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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E97 - Label Spotlight: 415 Records (with Bill K...
Always coming back for more O3L? Well, you're in luck, because this week we do our very first label spotlight on San Francisco's groundbreaking new wave label 415 Records. Through a series of classic independent releases and a subsequent distributio...
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E96 - Top 5 Soundtrack Albums (with Sarah Shay)
For an episode celebrating some of the best soundtrack albums of the O3L era, we're giving you a feature length episode that's *at least* as good as a movie about kidnapped truffle pigs! At the risk of offending all you truffle pig fans out there, w...
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E95 - Top 5 R.I.Y.L.
WARNING! This episode may not be suitable for sensitive listeners!
(While it's not exactly The Wiggles, we're actually just testing out Uncle Gregg's theory that more people will click on something when there's a warning message. Did it work!?!?)...
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E94 - Mt. Rushmore of O3L
This week, we have a little "dumb fun" and take a trip to the classic alternative monuments that we have erected in our minds. In this episode, we pick the five faces that we would put on our respective mountains. Five, you ask? Doesn't Mt. Rushmore...
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E93 - Top 5 Ska Songs (with Musician/Author Mar...
Hey you! Don't listen to that, listen to THIS!
In our Season 3 premiere, we get even ruder and skankier than usual...and we totally mean that in the ska way, because we kick off the new year by counting down our Top 5 Ska Songs of the O3L era....
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E92 - Top 5 Songs of 2021
Sure, there are a lot of parts of 2021 that we'd all like to make like a goldfish and forget. However, there were a lot of great songs that should be remembered and celebrated. That's exactly what we do in our Season 2 finale!
Meanwhile, Uncle...
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O3L Presents: ”That Holiday Feeling”
Merry Christmas from O3L! Thank you for all of your support this year - it means the world to us!
In this short bonus, Lad Brett shares the Vargo Family's 2021 Musical Christmas Card - a new original holiday tune called "That Holiday Feeling." The...
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E91 - Top 5 Albums of 2021 (with Ducks Ltd.)
This is part one of our Best of 2021 extravaganza, wherein we step out of the O3L era to discuss the albums that we're digging this year.
We've cooked up something very special for you this week - direct from Toronto, our special guests are the magn...
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E90 - O3L Holiday Party!
'Tis the season for the 2nd Annual O3L Holiday Party! All the fun, frivolity, games and music without the nasty hangover...or the Pentatonix.
Joining us for our party this year is an international group of friends - Julio from Mexico, Rebecca ...
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E89 - Top 5 Epic Songs
We kick off a fun filled December by counting down the EPIC songs of the O3L era (imagine some echo when you read that...it sounds much cooler that way). These are the 6+ minute long songs that riveted us, took us along on emotional journeys, and ma...
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E88 - Top 5 Songs of Gratitude
Haven't gotten your fill of O3L this week? Well, don't worry, because we're giving you a second helping!
With today being Thanksgiving and all, this special episode is all about gratitude. Amongst the things for which we are most grateful: the...
37 min
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E87 - Top 5 Duran Duran Songs
This week, we unleash our inner Durannie for an episode celebrating the Wild Boys themselves. D-Squared. Doo-ran Doo-ran. Da-Doo Ran Ran Ran Da-Doo Ran Ran. Birmingham's Finest. The Fab Five. OK, so before we run out of nicknames that the band ...
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E86 - Top 5 Albums of 1987 (with KILKENNY CATS)
You gotta have faith-uh, faith-uh, faith in O3L, because we're heading straight back to 1987 this week! So grab your crimping iron and acid washed jeans, and join us as we count down some of the finest classic alternative albums of the year.
We have...
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E85 - Top 5 Acoustic Songs (with Terry Draper f...
Calling occupants of most extraordinary songcraft...we are observing you...we are your friends. Get mellow and sensitive with O3L this week as we discuss our Top 5 Acoustic Songs.
We were very fortunate this week to have Third Lad Terry Draper from ...
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E85 - Bonus - O3L in Conversation with the Most...
Featuring over 30 minutes of material from our extended conversation with Terry Draper that did not appear in the main episode!
We were very fortunate this week to have Third Lad Terry Draper from Klaatu join us this week. In 1976, Klaatu let their ...
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E84 - Top 5 Goth & Darkwave Songs (with AMMO)
Release the bats! Halloween may be over, but this week O3L goes goth.
This week, we talk to the very talented goth/dreampop/shoegaze singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist AMMO about her goth/darkwave Top 5(-ish) list and her career, inc...
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E83 - Top 5 Instrumental Songs (with Armistead ...
This week, our picks are "talkin' loud and sayin' nothing" (in a good way), as we cover some of the finest instrumental tracks of the O3L era...and beyond!
Guess who's back?!? It's Armistead Wellford and Mike Richmond from the almighty Love Tractor....
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E82 - Top 5 Rap & Hip-Hop Albums (with DC Glenn...
Party people! Get ready for an O3L episode like you've never heard before. This week, we head into the world of rap & hip hop - and these are all albums that we think would appeal to classic alternative fans.
What a thrill it was to have hip-hop le...
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E82 Bonus - Learn How to Learn - In Conversatio...
This bonus episode contains our complete conversation with DC Glenn, aka DC the Brain Supreme!
What a thrill it was to have hip-hop legend DC Glenn, aka DC the Brain Supreme, from TAG TEAM as our special guest this week! With his musical partner Ste...
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E81 - Top 5 Collaborations
Uncle Gregg and Brett. Laurel and Hardy. Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat. Sometimes, beautiful art can come out of the power of collaboration. This week, the Lads tackle the best collaborations of the classic alternative era. And, as they say, it's ...
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E81 Bonus - O3L After Dark
Put on your smoking jacket and pour yourself a stiff drink, because this is O3L After Dark.
We recorded Episode 81 late at night (which is unusual for us...we usually do the show in the morning when we're fresh and pure), so things got a little stran...
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E80 - Top 5 Songs of 1999 (with Steven Morgan)
We were dreaming when we wrote this, forgive us if it's goes astray...
This week, join The Boy With The Golden Ears and The Rocktor as we count down our top five songs from the year 1999. Yes, it was the year of Britney, Xtina, boy bands, braided ch...
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E79 - Top 5 Then & Now (with Mike Hipple)
Remember those old "Where Are They Now?" shows where they track down superstars from the past, only to find that they're now flipping burgers to support their smack habit? Yeah, we do too...but that's not what we're talking about this episode. Inst...
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E78 - Top 5 Nirvana Songs
Here we are now...so let us entertain YOU! This week, we switch gears to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of one of the seminal albums of the '90s, Nirvana's Nevermind by counting down our top five tracks by the Seattle legends.
As is befitting in an ...
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E77 - Top 5 Single Artist Compilation Albums
Dust off yer ol' Best of Matthew Wilder album, because this week Uncle Gregg and Brett chew the phat (yeah, that's P-H-A-T, yo!) on some of their favorite classic alternative compilation albums. We did Various Artists compilations in a previous epis...
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