Rock Music History Podcasts

185 Miles South

272 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 242 ratings
A hardcore punk rock podcast.

Who Cares About the Rock Hall?

301 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
A podcast about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hosted by comedians Joe Kwaczala and Kristen Studard. He's a long-time devotee. She's a skeptic. Join them as he attempts to get her (and their guests...

Songs of Note

216 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
A music podcast about the songs we love, and the stories behind them.

Hall of Songs

166 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
What are the greatest songs of all-time? Hosts Chris Jones and Tim Malcolm nominate songs for the Hall of Songs, with each episode tackling a new year chronologically, starting with 1951. Listeners...

Satan and Rainbows

91 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
A charmingly eclectic music history podcast

HiddenTracks

297 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
A weekly podcast brought to you by a music lover, talking to musicians and everyday people about the impact music has. Exploring all genres with a variety of guests through open dialogue revolving ...

Rock in Retrospect

74 episodes - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
“Rock in Retrospect” focuses on the lives, careers and legacies of artists who made a significant impact on the music industry. Host Nick Bambach invites a guest to discuss their favorite artists a...

Rock & Roll High School With Pete Ganbarg

52 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
Rock & Roll High School is an interview series that spotlights some of the most important figures in the history of contemporary music.  Interviews by Pete Ganbarg. About Pete: Pete Ganba...

Reminiscent | A Pop Punk and Emo Music Podcast

279 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Reminiscent is a weekly show where 2 best friends discuss their favorite bands from their adolescence and how it’s shaped their lives as they find themselves exploring early adulthood. Hitting pu...

How Good It Is

337 episodes - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
Every week I choose a song from the 50s through the 80s and dive into its history, the story behind the song and other items of interest. Find more stuff at www.howgooditis.com

I Already Told You That

65 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
This is a podcast about music and each week Melissa brings a new artist...or it should be said, a new artist to Bryan. The funny thing is, this music shouldn’t be new as it’s been playing in their ...

Christian Geeks Rockcast

73 episodes - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
The 80's to early 90's were a unique and golden era of Christian music. Every genre and style had amazing artists creating high quality music and solid messages. Christian Geeks Classic Rockcast ex...

Milk Crates and Turntables. A Music Discussion Podcast

162 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Milk Crates and Turntables is a Music Discussion Podcast. Each week Scott chooses a different music topic and discuss and debate the good, the bad and the ugly side of that particular topic. Maybe...

JFJ Conspiracy

159 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Three friends that love to talk about classic rock, as well as unsigned and indie bands.Each episode, Jim, Frank, and Jerry will present a song from an unsigned or indie band and talk about what th...

Record Roulette: A Music Appreciation Podcast

124 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★ - 10 ratings
This is a podcast about the greatest music of all time. Every two weeks we choose an album from the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums to discuss with a rotating cast of guests - everything from ph...

Different Head

304 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Different Head is an annotated mixtape of new wave, no wave, and neither wave — from Tyler Sorensen.

In The Past: Garage Rock Podcast

258 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
The usual format is this: we pick a song from the 1950s or 1960s (genres range from garage, R&B, Girl Groups, Motown and Doo-Wop), and discuss three versions of that song, or sometimes we just pla...

Gabba Gabba Huh?

166 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Welcome to the Gabba Gabba Huh? Podcast, featuring the best of The Carolinas' punk, alternative, hard rock, and heavy metal from the past 40 years. While the main podcast (Gabba Gabba Huh? Talks) w...

Tim Friedmann's 70's Rock Conversations

191 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Informative and Entertaining conversation about the greatest decade of music! Spanning the years 1967-'82. Spotlight Years, Featured Artists Plus! 1-Hit Wonders, "Not-so-good Songs," and more!

Wachtelligence

41 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In 1974, A.J. Wachtel left Springfield, New Jersey for Boston to attend BU, and well frankly he never left. Maintaining the “aggressive, in your face” charm of someone from New Jersey, he has used ...

Rush Strutter Zep Magik

30 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Mike Bessler and Kevin McElvaney are pro wrestling writers who moonlight as music aficionados. As the title of this podcast suggests, we primarily focus on material by rock powerhouses Rush, Kiss, ...

This is Vinyl Tap

267 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Short talks about long players. We focus on great albums in their entirety. We are highly opinionated and outspoken. We hope to provoke you into sharing your own opinions on Albums. If you are ser...

Rave & Drool: A Chronicle of '90s CanRock

81 episodes - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Welcome to Rave and Drool: A Chronicle of '90s CanRock! Rave and Drool is a look into the nurture of music and the nature of business through a Canadian lens. Through long form interviews, this pod...

Record Royale

183 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago
Brad and Adam throw two records into the ring with one another to see which one comes out on top! An Aussie music show with guests, segments, beers and laughs!

ROCK PHOENIX LIVE

145 episodes - Latest episode: 21 days ago
Rock has a new home on this show! Each show is packed with heavy guitars that will tear the paint right off, bass that will tear down walls and vocals the break the windows and give you goose bumps...

Heavy Radio

82 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago
Heavy Radio is where two lifelong metalheads get together to talk about metal news and music. Mark and Eric discovered heavy metal music as kids and never looked back. As musicians themselves, they...

Text, Prose & RocknRoll

80 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago
Text, Prose & RocknRoll is the only podcast dedicated to the documented account of musicians, rock biographers, and documentarians. A MUST for fans of Fresh Air & Behind the Music. Hosted by Emmy n...

My Life in Concert.com

55 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago
Welcome to the My Life in Concert podcast! Join me, your host Various Artists, on my musical time travel as I look back on (almost) every live gig I have seen from 1975 to the present. ...

What the Punk!?

41 episodes - Latest episode: 22 days ago
“PUNK is not a genre. It’s a DISCUSSION.” It’s a radio show. It’s a history lesson. It’s political commentary. It’s music education and opinion. It’s What the PUNK?! Hosted by Theft To The G...

Monstars of Rock: The Lordi Story

38 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago
LORDI are a band like no other, a monster squad that plays catchy hard rock music inspired by the likes of KISS, Twisted Sister and Alice Cooper. But their story is even more unique than their loo...