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Episode Fifty Nine – What Would Eddie’s KISS Makeup Have Been?

One of the most important questions of the 20th century. If Gene Simmons had poached Eddie Van Halen for KISS, what would Eddie’s makeup have been?

Also addressing who actually is ‘the hottest band in the world’? And what would happen if KISS jumped off a bridge?

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Episode Fifty Seven – Uncle Swam Wants You

Young Southpaw examines the dangerous world of synchronized swimming, especially when elephants and idioms get involved, as well as how the Van Halen reunion affected the Greek gods

Taking in “shooting the breeze”, Fleetwood Mac, The White Stripes, David Lee Roth, Dumbo, & more

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Episode Fifty Five – William ‘Ouro’ Burroughs

Does the Ouroboros ever take its tail out of its mouth to make prank phone calls? Would it & Jennifer Love Hewitt make the ultimate buddy film? And how would Tom Hanks play into the ensemble?

Taking in Party Of Five, The Godfather, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Wooly Bully, William Burroughs, Van Halen, Splash, Bosom Buddies, Newhart, Friends, Jennifer Aniston, Greek mythology, and much more

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Episode Forty Eight – Just So Aquariums

Was the Warrant song ‘Cherry Pie’ about Rudyard Kipling? Did Anthony Burgess write a Mowgli & Gizmo buddy movie? Shouldn’t Van Halen’s ‘Unchained’ be in every film ever made? And what does the backyard aquarium business have to do with all this?

Taking in George Orwell, Albert Camus, Kingsley Amis, Van Halen of course, Cast Away, INXS, and much more

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Episode Forty Seven – A Russian, A Pushkin

Would Morrissey and Marr have liked nothing more than for Canadian power rock trio Rush to cover ‘Push’ by The Cure? What Rush covers do The Cure do live in their 3+ hour sets? And finally ‘Geddy Lee Roth’

Taking in Mary Poppins, Dollywood, Strangeways, Here We Come, and more

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Episode Forty Five – Why Wasn’t Spuds Mackenzie In Wilson Phillips?

Well, why wasn’t he? Or in Bowie’s band? And why wasn’t Jon Pertwee? Young Southpaw explores these and other questions as well as contemplating the idea of perhaps the ultimate supergroup of Van Halen, George Clinton, Wilson Phillips, and everybody’s favourite 80’s beer-toting canine, Spuds Mackenzie.

Taking in One Day At A Time, David Bowie, Diamond Dogs, Pin Ups, Iggy Pop, Beach Boys, Doctor Who, The Replacements, and much more

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Episode Forty Three – Those Crying Restaurants

“You can’t be breaking up bands just to make salad dressing you know?…All musicians should probably learn that early on, save themselves a lot of pain…”

Young Southpaw searches for the band with the most salad dressing-esque name. At times he is quite horrified with what he finds, while also uncovering a wealth of possibilities

Taking in Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Fishbone, salad, Salad, New Order, The Replacements, Goldfrapp, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, The Teardrop Explodes, Van Halen, Guided By Voices, The Glove, The Cure, Afghan Whigs, Dinosaur Jr., G Love & Special Sauce, Poison, Pavement, Lonely Island, Future Islands, and a whole lot more

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Episode Thirty Nine – Schrödinger’s Halen

We all know that Joy Division were an incredibly powerful band, but did any of us realize that they might have become both New Order & Dokken at the same time?

Taking in The Shaize, Van Halen, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Bears, Human League, Buzzcocks, Atomic Kitten, Portugal, The Cure, and much more

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