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Quaranteam – Book 1: Part 4 A pandemic survivor's harem continues to thrive amidst chaos.. Based on a post by CorruptingPower, in 25 parts. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels. Chapter 11 For the next hour or so, Andy explored the house on his own while the girls moved things from the car into the house, as well as letting the cats loose into their new environment. He wasn't sure who was more overwhelmed, himself or the cats. The building was immense, feeling both warm and alien all at the same time. Mostly, though, the space felt incomplete. It was a home that had been decorated by a real estate agent, not by someone looking to live in it. Everything was arranged for show not for actual use. He wandered into the gym first and found it stocked with free weights, resistance machines and a small aerobics area, all the machines in pristine condition, never used. Looking at himself in the mirror, he wasn't even sure he recognized himself in this new home. Andy strolled out of the gym and found himself in one of the three living rooms, with a wet bar off to one side. There were several couches arranged around the middle, as well as a handful of lounge chairs. Without warning, Muninn, his Russian blue cat, hopped up from behind one of the couches onto the back of it, which startled the hell out of Andy. As soon as the cat saw him, however, he sauntered over Andy's direction. Andy moved closer and pet the cat, who gave a healthy purr in response. "Yeah, I know, Mun, it's weird for me too. But we live here now, so explore away." "Are ya freaked out?" Aisling said to him as she moved into the room. "It's just a home." "That's just it, Ash," he sighed. "It's a home, but it's not my home, not our home. Not yet. I'm sure I'll get there at some point, but for right now, it's just reinforcing how weird all of this is. I mean, yesterday, there were seven of us crammed into that little tiny condo, and now Eric lives down the street, and we live, here. In the kind of place I never even dreamed about." Aisling moved over, a soft sympathetic smile on her face, as she wrapped her arms around him and held him in an inviting hug for a long moment. "The world's changing, and we have to change with it, Andy. That means we're all going to be a bit out of our comfort zones now and then, but think of it this way,  you can make one of these bedrooms into a full on study, and line the walls with bookshelves, like you said you'd always wanted to do. We'll put your desk in there, and you can turn it into a writer's cozy, a space where you can go and work on your next book and nobody'll bother you. What's wrong with that?" "There's nothing wrong with that, Ash. There's nothing wrong with any of this, except for the fact that I didn't really earn any of it." "Luv," she said to him, "most of the people who get lucky in life, it was right place right time, and all they did was have the good sense not to muck it up. That's what you're doing here. You were in the right place at the right time, and you had the good sense to let me into your bed. And I've been good to you, haven't I?" "Oh god, Ash, you and Lauren and Niko have all been amazing, far better than I deserve,” "There'll be none of that, mister," she scolded, slapping his shoulder. "You've been grand to all of us, and you've helped Eric and Lily get their shit sorted out. I know Jenny doesn't have her head sorted out yet, but when she does, I'm sure she'll thank you. You could've been a right shite about alla this, but instead you've been a stand-up guy. So take a deep breath." Andy stopped and took a deep breath. "It didn't help much." "It helped a little." "Okay, it helped a little." "Are you more bothered by the house, the staff or the fact that there's going to be a lot more women moving into our lives?" "It's a lot of women, Ash." "It will be a lot of women, Andy. Yes, that's absolutely true, but we'll manage it. Besides, the house is nice isn't it?" "Understating things a bit, aren't you Ash?" "Fine," she said with a wry grin, rolling her eyes in his direction. "It's a bloody magnificent place. Just in the tour alone, I wanted to strip down to my knickers and socks and play 'Risky Business' so if you hear 'Old Time Rock'n'Roll' blaring from the hi fi, look both ways when walking through the hallways." "You're changing the subject." "It'll be fine, Andy. Just stop worrying and enjoy this." She moved to sit down in the couch, and picked up a remote control from the coffee table in front of it. She looked around the room for a moment before she finally just pressed the power button on it, to see what happened. From a small overhang across the room, a giant television dropped down and turned on, as concealed speakers all around the room hummed to life. "That is hell of a television." Andy moved to slump down onto the couch next to her, throwing an arm around her shoulders. "And just think, this isn't even the theater room. Let's just relax for a little bit and watch some TV." Apparently whoever had set up their house had given them a deluxe cable package, with every optional channel Andy could think of, and loads he'd never even heard of. They settled on SpikeTV, which was in the middle of a James Bond marathon. They were showing "Goldeneye" and they'd had the luck to turn on right at the beginning. "I've always loved Brosnan as Bond," Aisling said to him a few hours later, as the movie was over. "I don't know that he's the best Bond, but he's my Bond. You?" "He was great, but I've always been a Connery man myself." "You Americans, you all have your own Bond, much like those of us across the pond have our own Doctor. You a fan of Doctor Who, luv?" Andy smirked wryly. "Tom Baker, but if I'm honest, I could watch David Tennant in anything. I watched "Good Omens" last year at least three times. I'm guessing you're a Capaldi girl." "Chris Eccleston's my Doctor," Aisling said. "But I'm glad you didn't say I should be a Matt Smith girl, just because he had a ginger companion." Andy shook his head. "So did Tennant, but neither of them were Irish. Catherine Tate's British and Karen Gillan's Scottish. I'm not an idiot, love." "Bless, Andy," she whispered, as she kissed his cheek. "It's so strange. I feel like I'm missing time, what with all the holidays we've basically skipped over. I was getting my first injections on July 4th, but I didn't even hear any crackers in the sky. Were there any?" "None that I could see, Ash. Halloween's just around the corner. Maybe now that we're in a gated community we'll get trick or treaters." "You think there's children in the estates?" "No idea. I'm not really sure what to expect here. We've barely seen the house, much less the small town that's formed up around it." "That's going to be just as strange, people we can sit and talk with, restaurants we can go and have dinner in, a movie theater filled with people, guaranteed not sick people. It all sounds so wonderful." "I'll talk to Eric, maybe we can get a Halloween costume party together." Aisling cooed at him. "That sounds wonderful." She glanced over his shoulder. "Looks like your maid in here." Andy looked back over his shoulder and saw Yvette standing there, nervously shifting back and forth, before he chuckled and curled a finger in her direction. "C'mon, Yvette. You look like you've got something you want to say." "Simply a request Master. I and the rest of your staff, well, we are having trouble keeping our heads clear. We do not wish to pressure you, naturally, but the longer you wait before imprinting us, the more difficulty we will have executing our responsibilities around the home. It is getting hard to focus." He removed his arm from around Aisling and rose to his feet, a wry smile on his face. "I'll say. I can't help but think about something Groucho Marx once said to his brother Chico." "I'm sorry, I don't know who those people are, Master." "Comedians. Groucho is the one with the bushy eyebrows and greasepaint mustache. Chico used to pretend to be Italian. Groucho would occasionally say to him, 'Chico, I think your accent is slipping.'" Andy grinned as he approached her. "Is your name really Yvette?" The maid visibly blanched. "Am I trouble?" "Answer the question," Aisling said, getting off the couch, heading to join them. "No, ma'am. It's Nicolette." "Are you actually French?" Andy asked. "Second generation, but I was putting on a show. Mr. Marcos seemed to think you might enjoy it." Andy shook his head and laughed. "Fucking Phil." "So you're not angry, sir?" "You don't have to lie to me, Nicolette." He gestured to the maid's outfit. "Do you really enjoy this kind of thing?" She smiled, almost coquettishly, and nodded. "I do, Master. I'm naturally submissive, and this is what I wanted to do in the new world." "Are you bisexual, Nicolette?" Aisling said. "I am, madam, if that's alright." Aisling leaned over and grabbed the girl by her mane of hair and pulled her into a firm, intense kiss that made Andy's breath catch a little. Nicolette seemed caught off guard only for a moment, before she leaned into the kiss, and pressed her busty body against the Irish girl. After they made out for a minute or so, Aisling pulled back and grinned at Andy. "Well, we should make sure the girl gets what she needs, but mama has needs too." Aisling pulled Nicolette with her over towards one of couches. She reached up beneath her skirt and pulled down her panties before stepping out of them. Then she laid back onto the couch and spread her legs, exposing that ginger cunt to Nicolette. "Tell you what. You lick my cunt, and I'll make sure he fucks you good." "Yes madam," Nicolette said as she moved down onto her knees, before Aisling pulled over a footstool. "Thank you madam." The maid moved up to kneel down on the footstool, her hands pressed on the couch, as she moved her lips down to press against Aisling's exposed snatch. Andy walked over towards them as he watched Aisling's fingertips move to get lost in the girl's thick blonde curls, rocking her hips up against the maid's mouth. "Shit, Andy, she's fucking good at this." "Umm, it certainly looks that way, but what if I wanted to see if those titanic tits of hers were real, hmm?" He unbuttoned his jeans, slowly unzipping them. "Oh, I can fix that," Aisling said with a laugh. She pushed Nicolette's face back. "Lay down and turn over. Are those enhanced or natural?" Nicolette rolled over, laying on her back on the footstool before she pulled the top off one shoulder then the other, tugging it down to her waist so her massive tits spilled free, thick and curvy. "All natural, madam. Any excess weight I put on seems to go straight to my tits or my ass and nowhere else." She curved her fingertips around her left tit and pulled it upward, bringing it up so she could lick her large pink nipple while Andy watched. Then she reached down and dragged her skirt upwards, as she moved to push her head onto the couch while Aisling moved up onto her knees, straddling the girl's face. "Come on, Andy, don't keep the poor slut waiting." Andy tugged his jeans and boxers down enough for him to fish his cock out, moving to step out, rubbing the tip of his cock across the maid's twat, finding it was still soaked. "Remember when I told you I never showed my cock to anyone I hadn't kissed, Ash?" "She doesn't want you to show her a good time, love. She's only got one thing on her mind, don't you whore?" "Yes madam," the maid said between licks at Aisling's cunt. "And what is that?" Aisling's question caught the maid off guard. "Ma'am?" "What is the one thing you've got on your mind?" "Being imprinted, ma'am." Aisling reached down and pinched one of Nicolette's nipples hard enough to make the maid yip audibly. "The master likes a dirty mouth on his girls, Nicolette. Maybe Phil didn't tell you that, but as Andy's first girl, it's my job to make sure everyone in the house knows exactly what he likes. So let me ask you again,  what's the one thing you've got on your mind?" "Getting the Master to fuck me, ma'am." "Why?" "So I can be imprinted, to be owned, to belong to him, and be part of his house." "Then tell him." "Yes ma'am." Nicolette pulled her head back for a moment to look up at Andy, and the look on her face was one he was starting to get quite familiar with, a heady mix of need and lust. "Sir, let me offer you my body, my drenched holes for your use. I need to be fucked to belong to you, to feel your jizz blasting inside of my cunt or asshole, marking me as yours, imprinting me, claiming me. Take me, sir. Own me. Fuck my tight young snatch and brand me as your slut, your maid, your little French fucktoy. It hurts, sir, aches. I can't think straight. I'm a rutting bitch in heat, needy for a cock to clear her head. Can I serve you, Master? Will you grant me that privilege? Fuck me, sir. Do it." "Put your mouth back to work, Nicolette, and I will," Andy said, as he pushed his cock along her cunt, feeling her shiver, her body instinctively trying to line it up so his wood would penetrate her. "Yes, Master. Of course, Master." Nicolette slid her head back between Aisling's thighs, pressing her face up against the redhead's cunt, her tongue pushing into the girl. Aisling leaned forward a little bit, reaching a hand forward to grab Andy's face, pulling him closer, kissing him as Andy pushed his cock inside of Nicolette's cunt. Beneath her, Aisling could feel the girl already lost in the throes of her first orgasm, muffling the scream by pressing her hips down against the maid's face. "How is she?" "I think I might have killed the poor girl." One of Nicolette's hands lifted and offered a thumb up gesture to them, which made Andy and Aisling both laugh until Aisling kissed Andy hard again. She reached down and grabbed Andy's hip to pull him hard into Nicolette, slamming his cock hilt deep into the French maid with enough force to make those heavy tits of hers jiggle and bounce. "That's it, Andy. Just rail the girl." "You're trying to make me cum inside of her, aren't you?" "It's working, isn't it?" Aisling giggled a little bit. "I'm giving up my load for the day to her. I want you to fill her cunt so full of cum that there's enough for me to lick a little bit out of her gash when you're done. You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Andy groaned a little bit. "You're wicked, Ash." " Umm, just like you want me to be. I have to admit, I'm a little addicted to it, seeing a new slut fuckdrunk on your spunk for the first time, her eyes rolled back in her head, the orgasm so intense that she's trembling like she's been struck by lightning. It make you seem so powerful." "I don't think I can last long," he mumbled. "She's fucking tight." "Then why wait? She wants your jizz. I want you to jizz inside of her. You want to jizz inside of her." She kissed his cheek and then moved nibble on his earlobe. "Go on. Give your newest slut her nut. Fill her up with that hot spunk and claim her. Your girlfriend is telling you to do it. Cream her up. In your house. Make her your slut, your maid, your personal fuckhole. Give to us. Please Master, she fucking needs it. I need it. Cum for us. Flood the little bitch with your cum. Show her who the lord of the house is." Aisling licked her tongue along the shell of his ear, then breathed hot onto his flesh, before whispering, "Own her. Cum!" Nicolette's heels pressed into the small of his back as he pushed his cock hilt deep inside of her cunt and began to erupt inside of her. As soon as the first blast of his jism hit the back of her cunt, Nicolette began to thrash, her heels lifting off his skin as her legs pointed straight up into the air and began to practically vibrate, quaking like she had her own personal earthquake. Eventually Andy's release ebbed back, and Aisling leaned to kiss him once more, her hand reaching up to brush sweat from his face. "Another one bites the dust," she giggled against his mouth before he pulled his hips back, letting his cock slide out from Nicolette's snatch as the girl's legs moved to slump down on the footstool, her whole body lying ragdoll limp, her lips very quietly mumbling that familiar word over and over again. Aisling lifted her hips up and moved back to her feet, shifting Nicolette to move the maid's entire body up onto the couch, cradling the girl's head against the pillow on the armrest. Andy was starting to adjust to tuck his cock away before he felt Aisling's hand stop him. "Just wait there, mister." The Irish girl grabbed a blanket and moved to lay it over Nicolette's unconscious form, covering her up, making sure the maid looked cozy. After Nicolette was properly tucked in, she turned around and kneeled down to lick his cock clean. It had still been glistening with a bit of his cum, as well as juices from Nicolette's cunt, but Aisling gave it a spit shine. Andy could feel himself struggling to get hard again, but as soon as Aisling had his cock clean, she tucked it away. "Tomorrow you can take care of the gardener and the cook." "Fucking this many people is exhausting, Ash." "Awww. Poor baby. Do you know how much sympathy I have for you, half a dozen women craving your cum so much they'll fling themselves at you?" "Very little?" "Not even that much." Andy chuckled, helping Aisling to her feet. "Yeah, I guess that's fair." Chapter 12 Andy awoke the next morning much earlier than he normally did. It was the fact that the bed beneath him was new to him. New bed, new house, but the house itself didn't change as much of his perspective as the bed did. Sure, the four of them had fit in his old bed back at the condo, but the new bed had plenty of room for them to sprawl out if they wanted, and yet, he still awoke with all the girls basically pressing up against him, Aisling and Niko on either side of him, and Lauren mostly draped over Aisling. The cats were nowhere to be seen, although he wouldn't be surprised if they wandered across the bed several times during the night. He did his best to extricate one arm free so he could look at his watch, only to find it was actually nearly nine a.m., far later than he'd expected. The girls remained zonked, and he had to admit, they'd all been up a bit late into the wee hours of the morning just wandering around and exploring the house. He still felt like he didn't have a great handle on the layout of the place, but he figured that would come in time. Determined not to wake anyone, he wriggled his way downward, disentangling the gilded cage of arms and legs he found himself wrapped in. Once free, he was pleased to see that he hadn't woken any of the trio, so he headed into the closet to grab a change of clothes. Immediately, he feared he might have made a terrible mistake, as the walk in closet was larger than the old condo's living room, but thankfully, most of his t shirts were hanging on clothes hangers directly in front of him, and a dresser there seemed to have his pants, boxers and socks. In fact, as he glanced at the walk in closet, he was a little amused to see how little of what he saw was actually his own clothes. Sure, all of his clothes were there, but they took up a fraction of the amount of space the walk in closet had on offer. Each of the girls had carved up their own section of the closet space, although if the Major was to be believed, this wouldn't be enough room eventually. The Major had even suggested each partner consider taking one of the bedrooms of the manor as their own, simply to have their own space, and their own place to keep their clothes. "Personal space is going to be important," she had told them yesterday. Andy had immediately decided it was advice worth heeding. He grabbed a change of clothes and headed towards the bathroom. After stepping foot inside of the bathroom, he closed the door behind him, doing his best to keep the noise volume down, so as to not wake anyone. He imagined the girls would be up any minute now, but saw no reason to get anyone up before they awoke naturally. Some nights they all wore pajamas, but last night, they'd all just piled in one naked mess into the new bed, so the only thing Andy had to take off before he got into the shower was his watch and glasses, setting both on the counter next to his clothes. The shower space was just about the same size as the bathroom in the old condo, but it was a thing Andy had decided he was just going to have to come to terms with. Everything in the new home was going to be bigger, because it had more people to accommodate. It did, however, give him plenty of room to maneuver as he attempted to get the water's temperature to a level he was comfortable with. He hadn't even thought to ask how the utilities of the new home were going to be paid for. He made a mental note to ask someone about it as he stepped under the soothing warm water. Ten minutes later, he'd finished the shower, dried himself off and gotten dressed. As he passed through the bedroom, he could see that while none of the girls were awake yet, they had shifted to make up for his absence, now lined up like three little spoons, with Niko's ass pressed against Aisling's hips, and Aisling's ass against Lauren's hips. The cats had also joined them on the bed, sitting at either corner of it, almost like they were on guard duty. Andy reached down to pet Huginn, and the black cat leaned his head up to lean into Andy's touch. He smirked as the cat slowly pulled away from Andy's hand, but it was only to roll onto his back, exposing his belly, hoping Andy would give it a rub. He patted the plump cat's tummy briefly, but not long enough so that Huginn would think it was a game of Attack The Hand. He didn't want to remain long enough to wake the girls, so he grabbed his phone from the charger on the nightstand, moved to the door of the bedroom and slipped out, closing it shut behind him as he moved into the hallway. The layout of the house was still fuzzy in his head, but he knew for certain that if he wanted to grab some breakfast, he needed to head downstairs. As he wandered downstairs, the cook, Jennifer, he thought her name was, awaited him. She still had on the same apron from the day before, but the clothes she had on beneath it had changed to warmer colors. The t shirt was a light green and the slacks a cream color. "Good morning, sir. Would you like some breakfast?" she asked, a smile beaming at him. She was fidgeting, he noticed, and he was certain that the effects of the vaccine were starting to claw at her. He would have to make sure to take care of both her and the gardener today. "Sure, Jennifer, that'd be nice. Is it Jennifer, or do you prefer Jen or Jenny?" he asked her, as she started to lead him towards the dining room. "Whatever you'd like, sir," she said, demurely. "No," he chuckled, "I'm asking you what you prefer to be called. I don't mind being in charge of the house and all that, but I'm not about to go around deciding what people are called. What do you prefer to be called?" "Jenny, sir," she giggled. "Sorry, sir. What would you like for breakfast today?" "Just, like, a croissant or a bagel with egg, cheese and ham on it? I don't need anything special." "Give me five minutes and I'll whip something up for you." Andy moved to sit down at the dining room table. The chairs were aimed at a much more formal environment, something he was going to have to make sure got corrected. He felt a little bit like Michael Keaton as Batman, sitting at a massively empty table all by himself. He opened his friend group's Discord chat channel and typed in a message to Eric “ you okay in your new place, man? “ but he saw that Eric was off line and didn't respond, so he figured he'd hear back from him later in the day. Phil was up, though, and the two chatted for a little bit while Andy waited for breakfast to arrive. Jenny poked her head in. "Did you want juice or milk, or should I make coffee?" "God, the girls made drink coffee, but I can't fucking stand it. So it wouldn't hurt to put a pot on, but none for me, thanks. I'll just have some orange juice or pineapple juice or whatever." "Got it," she said, dipping back into the kitchen, the swinging door closed behind her. Phil was in good spirits, and let Andy know that he would be behind the wall in the gated community before the end of the week, which meant they could all hang out again. Phil insisted that on Saturday, they should all get together and play poker while the new families intermingled, something Andy agreed to immediately, and suspected Eric wouldn't have any problem with. "Sir, can I talk to you for a minute?" Jenny said, as she brought out a tray with a bagel filled exactly as he'd asked and a glass of orange juice on it. "I don't mean to be rude or impatient, but,” "No no, Jenny, I know. You're having trouble thinking clearly, and would like to get imprinted as soon as possible. Let me eat my breakfast, and then we can go take care of it if you like." "I would like, sir, but that's not it." The girl looked at her hands as she wrung them together nervously before she looked up at him. "May I speak freely, sir?" "Jenny, you're now and forever under orders to always speak freely in the house, okay? What is it?" "It's my partner, sir, Katie." "What about her?" "Well, she, ah, she lied on her forms. Sir." "About, what exactly, Jenny?" Andy wanted to know what was going on, but he was also famished, so he took a bite from his breakfast sandwich, as if encouraging the girl to continue speaking. "It's, well, it's a bit embarrassing, sir, but, you know that Katie and I are partners, right?" Andy swallowed his mouthful and took a sip from his orange juice before he spoke again. "You did mention it yesterday when you introduced yourselves." He gestured to a chair across the table from him. "Sit, sit. Now tell me what's up?" Jenny looked at the chair like it might bite her, but then nervously moved to sit down, her hands still folded together on top of the table. "So, uh, while I'm bisexual, Katie isn't. Sir. She's strictly a lesbian." Andy tried to keep his face blank. "Alright." "So while she's going to need to intake your jism regularly, she's, uh,” "She's going to be a pain in the ass about it," Katie said, moving into the room, clearly sounding cross. "Is that what you were going to say, Jen?" Katie was dressed in work clothes, having been outside working in the gardens, and had dirt on her knees, although she'd been careful not to drag any loose dirt into the house. "We're so fucked." "Baby, no! I just wanted to explain,” "You just wanted to explain that I wasn't going to do my job to our new boss. That's just great, Jenny! Now we're going to get hauled out of here and thrown in jail!" "Katie, please!" "We're fucked. We're so fucked, just because you had to grow a fucking conscience! I could've faked it! I could've pretended and just gotten through it, but no, you had to,” "Ah Hem!" Andy said, loudly clearing his throat to get both of them to settle down. "Can I interject into this, or do you two want to go on arguing about what I'm going to do without actually knowing anything?" Katie moved to nervously sit down in a chair next to Jenny, looking a little taken aback. "Sorry, sir." "Sorry, sir," Jenny echoed. "Thank you." Andy took another bite from his sandwich, which was delicious, while he let the two women sit in silence a moment, as if almost daring them to start arguing again. They made it past him finishing the sandwich without speaking again, but he was on his last sip of orange juice when Katie, the Hispanic girl, couldn't help herself and spoke again. "I love my wife, sir, and I want to remain faithful to her. And you seem like a nice enough man, but I'm just not attracted to you in any way. Sorry, sir." Andy smiled and shook his head a little bit. "Good lord, they barely told me anything, and somehow I still know more about all of this than you two do. Jenny, are you bisexual, or are you also lesbian?" "Bisexual, sir, but I'm married. To Katie." He nodded. "Look, I get that. So here's your options. If you want, I can tell the army you've changed your mind, and you can go back there, but if you've already been given the vaccination, you're unfortunately going to have to get paired up with some man." "That part's actually true?" Andy nodded. "I'm sure you're already feeling it, that unfamiliar blaze in your body. It'll get worse, a lot worse, until it's harder and harder to think, and you're just a raw, rutting creature, yearning for male sperm of some kind." "How horrible," Jenny whispered. "Better than the disease, Jenny," Katie said, patting her arm. "So what are our other options?" "The obvious one is, naturally, that you both continue to be here, do your jobs, and I simply provide sperm for you to consume. I mean, I could just bring you in towards the end of a session with me and one of my partners, or with Nicolette,” "Who?" Katie asked. "He knows," Nicolette said, standing in the door, leaning against the doorframe. She was wearing another maid's outfit, but it was subtly different than the one she'd worn yesterday. "And he wasn't mad. He even thought the whole Yvette thing was funny." "Or I could just agree to always use the two of you together, but the only person I touch would be Jenny, and Katie could touch Jenny. It's not strictly what you had in mind, but,” "But it would satisfy Katie's insistence that she remain faithful," Jenny said. "Would you be okay with that, baby?" "Okay?" Katie said, rolling her eyes. "Well, I might be able to get to okay eventually, if that's okay with you. Sir." "Come on," Andy said, rising to his feet. "Take me to your room and we'll get you both imprinted." "I'd, I'd rather you not come into our room, sir," Katie said. "If that's okay, sir. I'd like that to be just our special place, mine and Jenny's." "That's fine, but we'll need to have some place to lay you both down once you're done." "I did just fine on one of the couches, Master," Nicolette giggled. "Maybe we should use one of the living room spaces again." "Alright, but let's use one more off to the side." "There's always the lounge out in the pool house," Katie suggested. "I have a pool house? Y'know what, forget I asked. Of course I have a pool house. Fine, let's go out to the pool house. Nicolette, if the girls wake up, let them know I'll be back in a little bit, okay?" "Of course Master," she said with a curtsey, as Katie put her arm around Jenny's waist, and the two started to lead him to the back yard. "I don't mean to sound ungrateful, sir," Katie said, as they walked past the pool. Sure enough, on the other side, there was a small house, which Andy could see had showers, a sauna, bathrooms, a small bedroom, and a little lounge. Hell, by itself, it was bigger than the old condo, and clearly this was a little guest house. "But I don't think your sperm is going to do anything for me." "Mentally, sure, probably not, Katie. But on a biological level, you'll find this whole thing is a little surreal. When you meet Niko, you'll get to know what sort of state she was in when she came into my life. She'll tell you the story herself, I'm sure, but from my point of view, she practically assaulted me before I even got her name." Jenny grinned impishly, as she closed the door behind Andy. The lounge had three couches in a U shape pointing towards a massive television, with a picture window on the side wall facing the pool. "I have to admit, that sounds kinda hot." "It was," Andy said, as the two girls pushed him to sit down in the middle of the couch. "A little terrifying, but kinda hot. So how do you want to do this?" Katie leaned up and pressed her lips against Jenny's, as Jenny's hand smoothed down her wife's hip. The kiss intensified and Andy could see the tongues dancing together, as Katie's hand moved to cup one of Jenny's plump tits through the apron before reaching behind her to untie it, pulling it up and over her head, tossing it aside. "I'm thinking Jenny here'll blow you, and I'll just share it at the end, so you have to tell us when you're close. If that's okay. Sir." "That's fine, Katie. If you always want to do it this way, that's fine, or if you want to switch it up now and again, we can do that too." Katie nodded, and reached down to pull Jenny's t shirt up and over her head, exposing the brunette's overabundance of titflesh that had actually been quite concealed by the apron. "We, uh,” She blushed a little bit before continuing, pushing Jenny down to her knees. "We've had threesomes before. I don't mind if Jenny gets a little cock now and then, as long as I'm always there, but it's hard to get men to understand I don't want any. They usually try to pressure me to join in." "Well I won't ever do that, Katie," Andy said. "You don't have to do anything you don't want to do, although,” Jenny had unbuttoned his jeans, and unzipped them, as the other two continued to talk. Katie smirked, rolling her eyes a little. "As long as you don't care if I say no, you can always ask, sir." "I was just wondering if you wouldn't mind taking your top off as well, so we're all at least a little exposed here." "No, I can do that," she said, unzipping the top of the worksuit. "My tits aren't anywhere near as nice as Jenny's, though." She peeled the top down to her waist, exposing a perky caramel colored pair of tits, capped with darker tan nipples. "You've got excellent tits, Katie," Andy said to her, as she tied the arms of the top around her waist to tie it in place. "And don't you ever take shit from anyone who says otherwise." "Aw, you're sweet, Andy," she said before looking down at her wife. "How's it look, hon? Something you can work with?" Jenny nodded, having fished out Andy's cock, her fingertips stroking up and down it slowly. "It's a good size. I may want to have a ride on it now and again, if that's okay, baby." "Let's take it all one step at a time, okay?" Katie said. She moved to sit down on the couch next to Andy, laughing softly. "She's always been over eager. But I'll probably let you fuck her now and again. And I know she's a very good cocksucker. Her old boyfriend used to brag about it all the time." "Pig," Jenny said, before she wrapped her lips around the head of his cock, letting her tongue brush over it slowly, evoking a shiver from Andy. "Oh! Not you, sir, him." "I figured that one out, Jenny." Andy glanced over at Katie. "So are you both really submissive? Did you really want to do this, be a gardener and a cook?" "Jenny's mostly submissive, and I'm a switch," the Hispanic woman said. "And these were the jobs we had in the before times, just at different places. I was the gardener for some tech millionaire, and Jenny worked in the kitchen at the S F O airport Marriott, so we'll do our jobs well, and the other thing reasonably well." "I just want to make sure I'm not forcing anyone to do anything they don't want to." "We will be sure to tell if you're pushing it. Sir." She laughed slightly at herself, as if chiding herself not to forget to call him that. "Remember, you're going to have to tell us when you're close, sir," Katie said. "I'm a man of my word, Katie." "I hope so." Jenny pushed her head down onto his cock, sliding her lips down a few inches before pulling her head back up. "Oh, if you're going to do it, just fucking do it, Jen." Katie took her hand and pushed on the back of Jenny's head, forcing her face down hard into Andy's lap, until he could feel the girl's lips around the base of his cock, her throat twitching as she was struggling not to gag. Katie leaned in to whisper into Andy's ear. "She fucking loves shit like this." After a few seconds, Katie pulled Jenny's head back, and the girl coughed, laughing throatily, spit dripping from her mouth onto his cock, tears running down her eyes, a crazy smile on her face. "Oh god, I think I fucking came when you did that, Kat." "Well, not to take credit for it, but that was my precum. You're starting the imprinting process now." "I call bullshit," Katie said. "Prove it." Andy decided the best way to do this was to mostly remain out of it, so he took Jenny's arm by the wrist, rubbing her palm over the tip of his cock, which oozed out a little bit of precum, then lifted it up towards Katie, palm facing her face. "Lick. Prove me wrong." Katie cocked an eyebrow at him, then leaned forward to run her tongue along Jenny's palm. As soon as her tongue slurped in that precum, she leaned back suddenly against the back of the couch, pulling up her knees to her chest, her face scrunched tightly as she spasmed violently. Andy was fairly certain that Katie's panties were drenched, but didn't want to embarrass the girl by looking. After a few seconds, Katie's eyes opened again, and she groaned, a sultry wanton sound. "Oh you utter bastard," she moaned. "I know that's all physiological, but fuck was that good,” "You're going to get that same sensation each time you get any of my cum. Both of you. Ash's been with me the longest, about two months now, and she says it's never gotten any less intense, and from time to time, it's even way more intense than that." Katie pushed Jenny's head back down into Andy's lap, forcing her mouth back onto his shaft, as she wriggled in her seat. "How often do we have to have it?" "We've experimented around a little bit with trying to wean a girl off of it, but after about a week or so, it starts impairing logic. Not a lot, at first, but a little bit. It's harder to think clearly, you find sex popping into your head unwarranted more than usual. And by ten days, it's like a painful gnawing hunger. Lauren wanted to try and go two full weeks without, but on day eleven, ah,” Katie laughed softly. "Go on. You said we have no secrets here." Andy nodded with a slight shrug. "She, uh, when I went to take my shower in the morning, she followed me in and forced me to fuck her by trapping me between the wall and the sink. She bent over the sink and braced her hands against it and pinned me. I mostly just stood there, my ass pressed against the wallpaper while she thrust back against me hard and fast. She's, ah, she's a lot stronger than I am." Both girls laughed, although Jenny's laugh was a bit muffled, as she still had most of his cock in her mouth. "I think once a week or so is something we can make work," Katie said, brushing her hand along the back of Jenny's neck. "See? I told you she was good." "Fuck, her tongue keeps teasing against the bottom of my balls. I'm not going to last long like this. You may want to,” "Sure," Katie said, sliding off the couch and onto her knees, off to the side of Andy's right leg. "I know how we can do this." She pulled Jenny's head up and free of his cock before pushing her over to the other side of Andy's legs, his legs pressed together. "C'mere, babe." Katie pulled Jenny close, and then the two women kissed with the length of his cock between them, blocking their lips from reaching each other until they both slid up and kissed with the head of his cock between them. Jenny reached down to fondle his balls, and he felt a second hand join, a little surprised that it was Katie's, as the two tongues danced against each other, and over the head of his cock, and he couldn't resist any longer, his body tensing up as he had a hand resting on either of their shoulders. When that release hit him, he could see Katie's other hand on the back of Jenny's neck, as if holding her in place, as he saw Jenny suddenly reach up and do the same, helping each other to stay locked in place around the tip of his cock, as he blasted a hot load of spunk into their mouths. He felt like he gave at least a few pumps of jizz into each of their mouths, and certainly they were both affected, as each of them began to tremble, the clasp of hands and necks keeping them all in place, as both of them swallowed mouthfuls until finally they could resist no longer and both girls slumped their heads back and to the side, the full weight of their unconscious bodies pressed into the couch. Each of them trembled and vibrated a little, the aftershocks of the process clearly still coursing through their veins. Both girls were quietly murmuring that familiar word, imprinting, over and over again. It took Andy a few seconds to regain his composure, but once he finally did, he tucked his cock away beneath his boxers and jeans, zipping them up and rebuttoning them before he stood up and extracted himself from between them. He moved to lift Katie up onto the couch first, laying the girl out on it, before picking up Jenny, pushing her onto the couch with Katie, draping one arm over the Hispanic girl. Then he picked up an afghan laying in the room and covered them both up, for warmth as much as modesty. It wasn't freezing cold, but Halloween was next week, and California in October could get cold. He assumed the guest house had heating, but didn't even have the slightest idea how to turn it on. He was about to leave, then decided to scout the pool house out a little more. Sure enough, he found a thermostat, and noticed it was set to off, so he set the temperature to 70F and turned it from Off to Auto, hearing a heater kick on along the far side of the building. His work done, he decided to head back inside. He stopped to look at the pool, marveling the fact that he had his very own swimming pool, something southern Californians might have in spades, but certainly came at a premium in the northern California area, where real estate was a scarcity. He'd had dreams of his works being optioned, turned into movies or some such, and hoped that they would make him oodles of money, but the books hadn't developed a big enough audience where Andy would've felt comfortable enough letting someone adapt his works while remaining faithful to what he'd written. A producer had once offered him ten grand for the rights in perpetuity for everything, offering Andy no creative influence, no backend profits and no altering of the deal if things performed well. Andy had, in response, made a Berry Gordy joke that he was sure went over the producer's head, then politely declined. He'd jokingly referred to it to his friends as the "you'll take our money, shut your mouth and like it" deal. But he didn't, he wouldn't and so he didn't have to. In the end, he'd still ended up with a pool. He continued heading towards the house, seeing Niko, wearing just one of his over sized t shirts, although he suspected she probably had panties on underneath. Her arms were crossed over her chest, so he couldn't be sure, but he thought that it was one of his Catherine Wheel t shirts. It looked like the orange corners of the "Ferment" album cover peeking around her arms. "Morning, sleepyhead," he said, as he walked up towards her. "Everyone else up?" "Ash was toweling off when I came downstairs and Lauren was just heading into the shower, so she should be down in a little bit," Niko said to him. If Aisling had fallen into the role of his girlfriend, Niko had worked herself into becoming his right hand woman. Aisling took care of him emotionally, and Niko seemed to enjoy making sure everything was humming along. She'd been the one to structure their packing, and made sure Andy didn't forget anything he would regret leaving behind. Sure, all of that stuff was being brought over, but Niko had made certain that Andy hadn't left anything truly important to other people. "Also, your newest girl is here. She's waiting in the living room. Well, the front living room. One of the front living rooms. The one closest to the door. I signed for her, figured you wouldn't mind. That's her car parked out front, and the Uhaul attached to it has the rest of the stuff from the condo." "Nice." Andy was surprised another girl had arrived so soon, but the Major had made it clear that they would be coming at a steady rate until he was at capacity, which meant at least another nine or so, maybe even as many as thirteen more, although Andy had stressed to the Major that stopping early was absolutely fine. The Major had seemed to think that was funny. They'd walked inside of the house and headed towards the front living room. "What's her name?" "Her name is,” "Taylor!" Lauren's voice shouted as Andy and Niko walked into the room. Sitting on the couch was a young blonde, barely five feet tall, in a white muscle t shirt that didn't cover all of her toned stomach, and a pair of jeans that looked like they were practically painted on. A denim jacket was draped over the back of the couch. The girl's hair was platinum blonde, bordering on white, clearly dyed or bleached, but had dark eyebrows, and Andy could see dark hair down at the roots. She had a gold belly ring and heavy Doc Martin shoes. Small diamond earrings adorned her ears, and around her right wrist was a gold bangle bracelet. Her lipstick was a bright pink. In fact, it was clear that the girl, who looked like she was in her early twenties, had spent a decent amount of time on both her outfit and her makeup, like she wanted to make a good first impression. It was also worth noting that she was more than a little buxom for her small height, the top strained over her large tits enough that Andy could make out a white bra on underneath it. If not for the dark roots, she almost reminded him a little of a smaller version of Lauren. Both girls had a bit of that 'I'm showing off for Instagram' vibe to them, although Andy would never have said it that way to Lauren. "Andy, no fucking way! I do not want that bitch in this house!" The girl on the couch looked like she was about ready to break down crying, as Lauren loomed over her. His Aussie partner had put on a bit more than Niko, in that she was wearing yoga pants and a sports bra. "I'm sorry, Lauren," the girl, Taylor, said. "I'm so, so sorry, baby." "Don't fucking 'baby' me, you whore!" Lauren shouted, turning to walk towards Andy. "This is intolerable! Figure it out!" Lauren kept walking right past him and headed towards the stairs, each step heavy, almost like she was trying to stomp her anger out. "Figure It Out!" she shouted from upstairs, just before he heard the bedroom door slam loud enough to rattle the house. "I take it you know her?" Niko said to Taylor. "Yeah," Taylor mumbled. "I'm her ex girlfriend." Chapter 13 Andy looked at Niko, then at Taylor, then back to Niko, unsure of what to say to anyone. "Look, Niko, can you figure out her side of the story?" he said, gesturing to Taylor. "I'm going to go talk to Lauren and find out what the hell is going on." "Good luck, babe," Niko said, kissing his cheek. "Tell her," Taylor said before stopping, biting her bottom lip in a pout, then starting again. "Tell her if she'll let me, I'll spend the rest of my life apologizing to her." Andy didn't know what to say to that, so he walked out of the room and started heading to the stairs, trying to follow the sound he'd heard a minute or so ago of Lauren stomping off. Clearly there was bad blood here, but talking to Taylor first would only hurt Lauren's feelings, so he needed to check on his partner. Once he got to the top of the stairs, he saw Aisling leaning against the outside of the master bedroom door, which was closed. "What's all this then?" she said, jerking her finger to the door. "Lauren stormed in here crying a minute ago and told me to go away." "We just had a new girl show up, and apparently she used to be Lauren's girlfriend. I'm going to go talk to Lauren about it right now." Ash raised her hand. "Are you sure about this, Andy?" He shook his head with a sigh. "No, but I'm not going to sit around and do nothing, so I'm going in there." "You want me to go in with you?" Andy shook his head again. "No, better let me go in on my own." "Don't have to tell me twice. Who's keeping an eye on the ex?" "Niko's down talking to her. You're welcome to join her." "I'll do that," she said, moving to kiss his cheek, much as Niko had done. "You're a good man, Andy Rook. I'm sure you'll figure it out." "I think my spaceship knows which way to go. Tell,” "She knows," Aisling giggled, as she strolled past him and headed to the stairs. Andy moved to the bedroom door and considered knocking, but decided that it would only encourage Lauren to tell him to go away, so he simply opened the door and stepped in, closing the door behind him. He saw his Aussie partner sitting on the bed, her knees drawn up to her chest, her arms folded atop of them, her face buried against her arms. "Okay, Laur, tell me the whole story," he said, moving over to sit down on the bed. "Taylor and I dated for about a year. She was even living with me for a few months, until one day I came home from work early and found her banging some guy in our,” She paused, wiping her eyes. "She was fucking some fella in my bed. I threw her out that night, and told her to pick her shit up the next day. I packed it up and left it in the hallway for her so I didn't even have to look at her. I haven't even seen her since." "Okay. What do you want me to do here?" "Do?" She curled her fingers together into fists before forcing herself to relax them. "What I want you to do is throw the bitch out on her ass and leave her to rot in the sun." "I somehow think the Air Force will come pick her up and take her back, if that's what you want." "She deserves a lot worse." "Well, she's already been injected with the vaccine, so the urge for male cum is probably eating away at her pretty badly right now, and you know what that's like." Lauren's face scrunched up. "It's a need, but it's not punishment." "And if I send her away, I'm pretty sure the Air Force is just going to give her to someone else in New Eden, so it's not like I can make her just disappear," he said, sighing softly. "But you're the one with the history here. So you tell me what you want. Should I throw her out? Is that what you want?" "What I want? What I want is for her to be punished and learn some fucking loyalty." "Do you want to be the one to do that?" Lauren rubbed her eyes again, then reached to take one of Andy's hands that had been resting atop of her knee. "What do you mean?" "Phil told me that if a woman partakes of the cum of a man other than the one she's imprinted to, it can have, consequences. Dire consequences. Which means she's going to have to be loyal to our family, if you want her to be a part of it." "She can't just come in without some retribution, Andy," Lauren said, shaking her head. "I won't let her just walk all over me like that." "Lauren. Love. At this point, you have the upper hand. You hold all the power right now. Your ex is here, and more than anything she wants to stay here, it looks like. Right before I came up here, she said she'd do everything she could to spend the rest of her life apologizing to you, to try and make it up to you. Have you talked to her at all since you threw her out?" "I didn't even talk to her when I threw her out, Andy!" Lauren said, tossing her

This season we discuss over 300 albums of the 1990s selected from https://besteveralbums.com. The show starts at (1:10). The Ten Singles segment starts at (5:25). This episode covers the following albums: Catherine Wheel - Chrome (50:01), Pearl Jam - No Code (1:02:31), and Pulp - This Is Hardcore (1:18:19).Check out our YouTube page here: http://www.youtube.com/@combingthestacks1470Check out the Combing the Stacks Letterboxd list here: https://boxd.it/bS98c

Welcome to The Waffle Shop!JACK IS BACKKKK!Joining me for a round two is the brilliant, BRIT Award Winning, Singer, songwriter Jack Garratt!Jack opens up about the inspiration behind his haunting new single ‘Catherine Wheel' and his forthcoming album ‘Pillars', reflecting on the importance of authenticity in his creative process and how rituals and self-care help him stay grounded in an often chaotic industry.We also get a bit deep about the realities of body dysmorphia, navigating self-sabotage, and how music has served as both a mirror and a medicine. Jack introduces the concept of love as a structure of three core pillars — self-love, platonic love, and romantic love — and the conversation explores the need for balance and presence in all three.Despite the heavy topics, Jack brings humour and relatability, reminding us that it's okay to laugh while healing and that being yourself is the most radical thing you can be.If you want to find out more, head to the below links:Jack GarrattThe Waffle Shop Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trepid is a band that was only born ten months ago. Members May May Bryant (vocalist), Turner Chastain (rhythm guitar), J. Ben Turk (lead guitar), John Bellerjeau (bass), and Ethan Houseman (drums) talk about how a magical meeting brought them together — and why they knew Athens was the right place to shape their own sound and technique within the 80s and 90s shoegaze genre. With bands like My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and The Mary Chain, Slowdive, and Catherine Wheel laying the foundation, Trepid took what they could from those influences and left the rest behind, replacing it with their own multi-layered, melodic, and boisterous vocals that push through the instrumental side of their message.I was surprised — and honestly impressed — when I talked with these young musicians. Take a hard listen to May May, Turner, and J. Ben. They'll let you in, if you do.Thank you for listening to AthCastMusic. Consider following me on Spotify, Apple podcasts or any other podcast platform. Any reviews would be great as well.Show AthCastMusic (©): The Music of Athens Georgia, Now and Then.SEASON: 4. Episode 36Length: 42:53PUBLISHED: May 16, 2025Updated Weekly on ThursdayRecording Engineer: Kayla DoverRecorded at Tweed Recording Audio Production Schoolhttps://tweedrecording.comProduced by The Lightroom Athens.Photo and Camera: Morena BuenoExecutive Producers: Guillermo Zouain and Wendy MuñizTheLightroom-ATH.comhello@thelightroom-ath.comCONTACT FOR ATHCASTMUSIC:marlene@athcastmusic.comInstagram: AthCastMusicFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550294283019Trepidddd@gmail.com

Soundgarden emerged as a pioneering force in the Seattle grunge scene, bringing elements of heavy metal and alternative rock into what would come to be known as the Seattle sound.  The group originally found lead singer and primary songwriter Chris Cornell singing from behind a drum set where he was the group's percussionist, but it became clear that this would not work well in live concerts, so Cornell switched to vocals and rhythm guitar while turning over percussion work to Matt Cameron.  Badmotorfinger, the third studio album, finds the group just before it's breakout into grunge superstardom, an event that would occur with the release of their next album.  Taking its name from a spoof on a popular Montrose song, Badmotorfinger sports a strong heavy metal sound, but with tighter songwriting, and a bit of complexity in time signatures and tunings.  It would become the band's highest charting album to date, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard 200 chart, and going double platinum by 1996.  It was also considered a success by critics, and was nominated in 1992 for a Grammy award for Best Metal Performance.While the album definitely has grunge elements in it, as a whole it may be considered more alternative, heavy metal, or hard rock. The band's development makes this album more difficult to pin down into a single genre, and perhaps this makes for a more interesting listening experience.We hope you enjoy this foray into the roots of the grunge movement as Lynch brings us the album for today's podcast. Rusty CageThe opening track to the album was the third single released, and reflects a longing for freedom and a breaking out of the “rusty cage” that life can be.  The guitars are tuned down significantly, giving the riffs a jangling sound.  Johnny Cash would cover it a few years later, turning the song into a country anthem.  OutshinedThis track combines themes of self-doubt and internal struggle with appearances of external success and confidence, creating a clash within the singer.  Cornell creates depth and passion through his vocals.  “Show me the power, child.  I'd like to say that I'm down on my knees today.”Jesus Christ PoseUnlike many tracks, this first single released from the album is credited to all four band members.  The lyrics are a rant against the hypocrisy of religious leaders who turn belief into a means of acquiring power.  This track is an example of a Soundgarden song that is more metal than grunge at this point.Slaves & BulldozersThis song is often described as “doom metal,” and utilizes drop-tuned guitars to create a slow burn, darker sound.  The lyrics encourage the listener to consider how their situation may be turning them into either an obedient slave or a nihilistic bulldozer.  It was the last song Soundgarden played live before Chris Cornell's death in 2017. ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Theme from the television series “The Cosby Show”This staple of 80's sitcom had their final episode and went off the air in April 1992.   STAFF PICKS:I Want to Touch You by Catherine WheelWayne kicks off the staff picks with the Manchester sound.  This post-psychedelic song deals with the raw emotions of a shy guy who is infatuated with a particular woman.  “It would really make my day if you'd only move away, 'cause I'm scared that if you stay, I'll want to touch you.” Just Take My Heart by Mr. BigRob brings us a power ballad that peaked at number 16.  It was the fourth single from the second album by Mr. Big entitled “Lean Into It.”  The song features some excellent finger picking on an electric guitar toned down to an almost acoustic consistency.  Eric Martin is the lead singer and co-writer of the song.Cold Day in Hell by Gary MooreBruce features a guitar virtuoso from Northern Ireland.  Gary Moore got his start in an Irish band called Skid Row in the late 1960's but is better known as a member of Thin Lizzy.  This lead-off track to his ninth solo studio album called “After Hours” is a straightforward announcement that the man and his lover would never be getting back together. Silent Lucidity by QueensrycheLynch closes out the staff picks with beautiful and epic piece off the Empire album.  Chris DeGarmo, guitarist and primary songwriter for the group, was inspired to write this song after reading a book about lucid dreams.  The first iteration of the song was acoustic guitar and vocals only, and instrumentation was added later. INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:The Simpsons by Danny GattonA rock/blues guitar cover of the main theme of “The Simpsons” takes us out for today's session.   Thanks for listening to “What the Riff?!?” NOTE: To adjust the loudness of the music or voices, you may adjust the balance on your device. VOICES are stronger in the LEFT channel, and MUSIC is stronger on the RIGHT channel.Please follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/whattheriffpodcast/, and message or email us with what you'd like to hear, what you think of the show, and any rock-worthy memes we can share.Of course we'd love for you to rate the show in your podcast platform!**NOTE: What the Riff?!? does not own the rights to any of these songs and we neither sell, nor profit from them. We share them so you can learn about them and purchase them for your own collections.

What's it like putting your creative work out in the world and discovering that some people hate it?  In episode 103 of James and Ashley Stay at Home, international bestselling author Robyn Harding joins James and Ashley to explore her extensive career in writing. She shares her experience of releasing her first book in 2004, and how her journey has evolved up to the launch of her latest novel, The Haters.  Robyn also shares insights into the challenges of dealing with online negativity, the psychological impact of reviews, and what inspired her to write a story centered around an author's worst nightmare. We also discuss managing negativity bias and maintaining a long-term career in the ever-changing literary world. Robyn Harding is the author of numerous international bestsellers, including The Party, The Arrangement and The Drowning Woman. She is also the screenwriter and executive producer of the independent film, The Steps. She lives in Vancouver, BC, with her family and two rescue chihuahuas.  Books & authors discussed in this episode: Troll Hunting by Ginger Gorman;   This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead; The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead;  Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor;  Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor;  Tyranny of the Minority by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt;  How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt; Catherine Wheel by Liz Evans Get your copy of 'The Haters' from your local bookshop or library. Supporting libraries and neighbourhood bookshops supports authors.  Upcoming events: Ashley is part of the Northern Beaches Readers Festival, 27-28 September Ashley is teaching Online: Creative Nonfiction for Writing NSW, a six-week online course starting 30 September Ashley is in conversation with Heather Taylor Johnson in celebration of her latest novel, Little Bit, on Thursday 3 October, 6.30pm  James is teaching an online creative writing workshop for Laneway Learning,  Wednesday 11 Sept, 6.15pm AEST Ashley is teaching Crafting Memoir for the New England Writers Centre online, Saturday 12 October, 2-3.30pm  James is in conversation with Zahid Gamieldien at Manly Library on Tuesday 15 October, 6:30pm James is teaching Writing Setting and Landscape for Writing NSW, Saturday 26 October, 10am-4pm Learn more about Ashley's bestselling psychological thriller Dark Mode and get your copy from your local bookshop or your library. Learn more about James' award-winning novel Denizen and get your copy from your local bookshop or your library. Get in touch! ashleykalagianblunt.com jamesmckenziewatson.com Instagram: @akalagianblunt + @jamesmcwatson

This week's show, after a 1993 Catherine Wheel croon: brand new Nada Surf, Successful Failures, Fastbacks, Tears Run Rings, Sansyou, Jesus Lizard, and The Chords U.K., plus The Squires, John Lennon, Stealers Wheel, Hank Thompson, Upsetters, Bert Jansch...

"All You Need To Know" The Vancouver outfit Mossy Ledge got started in the early '90s and by 2001 they had put in the reps, touring across Canada and putting out two excellent albums and two fabulous EPs. With seven years or so under their rock and roll belts, the band was poised to take the next step in their career. Their sonorous blast of soaring indie pop brought to mind a perfect blend of The Watchmen and Catherine Wheel and with a solid live following and hooks galore, that next step seemed decidedly inevitable. So inevitable, in fact, they decided not to take it. The story of Mossy Ledge is the story of a band whose story should be more familiar, but at the height of their powers, the Canadian outfit opted for curtain number two, which sits in close proximity to curtain number one. The latter is the tantalizing and promising rock and roll dream, while behind the former is the logical and sensible domestic life that holds just as much promise. Behind both curtains are two different kinds of riches and a cool head knows that number two probably makes the most sense in the long run, but number one is a seductive character and behind it danger and desire eye each other carefully. Well, long story short, danger and desire weren't seductive enough and the members of Mossy Ledge stepped away to live their lives. What could have been is a thought exercise that would keep anyone up at night--and let's face it, we all have our own version of that. And look, the Mossy Ledge guys didn't have a bust-up or any severed alliance--they just made a decision and went their separate ways. Until now. Breaking a nearly twenty-five year absence, the band is back and ready to pick up where they left off. This is such a cool story and James Milligan, who sings for the band, is such a cool guy and when he tells the story, you'll totally get it. So let's let him do just that: here's me and James of Mossy Ledge having a chat, right here on Stereo Embers The Podcast. Mossy Ledge: https://linktr.ee/mossyledge www.bombshellradio.com (http://www.bombshellradio.com) www.stereoembersmagazine.com (http://www.stereoembersmagazine.com) www.alexgreenbooks.com (http://www.alexgreenbooks.com) Stereo Embers The Podcast Twitter: @emberseditor IG: @emberspodcast Email: editor@stereoembersmagazine.com

A conversation with Rob Dickinson – singer/songwriter with 90's Brit rock band Catherine Wheel plus solo projects, and founder of Singer Vehicle Design a company that remodels and re-imagines Porsche 911's. Dickinson shares experiences on songwriting inspired by the ocean's horizon to escape a small English town, literally walking away from a pop career at it's peak, and creating act two of life turning the passion for cars from a hobby into a business on the boulevards of West Hollywood.

Doug and Kirk discuss one of Brian Eno's best early albums, Another Green World. Help support The Next Track by making regular donations via Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thenexttrack). We're ad-free and self-sustaining so your support is what keeps us going. Thanks! ‌Show notes: Another Green World (https://amzn.to/3XdkMAr) Another Green World (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Green_World) Oblique Strategies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Strategies) Episode #164 - Sid Smith on the Life and Times of King Crimson (https://www.thenexttrack.com/167) Brian Eno — Everything Merges With The Night — Timo Andres (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0YJIvyrrRA) Another Day on Earth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Day_on_Earth) David Byrne: Catherine Wheel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catherine_Wheel_(album)) Our next tracks: King Crimson - Full Show (The Noise - Live At Fréjus 1982) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTDgmt9A2I0) Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking (https://amzn.to/3Vr1WVk) If you like the show, please subscribe in iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-next-track/id1116242606) or your favorite podcast app, and please rate the podcast.

This week's show, after a 1964 Zombies zip: brand new Snuff, La Luz, Cloud Nothings, Buffalo Tom, Magnet School, Carla Olson, and Keith Richards, plus Catherine Wheel, Ray Charles, Kinks, Barbara Dane, Gladiators, Beatles, and Johnny Cash; and R.I.P. S...

Our annual Valentine's Special look at shoegaze returns after a year away! This year we are talking about Swervedriver's Mezcal Head. Released in 1993, we discuss whether or not they're actually as big as we thought they were.New Major Awards EP - majorawards.bandcamp.comMerch Shop  - redbubble.com/people/punk-lotto-pod/shopJoin our Patreon to get bonus audio, videos, blog posts, and access to our Discord for only $1 at patreon.com/punklottopodPodcast platforms and social media links at linktr.ee/punklottopodCall our voicemail line: 202-688-PUNKLeave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Song clips featured on this episode:Swervedriver - For Seeking HeatSwervedriver - DuelSwervedriver -Last Train to Satansville

This episode is a dive into my archives; no car or food for this one. Instead, I'm sharing a chat with Rob Dickinson of Catherine Wheel.  Catherine Wheel delivered five full lengths in their day, starting with Ferment in 1992 and wrapping up with Wishville in 2000. Back in August 2006, Catherine Wheel frontman Rob Dickinson joined me for a chat when he came through Chicago to support his one and only solo album, “Fresh Wine for the Horses.” Thought you'd appreciate this flashback. And as I share this interview from my past, I want to mention that this podcast will be making a huge announcement right around the first of February.  Car Con Carne is presented by Alex Ross Art. Visit Alex Ross on YouTube (@TheAlexRossArt) to keep up to date with one of the comics industry's most important and celebrated creators. ## Car Con Carne is also sponsored by Easy Automation: easy-automation.net Transform your living space with cutting-edge home automation. Experience seamless control over audio/video, lighting, climate, security, and more. Embrace the future of smart living – your home, your rules. Get a quote by visiting easy-automation.net, or give Dan a call at 630.730.3728See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week brand new Black Crowes and Black Keys. Also faves from Rev Horton Heat, Aphex Twin, Catherine Wheel and Beastie Boys. Roll up a couple for The Duane Strain. Rock. Mock. Dance. Laugh.

Singer Vehicle Design founder Rob Dickinson is the final guest on the Ultimate Road Trip Podcast for 2023! This year marked the 60th Anniversary of the unveiling of the Porsche 911 at The Frankfurt Motor Show and it's fitting that we have the man behind one of the most celebrated automotive companies of recent years on the podcast, chatting about his childhood through to his time in 90's band Catherine Wheel, to starting Singer. The company restores and reimagines 911's -based on the 964 chassis- in the direction of each individual clients' wishes, striving for "a relentless pursuit of excellence" and it was a privilege to chat to Rob about Singer, as well as, of course, his Ultimate Road Trip! The five elements that make up The Ultimate Road Trip. 1. What's the car - make, model, colour 2. Why that car 3. Destination......anywhere 4. Passenger 5. Seminal soundtrack    

Will and Orly talk about medieval torture devices, bands who play barefoot, Dr. Who, and the modern rock hits of September 1993. Songs under discussion include: Juliana Hatfield Three - "My Sister" Blind Melon - "No Rain" The Catherine Wheel - "Crank" Pet Shop Boys - "Can You Forgive Her?" Season 6 (1993) Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RV2gzADXh93VuQieGrbVX?si=be027c1c7c6641f6

The '60s were marked by dizzying revolutionary change, musical evolution, and technological innovation. It was the decade where pop music as a whole went from ephemeral entertainment to serious art. It was the catalyst for social and cultural shifts. Most of the music that we talk about on this very show, from punk rock to power pop to synth pop, has very strong roots in the music of the '60s. Yet very few '60s pioneers were able to successfully cross over into the O3L era. Many sounded hopelessly out of touch as they tried to chase the trends of the day - glossy synths, gated snares, etc. Artists who were once the harbingers of cool traded in their mop tops and Spanish boots for big hair and Member's Only jackets. Who successfully crossed over to the classic alternative era? Joining us to discuss the topic is author Dave Philpott. For close to a decade and a half the Philpotts (Dave and his father Derek) have been getting under the skin of musical artistes. Picking up on glaring errors in their lyrics or sometimes getting completely the wrong end of the stick (perhaps to irritate things a little further) they totally misunderstand the meaning of ‘poetic license'. Hundreds of missives have landed on the real and virtual doormats of musicians, worldwide. In return, these lyrical legends have exercised their right to reply, correcting and sometimes confirming the authors' summation of what went wrong... or right. In their new book Dear Catherine Wheel: Bonkers Letters to U.K. Indie Bands with Genuine Replies, letters were addressed to some of the finest indie/C86 bands, including The Soup Dragons, The Jasmine Minks, The Bevis Front, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The June Brides, Talulah Gosh, and 80+ more. It's a brilliant, absurd, and hilarious book that you never knew you needed! It's now available at Amazon worldwide. The Philpotts have also authored the companion volumes Dear Mr. Kershaw, Dear Mr. Pop Star, and Grammar Free in the U.K. A portion of all sales aid the Musicians Against Homelessness organization. Proud members of the Pantheon Podcasts family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dustin Lince has returned to discuss the highly influential album Chrome from England's own Catherine Wheel. He and Travis also delve into their top 3 favorite local Michigan bands and have a good time doing it.

Derek Philpott in conversation with David Eastaugh Amazon UK https://a.co/d/5t6o7QM Amazon Worldwide For close to a decade and a half the Philpotts have been getting under the skin of musical artistes. Picking up on glaring errors in their lyrics or sometimes getting completely the wrong end of the stick (perhaps to irritate things a little further) they totally misunderstand the meaning of ‘poetic license'. Hundreds of missives have landed on the real and virtual doormats of musicians, worldwide. In return, these lyrical legends have exercised their right to reply, correcting and sometimes confirming the authors' summation of what went wrong... or right. In this book, enquiries were aimed directly at U.K. Indie bands.. These included Adorable, The Bevis Frond, Bis, Catherine Wheel, Crazyhead, Cud, David Devant and this Spirit Wife, Flowered Up, Fuzzbox, Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, The June Brides, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, New Fast Automatics Daffodils, The Nightingales, The Orchids, Paris Angels, Pele, Salad, Senseless Things, The Soup Dragons, Spacemen 3, Swervedriver, Talulah Gosh, That Petrol Emotion, 3 Colours Red, Thousand Yard Stare, The Telescopes and The Woodentops 'Dear Catherine Wheel" is the result.

A series of featurettes outlining David's soundtracks and collaborations throughout the Talking Heads-era. I touch on everything from the beloved The Catherine Wheel, through the esteemed Knee Plays and The Last Emperor, to the surprisingly personal The Forest. The Catherine Wheel His wife refused Cloud Chamber My big hands (Fall through the cracks) Big Business What a day that was Big blue plymouth (Eyes wide open) The Knee Plays Tree (Today is an important occassion) The sound of business Things to do (I've tried) In the future The Last Emperor The Last Emperor (Main Theme) Picking a bride The Forest Ur Dura Europus Ava Live cover: The FutureSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Playlist:  1. Nick Drake - One Of These Things First 2. Bobbie Gentry - Seasons Come, Seasons Go 3. Grandaddy - Summer... It's Gone 4. Pretenders - Let The Sun Come In 5. Wilco - Cousin 6. Big Thief - Simulation Swarm 7. B.C. Camplight - Kicking Up A Fuss 8. Kris Ulrich - Friends On The Internet 9. Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph II 10. U-Bahn - Right Swipe 11. Simple Minds - Colours Fly & Catherine Wheel 12. The Fixx - Lost Planes 13. The Hecks - Zipper 14. Eno - Third Uncle 15. Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses 16. Teleman - Short Life 17. Gengahr - Alkali 18. Dream Wife - Kick In The Teeth 19. Adwaith - Cuddio 20. Cherry Glazerr - Touched You With My Chaos 21. This Mortal Coil - The Horizon Bleeds & Sucks It's Thumb 22. Cranes - Tomorrow's Tears 23. a-ha - October 24. Devendra Banhart - Fireflies 25. Mitski - Bug Like An Angel 26. The Handsome Family - Strawberry Moon 27. Dot Allison - Moon Flowers 28. Brigid Mae Power - Wearing Red The Eve 29. Ultan Conlon - Hurts Like Heaven 30. Maija Sofia - Telling The Bees 31. Slowdive - Shanty 32. Cocteau Twins - Wax & Wane 33. Neko Case - I Wish I Was The Moon 34. Lee Hazlewood - My Autumn's Done Come Image: Local Lad/Dawg,, Last Train To Kiltimagh 1980s    Podomatic: https://soulshenanigans.podomatic.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3fYzstV Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/331g0tM Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/32OIqGI TuneIn Radio: https://bit.ly/30UUPIu Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/soulshenanigans  Twitter: @soulshenanigans Facebook: soulshenanigans Email: soulshenanigans(at)gmail.com          

Catherine Wheel's 1992 debut Ferment is a bonafide shoegaze classic, full of swirling guitars and ethereal vocals. For their 1993 follow-up Chrome, the band brought in Gil Norton, who had a resume boasting bands like the Pixies, Throwing Muses, Pale Saints, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more. With Norton on board, the band dialed down the waves of distortion and used it more sparingly, and a more crafted sound emerged. Harder guitar riffs, paired with Rob Dickinson's chameleon-like voice that could deliver throaty shouts and crooning coos, edged the band towards a more refined sound without leaving their shoegaze roots completely behind. The end result is a exceptional transitional album before the band would fully embrace a harder edge on their third album Happy Days.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Crank 26:22 - Chrome 34:22 - Ursa Major Space Station 47:57 - Fripp Outro - Show Me Mary   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

Catherine Wheel's 1992 debut Ferment is a bonafide shoegaze classic, full of swirling guitars and ethereal vocals. For their 1993 follow-up Chrome, the band brought in Gil Norton, who had a resume boasting bands like the Pixies, Throwing Muses, Pale Saints, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more. With Norton on board, the band dialed down the waves of distortion and used it more sparingly, and a more crafted sound emerged. Harder guitar riffs, paired with Rob Dickinson's chameleon-like voice that could deliver throaty shouts and crooning coos, edged the band towards a more refined sound without leaving their shoegaze roots completely behind. The end result is a exceptional transitional album before the band would fully embrace a harder edge on their third album Happy Days.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Crank 26:22 - Chrome 34:22 - Ursa Major Space Station 47:57 - Fripp Outro - Show Me Mary   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

In this episode of Suburban Underground, Steve picked a set of songs that sample older songs.  And Steve plays a clip of the original for reference.  You will hear the artists: Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, Catherine Wheel, Jimmy Eat World, Oasis, Beck, Big Audio Dynamite, The Invaders, Dodgy, Swag, The White Wires, The Warning, The Posies, Gay Dad, Devo and Paramore. On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio      *** 5pm Friday ***      *** 10am Sunday ***      *** 8pm Monday *** Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream Stream on-demand most recent episodes at https://wbnh1051.podbean.com/category/suburban-underground/ And available on demand on your favorite podcast app! Twitter: @SUBedford1051  ***    Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio   ***    Instagram: SuburbanUnderground   ***    #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock

Welcome back the the first in the new series of the Teenage Kicks podcast, where we take the fear out of parenting teenagers. This week I got tips for living with a teenage daughter, from a mum who fears she might be repeating the mother- daughter trauma from her own teenage years with daughter, despite her best efforts to do quite the opposite. Emma Campbell told me how she tries so hard to get teenage parenting right, yet she constantly feels like she's failing. And I sighed a big sigh of relief. It's not just me. In fact, I suspect it's all of us, so you'll get tons of validation from listening to Emma's episode. If this episode leaves you wanting more, read the blog post with mine and Emma's rules for living with a teenage daughter. Who is Emma Campbell? Emma Campbell is an author, speaker, and podcast host. She's also an all-round lovely human being who happily puts all her flaws out in the open for us to see, so that we can all feel less alone with our own struggles. As a mother of teenagers, if Emma's Instagram posts struck any more chords with me, they'd be a symphony orchestra. On a recent post she says “I'm hugely out of my depth with teenage emotions and seem to be successfully repeating the mother daughter conflict I was SO intent on avoiding. Trying to articulate unconditional love, but it comes out as the opposite. Miscommunication spitting and spinning like a Catherine Wheel.” Emma writes so beautifully of failure as a mother, of the pride we all have for our kids, and of the deep, deep longing to get motherhood ‘right'. Emma is the mother of triplet teenagers and a young man who has seen her go through long-term cancer treatment. A single mum, she's had more than her fair share of difficult times, and yet she's an inspiration to everyone who knows her. I wanted to find out how she really feels about parenting teens, and we had a joyous chat which left me feeling seen, and hopeful. Emma's new podcast, Open, is another lovely collection of conversations on authentic, messy living - you'll like it! More teenage parenting from Helen Wills: Helen wills is a teen mental health podcaster and blogger at Actually Mummy, a resource for midlife parents of teens. Thank you for listening! Subscribe to the Teenage Kicks podcast to hear new episodes. If you have a suggestion for the podcast please email teenagekickspodcast@gmail.com. There are already stories from fabulous guests about difficult things that happened to them as teenagers - including losing a parent, becoming a young carer, and being hospitalised with mental health problems - and how they overcame things to move on with their lives. You can find more from Helen Wills on parenting teenagers on Instagram and Twitter @iamhelenwills. For information on your data privacy please visit Podcast.co. Please note that Helen Wills is not a medical expert, and nothing in the podcast should be taken as medical advice. If you're worried about yourself or a teenager, please seek support from a medical professional. Podcast produced by James Ede at Be Heard production.

Welcome to Vapour Trails episode 48   Catherine Wheel or Rocket – which one would you choose?   Vapour Trails is produced by Mark Herbert   Playlist Matt Berry – One by One T.Rex – Metal Guru Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM Julian Cope – Beautiful Love The Monochrome Set – Allhallowtide The Fall – Free Range Magazine – Permafrost Jane Weaver – I Need a Connection Ghost Funk Orchestra – Walk Like a Motherf**ker Neon Neon – I Lust U (feat. Cate Le Bon) Little Dragon – Ritual Union Female Species – Till the Moon Don't Shine Avalanche Kaito – Moulin Lou Reed – Satellite of Love Roxy Music – The Main Thing Joyeria – Colour Film Quasi – Noweheresville Television – Days Elvis Presley – Any Day Now Gruff Rhys – Layer Upon Layer Teenage Fanclub – Born Under a Good Sign Dave Rowntree – Devil's Island Baby Cool – Daydream Jeb Loy Nichols – Try Love Everyday Astronaut – Moon Dance Crosby, Stills & Nash – Long Time Gone Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden

Colabora Con Biblioteca Del Metal: En Twitter - https://twitter.com/Anarkometal72 Y Donanos Unas Propinas En BAT. Para Seguir Con El Proyecto De la Biblioteca Mas Grande Del Metal. Muchisimas Gracias. La Tienda De Biblioteca Del Metal: Encontraras, Ropa, Accesorios,Decoracion, Ect... Todo Relacionado Al Podcats Biblioteca Del Metal Y Al Mundo Del Heavy Metal. Descubrela!!!!!! Ideal Para Llevarte O Regalar Productos Del Podcats De Ivoox. (Por Tiempo Limitado) https://teespring.com/es/stores/biblioteca-del-metal-1 Paul Bruce Dickinson (Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 7 de agosto de 1958), más conocido como Bruce Dickinson, es un cantante, productor musical, esgrimista, empresario, escritor, historiador y piloto de aviación británico. Es famoso por ser el vocalista, frontman y co-compositor de la banda de heavy metal Iron Maiden. Es considerado por muchos expertos de canto, medios y el público en general como uno de los mejores cantantes de la historia de este género. También posee un nivel intermedio de interpretación en guitarra, mostrado principalmente en su carrera en solitario. Nacido en Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Bruce Dickinson comenzó su carrera musical en pequeñas bandas en la década de 1970, mientras asistía a la escuela en Sheffield y a la universidad en Londres. En 1979 se unió a la agrupación Samson, con la que logró cierta popularidad bajo el nombre artístico de "Bruce Bruce". Tras grabar dos discos de estudio dejó la banda en 1981 para unirse a Iron Maiden, reemplazando al cantante Paul Di'Anno. Durante su primera etapa en Iron Maiden grabó una serie de exitosos álbumes que se convirtieron en discos de platino y oro en los Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido en la década de 1980. Dickinson abandonó Iron Maiden en 1993 (siendo reemplazado por Blaze Bayley) para seguir una carrera como solista, lo que le permitió experimentar con una amplia variedad de estilos entre el heavy metal y el hard rock. Se reincorporó a la banda en 1999 junto con el guitarrista Adrian Smith. Tras su regreso a Iron Maiden grabó un nuevo disco en solitario en 2005, Tyranny of Souls. Su primo Rob Dickinson fue el vocalista de la banda británica de rock alternativo Catherine Wheel, mientras que su hijo, Austin, lideró la banda de metalcore Rise to Remain. Aparte de su carrera en la música, Dickinson ha llevado a cabo otro tipo de actividades. Emprendió una carrera como piloto comercial para la aerolínea Astraeus Airlines. Tras el cierre de Astraeus, creó su propia empresa de mantenimiento de aviones y capacitación de pilotos en 2012, Cardiff Aviation. Dickinson presentó su propio programa de radio en la emisora BBC Radio 6 Music de 2002 a 2010 y también ha presentado documentales de televisión, ha escrito novelas y guiones cinematográficos, creó una exitosa cerveza con Robinsons Brewery y compitió como esgrimista a nivel internacional. Paul Bruce Dickinson nació en Worksop, Nottinghamshire.​ Su madre, Sonia, trabajaba a medio tiempo en una fábrica de calzado, y su padre, Bruce (f.2018), era un mecánico del ejército.​ El inesperado embarazo de Sonia obligó a la joven pareja a contraer matrimonio.​ Inicialmente fue criado por sus abuelos, un trabajador de una mina de carbón local y un ama de casa.​ Este hecho es recordado por Dickinson en la letra de la canción "Born in '58" de su primer álbum como solista, Tattooed Millionaire.​ Estudió en la escuela primaria de Manton en Worksop mientras sus padres vivían en Sheffield.​ Cuando cumplió seis años fue enviado a Sheffield por sus abuelos,​ lugar donde ingresó en una escuela primaria en Manor.​ Luego de unos meses, sus padres decidieron inscribirlo en una escuela privada llamada Sharrow Vale Junior.​ Dickinson ha afirmado que debido a esta situación aprendió a ser autosuficiente, pero no pudo entablar amistades duraderas.​ Bruce tiene una hermana menor, la jinete profesional Helena Stormanns, nacida en 1963.​ Trató de aislarse de ella tanto como pudo cuando era joven, al parecer porque presumía que el nacimiento de Helena si fue planeado.​ La primera experiencia de Bruce con la música ocurrió en Worksop, cuando bailaba para sus abuelos la canción "The Twist" de Chubby Checker.​ Su primer álbum fue el sencillo "She Loves You" de The Beatles, un regalo de su abuelo. Desde ese momento empezó a interesarse en la música rock.​ Intentó tocar la guitarra acústica de su padre, pero sus dedos terminaron ampollados.​ Cuando se mudaron a Sheffield, los padres de Dickinson se ganaban la vida comprando propiedades, acondicionándolas y vendiéndolas para obtener un beneficio.​ Como resultado, gran parte de su infancia la pasó viviendo en un sitio de construcción, hasta que sus padres compraron una pensión y un garaje en bancarrota donde su padre comenzó a vender autos de segunda mano.​ Los ingresos de su negocio le dieron la oportunidad de darle a Bruce (entonces de 13 años) una educación en un internado en la escuela Oundle, una institución pública en Northamptonshire.​ Dickinson no se oponía a mudarse de su hogar porque no había logrado "ningún vínculo real" con sus padres, ya que había sido criado por sus abuelos en Worksop hasta que cumplió los seis años.​ En Oundle, Dickinson era acosado constantemente por los niños mayores de Sidney House, la pensión a la que pertenecía,​ hecho que describió como "una tortura sistemática" que lo llevó a convertirse en un niño prácticamente aislado.​ Sus intereses en Oundle solían ser militares; fue cofundador de la sociedad de juegos de guerra de la escuela con su compañero Mike Jordan, logrando una posición de cierto poder en la fuerza de cadetes de la escuela,​ donde se le permitió manejar munición real, que utilizaba para crear trampas explosivas.​ En Oundle Dickinson empezó a interesarse en el hard rock, especialmente tras escuchar la épica canción "Child in Time" de Deep Purple en el cuarto de uno de sus compañeros, quedando asombrado por la potencia vocal de Ian Gillan.​ El primer álbum que compró con su propio dinero fue Deep Purple In Rock, disco que terminó de afianzar su gusto por este tipo de música.​ Más adelante compró el álbum debut de Black Sabbath, Aqualung de Jethro Tull y Tarkus de Emerson, Lake & Palmer.​ La primera banda que pudo ver en directo fue Wild Turkey, agrupación que tocó en su escuela y que tenía entre sus filas al bajista de Jethro Tull, Glenn Cornick.​ Más tarde asistió a conciertos de Van der Graaf Generator y Arthur Brown.​ Bruce se interesó inicialmente en aprender a tocar la batería,​ practicando con un par de bongós.​ El músico recuerda que tocaba y cantaba la canción "Let It Be" con su amigo Mike Jordan, descubriendo que tenía una voz prometedora para cantar música rock.​ Poco tiempo después fue expulsado de Oundle por participar en una broma en la que orinó sobre la cena del director de la institución.​ Tras retornar a su hogar en Sheffield en 1976, ingresó en la escuela King Edward VII, lugar donde se unió a su primera banda.​ Escuchó a otros dos alumnos hablar sobre la necesidad de un cantante para su banda, por lo que se ofreció como voluntario de inmediato.​ La banda practicaba en el garaje del padre del baterista. Allí sus compañeros se asombraron por su calidad vocal, animándolo para que comprara un micrófono.​ Su primera presentación ocurrió en una pequeña taberna en Sheffield.​ Originalmente llamada "Paradox", la banda cambió su nombre a "Styx" por sugerencia de Bruce, sin tener en cuenta que en ese momento ya existía una banda en los Estados Unidos con el mismo nombre.​ Llegaron a los titulares de los periódicos locales cuando un obrero local fue despertado por su actuación y, enojado, trató de romper la batería de la banda.​ Poco tiempo después la agrupación se disolvió.​ Después de graduarse de la escuela con énfasis en inglés, historia y economía, Dickinson confesó: "Realmente no sabía qué era lo que quería hacer".​ Lo primero que hizo fue unirse a la Segunda Reserva del Ejército por seis meses.​ Aunque disfrutó su experiencia militar, Dickinson se dio cuenta de que no quería esta opción como una carrera y aplicó para estudiar historia en la Universidad Queen Mary de Londres.​ Sus padres querían que se uniera al ejército, pero Bruce les mintió diciendo que quería graduarse antes para tener más libertad de cantar en bandas de rock.​ En la universidad se involucró en el Comité de Entretenimiento, afirmando sobre esta experiencia lo siguiente: "Un día eres roadie para The Jam, al día siguiente estás cargando una escenografía de Stonehenge para Hawkwind."​ En 1977 conoció a Paul "Noddy" White, un multi-instrumentista dueño de un gran equipo de grabación, con el que Bruce, junto al baterista Steve Jones, formaría una banda llamada Speed.​ De acuerdo con Dickinson, la banda se llamó Speed ("velocidad" en español) por la forma en que tocaban y no como una alusión a la droga del mismo nombre. ​ Dickinson empezó a escribir su propio material cuando White le enseñó tres acordes en su guitarra.​ Aunque Speed llegó a tocar varias veces en la taberna Green Man en Plumstead, la banda no duró mucho, pero sirvió como impulso para que Bruce se esforzara por buscar una carrera en la música.​ Dickinson vio un aviso en Melody Maker que decía: "Se necesita cantante para proyecto de grabación" y lo respondió inmediatamente.​ Grabó una cinta demo y la envió con la siguiente nota: "Por cierto, si creen que lo que canto es una basura, hay algún material de John Cleese grabado en el otro lado que espero les guste".​ Quedaron impresionados con su voz y lo invitaron al estudio para grabar una canción titulada "Dracula", primera pieza musical grabada por Bruce, con una agrupación llamada Shots,​ formada por dos hermanos, Phil y Doug Siviter.​ La canción fue incluida años después en el álbum recopilatorio The Best of Bruce Dickinson. Los hermanos quedaron impresionados con la calidad vocal de Bruce y le pidieron que se uniera a su banda.​ La agrupación realizaba presentaciones constantes en pequeños clubes.​ Una noche Dickinson se detuvo a mitad de una canción e increpó a uno de los asistentes por no prestar atención a la música.​ Esta práctica tuvo tan buena aceptación que el cantante empezó a hacerlo todas las noches como una práctica regular en sus presentaciones en vivo. Dickinson afirma que esta experiencia le enseñó a convertirse en un "frontman".​ El siguiente paso en su carrera fue la visita de los músicos Barry Graham ("Thunderstick") y Paul Samson a una de las presentaciones de Shots en una taberna llamada Prince of Wales en Kent.​ Impresionados con su voz y su manejo del escenario, hablaron con Dickinson después de la presentación y le ofrecieron ser el cantante de su banda, Samson.​ Dickinson aceptó unirse a la agrupación con la condición de que le dejaran presentar sus exámenes finales de historia.​ Hasta ese momento, había estado descuidando su educación universitaria.​ Como resultado, la universidad había intentado expulsarlo por reprobar sus exámenes de segundo año y no pagar sus honorarios de alojamiento, pero logró continuar debido a su papel como oficial de entretenimiento.​ Después de escribir ensayos de seis meses en el lapso de dos semanas y algunos ejercicios de última hora para sus exámenes, Dickinson logró graduarse sin muchos méritos.​ El 19 de julio de 2011, Dickinson obtuvo un doctorado honorario en música de parte de su alma máter en honor a sus contribuciones a la industria musical.​ Después de conocer a Paul Samson y a Barry Purkis y de culminar sus exámenes finales, Dickinson se unió a la banda Samson en un escenario de Bishop's Stortford para cantar la canción "Rock Me Baby", consolidando su papel como nuevo vocalista principal de la agrupación.​ La banda ya había publicado su álbum debut, Survivors de 1979, dos meses antes de la llegada de Bruce.​ Tras culminar sus estudios, Dickinson se encontró con la banda en un estudio de grabación de Greenwich para aprender las canciones de Survivors.​ Aunque no encajaban en su estilo vocal,​ la banda rápidamente escribió nuevas canciones que serían incluidas en el álbum Head On,​ algunas de las cuales fueron tocadas en vivo poco tiempo después.​ Fue durante esos primeros ensayos que surgió el nombre artístico de "Bruce Bruce", derivado de un episodio llamado "Bruces sketch" de la serie de televisión Monty Python.​ El nombre se volvió muy tedioso para Dickinson ya que la banda continuamente emitía cheques sin fondos, pagaderos a favor de "Bruce Bruce" a modo de broma.​ Dickinson más tarde comentó que odiaba ese nombre pero que terminó aceptándolo como su nombre artístico.​ Bruce se llevó una sorpresa al enterarse que no todos los músicos de rock eran "grandes artistas"; sentía que algunos de ellos, como sus compañeros en Samson, solo estaban interesados ​​en las mujeres, las drogas y el alcohol, algo con lo que no estaba de acuerdo pues sus aspiraciones eran mayores.​ Aunque había fumado marihuana antes,​ Dickinson descubrió que le era imposible comunicarse con los otros miembros de la banda si estaba sobrio, y decidió que era "el precio que debía pagar".​ Mientras lideraba la banda, Bruce escuchó a Iron Maiden por primera vez cuando la agrupación de Steve Harris abrió uno de los conciertos de Samson en el Music Machine en 1980.​ Al respecto, Dickinson afirmó: "Los vi en vivo ese día y me di cuenta que eran buenos, realmente buenos. Recuerdo que en ese momento pensé que quería ser su vocalista".​ Dickinson permaneció en Samson un año, grabando los álbumes de estudio Head On y Shock Tactics.​ Sin embargo, la banda pronto tuvo dificultades con su sello discográfico, Gem Records, que entró en quiebra y no financió su gira europea como soporte de Iron Maiden.​ La banda firmó con RCA, pero la discográfica no se mostró muy interesada.​ Tras una presentación de Samson en el Festival de Reading, el mánager de Iron Maiden, Rod Smallwood, se acercó a Dickinson y le ofreció ser el nuevo vocalista de Iron Maiden.​ Dickinson audicionó para Iron Maiden en una sala de ensayos en Hackney en septiembre de 1981. Allí descubrió que la banda tenía un nivel de profesionalismo superior al de su anterior grupo, Samson.​ En la sala de ensayos, la banda tocó las canciones "Prowler", "Sanctuary", "Running Free" y "Remember Tomorrow", antes de pedirle a Dickinson que cantara las mismas canciones en un estudio de grabación.​ Iron Maiden tenía una rutina estricta y organizada que se adaptaba al estilo de composición de la banda, algo que Dickinson describió como "la tabla de tiempo".​ Después de brindar algunos conciertos, la agrupación comenzó a componer nuevo material para su tercer álbum de estudio, The Number of the Beast, publicado en 1982. A raíz de los problemas contractuales de Samson, Dickinson no pudo ser acreditado legalmente en ninguna de las canciones del disco,​ limitándose a hacer lo que él mismo llamó como "contribuciones morales", revelando años después que contribuyó en alguna medida en la composición de las canciones "The Prisoner", "Children of the Damned" y "Run to the Hills".​ El álbum fue un éxito y encabezó las listas británicas,​ logrando la certificación de disco de platino en el Reino Unido y en los Estados Unidos.​ Tras su lanzamiento, la banda se embarcó en la gira internacional The Beast on the Road para promocionar el disco. En los siguientes álbumes, Piece of Mind de 1983 y Powerslave de 1984, el monopolio compositivo de Steve Harris fue dejado de lado para incorporar las ideas de los demás miembros de la banda. Dickinson contribuyó con la composición de algunas canciones como los sencillos "Flight of Icarus" y "2 Minutes to Midnight".​ Durante la multitudinaria gira World Slavery Tour, como parte de los nuevos elementos teatrales incorporados en el escenario de la banda, Bruce usó una máscara con plumas durante la interpretación de la canción "Powerslave". Según sus propias declaraciones, compró dicha máscara en una tienda de artículos sexuales.​ La gira fue tan larga y desgastante que Dickinson llegó a considerar abandonar el proyecto cuando el tour se encontraba a mitad de camino.​ La gerencia de Iron Maiden añadía fechas a la gira constantemente hasta que Dickinson amenazó con dejar la banda si continuaban haciéndolo.​ Al finalizar la gira, la banda se tomó seis meses de descanso, tiempo que Bruce aprovechó para practicar esgrima.​ Iron Maiden comenzó a escribir material para su siguiente álbum, Somewhere in Time. Dickinson estaba decepcionado ya que sentía que la banda requería en ese momento de un estilo más acústico para seguir siendo relevante, a pesar de que se introdujeron sintetizadores en la grabación del disco.​ No tuvo créditos de composición en el álbum, ya que su material fue rechazado por el resto de la banda.​ Steve Harris declaró que esto ocurrió porque sus composiciones no eran lo suficientemente buenas, pues Dickinson "probablemente era el más afectado tras finalizar la gira World Slavery Tour".​ Tras la gira promocional de Somewhere in Time, Iron Maiden empezó a trabajar en su siguiente álbum de estudio, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, disco más experimental que sus anteriores trabajos y con algunos elementos de rock progresivo.​ Aunque se convirtió en el segundo álbum de Iron Maiden en encabezar las listas de éxitos británicas,​ fue el primer álbum con Dickinson como cantante que no alcanzó la certificación de platino en los Estados Unidos.​ A diferencia de Somewhere in Time, Dickinson se mostró más entusiasmado con el álbum y aportó créditos de composición.​ Después de finalizar la gira promocional del disco en 1988, el grupo decidió tomarse un año de descanso.​ Durante la etapa de composición del siguiente álbum, el guitarrista Adrian Smith dejó la banda y fue reemplazado por Janick Gers. El octavo álbum de estudio de Iron Maiden, No Prayer for the Dying de 1990, representó un cambio significativo en el sonido de la banda, abandonando la experimentación a favor de un heavy metal más convencional y comercial. Bruce cambió su forma de cantar, adoptando una voz más áspera.​ El disco fue grabado en un rancho de propiedad de Steve Harris con el estudio móvil de The Rolling Stones.​ La canción "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter", compuesta originalmente por Dickinson para la banda sonora de la película de terror estadounidense A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, se convirtió en el único sencillo de Iron Maiden en encabezar la lista de éxitos UK Singles Chart, pese a recibir un premio Golden Raspberry en la categoría de peor canción original en 1989.​ En 1992, Harris había convertido su rancho en un estudio de grabación y allí fue grabado Fear of the Dark, el nuevo álbum de estudio de la banda.​ Luego de la gira mundial Fear of the Dark Tour, Dickinson decidió dejar Iron Maiden para enfocarse en su carrera como solista.​ En ese momento la banda había agendado otra gira mundial en 1993, de la cual Bruce no disfrutó. A lo largo de la misma, Dickinson recibió muchas críticas de sus compañeros de banda. Steve Harris llegó a afirmar que en ese momento quería matarlo,​ pues según él, Dickinson solamente se esforzaba cuando la prensa se encontraba en el evento,​ de lo contrario simplemente mascullaba las canciones arriba del escenario.​ Bruce ha negado estas acusaciones, argumentando que le era imposible brindar un rendimiento decente algunas noches debido a la mala atmósfera existente entre él y sus compañeros.​ Su última presentación con la banda fue filmada por la BBC en los estudios Pinewood y publicada en vídeo con el título Raising Hell, con la incorporación del ilusionista Simon Drake animando el espectáculo.​ Junto con Adrian Smith, Dickinson regresó a Iron Maiden en 1999 después de sostener una conversación con Rod Smallwood.​ Smallwood le mencionó la posibilidad del retorno de Bruce a Steve Harris, pero el bajista inicialmente mostró algunas reservas al respecto, algo que cambió con el paso del tiempo.​ Harris y Dickinson se reunieron en la casa de Smallwood en Brighton en enero de 1999 para dialogar, algo que no ocurría entre ambos músicos desde 1993.​ Aunque se encontraban nerviosos por el encuentro, al verse cara a cara la tensión se disipó de inmediato y ambos acordaron que Dickinson debía regresar al grupo.​ Después de embarcarse en la gira promocional del álbum recopilatorio Ed Hunter, la banda ingresó al estudio para grabar el disco Brave New World, primer álbum con Dickinson desde 1992. Bruce insistió en que la agrupación debía buscar un nuevo productor en reemplazo de Martin Birch y grabar en un estudio diferente al que se utilizó para la grabación de No Prayer for the Dying y Fear of the Dark, algo que Harris aceptó.​ Finalmente el disco fue grabado en los estudios Guillaume Tell en París con el productor Kevin "The Caveman" Shirley.​ La agrupación se embarcó en una gira mundial, finalizando en el popular festival Rock in Rio ante unas 250000 personas.​ En 2003 la banda grabó el álbum Dance of Death en los estudios SARM de Londres, nuevamente con Kevin Shirley como productor.​ Después de salir de gira Iron Maiden regresó a SARM en 2006 para grabar el álbum A Matter of Life and Death,​ para luego embarcarse en un tour a nivel mundial. Entre 2008 y 2009 la banda llevó a cabo la gira Somewhere Back In Time World Tour,​ en la que Bruce piloteó un Boeing 757 bautizado Ed Force One.​ Fue realizado un entensivo documental sobre la gira titulado Iron Maiden: Flight 666, que tuvo un estreno limitado en cines en 2009.​ Iron Maiden volvió a salir de gira en 2010 para promocionar un nuevo disco, llamado The Final Frontier​ y grabado en Nassau.​ En septiembre de 2014 Iron Maiden empezó la grabación de su álbum de estudio número 16, The Book of Souls, en los estudios Guillaume Tell en París.​ El álbum contiene dos canciones escritas en su totalidad por Dickinson, "If Eternity Should Fail" y "Empire of the Clouds",​ la primera de ellas escrita para un posible álbum como solista.​ "Empire of the Clouds", de casi 18 minutos de duración,​ se convirtió en la canción más larga en toda la discografía de Iron Maiden y presenta a Bruce Dickinson tocando el piano por primera vez en una grabación de la banda.​ Hubo una nueva gira en 2016, con Dickinson piloteando nuevamente el avión de la agrupación.​ En el marco de la gira Eddie Rips Up the World Tour en 2005, Iron Maiden se presentó en el festival estadounidense Ozzfest junto a Black Sabbath como cabeza de cartel. Sharon, la esposa y representante del cantante Ozzy Osbourne, incitó a algunos amigos de su familia y miembros de otras bandas a sabotear la última presentación de Iron Maiden en el Anfiteatro San Manuel en San Bernardino, California el 20 de agosto,​ en un ataque que fue descrito por Rod Smallwood como "vil, peligroso, criminal y cobarde, un irrespeto a los fanáticos que pagaron una entrada para ver a su banda tocar un concierto completo".​ Sharon ordenó que el sonido de la banda fuera cortado, retrasó la entrada de la mascota Eddie the Head​ y alentó a los seguidores de su familia a arrojar huevos, tapas de botellas y encendedores desde la audiencia.​ De acuerdo a Dickinson, este ataque fue la respuesta a unas declaraciones dadas por el músico en las que criticaba los programas de telerrealidad, algo que, según él, Sharon Osbourne tomó de manera personal.​ Sin embargo, el diario The Guardian informó que Dickinson se había referido de mala manera al programa The Osbournes y había hecho mofa del uso del teleprónter en los conciertos de Ozzy Osbourne.​ Dickinson ha negado haber hecho comentarios contra Ozzy Osbourne y Black Sabbath,​ pero admitió sus críticas hacia la organización del Ozzfest, asegurando que muchas de las bandas que participaban del festival habían pagado para poder estar allí.​ Después del fallido concierto en San Bernardino, Sharon lanzó una declaración adicional donde acusaba a Dickinson de hacer varios comentarios en contra de los Estados Unidos,​ de los que no se presentó ninguna evidencia.​ Adicionalmente, Osbourne afirmó que la bandera británica exhibida por Dickinson durante la canción "The Trooper" era una falta de respeto con las tropas estadounidenses​ que en ese momento se encontraban peleando junto al ejército británico en la Guerra de Irak.​ Sharon también afirmó que Steve Harris le había presentado disculpas a su esposo Ozzy en San Bernardino por los comentarios de Dickinson,​ algo que Harris negó tiempo después, asegurando que sus palabras fueron tergiversadas.​ A comienzos de 1989, el sello discográfico Zomba le pidió a Dickinson que produjera una canción para la película de horror A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,​ proporcionándole un presupuesto, un estudio y un productor, Chris Tsangarides. Dickinson aceptó la propuesta y se puso en contacto con el guitarrista Janick Gers para grabar la canción "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter"​ con la colaboración del bajista Andy Carr y del baterista Fabio del Río.​ "La escribí en tres minutos", afirmó Dickinson, "No se de donde salió el título, simplemente apareció en mi cabeza".​ Impresionados con los resultados, los agentes de Zomba le ofrecieron a Dickinson un contrato para grabar un álbum completo en calidad de solista.​ Con la misma alineación y el mismo productor, el álbum debut de Bruce Dickinson, Tattooed Millionaire, fue escrito y grabado en aproximadamente dos semanas y publicado en mayo de 1990 con su correspondiente gira.​ Ese mismo año Dickinson grabó el clásico de Deep Purple "Smoke on the Water" junto con otras estrellas del rock como Ritchie Blackmore, Paul Rodgers, Bryan Adams, Tony Iommi, David Gilmour y Brian May, como parte del esfuerzo benéfico Rock Aid Armenia.​ Acompañado por la banda británica Skin, produjo una versión de la canción "Elected" de Alice Cooper con el actor Rowan Atkinson (caracterizando a Mr. Bean), usada en 1992 por la organización caritativa Comic Relief​ y cinco años más tarde en la banda sonora de la película de humor Bean.​ Para su segunda producción discográfica como solista, Dickinson contó con la colaboración del productor estadounidense Keith Olsen. Mientras se encontraba trabajando en el disco en Los Ángeles, decidió abandonar la alineación de Iron Maiden.​ Descontento por la orientación que estaba tomando el proyecto con Olsen, Dickinson empezó a trabajar con el guitarrista de la banda de rock latino Tribe of Gypsies, Roy Z.​ El álbum Balls to Picasso fue grabado con la banda Tribe of Gypsies como soporte​ y publicado en 1994. El mismo año Dickinson grabó una versión de la canción "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" con la banda Godspeed para el disco tributo a Black Sabbath Nativity in Black.​ Con la ayuda del compositor y guitarrista Alex Dickson, Bruce empezó a crear material para su nuevo disco.​ En 1994 y con su nueva banda, Bruce brindó un concierto en Sarajevo. Esta presentación fue usada para crear el documental Scream For Me Sarajevo, estrenado en 2017.​ Tras la finalización de la gira en soporte del disco Balls to Picasso, Dickinson empezó a trabajar en la grabación de su nuevo álbum, Skunkworks. El músico decidió que Skunkworks sería también el nombre de la banda, pero la compañía discográfica se rehusó a publicar el álbum sin que su nombre apareciera en la portada.​ Dickinson contrató al productor Jack Endino, recordado por producir el primer álbum de estudio de Nirvana. El proyecto Skunkworks se disolvió cuando finalizó la gira. "Estaba devastado por lo de Skunkworks", afirmó Bruce, "Skunkworks fue un disco por el que trabajé incansablemente y a nadie pareció importarle una mierda".​ Después de un breve periodo de inactividad, Dickinson se reunió nuevamente con el guitarrista Roy Z para grabar su siguiente disco, Accident of Birth. "Fue realmente Roy el que me convenció de volver a intentarlo. Me llamó por teléfono y me dijo que estaba trabajando en un nuevo material que sonaba como un álbum de metal. Yo estaba asustado, pensaba que no tenía nada para ofrecer. Pero cuando escuché por el teléfono algunas de sus canciones me di cuenta que realmente había algo allí".​ Bruce le ofreció al guitarrista Adrian Smith que tomara parte de la grabación del álbum como un segundo guitarrista, pero terminó quedándose definitivamente en la alineación.​ El álbum marcó el retorno de Bruce Dickinson al heavy metal, logrando excelentes críticas por parte de la prensa especializada. El portal Sputnikmusic remarcó: "Es un álbum satisfactorio que llena el vacío que dejó Iron Maiden durante la década de 1990".​ El siguiente disco, The Chemical Wedding, un álbum semi-conceptual basado en la obra de William Blake, fue incluso más exitoso que su predecesor. Sputnikmusic afirmó: "Bruce ha superado todas las expectativas dando vida a un álbum incluso mejor que el anterior."​ Durante la gira soporte de The Chemical Wedding fue grabada una presentación en tierras brasileñas, registrada en el álbum Scream for Me Brazil. El disco fue publicado en 1999, año en el que Smith y Dickinson regresaron a Iron Maiden. En el año 2000, Dickinson aportó la voz para la canción "Into the Black Hole" del álbum Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator de la banda de metal progresivo Ayreon.​ Ese mismo año colaboró con el cantante Rob Halford en la grabación de la canción "The One You Love to Hate", disponible en el álbum Resurrection de la banda Halford.​ Un álbum recopilatorio titulado The Best of Bruce Dickinson fue publicado a finales de 2001, incluyendo dos nuevas canciones y un disco de rarezas.​ Su último álbum de estudio, Tyranny of Souls, fue publicado en mayo de 2005. En esta oportunidad, la composición de las canciones se dividió entre Roy Z y Dickinson y muchas canciones fueron compuestas por Roy, quien le enviaba las grabaciones a Bruce mientras estaba de gira con Iron Maiden.​ El 21 de junio de 2005 la discografía completa de Bruce Dickinson fue relanzada con material adicional. El mismo año Bruce aportó su voz para la canción "Beast in the Light" de la banda brasileña Tribuzy.​ Un box-set compuesto por tres discos de DVD titulado Anthology fue publicado el 19 de junio de 2006, con conciertos y vídeos promocionales de toda la carrera en solitario del cantante, al igual que un vídeo clásico de Samson titulado "Biceps of Steel".​ En diciembre de 2017, Dickinson afirmó que existía la posibilidad de publicar un álbum conceptual titulado If Eternity Should Fail, el mismo nombre de la primera canción del álbum The Book of Souls de Iron Maiden, confirmando que dicha canción fue compuesta originalmente para ser usada en su nuevo trabajo como solista. "Si hago otro álbum en solitario, algo que creo que haré, podría seguir con mi plan original y titularlo If Eternity Should Fail. Fue la primera canción que escribí para él. Entonces probablemente la incluiría allí. Pero sería ligeramente diferente a la versión de Maiden". Bruce estuvo casado con Jane Dickinson entre 1983 y 1987.​ Posteriormente, se casó con Paddy Bowden, con quien tiene tres hijos: Austin (nacido en 1990), Griffin (nacido en 1992) y Kia (nacida en 1994).​ Todos nacieron en Chiswick, Londres,​ donde Dickinson ha vivido desde 1981. ​ Austin Dickinson fue el vocalista principal de la banda de metalcore Rise to Remain​ hasta que esta se disolvió en 2015. Tiempo después formó un nuevo grupo llamado As Lions.​ Griffin Dickinson, que había trabajado como técnico durante algunas giras de Iron Maiden,​ es el vocalista de la banda de hardcore melódico SHVPES.​ El primo de Bruce, Rob Dickinson, fue el cantante de la banda de rock alternativo Catherine Wheel y fundó la compañía Singer Vehicle Design, especializada en vehículos Porsche.​ En una entrevista con Sarah Montague para el programa HARDtalk de la BBC en 2012, Dickinson se describió como conservador y euroescéptico.​ En 2015 el músico se sometió a siete semanas de quimioterapia y radioterapia para combatir un tumor cancerígeno en la parte posterior de su lengua.​ Su equipo médico esperaba una total recuperación tras detectar el tumor en una primera etapa de desarrollo.​ El 15 de mayo sus especialistas le informaron que el tumor había sido controlado. En una entrevista con el periodista estadounidense Eddie Trunk, Bruce afirmó que su enfermedad había sido ocasionada por el virus del papiloma humano, probablemente adquirido por la práctica del sexo oral.​ Aparte de la música, Dickinson ha trabajado en diversos campos. Practica esgrima con un gran nivel, llegando a alcanzar la séptima posición en la clasificación de la disciplina en Gran Bretaña,​ fundando además una compañía de equipamiento para el deporte llamada "Duellists" ("duelistas" en castellano, referencia al título de una canción del álbum Powerslave de Iron Maiden).​ También es piloto de aviones y ocupó el rango de comandante para la desaparecida empresa de aviación Astraeus. Es el propietario de una empresa de mantenimiento de aviones. En 2010 Bruce asumió como director de marketing de Astraeus. Dado el amplio interés y experiencia en diferentes áreas del conocimiento, Dickinson es considerado como un polímata, siendo calificado como tal por la revista británica Intelligent Life (hoy conocida como 1843) en una edición del año 2009.​ Dickinson aprendió a volar de forma recreacional en Florida en la década de 1990​ y actualmente cuenta con una licencia de piloto. Regularmente pilotaba aviones Boeing 757 en su rol de capitán de la aerolínea de vuelos chárter Astraeus,​ en la cual también se desempeñó como director de mercadeo.​ Tras el cierre de Astraeus el 21 de noviembre de 2011, Dickinson fundó la compañía Cardiff Aviation Limited el 1 de mayo de 2012, especializada en el mantenimiento de aeronaves.​ De acuerdo a The Wall Street Journal, en enero de 2013 Cardiff Aviation había generado 40 empleos y tenía la meta de superar los 100 empleos para 2013.​ En junio de 2013, The Daily Telegraph reportó que la compañía había logrado generar alrededor de 70 nuevos empleos.​ En agosto de 2015, Cardiff Aviation firmó un contrato para brindar sus servicios a la aerolínea Air Djibouti.​ Como resultado de su experiencia en los negocios, ha sido orador en importantes eventos alrededor del mundo.​ Su papel como piloto lo ha llevado a liderar algunos vuelos de alto perfil, como el retorno de un grupo de pilotos de la Real Fuerza Aérea desde Afganistán en 2008,​ 200 ciudadanos británicos desde Líbano durante el conflicto bélico de ese país en 2006​ y 180 turistas varados en Egipto tras el colapso de la aerolínea XL Airways en septiembre de 2008.​ Adicionalmente transportó a las plantillas de los equipos de fútbol Rangers F.C. y Liverpool F.C. a jugar partidos como visitante en Israel e Italia en 2007 y 2010 respectivamente.​ En la gira Somewhere Back In Time World Tour fue el piloto del Boeing 757 que transportó a la banda y a todo su montaje en un extenso tour a nivel mundial.​ Esta experiencia fue registrada en el documental Iron Maiden: Flight 666.​ Dickinson pilotó el "Ed Force One" nuevamente para la gira The Final Frontier World Tour en 2011.​ Para la gira The Book of Souls World Tour, la banda voló en un jet Boeing 747-400, pilotado de igual manera por el cantante.​ Presentó un programa llamado Bruce Dickinson's Friday Rock Show en una emisora de radio de la BBC inglesa especializado en rock alternativo. Su última transmisión en vivo ocurrió el 28 de mayo de 2010 abandonando el formato habitual del programa para realizar un tributo personal y musical al cantante entonces recién fallecido Ronnie James Dio. También estuvo encargado del programa Monsters of Rock en otro dial de la misma radio entre 2003 y 2007.​ En 2005 fue el presentador del documental Flying Heavy Metal del canal Discovery Channel, en el que combinaba sus dos grandes aficiones, los aviones y la música.​ En 2006 presentó un documental para Sky One titulado Inside Spontaneous Human Combustion with Bruce Dickinson, en el que se investigaba el fenómeno de la combustión humana espontánea mediante la ayuda de varios expertos y la realización de varios experimentos para determinar su posible causa.​ Otras apariciones en televisión incluyen papeles de invitado en producciones como Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Space Cadets y Clarkson, programa conducido por Jeremy Clarkson.​ Dickinson también apareció en una serie de la BBC llamada The Paradise Club, interpretando el papel de un músico llamado Jake Skinner.​ Durante la gira Somewhere on Tour en 1987, Dickinson empezó a escribir su primera novela.​ El músico describió su obra The Adventures of Lord Iffy Boatrace como una mezcla entre la literatura de Tom Sharpe, el piloto ficticio Biggles y la revista Penthouse.​ Kerrang! se refirió a la misma como "un ataque satírico al fetichismo entre las clases altas".​ Tras terminar su escritura, Dickinson se dirigió a la editorial Sidgwick & Jackson, quienes, según el propio Bruce, accedieron a publicar el libro sin siquiera leerlo, basados simplemente en las ventas de los álbumes de Iron Maiden.​ Publicada en 1990, la novela vendió más de 40.000 copias en poco tiempo.​ Debido a la alta demanda, Sidgwick & Jackson pidieron a Dickinson la producción de una secuela,​ publicada en 1992 con el título The Missionary Position, una sátira al teleevangelismo.​ No se publicaron nuevas novelas de la serie, aunque Dickinson escribió las primeras 60 páginas de una precuela que pretendía contar la historia de Lord Iffy Boatrace en su adolescencia.​ Escribió el guion para la película Chemical Wedding junto al cineasta Julian Doyle, basada en la vida y obra de Aleister Crowley, el legendario místico, mago y ocultista inglés del siglo XX, fundador de la religión neopagana Thelema. La película, en la que Dickinson apareció en un pequeño cameo, fue estrenada en 2008 y contó con la actuación de Simon Callow.​ El 15 de octubre de 2015, las editoriales HarperCollins y Dey Street anunciaron la publicación de un libro con las memorias de Bruce Dickinson.​ What Does This Button Do?​ fue publicado el 19 de octubre de 2017.​ En 2013 Iron Maiden colaboró con la compañía cervecera Robinsons Brewery en la localidad de Stockport para crear la cerveza "Trooper",​ mediante una receta formulada por Dickinson con el cervecero Martyn Weeks.​ En mayo de 2014 la cerveza había vendido más de dos millones de pintas en 40 países, convirtiéndose en la exportación más exitosa de Robinsons.​ Tras el éxito de Trooper, Dickinson, un fanático de la cerveza de barril tradicional inglesa,​ declaró que tiene la intención de desarrollar más cervezas en el futuro, aunque los nuevos productos estarían "basados en Trooper y no en Iron Maiden, pues Trooper ha tomado una vida propia. La gente la bebe porque les gusta la cerveza, no porque sean fanáticos de Maiden".​ Aunque Dickinson nunca recibió un entrenamiento de voz formal, aún posee un amplio rango vocal registrado como tenor dramático. ​ Junto con Ronnie James Dio y Rob Halford, Dickinson es uno de los pioneros del estilo vocal operístico que más tarde sería adoptado por los vocalistas de power metal y regularmente aparece cerca de la cima en las listas de los mejores vocalistas de rock de todos los tiempos.​ Bruce ha afirmado que su estilo fue influenciado principalmente por los cantantes Arthur Brown, Ian Gillan de (Deep Purple), Ian Anderson (de Jethro Tull) y Peter Hammill (de Van der Graaf Generator).​ Su forma de cantar varió notablemente en la década de 1990 en la grabación de álbumes como No Prayer for the Dying, Fear of the Dark y su primer trabajo en solitario Tattooed Millionaire, haciendo uso de un sonido mucho más áspero, algo especialmente notorio en la canción "Be Quick or Be Dead" de Fear of the Dark.​ Desde su regreso a Iron Maiden en 1999, adoptó nuevamente su particular voz de la década de 1980,​ aunque su potencia ha disminuido con la edad.​ Según un informe publicado en el Daily Mirror, Dickinson tiene un rango vocal estimado de 4.25 octavas.​ Además de su capacidad vocal, Bruce es conocido por sus actuaciones enérgicas en el escenario, que ofrece constantemente a pesar de su edad.​ Considera que el público asistente debe sentir "la esencia de la experiencia de Maiden" y que su papel es "reducir el lugar para convertir un estadio de fútbol en el club más pequeño del mundo".​ Para lograr esto, insiste en mantener contacto visual con los miembros de la audiencia,​ motivándolos a gritar usando la frase "Scream for Me" ("Griten para mí").​ Constantemente critica a los artistas que no se conectan con sus fanáticos, particularmente con aquellos que "se ocultan detrás de los amplificadores" y usan teleprompters, señalando que "la gente paga un buen dinero para verlos y ellos ni siquiera pueden recordar la maldita letra de sus canciones". Discografia Oficial: https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/260980-Bruce-Dickinson

Issue no: 564. September 23 1995. This week we talk about Nirvana and depression, Blind Melon, Sugar Ray, Kiss, Death, Sepultura, Ash, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Catherine Wheel, Vince Neil, GZR, Cathedral, Alanis Morisette plus all of the regulars including kommunikation, koncertz, albumz, news, and much more. Instagram: kerrangbackissues Twitter: @kerrangpod Email: kerrangbackissues@gmail.com

We are delighted to welcome Marco Borraccino, our guest for this episode of Keeping Time Podcast.  With a remarkably impressive background in watch design, including head of design for Officine Panerai, Mr Borraccino brings a unique vision to the world of exceptional watchmaking. Singer Reimagined is the watch brand co-founded by Marco Borraccino together with Rob Dickinson of Singer Vehicle Design. A former singer and guitarist with the highly acclaimed band Catherine Wheel, Rob Dickinson returned to his automotive roots with the founding of Singer Vehicle Design where he would specialize in the "Restomod" world of renovating and evolving older, air-cooled Porsche 911's. His work is beyond exceptional and the incredible works of automotive art created by his company are sought the world over by serious Porsche enthusiasts and collectors. His work also caught the eye of renowned watch designer, Marco Borraccino. Marco Borraccino is the co-founder, managing director and creative designer for Singer Reimagined - the brand founded in 2017 with Rob Dickinson of Singer Vehicle Design. We hope that you enjoy this insightful and engaging conversation with host Jeremy Oster, co-host Doug Hoyt and our guest Marco Borraccino. You may also enjoy hearing Doug show off his exceptional Italian pronunciation. Listen in as we discuss how the relationship between Marco and Rob led to the founding of Singer Reimagined, Marco Borraccino's exceptional chronograph inspired designs. We discuss Marco's background in design and how the Singer Reimagined brand came to life and evolved. An integral part of the story is the chance meeting with celebrated, award-winning watchmaker Jean-Marc Wiederrecht (7 GPHG awards!). Serendipity played its part and led to one of the most extraordinary chronograph wristwatches of all time.  Join us for a superb conversation with in-depth discussion ranging from Porsche to true haute-horlogerie watchmaking and the inspiration that drives a leading designer to create a legacy brand. We would like to dedicate this epsiode, with heartfelt love and gratitude, to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. May she rest in peace.  As always, this episode is a free-flowing conversation with minimal editing. Jeremy Oster is your host along with co-host, Doug Hoyt.  Thanks as always to Doug who is the Producer of Keeping Time Podcast. Of course, thanks most of all to our listeners and supporters around the globe. Keeping Time Podcast is commercial free and sponsored entirely by Oster Jewelers. This podcast is all about the personalities in the industry and the passion that drives the creativity and desirability of the beautiful products that we all appreciate. If you enjoy Keeping Time Podcast please let others know. Kindly take a moment to rate and review on iTunes or your favorite podcast player and share on social media. Your review means a lot to us and others. Tag @osterwatches on Instagram and be sure to visit Oster Jewelers for the latest in haute horlogerie. If you enjoy Keeping Time Podcast, please share with your watch-community friends.

This week we're discussing every album by Catherine Wheel. Credited as one of the pioneers of shoegaze (which is technically true), Catherine Wheel never stopped growing musically within their lifetime. However, they never lost the essence of the 90s. Seriously, they're one of the most 90s bands ever. Also, singer Rob Dickinson is Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson's cousin. Whoa.Closing track: “Broken Head” from Chrome (1993)Spotify episode playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/user/motherpuncherincPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/everyalbumeverMerchhttps://pandermonkey.creator-spring.com/Mike's EP:Pander Monkey on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple,Instagram:Mike @pandermonkeyAlex @motherpuncherHistory Tom's stuff:Debut album on Bandcamp, Spotify, AppleSubstackInstagramTwitterFacebookMike's Picks:Chrome (1993) — Best Album, Personal FavoriteHappy Days (1995) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteAlex's Picks:Chrome (1993) — Best Album, Personal FavoriteAdam and Eve (1997) — Worst Album, Least FavoriteAlbums we discussed this episode…Ferment (1992)Chrome (1993)Happy Days (1995)Adam and Eve (1997)Wishville (2000)

Issue no: 556. July 29 1995. This week we talk about The Wildhearts, Donington '95, Phoenix Festival, Catherine Wheel, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, White Zombie, Sepultura, Bush, Die Krupps, Bivouac, Earth Crisis, 311, plus all of the regulars including kommunikation, koncertz, albumz, singlez, news, and much more. Instagram: kerrangbackissues Twitter: @kerrangpod Email: kerrangbackissues@gmail.com

Will and David discuss new albums by Porridge Radio, Sharon Van Etten, and fanclubwallet, plus bonus songs of the week.

For our very first listener-suggested episode, we talk about the amazing Swervedriver and focus on their first 2 records: Raise and Mezcal Head. Similar to bands like Hum and Catherine Wheel, Swervedriver mixes elements of grunge, alt-rock, and shoegaze to create their sound.Tracklist: Son of Mustang Ford Sci-Flyer Sandblasted Never Lose That Feeling MM Abduction A Change Is Gonna Come Deep Wound Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

We've veered off into solo project territory again today with the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex and their 2005 alterna-jazz-rock-fusion album, "Life Begins Again." More Fugazi than Dave Brubeck, more Slint grooves than brass sections, it was a "jazz" album we weren't ready for at the time but (as full-grown GENRE-DEFYING adults) we really f**king dig now. First off: Jimmy's cookin' it up so fast, flippin' sonic flapjacks in flavors we hadn't quite tasted before giving this album a proper listen. We heap praise on the incredible vocal stylings of Catherine Wheel's Rob Dickinson... but Frank's got murder on the mind when thinking of a Catherine Wheel/Smashing Pumpkins bill. All that plus the "Set the Ray to Jerry"-esque dreaminess of the Billy Corgan-sung "Loki Cat," the unfortunate feeling of a song becoming a late-night stress loop, and the benefits of having a Righteous Brother as a godfather. But what we really want to know is: If Jimmy-baby's laying organ tracks on this bad boy... where was Ignoffo's invite?! How to support the 'kast: MERCH Our PATREON buymeacoffee.com/Pumpkast Please rate and review us! Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @PumpkinsPodcast Instagram: @smashingpumpkast TikTok: @smashingpumpkast

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On this week's episode, we chat about Catherine Wheel, the band that mixed new wave, grunge, and shoegaze to craft a sound truly their own. We're diving into their second studio album from 1993, "Chrome".Tracklist: Crank Flower To Hide Bill And Ben Broken Head Strange Fruit Ursa Major Space Station The Nude Texture This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

In 1993, British alternative/shoegaze band Catherine Wheel paired-up with producer Gil Norton (Pixies) to create a record that fused the atmospheric beauty of their debut with a crushing wall-of-sound: 'Chrome'. The feedback-drenched tales of beauty and paranoia caught the ear of this week's guest, artist/poet Nate Levine, and he joined us for a deep-dive into the sonic muck. Songs featured in this episode: Black Metallic - Catherine Wheel; Sweetness & Light - Lush; Man In The Box - Alice In Chains; Cherrie Pie - Warrant; The Act We Act - Sugar; Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden; Kill Rhythm, I Confess - Catherine Wheel; Debaser - Pixies; Everything Zen - Bush; Crank, Broken Head - Catherine Wheel; Plush - Stone Temple Pilots; Range Life - Pavement; Pain, Strange Fruit - Catherine Wheel; Feel So Real - Swervedriver; Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr; Chrome, The Nude - Catherine Wheel; Ana - Pixies; Ursa Major Station - Catherine Wheel; Souvlaki Station - Slowdive; Time & Time Again - Robert Fripp; Fripp - Catherine Wheel; Wish You Were Here - Catherine Wheel; Half Life - Catherine Wheel; Happy - Neds Atomic Dustbin; Show Me Mary, Spirit Of The Radio - Catherine Wheel

In what is quite a week for album releases, we welcome you into Monday with new music from Mitski, a double helping of Cate Le Bon, Animal Collective and Dr Dre, plus old classics from Catherine Wheel and Saint Etienne.

This week's show covers new music from the team of Fred again.., Romy (of The xx) with some mixing help from HAAi (dance banger!), some new music from Glasgow's noiseniks The Jesus & Mary Chain, a deep house tune from Tokyo's Soichi Terada, and some jazz/funk from Melbourne's Surprise Chef.For the archive pick this week, Brendan digs up a track from shoegaze stars Catherine Wheel, from 1992. The specific track, a power ballad entitled “Black Metallic” is a love song from singer Rob Dickinson to ... his car. Yep. Of course, there are six more bonus tracks, but you have to sign up for our email newsletter to get those. It's pretty easy to do, if you just click this link.  (And do so without fear. We won't misuse your email address, as this show is run by two guys, Mark and Brendan; Not some faceless corporation.) Lastly, don't miss our fabulous Spotify playlists. We make one for each episode of the show, so grab the latest if you are up to date, and dig into previous episodes if you are new here, or just curious. Have a great week! 

This week your rock n' roll vampires suck on the neck of a long-forgotten genre that emerged in the late 80s – early 90s. A genre that exploited obscured vocals, guitar distortion, effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume: SHOEGAZE. Primarily based in the UK, these bands used the artistry of guitar innovation to paint some wonderfully layered sonic canvases! If you have a preconceived notion that you don't like this stuff, we ask that you give this episode a shot as you might be surprised how much it rocks…What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or grouping of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week we focus on the FORGOTTEN. If you were into this music when it came out back in the early 90s, chances are that you haven't revisited it in a while. Come along on this ride with us and spend the next 90-min staring at your feet! We hope we re-introduce some of you to these bands and turn others on to something completely new!Songs this week include:Swervedriver – “Blowin' Cool” from Mezcal Head (1993)Ride – “Here And Now” from Nowhere (1990)Drop Nineteens – “Limp” from National Coma (1993)Catherine Wheel – “Kill Rhythm” from Chrome (1993)Lift To Experience – “These Are The Days” from The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads (2001)Kitchens Of Distinction – “Sand On Fire” from Capsule: The Best Of Kitchens Of Distinction 1988-1994 (1994)My Bloody Valentine – “Only Shallow” from Loveless (1991)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uIf you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/

While 1991 is regarded as the true launch of the 1990s alternative explosion into the mainstream, the sheer volume and diversity of music that followed in 1992 might lay claim to the crown as the most interesting year of the decade. The mainstays of 80s college rock were alive and well, with albums by R.E.M., Bob Mould's new band Sugar, Faith No More, The Cure, The Lemonheads, Sonic Youth, Soul Asylum, and many more. The ubiquitous "grunge" sound was fully ensconced in radio and MTV with Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, and Screaming Trees added to playlists, while more aggressive sounds emerged from the likes of Rage Against the Machine, Helmet, Pantera, and White Zombie. Underground scenes cracked the mainstream as well, as industrial and electronic acts such as Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, The Orb, Curve, Aphex Twin, and others made significant noise, and the growing UK shoegaze scene produced records from Lush, Catherine Wheel, Ride, Moose, etc. And this barely scratches the surface, as hip-hop saw the release of the decade-defining albums The Chronic by Dr. Dre and Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys, as well as albums by Arrested Development, Ice Cube, Das EFX, Redman, The Pharcyde, and more. And that barely scratches the surface.   Songs In This Episode: Intro - 1992 Medley (Them Bones by Alice In Chains, Wish by Nine Inch Nails, Unsung by Helmet, Somebody To Shove by Soul Asylum) Outro - Miles Iz Dead by The Afghan Whigs   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

The Mixtape Diaries kicks off Season 2 with a "scenes" episode, wherein each of your three hosts calls out a particular rock scene for discussion, then selects three songs from that scene.Join us as we explore grunge (Mark), shoegaze (Bob), and the New Romantics (Brad)!Tracked in this episode: Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, Catherine Wheel, Velocity Girl, Curve, Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, and Duran Duran. As always, find the Playlist on Spotify + Apple Music and your Extras on Twitter.Credits: Intro/ Outro — the Februarys, "Does Your Father Know"/ "... In a Letter." 

Thank you Jim Dudukovich!In this episode we talk about cool bands and stories, like how our guest sat in on drums with the Circle Jerks in New York because Chuck Biscuits, the drummer, wasn't able to play and our guest knew all their songs.Jack Rabid is the publisher and creative genius behind "The Big Takeover," a bi-annual music magazine published out of New York City, going on 42 years now.  It reads like a music encyclopedia or mix tape guidebook, including 60-80 pages of album reviews written by Jack himself.  Jack's a drummer and vocalist and has played in a number of bands.  And he's a veteran of the “punk era,” emanating from New York City.  But mostly, he's a music lover.  This interview kicks right in, mid conversation, with us talking about Jack's softball game that he just got home from.  I ended up just hitting record, 86'ing the formalities of a “hello,” and rolling tape.  No one talks about music like Jack Rabid.  Here we go…======================== BAND REFERENCES IN THIS EPISODE! ======================== Talking Heads, XTC, Ramones, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Tony Bennett, Sinatra, Xavier Cugat, Death Cab for Cutie, Deep Sea Diver, Wire, Springhouse (Jack's band), Leaving Trains (Jack played with them), Chills, Nirvana, Belly, Velocity Girl, Throwing Muses, REM, Even Worse (Jack's Band), Last Burning Embers (Jack's Band), Beatles, Circle Jerks, Legal Weapon, Saccharin Trust, Naked Ray Gun, Big Black, The Effigies, Blood Sport, Fastbacks, Hüsker Dü, The Screamers, The Dells, Engelbert Humperdinck, Glen Campbell, Dionne Warwick, Jimi Hendrix, Blondie, Television, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Velvet Underground, Mothers of Invention, MC5, The Cars, The Police, Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, James Brown, The Who, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Killers, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, The Undertones, X, The Mutants, The Zeros, DOA, The Subhumans, The Dead Kennedys, The Stimulators, Mad, Iggy Pop, the Cramps, Link Wray, Professor Longhair, The Ruts, Sham 69, The Damned, Dead Boys, Buzzcocks, Justin Sullivan, New Model Army, The Neats, Wipers, Catherine Wheel, Radiohead, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Rogers, Gene Autry, Max Romeo, Stooges, Heartbreakers, New York Dolls, The Adverts, The Everly Brothers, Love, Carl Perkins, Oscar Peterson, Hank Williams, Stephen Foster, Blasters, The Undertones, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Howlin' Wolf, Joy Formidable, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Cheetah Chrome, John Lydon, Captain Beefheart, Ruts DC, The Gas, Joe Pernice, Bevis Frond, The Who, The Byrds, Bo Diddley, Ike and Tina Turner, Lesley Gore, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Billy Bragg, Colin Hay, Connie Smith, and George Jones.========================THE BIG TAKEOVER- Website:  https://bigtakeover.com/- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigTakeover/ - Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/bigtakeovermag/?hl=en- Radio Show:  https://bigtakeover.com/radio/ ========================BRENTON HUND PODCAST   - Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/brentonhundpodcast- Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/brentonhundpodcast/- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/========================SOCIAL MEDIA BY:  https://www.socialsweetheart.coLOGO DESIGN BY: https://taylorhembree1993.wixsite.com/ohokmedia

What are the worst, most agonizing execution methods throughout history? Marissa and Matthew discuss Lingchi, the Brazen Bull, immurement, and so... so much more. This is Slow Execution Methods: Part One since there is so much to cover that we'll likely have more.Facebook & Twitter: macabrepediaInstagram: macabrepediapodEmail us at: macabrepediapod@gmail.comBuzzsprout affiliate link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1800435 Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Macabrepedia)

If there is one takeaway from this month's Whatcha Heard, it is that Catherine Wheel is an amazingly under-appreciated shoegaze alt-rock band from the 90s and you should listen to them immediately. And we learned that in the wide world of vaporwave, of course there's a subgenre called "mallsoft", and it's actually pretty amazing. From doomgaze stone metal group Torche's triumphant 2019 return with Admission to the latest single from quintessential indie singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie, tune in for perhaps our finest mixes yet.Tracklist: Loscil - Lumina Jim Guthrie - Hands In My Pocket Lord Huron - Mine Forever Greet Death - Circles Of Hell Fiddlehead - Heart To Heart Maenad Veyl - Out Of Sight John Mint - Toll Free Connection John Mint - Chemicals Catherine Wheel - Texture Catherine Wheel - I Confess Goat Girl - Sad Cowboy TORCHE - Admission Tricot - いない INAI Paris Jackson - Let Down This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

If there is one takeaway from this month's Whatcha Heard, it is that Catherine Wheel is an amazingly under-appreciated shoegaze alt-rock band from the 90s and you should listen to them immediately. And we learned that in the wide world of vaporwave, of course there's a subgenre called "mallsoft", and it's actually pretty amazing. From doomgaze stone metal group Torche's triumphant 2019 return with Admission to the latest single from quintessential indie singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie, tune in for perhaps our finest mixes yet.Tracklist: Loscil - Lumina Jim Guthrie - Hands In My Pocket Lord Huron - Mine Forever Greet Death - Circles Of Hell Fiddlehead - Heart To Heart Maenad Veyl - Out Of Sight John Mint - Toll Free Connection John Mint - Chemicals Catherine Wheel - Texture Catherine Wheel - I Confess Goat Girl - Sad Cowboy TORCHE - Admission Tricot - いない INAI Paris Jackson - Let Down This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Matt Heart Spade & Jinners chat with Toronto-based blogger, Frank Yang of Chromewaves and Space Echo. For Repeat/Skip, they revisit Catherine Wheel's "Adam and Eve" and Crooked Fingers' "Dignity and Shame."Follow us on social media: @mixtapememoriespodcast @pantheonpodcasts on Facebook @mixtape.memories on Instagram @MemoriesMixtape @pantheonpods on Twitter Visit mixtapememories.com for links to our Spotify playlists, blog posts and episode extras as well as the wonderful podcast network pantheonpodcasts.com for the episodes!Special thanks to Ryan Mulkey, our technical director who also wrote our theme song and drew our cover art!

Matt Heart Spade & Jinners chat with Toronto-based blogger, Frank Yang of Chromewaves and Space Echo. For Repeat/Skip, they revisit Catherine Wheel's "Adam and Eve" and Crooked Fingers' "Dignity and Shame."Follow us on social media: @mixtapememoriespodcast @pantheonpodcasts on Facebook @mixtape.memories on Instagram @MemoriesMixtape @pantheonpods on Twitter Visit mixtapememories.com for links to our Spotify playlists, blog posts and episode extras as well as the wonderful podcast network pantheonpodcasts.com for the episodes!Special thanks to Ryan Mulkey, our technical director who also wrote our theme song and drew our cover art!

In this episode of the Serial Talker podcast we learn about some truly bizarre and horrific forms of execution that were used in ancient times in different parts of the world. Executions for crimes that today may just get you a slap on the wrist or an unfollow on social media! Ever hear of Scaphism? How about Poena Cullei or the Catherine Wheel? These forms of capital punishment meted out by the most vicious of tyrants for the most heinous of crimes (like not keeping your vow of celibacy!) are so disturbing you'll be glad you are living in the 21st century!!! Enjoy!★ ★ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE for this weekly podcast!★★ THE SERIAL TALKERMy name is Peter von Gomm and I'm a professional Voice actor and Narrator and in this podcast I'll be bringing you high quality content including True Crime, Interviews with cool doers and movers from around the world, and loads more. You've come to the right place for a great time!★PODCAST SUPPORTIf you like these Podcasts and would like to support their production, please consider buying me a cup of coffee! Thanks very much! :0)buymeacoffee.com/petervongomm★STORY SUBMISSIONIf you have an INTRIGUING TRUE STORY to share and would like me to CONSIDER reading it  in a podcast, please submit it to petervongomm.reads@gmail.com *It must be well-written please. ;0)Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/petervongomm)