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Rewind & Rock with Sharon Stewart: The $20K Album That Took Over · Mega Rock On Demand

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  SPEAKER_00: Went back to the beginning right there, according to Aerosmith and Adam's Apple on Mega Rock.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, time for a little rock and roll history lesson.
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  SPEAKER_00: I call it Rewind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me hit this button here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rewind and rock.
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  SPEAKER_00: Going back to oh not too far.
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  SPEAKER_00: 1994, April 8th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Boy, those days your CD case weighed more than your backpack.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember that?
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  SPEAKER_00: One scratch meant emotional damage.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I know, because my kids, man, they would flip out.
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  SPEAKER_00: On this day, the Offspring dropped the album smash.
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  SPEAKER_00: And um, here's some uh useless but awesome information on the album.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was recorded for about$20,000, which you know, today I don't think that would even cover coffee at a major label meeting.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was released on uh an indie label, Epitaph Records, and it still outsold tons of the big label albums back then.
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  SPEAKER_00: The keep them separated line and come out and play.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's actually spoken by a guy nicknamed Lil Joe.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, accidentally became part of rock and roll history at that point.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lil Joe did.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh Dexter Holland was literally studying for a PhD in molecular biology while writing songs.
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  SPEAKER_00: You screamed out your car window.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there you go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um my favorite song was Come Out and Play.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what I'm gonna play for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, this this makes me think of when you know being a parent, and you know, you get that one kid that shows up at your door, like, hey, can your kids come out and play?
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  SPEAKER_00: And you're thinking, uh, I don't know about this one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then it hits you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You were that kid.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mm-hmm.
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  SPEAKER_00: The one other parents were like, yeah, maybe not today.
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  SPEAKER_00: And suddenly you're like, all right, go ahead.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anyway, full full circle.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's the offspring.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's uh come out and play.
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  SPEAKER_00: Released on this day, 1994, on the Smash album for Rewind and Rock on Mega Rock.
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  SPEAKER_00: You gotta keep them separated.