Episode 17
Chris is joined by Punchline guitarist Trevor to discuss the first 70's song to appear on the show, the absolutely infectious Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest. Trevor gives a detailed breakdown of the song instrument by instrument, discusses the many versions of the song and debate if either of them have actually danced in the moonlight before.
Episode 16
This week Chris is joined by one of his oldest friends Tony who breaks down the unexpected summer hit "Rude" by Magic! Did you know Chris sang this to someone once? Did you know there's a dark origin to the song? Did you know this reggae band is originally from Canada? Listen and find out all this and more.
Episode 15
CHRIS IS BACK! So we're doing something a little different this week. Matt talks to Chris about his thoughts and feelings on some of the artists we covered in his absence and then we dive into all the artists that have been submitted to us as One Hit Wonders that Matt has rejected to decide if he maybe shouldn't have rejected them.
Episode 14
Sunblind Guitarist Juan Rodriguez joins the show this week while we debate if Squeeze is a one hit wonder. It's a weird Rick Springfield-like scenario but even stranger in which their best known song is their lowest charting single at the time of release. We are tempted to go off on tangents about music as a whole but we squeeze in plenty of fun facts
Episode 13
Pop Punk is on our minds because we're joined by The Last Scene director Kyle Kilday to break down Nine Day's mega hit Absolutely (Story of a Girl) as well as reminisce about our favorite tours and the lack of respect Nine Days gets.
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Episode 12
This week Matt is joined by one of his best friends Danger Club guitarist Mark Bancroft and they dissect the inescapable pop punk banger "Right Now" by SR-71. In order to prepare for this podcast Mark listened to their entirely discography for the band so he could find 10 bangers to prove they bring the Thunder.
Episode 11
In a One Hit Thunder first we are joined by a member of a band we discussed! This week Matthew Milligan of the band Wheatus talks to us about one of his favorite bands DEVO. It's almost 20 minutes of back history and praising their debut album Are We Not Men? We are Devo! until we get to their mega hit WHIP IT so prepare for some music history!
Episode 10
This week on the show Matt discusses the Boomtown Rats song "I Don't Like Mondays" with Five Iron Frenzy drummer Andrew Verdecchio. They breakdown the true crime influence, Live Aid and go on a brief tangent about horror movies.
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Episode 9
Chris is busy with Punchline work gearing up for Anti-Fest so this week Producer Matt steps in to discuss The Toadies (and the post-grunge landscape of 1995) with his college friend and D.J. AJ Santini.
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