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Jukebox Zeroes
by Zero Science
Lilz Martin and Patrick Barry are not music journalists, and are wholly unqualified to conduct criticism of albums that have been infinitely more successful than they could ever hope to achieve. They’re just two local musicians from Massachusetts who have a strange fascination with bad music. From The Shaggs to Attila to Threatin, share their love on Jukebox Zeroes, the podcast that takes a retrospective look at historically-hated albums.
Episodes
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087 - Mariah Carey - Glitter (with Scott Kurland)
R&B singer/songwriter Mariah Carey enjoyed a prolonged period of critical and commercial success throughout the 90s, during which she enjoyed multiple Billboard Hot 100 hits and sold millions upon millions of records. The 00s on the other hand were a brief stumbling point for the legendary...
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086 - Rednex - Sex & Violins (with Aimee Hauthaway)
On this very special(?) episode of Jukebox Zeroes, Lilz and Patrick with special return guest Aimee Hauthaway have opted to close out season 5 by listening to Sex And Violins by Rednex. You know, Rednex? The "Cotton Eye Joe" guys? Why are they doing this? Isn't that the question of the day....
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085 - Christian Rock Roundup (with Ashley Rogers & Shane Smith)
Christian Rock. A phenomenon in which the iconically American genre of music is used as a tool for evangelizing, preaching, or otherwise sharing christian religious beliefs. Though christianity had long opposed the "devil music" that was rock and roll, sometime around the late 1960s and early...
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084 - Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (1983) (with Nate Nemitz)
Fresh after the release of Pink Floyd's mega-selling concept record The Wall, Roger Waters had plans to release a companion piece record to accompany the film adaptation of the famed album. The project was to be titled Spare Bricks, and consist of songs written for The Wall that didn't make the...
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083 - Falling In Reverse - Fashionably Late (2013) (with Jacob Russell)
Meet Ronnie Radke. Formerly the lead singer of the legendary metalcore act Escape The Fate, his tenure in the group was cut short after assault charges landed him in prison, and expelled from the band. Undaunted, Radke would form his own project upon leaving jail, known as Falling In Reverse…
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082 - Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000) (with Steve Borek)
In 2001 several revolutionary albums stood nominated for Album Of The Year at that year's Grammy Awards. Important records by Radiohead (Kid A), Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP), and Beck (Midnite Vultures), all of which would go on to great acclaim and influence to new generations of musicians…
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080 - Steven Seagal - Songs From The Crystal Cave (2005) (with Mario Boiardi)
Before famed musician Steven Seagal committed his musical genius upon the world, you may be surprised to learn that he also was an actor in action films like Under Siege, Hard To Kill, Above The Law, and On Deadly Ground. You may also learn that he was formerly a Navy SEAL, a CIA agent, and an...
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079 - V/A - Batman Forever: Music From The Motion Picture (1995) (with Danesha Artis)
The 1995 motion picture Batman Forever marked the 3rd entry in the first cinematic universe of the titular DC Comics superhero. While previous entries had been directed by Tim Burton, Forever found Burton in a producing role instead, with directorial duties falling to Joel Schumacher. In contrast...
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078 - V/A - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1978) (with Franco Micale)
In 1967, The Beatles released their 8th studio album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, a record that has been considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Heavily influenced by The Beach Boys' record Pet Sounds a year earlier, Sgt. Pepper was renowned for its' innovative style of...
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077 - Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere (1997) (with Rock Candy)
Okay. Funny story. Originally we set out to give a fair critical and retrospective shake to Middle Of Nowhere, the 1997 full-length debut from Tulsa, Oklahoma act Hanson. The record most famous for the pop rock mega-hit "MMM Bop", it was a critical smash and a commercial powerhouse that sold over...
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076 - Christmas Music Roundup: Caucasian Disappointment Edition
In keeping with annual tradition Lilz and Patrick are proud to present their yearly Christmas Music Roundup (In January) with a specific focus on the boring disappointments wrought against music by white people via bland, tasteless holiday ditties. PWESEEEEENTS KWISMAAAAAS UNCAH DANNOHHH
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075 - Alanis Morissette - Alanis (1991) (with Phil Fleming)
Singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette is indelibly linked to the 1990s. Her commercial breakthrough Jagged Little Pill remains a vital piece of pop culture from the decade, in addition to selling millions of copies worldwide, earning widespread critical acclaim, and heralding a wave of successful...
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074 - Todd Rundgren - The Individualist (1995) (with Glenn Martin)
Todd Rundgren has a long and storied history of musical innovation throughout his storied career. In addition to producing a slew of famed records from Meat Loaf, XTC, and The New York Dolls among others, Rundgren is responsible for pioneering the notion of the one-man band via his music…
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073 - Judas Priest - Turbo (1986) (with Ryan Davison)
For the first decade of their career, Judas Priest was best known as a prototypical innovator of the then fledgling genre of heavy metal, heralded as pioneers by those in the scene, but largely unknown to wider audiences. That all changed by the 1980s, when the band shot to major commercial…
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072 - The Bee Gees - Odessa (1969) (with Tyler Kent)
Before conquering the world of disco music in the 1970s, The Bee Gees were better known for their blend of soft rock/easy listening throughout the UK. In their formative years in the 1960s the group maintained a comfortable grip on the UK Singles chart, with high-ranking singles like "I've Gotta...
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071 - Beach Boys - Still Cruisin' (1989) (with Jon Sasor)
As with most acts who experienced their greatest triumphs in the 1960s and 1970s, the Beach Boys stumbled embarrassingly and ungracefully into the 1980s and beyond. The lushly orchestrated and deeply emotional chamber pop of Brian Wilson was long in the rear view mirror, as the group's former…
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070 - The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (2004) (with mynameisblueskye)
UK act The Prodigy made a name for themselves in the 1990s through their distinct style of electronic music, which introduced raucous punk rock energy to the subgenres of hardcore techno and rave music, and also introduce the world to the sound of big beat music. In spite of their success in the...
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069 - Captain Beefheart - Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974) (with Tim Howd)
During his 18-year career as a musician, Don Van Vliet, better known by the moniker of Captain Beefheart, never experienced major levels of commercial success. Despite the cult following that he commanded, and an eventual long and storied legacy of innovation and influence upon future art and...
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068 - Blur - Think Tank (2003) (with Kylie Wilson)
As the 1990s came to a close, so too went the commercial viability of Britpop music. What was once a sales juggernaut in the UK and a well-regarded if obscure staple of alternative rock in the US gradually began to die out as musical tastes changed with the times. Blur, one of the biggest acts of...
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067 - Trapt - Shadow Work (2020) (with Aimee Hauthaway)
2020 saw the release of nu-metal C-listers Trapt's 8th studio record Shadow Work, amidst an intense atmosphere of intense internet mockery and scorn. As far back as 2017, the band's frontman Chris Taylor Brown had developed a vitriolic presence on Trapt's various social media outlets, attracting...
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066 - Billy Joel - River Of Dreams (1993) (with Scott Kurland)
In 1989, 70s piano rock crooner Billy Joel released his eleventh studio record Storm Front, which sold well and rendered seven Billboard singles, but was roundly rejected by critics. It would take Joel four years after Storm Front to put out a follow-up album, four years filled with...
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065 - Elvis Presley - Having Fun With Elvis On Stage (1974) (with Nate Nemitz)
The singer/musician/actor Elvis Presley may be best known by the moniker of "The King Of Rock n' Roll", but his discography is by no means perfect. In the 1970s, during the twilight of Elvis' career, his manager Col. Tom Parker (A figure already infamous with a reputation for exploiting the…
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064 - Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme (1990) (with Matt Fanale)
Generally when people refer to the 90s MC Vanilla Ice, it's in the context of a joke or mockery. Born Robert Van Winkle, the Miami/Dallas-based rapper achieved unheard of commercial success on the back of his mega-hit "Ice Ice Baby", and in doing so marked the occasion of the first ever rap song…
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063 - Talk Show - Talk Show (1997) (with Clinton Degan)
In 1997, Stone Temple Pilots were on the cusp of a major tour in support of their latest studio release "Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop", when frontman Scott Weiland abruptly exited to check into rehabilitation for drug problems. Rather than wait for Weiland to recover, the rest…
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062 - Doug Walker & Rob Scallon - The Nostalgia Critic's The Wall (2019) (with Jenna Sokalski)
Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall was a theatrical progressive rock album based upon lead songwriter Roger Waters' own feelings of alienation, isolation, and mental anguish. It has gone on to be one of the highest selling records of all time, made major hits out of tracks like "Hey You" and…
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061 - Revenge Of The Christmas Music Roundup
The Christmas Music Roundup is back! And this time it's personal... Last year we did not do a Christmas Music Roundup, as we have previously established as an annual occasion. (See episode #40: Christmas In The Stars for more) To round out 2020, a time that will surely go down as a lost year…
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060 - Woodstock (1969 to 1999) (with Derek Paul)
On a very special, very different episode of Jukebox Zeroes, Lilz & Patrick are joined by Derek Paul of punk-metal act Crowfeeder, and the metal podcast From Corners Unknown for a rousing discussion on one of the most enduring pieces of American music nostalgia: The Woodstock Festival. Join us…
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059 - Insane Clown Posse - The Great Milenko (1997) (with Jim Schultz)
From their Detroit beginnings in the late 1980s, it seems like horrorcore rap pioneers Insane Clown Posse have never gotten a fair shake from critics or the media. Despite helping trailblaze mid-Western hip-hop, earning a cult legion of fans over the years, and finding major success via their...
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058 - U2 - Pop (1997) (with Christopher G. Brown)
From their beginnings in the 1980s U2 have maintained a reputation for their earnest and serious-minded pop rock, often tackling social issues, spiritual mattesr, and their Irish background in their new wave-inflected songs. In the 1990s however, the band experienced a career rebirth in embracing…
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057 - Queen - Hot Space (1982) (with Ashleigh & Maggie of Rock Candy)
Few could have foreseen a rock group with a penchant for glam-inflected, genre-bending, often progressive songs striking it big during the disco era, but famed UK rockers Queen did just that in 1980. "Another One Bites The Dust" took Freddie Mercury and company's signature sound, and adapted it...
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056 - Nu-Metal Roundup (with Ashley Rogers)
Ah, nu metal. The runt subgenre of metal that swapped fast tempos and guitar solos for heavy syncopation, rapped vocals, turntables and samples, and a greater influence from Faith No More than Led Zeppelin. Few styles of music have inspired such a wide, contrasting swath of both adoration and...
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055 - Queensryche - Frequency Unknown (2013) (with Todd Bowes)
The Washington state-based band Queensryche are revered in the annals of metal history. Not only did they help define the subgenre of progressive metal in its earliest stages, but also gave it two of its most revered records in Operation: Mindcrime (Oft-regarded as one of the greatest concept...
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054 - The Clash - Cut The Crap (1985) (with Austin Scholl)
For the nearly 10 years of their inception, The Clash were responsible for both defining and then expanding the sound of punk rock in the late 70s and early 80s. The songwriting duo of Joe Strummer and Mick Jones were responsible for introducing elements of reggae, hip-hop, new wave, and disco to...
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053 - Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines - Greatest Hits/The Life Of Chris Gaines (1999) (with Cat Verlicco)
Country-pop musician Garth Brooks remains one of the most commercially successful performers of the 90s despite a complete lack of pop chart singles. During the decade he commanded a rabidly devoted legion of fans, hungry for his distinct, then-unheard of blend of country music, which infused the...
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052 - Paris Hilton - Paris (2006) (with Aimee Hauthaway)
The 00s were a rough time for music. New technology revolutionized the way music was listened to, but further severed the gap between the music industry and consumers, controversial subgenres like nu metal, emo, crunk, metalcore, teen pop, and others enjoyed some of their greatest levels of...
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051 - Aerosmith - Nine Lives (1997) (with Shane Smith)
Aerosmith experienced a major setback in the late 1970s and much of the 1980s, driven largely by their excessive partying lifestyle, but they bounced back in a big way heading into the 1990s. During this time, they experienced a new and unprecedented level of popularity, releasing numerous...
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050 - Attila's Revenge! (1970)
1969 to 1970 was an odd time in the career of piano-based soft rock crooner Billy Joel. After the breakup of his first band, the psychedelic outfit the Hassles, Joel and fellow Hassles drummer Jon Small would team up to form Attila, who were an oddity of a band at the time, for their…
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049 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Coming Out Of Their Shells (1990) (with Byron McNeal)
Of all the animated franchises to emerge from the doldrums of the 1980s, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was among the biggest, and certainly one of the most profitable. Their success came largely on the back of their Saturday morning cartoon show, which begat feature films, video games, action...
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048 - Misfits - The Devil's Rain (2011) (with Dante Caroselli)
By 2011 there was barely much left of The Misfits, the famed New Jersey band who helped shape the sound of 80s hardcore, and birthed the subgenre of horror punk with their sci-fi and B-movie-themed songs. Longtime frontman Glenn Danzig was long absent, having found greater success as a solo act,...
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047 - The Heads - No Talking, Just Head (1996) (with Scott Kurland)
The band Talking Heads broke up in 1991 largely by the hand of their eccentric frontman and primary songwriter; David Byrne. After several years of mounting turmoil amidst the rest of the group, Byrne decided the legendary new wave act had run it's course, and opted to focus on his own solo…
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046 - Creed - Weathered (2001) (with Clinton Degan)
By 2001, post-grunge Floridians Creed were at their commercial peak as well as their most loathed by the public at large. Driven by Scott Stapp's stupendous ego, overwrought balladeering, and unsubtly evangelical songwriting, Creed enjoyed a level of hatred and critical disdain that is still felt...
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044 - Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out? (2000) (with Jim Schultz)
Upon its release in 2000 "Who Let The Dogs Out?" by Baha Men earned a place in pop culture infamy almost immediately. The single from the Bahamas-based junkanoo-fusion group's album of the same name was a surprise hit in the UK and across many other parts of Europe, and became an immediate staple...
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043 - Van Halen - Van Halen III (1998) (with D-Tension)
Hard rock legends Van Halen experienced their biggest commercial and critical successes from the late-1970s to the mid-1980s under the frontmanship of the charismatic, energetic goofball of a lead singer that was David Lee Roth. But interpersonal tensions would lead to Roth's dismissal from the...
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042 - AllMusic.com Bottom Of The Barrel Roundup (with Heather Mack & Mike Dunn)
On the latest episode of Jukebox Zeroes, Lilz and Patrick get into their critical submarine and embark, James Cameron-like on an aural deep dive. Not a deep dive like one would dive into the discography of a favored artist or band, but a deep dive into the dregs of musical badness. Instead of...
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041 - Oasis - Be Here Now (1997) (with Jonathan Sasor)
Amidst a cloud of heavy drug usage, media obsession, paranoia, overindulgence, and internal unrest, Britpop icons Oasis released their 3rd studio full-length in 1997. The album, titled Be Here Now, was intended to be even bigger than the album that preceded it, their mega-selling breakthrough...
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040 - Christmas In The Stars: A Star Wars Christmas (1980) (with Adam Schneider & Brian Graupner)
I'm sure we can all agree that the similarities between novelty disco versions of 1970s film theme songs, one of the biggest science fiction film franchises of all time, and the holiday season are obvious and present, right? No? If you said no then you're perhaps more of lucid mind than famed...
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039 - Tears For Fears - Raoul & The Kings Of Spain (1995) (with Phil Fleming)
What was it that wrecked new wave legends Tears For Fears' winning streak of hit records and singles since their inception in the 1980s? Was it the tension between founders Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith that grew to a fever pitch until their split in the early 90s? Was it the bad energy left…
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038 - The Monkees - Pool It! (1987) (with Scott Kurland)
After enjoying years of success as a manufactured pop-rock group in the 1960s, eventually earning their independence from their corporate overlords to perform songs as they saw fit, The Monkees broke up around 1970 as their commercial fortunes waned over time. As the 1980s took shape however, an...
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037 - Madonna - American Life (2003) (with Ashleigh & Maggie of Rock Candy)
The events and aftermath of 9/11 undoubtedly inspired a lot of people to begin to question the culture and politics of America. It certainly affected Madonna, who had long shaken off the shock-provocation imagery that was an integral part of her artistry. As her home country found itself on the...
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036 - Korn - The Path Of Totality (2011) (with Josh Goldberg & Tyler Kent)
Nu-metal veterans Korn were in a bit of a bind as they transitioned from the 00's into the 10's. Their 2010 record "Remember Who You Are", ostensibly meant as a return to form for the group, was tepidly received by fans and critics, and fell well short of sales expectations. They needed something...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Lilz Martin and Patrick Barry are not music journalists, and are wholly unqualified to conduct criticism of albums that have been infinitely more successful than they could ever hope to achieve. They’re just two local musicians from Massachusetts who have a strange fascination with bad music.
From The Shaggs to Attila to Threatin, share their love on Jukebox Zeroes, the podcast that takes a retrospective look at historically-hated albums.
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