While Pavement never had much of a mainstream reach they did have a top 10 hit on the modern rock charts. During that brief time they made an enemy out of Billy Corgan and got mocked by Beavis & Butthead.
This week we are joined by Another Cheetah drummer PJ Caruso who picked a just barely a hit rap song Young Black Teenagers and their minor hit "Tap the Bottle". We discuss how despite begin a group of white guys they somehow…
This week we are joined by Fright School host Joshua Napier who breaks down the importance of Macy Gray and her mega-hit "I Try". We dive into how it does not make any sense for this artist to be a one hit wonder and his chi…
This week we are joined by solo musician and Smashing Pumpkins touring musician Katie Cole who wanted us to discuss The Easybeats. In her homeland of Australia they were a massive band that experience Beatles level fandom bu…
This week we are joined by Steve Eyl of High School Never Ends to discuss religion and noteworthy not religious alternative rock band Dishwalla. In 1996 and 1997 their song Counting Blue Cars was the most played song on the …
This week we are joined by Nate Lopez of the 91 Donkey Lane podcast to break down the classic Patrick Swayze song "She's Like the Wind". Would this song have been a massive success had it not been in Dirty Dancing? Who's to …
We are joined by Christmas 365 host Dylan Lyles to break down the 90's third wave ska sensation and how import Reel Big Fish was to it. We dive into what got us into the band, why ska is still alive, the Punk Rawk MBA What k…
Punchline Manager Jim Logrando is back on the podcast to talk about more Yacht Rock. This time discussing his favorite Yacht Rock song of all time, that he heard via The Simpsons.
Rapper and Trombonist Kadesh Flow joins us this week to discuss the unique sounds and career of Bobby McFerrin and his mega-hit Don't Worry Be Happy. We discuss if Bobby ever wanted to be famous, is the song satire and the e…
This week we were joined by Sam of the YouTube band First to Eleven as well as the new band Concrete Castles. We discuss the song Bittersweet Symphony which Sam's band covered on their popular YouTube page and dive into clas…
This week we are joined by "The Last Blockbuster" director Taylor Morden about The Refreshments. Beyond being a die-hard Refreshments fan his first Documentary Here's to Life is about the band. We breakdown the Alternative R…
We are joined once again by Matthew Milligan of the band Wheatus who joins us to discuss the pop sensation that was Hanson and their song MMM Bop. Him and Producer Matt are long term Hanson fans but right before this episode…
When we had a cancellation Matt and Chris were quick on their feet to quickly record an episode on one of Matt's favorite albums The New Radicals Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too with the mega-hit You Get What You Give.
This week we are joined by nerd-core rapper Mega-Ran to talk about the sexy revenge love song turned fast food advertising anthem Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison.
Here's a One Hit Thunder First ... a One Hit Wonder who's only hit is a cover of a one hit wonder! Of course Party Like It's ... member Eric Taft would make us discuss ska music in Save Ferris' iconic cover.
This week we are joined by Fright School and MFK Ultimate host Joe Fejeran who wanted to discuss the history of female empowerment hip-hop with the ultimate dirty rap song My Neck, My Back
This week we are joined by John Browne (J.B.) formerly of the Philly band Bright & Early. Chris and him dive deep into arguably Sweden's best musical export The Cardigans and their mega-hit LoveFool.
We did 50 episodes and thus it completely makes sense that we have Chris pick a song. If you've ever been on our Facebook Page you'll know that he was gonna pick Big Country!
It's a New Year for Better or Worse but one of the highlights of 2020 was the launching on One Hit Thunder so instead of discussing a specific song or artist this week Chris and Producer Matt look back on the last year of ep…
It's closing time for 2020 so it only makes sense for Producer Matt to pick SemiSonic and their unstoppable ear worm (and at this point meme) Closing Time. However Matt is a massive SemiSonic fan and talks about not just the…