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Unknown Host hosts Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal, a music show with 61 episodes published.
Gang of Four’s Entertainment! is the moment post‑punk stopped being a scene and started sounding like a threat. This 1979 debut didn’t just tweak punk’s formula—it rewired it, turning guitars into percussion, bass into a
Returning Dig Me Out Union patron Josh Page is back from Australia with his second pick, and this one is geo-locked to his home country for most of the world. The Hummingbirdsformed in Sydney in 1986, signed to rooArt Re
The name Stevie Wright probably doesn't ring a bell. It should. Wright was the lead singer of The Easybeats, Australia's first international rock act and the band that gave the world "Friday on My Mind" in 1965. Then he
You Opened for Metallica. You Got MTV Airplay. So Why Does Nobody Know Your Name? The strange disappearance of Metal Church and The Dark The Dark earned its place on the turntable the way all our episodes do: through com
Skyhooks – Living in the 70s (1974) | 70s Rock Deep Dive What if the most important rock album of 1974 never made it out of its home country? In Australia, Skyhooks’ debut Living in the 70s was a cultural earthquake — 16
Dangerous Toys (self-titled, 1989) was brought to the show by Dig Me Out community member Keith Miller, who nominated it for the December 2025 Patreon poll, and the community agreed, sending it to the top with 37% of the
A Scottish cult hero. A seven-minute pseudo-electronic epic. A song literally called “Gang Bang.” This episode dives into Next (1973) by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a glam-adjacent, piano-driven, theatrical rock al
When an Australian thrash band that never broke big in the U.S. gets compared to early Metallica, Slayer, and Maiden in the same breath, you know you’ve stumbled onto something special. This episode dives into Mortal Sin
Ever heard of a band that traveled to Egypt on a Goethe Institute tour, recorded street sounds in Cairo bazaars, then came home to Berlin and created one of the most mind-bending krautrock albums of the ’70s? This week,
What if the “dumb party metal” you grew up with turned out to be one of the sharpest mirrors of 1980s America? In this episode of Dig Me Out: 80s Metal, we sit down with author, professor, and 80s tribute-band guitarist
What if Led Zeppelin had a long-lost twin that nobody remembers? In this episode of Dig Me Out, we unearth Leafhound’s 1971 proto-metal masterpiece Growers of Mushroom—an album that had all the ingredients for greatness
Living Colour’s Vivid: When Rock Refused to Play by the Rules What happens when a jazz-trained guitar virtuoso teams up with a Broadway-bound singer, adds Mick Jagger as producer, and sets out to demolish the color lines
Motörhead - Ace of Spades: The Bar Band That Redefined Metal (Whether They Liked It Or Not) What happens when you salvage a beaten‑up classic from the graveyard? You discover why Motörhead’s Ace of Spades remains one of
Before Operation: Mindcrime, there was this. Queensrÿche’s 1984 debut The Warning is the album that almost didn’t happen—at least not the way the band intended. While they were touring Japan, EMI executives remixed and c
Ever wondered why some killer 70s rock albums slipped through history’s cracks? This week, Dig Me Out listeners unearth Pluto’s self-titled 1971 LP—an overlooked slab of psychedelic hard rock, boogie vibes, and vintage c
When Testament finished touring behind their debut album The Legacy, they had zero songs written for a follow-up. The label didn’t care—they demanded another record immediately. Scrambling to fulfill their contract’s 40-
What happens when a 40-year-old metal legend discovers he’s still got more fire in his belly than anyone expected? Welcome to the untold story of Ozzy Osbourne’s “No Rest for the Wicked” — the 1988 double-platinum beast
Unearthing Europe’s Metal Roots: Wings of Tomorrow Revisited Have you ever wondered what Europe sounded like before “The Final Countdown” catapulted them to global fame? This week on Dig Me Out, we dive deep into Wings o
Iron Maiden fans, get ready for a deep dive into five decades of heavy metal legend. This week, Dig Me Out welcomes celebrated author Daniel Bukszpan—the mind behind Iron Maiden at 50—a passionate and visually stunning t
When Capitol Records’ Next Quiet Riot Vanished Into Thin Air Ever wonder what happens when a dream team of rock royalty assembles to create the perfect 80s metal album—only to watch it disappear during the mastering proc
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