The Nostalgic Album Podcast

Alex and Stovepipe pick two bands: one you probably forgot exists, and one you probably didn't know exists. They also talk about sleazy youth pastors, guitar-building, their forthcoming market, and take bathroom breaks that you didn't know about because their use of the pause button is so flawless.

Alex and Stovepipe share Halloween memories, Narnia, evil, metal of course, and Tom Waits. You will poop your pants in fear!

Stovepipe and Alex solve that pesky world peace problem. Just kidding, they just talk about music and how old they feel for an hour and a half.

Alex and Stovepipe return with two albums that couldn't possibly be different from each other. And in light of the recent horrible reversal of Roe v. Wade, we just talk about Rage Against the Machine.

Alex and Stovepipe discuss how much they love dreams and despise Jesus (just kidding, we like him but do we despise this album??? Listen to find out!!!).

Alex and Stovepipe discuss power-pop, Axl, Bun E. Carlos' connection to Hanson, and how terrible it is when people tell you to hate things long before you even experience them. But they say NOTHING about democracy, oddly enough.

Alex and Stovepipe celebrate a mutual favorite....THE BEASTIE BOYS! God, they rule.

On this very special holiday edition of Nostalgic Album Podcast, Stovepipe and Alex talk about giving spiked-nog to waifish children, Christmas Eve acid tablets, poorly-placed bathrooms, Dee Snider's age, and the "Bummer Rock" genre. The yuletide cheer will be coming out your rear by the end of this one.

Stovepipe and Alex invent a useless cocktail, talk about guns, trauma, Ozzy, Led Zeppelin album covers, and sin.

You will poop your pants from the fear this podcast episode puts into you.

Stovepipe and Alex drink cider, talk tunes, apologize for unheard disgusting noises, and one of them hates the other's album choice.

Alex and Stovepipe finally agree that they don't really care for these two albums from their past, and as a result decide to give up on music altogether. Just kidding.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about favorite albums, production, and take bathroom breaks that have been skillfully edited out.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about how busy they've been being boring adults. They also talk about music.

Stovepipe and Alex talk about how much Heart rules, how Billy Ray's a better businessman than musician, and poorly attempt to make the episode short and sweet. *Forgive the initial low volume. It improves about a minute in.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about how some metal sounds happy and some doesn't, nu-metal that's actually good and not terrible, bands that actually hang out with fans rather than just do drugs and boink in their vans, and how Green Day's "Dookie" can be interpreted as a concept album about a person living in a COVID-infected world.

Stovepipe and Alex discuss fatherhood, how much Rancid rules, how mcuh Pantera displays power in a vulgar fashion, and are occasionally funny as well.

Alex is now a dad! Stovepipe is still competely alone! Both STILL manage to entartain, challenge, and inspire with their podcast. This week, they gush about how cool Sheryl Crow is, do the same for Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorious comes up of course, and drink booze with their faces.

Alex and Stovepipe revisted two albums from their youth. One is a brilliant metal album that holds up. The other should be used for playing frisbee, setting drinks upon, eating off, whatever you can possibly do with it that saves you from actually listening to it.

Alex and Stovepipe dig out these older but important albums made my by Iris rock n' rollers that are beloved by metalheads and a new jack trio responsible for one of the most ubiquitous albums of all time.

Stovepipe and Alex talk about how Weird Al rules, New Orleans, and great musicians who are jerks.

Stovepipe and Alex talk about burning the candle at both ends, going to bed unsatisfied, sawing fingertips off and starting metal, and sexy rap songs with a social conscious.

Alex and Stovepipe talk like Beavis and Butthead then giggle like idiots, unpack whether or not Anthrax was essentially a metal "Weird" Al, and how slow music can be sometimes.

Stovepipe and Alex talk about the election for about 30 seconds, Alex realizes he listened to the wrong Janet Jackson album, and both admit that Corrosion of Conformity rules.

Alex & Stovepipe tell you to saveourstages.com, Frankfurt, lighthouses, and then get in a fistfight over creamed corn just kidding that doesn't happen.

Stovepipe and Alex talk about albums that sound better years later, pop-punk, 70s stoner doom sludge 70s bands, cowbell, and Hanson.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about Christmas movies. mention Jimmy Stewart, those 4 punk girls that went to your high school you wanted to be friends with, Berklee, and how awesome it will be when this ridiculous year that is 2020 is over.

Alex and Stovepipe exchange gifts made of booze and coffee, talk about Christmas memories, discuss which relatives they don't particularly care for (just kidding they love them all), and re-visit some old favorite Christmas albums.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about James Taylor's gentle-uncle persona, Christmas shopping, fireplaces, how Deftones rule, how Nu-Metal could have been good but ended up sucking ass, and drink healthy, gut-slimming beer.

Stovepipe FINALLY wins the friggin' damned turd of a weekly coin toss! Then they talk about how how Brandon Boyd is, Deftones show up, how Blink 182 was wicked immature and occasionally insightful, and they also have a few mic problems but it's still a good talk.

Alex forces Stovepipe to listen to Joe Satriani and drives him even more mad (mad in a crazy way). Alex also talks about metal-head nerds, negative space, and as his is custom recalls delivering newspapers as a kid. Stovepipe gushes more about Evan Dando and brings up Courtney Barnett. Both quaff boozey beer and highlight that they have a social media presence.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about the 90s, drugs, tormented singer-songwriters, and quaff beer whilst doing so.

Stovepipe and Alex disagree on an album, talk about rednecks, heavy metal is of course mentioned, the election, and talk a long time because they are worried democracy might be about to die which would suck ass.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about being weirdos, the 90s, rainbow mohawks, and how sad it is that Brandon Lee died followed by a disagreement on the soundtrack.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about marriage, kids, candy, metal, Muppets, and things so scary you will indeed defecate in your underpoops.

Welcome Ghouls and Ghosts to the first of our two part Halloween Spooktacular episode! You'll crap your pants out of fright as Alex and Stovepipe talk about favorite horrifying albums from their past. Get out the candy, Oktoberfest ale, and be prepared to be horrified.

Alex and Stovepipe talk about depression, turntables, death, and how Debbie Gibson rules.

Alex and Stovepipe chat about King's X, agnostic Christian singers, and how all punks have a smug, idealistic phase.

Alex and Stovepipe chat about two very different albums that weren't without some controversy within VERY specific circles.

On this episode, Alex chats about the first album he ever bought with his own money: Verve Pipe's "Pop Smear." Justin chats about his parents finally letting him buy a Guns n' Roses album.