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DISGRACELAND
DISGRACELAND is an award-winning music and true crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Jerry Lee Lewis's 5th wife? Dead. Sid and Nancy? Both dead. Why? Because musicians are insane, and insane things happen to them.
Why did we lose Amy Winehouse at 27? Was Debbie Harry really abducted by Ted Bundy as she claims? Is Patti Smith not just the "Godmother of Punk", but also the "Original True Crime Girl"? What really happened the night of the Jay Z nightclub…
Episodes
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Talking Heads: Punk Rock, New Wave, Blackouts, and Psycho Killers
From 1976 to 1977, unsuspecting young people in New York City were snuck up on in the darkness and shot in cold blood. Six dead, murdered by David Berkowitz…
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Talking Heads: Punk Rock, New Wave, Blackouts, and Psycho Killers
From 1976 to 1977, unsuspecting young people in New York City were snuck up on in the darkness and shot in cold blood. Six dead, murdered by David Berkowitz…
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Gianni Versace: Sly Stallone, Madonna, Elton John, a Serial Killer, and the Death of the Sun King
Gianni Versace was a runway iconoclast who outfitted the likes of Madonna, Demi Moore, Prince, Sylvester Stallone, and Don Johnson. He lived like Louis XIV and…
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Bonus Episode: Scene Showdown, Partying With Tyson, and Juvenile Stickups
This week in the After Party, Jake talks different music scenes, balancing points of view, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on Bobby Brown, and of course your…
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Waylon Jennings: Surviving Buddy Holly, the DEA, and Himself
Waylon Jennings’ musical career began with tragedy. On tour as the bass player for his friend Buddy Holly, Waylon gave up his seat on the tiny plane…
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Bobby Brown: Cocaine Chicken, Horny Ghosts, and His Prerogative
Bobby Brown thrusted and gyrated his way to the top of the charts with Don’t Be Cruel, one of the biggest records of the late 1980s and an album that…
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Bonus Episode: Justin Timberlake, Eighteen Banners, and Ghostwriter Grandstanding
This week in the After Party, Jake talks boring versus exciting news, charitable organizations, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on OJ Simpson, and of course…
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O.J. Simpson: Stolen Memorabilia, Armed Robbery, and Fake Gangsters
This is not the O.J. Simpson story you were expecting. This is the story of what happened after the former running back was acquitted of the murder of his…
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Bonus Episode: The Punk-Rock Dock Ellis, Canseco the Troll, and "a Gorilla in a Zoo"
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the super-fame of José Canseco, the exploits of Dock Ellis, performance... altering? drugs, this week's DISGRACELAND…
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Jose Canseco: SWAT Teams, Smuggled Drugs, and 'Roid Rage
Jose Canseco was a big league slugger who gave the people what they wanted. Not just massive home runs and a whole lot of stolen bases. He provided…
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Bonus Episode: Suppressing the Truth, A Brother Under the Bus, and Profit as Virtue
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the nefarious nature of social media, the public's denial of obvious horrors, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on R…
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R. Kelly: Superstars, Super Predators, and a 20-Year Reign of Sexual Terror
R. Kelly openly groomed teenage victims while on trial for child pornography – a trial based on sex tapes that were once sold at Tower Records. He wrote…
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R. Kelly: Superstars, Super Predators, and a 20-Year Reign of Sexual Terror
R. Kelly openly groomed teenage victims while on trial for child pornography – a trial based on sex tapes that were once sold at Tower Records. He wrote a song…
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Bonus Episode: Trust, Mythmaking, and Twin Joyrides
This week in the After Party, Jake talks trusting our institutions, myths and conspiracies, the new Disgo Book Club, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on Bob…
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Bob Dylan (Part 1): How Does It Feel to Be Booed, Heckled, Hated, and Attacked?
Bob Dylan was booed at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival – but not for the reason you’ve been led to believe. He went from Folk Music Jesus to Rock ‘n Roll Judas…
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Bonus Episode: Dealing With the Darkness, Book Club, and WHERE IS IT?!
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the recent Sean Combs developments, the new Disgo Book Club, this week's DISGRACELAND second-part episode on Marilyn…
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Chris Cornell: Bad Trips, Crooked DEA Agents, and Four Octaves of Sheer Power
As a teenager, Chris Cornell was traumatized by a bad PCP trip that turned him into a recluse for years. Music pulled him out of the darkness when he…
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Marilyn Monroe (Part 2): The Three Deaths of an Iconic American Actress
The conspiracy theories surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s death in 1962 continue to entertain the imaginations of those obsessed with celebrity and scandal. The…
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Bonus Episode: Forces of Nature, Jealousy, and Grief Will Out Itself
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the impact of departing icons, jealous exes, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on Marilyn Monroe, and of course your…
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Marilyn Monroe (Part 1): JFK, RFK, and a Conspiracy Theory that Won't Quit
Marilyn Monroe is one if not the greatest Hollywood stars of all time. She rose from orphan to icon by creating an on screen character America could not peel…
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Bonus Episode: Overrated Authors, a Boy Scout Knife, and I Can Get the Cabin
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the uncanny fascination with Beat poets, their numerous run-ins with musical icons, this week's DISGRACELAND episode…
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William S. Burroughs: Obscenity, a Decapitated Mouse, and the Deadly William Tell Routine
William S. Burroughs was a literary icon whose novel Naked Lunch, one of the signature works of the Beat Generation, was banned and went on trial for…
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Bonus Episode: The Criminal Element, Awkward Garth, and Armchair Psychoanalysts
This week in the After Party, Jake talks humans' fascination with true crime, crossing the line, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on Garth Brooks, and of…
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Garth Brooks: Earthquakes, Internet Rumors, and Missing Persons
Garth Brooks has more albums that have sold over 10 million copies than any other artist in history. He cut one of the biggest record deals in history – bigger…
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Bonus Episode: Rap-Metal Schlock, A DAT Dilemma, and It's All Folk Music
This week in the After Party, Jake talks collaborations, new genres, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on Public Enemy, and of course your emails, texts, DMS…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: New York City Squalor, Art-World Slumming, and the 27 Club
Jean-Michel Basquiat's graffiti in Lower Manhattan was mistaken for a CIA operation. He was the toast of the New York art world while sleeping on floors in…
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Public Enemy: Revolution, Scandal, and a Message Louder than a Bomb
Public Enemy were revolutionaries – both in their message and their music. In the 1980s and 1990s, they elevated hip-hop to an art form. They did this…
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Bonus Episode: Fantastic Fight Scenes, Predatory Paparazzi, and Goon versus Slapshot
This week in the After Party, Jake talks actors committing fully, this week's DISGRACELAND episode on Heath Ledger, and of course your emails, texts, DMS, and…
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Heath Ledger: Cowboys, Junkies, and Maniacal Clowns
Heath Ledger’s preparation for and disappearance into his movie roles is legendary, and it’s what helped him play repressed cowboys, junkies, and maniacal…
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Bonus Episode: Creative Swings, Just a Gigolo, and the Funniest Moment of L.L.'s Life
This week in the After Party, Jake talks great films, this week's new DISGRACELAND episode on Kobe Bryant, and of course your emails, texts, DMS, and…
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Kobe Bryant: The Black Mamba's Revenge
He was a professional killer. A warrior trained from birth. A member of the deadliest squad of assassins in The Association. But that was before he tried to go…
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Bonus Episode: The Assassin's Ring, Air Force Brats, and Clear Demarcations
This week in the After Party, Jake talks trusting the government, the April Fool's DISGRACELAND episode on John Denver, and of course your emails, texts, DMS…
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DISGRACELAND All Access Trailer
Do you need more DISGRACELAND in your life? How about exclusive monthly scripted episodes? Exclusive weekly bonus content? An always-on chat with Jake Brennan…
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Alice in Chains' Layne Staley: The Rooster, the Jungle, and Dying Young
Though they were one of the first so-called “grunge” bands to sign to a major label, Alice in Chains were something of an outlier in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s…
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Bonus Episode: Guacamole Fights, Red Hat Retribution, and Supportive Slayer Stans
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the motivating factors that drive people to the guitar, the new DISGRACELAND episode on Van Halen, the new episode on…
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Van Halen (Part 1): Bootleggers, U.S. Marshals, and Protecting Innovation at Any Cost
On the backs of one of rock ‘n roll’s greatest innovators and one of its greatest ringmasters, Van Halen made some of the greatest music of the late ‘70s and…
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Bonus Episode: Oozing Cool, Busting Out the Pills, and "You're Playing With the Big Boys Now"
This week in the After Party, Jake discusses the concept of coolness, this week’s DISGRACELAND episode on Steve McQueen, and of course your emails, texts, DMS…
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Steve McQueen: Mustangs, Magnums, and Manson's Hit List
Hustling on the streets of New York. Wagering with a U.S. president over who could sleep with more women. Knocking back beers with Elvis. Waving his gun around…
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Bonus Episode: The Red X Tapes, True Badasses, and Ronnie Wood Guys
This week in the After Party, Jake discusses conspiracy theories, this week’s DISGRACELAND episode concluding the Peter Tosh story, and of course your emails…
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Peter Tosh (Pt. 2): A Home Invasion, an Assassination, and No Compromise
As a reggae revolutionary who rejected peace in the name of truth and justice, and an outspoken critic of the Jamaican government, Peter Tosh's refusal to…
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Bonus Episode: Research, "Rock Stars," and Two-Part Episodes
This week in the After Party, Jake talks this week’s DISGRACELAND episode on Peter Tosh, the history of DISGRACELAND two-parters, and pulls back the curtain to…
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Peter Tosh (Pt. 1): Legalizing It, Police Brutality, and the Steppin’ Razor
Peter Tosh was a reggae subversive who used his music as a means to fight corruption, oppression, and hypocrisy. Unlike his one-time bandmate Bob Marley, Tosh…
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Hunter S. Thompson: Fear, Loathing, and Gonzo Baby Gonzo
The great writer Hunter S. Thompson was nearly beaten to death by Hell's Angels, and then nearly electrocuted in a hotel bathtub when he pissed off the wrong…
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Bonus Episode: A Major Disgraceland Announcement, the Hunter S. Thompson Episode You Didn’t Know About, and More
This week in the After Party, Jake talks this week’s DISGRACELAND episode on Andy Warhol, the new DISGRACELAND All Access Membership Club, plus much more. What…
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Scott Weiland: Psych Wards, Demonic Forces, and a Kidnapping in Paris
Scott Weiland was sent to a psych ward when he was just 16 years old. Thirteen stints at rehab within the span of three years. In and out of two huge rock…
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Andy Warhol: Fame, the Future, and Back from the Dead
Andy Warhol was the first artist to achieve rock star status. He was a Beatle with a silkscreen printer. His work and play space, the Factory, attracted people…
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Bonus Episode: Just A Cook, Napkin Hats, and Big Country
This week Jake talks the inspiration and background behind this week's brand-new DISGRACELAND episode on Anthony Bourdain, plus your emails, voicemails, texts…
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Anthony Bourdain: Junk, Romance, and a Lust for Life
Anthony Bourdain had a lust for life. He went all in on adventure, indulgence, food, romance – including the romance of a heroin addiction that he chased…
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Bonus Episode: Great Disco, New Rose Hotel, and Mission-Driven Bands
This week in the After Party, Jake talks the new DISGRACELAND episode on The Clash, as well as this week's REWIND episode on Studio 54, and provides insight…
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The Clash: Guns on the Roof, Chased out of Kingston, and a Riot in Times Square
The Clash were once described by their manager as a news organization first, and entertainers second. They were, as their record label put it, “the only…
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Bonus Episode: Manifested Demons, Supersoakers Full of Beer, and RIP Wayne Kramer
This week in the After Party, Jake talks this week's brand-new DISGRACELAND episode on Scott Weiland, our REWIND episode on MC5, and your voicemails, texts…
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Bonus Episode: Aussie Rock, Trailblazing Individualists, and a Boomer Blunder
This week Jake talks the trailer and upcoming subjects in DISGRACELAND's Icons series, this week's REWIND episode on Run DMC, plus answers your DMs, texts…
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Welcome to DISGRACELAND in 2024. Jake Brennan will continue to bring you the most insane stories about rock stars getting away with murder and behaving very…
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Bonus Episode: Springsteen Switcheroos, Gun Gripes, and the Stuff of Nightmares
This week on the After Party, Jake talks this week's new episode on Stu Sutcliffe, as well as the REWIND episode on Dimebag Darrell of Pantera and Damageplan…
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Stu Sutcliffe: Reeperbahn Debauchery, Gangs, and the Birth of the Beatles
Stu Sutcliffe was rock 'n roll's original Sid Vicious. Just like Sid, Stu was a bass player. But also like Sid, Stu could hardly play. What he did have in…
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Bonus Episode: Steve Earle's Mandolin, Model Punks, and 90s New York Movies
This week Jake talks the new DISGRACELAND episode on Serge Gainsbourg and this week's REWIND episode on Madonna, plus some personal stories and of course your…
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Serge Gainsbourg: Brigitte Bardot, Bonnie & Clyde, and Orgasmic Pop Songs
In the late 1960s, Serge Gainsbourg carried out an illicit affair with Brigitte Bardot, not only the world’s preeminent sex symbol at the time, but a sex…
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Bonus Episode: French Crooners, 70s Mellow Vibes, and Seattle Sleepers
On this week's second After Party, Jake sets up next week's brand-new episode on Serge Gainsbourg, gets in to more of this year's content, and of course…
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Bonus Episode: Enforced Edits, Wild Coyotes, and There’s No ‘G’
Today in the After Party, Jake lays out the year in DISGRACELAND, gives a primer and some insight into the production of this week’s Rewind episode on Johnny…
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Bonus Episode: Funky Snakefoot, Following the Truth, and A Full Embrace of the Criminal Lifestyle
This week on the After Party, Jake gets in to the Rewind episodes on the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson, and the Manson zeitgeist surrounding them. Plus your…