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 Presents: The Vargo Family Christmas Album
In this bonus episode, Lad Brett premieres his new album "The Vargo Family Christmas Album."  This is a compilation of original holiday tunes that the Vargo family has recorded between 2013-2020.  Includes the new song "Light Up The World" and 11 oth...
47 min
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O3L -E41 - Only Three Lads Holiday Special!
Oi to the world!  Happy Holidays from Only Three Lads!  For this very special episode, we not only cover our Top 5 Holiday Songs from the classic alternative era...but we invited the O3L Community to join us!  Five oh-so-lucky listeners were able to ...
71 min
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O3L - E40 - Top 5 Songs of 1982
OK, so can we just agree that 1982 was one of the greatest years ever for classic alternative music?  The Lads came up with some doozies this week!  Aside from discussing some of the best songs that the year had to offer, we talk video games, snortin...
59 min
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O3L - E39 - Top 5 One Hit Wonders
"And it's here where our journey through time begins, to exhume that rarest of pop cadavers...the One Hit Wonder."  On this episode, the lads celebrate the best of the one hit wonders of the classic alternative era - the songs that stormed the charts...
60 min
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O3L - E38 - Top 5 Songs of 1992
Happy Thanksgiving from O3L!  Or, if you're not listening on release day and/or not in the U.S., Happy Whatever Day It Is!  Regardless, in this crazy year, we are most grateful for YOU, dear listener.  This episode is filled with intrigue and mystery...
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O3L - E37 - Top 5 Female Singers
Let's hear it for the girls!  This week, the Lads salute the Ladies of the classic alternative era - the trailblazers and the legends.    Along the way, we cover Bueno's celebrity crushes, Jepheads and Blinks, and debut our hot new country jam "Gotta...
69 min
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O3L Presents: You Weren't Supposed To Hear That!
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at O3L?  Oh...you haven't?!?  Well, in this mini bonus episode, we open up the show vaults and give you a taste of the stuff that you were never meant to hear.  As such, this one definitely earns its "Explic...
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O3L - E36 - Top 5 Depeche Mode Songs
Just Can't Get Enough O3L?  I Feel You, it's a Strangelove that people feel for us.  People Are People, after all.  If you are Somebody who hasn't listened to the Only Three Lads podcast yet, it was just A Question Of Time.  So now you'll have Someth...
47 min
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O3L - E35 - Top 5 Songs of 1989
Iiiiit's alright, cuz you're saved by O3L! Hey gang...This week, the lads travel back to the heady days of 1989 to discuss their Top 5 classic alternative songs from that year. You'd better hurry before Mr. Bueno puts us all into detention!   In...
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O3L - E34 - Top 5 Albums That Should Be in Ever...
In this supersized episode of O3L, we offer our choices for the foundation of any self-respecting alternative music collection. We looked at it this way - if we were going to guide a young person to the music of the O3L era, what would we recommend a...
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O3L - E33 - Top 5 Albums of 1982
Back in '82, Bueno could have thrown a basketball over them mountains...   Turn on your heartlight and relive the classic alternative albums of 1982.  After this episode, you'll want to phone home...to tell your friends about O3L!  
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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!
56 min
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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...
62 min
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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...
57 min
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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...
70 min
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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...
55 min
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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...
56 min
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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 ...
61 min
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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...
57 min