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After Party 3 (Mini Episode)

June 18th, 2019

Tommy Lee and Courtney Love Beef, Guns ‘N Roses Deleted Scene, Varg Vikernes Gets Booted and More.

Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding …

Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor

June 11th, 2019

Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own and his success owes as much to his delivery as it does to his hustle. Slick Rick worked hard to get to the top and once …

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT AND EXCERPT!

June 6th, 2019

Disgraceland is coming to your bookshelf, your nightstand, your kindle, your whosiemickwhatsie device that you read all your favorite authors on, …

After Party 2 (Mini Episode)

June 4th, 2019

How the Elton John Interview Happened, Courtney Love, Cardi B, Slick Rick, Big Lurch and More.

Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding Disgraceland …

Elton John interviewed by Jake Brennan for Icons

May 30th, 2019

Jake sits down with Elton John to discuss his new film, Rocketman for the pilot episode of iHeartRadio's new podcast, Icons: Intimate, incredible conversations with the most famous creators and artists of our time. …

Johnny Cash: Pills, More Pills and Playing With Fire

May 28th, 2019

Johnny Cash took no shit. Was a total original. Could maneuver that big baritone around a ballad or a rave up like nobody’s business. He also burned …

After Party 1 (Mini Episode)

May 21st, 2019

Amy Winehouse and XXXTentacion news. Live show preview. Johnny Cash preview. Brian Jones lookback.

Disgraceland After Party is a bi-weekly mini-spinoff show that looks at Disgraceland episodes, news surrounding …

Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent

May 14th, 2019

Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, Amy Winehouse was a rockstar’s rockstar and she was also one of the greatest musical talents of the past 20 years. Her …

XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence

April 30th, 2019

XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by violence and drama; beatdowns, beefs (what’s up, …

Grateful Dead: Freedom is just another word for…

April 16th, 2019

The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with improvisation, LSD and an ethos of “freedom”. …

Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll

April 2nd, 2019

Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll and his wife, Tina Turner, one of the most electrifying entertainers to ever take the stage may …

Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case

March 26th, 2019

Snoop Dogg, aka Calvin Broadus has worn many hats. Inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF: But in 1994, Snoop was the biggest name in hip hop yet his career was about to be derailed just as it was taking off due to the …

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 2: Suicide Samurai

March 19th, 2019

Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love story picks up with Courtney’s ascent and the …

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love 1: No Direction Home

March 14th, 2019

Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love was once the most hated woman in America. Courtney like Kurt, …

ANNOUNCING DISGRACELAND LIVE SHOWS!

March 7th, 2019

Disgraceland is coming to the stage! This is the official announcement. Listen up to hear if Disgraceland is coming to a city near you and to find …

Disgraceland Season 3 Trailer

February 20th, 2019

Kurt Cobain - dead. Courtney Love - insane. Snoop Dogg - acquitted. Ike Turner - abusive, addicted, imprisoned, overdosed, and, quite possibly, the …

Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder

October 30th, 2018

Spade Cooley was one of the Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was also a violent, drunk and homicidal psychopath …

Rick James: Superfreak, an Understatement

October 23rd, 2018

Rick James may have been born into a life of crime but he was determined to make his way in life through music. He intimidated George Clinton, inspired Prince and more than likely saved Jim Morrison’s life. Rick James …

Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal

October 16th, 2018

Big Lurch, didn’t just rap about standard hip-hop culture; he rapped about serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and horror movie villains like Jason …

Keith Moon: Rockstar Excess and a Dead Chauffeur

October 9th, 2018

Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers. Both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates behavior, it was …

Marvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Too Many of Us Dying

September 25th, 2018

Marvin Gaye was born into a God-fearing home to a sweet, wholesome mother and crossdressing, philandering, pentecostal preacher who ruled his …

GG Allin: Live Fast, Die

September 11th, 2018

GG Allin, the notorious transgressive punk rocker pushed the limits further than anyone before or after him. For GG, there were no limits. No laws. He lived and performed well outside the boundaries of the mainstream …

Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone

August 28th, 2018

Brian Jones invented “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘N Roll Band”, The Rolling Stones but would find himself kicked out of that band just a few years …

Johnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill

August 14th, 2018

Lots of country music stars wear the black hat but none of them wore it with more authenticity than Johnny Paycheck. Johnny Cash may have bragged about shooting a man “just to watch him die” but Johnny Paycheck actually …

Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason... That the Presidents Dead

July 31st, 2018

Frank Sinatra had it all. Then lost it all. Then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme talent, confidence and insecurity. And he had …

Motley Crue: Sex, Drugs And Holy Sh*t, How Are These Dudes Still Alive?

July 17th, 2018

Motley Crue frontman, Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run and took the life of his friend Razzle Dingley, drummer for Hanoi Rocks in …

John Lennon (Part 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye”

July 10th, 2018

John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. He was gunned down just as he was …

John Lennon (Part 1): "John Lennon, I'm going to kill you, you phony bastard."

July 10th, 2018

John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative inconsistency. He was gunned down just as he was …

James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth.

June 26th, 2018

What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the devil’s workshop. This episode will detail James Brown’s scorching career as well as the scorching high speed chase he …

Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?

June 19th, 2018

In March 1996, “King of the Club Kids”, promoter Michael Alig, after appearing on TV’s Geraldo and on the cover of New York Magazine, bashed his friend and DJ, Angel Melendez in the head with a hammer, who died quickly. …

Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It

June 12th, 2018

Who killed Tupac? Who killed Biggie? The answer has been right there out in the open for years. This episode looks at the lives and deaths of both rap superstars, the east coast/west coast beef and the media’s …

Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante

May 29th, 2018

Bob Marley is known as the peace and love reggae superstar but the truth of who he really was is a bit more complicated. After gunmen raided his …

Tay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life

May 15th, 2018

The Arlington, Texas rapper was involved in two killings by the time he was 17. Arrested on murder charges and placed under house arrest until …

The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin

May 1st, 2018

In the 1970s, the world regarded The Rolling Stones as an insular band of hedonistic and glamorous pansexual junkies. But all of the trouble they’d …

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down

April 17th, 2018

TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was known as “the crazy one”. She did, after all, burn down her NFL playing boyfriend, Andre Rison’s mansion. But given the fact that it was done after what was then one of many domestic …

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder

April 3rd, 2018

In 1968 Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently the victim of a physical attack from a Genovese crime family member, Morrison was desperately trying to piece together …

Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse

March 20th, 2018

Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’s founding band, Mayhem, its sister act, Burzum and supporting cast of musicians with names like, Necrobutcher, …

Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide

March 5th, 2018

Sam Cooke was a lot of things: soul superstar, civil rights champion, whip smart entrepreneur but he was also a serial womanizer with an unbridled …

Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love?

February 20th, 2018

It’s long been believed that punk rock icon, Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. However, new evidence suggests that his overly affectionate and increasingly dependent mum gave him a fatal hotshot in a final, …

Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away With Murder

February 13th, 2018

The night before, Jerry Lee Lewis’ 5th wife died, she made a phone call to her Mom. She told her that she was thinking of leaving the rock and roll …

Disgraceland Season 1 Trailer

August 24th, 2017

DISGRACELAND is a new true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Jerry Lee Lewis’ 5th wife? Dead. Sam Cooke 3AM in a seedy motel? Dead. Sid and Nancy? Dead. Why? Because …

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