Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast

E348 - Nicole Laurenne (The Darts / Black Viiolet) - Top 5 Songs with Awesome Organ!

Hey you! Not so F.A.S.T.!** This week, we welcome one of the coolest people on the planet, Nicole Laurenne, to talk about one of the coolest instruments on the planet...t

E347 - Hypnolovewheel's Stephen Hunking - Top 5 Albums Critics Loved...but Fans Ignored!

This week, Uncle Gregg, Brett, and Third Lad Stephen Hunking (guitarist/vocalist of cult '80s/'90s band Hypnolovewheel) dig into albums that critics raved about...but the

E346 - Mark Wilkerson (Author, Pub Rock) - Top 5 Pub Rock Songs

Surrender to the rhythm as we drink up the Pub Rock scene with author Mark Wilkerson! U.K. , early 1970s: In response to the glitz of glam and the pomp of prog there eme

E345 - In Conversation with Adrian Sherwood

During last week's episode, Jon Langford from The Mekons joined us on the heels of Horror-ble, their newly released dub reimaging on their 2025 album Horror.  While we’ve

E344 - Mekons' Jon Langford - Top 5 Songs of the Sea

Ahoy, mateys! This week, we hoist the sails for a swashbuckling, deadline-fueled speed date with a genuine punk legend: Jon Langford of The Mekons (as well as The Three J

E343 - Kevin & Scott Robertson - Top 5 Albums of 1971

What's going on, you ask? Well, we can't make any promises, but we have a sneaking suspicion that we're gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove...because this week we

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 33 - David Myhr (The Merrymakers)

We're back with a brand new Weekend Six Pack, bringing you six fresh tracks that have made us feel warm and fuzzy inside. This time out, Brett welcomes Swedish singer/s

E342 - Strawberry Alarm Clock - Top 5 Songs That Best Represent the Psychedelic Era

Whoaaaaaa, man. This might be the nutmeg tea talkin', but we're seeing double. Two episodes with twice the requisite amount of Lads. It's time for the exciting conclusion

E341 - Strawberry Alarm Clock - Unwind with the Clock

Pass time with the SAC...as we welcome '60s psych-pop pioneers the Strawberry Alarm Clock to O3L for a very special two parter! During part 1, bassist George Bunnell, ke

E340 - It's BANDAMANIA! with Brazil's Phenomenal Pop Combo Banda AL9

It's BANDAMANIA as we welcome Brazil’s sensational pop combo Banda AL9 to celebrate the release of their new album, Hey! Hey! We’re Banda AL9, on Wicked Cool Records. Kn

E339 - Jackson Reed - Top 5 "Cooler Than Their Hits" Artists

Some artists are forever defined by their hits — even when they don't tell the whole story. This week, we welcome returning Third Lad Jackson Reed to celebrate the bands

E338 - John Thomas Griffith (Red Rockers, Cowboy Mouth) - Top 5 Songs of Revolution

Brothers!  Sisters!  Comrades!  You say you want a revolution?  Alright, shoo-be-do-wa.  Well, you can count us out…in…cuz this week we're talking about songs of revoluti

O3L Presents: Weekend Six Pack, Vol. 32 - Midnight Mixtape

It's time for another Weekend Six Pack bonus - the show within the show where we bring you half a dozen new tunes, including: Taxi Girls - 'Midnight Mixtape' (from the

E337 - Robert Ellis Orrall (Taylor Swift, Hit Country, Rock & Pop Songwriter) - Top 5 Songs Written for Other Artists

This week, we place our focus on songs that one established artist wrote for another artist. And what better ceremonial Third Lad than Robert Ellis Orrall, a songwriter w

E336 - The Blue Herons - Top 5 Jangle Pop Songs of the '80s & '90s

This week, we're slaying the proverbial demons of jangle pop with Andy Jossi (Switzerland) and Gretchen DeVault (USA) from transatlantic "jangle gaze" duo The Blue Herons

E335 - Dean Brownrout (Big Deal record label, Author - No Big Deal) - Top 5 Power Pop Songs of the '90s

Are you ready to rumble?!? Very few topics seem to provoke as much heated debate as power pop - what (and who) is power pop? This week, we dare tackle our Top 5 Power Pop

E334 - The Grodes' Manny Freiser - Top 5 Garage Rock Covers

In the '60s, thousands of young rock n' roll hopefuls picked up instruments and took to the garage to play music that was loud, raw, primitive, and spiked with attitude.

E333 - Tammy Ealom (Dressy Bessy, The Tammy Shine) - Top 5 College Radio Favorites

In the 1980s, college radio served as a vital alternative to increasingly corporate and playlist-driven commercial radio. These stations became incubators for emerging al

E332 - George Usher (Beat Rodeo, House of Usher) - Top 5 Self-Produced Albums

This week, we grab the reins on a discussion of self-produced albums; that is, records on which the artist takes control over their own vision and not only performs the m

E331 - Parliament-Funkadelic Guitar Hero Michael Hampton - Top 5 Songs from the P-Funk Universe

Climb aboard the mothership...because we wants to funk YOU up! This week, we celebrate the music of the P-Funk universe - revolving around the nucleus of the George Clin