Jukebox Zeroes

Oct 02 2022 90

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Lilz Martin and Patrick Barry are not music journalists, and are wholly unqualified to conduct criticism of albums that have been infinitely more successful than they could ever hope to achieve. They’re just two local musicians from Massachusetts who have a strange fascination with bad music.

From The Shaggs to Attila to Threatin, share their love on Jukebox Zeroes, the podcast that takes a retrospective look at historically-hated albums.

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087 - Mariah Carey - Glitter (with Scott Kurland)

Oct 02 2022 98 mins

R&B singer/songwriter Mariah Carey enjoyed a prolonged period of critical and commercial success throughout the 90s, during which she enjoyed multiple Billboard Hot 100 hits and sold millions upon millions of records. The 00s on the other hand were a brief stumbling point for the legendary performer; her involvement in the 2001 box office bomb Glitter and its subsequent soundtrack

086 - Rednex - Sex & Violins (with Aimee Hauthaway)

Aug 30 2022 96 mins

On this very special(?) episode of Jukebox Zeroes, Lilz and Patrick with special return guest Aimee Hauthaway have opted to close out season 5 by listening to Sex And Violins by Rednex.You know, Rednex?The "Cotton Eye Joe" guys?Why are they doing this?Isn't that the question of the day.#AreWeNormalNow?#GoinTrunky#SeeYouNextSeasonNew England Music Feature: Christians & Lions - "Is T

085 - Christian Rock Roundup (with Ashley Rogers & Shane Smith)

Jul 26 2022 129 mins

Christian Rock. A phenomenon in which the iconically American genre of music is used as a tool for evangelizing, preaching, or otherwise sharing christian religious beliefs. Though christianity had long opposed the "devil music" that was rock and roll, sometime around the late 1960s and early 1970s, former hippies who had turned to Christ discovered that they could use rock music a

084 - Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (1983) (with Nate Nemitz)

Jun 27 2022 96 mins

Fresh after the release of Pink Floyd's mega-selling concept record The Wall, Roger Waters had plans to release a companion piece record to accompany the film adaptation of the famed album. The project was to be titled Spare Bricks, and consist of songs written for The Wall that didn't make the final draft, but Waters abruptly switched directions with the arrival of the Falkland Is

083 - Falling In Reverse - Fashionably Late (2013) (with Jacob Russell)

Jun 10 2022 136 mins

Meet Ronnie Radke. Formerly the lead singer of the legendary metalcore act Escape The Fate, his tenure in the group was cut short after assault charges landed him in prison, and expelled from the band. Undaunted, Radke would form his own project upon leaving jail, known as Falling In Reverse, which followed a similar metalcore style as Escape had, but the central creative process w

082 - Steely Dan - Two Against Nature (2000) (with Steve Borek)

May 24 2022 95 mins

In 2001 several revolutionary albums stood nominated for Album Of The Year at that year's Grammy Awards. Important records by Radiohead (Kid A), Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP), and Beck (Midnite Vultures), all of which would go on to great acclaim and influence to new generations of musicians who discovered them. The conventional wisdom was that one of these three albums would ta

080 - Steven Seagal - Songs From The Crystal Cave (2005) (with Mario Boiardi)

Apr 12 2022 140 mins

Before famed musician Steven Seagal committed his musical genius upon the world, you may be surprised to learn that he also was an actor in action films like Under Siege, Hard To Kill, Above The Law, and On Deadly Ground. You may also learn that he was formerly a Navy SEAL, a CIA agent, and an Aikido master. (You will likely know this because he's made mention of it any and all cha

079 - V/A - Batman Forever: Music From The Motion Picture (1995) (with Danesha Artis)

Mar 09 2022 105 mins

The 1995 motion picture Batman Forever marked the 3rd entry in the first cinematic universe of the titular DC Comics superhero. While previous entries had been directed by Tim Burton, Forever found Burton in a producing role instead, with directorial duties falling to Joel Schumacher. In contrast to the dark and macabre direction Burton took the film series, Schumacher found inspir

078 - V/A - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band (1978) (with Franco Micale)

Feb 20 2022 128 mins

In 1967, The Beatles released their 8th studio album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, a record that has been considered one of the greatest albums of all time. Heavily influenced by The Beach Boys' record Pet Sounds a year earlier, Sgt. Pepper was renowned for its' innovative style of production, adept fusion of multiple styles of music, and has been credited with bridging t

077 - Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere (1997) (with Rock Candy)

Jan 26 2022 129 mins

Okay. Funny story.Originally we set out to give a fair critical and retrospective shake to Middle Of Nowhere, the 1997 full-length debut from Tulsa, Oklahoma act Hanson. The record most famous for the pop rock mega-hit "MMM Bop", it was a critical smash and a commercial powerhouse that sold over 10 million albums worldwide, but somehow never quite translated to artistic credibility