Guns N’ Roses Pt. 1: Brawling with Bowie, Juvenile Delinquency, Dealing Dope and Death at Donington
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Few hard rock bands lived the life portrayed in their songs as authentically as Guns N’ Roses. Sin...
The Beach Boys Pt. 2: Endless Bummer, Hollywood Paranoia, Onstage Fist Fights, Incest, and Cocaine
19 Dec 2019
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
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1968, the Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson invited a hippie guru and his grungy ...
The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the '60s
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 08:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Alta...
The Rolling Stones at Altamont: Bikers, Blood, and the End of the '60s
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Rolling Stones, the most dangerous band on the planet, envisioned their free concert at the Alta...
A$AP Rocky: Love Sex Dreams/LSD and Locked Up Overseas
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A$AP Rocky’s upbringing; Harlem, Riker’s, and his own instincts and sense of history informed hi...
Whitney Houston: Cracks in the Mirror, Crack on the Mirror, and One Fateful Choice
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whitney Houston was The Voice. A stunning beauty. An early MTV star and leading actress. But when sh...
Eminem: Taking His Shot, Pulling a Glock, and Facing the Real Slim Shady
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On a single Saturday in 2000, Marshall Mathers assaulted two separate men with a pistol and fought w...
Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop
Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:06:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing ...
Madonna: Music as Sex and Sex as Power in the Reign of the Queen of Pop
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Madonna always knew her life would be art. She rose through the late 70s New York scene reinventing ...
Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:05:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and r...
Iggy Pop: Mad Artistry, Mental Wards, and Gaping Chest Wounds
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Iggy Pop pushed rock further than anyone before him, committing to live acts of sex, sickness, and r...
Motown Records: Pimps, Prostitutes, the Detroit Mafia and the Sound of Teenage America
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Motown Records is one of the most successful musical industry endeavors of all time. The music and t...
Led Zeppelin: Dark Power, Cocaine, Backstage Brawls and Heavy Metal Magick
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Led Zeppelin were the biggest band on the planet. The great white shark of the seventies. They defin...
N.W.A Pt. 2: Beatdowns, Band Beef, Death Row and LA on Fire
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of the N.W.A story finds the group dead center in America’s crosshairs, due in part to th...
N.W.A Pt. 1: Street Hustle, Reality Rap and Culture-Shifting Violence
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
N.W.A, the self proclaimed “most dangerous group in America,” were seen as violent, thuggish, pr...
Frank Sinatra: Frankie Is the Reason...That the President's Dead
Wed, 31 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Frank Sinatra had it all, then lost it all, then got it all back tenfold. He was a man of extreme ta...
The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 07:12:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greate...
The Rolling Stones: Fugitives in Exile
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gun fights, heroin trafficking, burglaries, kidnapping threats, intra-band infidelity and the greate...
Cardi B: Felony Assault
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cardi B is one of the biggest artists on the planet and one of the most successful female hip hop ar...
Jim Morrison: Zodiac Killer Qu'est-ce Que C'est
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a bonus episode of Disgraceland that is satire and not true crime. Originally released on Ap...
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:09:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, an...
Slick Rick: Hustle, Iconic Flow and a Menacing Tormentor
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slick Rick has one of the most iconic voices in hip hip history. His style is completely his own, an...
Johnny Cash: Pills & Playing With Fire
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Cash took no shit. He was a total original. Could maneuver that big baritone around a ballad ...
Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent
Tue, 14 May 2019 07:07:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, ...
Amy Winehouse: Rehab, the Muse and a Rare Talent
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rehab, arrests, fights, hitting on Prince Harry, dramatic stage breakdowns, slagging off the press, ...
XXXTentacion: Mellow Beats and Ultra Violence
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
XXXTentacion was one of Generation Z’s most talented hip hop stars but his ascent was marked by vi...
Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…
Tue, 16 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with...
Grateful Dead Pt. 1: Freedom's Just Another Word for…
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Grateful Dead became one of the most influential bands of all time and propelled themselves with...
Ike and Tina Turner: The Inventor and Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ike Turner very well may have invented rock ‘n’ roll; Tina Turner is one of the most electrifyin...
Snoop Doggy Dogg: Murder Was The Case
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Snoop Dogg, (AKA Calvin Broadus) has worn many hats: inmate, pimp, Martha Stewart’s BFF. In 1994, ...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 2: Suicide Samurai
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grunge, grief, the Grateful Dead and a “teenage whore.” Part 2 of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney L...
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love Pt. 1: No Direction Home
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Cobain is a celebrated and defiant icon of Generation X. His wife, Courtney Love, was once the ...
Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spade Cooley was one of Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was ...
Rick James: Superfreak Is an Understatement
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rick James may have been born into a life of crime, but he was determined to make his way in life th...
Big Lurch: Hip Hop Cannibal
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Big Lurch didn’t just rap about standard hip-hop culture; he rapped about serial killers like Jeff...
Keith Moon: Rockstar Excess and a Dead Chauffeur
Tue, 09 Oct 2018 07:09:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wh...
The Who Pt 1: Keith Moon, Rockstar Excess, and a Dead Chauffeur
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wh...
Marvin Gaye: Father, Father There’s Far Too Many of Us Dying
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Marvin Gaye was born into a God-fearing home to a sweet, wholesome mother and crossdressing, philand...
GG Allin: Live Fast, Die
Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:07:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or...
GG Allin: Live Fast, Die
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
GG Allin, the notoriously transgressive punk rocker, pushed the limits further than anyone before or...
Brian Jones: To Be On Your Own Like A Sinking Stone
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Jones invented “The World’s Greatest Rock ‘N Roll Band," The Rolling Stones, but would f...
Johnny Paycheck: Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of country music stars wear the black hat but none of them wore it with more authenticity than ...
Mötley Crüe: Sex, Drugs, and Even More Sex and Drugs: How Are These Dudes Still Alive?
Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:03:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil totaled his Ford Pantera on a beer run, and in the process took th...
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 2): “The phony must die, said the catcher in the rye.”
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative...
The Death of John Lennon (Pt. 1): “John Lennon, I’m going to kill you, you phony bastard.”
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Lennon was a walking contradiction: a violent pacifist and a creative genius marred by creative...
James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 07:12:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the ...
James Brown: Papa's Got A Brand New Bag... Of Meth
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the hardest working man in show business takes a break? Idle hands are indeed the ...
Michael Alig: If a Club Kid Kills, Stuffs the Body in a Box and Tells The World About It Will Anyone Listen?
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In March 1996, promoter Michael Alig, the "King of the Club Kids," after appearing on TV’s Geraldo...
Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.: The Media Did It
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who killed Tupac? Who killed Biggie? The answer has been right there out in the open for years. This...
Bob Marley: Rasta Vigilante
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Marley is known as the peace and love reggae superstar, but the truth of who he really was is a ...
Tay-K: A Nationwide Manhunt and Art Imitating Life
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Arlington, Texas rapper born Taymor Travon McIntyre was involved in two killings by the time he ...
The Rolling Stones: Sleeping With the First Lady and Trafficking Heroin
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970s, the world regarded the Rolling Stones as an insular band of hedonistic and glamorous p...
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: Hit Me Again and I'll Burn Your House Down
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was known as “the crazy one.” She did, after all, burn down th...
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1968, Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently...
Norwegian Black Metal: Satanic Rebellion, Murder and Worse
20 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Never has there been a more extreme form of musical rebellion than Norwegian Black Metal. The genre’...
Sam Cooke: An Insatiable Libido and a Justifiable Homicide
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Cooke was a lot of things: soul superstar, civil rights champion, whip smart entrepreneur. But h...
Sid Vicious: Love Kills... Even a Mother's Love?
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It has long been believed that punk rock icon Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. That is true. H...
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer and Getting Away with Murder
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The night before Jerry Lee Lewis’ fifth wife died, she made a phone call to her mother. She told h...