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 - E138 - Top 5 Albums of 1989 (with Ian Wri...
We've done the maths: Episode 138 is filled with a whopping (and quite coincidental) 138 minutes of "enjoyable weirdness."
Joining us to discuss the Top 5 Albums of 1989 is the singer/songwriter/guitarist from London's The Jack Rubies, Ian ...
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E137 - Top 5 Songs of 1979 (with David Newton f...
Oi, you happy heads! Jump on the rollercoaster and head straight into the heart of love, because this week we're turning the songs of 1979 inside out! With 1979 being arguably THE greatest year for songs within the O3L era, these are definitely the ...
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E136 - Top 5 Sad Songs (with Glenn Donaldson fr...
We're not crying...YOU'RE crying! We're just cutting leeks or something.
As Sir Elton John once sang, "sad songs say so much." Gee whiz, you hit that particular nail on the head, El. This week, the Lads ruminate on some of the saddest, most so...
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E135 -Top 5 ’70s American Punk Albums (with Aut...
This week, O3L is comin' at you L.A.M.F.! (Oh, that's Los Angeles Milk Family, of course...)
We're talking American punk rock in the '70s. Our Third Lad this week is not only someone who experienced the music firsthand, but was one of the writers w...
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Only Three Lads - Trailer
Only Three Lads is a fun, lively music commentary podcast celebrating the Golden Age of Alternative Music from 1974 - 1999. Each week, Uncle Gregg and Brett Vargo (and, in our earlier episodes, Bueno) run down their Top 5 lists for a different episo...
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E134 - The O3L Halloween Special
Happy Halloween! If you didn't get your fill of O3L this week (which strangely tastes similar to circus peanuts), here's a fun-size O3L Halloween Special. Uncle Gregg and Brett bring you their Top 5 songs to add to your spooky playlist. It's spooo...
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E133 - Top 5 Honest Songs (with author Allison ...
"Honesty is hardly ever heard." - Billy Joel
Don't worry, we're not going all Billy Joel on you, but this week we're talking about the songs where honesty is heard loud and clear.
True to this week's theme, we are elated to be joined by the brillian...
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E132 - Top 5 Midwestern Bands, Part I (with Jef...
This is PART ONE of our conversation with the great Jeff Murphy from Shoes. Stay tuned for the second part where we get into our Top 5 lists!
Of course, we travel all over the musical and geographical map on O3L. This week, we stop firmly in the ...
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E132 - Top 5 Midwestern Bands, Part II (with Je...
This is PART TWO of our conversation with the great Jeff Murphy from Shoes, where we get into our Top 5 lists. If you haven't already, make sure to check out the first part for much more!
Of course, we travel all over the musical and geographical ...
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E131 - Top 5 Album Deep Cuts 1980-84
Put on your spelunking gear and go deep into some of the classic albums of the O3L era. This week, we're picking out some album tracks on well-loved records that weren't plucked as singles, played to death on the radio, or endlessly compiled.
Al...
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E130 - Top 5 ’80s Power Pop Songs (with Renee S...
Get ready for a powerful O3L...and not just because we're talking about '80s power pop. This week, we are very pleased to welcome Renee Schyjer, wife, muse and soulmate of rockin', rollin', power-poppin', wild feline frontman Freddy Moore.
W...
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E129 - Top 5 Athens Albums (with Bob Hay from S...
Well, we've finally gone and done it! After spending multiple episodes last season digging into Athens, GA music with some of the scene's most pivotal figures, the Randomizer has decided that it's time to dedicate an entire episode to the Classic (A...
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E128 - Top 5 Royal Songs
45 minutes! "Concise" isn't usually the word that you'd use to describe O3L, but this week we bring you a concise episode that's almost live. This one was recorded, edited, produced and published mere hours before release. Anything goes...
This ...
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E127 - Top 5 Punk Singers (with Matt Dell)
How punk is this week's episode, you ask?
First of all, the Third Lad this week is Matt Dell. Matt was the singer for Canadian pop/punk band I've Got Gloria, and is now a full-time, evidence-based vocal coach and music teacher with Registers Music. ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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'...
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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...
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