''In the Studio with Redbeard'' is a North American radio program, produced and hosted by
Dallas, Texas
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, based
rock and roll
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disc jockey
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Doug "Redbeard" Hill.
The show is a weekly hour-long "rockumentary" interview with music program which looks at the making of many of the greatest
album
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s recorded in
rock and roll
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history, although sometimes it would spotlight the history of
rock and roll
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bands. Redbeard interviews the musicians who created these albums.
The show first went on the air nationally the week of June 26, 1988, initially broadcast by 60 rock stations including WXRK/92.3: New York, KLOS/95.5: Los Angeles, WLUP-FM/97.9: Chicago, WMMR/93.3: Philadelphia, KTXQ/102.1: Dallas, WHJY/94.1: Providence, WRIF/101.1: Detroit, KRQR: San Francisco, WKLS: Atlanta and distributed by The Album Network through 1999, which grew the network to 180 stations. "In the Studio" is now in its 30th consecutive year, having passed the 1,200-show mark in June 2011, and is distributed by Beardedfisch Productions. Now has the episodes online at its website with or without the music.
Artists and albums featured over the years
* Show #6: August 1, 1988: The Doors "The Doors"
* Show #7: August 8, 1988: Pink Floyd "The Dark Side of the Moon"
* Show #34: February 13, 1989: The Byrds
* Show #70: October 23, 1989: Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive"
* Show #80-2 March 22, 1993 - Pink Floyd - 20th Anniversary of "The Dark Side of the Moon"
* Show #106: Don Henley "Building The Perfect Beast"
* Show #114: Little Feat "Waiting For Columbus"
* Show #115: J. Geils Band "Freeze Frame"
* Show #130: Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
* Show 136: Peter Frampton "Frampton Comes Alive"
* Show 141: Loverboy "Get Lucky"
* Show #147: Heart "Little Queen/Dog & Butterfly"
* Show #157: Huey Lewis & The News "Sports"
* Show #158: Paul McCartney "Tripping The Live Fantastic"
* Show #160: Foreigner "Double Vision"
* Show #161: Santana "Abraxas"
* Show #164: Grand Funk "Closer To Home"
* Show #165: Tom Petty "Damn The Torpedoes"
* Show #168: Genesis "Duke/Abacab"
* Show #169: Procol Harum "Best of"
* Show #171: Moody Blues "Seventh Sojourn"
* Show #172: Kansas "Leftoverture"
* Show #173: Lynyrd Skynyrd "Street Survivors"
* Show #174: Humble Pie "Rockin' The Fillmore"
* Show #178: Bob Seger "Night Moves"
* Show #179: Journey "Infinity"
* Show #185:
Eddie Money
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"Can't Hold Back/Nothing To Lose"
* Show #189: Jefferson Airplane "Surrealistic Pillow"
* Show #191: Todd Rundgren "Something/Anything"
* Show #192: Fleetwood Mac "Rumors"
* Show #197: James Gang "Rides Again"
* Show #198: Guess Who "Best of"
* Show #201: Steve Miller Band "Book of Dreams"
* Show #217: George Harrison "Live In Japan" part 1
* Show #218: George Harrison "Live In Japan" part 2
* Show #240: Bob Seger "Against The Wind"
* Show #256: Bob Seger "Stranger In Town""
* Show #396: January 26, 1996: R.E.M. "Out of Time"
* Show #402: March 4, 1996: Heart "Dreamboat Annie"
* Show #420: July 8, 1996: Sammy Hagar "Unboxed (Best of)"
* Show #438: November 11, 1996: Grateful Dead "The Arista Years" Part 1, with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart
* Show #439: November 18, 1996: Grateful Dead "The Arista Years" Part 2, with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart
* Show #453: February 24, 1997: Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" 20th Anniversary
* Show #476: August 4, 1997: R.E.M. "Document" 10th Anniversary
* Show #480: September 1, 1997: Steely Dan "Aja" 20th Anniversary
* Show #487: October 20, 1997: Steely Dan "Can't Buy A Thrill" 25th Anniversary
* Show #559: March 8, 1999: Bad Company "Desolation Angels"
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Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
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Special Forces
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'' (one episode). Features interviews with
Donnie Van Zandt and
Jeff Carlisi
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AC/DC
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High Voltage
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Bonfire
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and in 2006 for its 30th anniversary episode also spotlighted
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
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Let There Be Rock
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Highway to Hell
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Background
By 1978 ...
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Back in Black
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Rock 'N Roll Train
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Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
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Black Ice
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album). Interviews were with
Angus Young
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and
Malcolm Young
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. ''Back in Black'' and ''Rock 'N Roll Train'' had interviews with the Young brothers and
Brian Johnson
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.
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Bryan Adams
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Cuts Like a Knife
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Reckless'', ''
Waking Up the Neighbours
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So Far So Good'' (which would be re-aired as ''
Anthology
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Aerosmith
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Aerosmith
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Get Your Wings
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Toys in the Attic'', ''
Rocks
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Permanent Vacation'', ''
Pump
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Get a Grip
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''Get a Gr ...
''. Interviews with
Tom Hamilton,
Brad Whitford
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,
Joey Kramer
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Life and career
Kramer was born in the Bronx, New ...
,
Joe Perry and
Steven Tyler
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.
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The Allman Brothers Band
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The Allman Brothers Band
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Idlewild South
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'' (one episode), ''
At Fillmore East
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'' and ''
Eat a Peach''. Interviews with
Gregg Allman
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and
Dickey Betts
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Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic tw ...
.
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Ian Anderson
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- ''
Thick As a Brick 2
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''. Interview with Ian Anderson.
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Asia
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Asia
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''. Interviews with
Carl Palmer
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,
John Wetton
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Wetton was the singer and p ...
and
Geoff Downes
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Born in Stockport, Downes moved to London ...
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Bad Company
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Bad Company
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'', ''
Straight Shooter'', ''
Desolation Angels'' and ''
The 'Original' Bad Co. Anthology''. The first album and ''Straight Shooter'' feature interviews with
Simon Kirke
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Life and career
Kirke was born in L ...
and
Mick Ralphs
Michael Geoffrey Ralphs (born 31 March 1944, Herefordshire) is an English musician, vocalist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.
Career
Ralphs began his career as a teenager, playing with b ...
. ''Desolation Angels'', ''The 'Original' Bad Co. Anthology'' and subsequent anniversary specials of the first two albums also include interviews with
Paul Rodgers
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.
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The Band - ''
The Brown Album''. Includes interviews with
Robbie Robertson
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.
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The Beatles
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The White Album
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'' (2-part episode), best of The Beatles,
The Beatles Stereo Box Set
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'' (two-part episode) and ''
1 (The Beatles album)
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'' (2-part episode). All featured interviews with
Paul McCartney
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and
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...
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Pat Benatar
Patricia Mae Giraldo (''née'' Andrzejewski, formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953), known professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American rock singer and songwriter. In the United States, she has had two multi-platinum albums, five platinum alb ...
- ''
Crimes of Passion
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'' and ''
Precious Time''. Both episodes feature interviews with Benatar and
Neil Giraldo
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The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1984. Their discography includes eight studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer Geo ...
- ''
Shake Your Moneymaker'' and ''
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion''. Includes interviews with
Chris Robinson and
Rich Robinson
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Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy met ...
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Paranoid
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Master of Reality
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''/''
Black Sabbath Vol. 4
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'' (would be re-aired as ''
Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978'' in conjunction with Black Sabbath's 2006 induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and again in 2010 in conjunction with Paranoid's 40th Anniversary). Interviews with
Ozzy Osbourne
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. Separate episodes would be made for Paranoid and Black Sabbath Volume 4 for their 40th Anniversaries in 2010 and 2012 respectively.
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Bon Jovi
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Slippery When Wet
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New Jersey
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''. Both episodes feature interviews with
Jon Bon Jovi
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and
Richie Sambora
Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...
.
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Boston
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Boston
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'', ''
Don't Look Back'' and ''
Third Stage
''Third Stage'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Boston, released on September 26, 1986, on MCA Records. It was recorded at Boston co-founder Tom Scholz's Hideaway Studio over a long, strained, six-year period "between floods ...
''. These episodes all have interviews with
Tom Scholz
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Scholz is an MIT-traine ...
except for Boston's debut which has Scholz and
Brad Delp
Bradley Edward Delp (June 12, 1951 – March 9, 2007) was an American musician who was the original lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Boston. He joined Boston in 1970 and performed on the band's first three albums.
Early life
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interviewed.
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David Bowie
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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Young Americans
''Young Americans'' is the ninth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 7March 1975 through RCA Records. The album marked a departure from the glam rock style of Bowie's previous albums, showcasing his interest in soul and ...
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Station to Station
''Station to Station'' is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 23 January 1976 through RCA Records. Regarded as one of his most significant works, the album was the vehicle for Bowie's performance persona, ...
'', ''
Let's Dance'', ''
The Best of Bowie
''The Best of Bowie'' is a compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released in 1980 by K-tel. The cover was based on the 12-inch single sleeve design of Bowie's "Fashion".Roy Carr & Charles Shaar Murray (1981). ''Bowie: An ...
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David Live
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Stage
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Acting
* Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions
* Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"
* ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper
* Sta ...
'' (one episode). All episodes feature interviews with Bowie.
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Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.
Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he h ...
- ''
Running on Empty'' and ''
The Very Best of Jackson Browne
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'' (2-part). It includes interviews with Browne.
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Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...
- ''The Best of Lindsey Buckingham'' (2-part episode). It includes interviews with Buckingham.
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The Cars
The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards), ...
- ''
The Cars self-titled debut'', ''
Candy-O
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Shake it Up Shake It Up may refer to:
* ''Shake It Up'' (Boney James & Rick Braun album), 2000
* ''Shake It Up'' (The Cars album), 1981
** "Shake It Up" (The Cars song), the title song
* "Shake It Up" (Divine song), 1983
* "Shake It Up" (Koda Kumi song), ...
'', ''
Heartbeat City'' and ''Moving in Stereo : The Very Best of The Cars''. Both featured interviews with
Ric Ocasek
Richard Theodore Otcasek (March 23, 1944 – September 15, 2019), known as Ric Ocasek, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was the primary co-lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and frontman for the rock ...
while ''Candy-O'', the 40th Anniversary of the self titled debut and ''Heartbeat City'' also featured interviews with
Greg Hawkes
Gregory A. Hawkes (born October 22, 1952) is an American musician best known as the keyboardist for the rock band The Cars.
Hawkes, a native of Fulton, Maryland, United States, attended Atholton High School where he played in a band called Teeth ...
.
*Cheap Trick - ''Cheap Trick at Budokan'' and ''The Essential Cheap Trick'' (2-part) (in honor of the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). Both featured interviews with Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander.
*Chicago (band), Chicago - ''The Chicago Transit Authority (album), The Chicago Transit Authority'', ''Chicago II'' and ''Chicago V/Chicago VI/Chicago VII'' (one episode). Features interviews with Robert Lamm.
*Eric Clapton - ''24 Nights'' (2-part episode) and ''Clapton Chronicles'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Clapton.
*Joe Cocker - ''Mad Dogs and Englishmen (album), Mad Dogs and Englishmen''. Features interviews with Joe Cocker and Leon Russell.
*Phil Collins - ''Face Value (album), Face Value'', ''Hello, I Must Be Going! (album), Hello, I Must Be Going!'' and ''No Jacket Required''. Features interviews with Phil Collins.
*Alice Cooper - ''Love It to Death''/''Killer (Alice Cooper album), Killer'' (one episode), ''Billion Dollar Babies'' and ''The Best of Alice Cooper''. Feature interviews with Alice Cooper.
*Cream (band), Cream - ''Disraeli Gears''/''Wheels of Fire'' (one episode) and ''Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005''. Both episodes include interviews with Jack Bruce. ''Royal Albert Hall'' and 40th/45th Anniversary episodes of Disraeli Gears also includes interviews with Eric Clapton.
*Creedence Clearwater Revival - ''Green River (album), Green River''/''Bayou Country (album), Bayou Country''/''Willy and the Poor Boys'' (one episode) and ''Cosmo's Factory''. Includes interviews with John Fogerty.
*Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (album), self-titled. Includes interviews with Graham Nash, David Crosby and Stephen Stills.
*Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - ''Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album), Déjà Vu''. Includes interviews with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young.
*Deep Purple - ''Machine Head (album), Machine Head'' and Shades: 1968–2000 (2 part episode). Features interviews with Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and David Coverdale (for Shades only).
*Def Leppard - ''Pyromania (album), Pyromania'', ''Hysteria (Def Leppard album), Hysteria'' and ''Yeah! (Def Leppard album), Yeah!''. All episodes feature interviews with Joe Elliott and Rick Savage. Pyromania and Yeah! also features interviews with Phil Collen.
*Dire Straits - ''Dire Straits (album), Dire Straits' self-titled debut'', ''Making Movies''/Mark Knopfler's Shangri-La (Knopfler album), Shangri-La, ''Love Over Gold''/Mark Knopfler's Kill to Get Crimson, ''Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits album), Brothers In Arms'', ''Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler'' and ''The Best of Dire Straits''/Get Lucky (Mark Knopfler album), Get Lucky. All episodes feature interviews with Mark Knopfler.
*The Doobie Brothers - ''Toulouse Street'', ''The Captain and Me'' (both aforementioned episodes featured interviews with Tom Johnston (musician), Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and John Hartman), ''Takin' It to the Streets (The Doobie Brothers album), Takin' It to the Streets'' (which featured interviews with Michael McDonald (singer), Michael McDonald) and ''Minute by Minute'' (featured interviews with McDonald, Hartman, Simmons and one comment from Tom Johnston).
*The Doors - ''The Doors (album), The Doors' self-titled debut'', ''Strange Days (Doors album), Strange Days'' and ''L.A. Woman''. All episodes feature interviews with Ray Manzarek
*Eagles (band), Eagles - ''Eagles (album), Eagles self-titled debut'', ''Desperado (Eagles album), Desperado''/''On the Border'' and ''Hotel California (Eagles album), Hotel California''. ''Eagles'' and ''Desperado''/''On the Border'' feature interviews with Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner while ''Hotel California'' featured interviews with Frey plus Joe Walsh and Don Henley.
*Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ''Emerson, Lake & Palmer (album), self titled debut''/Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer album), Trilogy'' (one episode), ''Brain Salad Surgery'' and ''Emerson Lake and Palmer : The Anthology 1970–1998. All feature interviews with Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and
Carl Palmer
Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer best known as founding member and the last surviving member of the progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He was also a founding member of progressive rock s ...
(the latter had a new interview with Palmer talking about the reason for the best of and on the passing of Keith Emerson).
*Melissa Etheridge - ''Yes I Am (Melissa Etheridge album), Yes I Am'' and ''The Awakening (Melissa Etheridge album), The Awakening''. Features interviews with Etheridge.
*Fleetwood Mac - ''Fleetwood Mac (1975 album), Fleetwood Mac's White Album'', ''Rumours (album), Rumours'' and ''Tusk (album), Tusk''. Features interviews with Stevie Nicks.
Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...
was also interviewed for the anniversary editions of Fleetwood Mac's White Album and Rumours plus Tusk. Mick Fleetwood was interviewed for Fleetwood Mac White Album and Rumours.
*Foghat - ''Fool for the City''. Includes interviews with Dave Peverett and Rod Price.
*Foreigner (band), Foreigner - ''Foreigner (Foreigner album), Foreigner's self-titled debut'', ''Double Vision (Foreigner album), Double Vision'' and ''4 (Foreigner album), Foreigner 4''. All include interviews with Mick Jones (Foreigner), Mick Jones and Lou Gramm except ''Double Vision'', which only features Jones (all anniversary editions of Double Vision also had comments from Lou Gramm).
*Peter Frampton - ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' and ''Shine On: A Collection'' (2-part episode). Interviews with Frampton.
*Peter Gabriel - ''So (album), So'' and Us (Peter Gabriel album), Us. Features interviews with Peter Gabriel.
*The J. Geils Band - ''Bloodshot (The J. Geils Band album), Bloodshot'' and ''Freeze Frame (J. Geils Band album), Freeze Frame''. Features interviews with Peter Wolf.
*Genesis (band), Genesis - ''Duke (album), Duke''/''Abacab'' (one episode and subsequently aired as Genesis 1976-1982 as part of the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, ''Genesis 1983-1998'' would air the following week), ''Genesis (Genesis album), Genesis' self-titled album a/k/a The Mama Album'', ''Invisible Touch'', ''We Can't Dance'' and ''R-Kive'' (the latter would turn into individual episodes for ''A Trick Of the Tail'' and ''Wind and Wuthering''. All five episodes feature interviews with Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford. Tony Banks (musician), Tony Banks was also interviewed for Genesis' self-titled album and ''We Can't Dance''.
*David Gilmour - ''On an Island'' and ''Rattle That Lock''. Features interviews with Gilmour and the latter also features Polly Samson.
*Grand Funk Railroad - ''Closer to Home''. Features interviews with Mark Farner.
*Grateful Dead - ''The Arista Years'', ''In the Dark (Grateful Dead album), In the Dark'' and Dead at 50. Features interviews with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart.
*Sammy Hagar - ''Unboxed (Sammy Hagar album), Unboxed'' (later re-aired as ''The Essential Red Collection'' and re-aired in 2009 to spotlight his ''Cosmic Universal Fashion'' album). Features interviews with Hagar.
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George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...
- ''Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989'' (later re-aired as a 2-part episode ''Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison''). Features interviews with Harrison.
*Heart (band), Heart - ''Dreamboat Annie'', ''Little Queen''/''Dog & Butterfly (album), Dog and Butterfly'' (one episode originally but separate shows for those album's 30th anniversary were produced) and ''Heart (Heart album), self titled 1985 album''. All feature interviews with Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson (rock musician), Nancy Wilson.
*Jimi Hendrix - ''Are You Experienced (album), Are You Experienced'', ''Electric Ladyland'' and Live at Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album), Live at Woodstock. All featured interviews with The Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell, producer/engineer Eddie Kramer and biographer John McDermott. Bass player Billy Cox was interviewed for Live at Woodstock),
*Don Henley - ''Building the Perfect Beast'' and ''The End of the Innocence (album), The End of the Innocence''. Both episodes feature interviews with Henley.
*Humble Pie (band), Humble Pie - ''Performance Rockin' the Fillmore''. Features interviews with Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley.
*INXS- ''Listen Like Thieves'' and ''Kick (INXS album), Kick''. Features interviews with Andrew Farriss and Kirk Pengilly and archived interviews with Michael Hutchence and Tim Farriss.
*James Gang- ''James Gang Rides Again''. Features interviews with Joe Walsh.
*Jefferson Airplane - ''Surrealistic Pillow''. Features interviews with Paul Kantner, Marty Balin and Grace Slick
*Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull - ''Benefit (album), Benefit'', ''Aqualung (Jethro Tull album), Aqualung'', ''Thick as a Brick'', ''Songs From The Wood'' and Living With the Past. All feature interviews with Ian Anderson (musician), Ian Anderson.
*Billy Joel - ''The Stranger (album), The Stranger'', ''52nd Street (album), 52nd Street'' and ''Glass Houses (album), Glass Houses''. Features interviews with Billy Joel.
*Elton John - ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Elton John & Bernie Taupin.
*Journey (band), Journey - ''Infinity (Journey album), Infinity'' (features interviews with Steve Perry (musician), Steve Perry, Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon), ''Escape (Journey album), Escape'' (interviews with Perry, Schon and Jonathan Cain), ''Frontiers (Journey album), Frontiers'' (interviews with Perry, Schon and Cain) and ''Time X 3'' (2-part episode) (features interviews with Rolle, Cain, Perry and Schon).
*Kansas (band), Kansas - ''Leftoverture'' (features interviews with Phil Ehart, Steve Walsh (musician), Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren. The 30th, 35th and 40th Anniversary episodes also has interviews with Robby Steinhardt and Rich Williams), ''Point of Know Return'' (features interviews with Livgren and Ehart. The 30th, 35th and 40th Anniversary Episodes also includes interviews with Walsh, Steinhardt and Williams). ''Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection'' (2-part episode) (features interviews with Ehart, Livgren, Walsh, Williams and Steinhardt). ''The Prelude Implicit'' features interviews with Williams, Ehart, David Ragsdale, Billy Greer and Ronnie Platt.
*King Crimson - ''In the Court of the Crimson King''. Featuring interviews with Greg Lake.
*The Kinks - ''The Ultimate Collection'', ''Sleepwalker (The Kinks album), Sleepwalker''/''Misfits (The Kinks album), Misfits''/''Low Budget (album), Low Budget'' (one episode), ''The Best of The Kinks'', ''To the Bone (The Kinks album), To the Bone'' (2-part episode) and ''One for the Road (The Kinks album), One For the Road''. Features interviews with Ray Davies.
*Kiss (band), Kiss - ''Alive! (Kiss album), Alive!'', ''The Very Best of KISS'' (2-part episode) and KISS Alive 35!. Features interviews with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.
*Led Zeppelin - ''Led Zeppelin (album), Led Zeppelin'', ''Led Zeppelin II'', ''Led Zeppelin III'' and ''Led Zeppelin IV'' and No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded, Physical Graffiti (2-part), Presence (Led Zeppelin album), Presence/In Through the Out Door/Coda (Led Zeppelin album), Coda. All episodes feature interviews with Jimmy Page. Robert Plant also appears on Led Zeppelin's I-IV, Physical Graffiti (Part 2) and No Quarter and John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones appeared briefly on the 2014 remaster of the first three Led Zeppelin albums.
*Huey Lewis and the News - ''Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album), Sports''. Features interviews with Lewis.
*Little Feat - ''Waiting For Columbus'', ''Join the Band (Little Feat album), Join the Band'' and The Little Feat Box Set. All feature interviews with Bill Payne and Paul Barrerre.
*Loverboy - ''Get Lucky (Loverboy album), Get Lucky''. Features interviews with Mike Reno and Paul Dean (guitarist), Paul Dean.
*Lynyrd Skynyrd - ''Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd'', ''Second Helping'', ''One More from the Road'', ''Street Survivors'', ''Thyrty: The 30th Anniversary Collection'' and ''The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd'' (2-part episode). All episodes have interviews with Gary Rossington. Ed King was also interviewed for the first two titles and ''Essential''. Plus The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd (which aired in conjunction with band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) also featured interviews with Allen Collins, Johnny Van Zant, Billy Powell and Leon Wilkeson.
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Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
- ''Flowers in the Dirt'', ''Tripping the Live Fantastic'', ''Back in the U.S.'', "When I'm Sixty-Four" (a tribute in honor of Paul McCartney's 64th birthday) and ''Good Evening New York City''. Features interviews with McCartney.
*Meat Loaf - ''Bat Out of Hell'' and ''The Very Best of Meat Loaf'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Meat Loaf.
*John Mellencamp - ''Uh-Huh'', ''The Lonesome Jubilee'' and ''Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits''. Includes interviews with John Mellencamp.
*Men at Work - ''Business as Usual (Men at Work album), Business as Usual''. Includes interviews with Colin Hay.
*Metallica - ''Metallica (album), Metallica a/k/a The Black Album'' and ''Load (Metallica album), Load''. Includes interviews with James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett.
*Steve Miller Band - ''Fly Like an Eagle (album), Fly Like an Eagle'', ''Book of Dreams (Steve Miller Band album), Book of Dreams'' and ''Young Hearts - Complete Greatest Hits''. All feature interviews with Steve Miller.
*Montrose (band), Montrose - ''Montrose (album), Montrose self-titled''. Features interviews with the late Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar.
*The Moody Blues - ''Days of Future Passed'', A Question of Balance, ''Seventh Sojourn'', ''Time Traveller (The Moody Blues album), Time Traveller'' (2-part episode) and ''Timeless Flight'' box set. All episodes feature interviews with Justin Hayward. John Lodge (musician), John Lodge appears on all other episodes and the 50th Anniversary episode of Days of Future Passed. Graeme Edge also appeared on A Question of Balance
*Van Morrison - ''The Warner Bros Years''. Includes an interview with Van Morrison (made possible by the BBC).
*Mötley Crüe - ''Girls, Girls, Girls (Mötley Crüe album), Girls, Girls, Girls'', ''Dr. Feelgood (album), Dr. Feelgood'' and Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album), Mötley Crüe Greatest Hits. Includes interviews with Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx.
*Stevie Nicks - ''Bella Donna (album), Bella Donna'' and ''Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks''. Features interviews with Stevie Nicks.
*Ted Nugent - ''Ted Nugent (album), Ted Nugent''/''Free For All (album), Free For All''/''Cat Scratch Fever'' (one episode) and ''Double Live Gonzo!''/''Live in Sweden (Ted Nugent album), Live in Sweden''. Features interviews with Nugent.
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Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...
- ''Blizzard of Ozz''/''Diary of a Madman (album), Diary of a Madman'' (one episode), ''No More Tears'', ''Prince of Darkness (Ozzy Osbourne album), Prince of Darkness'' (2-part episode). All feature interviews with Osbourne.
*The Alan Parsons Project - ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album), Tales of Mystery and Imagination'', ''I Robot (album), I Robot '' and ''The Best of Alan Parsons''. All feature interviews with Parsons.
*Tom Petty - ''Damn the Torpedoes (album), Damn the Torpedoes'', ''Full Moon Fever'' and ''Into the Great Wide Open''. All feature interviews with Petty.
*Pink Floyd - ''Meddle'' (originally Part 1 of the A Foot In the Door : The Best of Pink Floyd special), ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', ''Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album), Wish You Were Here'', ''Animals (Pink Floyd album), Animals'', ''The Wall'' (2-part episode), ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', ''Shine On (Pink Floyd), Shine On'' (2-part episode), ''The Division Bell'' (2-part episode initially but aired as a single episode in 2009 and 2014 for its 15th and 20th anniversaries respectively), ''Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, Echoes (A Tribute to Richard Wright 1943–2008)'' and ''The Endless River''. All episodes feature interviews with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters while Richard Wright (musician), Richard Wright also appears on episodes for ''Wish You Were Here'', ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', ''The Division Bell'' and ''Echoes'' (which was aired as a tribute to Wright after Richard Wright's passing in 2008). Waters however was not interviewed for the albums he was not involved with (''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', ''Shine On'', ''The Division Bell'' and ''The Endless River''). The first episode of ''Dark Side of the Moon'', which aired in 1988 and 1990, just has interviews with Gilmour. The Immersion Edition episode and all anniversary episodes of DSOTM since its 20th Anniversary in 1993 feature interviews with Gilmour plus Waters and Mason. The initially-aired 2-part episodes of ''The Wall'' (1989, 1990, 1994 (15th anniversary) and 1999 (20th anniversary) airings only feature interviews with Waters but as of the 25th anniversary 2-part airing in 2004 (and all future anniversary editions and the 2012 Immersion box set 2-part airing), Gilmour and Mason were also interviewed (the 30th Anniversary episode of The Wall was dedicated to the memories of Rick Wright, longtime Pink Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke and The Wall's orchestrator Michael Kamen). ''Wish You Were Here'' was the only episode in where all four members were interviewed.
*Robert Plant - ''Now and Zen'' and ''Nine Lives (Robert Plant album), Nine Lives''. Features interviews with Plant.
*The Police - ''Outlandos d'Amour''/''Regatta De Blanc'' (one episode), ''Zenyatta Mondatta'' and ''Synchronicity (The Police album), Synchronicity''. All episodes have interviews with Stewart Copeland whilst ''Synchronicity'' episode featured additional interviews with Sting (musician). On all anniversary airings of ''Zenyatta Mondatta'', ''Ghost in the Machine (The Police album), Ghost in the Machine'' was also spotlighted and Sting was interviewed on the anniversary episodes of Zenyatta Mondatta and the Outlandos/Regatta episode. Andy Summers was also interviewed on the Outlandos and Regatta episode and on the Zenyatta Mondatta/Ghost in the Machine episode.
*The Pretenders - ''The Pretenders (album), self titled debut'', ''Learning to Crawl'' and ''Pirate Radio'' (2-part episode). Features interviews with Chrissie Hynde.
*Queen (band), Queen - ''A Night at the Opera (Queen album), A Night at the Opera'', ''News of the World (album), News of the World'', ''The Game (Queen album), The Game'', ''Queen 40'', ''Live at the Rainbow '74'', ''Queen Forever'' and ''Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack''. All episodes feature interviews with Brian May while May is joined by Roger Meddows-Taylor, Roger Taylor on ''A Night at the Opera'', ''The Game'', Queen 40, ''Rainbow '74'' and ''Queen Forever'' episodes.
*Queensrÿche - ''Empire (Queensrÿche album), Empire'' and ''Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche, Sign of the Times''. The latter would be re-aired in 2009 to also spotlight on the group's ''American Soldier (album), American Soldier'' album. Features interviews with Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo.
*R.E.M. - ''Document (album), Document''/''Green (R.E.M. album), Green'', ''Out of Time (album), Out of Time''. Features interviews with Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills.
*REO Speedwagon- ''You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish'' and ''Hi Infidelity''. Features interviews with Kevin Cronin and Neal Doughty.
*The Rolling Stones - ''Beggars Banquet'' has interviews with Bill Wyman (later airings also have interviews with Keith Richards and Mick Jagger). ''Let it Bleed'' features interviews with Wyman and Mick Taylor. ''Some Girls'' and ''Stripped (The Rolling Stones album), Stripped'' features interviews with Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Richards.
*Todd Rundgren- ''Something/Anything''. Features interviews with Rundgren.
*Rush (band), Rush - ''Moving Pictures (Rush album), Moving Pictures'', ''Signals (Rush album), Signals''/''Grace Under Pressure (Rush album), Grace Under Pressure'' (one episode), ''Power Windows (album), Power Windows''/''Hold Your Fire'' (one episode), ''Permanent Waves''/''Power Windows'' (one episode), ''Counterparts (Rush album), Counterparts'', ''Grace Under Pressure''/''Counterparts'' (one episode), ''The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987, Rush's 35th Anniversary'', ''Rush Sector'' box sets and the band's induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are interviewed for ''Moving Pictures'', ''Power Windows''/''Hold Your Fire'' and ''Permanent Waves''/''Power Windows'' episodes. Lifeson is interviewed solo for ''Counterparts''. Neil Peart is interviewed for ''Signals''/''Grace Under Pressure'' episode. Lifeson and Peart appeared on ''Grace Under Pressure''/''Counterparts'' episode (which aired for those two albums' 20th and 10th anniversaries respectively in 2004). All three members appeared on ''Rush 35'', ''Permanent Waves'', ''Rush Sector'' and ''Rush Hall of Fame'' episodes.
*Bob Seger - ''Live Bullet'', ''Night Moves (album), Night Moves'', ''Stranger in Town (album), Stranger in Town'', ''Against the Wind (album), Against the Wind'', ''Nine Tonight'', ''Greatest Hits (Bob Seger album), Greatest Hits'' (2-part episode), ''Greatest Hits 2 (Bob Seger album), Greatest Hits 2'' and ''Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets, Ultimate Hits''. (2-part episode. All feature interviews with Seger.
*Billy Squier - ''Don't Say No (Billy Squier album), Don't Say No''. Features interviews with Squier.
*Steely Dan - ''Can't Buy a Thrill'' and ''Aja (album), Aja''. All episodes feature interviews with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.
*Al Stewart - ''Year Of the Cat''. Features an interview with Stewart.
*Rod Stewart - ''Every Picture Tells a Story'' and ''Time (Rod Stewart album), Time''. Features interviews with Rod Stewart.
*Styx (band), Styx - ''The Grand Illusion (album), The Grand Illusion'', ''Pieces of Eight (album), Pieces of Eight'', ''Paradise Theater (album), Paradise Theatre'' and ''The A&M Albums 1975-84''. All three episodes feature interviews with Dennis DeYoung and James Young (American musician), James "J.Y." Young. Tommy Shaw is also interviewed for ''The Grand Illusion'' and subsequent Anniversary episodes for ''Pieces of Eight'', ''Paradise Theatre'' and ''The A&M Years''.
*Supertramp - ''Crime of the Century (album), Crime of the Century'' and ''Breakfast in America''. Both episodes feature interviews with former member Roger Hodgson.
*Talking Heads - ''Best of Talking Heads'' (later re-aired as ''Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites''). Features interviews with Jerry Harrison and later airings features interviews with David Byrne.
*George Thorogood - ''George Thorogood and the Destroyers (album), George Thorogood and the Destroyers''/''Move It On Over (album), Move It On Over'' (one episode) and ''The Best of George Thorogood and the Destroyers''. Features interviews with Thorogood.
*Pete Townshend - ''Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking'' (re-aired as ''Pete Townshend: Gold'' in December 2006 and as the anniversary episodes of ''Empty Glass'' in 2010 and 2015). Includes interviews with Townshend.
*Traveling Wilburys - ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1''. Features interviews with Tom Petty and
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...
.
*Triumph (band), Triumph - ''Just a Game (album), Just a Game'' and ''Allied Forces (album), Allied Forces'' (re-aired as ''The Triumph Remasters'' in 2004 featuring new interviews with Levine and Moore plus Emmett from original episode). Features interviews with Triumph members Gil Moore, Mike Levine (musician), Mike Levine and Rik Emmett.
*Robin Trower - ''Bridge of Sighs (Robin Trower album), Bridge of Sighs''. Features interviews with Trower.
*U2 - ''War (U2 album), War'', ''Rattle and Hum'', ''Achtung Baby'' and ''The Best of U2: The 1980s''. Features interviews with Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton.
*Van Halen - ''Van Halen (album), Van Halen'' features interviews with Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony (musician), Michael Anthony (all subsequent anniversary episodes also featured interviews with Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth). ''Van Halen II''/''Women and Children First (album), Women and Children First''/''Fair Warning (Van Halen album), Fair Warning'' (one episode) and ''1984 (Van Halen album), MCMLXXXIV'' all featured interviews with Anthony and the Van Halen brothers. ''5150 (album), 5150'' features interviews with Sammy Hagar (the anniversary editions also had interviews with Van Halen brothers and Anthony). ''OU812'' and ''For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge'' features interviews with Van Halen brothers, Anthony and Hagar. The Best of Both Worlds (Van Halen album), The Best of Both Worlds (2-part episode). All features interviews with the Van Halen brothers and Anthony. Part one also features interviews with David Lee Roth and part two also features interviews with Sammy Hagar.
*Stevie Ray Vaughan - ''The Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan'' (a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan) and In Step. Includes interviews with Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon, Joe Bonamassa, Doyle Brahmall, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Steve Miller (musician), Steve Miller (on the 20 Anniversary Tribute to Stevie's death) and archived interviews with Stevie Ray Vaughan.
*Joe Walsh - ''The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get'' (all later anniversary episodes also spotlighted his 1978 solo effort But Seriously, Folks...). Includes interviews with Joe Walsh
*Whitesnake - ''Whitesnake (album), Whitesnake 1987'' and ''Whitesnake: The Definitive Collection''". Features interviews with David Coverdale.
*The Who - ''Tommy (rock opera), Tommy'' (2-part episode), ''Live at Leeds'', ''Who's Next'', ''Quadrophenia'' (2-part episode) and ''Thirty Years of Maximum R&B'' (2-part episode, later re-aired as ''The Ultimate Collection (Who album), The Ultimate Collection''). All episodes feature interviews with Pete Townshend. John Entwistle also was interviewed for ''Live at Leeds'', ''Who's Next'' (25th and 30th anniversary airings) and ''Maximum R & B'' episodes and Roger Daltrey appeared on the ''Maximum R & B'' episode and anniversary episodes of Live at Leeds and Quadrophenia.
*Gary Wright - ''The Dreamweaver''. Features interviews with Wright.
*Yes (band), Yes - ''The Yes Album'', ''Fragile (Yes album), Fragile'', ''Close to the Edge (Yes album), Close to the Edge'' and ''90125''. All four episodes feature interviews with Jon Anderson. ''The Yes Album'' and ''90125'' also features interviews with Tony Kaye (musician), Tony Kaye, Chris Squire and Alan White (Yes drummer), Alan White. ''Fragile'' also has interviews with Rick Wakeman. ''Close to the Edge'' features Anderson and Wakeman plus Bill Bruford and Steve Howe (guitarist), Steve Howe. The 45th Anniversary of ''The Yes Album'' also had comments from Bruford and Howe.
*Neil Young - ''Harvest (Neil Young album), Harvest'' and ''Ragged Glory''. Features interviews with Young.
*Warren Zevon - ''Excitable Boy''. Features interviews with Zevon.
*ZZ Top - ''Tres Hombres'', ''Eliminator (album), Eliminator'' and ''Greatest Hits (ZZ Top album), ZZ Top's Greatest Hits''. All three episodes feature interviews with Dusty Hill, Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard (musician), Frank Beard.
External links
*{{Official website
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