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DisinfectAuthor: Matt Diehl, Maurice Bernstein
Disinfect finds acclaimed music journalist Matt Diehl and career crate digger Maurice Bernstein joining forces to air out musics worst songs disinfecting stinking sacred cows to the most godawful guilty pleasures. Language: en Genres: Music, Music Commentary, Music History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Van Halen III – Misunderstood Masterpiece, Monolithic Misfire, Or Both? (Special Guest: Brad Tolinski, author of Eruption: Conversations With Eddie Van Halen )
Episode 11
Thursday, 3 February, 2022
“Van Halen III” remains the most derided – and endlessly debated – album from its namesake band and late, great guitar god. Reeling from a series of tragedies – including the exit of Van Halen’s hitmaking singer, Sammy Hagar – Eddie Van Halen joined with new vocalist Gary Cherone of Extreme to redefine the band in his own image. The results proved to be one of the most notorious commercial and critical disasters in pop-music history. But is “Van Halen III” as bad as its reputation? To find out, “Disinfect” went to the edge with special guest Brad Tolinski – leading Van Halen expert and author of the acclaimed “Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen.”
