30 Rock

30 Rock is the podcast that explores the world's best albums at 30. Nothing's off limits as we dig through the crates and raid the CD collection to uncover those gems from three decades ago. We kick off in 1991 which has gone down in music history as the year that changed it all, when alternative rock took over the charts, and a band called Nirvana changed music forever.

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The 30 Rock Podcast Trailer

1991 was the year when music changed forever. Grunge and the Seattle scene were on the cusp of exploding, hip-hop had grown up and mega-bands like U2 were reinventing themselves, spurred on by the winds of change that the early nineties brought. A list of albums from 1991 reads like a who's who of the music industry, but what significance do those records hold at 30? 30 Rock is the podcast that reckons the best albums all come from thirty years ago. Join us as we deep dive the music of 1991, and...

Dec 31, 2022•1 min

1991 - R.E.M. - Out of Time

When we think back 30 years ago to 1991, we think about the alternative revolution driven by bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. But there was one band who paved the way for the subsequent music industry shake up, and when they crashed through to the mainstream in early '91, it wasn’t off the back of a Marshall stack… it was a song that was driven by a mandolin. R.E.M. were the darlings of US college radio in the 80's and when they released their major label debut 'Green' in 1989 ever...

Dec 31, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 1

1991 - Pearl Jam - Ten

In the late 80's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were riding high in the Seattle music scene with the success of their band Mother Love Bone. But with the shock overdose and death of frontman Andrew Wood, the guitarist and bassist had to start again. With the help of friends like Chris Cornell and Jack Irons a band was assembled and a frontman in Eddie Vedder was found. Pearl Jam's 1991 debut Ten, has gone down in history as one of the greatest debut records of all time, propelling the band into th...

Dec 31, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3

1991 - U2 - Achtung Baby

They rose up from a nation divided by religious sectarianism and the ashes of punk rock to become one of the biggest bands of the 80’s, but by the time 1991 rolled around the Irish supergroup U2 were on a quest to re-invent themselves. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dawn of a new decade, U2 set up camp in Berlin with producers Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, who had been at the helm of The Joshua Tree. It was here that the seeds were planted for what would become Achtung Baby, with the ba...

Dec 31, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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