Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravit...

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead has passed, and we celebrate his unique brand of American awesomeness on this episode and dig into the long, strange weirdness of his affiliation with the secret society at Bohemian Grove. We also talk Johnny Thunders. You guys talk more Orion and El ...  Show more

A punk junkie nightmare in a New Orleans hotel. A turf war with Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers. A poisonous friendship with Dee Dee Ramone and a doomed alliance with Wayne Kramer. Missing cash, hotshot rumors, and a body in Room 37. Listen to find out how Johnny Thunders’ death went f ...  Show more

How Chuck Berry helped invent rock n' roll, and changed America forever: Berry biographer Bruce Pegg joins host Brian Hiatt – and Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos, Patrick Doyle and Andy Greene – for a revealing discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co ...  Show more

In 1972 Chucky Berry was onstage in Coventry. Seeking some audience participation Chuck launched into a cover of an unusual novelty record called 'My Ding-a-Ling'.

One of the men who can be heard in the crowd singing about their "Ding-a-Ling' was Noddy Holder whose ban ...

Elvis Presley was the man to beat when Jerry Lee Lewis made the drive from small-town Louisiana to Memphis in 1956. The piano punisher had come for the King of Rock’s crown and was determined to show him up at every turn. Jerry Lee scored a deal on Elvis’ onetime label, employed ...  Show more

He should never have made it as a rock star, not where he came from and how he grew up. But Freddie Mercury was maybe the most natural front man of all – and the story of his life and death is one of the great unforgettable rock fables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg ...  Show more