Episode 108
Aaron and Brent highlight music from two mainstream rock bands, one from Buffalo and the other from Nashville.
Getting their start in the mid-80s as the Sex Maggots before eventually taking their name from True Detective ad, Aaron looks at three songs from The Goo Goo Dolls.
Spending their early years traveling across the country with their evangelist father, Brent spotlights music from the Followill family by spotlighting three songs from Kings of Leon.
This Week’s Playlist
- Slow Night, So Long – Kings Of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak (2005)
- Ain’t That Unusual – Goo Goo Dolls – A Boy Named Goo (1995)
- Fans – Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times (2007)
- Only One – Goo Goo Dolls – A Boy Named Goo (1995)
- Radioactive – Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown (2010)
- Long Way Down – Goo Goo Dolls – A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Show Notes
- (8:23) Kings Of Leon: Young Manhood – American Songwriter
- (10:33) Cannons – Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon Cover) – YouTube
- (11:47) Slow Night So Long – Kings Of Leon With Eddie Vedder – YouTube
- (20:54) Who are the Goo Goo Dolls? – Music Fan Clubs
- (21:43) Original Goo Goo Dolls Drummer Can’t Let It Slide – Rolling Stone
(27:36) Goo Goo Dolls 120 minutes USA – YouTube - (29:18) Caleb Telling The Story Behind Each Song – Vimeo
- (36:25) Kings Of Leon Abandon Gig After Pigeon ‘Shits In Bassist’s Mouth’ – NME
- (38:53) Christian Act PFR Bows Out with Sparrow’s Them – Billboard
- (41:00) John Rzeznik reveals the experimental guitar tuning secrets behind Goo Goo Dolls’ classic hits – Guitar World
- (44:17) Lime Spiders – Slave Girl – YouTube
- (48:59) Long Way Down – Song Facts
- (01:02:05) Goo Goo Dolls – “Long Way Down” [Official Video] – YouTube
- (01:04:51) Goo Goo Dolls BH 90210 – YouTube
- (01:06:15) Directing The Goo Goo Dolls On Beverly Hills 90210 – YouTube
Other Links
- Buy / Rent Talihina Sky – Just Watch
- Kings of Leon – Recording of Aha Shake Heartbreak – YouTube
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Kings Of Leon – Music Radar
- Kings of Leon’s ‘Because of the Times’ Marks a Turning Point – Ultimate Classic Rock
- How Kings Of Leon Became One Of The Biggest Bands Of The 2000s – Tone Deaf
- God, the Devil and Kings of Leon – Rolling Stone
Band Websites
Listen to the Playlist


Videos Mentioned
Bands Mentioned
- Kings of Leon
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Sex Maggots
- The Replacements
- Cannons
- The Beaumonts
- Josh Teskey
- PFR
- The Enemies
- Lime Spiders
- Charles Hamilton