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Dig Me Out Podcast
@digmeoutpodcast.com
Rediscover the lost gems of 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s rock. Deep dives, forgotten classics, and the stories behind the music that shaped Gen X. https://www.digmeoutpodcast.com
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Hello. If you stumbled upon us, we're GenX dads who worked in college radio, spent 10 years in bands, ran an indie label, and then started this music podcast in 2011.

Our focus is the 90s, but we revisit the 80s (a separate metal podcast) and 00s (exclusive to Patreon) as well.

Links in bio. 🤘✌️
Robert Plant vocals. Jimmy Page guitar tones. Black Sabbath riffs.
This album had EVERYTHING except the one thing that mattered most. Is this the most frustrating “what if?” in 70s Rock? #heavy70s #protometal open.substack.com/pub/digmeout...
46% of Our Community Voted for This Leafhound Album—Here’s Why They Were Right
Growers of Mushroom is the record that proves heavy rock was still finding itself in the early 70s.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
We've spent 2025 listening to a lot of records from 1990-2010 that we’d never heard before. Some blew our minds. Some didn’t. But here are the 20 we believe deserve another listen.

Come rediscover them with us. #90sRock #ObscureMusic #DeepCuts #ForgottenMusic open.substack.com/pub/digmeout...
Stop Scrolling. Here Are 20 Lost 90s & 00s Albums Worth Your Time.
20 worthy picks—from forgotten masterpieces to overlooked classics that nobody talks about anymore.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If you could go back to the 80s and change one album’s fate:
Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys | Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman | Lillian Axe - Love + War | LA Guns - LA Guns
Which would you save? open.substack.com/pub/digmeout...
80s Metal Tournament: Four Forgotten Classics. One Winner.
Dangerous Toys. Diary of a Madman. Lillian Axe. LA Guns. Cast your vote and help us decide which forgotten album gets excavated next.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Heart’s 90s era was weird.
 Mutt Lange choruses. 
Power ballads on repeat.
A band stuck between “Barracuda” grit and “All I Want to Do” gloss.
Did they survive the decade? We break it all down in our new episode. #ClassicRock #90sMusic #MusicDiscovery #RockHistory open.substack.com/pub/digmeout...
When Heart Went to Battle With the ’90s—And Barely Made It Out Alive
Seattle’s first rock queens survived 25 years by writing their own rules. Then the ’90s demanded they break them.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Before Tom Morello, before nu-metal, there was Vernon Reid on Living Colour’s Vivid. The album that proved you could shred, funk, and speak truth all in one record. New episode digs into why this 1988 debut predicted everything. #LivingColour #80sMetal #MusicPodcast open.substack.com/pub/digmeout...
Is Living Colour’s Vivid the Most Underrated Guitar Album of the 80s?
Vernon Reid’s guitar wizardry, funk-metal fusion, and the production debates that won’t die
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December 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Belly’s Star: Fuzzy Guitars, Dreamy Vocals, and One Song That Changes Everything
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Belly’s Star: Fuzzy Guitars, Dreamy Vocals, and One Song That Changes Everything
A genre-bending 1993 debut that blends dream pop, indie rock, and vintage pop sensibilities
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December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On Dig Me Out: 80s Metal, we dig into Ace of Spades (1980) and breakdown why the album still hits and how it inspired thrash, punk, and action rock.
#80sMetal #RockHistory #LemmyKilmister #ClassicRock #Motörhead open.substack.com/pub/digmeout...
Motörhead’s Ace of Spades: The Bar Band That Accidentally Redefined Heavy
Listen now (56 mins) | Why a 1980 album nobody expected became a rock and roll anthem
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December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This week’s rock releases: George Lynch’s swan song. Chris Bailey’s final gift. Dream Theater’s historic Paris moment. Plus hidden gems that’ll blow your mind.
Which albums are you obsessing over? #rockmusic #newreleases #punkrock #musicdiscovery www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/george-lyn...
George Lynch’s Swan Song, Chris Bailey’s Final Bow, and the Live Tapes Nobody’s Heard Till Now
A Hard Rock Legend Says Goodbye (Again), Australian Punk Royalty Gets Its Last Word, and Dream Theater Reunites in Paris
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November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Four lost 80s metal albums. One vote from you. Which gets excavated next?
Living Colour. Cryptic Slaughter. Legal Weapon. Artillery.
You decide.
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You Pick: Living Colour, Cryptic Slaughter, Legal Weapon, or Artillery?
Which 80s metal album deserves to be dug out next—and why your vote matters.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
1/New music 11/28:

Lynch Mob - Dancing with the Devil
The Saints - Long March Through The Jazz Age
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - Avon Calling! Live at Phoenix Festival 1994
X Marks The Pedwalk - Insomnia
Josh Freese - Just a Minute, Vol. 2
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Instead of chasing “best of” rankings, we gathered with friends to ask: What made 2025 feel special for you?
Whitney (our power pop guy) put McLusky at #1 😵‍💫. Jim rediscovered why live music matters. Keith forgot his favorite album existed. www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/dig-me-out...
Dig Me Out’s 2025 Thankful Episode: 50+ Releases Worth Your Time
Ghost, Sloan, Deep Sea Diver, and the albums that survived the algorithm—plus why streaming broke how we listen
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New music 11/21/25:
Spock's Beard - The Archaeoptimist
Rheostatics - The Great Lakes Suite
Danko Jones - Leo Rising
Ictus, Suzanne Vega, Collegium Vocale Gent - Einstein on the Beach
Umphrey's McGee - Blueprints
Yawning Man - Pavement Ends
Boys Life - Ordinary Wars
Stryper - The Greatest Gift Of All
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New music out 11/14:

Cheap Trick - All Washed Up
Matt Pryor - The Salton Sea
Jimmy Eat World - Something(is) Loud EP
Pig - The Merciful Night
Men Without Hats - On The Moon
Thee Headcoatees - Man-Trap
Thee Headcoatees - The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm ‘n’ Beat Vernacular
AVTT/PTTN
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Out 11/7:

Finger Eleven - Last Night On Earth
The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
Alcatrazz - Prior Convictions
The Dears - Life is Beautiful!x3
Agnostic Front - Echoes in Eternity
Midlake - A Bridge to Far
Hüsker Dü - 1985: The Miracle Year
Roddy Bottum - The Royal We
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Just dropped our take on nuno bettencourt’s schizophonic—the 1997 power-pop masterpiece nobody asked for and even fewer noticed. a guitar virtuoso who threw out the playbook and just… wrote songs. #90sRock #NunoBettencourt #PowerPop #MusicPodcast www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/schizophon...
Schizophonic: Why Nuno Bettencourt’s Best Work Went Unnoticed
A Guitar Hero Who Chose Melody Over Ego (And Made a Lost Classic
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November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New music out 10/31:

Guided by Voices - Thick, Rich And Delicious
The Charlatans UK - We Are Love
μ-Ziq - 1979
Stephen Brodsky - Cut To The Core Vol. 1
Damien Jurado - Private Hospital
Thee Headcoatees - The Man-Trap Sessions EP Vol. 1/2
Various Artists - Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New episode: the dark sermon of 16 Horsepower. Sackcloth ’n’ Ashes blends haunted Americana with post-punk tension. For fans of Nick Cave and shadowy indie folk. #goth #americana #Denver #Indierock www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/gothic-cou...
Gothic Country’s Unholy Grail: Discovering 16 Horsepower’s Sackcloth ’n’ Ashes
Haunted Americana, Preacher’s Fire—Why This 90s Cult Classic Deserves Your Ears
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October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New music 10/24:

The Lemonheads - Love Chant
Soulfly - Chama
Big Wreck - The Rest Of The Story
Ronnie Romero - Backbone
Serj Tankian - Covers, Collaborations & Collages
The Tear Garden - Astral Elevator
Jim White - Inner Day
Cowboy Junkies - More Acoustic Junk

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October 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Ever heard of Charm Farm? Their 1995 album Pervert is a glam-funk-industrial fever dream from Detroit that nearly broke Mercury Records’ brain.
We dig into this wild, forgotten experiment—where Prince meets T-Rex meets Nine Inch Nails. #90sRock
#ObscureAlbums
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Pervert: The Twisted Odyssey of Detroit’s Most Misunderstood Rock Experiment
Charm Farm's 1995 Album That Mixed Bagpipes, Baritone Vocals, and Pure Ambition
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October 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Our community nominated 4 lost 70s Rock gems for the next podcast:
Julian’s Treatment – Sci-fi double LP with Hammonds and alien princesses
Dr. Z – Occult Vertigo prog exploring Plato
Pluto – Overlooked dual-guitar firepower
Trapeze – Glenn Hughes’ power trio
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Which 70s Deep Cut Deserves Its Moment?
A $1,000 concept album, extreme prog darkness on Vertigo, Glenn Hughes’ power trio peak, or Pluto’s lost hard rock gem. Vote now.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New music 10/17:

Biohazard - Divided We Fall
Soulwax - All Systems Are Lying
Chrissie Hynde - Duets Special
Coroner - Dissonance Theory
Paz Lenchantin - Triste
Holly Golightly - Look Like Trouble
The Bats - Corner Coming Up
84 Tigers - Nothing Ends

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October 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
RIP Space Ace
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
While everyone else chased MTV, Pearl Jam built “summer camp for emotionally damaged adults”.
We sat down with author Selena Fragassi, who spent years uncovering the untold story behind their 35-year revolution.
#pearljam #90s #livemusic www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/pearl-jams...
Pearl Jam’s Incredible Journey: From Andy Wood’s Tragedy to Global Domination
Inside Seattle’s Last Standing Band and Their Revolutionary Live Show Formula
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October 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just dropped our deep dive into Ozzy’s most underrated album: No Rest for the Wicked. This 1988 beast gave us Zakk Wylde’s career-launching debut, the ultimate televangelist revenge anthem “Miracle Man,” and some of the most vicious guitar work of the decade.
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Zakk Wylde’s Origin Story: How a 19-Year-Old New Jersey Guitarist Transformed Ozzy Osbourne’s Sound on No Rest for the Wicked
From New Jersey Bar Bands to Pinch Harmonics - How a Warped Cassette Tape Saved the Prince of Darkness
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October 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
October’s 90s Tournament is LIVE and these nominations are 🔥
- Kevn Kinney: Solo gold after corporate pressure
- Asphalt Ballet: Killed by Nevermind’s timing
- Sixteen Horsepower: Biblical horror show
- Bettie Serveert: Holland’s secret weapon www.digmeoutpodcast.com/p/four-90s-a...
Four 90s Albums the Music Industry Tried to Forget
October tournament features Asphalt Ballet vs Nevermind, Kevn Kinney’s label rebellion, Holland’s best-kept secret, and America’s most haunted folk rock
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October 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM