Steal This Album!

Steal This Album!

Steal this episode! We tackle System of a Down's 2003 album Steal This Album! today on the show. Topics include the movie Go, The Mountain Goats, music piracy, and our favorite stolen albums. Tune in! AATSUO Picks Nolan: Takako Minekawa – Roomic Cube [https://open.spotify.com/album/3ApMb6rEpW2crGabKwSZ4J?si=JLG1jbTnS02O9lD3PUudBQ] Zack: Rush – Hemispheres [https://open.spotify.com/album/2vrM9ltjKIvNg3nkwXoJuc?si=vw53fYaPRqypTWEJCkbhnA]

Toxicity

This week, we're talkin' Tox – it's Toxicity day on the pod! Join us for a lengthy discussion on System of a Down's 2001 commercial breakthrough, some more important cultural and band history, and our favorite LA albums. Nolan: Los Lobos – By The Light of the Moon [https://open.spotify.com/album/0uGHY1C9gooXA7uIwj8O2i?si=F318xP2PRce4H7vD6905rg] Zack: Phantom Planet – Phantom Planet is Missing [https://open.spotify.com/album/023bQDvDX91LUz2GwxvzNJ?si=3wJVp3ujQwCZY0G_v5AJuQ]

Origins / Self-Titled

It's a bird, it's a jet pilot, it's a new series! Join us as we discuss the origins of the Armenian-American alt-metal titans System of a Down – the band members, their historical / cultural background, the first demos, and of course, their first LP 'System of a Down' from 1998. We also continue our "An Album to Send Us Off" segment, picking our favorite self-titled albums. Nolan: The Band – The Band (1969) [https://open.spotify.com/album/4vXFiaDS8zuEl5bOUbW53x?si=gYazJ-j4SkKRS5kQJHk3EA] Zack: Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith (1995) [https://open.spotify.com/album/1nGWgkinMkmX7BlAuC4umM?si=TKSBxGisTGCwwY8eisIEZA]

Zack and Nolan... Don't Enjoy TOOL?

On this episode, we check in with our starved fanbase about the future of the pod. Spoiler alert – TOOL talk stops here. Tune into this epsiode to find out why we are abandoning our TOOL series, get our thoughts on the NBA playoffs, hear us talk about cassettes, and discuss a brand new-and-improved series on System of a Down.

Opiate EP

We're back! After numerous attempts to bring you season two, we are finally here for our deep dive armchair analysis on TOOL. Join us this week as we explore the band's first EP, 'Opiate', as well as reviewing the origins of the members and band itself.