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''In the Studio with Redbeard'' is a North American radio program, produced and hosted by
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rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...
disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music fes ...
Doug "Redbeard" Hill. The show is a weekly hour-long "rockumentary" interview with music program which looks at the making of many of the greatest
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s recorded in
rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...
history, although sometimes it would spotlight the history of
rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...
bands. Redbeard interviews the musicians who created these albums. The show first went on the air nationally the week of June 26, 1988, initially broadcast by 60 rock stations including WXRK/92.3: New York, KLOS/95.5: Los Angeles, WLUP-FM/97.9: Chicago, WMMR/93.3: Philadelphia, KTXQ/102.1: Dallas, WHJY/94.1: Providence, WRIF/101.1: Detroit, KRQR: San Francisco, WKLS: Atlanta and distributed by The Album Network through 1999, which grew the network to 180 stations. "In the Studio" is now in its 30th consecutive year, having passed the 1,200-show mark in June 2011, and is distributed by Beardedfisch Productions. Now has the episodes online at its website with or without the music.


Artists and albums featured over the years

* Show #6: August 1, 1988: The Doors "The Doors" * Show #7: August 8, 1988: Pink Floyd "The Dark Side of the Moon" * Show #34: February 13, 1989: The Byrds * Show #70: October 23, 1989: Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive" * Show #80-2 March 22, 1993 - Pink Floyd - 20th Anniversary of "The Dark Side of the Moon" * Show #106: Don Henley "Building The Perfect Beast" * Show #114: Little Feat "Waiting For Columbus" * Show #115: J. Geils Band "Freeze Frame" * Show #130: Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" * Show #136: Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive" * Show #141: Loverboy "Get Lucky" * Show #147: Heart "Little Queen/Dog & Butterfly" * Show #157: Huey Lewis & The News "Sports" * Show #158: Paul McCartney "Tripping The Live Fantastic" * Show #160: Foreigner "Double Vision" * Show #161: Santana "Abraxas" * Show #164: Grand Funk "Closer To Home" * Show #165: Tom Petty "Damn The Torpedoes" * Show #168: Genesis "Duke/Abacab" * Show #169: Procol Harum "Best of" * Show #171: Moody Blues "Seventh Sojourn" * Show #172:
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" Leftoverture" * Show #173: Lynyrd Skynyrd "Street Survivors" * Show #174: Humble Pie "Rockin' The Fillmore" * Show #178: Bob Seger "Night Moves" * Show #179: Journey "Infinity" * Show #185: Eddie Money "Can't Hold Back/Nothing To Lose" * Show #189: Jefferson Airplane "Surrealistic Pillow" * Show #191: Todd Rundgren "Something/Anything" * Show #192: Fleetwood Mac "Rumors" * Show #197: James Gang "Rides Again" * Show #198: Guess Who "Best of" * Show #201: Steve Miller Band "Book of Dreams" * Show #217: George Harrison "Live In Japan" part 1 * Show #218: George Harrison "Live In Japan" part 2 * Show #240: Bob Seger "Against The Wind" * Show #256: Bob Seger "Stranger In Town"" * Show #396: January 26, 1996: R.E.M. "Out of Time" * Show #402: March 4, 1996: Heart "Dreamboat Annie" * Show #420: July 8, 1996: Sammy Hagar "Unboxed (Best of)" * Show #438: November 11, 1996: Grateful Dead "The Arista Years" Part 1, with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart * Show #439: November 18, 1996: Grateful Dead "The Arista Years" Part 2, with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart * Show #453: February 24, 1997: Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" 20th Anniversary * Show #476: August 4, 1997: R.E.M. "Document" 10th Anniversary * Show #480: September 1, 1997: Steely Dan "Aja" 20th Anniversary * Show #487: October 20, 1997: Steely Dan "Can't Buy A Thrill" 25th Anniversary * Show #559: March 8, 1999: Bad Company "Desolation Angels" *
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- '' Wild-Eyed Southern Boys''/''
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'' (one episode). Features interviews with Donnie Van Zandt and Jeff Carlisi. *
AC/DC AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". They are cited as a formativ ...
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'' (the initial episode aired in 1997 also spotlighted on the box set
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and in 2006 for its 30th anniversary episode also spotlighted Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap), '' Let There Be Rock''/'' Highway to Hell'' (one episode), '' Back in Black'' and '' Rock 'N Roll Train'' (a 2-part history on AC/DC to promote their Black Ice album). Interviews were with Angus Young and
Malcolm Young Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician who was the rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was a member of AC ...
. ''Back in Black'' and ''Rock 'N Roll Train'' had interviews with the Young brothers and Brian Johnson. *
Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...
- '' Cuts Like a Knife'', '' Reckless'', '' Waking Up the Neighbours'', '' So Far So Good'' (which would be re-aired as ''
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''). *
Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...
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Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...
''/'' Get Your Wings'', '' Toys in the Attic'', '' Rocks'', '' Permanent Vacation'', ''
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Get a Grip ''Get a Grip'' is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in April 1993 by Geffen Records. ''Get a Grip'' was the band's last studio album to be released by Geffen before they returned to Columbia Records. ''Get a ...
''. Interviews with Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and
Steven Tyler Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer and songwriter. Tyler is best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the keyboards, h ...
. *
The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. Its founding members were brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar, lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards), as well as Dickey Betts ( ...
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The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969. Its founding members were brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar, lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards), as well as Dickey Betts ( ...
''/'' Idlewild South'' (one episode), '' At Fillmore East'' and '' Eat a Peach''. Interviews with
Gregg Allman Gregory LeNoir Allman (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman B ...
and
Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in 1969, he was central ...
. *
Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, Flute, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also p ...
- '' Thick As a Brick 2''. Interview with Ian Anderson. *
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Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
''. Interviews with
Carl Palmer Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the supergroups Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia, a touring drummer for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and a founding member of Atomic Roost ...
, John Wetton and Geoff Downes. * Bad Company - '' Bad Company'', '' Straight Shooter'', '' Desolation Angels'' and '' The 'Original' Bad Co. Anthology''. The first album and ''Straight Shooter'' feature interviews with Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs. ''Desolation Angels'', ''The 'Original' Bad Co. Anthology'' and subsequent anniversary specials of the first two albums also include interviews with
Paul Rodgers Paul Bernard Rodgers (born 17 December 1949) is an English-Canadian singer. He was the lead vocalist of numerous successful rock bands, including Free (band), Free, Bad Company, The Firm (rock band), the Firm and The Law (English band), the L ...
. * The Band - '' The Brown Album''. Includes interviews with Robbie Robertson. *
The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatle ...
- '' The White Album'' (2-part episode), best of The Beatles, '' The Beatles Stereo Box Set'' (two-part episode) and '' 1 (The Beatles album)'' (2-part episode). All featured interviews with
Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...
and George Harrison. * Pat Benatar - '' Crimes of Passion'' and '' Precious Time''. Both episodes feature interviews with Benatar and Neil Giraldo. * The Black Crowes - '' Shake Your Moneymaker'' and '' The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion''. Includes interviews with Chris Robinson and
Rich Robinson Richard Robinson (born May 24, 1969) is an American musician and founding member of the rock and roll band the Black Crowes. Along with older brother Chris Robinson (singer), Chris Robinson, Rich formed the band in 1984 (originally called ''Mr. ...
. *
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
- ''
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
''/'' Paranoid''/ '' Master of Reality''/'' Black Sabbath Vol. 4'' (would be re-aired as '' Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978'' in conjunction with Black Sabbath's 2006 induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and again in 2010 in conjunction with Paranoid's 40th Anniversary). Interviews with
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...
. Separate episodes would be made for Paranoid and Black Sabbath Volume 4 for their 40th Anniversaries in 2010 and 2012 respectively. *
Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. The band consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists John Shanks and Phil X, percussionist Everett Bradley ...
- '' Slippery When Wet'' and ''
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''. Both episodes feature interviews with
Jon Bon Jovi John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and Lead vocalist, frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was fo ...
and Richie Sambora. *
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
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Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
'', '' Don't Look Back'' and '' Third Stage''. These episodes all have interviews with Tom Scholz except for Boston's debut which has Scholz and Brad Delp interviewed. *
David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...
- '' The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'', '' Young Americans'', '' Station to Station'', '' Let's Dance'', '' The Best of Bowie'' and '' David Live''/'' Stage'' (one episode). All episodes feature interviews with Bowie. * Jackson Browne - '' Running on Empty'' and '' The Very Best of Jackson Browne'' (2-part). It includes interviews with Browne. *
Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...
- ''The Best of Lindsey Buckingham'' (2-part episode). It includes interviews with Buckingham. *
The Cars The Cars were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the New wave music, new wave Subculture, scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek (rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (l ...
- '' The Cars self-titled debut'', '' Candy-O'', '' Shake it Up'', '' Heartbeat City'' and ''Moving in Stereo : The Very Best of The Cars''. Both featured interviews with Ric Ocasek while ''Candy-O'', the 40th Anniversary of the self titled debut and ''Heartbeat City'' also featured interviews with Greg Hawkes. *
Cheap Trick Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1970 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos. Their work bridged elements of '60s pop rock, guitar pop, '70s har ...
- '' Cheap Trick at Budokan'' and ''The Essential Cheap Trick'' (2-part) (in honor of the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). Both featured interviews with Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander. *
Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
- '' The Chicago Transit Authority'', '' Chicago II'' and '' Chicago V/ Chicago VI/
Chicago VII ''Chicago VII'' is the sixth studio album by American Rock music, rock band Chicago (band), Chicago. It was released on March 11, 1974 by Columbia Records. It is notable for being their first double album of new material since 1971's ''Chicago ...
'' (one episode). Features interviews with Robert Lamm. *
Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l ...
- '' 24 Nights'' (2-part episode) and '' Clapton Chronicles'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Clapton. *
Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances featuring expressive body movements. Most of his best-known singles, such as "Feelin' Alright ...
- '' Mad Dogs and Englishmen''. Features interviews with Joe Cocker and Leon Russell. *
Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis and had a successful solo career, ac ...
- '' Face Value'', '' Hello, I Must Be Going!'' and '' No Jacket Required''. Features interviews with Phil Collins. * Alice Cooper - '' Love It to Death''/'' Killer'' (one episode), '' Billion Dollar Babies'' and ''The Best of Alice Cooper''. Feature interviews with Alice Cooper. * Cream - '' Disraeli Gears''/'' Wheels of Fire'' (one episode) and '' Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005''. Both episodes include interviews with Jack Bruce. ''Royal Albert Hall'' and 40th/45th Anniversary episodes of Disraeli Gears also includes interviews with
Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l ...
. * Creedence Clearwater Revival - '' Green River''/'' Bayou Country''/'' Willy and the Poor Boys'' (one episode) and '' Cosmo's Factory''. Includes interviews with John Fogerty. * Crosby, Stills & Nash - self-titled. Includes interviews with Graham Nash,
David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelic music, psych ...
and Stephen Stills. * Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - ''
Déjà Vu ''Déjà vu'' ( , ; "already seen") is the phenomenon of feeling like one has lived through the present situation in the past.Schnider, Armin. (2008). ''The Confabulating Mind: How the Brain Creates Reality''. Oxford University Press. pp. 167–1 ...
''. Includes interviews with
David Crosby David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelic music, psych ...
, Stephen Stills and
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...
. * Deep Purple - '' Machine Head'' and Shades: 1968–2000 (2 part episode). Features interviews with Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and David Coverdale (for Shades only). *
Def Leppard Def Leppard are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drummer), Rick Allen (drums), Phil Collen (guitar, ...
- ''
Pyromania Pyromania is an impulse-control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires, to relieve some tension or for instant gratification. The term ''pyromania'' comes from the Greek word (''pyr'', 'f ...
'', '' Hysteria'' and '' Yeah!''. All episodes feature interviews with Joe Elliott and Rick Savage. Pyromania and Yeah! also features interviews with Phil Collen. * Dire Straits - '' Dire Straits' self-titled debut'', '' Making Movies''/
Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence ...
's
Shangri-La Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...
, '' Love Over Gold''/
Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence ...
's Kill to Get Crimson, '' Brothers In Arms'', '' Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler'' and ''The Best of Dire Straits''/ Get Lucky. All episodes feature interviews with
Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence ...
. * The Doobie Brothers - '' Toulouse Street'', '' The Captain and Me'' (both aforementioned episodes featured interviews with Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and John Hartman), '' Takin' It to the Streets'' (which featured interviews with Michael McDonald) and '' Minute by Minute'' (featured interviews with McDonald, Hartman, Simmons and one comment from Tom Johnston). *
The Doors The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, comprising vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most influential and controversial rock acts ...
- '' The Doors' self-titled debut'', '' Strange Days'' and '' L.A. Woman''. All episodes feature interviews with Ray Manzarek *
Eagles Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of Genus, genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus ''Aquila ( ...
- '' Eagles self-titled debut'', '' Desperado''/'' On the Border'' and '' Hotel California''. ''Eagles'' and ''Desperado''/''On the Border'' feature interviews with Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner while ''Hotel California'' featured interviews with Frey plus Joe Walsh and Don Henley. *
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock Supergroup (music), supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards) of The Nice, Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitars, producer) ...
- '' self titled debut''/
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'' (one episode), ''
Brain Salad Surgery ''Brain Salad Surgery'' is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 7 December 1973 by their new record label, Manticore Records, and distributed by Atlantic Records. Following the tour in sup ...
'' and ''Emerson Lake and Palmer : The Anthology 1970–1998. All feature interviews with Keith Emerson,
Greg Lake Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). Born and b ...
and
Carl Palmer Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the supergroups Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia, a touring drummer for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and a founding member of Atomic Roost ...
(the latter had a new interview with Palmer talking about the reason for the best of and on the passing of Keith Emerson). * Melissa Etheridge - '' Yes I Am'' and '' The Awakening''. Features interviews with Etheridge. *
Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassis ...
- '' Fleetwood Mac's White Album'', '' Rumours'' and '' Tusk''. Features interviews with
Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album ...
.
Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...
was also interviewed for the anniversary editions of Fleetwood Mac's White Album and Rumours plus Tusk. Mick Fleetwood was interviewed for Fleetwood Mac White Album and Rumours. * Foghat - '' Fool for the City''. Includes interviews with
Dave Peverett David Jack Peverett (16 April 1943 – 7 February 2000), also known as Lonesome Dave, was an English singer and guitarist, best known as the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Rock music, rock band Foghat, which he co-founded fo ...
and Rod Price. * Foreigner - '' Foreigner's self-titled debut'', '' Double Vision'' and '' Foreigner 4''. All include interviews with Mick Jones and Lou Gramm except ''Double Vision'', which only features Jones (all anniversary editions of Double Vision also had comments from Lou Gramm). * Peter Frampton - '' Frampton Comes Alive!'' and '' Shine On: A Collection'' (2-part episode). Interviews with Frampton. *
Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...
- '' So'' and Us. Features interviews with Peter Gabriel. * The J. Geils Band - '' Bloodshot'' and '' Freeze Frame''. Features interviews with
Peter Wolf Peter Wolf (born March 7, 1946) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of The J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983 and as a solo artist. Early life and education Wolf was born Peter Walter Blankfield on March 7, 1946, in the Bronx ...
. * Genesis - ''
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''/'' Abacab'' (one episode and subsequently aired as Genesis 1976-1982 as part of the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, '' Genesis 1983-1998'' would air the following week), '' Genesis' self-titled album a/k/a The Mama Album'', '' Invisible Touch'', ''
We Can't Dance ''We Can't Dance'' is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band Genesis (band), Genesis, released on 11 November 1991 by Virgin Records in the UK and a day later by Atlantic Records in the US. It is their last studio album recorded wit ...
'' and '' R-Kive'' (the latter would turn into individual episodes for '' A Trick Of the Tail'' and '' Wind and Wuthering''. All five episodes feature interviews with
Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis and had a successful solo career, ac ...
and
Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks (musici ...
. Tony Banks was also interviewed for Genesis' self-titled album and ''We Can't Dance''. * David Gilmour - '' On an Island'' and '' Rattle That Lock''. Features interviews with Gilmour and the latter also features Polly Samson. * Grand Funk Railroad - '' Closer to Home''. Features interviews with Mark Farner. *
Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, Folk music, folk, country music, country, bluegrass music, bluegrass, roc ...
- '' The Arista Years'', '' In the Dark'' and Dead at 50. Features interviews with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and
Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...
. * Sammy Hagar - '' Unboxed'' (later re-aired as '' The Essential Red Collection'' and re-aired in 2009 to spotlight his '' Cosmic Universal Fashion'' album). Features interviews with Hagar. * George Harrison - '' Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989'' (later re-aired as a 2-part episode '' Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison''). Features interviews with Harrison. *
Heart The heart is a muscular Organ (biology), organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrie ...
- '' Dreamboat Annie'', '' Little Queen''/'' Dog and Butterfly'' (one episode originally but separate shows for those album's 30th anniversary were produced) and '' self titled 1985 album''. All feature interviews with Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson. *
Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted ...
- '' Are You Experienced'', '' Electric Ladyland'' and Live at Woodstock. All featured interviews with
The Jimi Hendrix Experience James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted ...
drummer Mitch Mitchell, producer/engineer Eddie Kramer and biographer John McDermott. Bass player Billy Cox was interviewed for Live at Woodstock), * Don Henley - '' Building the Perfect Beast'' and '' The End of the Innocence''. Both episodes feature interviews with Henley. *
Humble Pie Humble Pie are an English Rock music, rock band formed by Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton in Moreton, Essex, in 1969. They are known as one of the first Supergroup (music), supergroups of the late 1960s and enjoyed success in the early 1970s ...
- '' Performance Rockin' the Fillmore''. Features interviews with Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley. *
INXS INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, gu ...
- '' Listen Like Thieves'' and '' Kick''. Features interviews with Andrew Farriss and Kirk Pengilly and archived interviews with Michael Hutchence and Tim Farriss. * James Gang- '' James Gang Rides Again''. Features interviews with Joe Walsh. * Jefferson Airplane - '' Surrealistic Pillow''. Features interviews with Paul Kantner, Marty Balin and Grace Slick * Jethro Tull - '' Benefit'', '' Aqualung'', '' Thick as a Brick'', '' Songs From The Wood'' and Living With the Past. All feature interviews with
Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, Flute, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also p ...
. *
Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has ha ...
- '' The Stranger'', '' 52nd Street'' and '' Glass Houses''. Features interviews with Billy Joel. *
Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with l ...
- '' Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Elton John & Bernie Taupin. * Journey - ''
Infinity Infinity is something which is boundless, endless, or larger than any natural number. It is denoted by \infty, called the infinity symbol. From the time of the Ancient Greek mathematics, ancient Greeks, the Infinity (philosophy), philosophic ...
'' (features interviews with Steve Perry, Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon), '' Escape'' (interviews with Perry, Schon and Jonathan Cain), '' Frontiers'' (interviews with Perry, Schon and Cain) and '' Time X 3'' (2-part episode) (features interviews with Rolle, Cain, Perry and Schon). *
Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
- '' Leftoverture'' (features interviews with Phil Ehart, Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren. The 30th, 35th and 40th Anniversary episodes also has interviews with Robby Steinhardt and Rich Williams), '' Point of Know Return'' (features interviews with Livgren and Ehart. The 30th, 35th and 40th Anniversary Episodes also includes interviews with Walsh, Steinhardt and Williams). '' Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection'' (2-part episode) (features interviews with Ehart, Livgren, Walsh, Williams and Steinhardt). '' The Prelude Implicit'' features interviews with Williams, Ehart, David Ragsdale, Billy Greer and Ronnie Platt. *
King Crimson King Crimson were an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald (musician), Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Guitarist Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the ...
- '' In the Court of the Crimson King''. Featuring interviews with
Greg Lake Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). Born and b ...
. * The Kinks - ''The Ultimate Collection'', '' Sleepwalker''/'' Misfits''/'' Low Budget'' (one episode), ''The Best of The Kinks'', '' To the Bone'' (2-part episode) and '' One For the Road''. Features interviews with
Ray Davies Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the Rock music, rock band the Kinks, which he led, with his younger brother Dave Davies, Dave pro ...
. *
Kiss A kiss is the touching or pressing of one's lips against another person, animal or object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely; depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sex ...
- '' Alive!'', '' The Very Best of KISS'' (2-part episode) and KISS Alive 35!. Features interviews with
Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; ; born August 25, 1949) also known by his stage persona "The Demon", is an Israeli-born American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss, which he co-founded wit ...
and Paul Stanley. *
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...
- ''
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist-keyboardist John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. With a he ...
'', '' Led Zeppelin II'', '' Led Zeppelin III'' and '' Led Zeppelin IV'' and No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, Physical Graffiti (2-part), Presence/ In Through the Out Door/ Coda. All episodes feature interviews with
Jimmy Page James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the Rock music, rock band Led Zeppelin. Page began his career as a studio session musician in Lo ...
.
Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their breakup in 1980. Since then, he has had a successful solo ca ...
also appears on Led Zeppelin's I-IV, Physical Graffiti (Part 2) and No Quarter and
John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regard ...
appeared briefly on the 2014 remaster of the first three Led Zeppelin albums. * Huey Lewis and the News - ''
Sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
''. Features interviews with Lewis. * Little Feat - '' Waiting For Columbus'', '' Join the Band'' and The Little Feat Box Set. All feature interviews with Bill Payne and Paul Barrerre. *
Loverboy Loverboy is a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1979. Loverboy's hit singles, particularly "Turn Me Loose (Loverboy song), Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend", have become arena rock staples and are still hear ...
- '' Get Lucky''. Features interviews with Mike Reno and Paul Dean. * Lynyrd Skynyrd - '' Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd'', '' Second Helping'', '' One More from the Road'', '' Street Survivors'', '' Thyrty: The 30th Anniversary Collection'' and '' The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd'' (2-part episode). All episodes have interviews with Gary Rossington. Ed King was also interviewed for the first two titles and ''Essential''. Plus The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (which aired in conjunction with band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) also featured interviews with Allen Collins, Johnny Van Zant, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson. *
Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John ...
- '' Flowers in the Dirt'', '' Tripping the Live Fantastic'', '' Back in the U.S.'', " When I'm Sixty-Four" (a tribute in honor of Paul McCartney's 64th birthday) and '' Good Evening New York City''. Features interviews with McCartney. *
Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally by his stage name Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. ...
- '' Bat Out of Hell'' and '' The Very Best of Meat Loaf'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Meat Loaf. * John Mellencamp - '' Uh-Huh'', '' The Lonesome Jubilee'' and '' Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits''. Includes interviews with John Mellencamp. *
Men at Work Men at Work are an Australian rock band that was formed in Melbourne, 1979. They were best known for breakthrough hits such as " Down Under", " Who Can It Be Now?", " Be Good Johnny", " Overkill", and " It's a Mistake". Its founding member and ...
- '' Business as Usual''. Includes interviews with
Colin Hay Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay is a member of the band Ringo Starr & His ...
. *
Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. It was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
- '' Metallica a/k/a The Black Album'' and '' Load''. Includes interviews with James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett. *
Steve Miller Band The Steve Miller Band is an American rock music, rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966. The band is led by Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group had a string of mid- to late-1970s hit singles ...
- '' Fly Like an Eagle'', '' Book of Dreams'' and '' Young Hearts - Complete Greatest Hits''. All feature interviews with Steve Miller. * Montrose - '' Montrose self-titled''. Features interviews with the late Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar. * The Moody Blues - '' Days of Future Passed'', A Question of Balance, '' Seventh Sojourn'', '' Time Traveller'' (2-part episode) and '' Timeless Flight'' box set. All episodes feature interviews with Justin Hayward. John Lodge appears on all other episodes and the 50th Anniversary episode of Days of Future Passed. Graeme Edge also appeared on A Question of Balance *
Van Morrison Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...
- ''The Warner Bros Years''. Includes an interview with Van Morrison (made possible by the BBC). * Mötley Crüe - '' Girls, Girls, Girls'', '' Dr. Feelgood'' and Mötley Crüe Greatest Hits. Includes interviews with Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx. *
Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album ...
- '' Bella Donna'' and '' Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks''. Features interviews with Stevie Nicks. *
Ted Nugent Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He goes by several nicknames, including Uncle Ted, the Nuge, and Motor City Madman. Nugent initially gained fame as the le ...
- ''
Ted Nugent Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He goes by several nicknames, including Uncle Ted, the Nuge, and Motor City Madman. Nugent initially gained fame as the le ...
''/'' Free For All''/'' Cat Scratch Fever'' (one episode) and '' Double Live Gonzo!''/'' Live in Sweden''. Features interviews with Nugent. *
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...
- '' Blizzard of Ozz''/'' Diary of a Madman'' (one episode), '' No More Tears'', '' Prince of Darkness'' (2-part episode). All feature interviews with Osbourne. *
The Alan Parsons Project The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock music, rock duo formed in London in 1975. Its core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons, and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They shared w ...
- '' Tales of Mystery and Imagination'', '' I Robot '' and ''The Best of Alan Parsons''. All feature interviews with Parsons. *
Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the leader and frontman of the Rock music, rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s sup ...
- '' Damn the Torpedoes'', '' Full Moon Fever'' and '' Into the Great Wide Open''. All feature interviews with Petty. *
Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...
- '' Meddle'' (originally Part 1 of the A Foot In the Door : The Best of Pink Floyd special), '' The Dark Side of the Moon'', '' Wish You Were Here'', ''
Animals Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia (). With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a ...
'', '' The Wall'' (2-part episode), '' A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', '' Shine On'' (2-part episode), '' The Division Bell'' (2-part episode initially but aired as a single episode in 2009 and 2014 for its 15th and 20th anniversaries respectively), '' Echoes (A Tribute to Richard Wright 1943–2008)'' and '' The Endless River''. All episodes feature interviews with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and
Roger Waters George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became ...
while Richard Wright also appears on episodes for ''Wish You Were Here'', ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', ''The Division Bell'' and ''Echoes'' (which was aired as a tribute to Wright after Richard Wright's passing in 2008). Waters however was not interviewed for the albums he was not involved with (''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', ''Shine On'', ''The Division Bell'' and ''The Endless River''). The first episode of ''Dark Side of the Moon'', which aired in 1988 and 1990, just has interviews with Gilmour. The Immersion Edition episode and all anniversary episodes of DSOTM since its 20th anniversary in 1993 feature interviews with Gilmour plus Waters and Mason. The initially-aired 2-part episodes of ''The Wall'' (1989, 1990, 1994 (15th anniversary) and 1999 (20th anniversary) airings only feature interviews with Waters but as of the 25th anniversary 2-part airing in 2004 (and all future anniversary editions and the 2012 Immersion box set 2-part airing), Gilmour and Mason were also interviewed (the 30th Anniversary episode of The Wall was dedicated to the memories of Rick Wright, longtime Pink Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke and The Wall's orchestrator Michael Kamen). ''Wish You Were Here'' was the only episode in where all four members were interviewed. *
Robert Plant Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their breakup in 1980. Since then, he has had a successful solo ca ...
- '' Now and Zen'' and '' Nine Lives''. Features interviews with Plant. * The Police - '' Outlandos d'Amour''/'' Regatta De Blanc'' (one episode), '' Zenyatta Mondatta'' and '' Synchronicity''. All episodes have interviews with Stewart Copeland whilst ''Synchronicity'' episode featured additional interviews with Sting (musician). On all anniversary airings of ''Zenyatta Mondatta'', '' Ghost in the Machine'' was also spotlighted and Sting was interviewed on the anniversary episodes of Zenyatta Mondatta and the Outlandos/Regatta episode. Andy Summers was also interviewed on the Outlandos and Regatta episode and on the Zenyatta Mondatta/Ghost in the Machine episode. *
The Pretenders The Pretenders are a British rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (ba ...
- '' self titled debut'', '' Learning to Crawl'' and '' Pirate Radio'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Chrissie Hynde. *
Queen Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Q ...
- '' A Night at the Opera'', '' News of the World'', '' The Game'', ''
Innuendo An innuendo is a wikt:hint, hint, wikt:insinuation, insinuation or wikt:intimation, intimation about a person or thing, especially of a denigrating or derogatory nature. It can also be a remark or question, typically disparaging (also called in ...
'', ''Queen 40'', '' Live at the Rainbow '74'', '' Queen Forever'' and '' Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack''. All episodes feature interviews with
Brian May Sir Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, animal welfare activist and astrophysics, astrophysicist. He achieved global fame as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Queen ...
while May is joined by Roger Taylor on ''A Night at the Opera'', ''The Game'', Queen 40, ''Rainbow '74'' and ''Queen Forever'' episodes. * Queensrÿche - ''
Empire An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...
'' and '' Sign of the Times''. The latter would be re-aired in 2009 to also spotlight on the group's '' American Soldier'' album. Features interviews with Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo. * R.E.M. - ''
Document A document is a writing, written, drawing, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of nonfiction, non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin ', which denotes ...
''/''
Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...
'', '' Out of Time''. Features interviews with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills. *
REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon), or simply REO, was an American Rock music, rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial suc ...
- '' You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish'' and '' Hi Infidelity''. Features interviews with Kevin Cronin and Neal Doughty. *
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the Album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pione ...
- '' Beggars Banquet'' has interviews with Bill Wyman (later airings also have interviews with Keith Richards and Mick Jagger). '' Let it Bleed'' features interviews with Wyman and Mick Taylor. '' Some Girls'' and '' Stripped'' features interviews with Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Richards. * Todd Rundgren- '' Something/Anything''. Features interviews with Rundgren. * Rush - '' Moving Pictures'', '' Signals''/'' Grace Under Pressure'' (one episode), '' Power Windows''/'' Hold Your Fire'' (one episode), '' Permanent Waves''/''Power Windows'' (one episode), '' Counterparts'', ''Grace Under Pressure''/''Counterparts'' (one episode), '' Rush's 35th Anniversary'', '' Rush Sector'' box sets and the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Geddy Lee Geddy Lee Weinrib (; born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Rock music, rock band Rush (band), Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request o ...
and Alex Lifeson are interviewed for ''Moving Pictures'', ''Power Windows''/''Hold Your Fire'' and ''Permanent Waves''/''Power Windows'' episodes. Lifeson is interviewed solo for ''Counterparts''.
Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart ( ; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian and American musician, known as the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush (band), Rush. He was known to fans by the nickname "the Profe ...
is interviewed for ''Signals''/''Grace Under Pressure'' episode. Lifeson and Peart appeared on ''Grace Under Pressure''/''Counterparts'' episode (which aired for those two albums' 20th and 10th anniversaries respectively in 2004). All three members appeared on ''Rush 35'', ''Permanent Waves'', ''Rush Sector'' and ''Rush Hall of Fame'' episodes. * Bob Seger - '' Live Bullet'', '' Night Moves'', '' Stranger in Town'', '' Against the Wind'', '' Nine Tonight'', '' Greatest Hits'' (2-part episode), '' Greatest Hits 2'' and '' Ultimate Hits''. (2-part episode. All feature interviews with Seger. * Billy Squier - '' Don't Say No''. Features interviews with Squier. * Steely Dan - '' Can't Buy a Thrill'' and '' Aja''. All episodes feature interviews with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. * Al Stewart - '' Year Of the Cat''. Features an interview with Stewart. *
Rod Stewart Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time, having sold ...
- '' Every Picture Tells a Story'' and ''
Time Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...
''. Features interviews with Rod Stewart. * Styx - '' The Grand Illusion'', '' Pieces of Eight'', '' Paradise Theatre'' and ''The A&M Albums 1975-84''. All three episodes feature interviews with Dennis DeYoung and James "J.Y." Young. Tommy Shaw is also interviewed for ''The Grand Illusion'' and subsequent Anniversary episodes for ''Pieces of Eight'', ''Paradise Theatre'' and ''The A&M Years''. * Supertramp - '' Crime of the Century'' and ''
Breakfast in America ''Breakfast in America'' is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released on 16 March 1979, by A&M Records. It was recorded from May to December 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It spawned three US ''Billbo ...
''. Both episodes feature interviews with former member Roger Hodgson. *
Talking Heads Talking Heads were an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1975.Talking Heads
- ''Best of Talking Heads'' (later re-aired as '' Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites''). Features interviews with Jerry Harrison and later airings features interviews with
David Byrne David Byrne (; born May 14, 1952) is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American New wave music, new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has ...
. *
George Thorogood George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Al ...
- '' George Thorogood and the Destroyers''/'' Move It On Over'' (one episode) and ''The Best of George Thorogood and the Destroyers''. Features interviews with Thorogood. *
Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s an ...
- '' Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking'' (re-aired as ''Pete Townshend: Gold'' in December 2006 and as the anniversary episodes of '' Empty Glass'' in 2010 and 2015). Includes interviews with Townshend. *
Traveling Wilburys The Traveling Wilburys were a British-American supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 1988, consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. They were a roots rock band and described as "perhaps the biggest sup ...
- '' Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1''. Features interviews with
Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the leader and frontman of the Rock music, rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s sup ...
and George Harrison. * Triumph - '' Just a Game'' and '' Allied Forces'' (re-aired as ''The Triumph Remasters'' in 2004 featuring new interviews with Levine and Moore plus Emmett from original episode). Features interviews with Triumph members Gil Moore, Mike Levine and Rik Emmett. * Robin Trower - '' Bridge of Sighs''. Features interviews with Trower. * U2 - '' War'', ''
Rattle and Hum ''Rattle and Hum'' is a hybrid live/studio album by Irish rock band U2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou. The album was produced by Jimmy Iovine and was released on 10 October 1988, while the film was distributed by ...
'', ''
Achtung Baby ''Achtung Baby'' ( ) is the seventh studio album by the Irish rock music, rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 18 November 1991 by Island Records. After criticism of their 1988 documentary film and ...
'' and ''The Best of U2: The 1980s''. Features interviews with Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton. *
Van Halen Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973. Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances and the virtuosity of their guit ...
- ''
Van Halen Van Halen ( ) was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973. Credited with restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene, Van Halen was known for their energetic live performances and the virtuosity of their guit ...
'' features interviews with
Alex Van Halen Alexander Arthur Van Halen ( , ; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician who was the drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Van Halen, which was formed in 1972 by Van Halen and his younger brother Eddie Van Halen, Eddie under the name "Ma ...
and Michael Anthony (all subsequent anniversary episodes also featured interviews with Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth). '' Van Halen II''/'' Women and Children First''/'' Fair Warning'' (one episode) and '' MCMLXXXIV'' all featured interviews with Anthony and the Van Halen brothers. '' 5150'' features interviews with Sammy Hagar (the anniversary editions also had interviews with Van Halen brothers and Anthony). '' OU812'' and '' For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge'' features interviews with Van Halen brothers, Anthony and Hagar. The Best of Both Worlds (2-part episode). All features interviews with the Van Halen brothers and Anthony. Part one also features interviews with David Lee Roth and part two also features interviews with Sammy Hagar. *
Stevie Ray Vaughan Stephen Ray Vaughan (also known as SRV; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (band), Double Trouble. Although his ma ...
- '' The Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan'' (a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan) and In Step. Includes interviews with Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon,
Joe Bonamassa Joseph Leonard Bonamassa ( ; born May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has released fifteen solo albums through his inde ...
, Doyle Brahmall, Buddy Guy,
Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l ...
, Steve Miller (on the 20 Anniversary Tribute to Stevie's death) and archived interviews with Stevie Ray Vaughan. * Joe Walsh - '' The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get'' (all later anniversary episodes also spotlighted his 1978 solo effort But Seriously, Folks...). Includes interviews with Joe Walsh *
Whitesnake Whitesnake are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1978. The group were originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their ow ...
- '' Whitesnake 1987'' and ''Whitesnake: The Definitive Collection''". Features interviews with David Coverdale. *
The Who The Who are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. Considered one of th ...
- '' Tommy'' (2-part episode), '' Live at Leeds'', '' Who's Next'', '' Quadrophenia'' (2-part episode) and '' Thirty Years of Maximum R&B'' (2-part episode, later re-aired as '' The Ultimate Collection''). All episodes feature interviews with
Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s an ...
. John Entwistle also was interviewed for ''Live at Leeds'', ''Who's Next'' (25th and 30th anniversary airings) and ''Maximum R & B'' episodes and Roger Daltrey appeared on the ''Maximum R & B'' episode and anniversary episodes of Live at Leeds and Quadrophenia. * Gary Wright - '' The Dreamweaver''. Features interviews with Wright. * Yes - '' The Yes Album'', '' Fragile'', '' Close to the Edge'' and '' 90125''. All four episodes feature interviews with
Jon Anderson Jon Anderson (born John Roy Anderson, 25 October 1944) is a British, and latterly American, singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassis ...
. ''The Yes Album'' and ''90125'' also features interviews with Tony Kaye, Chris Squire and Alan White. ''Fragile'' also has interviews with Rick Wakeman. ''Close to the Edge'' features Anderson and Wakeman plus Bill Bruford and Steve Howe. The 45th Anniversary of ''The Yes Album'' also had comments from Bruford and Howe. *
Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...
- ''
Harvest Harvesting is the process of collecting plants, animals, or fish (as well as fungi) as food, especially the process of gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses fo ...
'' and '' Ragged Glory''. Features interviews with Young. * Warren Zevon - '' Excitable Boy''. Features interviews with Zevon. *
ZZ Top ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For almost 56 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard (musician), Frank Beard, and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill prior to his death in 2021. ZZ ...
- '' Tres Hombres'', '' Eliminator'' and '' ZZ Top's Greatest Hits''. All three episodes feature interviews with Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard.


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