Podcast #30, “Classic Rock Doesn’t Have to Suck”

classic-rock-graphjamDespite the idea seeming to be antithetical to the whole “punk” idea of this podcast, we’d like to show that (despite what annoying crusty punx might tell you) classic rock doesn’t have to suck. There are classic rock acts that have managed to write stuff that will rock you, and we uphold the rock in all its forms on Sunglasses After Dark.

Seriously, just because the Eagles suck doesn’t mean you have to write off everything prior to 1977. Year Zero is a bit much, sometimes. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy the music we’ve got here, and let it expand your horizons a bit. I did this as a four-hour freeform on KJHK several years back with nothing but Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, and Thin Lizzy, and that was frickin’ great, so fifteen bands should be five times more entertaining, right?

I hope so. Hey – if nothing else, I have a LOT of opinions on these songs and bands, and I express them quite fervently in this week’s episode.

Podcast #31, “Classic Rock Doesn’t Have to Suck”
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