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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E76 - Top 5 #1 Hits of the ‘80s
This week, we count down the classic alternative songs that went straight to the toppermost of the poppermost on some chart, somewhere in the world in the 1980s. Yowsah, this was a tough one...
Because we have a hard time focusing sometimes, we al...
57 min
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E75 - Top 5 Album Openers
Привет, товарищи! How's that for an opening?!? No?? OK, well, we promise that you'll like our lists better, because this week we celebrate some of the best opening tracks of the O3L era. A great album has everything in the right place, and it all...
68 min
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E74 - Top 5 Albums of 1975
The lads quantum leap back to the year of 1975 A.D. to save the world from the evil clutches of Captain & Tennille. Yep, they're just a couple of private dicks (that means detectives, by the way, kids) on a covert mission to dig up some of the best ...
61 min
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E73 - Top 5 Dormroom Essentials
OK, boomers! Take a seat in the back of lecture hall, because O3LU is in session. Brett takes a break from his son's college move-in to hang out with Uncle Gregg to discuss the essentials for any self-respecting college kid's dormroom. And, no, we...
68 min
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E72 - Top 5 Albums of 1984
hhhhHHHHHHHello, hhhhhhhhHHHHHello again! Sit down, pop open a Bartles & Jaymes and spend some time with your friends at O3L. This week, Uncle Gregg and Brett discuss some of the absolutely sublime albums that came out in 1984...and it really was o...
69 min
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E71 - Top 5 Basslines (with Funkboy)
This one's for all of you with a fine appreciation for the bottom end...of music, you sickos! Join us for a funktastic voyage celebrating some of the best basslines of the classic alternative era.
Our special guest lad this week is Ivan "Funkboy" Bo...
76 min
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E70 - Top 5 Beatlesque Songs (with RAY PAUL)
Bea·tlesque | \ ˌbē-tᵊl-ˈesk \: of, relating to, or suggestive of the musical style or technique of the Beatles
O3L discussing their favorite songs inspired by the sound and spirit of the Fab Four? Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Our special guest th...
71 min
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E70 - Bonus - In Conversation with RAY PAUL!
This special bonus episode features our extended conversation with RAY PAUL. You will not want to miss these amazing stories of rock n' roll's past!
Our special guest this week is a progenitor of power pop, a fine purveyor of Beatlesque bops, RAY...
86 min
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O3L Presents Best of Guests
"Vacation, had to get away." Brett and Uncle Gregg did some summer traveling this past week, but we're not going to leave you empty handed! Instead, we've cooked up a very special episode, culling some of our favorite stories and moments with our p...
33 min
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E69 - Top 5 Songs of 1998
Hey bruhs, what episode is it?? That's right...69, dudes! Join us for Gregg & Brett's Excellent Adventure, as we hop in the phone booth time machine and dial up the year 1998. The year of Celine Dion, auto tune, boy bands...and a whole lotta great...
58 min
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E68 - Top 5 American Bands
Do you like American music? We like American music, baby!
The 4th of July may be over, but the party's not! We're comin' to your town, and we will, by all counts, help you party it down. This week, Brett and Uncle Gregg celebrate the best classic ...
61 min
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E67 - Top 5 Albums of 1977 (with ANDY STRICKLAND)
1977: The Year Two Sevens Clashed. The Year Punk Broke. The Year Everyone Caught Saturday Night Fever. Whatever you call it, it was arguably the single most important and revolutionary year of the O3L era.
This week, Uncle Gregg and Brett disc...
65 min
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E67 Bonus - In Conversation with ANDY STRICKLAN...
You do not want to miss our SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE featuring our extended conversation with Andy Strickland. This one has everything you could want in a rock & roll story, kids. The early days of Creation! A #1 hit! Radio and TV appearances! Onstage b...
48 min
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E66 Bonus - In Conversation with Hugo Burnham f...
We're not only Lads, we're also Dads...so we took the Father's Day weekend to spend with our kids, but don't worry, we're not going to leave you without a new O3L! We had such an incredible time with HUGO BURNHAM from GANG OF FOUR that there was far...
46 min
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E66 - Top 5 Drummers (with HUGO BURNHAM from GA...
“The change will do you good/I always knew it would." This week, Only Three Lads is a gang of four. That is, for our discussion on our Top 5 Drummers, we are joined by one of the most legendary and influential drummers of the O3L era, Hugo Burnham f...
62 min
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E65 - Top 5 Female Fronted Bands
Hold on, because the Lads tackle their top bands with women at the helm. Celebrating the classic, the groundbreaking, the influential, and the underappreciated.
Speaking of great female fronted bands, O3L congratulates The Go-Go's on their ind...
63 min
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E64 - Top 5 Songs of 1984
Beware the savage roar...of 1984. This week, we cover the best of this most excellent of years in the classic alternative era. And, added bonus - Bueno's back! We discuss his journey to the BIG3 basketball league tryouts, how he may (or may not) h...
63 min
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E63 - Top 5 Short Songs (with Linda Hopper from...
What time is it? It's APT (Athens Party Time), y'all, because we're hanging out with the magnificent LINDA HOPPER from OH-OK and MAGNAPOP to discuss some of our favorite short songs of the O3L era. So grab a White Claw or some Willie Weed, sit back ...
71 min
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E63 - Bonus - In Conversation With Linda Hopper...
We had such a great time with Linda Hopper that we couldn't fit everything into just one show! Linda shares some amazing stories from her career from coming up in the early '80s Athens scene with Oh-OK, through to the heady '90s alt-rock with Magn...
49 min
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E62 - Top 5 Joy Division Songs (with Mark Cline...
On the day of this episode's "transmission", it is 41 years to the day that we lost Ian Curtis. We celebrate the music of Joy Division this week, one of the most influential and important bands of the O3L era. Playing the role of Bueno this week, w...
63 min
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E61 - Top 5 Oddball Albums
Our oddest episode yet (question mark???)...you be the judge. For starters, we discuss the Oddball Albums of the classic alternative era - the eccentric, the weird, the daring left turns, the unloved, the underappreciated, the groundbreaking, the so...
76 min
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E60 - Top 5 Albums of 1991
Coming soon to a podcast near you! O3L Media presents: Cool Like O3L. The year is 1991. A grungy slacker who may or may not actually be your uncle. A troubled hoodrat from the mean streets of suburban Poway. A young medical prodigy with a taste f...
75 min
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E59 - Top 5 Cure Songs
We've got a fever...and the only cure is more CURE!
Join us for Only Three (Imaginary) Lads this week.
In the O3L world, The Cure are as important an institution as any. During this special episode, we celebrate the music and legacy of R...
62 min
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E58 - Top 5 Workout Songs
In this very special crossover O3L, we discuss our Top 5 Workout Songs with the very REAL medical professional Dr. Don Sharnowski. Dr. Don is one of the leading experts in the wellness field, but he's also a dear friend of the show and a huge clas...
91 min
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E57 - Top 5 New Wave Songs
Like, gag us with a spoon! It was a totally gnarly topic this week. Join the Lads and their fake new wave bands, The Highscore Kids, Hooper Dream, and VHS Lazer (pew-pew-pew), as they attempt to count down their Top 5 New Wave Songs.
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70 min