Episodes

Def Leppard's 1987 album, "Hysteria," was four years in the making, and involved an unusual amount of tragedy, expense, rebirth, and ultimately triumph, providing a wealth of hit songs that the band still perform to this day. Come along with us on the journey, and delve into the depths. "The Black Hole," Disney's first PG-rated movie, was released in what most people assume was a response to Star Wars, but as you'll see (as we did), had its roots much further back, in the disaster movies from t...

This episode is the first in a series about the singular and super-interesting story of 80's glam rock, which seemed to rise from nowhere to the top of the charts. This subject is so vast that we will break it up and share it in a number of episodes over the next few months, and I imagine that we'll return to that particular gold mine often after that. Follow us on our small but growing Instagram page. We also have a brand spanking new Spotify profile, where we share accompanying playlists. He...

We kick off this new endeavor by taking a look inside Yes's 1983 hit, "Owner of a Lonely Heart," along with context about just how different this album was from all of their previous ones. There are also some entertaining personal anecdotes and hilariously surprising scatological revelations (about the band, not us) of which you may not have been aware. Our 80's movie recommendation is the excellent "WarGames," which also was released in 1983. We couldn't be more excited to introduce this podc...

Welcome to TapeHeads, a fun retrospective podcast about 80's music, culture, movies, etc., by two friends who were there.