The Rock Geeks

In the second part of The Rock Geeks close inspection of Dust by Screaming Trees, Phil and Julian continue their chat about the band's gear before getting stuck into the studios visited by Screaming Trees during the recording process. Not ones to shy away from a good old philosophical debate Phil and Julian discuss whether or not the SSL sound actually exists, which takes them on an unexpected detour, starting at The Hit Factory NYC and finishing at Phil Collins. Finally, Phil talks Julian's ear off again about compression, specifically how mix engineering legend Andy Wallace used it to such great effect on the 120 million albums sold on which he is credited. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

On episode one of their two part investigation into one of the most criminally overlooked albums of the 90s, Dust by Screaming Trees, Phil and Julian kick things off with some correspondence from American artist Mark Danielson, who painted the cover art for the album. Danielson writes about the inspiration behind the enigmatic image that makes Dust one of the most complete albums of the era, sending Phil on a voyage of discovery into the world of art history. Later Phil and Julian swap notes in their track by track analysis before getting stuck into the gear that the band was using around the time of Dust's recording. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In part 2 of the Rock Geeks' investigation into The Doors' eponymous debut album, Phil and Julian have a chat about the artwork and make the startling discovery that it's possible to be a pacifist in the US Army and that John Densmore has an unexpected link to the band's logo. Then the chat turns to the music, which turns out to be a bit of a rollercoaster ride in terms of quality control. Sorry die hard Doors fans, but if you search deep within your hearts you'll find that half of this album is a bit pants. The good news is that the other half is an iconic, era defining, work of genius! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Groovy baby! On episode 8 of The Rock Geeks podcast Phil and Julian get their 60s vibe on as they focus their attentions on The Doors' eponymous debut album. Join them as they take a trip to the legendary Sunset Sound Recorders where they marvel at what engineer Bruce Botnik was able to achieve with the available technology of the time and, despite being woefully under-qualified, Phil delivers a physics lesson in standing waves to Julian who was, we're sure, delighted. Later the discussion turns to the band's equipment, which was, it turns out, pretty much bank rolled by Mr and Mrs Krieger. Far out, maaaaaaan... ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

On this special episode of The Rock Geeks Phil and Julian chat to Magnus Sveningsson, founding member of and bassist with The Cardigans, about the band's masterwork, Long Gone Before Daylight. Magnus shares his memories of the recording of the album and talks about how the songs and the process, as testing as it was sometimes, ultimately helped to heal the band individually and collectively. Also, he very kindly did his bit for the rock geek in all of us by contacting Cardigans guitarist Peter Svensson in order to procure some seriously geeky info about the guitars and amps used in the recording of the album, which we hugely appreciated. Finally, Magnus gives us a definitive answer as to whether or not there will be a new Cardigans album arriving in the near future. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.