Robert Johnson: Voodoo, Delta Blues, Cursing God, and a Crossroads
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Johnson didn’t just play the blues. He embodied them. He drank and womanized his way throug...
Bonus Episode: Backmasking and the Death of the Dangerous Rockstar
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake looks back at the 1980s satanic panic and the uproar over suppose...
Judas Priest: Satanic Panic, Censorship, Heavy Metal Suicide, and Defenders of the Faith
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They helped create the genre of heavy metal, and then Satan and the censors tried to destroy them. J...
The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Misfits were truly unique. Scary. Violent. Angry. Nihilistic. These words can easily describe no...
Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’...
Bonus Episode: Music and Monsters
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake is thinking about monsters – the fictitious kind and the kind t...
Becoming Fela Kuti
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing an episode of the new podcast Fela Kuti: Fear No Man.When the world is on fire…what can mu...
Harry Houdini: A Ghost Story
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Houdini was the world's greatest escape artist and at the height of his powers was one of the ...
Brandon Lee: Hungry Ghosts, Cursed Movies, and a Goth Masterpiece
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Haunted by the legacy of his superstar father and by an old family curse, Brandon Lee tried to outru...
The Cramps: Zombies, Teenage Werewolves, and Rock ‘N’ Roll Saviors
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Cramps, led by the husband and wife team of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, had one one m...
Bonus Episode: Musical Sherpas and Spooky Sounds
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake suggests some songs for spooky season and wonders if ChatGPT will...
Pentagram: Demons, Curses, and Doom
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1971, a teenage metalhead named Bobby Liebling flipped a five-pointed star upside-down, gave his ...
Peter Tosh (Pt. 2): A Home Invasion, an Assassination, and No Compromise
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a reggae revolutionary who rejected peace in the name of truth and justice, and an outspoken crit...
Peter Tosh (Pt. 1): Legalizing It, Police Brutality, and the Steppin’ Razor
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Tosh was a reggae subversive who used his music as a means to fight corruption, oppression, an...
Bonus Episode - Spooky Stories and Superbowl Shows
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake reacts to the news that Bad Bunny will perform at this year's Sup...
Disgraceland All Access - New Mini-Episodes Available Now
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Big news for Disgraceland All Access Members! Rocka Rolla subscription members on Apple Podcasts and...
Led Zeppelin Pt. 2: The Haunting at Headley Grange
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1971, Led Zeppelin holed up in an old English house in the countryside to make the album that wou...
Led Zeppelin Pt 1: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defin...
Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gunned down onstage by a delusional fan who thought his metal heroes had stolen lyrics from him, Dim...
Bonus Episode - Bad Men, Good Music, and the Developing D4VID Saga
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, takes a look at the latest true crime and music in the news. Plus, you...
Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 8): An Attempted Murder Rap, Bloodthirsty Rottweilers, and Self-Immolation
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ol’ Dirty Bastard once saved a four-year old girl who was trapped under a Ford Mustang. He took a ...
Scott Weiland: Psych Wards, Demonic Forces, and a Kidnapping in Paris
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Weiland was sent to a psych ward when he was just 16 years old. Thirteen stints at rehab withi...
Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu-Tang Clan Chapter 8): An Attempted Murder Rap, Bloodthirsty Rottweilers, and Self-Immolation
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ol’ Dirty Bastard once saved a four-year old girl who was trapped under a Ford Mustang. He took a ...
Bonus Episode - Rock 'n' Roll Movies, Music Headlines, and Buford Pusser
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake is thinking about movies that have a rock 'n' roll attitude. Plu...
Introducing Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simpsons fans —THE VAULT IS OPEN! I’m Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson for 35+ yea...
Jimmy Buffett: Escape Artist, Incorporated.
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key West drug traffickers, God’s Own Bad-Ass, flying bullets, and the billion-dollar business of e...
The Rolling Stones Pt. 2: Swinging London, Stolen Jewels, the Mars Bar Myth, and Busted at Redlands
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Establishment strikes back in this second installment of the Rolling Stones time in Swinging Lon...
Rolling Stones Pt. 1: Swinging London, a Prison Break, East End Gangsters and the Anti-Beatles
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
London was swinging. Keith Richards was in jail. The Kray Twins were menacing about. Brian Jones was...
Bonus Episode: Hanging with Hip Hop Stars, the VMAs, and the Return of the Biggest Band on the Planet
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake contrasts the cultural irrelevancy of the MTV Video Music Awards ...
50 Cent Pt. 2: Federal Raids, a Stabbing in the Studio, and a Dead Man’s Game
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Jackson took his name from a stickup man – and then proceeded to play by that dead man’s ...
50 Cent Pt. 1: Police Raids, Motorcycle Chases, and a Nine-Bullet Wake-up Call
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was dealing crack by the age of 10, born into the height of the epidemi...
Oasis Pt. 2: The Biggest Band on the Planet, Britop, Private Islands, A Drowning Rolls-Royce, Liam and Noel Off Their T*ts and at Each Other’s Throats
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oasis were the biggest band on the planet for a moment. They famously warred with Britpop rivals Blu...
Oasis Pt. 1: Hooliganism, Hedonism, Rock Star Anthems and the “Greatest Rock ‘N’ Roll Band on the Planet”
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Few bands have come from as little and made as much of themselves as Oasis. Along the way they were ...
Bonus Episode: Mystery Recordings and Tortured Geniuses
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake takes a closer look at the tales of mysterious rumored recordings...
Brian Wilson: Love and Mercy, Murder, Theft, and Manipulation
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Wilson was the quiet one. The genius in the bathrobe. The ghost at the piano bench. He wrote P...
The Beach Boys Pt. 2: Endless Bummer, Hollywood Paranoia, Onstage Fist Fights, Incest, and Cocaine
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the Manson Family murders, Hollywood was gripped with fear. Various investigatio...
The Beach Boys Pt. 1: Endless Summer, LSD, Orgies, Charles Manson and a Steve McQueen Man-Crush
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1968, the Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson invited a hippie guru and his grungy ...
Gram Parsons: A Stolen Body, Heroin, More Rolling Stones and Cosmic American Music
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gram Parsons is one of the most influential musicians in rock ‘n’ roll that you’ve maybe never...
Bonus Episode: Compton, Conspiracies, and Mercy
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake takes a look at the important musical history of Compton. Plus, y...
Kendrick Lamar: The Streets, the Studio, and the Struggle for Mercy
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Kendrick Lamar became one of the greatest lyricists of his generation, he was K.Dot—a kid f...
Willie Nelson (Pt 2): Grifters, Con Men, Thieves, and the Reinvention of the Outlaw
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Willie Nelson left Nashville and reinvented himself in Austin, Texas as the ultimate outsider. It wa...
Willie Nelson (Pt 1): A Shootout, a House Fire, and the Ballad of the Red-Headed Stranger
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Broke and depressed, Willie Nelson almost joined the 27 Club on a snowy Nashville street late one ...
Bonus Episode: 80s Metalheads, Life-changing Concerts, and Ozzy Osbourne
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake looks into some of the rumors and conjecture surrounding the deat...
Motörhead: Speed, Sex, and Revenge
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Motörhead influenced some of the most important acts in heavy metal and punk rock history. Led by t...
David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No musical artist better personified the hedonism of the ’70s than David Bowie. He captivated the ...
Bonus Episode: Suspicious Deaths, Small-Town Myths, and the Record Store That Helped Make Me
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, we’re digging up the stories they didn’t want told. Jake throws ba...
The Temptations Pt 2: The Tammi Terrell Tragedy
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Motown singer Tammi Terrell died at the age of 24, Marvin Gaye was the only one from her label ...
The Temptations: Fame, Drugs, and Paranoia
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Temptations were one of Motown’s signature vocal groups, and they remain one of the most succe...
Britney Spears (Pt. 2): Lithium, Las Vegas, and a Long-Awaited Emancipation
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship was an arrangement so strict and unfeeling that it left he...
Britney Spears (Pt. 1): Trauma Pop
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
No musician owned pop music quite like Britney Spears at the turn of the century. After graduating f...
Bonus Episode: The Culture Changed Every Ten Years… Until It Didn’t
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the Beatles to Nirvana to Pulp Fiction and Friends, every decade used to bring a cultural reset...
Run-DMC (Pt. 2): Loyalty, Betrayal, and Who Shot Jay
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay helped take hip-hop global, but behind the decks was a man under pressure...
Run DMC Pt. 1: Innovation, Evolution and the Mysterious Death of Jam Master Jay
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Run DMC is directly responsible for elevating hip hop to previously unimagined heights. They took ra...
Jay Z: Street hustle, a Nightclub Stabbing, a Near Drug Bust and the God MC
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Z’s career defies easy categorization. His artistry and business sense are as influenced by hi...
Bonus Episode: Sanitized Biopics, California Wildfires, and Underrated Rock Stars
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake looks further into the CASSM (Corporate Algorithmic Studio Story...
Mark Lanegan: Kurt Cobain’s Drug Runner, Liam Gallagher’s Tormentor, and Matt Dillon’s Firestarter
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Lanegan was grunge’s darkest secret – a gravel-voiced hellraiser who ran dope for Kurt Coba...
Ozzy Osbourne: The Prince of Darkness, Randy Rhoads’ Plane Crash and the Saving Grace of a Strong Woman
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ozzy Osbourne, along with his bandmates in Black Sabbath, invented heavy metal, and throughout Ozzy’...
Black Sabbath: Satanists, Severed Limbs, Dismembered Fingers, Mountains of Cocaine and the Invention of Heavy Metal
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Black Sabbath are solely responsible for conjuring the diabolical power of heavy metal. When guitari...
Bonus Episode: Uncovering Grift, Country Punks, and RIP Ozzy
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jake looks into some possible malfeasance related to the proceeds of a benefit concert fo...
Introducing: HOLLYWOODLAND…
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
…the Hollywood and true crime spinoff from the award winning music and true crime podcast, DISGR...
Waylon Jennings: Surviving Buddy Holly, the DEA, and Himself
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Waylon Jennings’ musical career began with tragedy. On tour as the bass player for his friend Budd...
Presenting Hollywoodland - Robin Williams: A Manic Mind at Breakneck Speed, an Addiction to Laughter, and the Devil’s Dandruff
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Williams’ manic mind moved at such a breakneck speed that cocaine had the opposite effect th...
Pink Floyd: Acid Overload, a Psychotic Breakdown, and a Crazy Diamond
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pink Floyd’s original frontman, Syd Barrett, did so much LSD that he experienced a mental breakdow...
Bonus Episode: CASSM, Nikki Sixx, and the Gospel According to Jimmy Buffett
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jake dives deeper into Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe, Part 2), calls out the Corporate Algori...
Motley Crue Pt. 2: The Ballad of Nikki Sixx – Dead, Doped Up, and Running Naked with a Loaded .357
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He was broke, strung out, and cleaning up other people's puke. Then he got stiffed by a gangster wit...
Mötley Crüe Pt. 1: Sex, Drugs, and Even More Sex and Drugs: How Are These Dudes Still Alive?
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run, and in the process took th...
Bonus Episode: The Greatest Band That Never Was
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the after party, Jake looks at the bands that could've been huge, but never were, and h...
The Replacements: Stink Bombs, Broken Guitars, and Self-Sabotage
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A teenage bass-playing f*ck-up prodigy. A big brother in an ill-fitting bodysuit on national televis...
Studio 54: Disco Decadence, a Dead Body and Bags of Cash
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the late seventies, Studio 54 was the place to be for musicians and celebrities alike. John Lenno...
Bonus Episode – The Verdict is in
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the after party, Jake hears from you about your favorite singer/songwriters and which a...
Frank Sinatra Pt 2: New Evidence, Secret Favors, and Three Dead Men. This is Frank Sinatra — Connected, Compromised, and Cornered
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Sinatra was never just a pop star. In this second chapter of his story, Frank isn’t merely b...
Frank Sinatra Pt. 1: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Sinatra had it all, then lost it all, then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme ta...
Bonus Episode – True Crime Songs, Singer Songwriters, and the Worst Draft Pick in NBA History
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the after party, Jake is thinking about great singer songwriter albums - what is your f...
Bonus Episode – Concert Tragedies, Concussions, and Brian Wilson
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the after party, Jake reflects on the recent deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, and ...
The Who Pt 2: A Crowd Crush, a Death Trap, and a Tragedy in Cincinnati
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They came for the loudest rock band in the world. They got a death trap. In a freezing plaza outside...
Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore
Sun, 15 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Join hosts Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore as they take you deep into the world of the most notoriou...
Bonus Episode – Obsessions, Earworms, and RIP Sly Stone
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake goes down a rabbit hole as he thinks about great songs about obse...
Bjork: The Package, the Fan, and a Deadly Obsession
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A deranged fan. A deadly package. And one of the most innovative musicians on the planet. This is th...
Bonus Episode - Suffering Souls, Subversion, and More Great Girl Groups
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake is thinking about the connection between psychopathy, artistry, a...
Marilyn Manson: A Car Crash, a Planned Murder, Nihilism, Abuse, and Inhumanity
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the controversial story behind Marilyn Manson, aka Brian Warner. Accused by multiple women ...
Bonus Episode - Great Girl Groups au Go Go
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake ponders the greatest girl groups of all time and wonders about ou...
The Go Go’s: Serial Killers, Drug Addiction, an Historic Album, and “the Rumor”
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Serial killers, drug addiction, avoiding death, destruction, punk rock cliches and surviving an unme...
Bonus Episode – Upcoming Episodes, the Diddy Trial, and More Mount Rushmore
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake takes a look at the upcoming slate of episodes in Disgraceland an...
Bonus Episode - Sign o' the Times: the Diddy Trial Begins
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake shares his thoughts on the start of the Diddy trial and (of cours...
Prince (Pt. 2): Bodyguards, Guns, Gangs, and a Revolution
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1984. Prince is at his commercial and creative peak. "Purple Rain" – the album, the soundtrack, an...
Bonus Episode: The Mount Rushmore of Guitarists
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the Mount Rushmore of Guitarists and opines ...
Van Halen Pt. 2: Pulling a Gun on Fred Durst, Racing Ferraris and Lambos, and Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Faithful Servant
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1985, David Lee Roth was out and Sammy Hagar was in. One of the biggest lead singer shakeups in m...
Bonus Episode: Gen X Actresses and Getting to Know You
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake reflects on Wynona Ryder and her iconic status among Gen X. Plus...
Party’s Over, from Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Wed, 30 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You know on Disgraceland we bring you dark stories of musicians getting away with very bad behavior....
Winona Ryder: Drowning, Designer Theft, and a Deadly Kidnapping
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Between beatnik parents, an LSD guru godfather, and an unconventional upbringing in Northern Califor...
Bonus Episode: Rock 'n' Roll Second Acts
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake looks at second acts in music history. Which artists went on to ...
Chris Cornell: Bad Trips, Crooked DEA Agents, and Four Octaves of Sheer Power
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a teenager, Chris Cornell was traumatized by a bad PCP trip that turned him into a recluse for ye...
The Eagles Pt. 1: International Drug Smuggling, Endless Cocaine, and California Excess
Fri, 18 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
From games of chicken on private planes to one member surviving a private plane crash, the Eagles as...
Bonus Episode: Books They Don't Want You to Read and Books We Want Them to Write
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake takes your calls on the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and wonders wh...
Bonus Episode: 2025 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Nominees and Helter Skelter
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oasis, Bad Company, Black Crowes, OutKast, White Stripes, Joe Cocker, Joy Division / New Order, Chub...
Billy Idol: A Motorcycle Crash, a Rude Awakening in Bangkok, Sexual Deviancy, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Animals
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With his spiked blond hair, perpetual sneer, and gloved hands clenched in defiance, Billy Idol seeme...
Introducing: HOLLYWOODLAND…
Mon, 07 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
…the Hollywood and true crime spinoff from the award winning music and true crime podcast, DISGR...
Bonus Episode: JFK, Watergate, and More From Seattle
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake shares his thoughts on the recent release of formerly classified ...
Bob Dylan (Pt.2): BREAKING–New JFK Files Link Dylan to Richard Nixon’s Watergate Scandal
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Within the recently released "JFK Files” there is a reference to a “Bobby Dyllon” and informa...
Bonus Episode: F#ck, Marry, Kill with Your Favorite Seattle Bands
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week in the After Party, Jake hears from you about the greatest Seattle artists of the grunge e...