Bonus Episode: The Greatest Band That Never Was
DISGRACELAND
Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 13.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week in the after party, Jake looks at the bands that could've been huge, but never were, and hears from you on the subject. Plus, Jake talks about the challenge of writing the upcoming Brian Wilson episode and dishes on his surprisingly growing admiration for Jimmy Buffet.
On Tuesday, we're bringing you part 2 of our Motley Crue episode, focusing on Nikki Sixx. Jake wants to know: Was Motley Crue the greatest hair metal band? And if you dislike hair metal, are there any hair metal bands that you kinda maybe sorta could like? Share your thoughts at 617-906-6638, disgracelandpod@gmail.com, or on socials @disgracelandpod.
For more great Disgraceland episodes, dive into our extensive archive, including such episodes as: Episode 42 - Madonna
Episode 65 - The Misfits Episode 94 - Tom Petty
Episode 137 - New Order
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey Discos, need a little more disgrace land in your life? |
| 0:05.0 | Just a touch to get you through? |
| 0:07.3 | Yeah, me too. |
| 0:08.7 | This is the podcast that comes after the podcast. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome to Disgraceland bonus episode, a little thing we like to call the after party. |
| 0:32.7 | This is the show after the show, the party after the party, the bridge to get you from one full episode |
| 0:37.7 | of disgrace to the other, the backyard to dig into the dirt. Our mission to uncover the truth, |
| 0:43.6 | to confront the myth, to reclaim the story. On this bonus episode, we're talking about this |
| 0:49.0 | week's full episode subject, the replacements. We're rewinding with the Guns and Roses |
| 0:53.6 | parts one and two stories |
| 0:54.9 | from our archive, previewing our new upcoming episode on Nikki Six, and we get into your |
| 0:59.6 | voicemails, text, DMs, and as always, a whole lot of rosy. Disgraceland is for the |
| 1:05.1 | obsessed, the overlooked, the outsiders who know that the best stories are the ones that got buried. |
| 1:09.8 | If that's you, then you belong right |
| 1:11.6 | here in the after party. All right, discos, let's get into it. When I first heard the replacements |
| 1:27.1 | in high school, it was what older kids listened to. |
| 1:30.7 | And by older kids, I mean kids who seem both smart and dangerous. |
| 1:35.1 | Kids from my town who went to college, but still had cool vintage cars and hot girlfriends, |
| 1:41.0 | but Molly Ringwall Hot, not Cindy Crawford hot. |
| 1:43.3 | The point is what these replacements listening dudes had was different from what my punk rock listening friends had. |
| 1:50.5 | It seemed more adult and fun. |
| 1:54.0 | And like I said, somehow smart too. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

