before “The Rising” - and that was exactly 20 years ago! How does their 9/11-themed opus hold up? Also: Our favorite guitar solos!  And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-24-playlist/pl.u-JPAZBP3Il8KK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here ya go - We sorted through over 1,600 responses to highlight some of your favorite soundtrack albums of all time. That's right: Sixteen hundred! Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're toasting the 35th anniversary of “Appetite for Destruction,” and we didn't even realize it was basically the soundtrack to the new “Thor” movie! And speaking of soundtracks - we're sampling some of of our all-time favorites. And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-23-playlist/pl.u-76oN96yCqY11 Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Special Ep, you, our precious listeners, share your favorite music videos of all time. OF ALL TIME. And we are here for it!. (Even though Adam has COVID. Spoiler Alert: He lives through it!) Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We unexpectedly loved Toto IV - can Styx' “The Grand Illusion” work that same magic on us? Also, podcasts might not be a visual medium, but we go ahead and share our favorite music videos of all time! And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-22-playlist/pl.u-V9D7Z9pcjNbb Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Special Ep, you, our incredible listeners, share your very best live music experiences. Who's got the best concert story? And are any of them about bands that Brian hasn't hung with? Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's nothin' like live music, right? We share our absolute best concert experiences. Then we visit Brian's House of Wax to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Radiohead's landmark “OK Computer.” How does it hold up? Do we love it? Does it NEED us to love it?  And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-21-playlist/pl.u-mJy89JrIY044 Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this Special Ep, you, our beloved listeners, share the scary bands and album covers that terrorized their childhoods. It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye-fork!  Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What songs and bands terrified us when we were kids? We confess, and then, after confession, it's time to Testify - about Aretha Franklin's amazing Amazing Grace! And speaking of confessions… we share some more Guilty Pleasures. And of course you can enjoy all today's tunes on our custom-built Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-20-playlist/pl.u-V9D73M9ijNbb Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These treasures were even hidden from US, but not from you, our fans. Complete with some tasty needle drops! Thanks to all you listeners for making the DBL community an actual thing! And of course we went and made a custom fan playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-special-2-hidden-treasures/pl.u-mJy82zPTY044 Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guitarist and movie producer Jim Rota (“Sonic Highways,” Fireball Ministry) to talk about his new movie, “Studio 666” and the album he cut for it with Dave Grohl. Then he sticks around for Jeffy's Jukebox - “Great Albums with Terrible Covers.” And then we celebrate the anniversary of “Ziggy Stardust.” Yes, this ep is jam-packed, and packed with jams. Want to hear all the songs we talk about on this episode? Check out our playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-19-playlist/pl.u-9N9LzmdFyWAA Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back in the studio and ready to take on the big questions! Like: How did the guitar take over rock n' roll? And will the keyboard ever regain its rightful place? And will Kevin ever make good on his threat to get Adam a keytar? Also, we celebrate the 45th anniversary of Heart's “Little Queen” and discover that it's REALLY worth celebrating. Want to hear all the songs we talk about on this episode? Check out our playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-18-playlist/pl.u-DdAN2j3uNXKK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we've chosen some of the best Guilty Pleasures from you, our fans! Complete with some tasty needle drops! That is to all of you for making the DBL community an actual thing! And of course we went and made a custom fan playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-special-1-guilty-pleasures/pl.u-38oWjRytZBaa Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the 40th anniversary of The Clash's “Combat Rock,” and man, it's a tale of two sides! Meanwhile, we tackle a question on the other side of the pond: What's the best-ever American band? And Adam and Kevin explore their own early rocksperiences! Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-17-playlist/pl.u-DdAN23PsNXKK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimi Hendrix's “Are You Experienced” is definitely Dad-aged now. How's it holding up? Also, whose post-band solo careers went best? And if Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel were BOTH stuck on different trolley tracks and your trolley was out of control… A moral-dilemma-laced episode! Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-16-playlist/pl.u-38oWj3EsZBaa Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a salty and spicy episode as we discuss our favorite artists' hits that we SHOULD love but don't, and then we dive into all that sweet, pastel-colored 80s sexiness that is Duran Duran's “Rio.” Also, Adam and Kevin dissect playing “Help,” which is a pretty good metaphor for the state of their band. Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-15-playlist/pl.u-DdAN2KauNXKK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's nothing like that first time you meet… so what are the best debut albums of all time? And how are we feeling on the 10th anniversary of Jack White's solo debut, “Blunderbuss?” Also, are there bar bands that DON'T eventually cover “Bad Moon Rising?” Not here there aren't! Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-14-playlist/pl.u-38oWj1WTZBaa Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What songs about dancing are no good for dancing? We've got a list. How does Van Halen's “Diver Down” sound on its 40th anniversary? We listened. What's it like to play Operation Ivy's “Big City?” We done played it. Plus, for the first time, YOUR Guilty Pleasures! Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-13-playlist/pl.u-e98l3rqSZEbb Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It turns out that our little joke about Ninja Sex Party's silent member being our guest… did not thrill Ninja Brian himself. He comes to kill us, but then stays for the on-point musical banter! Also, we play the most overplayed Rolling Stones hit and then revisit Wilco's 20 year-old (!) “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.” Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-12-playlist/pl.u-DdAN2KBINXKK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toto, we've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore! The boys take an unexpectedly weird and emotional journey listening to “Toto IV.” And a much less weird journey playing “Blitzkrieg Bop.” And a completely entertaining journey discussing the best title tracks ever! Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-11-playlist/pl.u-38oWj18FZBaa Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland IMPORTANT NOTICE: NEW EPISODES OF DAD BAND LAND WILL PREMIERE ON FRIDAYS STARTING APRIL 8th, 2022

Oh my. Adam and Kevin would like to pretend this episode is about playing T. Rex or discussing “perfect albums.” It is. But for them it's mostly about Brian's House Of Wax, wherein they get to celebrate an album they completely agree on - Prince's “Sign o the Times.” Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-10-playlist/pl.u-DdAN2yosNXKK Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland

Sex and sex and rock n roll! In what podcast can you explore Deep Purple's classic “Machine Head,” playing Johnny Cash's “Folsom Prison Blues,” and have a spirited discussion of the best covertly dirty songs, from Prince to Rihanna? Right here. Step inside… Want to hear all the music we talk about? Here's the playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dbl-ep-9-playlist/pl.u-38oWjNetZBaa Email: dadbandland@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/dadbandland Insta: https://instagram.com/dadbandland FB: https://www.facebook.com/dadbandland