161 Episodes

  1. How Eddie Money’s Rock and Roll Dream Came True

    Published: 28/06/2023
  2. The long strange history of “Casey Jones” by the Grateful Dead

    Published: 07/06/2023
  3. How Tom Petty punched back at the music biz with “Refugee”

    Published: 17/05/2023
  4. How "On The Dark Side" became a surprise hit

    Published: 26/04/2023
  5. The inspiration behind David Bowie’s “The Jean Genie”

    Published: 05/04/2023
  6. How “One” unified U2

    Published: 15/03/2023
  7. The spellbinding story of “Black Magic Woman”

    Published: 22/02/2023
  8. The love song that started it all for Styx

    Published: 08/02/2023
  9. How Joe Walsh’s “In The City” went from Warriors to Eagles

    Published: 25/01/2023
  10. Why Van Halen took their time with “Right Now”

    Published: 11/01/2023
  11. When Billy Squier Rocked Christmas on MTV

    Published: 14/12/2022
  12. How Joan Jett embraced her "Bad Reputation"

    Published: 30/11/2022
  13. Supertramp’s singalong hit about the ideal gift

    Published: 16/11/2022
  14. The country song that became Def Leppard’s only US #1 hit

    Published: 02/11/2022
  15. When Sting became the "King Of Pain"

    Published: 12/10/2022
  16. How Pink Floyd and Bob Ezrin built The Wall

    Published: 28/09/2022
  17. David Bowie’s mad, marvelous Moonage Daydream

    Published: 14/09/2022
  18. All Apologies: interpreting Nirvana’s last goodbye

    Published: 31/08/2022
  19. Who is "Angie" by The Rolling Stones about?

    Published: 17/08/2022
  20. How “Killer Queen” set the stage for Queen to grab the crown

    Published: 03/08/2022

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Dig into the lyrics of classic rock songs and the storytellers that created them in "Behind The Song," a podcast of essays by The Drive's Janda Lane. Hear what was happening behind the scenes while some of the most iconic songs in rock history were being written.

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