Alice In Chains Sap & Jar of Flies EPs

The No.1 record on the greatest grunge album list, Nirvana Nevermind, turns 30. And as a very special bonus ep Bakko talks with music industry titan and Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg. Danny shares some stories of his background in the music industry, working with Led Zeppelin, how he ended up managing Nirvana. Thoughts on who Kurt was vs. the public perception. Courtney Love driving a divide with people working for the band. Expectations for Nevermind upon release. That record opening doors for all things Seattle. Becoming a confidant of Kurt’s. Band tensions prior to his death and so much more.

Just over a year ago we started this tribute to Grunge and the Seattle scene. Through it all, it comes down to this. We have reached the No. 1 Record on Rolling Stones Greatest grunge albums of all time. Nirvana Nevermind. Thanks go to every guest who helped make this series what it is. A time capsule of one of music’s most prominent movements. Not only do we dive deep into the record that set it all in motion, we look back on the last year and what it all means.

Coming in at Number 2 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums is the 1991 release from Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger. The guest host this ep is Kevin Williams from the In Obscuria podcast. Kevin brings his very unique expertise to the show as he and Bakko relive this Grunge masterpiece.

Dave Hillis Interview: Engineer of Pearl Jam -Ten. Dave has plenty of amazing anecdotes from one of the biggest albums in Grunge and Rock history.

Coming in at No. 3 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge albums is the debut record from Pearl Jam, Ten. Joining the program this week, from Pods & Sods, Craig Smith.

Ten is the debut studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991, through Epic Records.

n this bonus ep Bakko chats with the producer of Hole’s record, Live Through This, Paul Q. Kolderie.

Paul Q. Kolderie is an American record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Abandoned Pools, the Go-Go’s, and Mike Gordon of Phish. He usually works with production partner Sean Slade.

Coming in at No. 4 on Rolling Stones greatest grunge albums list is the second Hole record, Live Through This. Joining Bakko to breakdown this album is former host of the Rock & Metal Combat Podcast, Ian Wadley. Ian and Bakko go track by track.
Live Through This is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Hole, released on April 12, 1994, by DGC Records.

Coming in at number 5 on Rolling Stones Greatest Grunge Albums is Mudhoney’s “Superfuzz Bigmuff”. Joining the program this week is host of the Rock And/Or Roll Podcast BJ Kramp. BJ and Bakko go track by track on this early grunge classic.

Superfuzz Bigmuff is the debut EP by the Seattle grunge band Mudhoney. It was released on October 20, 1988 through record label Sub Pop. The album was later re-released in 1990 in the form of Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles.

Part Two of the interview with David de Sola, author of “Alice In Chains-The Untold Story”. In this part, David & Bakko discuss the time leading up to, during and after the recording of the Alice Chains album “Dirt”.

David de Sola is a journalist with experience working at CNN, 60 Minutes, and Reuters whose work has also been published in The Atlantic, The Huffington Post and other print and online publications. He has degrees from Tufts University, the University of Southern California, and Georgetown University. He lives in Atlanta.