DISGRACELAND

You know the myths. You’ve seen the biopics. But if you’re the kind of music fan who craves the rest of the story—the stuff they buried or cleaned up for streaming and theaters—this is your podcast. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning show that reveals the deeply human, highly dramatic, true crime–fueled chaos behind legendary musicians like Amy Winehouse, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Grateful Dead, Blondie, and more. While we dig into the dark side, we do so with reverence for the artists—and an understanding of the extreme highs, lows, and personal costs that come with fame and making great art. This is music history like you’ve never heard it—edge-of-your-seat stories exploding with drama and the kind of information that’ll make you dangerous at dinner parties.

New, fully scripted and sound-designed episodes drop every Tuesday. On Thursdays, we hand the mic to you—and feature listener voicemails, texts, and emails in our interactive bonus episodes. And on Fridays, we revisit the wildest stories from our 250+ episode archive with “Rewind” drops that’ll transport you back into music history’s most entertaining moments.

DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast—it’s an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are occasionally fictionalized for dramatic effect, as is common in scripted entertainment based on real stories. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com.

To hear every episode ad-free––and get access to exclusive exclusive, bonus, and behind the scenes content––the stories they don't want you to hear—become a Disgraceland All Access member at www.disgracelandpod.com/membership.

Music
True Crime
Society & Culture
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The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet S...
35 min
327
David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arres...
38 min
328
Tupac Shakur Pt. 2: Life Behind Bars, Suge Knig...
28 min
329
Tupac Shakur Pt. 1: 1960s Radicalism Gives Way ...
32 min
330
Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolli...
40 min
331
Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravity ...
34 min
332
Selena: Tejano, Deception, and the Death of the...
41 min
333
The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen a...
37 min
334
Chet Baker: Heroin, Romance, Missing Teeth and ...
35 min
335
Ice-T: Crip Rhymes, a Cop Killer, Thieving Jewe...
37 min
336
The Rolling Stones Pt. 2: Swinging London, Stol...
34 min
337
Rolling Stones Pt. 1: Swinging London, a Prison...
32 min
338
Prince (Pt. 1): Dark Funk and Fentanyl
36 min
339
Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bag...
37 min
340
Nipsey Hussle: A Crenshaw Murder, Community Act...
31 min
341
Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rh...
40 min
342
Run DMC Pt. 1: Innovation, Evolution and the M...
37 min
343
Joe Exotic: Tiger King, Budding Country Star, C...
Joe Exotic, the gun toting, mullet wearing, polyamorous subject of the hit Netflix series, Tiger King was more than just a murder-minded conman. He could sing! You saw those videos. We did too. As a singer, Joe’s voice belied the tortured Everyman experience of some of the best country music crooners, hinting at deep trauma resulting from unspeakable loss, assault and violence. Most of which was for the most part, left on the cutting room floor of the popular Netflix series and is on display in this special Covid-19 bonus content episode of Disgraceland.
36 min
344
John Denver: A Folk Singer, a Sniper and Americ...
54 min
345
Little Richard: Sex and the Duality of the King...
Little Richard is the originator. Without him it’s hard to imagine the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elton John or even Led Zeppelin. He blazed a trail through popular culture that previous to him did not exist. His music was completely original for the time, the essence of rock ‘n’ roll, filled with impassioned energy, fueled at times by large quantities of drugs and always brimming with sex. The sex, the drugs, and the party for Little Richard, it was as endless as the manic energy that drove his music and it all nearly derailed him––several times––landing him behind bars and on the wrong side of the gun. 
39 min
346
Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a N...
44 min
347
Guns N’ Roses Pt. 2: Real life Rocket Queen, Ra...
38 min
348
Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juven...
37 min
349
The Beach Boys Pt. 2: Endless Bummer, Hollywood...
38 min
350
The Beach Boys Pt. 1: Endless Summer, LSD, Orgi...
41 min