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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E157 - Top 5 Jangle Pop Songs
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E156 - Top 5 Best Sequenced Albums (with Jan Bu...
We make sure everything is in its right place this week, because we're talking about the albums with the best track sequencing. Like a great book or movie, a great record has an artistically satisfying beginnin...
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E155 - Top 5 Albums of 1978 (with Jim Basnight ...
This week, we take a look back at the incredible albums of 1978. In a year when Uncle Gregg was just playing with his squeezebox and Brett was gettin' down to Sesame Street Fever, our Third Lad Jim Basnight was right in the thick of the Seattle musi...
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O3L - E154 - Top 5 Vince Clarke Songs
When it comes to Vince Clarke, we just can't get enough (was that too obvious?). So "don't go" anywhere (how 'bout that one?)!
Born Vincent John Martin on July 3, 1960 in South Woodford, Essex, England, Vince Clarke is a classically trained musician...
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E153 - Top 5 Animal Songs (with Graham Kemp fro...
This week, we unleash the beasts and spotlight songs that reference animals in the title...for example, the 1997 UK Top 40 hit "Hello Tiger" by Scottish lo-fi indie rock band band Urusei Yatsura. It's a happy coincidence, then, that our Third Lad ...
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E152 - Top 5 Spacy Songs
Oh my stars! This week, we get totally far out as we discuss some of our top songs of the era with a space theme. It's totally out of this world.
We cover a lot of ground...or space, as the case may be, since we determined that we've traveled hundr...
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E151 - Top 5 Four Letter Words (and Uncle Gregg...
#$@% yeah, it's another ^#%* episode of Only Three Lads! And it's Uncle Gregg's $#!@-tastic birthday, and he'll ^@$& if he wants to!
This week, we use a lot of four letter words...but it's not nearly as tawdry as you think. We're covering songs wit...
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E150 - Top 5 Album Deep Cuts 1980-84, Volume II...
For our landmark 150th episode, we bring you an episode that made Brett so giddy that he nearly piddled. That's right, folks, our Third Lad this week is none other than Phil Wilson from seminal UK indie pop band The June Brides.
During their initi...
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E149 - Top 5 Trios (with the Monkey Power Trio)
Three is a magic number, yes it is...and good thing it is, because this week we take a look at our top musical trios of the O3L era.
Appropriately enough, our Third Lads are The Monkey Power Trio (who are actually five guys, but we only got three of ...
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E148 - Top 5 Songs of 1985 (with Bob Collins & ...
A-HA! We go "back to the future" to 1985 to discuss our Top 5 Songs from that incredible year. In many ways, 1985 was the heart of the BIG 80s...big hair, big, loud day-glo imagery, big booming snare drums, big synth sounds, big hits. On the other...
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E147 - Top 5 UK Glam & Glitter Songs (with Jeff...
Hey, all you young (and not-so-young) dudes. electric warriors, starmen, and foxes on the run! If UK glam rock is your bag, then you'll definitely want to feel this noize and get it on with these 20th century boys. Put on your electric boots and mo...
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E146 - Top 5 Guitar Riffs (with Photographer Ma...
What's the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase "guitar riff"? Big, stadium filling, wall-rattling riffs like "Smoke On The Water", "Whole Lotta Love", "Iron Man" or "Brown Sugar"? Well, even if they're not as instantly recognizable as ...
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E145 - Top 5 EPs & Mini-Albums (with PAUL HANDY...
Hurrah! It's a brand new O3L, where we discuss our Top 5 EPs & Mini-Albums with singer/songwriter Paul Handyside. We love the EP, or Extended Play, perched somewhere in between a traditional single and a full length album. Sometimes they compile a...
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E144 - Top 5 Bowie Songs (with Julian Shah-Tayler)
It's time to kick off our 4th Golden Year in Fashion! For our Season Premiere, the two not-so-Young Americans (uhhhhh, Dusty Satellites & Dani Turquoise) are joined by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Julian Shah-Tayler. If it wasn'...
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O3L Flashback - E55 - Top 5 Guitar Heroes (with...
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week! We conclude our flashback series by bringing our most popular episode yet back into circulation, the "main" episode of our three p...
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O3L Flashback - E50 - Top 5 Debut Albums (with ...
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week! We had to do something cool for our 50th episode, and we can't think of anything cooler than having the Queen of Cool, Vanessa Bri...
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O3L Flashback - E43 - Top 5 Flashback Favorites...
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week! We head to our super special Season 2 premiere, where we welcomed one of the most recognizable and legendary voices in alternative...
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O3L Flashback - E37 - Top 5 Female Singers
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week! Today, it's Season 1, Episode 37, where we had a lot of fun saluting the ladies of the classic alternative era - the trailblazers ...
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O3L Flashback - E29 - Top 5 Various Artist Comp...
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week! Today, it's Season 1, Episode 29, where
we discuss our Top 5 Various Artist Compilation Albums, and we've come up with (to quote a...
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O3L Flashback - E24 - Top 5 Albums of 1985
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week! Season 1, Episode 24 was originally released on July 28, 2020, and it's one of those "off the rails" episodes. Aside from discuss...
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O3L Flashback - E15 - Top 5 Bassists (with Robe...
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week!
Today we bring you Season 1, Episode 15, originally released on May 26, 2020. The episode contains excerpts from our interview wi...
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O3L Flashback - E1 - Top 5 Albums 1974-99
As we get ready for Season 4's launch, take a journey back to some of our earliest episodes during O3L Flashback Week! First up is the very beginning - Season 1, Episode 1, originally released on February 12, 2020. Ah, the world was so innocent bac...
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E143 - Top 5 Songs of 2022 (with Tallies)
In our Season 3 finale, we spend another week outside of the normal O3L era to discuss our Top 5 Songs of 2022. Not only that, but we have something really special for you, as our Third Lads this week are Sarah Cogan and Dylan Frankland from Toronto...
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E142 - Top 5 Albums of 2022
This week, Uncle Gregg and Brett step out of the classic alternative era to discuss their Top 5 Albums of 2022. Anything goes...and it does!
The Lads also play an informal game of "Have Yourself a Creepy Little Christmas" (Note from Gregg: Brett do...
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E141 - 3rd Annual O3L Holiday Party!
'Tis the season...for the 3rd Annual O3L Holiday Party, in which we invite members from the listener community to join us the recording of a special holiday themed episode. Joining us this year: Paul from Stockton, CA; Tony from Mira Loma, CA; Julio...
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