The Rock Star Autobiography Podcast
The Rock Star Autobiography Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast for music lovers by music's two biggest fans, Christian and Martha. Join them as they review autobiographies by the greatest and most famous musicians in history, and hear them share their candid insights into the musicians behind them.
Episodes
49 episodes
Will Sergeant: Bunnyman: Post-War Kid to Post-Punk Guitarist of Echo and the Bunnymen | Season 5: Ep. 5
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:15:44
Miki Berenyi: Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success | Season 5: Ep. 2
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:17:18
Brian Wilson: I Am Brian Wilson | Season 4: Ep. 7
Everyone knows that legendary Brian Wilson was the melodic architect behind those Beach Boys gems; and, yes, he copes with mental health issues. But did you know that Brian Wilson has a favorite chair in his living room where he likes to ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:27:46
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run | Season 4: Ep. 6
Bruce Springsteen is a polarizing figure. His fans are die-hard, and they even famously refer to him as The Boss. Critics revere him, extolling him as the working man's poet. And of course, "You've just got to see him...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:57:53
Mariah Carey: The Meaning of Mariah Carey | Season 4: Ep. 5
The meaning of life? Easy. But the Meaning of Mariah? That's heavy lifting. The Guinness Book of World records refers to Mariah Carey as the Songbird Supreme. She has a five-octave range and can sing into ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:36:00
Slash by Slash | Season 4: Ep. 4
Ingredients for the Slash cocktail: gallons of vodka, heroin, STDs, one top hat, and lots and lots of snakes. Stir, pour over ice, and then plug in your defibrillator!You know you've made it big in the world or rock and ro...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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2:22:16
Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir | Season 4: Ep. 3
Arriving like a splash of neon paint, Cyndi Lauper announced to the 80s that Girls, apparently, "Just Want to Have Fun." Sure there was the A-Team, Silver Spoons, and Knight Rider. But what's the 80s witho...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:39:36
Sinead O'Connor: Rememberings | Season 4: Ep. 2
Sinead O'Connor has often been reduced to that person who shaved her head, tore up the picture of the pope, and refused to play the Star Spangled Banner. It's no surprise, however, that there was more to the story, some of which she revea...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:41:16
Dave Grohl: The Storyteller | Season 4: Ep. 1
Dave Grohl, dude. Dave. GROHL. Dave Grohl has been in the White House several times. He is friends with Paul McCartney. His band the Foo Fighters is very, very, very popular. You almost forget--almost--that he was a drummer fo...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:35:45
Curtis James Jackson III (Fifty Cent): Playground | Season 3: Ep. 10
Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever been picked on, for no reason? Has anyone ever hit you in the face with a sock filled with batteries? If you answer YES to any of these questions, then this episode is for YOU! W...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:03:13
Andy Summers (The Police): One Train Later | Season 3: Ep. 9
Andy Summers was in a psychedelic band called Dantalian's Chariot. He jammed with Jimi Hendrix. He was buddies with Eric Clapton. Yet it amounted to nothing but a failed marriage, guitar lessons in the valley, and a whole lot ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:54:05
Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses): It's So Easy and Other Lies | Season 3: Ep. 8
Did you know that Homer Simpson's beer of choice, Duff beer, derived its name from Michael "Duff" McKagan? It's true! But did you also know that Duff McKagan is actually more famous for a band called Guns N Roses?...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:29:47
Steve Jones (Sex Pistols): Lonely Boy | Season 3: Ep.7
The Sex Pistols weren't just Johnny Rotten and that Sid guy, the vicious one. They also included Steve Jones, the band's guitarist, without whom the band would not have existed, and who certainly did it His Way. Doc Martens, spiked ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:26:22
Art Garfunkel: What Is It All but Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man | Season 3: Ep. 6
Google Art Garfunkel, and two things will appear on your screen immediately. One is the question, "Did Art Garfunkel write any songs?" (The answer, dear listeners, is No). And the second thing you'll see is that Art is worth $...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:09:10
Lol Tolhurst (The Cure): Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys | Season 3: Ep. 5
Robert Smith is worth 25 million dollars. Someone with whom you went to high school was covered in head-to-toe black because of his band The Cure. And for better or worse, even country-music fans know "Friday I'm in Love." For...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:41:49
Chris Frantz (The Talking Heads): Remain In Love | Season 3: Ep. 4
Ranked number 100 on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”, The Talking Heads were progenitors of Art-School Preppy Punk. Everyone knows David Byrne and that crazy white suit, but behind him was Chris Frantz, t...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:42:27
Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's): All I Ever Wanted | Season 3: Ep. 3
The Go-Go's were the first all-female band to have a number-one record of self-penned songs with Beauty and the Beat, a feat unrivaled to this day. A winning combination of punk, surf rock, and sugar in the raw, they were integra...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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2:02:26