Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative...
Only Three Lads is a lively podcast celebrating the Golden Age of Alternative Music from the '70s, '80s & '90s. Join Uncle Gregg, Brett Vargo, and a variety of ”Third Lads” as we share our Top Fives, stories, and news about the music we love, and have a lot of fun along the way! Whether you‘re into indie, punk, new wave, Britpop, power pop, synth pop, shoegaze, grunge...or whatever...there is going to be something for you to discover and love. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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O3L - E32 - Top 5 Debut Singles
Because you always remember the first time...this week, the lads discuss their Top 5 Debut Singles from the Golden Age of Alternative.
Only Three Gramps, brought to you by [insert random geriatric product here]. It's a weal wiot, we promise you!
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O3L - E31 - Top 5 Songs of 1976
1976: A Roar Like You've Never Heard Before!
This week, the Lads capture the Spirit of '76 with some AMAZING songs. The highly advanced 2-year-old Brett beams his list to the future, Uncle Gregg gets a little "Brett Weird," and Bueno just wants to...
60 min
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O3L - E30 - Top 5 Graduation Year Songs
This week, the lads travel back to share their Top 5 songs from the high school graduation years - 1977, 1988, and 1992.
Graduating at the top of the class at O3L High:
- Brett, "Most Likely to Earn a Fake PhD in Music Nerdery"
- Uncle...
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O3L - E29 - Top 5 Various Artist Compilations
Hey kids! O3L Records presents all of your favorite groovy hits on one long playing podcast. You get 29 Original Episodes by the 3 Original Lads!
This episode, we discuss our Top 5 Various Artist Compilation Albums, and we've come up with (to q...
60 min
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O3L - E28 - Top 5 Songs of 1981
Why, thank you for noticing how gritty and topical we've gotten lately. We feel it's our duty to both entertain AND educate. Therefore, we're gonna share part of the screenplay for the very first O3L After School Special:
[Son is sitting on hi...
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O3L - E27 - Top 5 Albums of 1998
Do you belieeeve in life after O3L? We sure don't, because near, far, wherever you are...O3L will go on and on. In case you haven't caught on by now, this week we're taking the O3L spaceship back to 1998. And we think we've really outdone ourselve...
67 min
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O3L - E26 - Top 5 Non-Album Singles
We celebrate half a year worth of episodes with our Top 5 Non-Album Singles. You know, those great standalone singles that didn't find a home on an album. They're like little gifts from the artist to the fan.
You know what else is a gift? The ...
58 min
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O3L - E25 - Top 5 One Word Bands & Bueno Birthd...
Happy Birthday, Bueno! Let your freak flag fly.
This episode, we celebrate the one word man known as Bueno, and our top one word bands of the O3L era. One word bands - lazy...or just plain resourceful? You make the call. Join Bueno, Brett & Unc...
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O3L - E24 - Top 5 Albums of 1985
You're gonna have to face it...you're addicted to O3L. And that's OK, because we're here to give you your weekly fix. Yeah, we're enablers. This episode, we hop in the Delorean and set the Flux Capacitor for 1985. Aside from discussing some of th...
56 min
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O3L - E23 - Top 5 Synth Pop Songs
THE ROBOTS ARE TAKING OVER! In this episode, the lads count down the songs of the past that sound like the future...or something like that. That's right, we're talking about our top synth pop songs of the O3L era, and it's a fun 'un!
Now, kids, g...
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O3L - E22 - Top 5 Final Albums
Ahh, parting is such sweet sorrow. (Because we're basically on the same level as Shakespeare, we can quote him.) Sometimes a band or artist's swan song is tragic. Sometimes it's a real stinker. Sometimes it's pure magic...and that's what is discu...
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O3L - E21 - Top 5 Albums of 1995
So there was this one time when Uncle Gregg was at a pool party with The Cranberries...
Join Brett, Uncle Gregg and Bueno for a ride back to 1995, as they run through their Top 5 alternative albums from that halcyon days of yore. As Charles Nelson...
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O3L - E20 - Top 5 Artists from 1974-1979
OK, so are we going address the gorilla in the room? No, seriously, are we? In this episode, the lads count down their Top 5 Artists from those heady years of 1974-79, and Bueno pays tribute to his late friend, legendary DJ Jack Armstrong. It's a ...
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O3L - E19 - Top 5 '80s Punk Albums
Oi! Episode 19 of Oi-3-L celebrates those subversive '80s punk records. And fair warning...we get pretty topical in this episode, giving the ol' two finger salute to a number of the things that have been bugging us. Rotary phones. Shampoo commercials...
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O3L - E18 - Top 5 Summer Songs
Hey Moondoggie, let's hop into the O3L Woody and hit the beach! Tune in your AM dial* to the sweet sounds of O3L, as Dr. Brett**, Uncle Gregg, and Bueno discuss their Top 5 Summer Songs from the golden age of alternative. It's a totally tubular rid...
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O3L - E17 - Top 5 Albums of 1980
Dear Mr. Kotter,
Please excuse Juan as he is listening to the Only Three Lads episode on the Top 5 Albums of 1980.
Signed, Epstein's Mother
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O3L - E16 - Top 5 Album Closers
Heavens to Murgatroyd! It's a new episode of O3L, even. Climb aboard the spaceship as Bueno, Brett and Uncle Gregg count down their Top 5 Album Closers - the songs that provide the perfect finish to a great record. This was a fun one, kids...and w...
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O3L - E15 Bonus - Robert Vickers of The Go-Betw...
Brett Vargo chats with one of his favorite bassists of all time, the marvelous Robert Vickers from The Go-Betweens. Here is the complete interview - Robert shares his Top 5 Bassists and those who influenced him, The Monkees, the Australian punk scen...
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O3L - E15 - Top 5 Bassists (with Robert Vickers...
Ya mon! In an episode that's "Taylor Made" for Uncle Gregg, this episode is all about the bass...and terrible island accents. Join Uncle Gregg, Bueno and Brett as they get funky with their Top 5 Bassists of the golden age of alternative music. But...
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O3L - E14 - Top 5 Underrated Artists of the '80s
Curly fries? Overrated, according to Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes. The band Japan? Underrated...although we didn't pick 'em during this episode. Come on, we wouldn't let you off that easy with a spoiler alert! Join Brett, Uncle Gregg, and Knuck...
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O3L - E13 - Top 5 Songs of 1983
Ohh yeah! Like, you should *totally* check this episode out. In Episode 13 (unlucky for some), Bueno, Brett and Uncle Gregg look back on their top songs of 1983 - and what a great year it was. Spoiler alert: They all picked Matthew Wilder's "Break...
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O3L - E12 - Top 5 Songs of 1994
We're getting crazy with the Cheez Whiz! And who knows? Maybe we'll break out the pimento spread too. In this episode of O3L, Uncle Gregg, Brett and Bueno dissect the Top 5 songs of 1994. It was a great year for alternative music, as you may (or ...
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O3L - E11 - Top 5 Songs of 1975
Hop in the O3L time travelin' spaceship set for the year 1975. Join Bueno, Uncle Gregg and Brett as we discuss our Top 5 songs from 45(!) years ago. While there is no disco on our lists, we do assure you that there is jive talkin' aplenty in this ep...
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O3L - E10 - Top 5 Live Albums
Is it live...or is it O3L? Well, actually it's both, because in this episode, Brett, Bueno and Uncle Gregg discuss their Top 5 Live Albums of the O3L era. Meanwhile, Gregg unleashes his inner Scott Bakula, Bueno makes a marriage proposal, and Brett...
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O3L - E9 - Top 5 Albums That Beat The Sophomore...
Have you ever become obsessed with a band's first album and feverishly awaited the follow-up...only to be wildly disappointed? Yeah, we've all been there! For example, did you know that Menswear even released a second album? Mind blown! Oh wait, ...
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