Music Nerds Unite

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Scott Floman (author of the amazon ebook The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists), twin brother Keith Floman, and their buddy Larry Waldman have joined forces to talk about music. The format of this podcast is a series of tournaments. Episodes 1-8, recorded with Scott's original partner Matthew Brennan, determined the best rock artist ('60s-'90s). Keith & Larry replaced Matt in Episode 14. Episodes 14-25 determined the best rock album ('60s-'90s). Episodes 26-35 determined the best rock album ('00s-'10s). Recent episodes include a series of year-by-year song drafts.

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Episode 7: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (Sweet Sixteen)

Episode 7 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock music artist of all time. This episode covers the Sweet Sixteen. '60s match ups for this episode: (1) The Beatles vs. (4) The Rolling Stones (3) Bob Dylan vs. (7) The Who '70s match ups for this episode: (1) Led Zeppelin vs. (4) Neil Young (2) Pink Floyd vs. (14) Van Morrison '80s match ups for this episode: (1) U2 vs. (13) Iron Maiden (2) R.E.M. vs. (14) Rush '90s match ups for this episode: (4) Soundgarden v...

Jun 17, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 7

Episode 6: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (’80s & '90s Second Round)

Episode 6 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock music artist of all time. This episode covers second round match ups from the '80s and '90s. '80s match ups for this episode: (1) U2 vs. (8) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (2) R.E.M. vs. (7) AC/DC (5) Metallica vs. (13) Iron Maiden (6) Genesis vs. (14) Rush '90s match ups for this episode: (1) Nirvana vs. (9) Smashing Pumpkins (2) Radiohead vs. (7) Alice In Chains (3) Pearl Jam vs. (6) Wilco (4) Soundgarden...

Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 6

Episode 5: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (’60s & '70s Second Round)

Episode 5 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock music artist of all time. This episode covers second round match ups from the '60s and '70s. '60s match ups for this episode: (1) The Beatles vs. (8) The Kinks (2) Elvis Presley. vs. (7) The Who (3) Bob Dylan vs. (6) The Beach Boys (4) The Rolling Stones vs. (5) Jimi Hendrix '70s match ups for this episode: (1) Led Zeppelin vs. (9) Black Sabbath (2) Pink Floyd vs. (7) Bruce Springsteen (4) Neil Young vs. (6) D...

Jun 09, 2020•43 min

Episode 4: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (’90s First Round)

Episode 4 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock music artist of all time. Having already discussed the '60s, '70s, and '80s matchups, here we continue with the '90s. Matchups for this episode: (1) Nirvana vs. (16) Foo Fighters (2) Radiohead vs. (15) Dave Matthews Band (3) Pearl Jam vs. (14) Green Day (4) Soundgarden vs. (13) Red Hot Chili Peppers (5) Oasis vs. (12) Blur (6) Wilco vs. (11) Beck (7) Alice In Chains vs. (10) Pavement (8) Nine Inch Nails vs. (9...

Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 18 min

Episode 3: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (’80s First Round)

Episode 3 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock music artist of all time. Having already discussed the '60s and '70s matchups, here we continue with the '80s. Matchups for this episode: (1) U2 vs. (16) Def Leppard (2) R.E.M. vs. (15) Aerosmith (3) Guns n' Roses vs. (14) Rush (4) Talking Heads vs. (13) Iron Maiden (5) Metallica vs. (12) Billy Joel (6) The Smiths vs. (11) Genesis (7) AC/DC vs. (10) The Police (8) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers vs. (9) The ...

May 22, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 3

Episode 2: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (’70s First Round)

Episode 2 continues our NCAA Tournament styled brackets to determine the greatest rock music artist of all time. Episode 1 discussed the '60s matchups, so here we continue with the '70s. Matchups for this episode: (1) Led Zeppelin vs. (16) The Allman Brothers Band (2) Pink Floyd vs. (15) The Ramones (3) Elton John vs. (14) Van Morrison (4) Neil Young vs. (13) The Eagles (5) David Bowie vs. (12) Yes (6) Queen vs. (11) Van Halen (7) Bruce Springsteen vs. (10) The Clash (8) Fleetwood Mac vs. (9) Bl...

May 22, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 2

Episode 1: Greatest Rock Music Artists NCAA Tournament (’60s First Round)

Punk singer Matthew Brennan (currently in Deep Pockets) and fellow music nerd Scott Floman (author of The Story Of Rock and Soul Music: Album Reviews and Lists and Greatest Underrated Guitar Solos ) have joined forces to talk about music. The first several episodes will feature NCAA Tournament type brackets (one each for the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s) that will attempt to determine the greatest rock band/solo artist of all-time. We spent a fair amount of time on choosing which of the 64 bands/s...

May 16, 2020•56 min•Ep. 1

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