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Beard Of The Day – August 12 – Brian Cook

By Matt McClure August 12, 2020

Had Brian Cook only been the bassist for the wildly influential but short-lived hardcore outfit Botch (only two full length studio albums in 98 and 99), his status in the scene of heavy music would have been cemented long ago. But since then he’s been a part of other outstanding acts such as These Arms Are […]

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Beard Of The Day – April 19th – Jeff Tweedy

By April 19, 2017

Maybe all I need is a shot in the arm.

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Beard Of The Day – April 18th – George Michael

By April 18, 2017

Late last year on the podcast, I made the production choice to use WHAM!’s “Last Christmas”, being in the in the holiday spirit. Unfortunately, it seems that even loose association with us caused George Michael to succumb to an illness he kept private only four days later, on Christmas Day. And so Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, in […]

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Beard of The Day – April 16th – Robert Palmer

By April 16, 2017

Happy Easter everybody, bang a gong.

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Beard Of The Day – April 13th – David Bowie

By April 13, 2017

Let’s dance.

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Beard Of The Day – April 24th – Simon Le Bon

By April 24, 2016

Duran Duran fucking rules, I don’t even care.

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Beard Of The Day – April 22nd – Prince

By April 22, 2016

The only tribute we know how to do, because sometimes it snows in April.

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Beard Of The Day – April 19th – Aaron Paul

By April 19, 2016

Yeah, bitch. Magnets.

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Beard Of The Day – April 18th – Yusuf Islam

By April 18, 2016

You can change your name, you can change religions, you can disavow your past and give up on what made you famous. But you can’t change your DNA, and you’ll eventually come back to doing what you do best.

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Beard Of The Day – April 16th – Bob Nanna

By April 16, 2016

As frontman for two of the more beloved (if under appreciated) Chicago based emo-ish bands of the late 90s and early aughts in Braid and Hey Mercedes, the ginger bearded Bob Nanna has flown consistently under the radar as one of he genre’s more prolific and inventive song writers. While Braid’s hallmark was (and still […]