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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E126 - Top 5 Britpop Albums (with Paul Laird)
Get ready for a spiffy new episode of Only Three Lads!  It's Brett's birthday, so what better way to celebrate than with one of his favourite O3L-era topics, Britpop.  In this Be Here Now-sized episode (c'mon, you Britpop kids get it!), relive the re...
110 min
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E125 - Top 5 Underrated Artists of the ’90s (wi...
This week, we're all about showing the love to the '90s artists that we feel are underrated.  Well, we're all about that, and talk sports, celebrity death matches, Finnish politics and classic Dr. Seuss characters...but we're mostly about underrated ...
97 min
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E124 - Top 5 ’90s Electronic Songs
Whether you spent the decade at the clubs covered in foam or not, electronic music was everywhere in the '90s.  Much like those foam parties, Uncle Gregg and Brett (aka DJ B-Var, aka Graham Cracker?!?) get wild, bubbly, frothy, and are naked from the...
56 min
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E123 - Top 5 Paul Weller Songs (with Terry Bank...
Sup up your beer and collect your, um, elk bagels (???) and meet us down at The Eatin' Rifles, as we gab about one of the greatest artists of the O3L era, Paul Weller with the marvelous Terry Banks from Dot Dash! Terry followed The Jam's career in r...
93 min
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E122 - Top 5 Psychedelic Albums (with Robert Se...
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream...or is it tune in, turn on, drop out? Either way, pour yourself a nutmeg tea and join us as we trip out, um, we mean discuss our Top 5 Psychedelic Albums of the O3L era. It's all in the mind!   Our...
92 min
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E121 - Top 5 Songs with Horns - Part 1 (with He...
**Please note: This is Part ONE of our two part episode.**   Yeah, we're brassed off this week...but in a good way, because this week we're back with a two-parter discussing our Top 5 Songs with Horns with one the loveliest guests we've ever had...
49 min
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E121 - Top 5 Songs with Horns - Part 2 (with He...
**NOTE: This is Part TWO of our two part episode.**   Yeah, we're brassed off this week...but in a good way, because this week we're back with a two-parter discussing our Top 5 Songs with Horns with one the loveliest guests we've ever had on, HE...
65 min
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E120 - Top 5 Party Starters
Who likes to rock the party, you ask? Why, that's a good question...because WE just so happen to like to rock the party!   Get ready for the wildest classic alternative rager ever, going down RIGHT NOW at Club O3L. Everyone is invited (except fo...
65 min
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E119 - Top 5 Albums of 1993
Brett and Uncle Gregg don't always agree on things, including the top albums of 1993.  But you know what they do agree on?  Gregg ruins everything! Love, Mr. Grumpypants This week's O3L Spotlight artist is Scottish indie pop institution The Orchids. ...
73 min
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E118 - Top 5 Songs of 1980
If YOU like piña coladas, then come with us and escape. Of course, even if you don't like piña coladas, you're still welcome, because this episode we cover our top songs from 1980. Yes, among the smooth soft rock, schmaltzy ballads and booty-bumpin'...
63 min
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E117 - Top 5 Hometown Heroes
Hey, hep cats!  This week, we celebrate our "homer picks" - the classic alternative era artists and bands from our respective areas who made an impact on us.  Uncle Gregg is representing "the Valley of the Sunstroke," Phoenix, AZ, while Brett is brin...
84 min
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E116 - Top 5 ’90s Punk Songs
Flurgy flurga...after an unexpected week off due to dang COVID, O3L is back! This episode, we're hanging out at the local Hot Topic to chat about our favorite punk "bangers" of the '90s. Of course, we also talk about a myriad of other stuff - bathro...
77 min
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E115 - Top 5 Albums of 1981
Atten-HUT! Join Laverne, Shirl, Squealy and the gang through a rip-roarin, time-travelin', pubis-hurtin' adventure back to the year 1981. It was the year of MTV...The Greatest American Hero...LASITA (c'mon, you kids know)...and a whole lotta great c...
81 min
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E114 - Gone But Not Forgotten (with Author/Musi...
"Reverent" isn't exactly a word that you usually associate with Only Three lads. But that's the best word to describe this week's episode, as we pay tribute to some of the dearly departed heroes of the O3L era. They may be gone...but they will never...
100 min
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E113 - O3L Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Welcome to the 1st Annual...oops, the Inaugural O3L Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.  Tired of your favorite classic alternative musicians getting the shaft in Cleveland?  Well, we're going to show some of these artists some love (and give you someth...
65 min
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E112 - Top 5 Scottish Albums, Part I (with JIM ...
**PART 1 of 2**   Aye, dinnae miss this one or well gie ye a skelpit lug! OK, we won't really, but we've got a special two parter for you this week, as we discuss our favourite Scottish albums with JIM SHEPHERD from The Jasmine Minks!   Aber...
56 min
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E112 - Top 5 Scottish Albums, Part II (with JIM...
  **PART 2 of 2**   Aye, dinnae miss this one or well gie ye a skelpit lug! OK, we won't really, but we've got a special two parter for you this week, as we discuss our favourite Scottish albums with JIM SHEPHERD from The Jasmine Minks!   Aberde...
89 min
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E111 - Cruel World Special
Hey, we know what you're thinking...is it next Tuesday already?!? Nope, but we're bringing you this one early, because we're getting excited for Cruel World - a festival geared towards classic alternative music lovers like us: new wavers, goths, punk...
52 min
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E110 - Label Spotlight: SST Records (with autho...
It's an O3L party!  We've got nothing better to do than listen to O3L and have a couple of brews (or ginger ales), because this week we discuss the ultimate American punk rock label, SST Records.  SST was founded in 1978 by Black Flag guitarist Greg ...
84 min
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E109 - Label Spotlight: Creation Records in the...
We go all the way back to the dawn of Creation for this one...that is, Creation Records.  This week, we celebrate Creation B.O. (Before Oasis) and the 69 amazing singles the classic UK indie released from their formation in 1983 through 1989. Creatio...
96 min
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E108 - Top 5 ’70s Punk Albums
Oi!  Get ready for the most anarchic O3L ever, as we dive into '70s punk albums this week.  Because we're so punk, you may want to send the kids away before listening to this one, because we talk about the outrageous things that we punks talk about: ...
68 min
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E107 - Top 5 Albums of 1979
1979...the greatest year for alternative music ever?!? As Exhibit A, we submit to the jury the fine list of '79 albums hand selected by Uncle Gregg, Brett and the Third Lads of the O3L Community.   Appearing this week is none other than The Scu...
69 min
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E106 - Top 5 American Power Pop Songs of the ’7...
In this week's sparkling, poptastic O3L, we tackle our Top 5 (mostly) American (mostly) Power Pop Songs of the '70s.   Our Third Lad is a true '70s Power Pop hero - singer, songwriter and guitarist from Pezband, Mimi Betinis. Pezband released t...
95 min
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O3L After Dark, Volume II
We had such a great time with Bill Goffrier from The Embarrassment and Big Dipper that we had to adjourn for a little while and reconvene after the sun went down.  And, if you recall our first After Dark micro-episode, we tend to go off the rails whe...
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E105 - Bonus - In Conversation with BILL GOFFRI...
Part two of the three part O3L extravaganza with the marvelous Bill Goffrier from The Embarrassment and Big Dipper! Hear nearly a half hour of our conversation with Bill that we couldn't fit into Episode 105.   Bill came up in the Wichita, KS punk ro...
47 min