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Dan Hanzus and Bob Castrone love listening to music- almost as much as they love hanging out in a garage and talking about it. On The Throwback Podcast, lifelong friends revisit important albums from their past and go through them--track by track-- with fresh ears. From the classics to the cringewor…

Dan Hanzus and Bob Castrone


    • Nov 7, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 167 EPISODES

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    U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 85:03


    Per the Throwback Podcast bylaws, every 2.5 years Bob must endure 85+ minutes of Dan gushing about U2. It's time to pay the piper.

    OCTOBER 2000 - Top 10 Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 85:02


    Give us just one night (una noche) to take you back to October 2000, a wonderful time to be alive. Come on over with arms wide open, light it up and take a puff, and enjoy.

    PULP - Different Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 87:02


    If you came from Greece, if you have a thirst for knowledge, or if you studied sculpture at St. Martin's College, BOY do we have the podcast for you. If you're 0-3 there, well, settle down and get ready for the most British episode of the Throwback Podcast ever. We don't want no trouble, we just want the right to be different. That's all. 

    AUGUST '83 - Top 10 Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 81:44


    New Wave! Disco! Doo Wop! Whatever the hell "Puttin On The Ritz'" is! August 1983 was a wild time to be alive and a wild time to turn on the radio. Let's pop open an eggfull of pantyhose and get this party started.

    VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Vampire Weekend

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 88:30


    How do YOU feel about the Oxford Comma? Actually, before you answer that, answer this: how do you feel about the platinum-selling debut album from a group of Columbia University preppies dancing around in khakis as they combine punk music with afropop? Think about it... or just push play and listen to US think about.

    APPRECIATE: R.E.M.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 88:05


    Welcome to the first installment of the newest Throwback Podcast Series: Appreciate. Do you appreciate Michael Stipe and his band of college alt-rock revolutionaries? Well, by the time you're done with this episode, you will.

    NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SOME EARLY 90'S BULLSH*T!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 87:07


    What the hell was going on in the early 90's?? NKOTB? Color Me Badd?? Joey freaking Lawrence??? WHOA! I mean, seriously Early 90's... whatzupwitu?

    WEEZER - Pinkerton [2024 Remastered Edition]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 89:05


    Remember 2017? We don't. That's why seven years after covering Weezer's classic sophomore album, we're dusting off Pinkerton for another listen. Enjoy... but whatever you do, don't sign over power of attorney before you push play.

    SUMMER '95 - Radio Mix #3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 75:22


    1 FM Radio + 1 Eternally Bored 15-Year-Old Bob + 1 Blank TDK D90 Cassette Tape + 2 Buttons (Play + Record) = RADIO MIX #3. Join a much, much older Bob and his 1995 Bosom Buddy Dan as they uncover a summer's worth of alt bangers from 90's luminaries like Bush, Filter, Primus, Tripping Daisy, and many, many more. We may never know what was on Radio Mixes 1 & 2, but at least we have this.

    F*ck It, We're Doing Collective Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 74:10


    You heard us. It's happening.

    MAY '05 - Modern Rock Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 98:46


    If you like the White Stripes but LOVE Mudvayne, boy, do we have the podcast for you. Let's go back to May 2005, when there were two different types of rock music battling it out on the charts, and when Bob was making some HIGHLY questionable life decisions.

    COLDPLAY- Viva La Vida

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 96:03


    Or Death And All His Friends... but c'mon, not BOTH, right? Buckle up, because we're about to go on a Brian Eno-led adventure through Chris Martin's deepest and strangest album ever. Even more importantly, we pose the question: How did the "Yellow" guys become the BTS guys... and YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE ANSWER! 

    We Are Back and WE ARE THE WORLD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 102:47


    It's The Greatest Night In Pod, as the Throwback Podcast RETURNS with a USA For Africa-sized episode destined to save the world. Dan (the Lionel Richie of this operation) and Bob (clearly the Dan Akroyd) dig into Netflix's Greatest Night In Pop doc by revisiting the artists that made "We Are The World" the most incredible song ever recorded.  Join Us On Patreon

    A BETTER 90'S PLAYLIST

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 102:09


    Remember the 90's? These guys do. In fact, they never left. In this Very Special Episode (tm) Dan and Bob pull out some of their favorite CD's from their 60-Disc CD changer to give YOU, the listener, the best songs to include on your So-Not-Basic 90's mix. 

    HAIR METAL SPECTACULAR Vol 2: Power Ballads

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 71:36


    The boys bring the POWER in part 2 of this thrilling series worthy of its own late night infomercial. After rocking your faces off in Part 1, it's time to slow it down a little (but not too much) and hit the greatest Power Ballads of the 1980's. If you're still listening to Bad English, Skid Row, or Jon Bon, this episode will hit you right in your sensitive wheelhouse. 

    HAIR METAL SPECTACULAR Vol 1: The Rockers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 69:23


    R.O.C.K: What does that spell?? It's time for part 1 of a two part 80's spectacular. Are you ready for the greatest Hair Metal hits of the 1980's and the stories that come with them? Order now!

    SPRING BREAK 2001: Cancun Mix Vol. 1 & 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 107:01


    In the Spring of 2K1 (pre-Tuesday) Dan, Bob, their buddies Greg and Brian, and a guy named Vinsanity flew to Cancun, Mexico for the ULTIMATE SPRING BREAK EXPERIENCE (as promised by MTV). Naturally, these 4 Super Cool Dudes did what Super Cool Dudes do: they made a Double Mix CD to score their trip. Now, for the first time in 22 years, we're going to revisit ALL 38 tracks... and relive the stories that come with them. Lo Siento.

    THE BIGGEST HITS OF 2003... and ZWAN!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 84:55


    For our 150th episode we're going back 20 years to revisit the biggest hits of 2003... and Zwan! So get ready for some 3 Doors Down, some Matchbox 20, a little Chingy, an unfortunate amount of R. Kelly... and Zwan!

    THROWBACK TO THE FUTURE 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 120:59


    The Throwback Podcast is back! C'mon, we couldn't end this mess of a year without making one final trip to the nü garage to recap our favorite music from 2022. Let's do it!

    GUNS N' ROSES - Appetite For Destruction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 92:17


    When a classic 80's album that's sold 30+ MILLION copies turns 35 AND wins a Patreon Poll, it's time for Dan and Bob to cover it. The boys return to the garage to crank up the EPIC masterpiece by a group of Sunset Strip lunatics. It's Appetite For Destruction time on the Throwback Pod.

    SONGS OF SUMMER: The Ultimate Mixtape

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 91:08


    Fire up the grill and break out the slip & slide - it's summertime! To soundtrack your summer fun, Dan and Bob compiled a playlist of the ultimate summer songs* [*for people born in exactly 1980]. So crack open a piña colada flavored Bartles & James wine cooler and enjoy!

    EVERCLEAR -Sparkle & Fade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 76:57


    Five years into this ungodly podcast experiment known as The Throwback Pod, Bob and Dan are finally ready to swim out past the breakers and watch the world die. Before they go, they're going to revisit one of Bob's absolute favorite albums of the 1990's, Everclear's major label debut Sparkle & Fade. Sounds like heaven to me.

    JUNE 2000 - Modern Rock Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 81:48


    Papa Roach. Eminem. A Perfect Circle. STP... it can ONLY be The Year 2000. The Bosom Buddies have reunited in the nü garage just so they can travel back in time twenty-two years to see what all the cool kids were listening to during modern rock's dark ages. This is our last resort.

    ARCADE FIRE - The Suburbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 101:09


    They may not be in the garage and they're certainly not on TikTok, but Dan and Bob ARE BACK with an all new episode. This week, our suburban-raised heroes are rockin' The Suburbs, Arcade Fire's Grammy Award Winning masterpiece. If you have any issues with that, please address them to The Throwback Podcast's Office of Corrections / Department Of Go Fuck Yourself.

    FOO FIGHTERS - A Retrospective [Taylor's Version]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 95:02


    On March 25, 2022 the world was shocked to learn Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had passed away at the age of 50. For over 20 years he was Dave Grohl's right hand man, playing drums for alt-rock's most famous drummer, and amassing millions of fans around the world. Looking back at the Foo's past two decades of mega hits and successes, Bob and Dan share their favorite songs from The Taylor Era, dig into the band that was selling out arenas and winning Grammys while they were still looking for 'the next big thing',  and speculate about what comes next for this century's biggest rock and roll band.  

    ARCTIC MONKEYS - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 102:13


    In 2006 the Arctic Monkeys burst onto the scene with a debut album that got the world talking. EVERYONE was ready to hand Alex Turner & Co. the keys to the kingdom... everyone except Bob and Dan. Were the lads from Sheffield worthy of the hype? Did they have what it takes? And was it even OKAY that they were shattering Oasis' records? In this long-anticipated episode, the boys unpack their feelings about the Monkeys... in their trademark "we weren't prepared for this at all" way.

    FEBRUARY '92 - Top 10 Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 75:57


    If you've ever sought out a podcast that talks about Shanice, Nirvana, Mr. Big, MJ, and Tevin Campbell... well, #1, you're a weirdo, and #2, today's your lucky day. Let's go back 30 years to February 1992, a much simpler, happier time with fewer concrete partitions. You'll get it.

    COUNTING CROWS - This Desert Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 89:38


    The garage: open. The Tito's: flowing. The speakers: blasting 1999's TDL by the Counting Crows. Yeah... the Throwback Podcast is back! Join us in the nü garage as Bob and Dan dig into the 3rd LP by Adam Durtiz's band of merry(?) men and ask the big questions. Like, how does it hold up? Is "Hangin' Around" good? Does Dan secretly hate the piano? And did the Crows invent Dad Rock for Guys Who Aren't Dads Yet? The Bosom Buddies also pay their respects to the dearly departed Meatloaf.

    THROWBACK TO THE FUTURE IV - 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 107:02


    You didn't think we'd let 2021 end without our annual Throwback To The Future recap episode, did you? Let's shake the dust off this thing and see what happens.

    JIMMY EAT WORLD - Bleed American

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 87:19


    Hey, don't write yourself off yet- the Throwback Podcast is back with Jimmy Eat World's platinum 2001 LP, Bleed American. Come for the Celebration Of Life playlist, stay for the 9/11 stories, and stick around for a pretty big announcement. But don't worry, everything, everything will be all right, all right.

    PRINCE - Purple Rain w/Jason Zumwalt

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 94:13


    Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to get through this thing called life. With 25 million copies sold, Purple Rain is one of the best selling albums EVER. So naturally, the boys in the garage needed backup for this very special episode. Enter: Jason Zumwalt. Let's go crazy and see -- once and for all -- if Bob and Dan have it in them to transform into Prince fans.

    METALLICA - Metallica (The Black Album)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 92:08


    We're off to Never Neverland! Grab a bottle of Jaeger, throw on your nicest (nicest?) Metallica tee, and get ready to rock out to their 30x platinum selling album, Metallica. Chud Nation, this one's for you!

    TRAVIS - The Invisible Band

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 84:21


    Dan loves Travis. Bob loves Travis. Dan and Bob both love The Invisible Band. So it was only a matter of time before they cuddled up in the NU Garage and traveled back in time to 2001 to revisit the the third studio album by Fran Healy and friends, wasn't it? Put it on the board.

    JULY '97 - Alt Rock Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 82:21


    People love the countdown episodes! Sure, July 1997 was only like, what, eight years ago, so it barely qualifies as a throwback, but that's not gonna stop Dan and Bob from revisiting a loaded alternative rock countdown. Tonic, Live, Sugar Ray, and more -- it's '97 baby!

    BETTER THAN EZRA - Friction, Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 87:28


    Imagine a world where there's a podcast about Better Than Ezra and the hosts don't try to be funny by asking "who is Ezra anyway????" It seemed impossible... until now. The guys are back in the nü garage and ready to listen to the Patreon-poll winning Friction COMMA Baby by Louisiana's Tawl Curly & Company. Enjoy COMMA the show.

    SMASHING PUMPKINS - Siamese Dream w/ Dave Dameshek

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 95:45


    Today is the greatest day I've ever known … because Dave Dameshek is making his Throwback Podcast debut to talk about one of the favorite bands of his Chicago twentysomething years. Smashing Pumpkins week!

    21st CENTURY RAWK - The Best RAWK Tracks Of The 2000's

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 106:28


    Roll the windows down, crank the stereo up, bust open a brewski, drop out of high school, punch your mom in the face- it's time to RAWK! Hundreds and hundreds of straight-up RAWK tracks have been released over the past 21 years, so naturally it's time for a couple of old white guys in a garage to countdown a few of their faves. From the The Hives to The Hold Steady, from Audioslave to Against Me, we've got it all. Well... not quite. But a few great ones, at least.

    INTERPOL -Antics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 77:07


    If you stepped inside The Darkroom on Ludlow in 2005 there was a 97% chance you'd hear a song off Antics. And a a 98% chance you'd bump into Carlos D. For that reason, the time has finally come for Bob and Dan to Take You on a Cruise with Interpol. Over a year ago New York's drabbest boys in black won a Patreon poll, but it's taken until now for the guys in the garage to push PLAY. Let's do it.  

    LIMP BIZKIT - Significant Other

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 86:07


    Well... you can only reside in the Nü Garage for so long before you cover some nü metal, right? Limp Bizkit's Significant Other sold 16 MILLION copies to 16 MILLION people with questionable taste, and now it's time for Dan and Bob to honor their Patreonies' wishes and cover the über successful album. Maybe it won't be as bad they suspect... right? Maybe? Let's see.

    MAY '87 - Top 10 Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 81:05


    Thirty-four-freaking-years ago the Billboard Top 100 was littered with unbelievable songs that defined the 80's. From U2 to Prince, from Crowded House to Starship, from Kool to His Gang, let's jump into the wayback machine and countdown the Top 10 hits of the first week of May, 1987. It's what we do best.

    RADIOHEAD - The Bends

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 98:32


    The boys are back in the Nü Garage for an all nü episode of the Throwback Pod! And what better way to celebrate their return from a long, unplanned hiatus than with one of the BEST ALBUMS EVER TACKLED ON THE POD! It's time to dig into 1995's The Bends, a great album and an even better soundtrack to Bob's legendary Kelsey Grammer story.

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    OASIS - Be Here Forever: Saving Oasis From Oasis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 98:10


    What if Dan Hanzus produced Oasis' third album? What if he was able to convince Liam & Noel to include their best unreleased tracks & b-sides that were unbelievably strewn aside in the 90's? What would Be Here Now look like and sound like with a completely re-imagined tracklist? Would Dan have been able to save Oasis from Oasis? Let's find out. 

    MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - The Black Parade

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 88:52


    Welcome to the Black Parade. 

    NIRVANA - In Utero

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 92:56


    You can't make a music podcast exclusively for people born in exactly 1980 without covering Nirvana's major label discography in its entirety. This week, the guys in the garage complete the trilogy by listening to the Steve Albini produced In Utero- the final studio album for Kur(d)t, Krist, & Dave. It's a cry for help, a F*ck Off to fans, and a fascinating way to say goodbye. 

    NEW RADICALS - You Get What You Give (& More) ft. Matt "Money" Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 70:32


    New president. New Radicals. On the day Joe Biden assumed the highest office in the land, Bob and Dan were also celebrating the renewed relevance of a late-90s masterpiece created by a man who doesn’t even want you to remember his name. The legendary Matt "Money" Smith returns to the pod to dig into the song that has a special place in Joe Biden's heart AND to regale the guys with some more inside-KROQ dirt. All hail the bucket hat.

    BRITNEY SPEARS - ...Baby One More Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 82:26


    The schoolgirl outfit! Those pigtails! That song! Those hooks! Britney Jean Spears took off like a rocket and changed the pop landscape when she dropped her debut LP ...Baby One More Time on January 12, 1999. Back then, Dan and Bob were just college freshmen who normally wouldn't have been interested in bubblegum pop, but this wasn't normal. This was Britney. Let's go back 22 years and revisit -- or visit for the first time -- the album that started it all.   

    THROWBACK TO THE FUTURE III - 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 120:00


    2020 may have been an unmitigated disaster, but... actually, no, never mind, there is no 'but'. 2020 sucked. That said, the soundtrack to 2020 was pretty great! In this supersized double episode, Dan and Bob look back at the year that was, and pick their 15 favorite songs. Which one will end up on the vaunted Throwback Podcast Playlist? That's for YOU to decide. 

    BRITPOP SPECTACULAR - British Bangers Vol. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2020 75:46


    Back in the mid-90's there was a lot of hype around a "second British invasion" -- but outside of Oasis, Blur, and Radiohead, and a few decently sized blips on the Modern Rock radar, it never really materialized in the States. So while the folks in the U.K. were losing their minds over Pulp, Elastica, Supergrass, the Manic Street Preachers, James, and the bands that influenced them, young Bob and Dan were wandering around Pearl River wishing they had a podcast where an overseas listener could provide them with the ultimate Britpop Playlist. Lucky for them, that's exactly what happened. Enjoy this Patreonie-inspired masterpiece chock full of Listener Mail and Britpop classics. Crikey!

    NOVEMBER '88 - Top 10 Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 83:34


    Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, we want to take you back to November 1988 (we'll get there fast but then we'll take it slow, I promise). Dan and Bob were just a couple of 2nd grade Karate Kid II fans back then, but that didn't stop them from doing the Locomotion and getting all up in their feels like the rest of America. If you love Yacht Rock but wrestle with the term "Yacht Rock", you're gonna love November '88.

    KINGS OF LEON - Because Of The Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 77:36


    It's Dealer's Choice Week on The Throwback Pod. This week, your daring dealer Dan goes back to 2007 to push play on Because Of The Times, the third offering from a gang of southern Strokes on the verge of becoming HUGE. This foreplay to Fiery Sex didn't take off in the U.S. but it definitely has a couple of big Fans in the garage. Sit back and get ready for the Entourage of 00's Music... and we mean that in a good way.

    VAN HALEN - 1984

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 72:17


    On October 6, 2020 we lost a legend. It's time to throw a little respect toward one of the greatest (or perhaps THE greatest) rock guitarist ever, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen by revisiting Van Halen's best selling album, 1984. If you love synthesizers and hot legs, this is the podcast for you.

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