Punk, Metal, & Grunge

All Let It Roll episodes covering the genres of Punk, Shock Rock, New Wave, Metal, Grunge, and other Alternative Rock genres.

Let It Roll Originals

• Eugene S. Robinson's journey from disco and no wave to hardcore and finally post-hardcore

• The Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks and Scratch Acid led Texas' crazed punk scene

• Black Sabbath invented heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne and perfected it with Ronnie James Dio

• Living Colour Led the Early ‘90s Alt Metal Charge

• Alice Cooper Combined Proto-Punk and Vaudeville to Shock the World

• The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk

• 415 Records Brought California Punk & New Wave to the American Market

• Black Flag Pioneered Hardcore Punk

• Megaforce Records Brought Metallica, Anthrax, Manowar to the Masses

• Soundgarden Was The Alpha And Omega Of Grunge

• Hardcore Punk Ignored Corporate America

• Grunge Exploded Out of Seattle and Fell Back to Earth

• The Indie Underground of the 80's from Black Flag to Beat Happening

• Time Warner Can't Handle The Ice-T Cop Killer Backlash

• The Death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Changed The Music Biz

• The Butthole Surfers & the 80's Underground

‘80s Roll

• 80s Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course

• 80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984

• 80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge

Let Metal Roll

• Melvins and TAD Were at the Forefront of Seattle's Grunge Wave When It Was Still An Indy Phenomenon

• Thrash Metal Rose and Fell, Led by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth

We Dig VH1’s Metal Evolution

• Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal

• Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

• Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish

• Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson

• Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up

• Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

• Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

• Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses

• Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience

We Dig Rock Docs

• Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene

• The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It

• The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash