Throwback Thursday: Geoff Rickly discusses Thursday’s “Signals Over the Air”

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Chris DeMakes

Music, Music History, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

4.9 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Originally released as Episode 192 on February 5th, 2024, this episode features Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly discussing the writing and recording of the band’s 2003 single “Signals Over the Air.” Taken from the band’s third album War All the Time, the song is a dynamic amalgamation of melody and aggression, and it’s much rawer than the polished productions that most people would expect from a major label release. In this episode, Geoff dives deep into the inspiration and creation of this landmark single. Chris DeMakes A Podcast is brought to you by DistroKid, the ultimate partner for taking your music to the next level. Get 30% off your first YEAR with DistroKid by signing up at ⁠http://distrokid.com/vip/demakes For bonus episode of The After Party podcast, an extensive back catalog of past After Party episodes, early ad-free releases of new episodes of Chris DeMakes A Podcast, full video versions of episodes, and MUCH more, head to the Patreon at ⁠http://www.ChrisDeMakes.com Follow Chris DeMakes A Podcast on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chrisdemakesapodcast/⁠ Join the Chris DeMakes A Podcast community on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/2643961642526928/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.4	It's Throwback Thursday again, which is very fitting this week because we're throwing it back to an episode
1:28.5	about the band Thursday. Back in February of 2024, we had Jeff Rickley on the show to talk about
1:36.2	Thursday's 2003 single Signals Over the Air. So to get you ready for this episode, I thought we
1:42.2	take a quick look back around when the song
1:44.8	came out. So the song was released on August 12th of 2003, just a little over a month before the
1:51.8	release of the album War All the Time. If you turned on the radio or MTV at this moment,
1:57.6	some songs you might hear would be Beyonce's crazy and love, Kelly Clarkson's
2:02.4	Miss Independent, Are You Happy Now from Michelle Branch, Bring Me to Life from Evanescence,
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