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Backtracking is the music podcast where three old friends, Dan, Raf and JW, take a second listen to influential albums, track by track. Season 1 covered the entire Rush catalog. Season 2 went deep on American Music Club. Season 3 is fifteen albums, from Ozzy’s “Blizzard of Ozz” and Asia’s “Alpha” to Sting’s “The Soul Cages” and The Chameleons’ “Strange Times,” with guests including Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies of The Chameleons, Seth Tiven of Dumptruck, Nathan Larson, and Will Hodgkinson. Expect deep cuts, bad puns, and The Best and the Worst for every album. New episodes on Tuesdays.

Copyright: © Backtracking

Latest Episodes:

American Music Club "Everclear" (1991), Side B: Sick of Food Mar 12, 2025

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American Music Club's 1991 album "Everclear", Side B: "The Confidential Agent", "Sick of Food", "The Dead Part of You" and more.

Plus "Royal Cafe", "What the Pillar of Salt Held Up" and "Jesus' Hands", the CDs-versus-sides debate, and the everbest and the everworst.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “Everclear”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Stiller? I hardly know ‘er!

0:16: Scripto Brivo

0:47: CD’s, Sides, Albums, Musical Inflationary Pressures

9:55: Side B, Track 1: “The Confidential Agent”

25:36: Side B, Track 2: “ Sick of Food”

33:55: Side B, Track 3: “The Dead Part of You”

41:54: Side B, Track 4: “Royal Cafe”

53:28: Side B, Track 5: “What the Pillar of Salt Held Up”

1:07:29: Side B, Track 6: “Jesus’ Hands”

1:18:45: Everbest and Everworst

1:24:55: LPeemo Supremo

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web

- American Music Club on Bandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter: @backtrackingrox

- Instagram: @backtrackingrox

- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

I’m sick of food, so I ate my email: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club "Everclear" (1991), Side A: Rise, Crabwalk Mar 05, 2025

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American Music Club's 1991 album "Everclear", Side A: "Why Won't You Stay?", "Rise", "Miracle on 8th Street", "Ex-Girlfriend" and more.

Plus "Crabwalk", the lineup, the production and all that reverb, the "Rise" EP, and questions, comments and apologia.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “Everclear”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Eventually the rain will fall.

0:43: Prescripted Open

4:45: Ed Sheeran’s Velveteen Short Pants

8:15: Questions, Comments, & Apologia

11:30: The Basics

12:56: Delight my Jenkins

16:56: Lining up the Lineup

25:50: Producers Kaphan up Some ‘Verb

43:29: Cover Art? No! “Rise EP”

49:37: Is that gator dead?

52:22: Side A, Track 1: “Why Won’t You Stay?”

1:01:53 : Side A, Track 2: “Rise”

1:10:24 : Side A, Track 3: “Miracle on 8th Street”

1:19:57: Side A, Track 4: “Ex-Girlfriend”

1:28:33: Side A, Track 5: “Crabwalk”

1:36:40: This album’s backside is….

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web

- American Music Club on Bandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter: @backtrackingrox

- Instagram: @backtrackingrox

- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

Will this email fulfill all our promises and bury us in peace: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

Mark Eitzel "Songs of Love Live" (1991): AMC Songs, Solo and Live Feb 26, 2025

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Mark Eitzel's 1991 solo live album "Songs of Love Live": AMC songs stripped down, from "Firefly" to "Room Above the Club".

We cover AMC in limbo after "United Kingdom," Toiling Midgets, the "Take Courage" Matador single, and the end of AMC Phase 1. Eitzel impressions incoming.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

Mark Eitzel “Songs of Love Live”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Hardballs to Softballs

0:23: Eitzel impressions incoming!

5:53: The Basics

7:30: “United Kingdom,” & AMC in Limbo

9:30: Toiling Midgets

13:00: Miss Management

14:20: Han Solo & Spike Hydebacca

17:20: The “Take Courage” Matador Single

20:00: The End of AMC Phase 1?

38:59: The Cover & The Basics 2

43:36: Track 1: “Firefly”

47:10: Track 2: “Chanel No. 5”

54:48: Track 3: “Western Sky”

55:32: Track 4: “Blue and Grey Shirt”

56:07: Track 5: “Gary’s Song”

59:48: Track 6: “Outside This Bar ”

59:48: Track 7: “Room Above the Club”

1:03:57: Track 8: “Last Harbor”

1:05:08: Track 9: “Kathleen”

1:07:16 : Track 10: “Crabwalk”

1:13:26: Track 8: “Jenny”

1:14:24: Track 9: “Take Courage”

1:20:41: Track 10: “Nothing Can Bring Me Down”

1:26:46: The Liverwurst and the Liverbest

1:34:05 : Like, Share, Review, Email, Friend, Scream @ Sky

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on theWorld Wide Web

- American Music Club onBandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter:@backtrackingrox

- Instagram:@backtrackingrox

- Reddit:u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

”Take Email,” said the sign. I used to look for it every podcast:backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club "United Kingdom" (1989), Side B: Kathleen Feb 19, 2025

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American Music Club's 1989 album "United Kingdom", Side B: "Dream Is Gone", "Heaven of Your Hands", "Kathleen" and more.

Plus "The Hula Maiden" and "Animal Pen", then the Brighton and the Blackpool: The Best and the Worst of the side.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “United Kingdom”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Don’t fool yourself. It’s going right down the laundry chute.

0:32: Ye Shorte Scripty

0:56: A need a camera. For my eye.

11:21: Side B, Track 1: “Dream Is Gone”

23:00: Side B, Track 2: “Heaven of Your Hands”

26:30: Side B, Track 3: “Kathleen”

36:44 : Side B, Track 4: “The Hula Maiden”

45:20: Side B, Track 5: “Animal Pen”

53:46: The Brighton and the Blackpool

58:05: Send my mail to California, I’m never coming home.

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on theWorld Wide Web

- American Music Club onBandcamp

- American Music Club onSpotify

- Danny Pearson onBandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter:@backtrackingrox

- Instagram:@backtrackingrox

- Reddit:u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

The email is gone. Do you want another one?backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club "United Kingdom" (1989), Side A: Never Mind Feb 12, 2025

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American Music Club's 1989 album "United Kingdom", Side A: "Here They Roll Down", "Dreamers of the Dream", "Never Mind" and the title track.

An import-only record: live album, studio album or double EP? We also ask whether it's Tom Mallon's masterpiece and whether Side A is flawless.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “United Kingdom”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Does no one like Home?

0:24: California knows how to script an open.

4:17: We inserted our hot dogs into the Iron Curtain.

5:35: Import Only

7:34: The Basics

11:13: Live album? Studio album? Double EP? You decide!

20:50: Mallon’s Masterpiece?

30:08: Take Cover

33:33: Side A, Track 1: “Here They Roll Down”

42:47: Side A, Track 2: “Dreamers of the Dream”

50:48 : Side A, Track 3: “Never Mind”

57:57: Side A, Track 4: “United Kingdom”

1:06:02: A flawless side?

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on theWorld Wide Web

- American Music Club onBandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

- Danny Pearson on Bandcamp

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter:@backtrackingrox

- Instagram:@backtrackingrox

- Reddit:u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

Emails look a lot better when they’re sent from far away:backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club "California" (1988), Side B: Western Sky Feb 04, 2025

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American Music Club's 1988 album "California", Side B: "Bad Liquor", "Now You're Defeated", "Jenny", "Western Sky" and more.

Plus "Highway 5" and "Last Harbor", PR from the Hall archives, and whether this is AMC's masterpiece.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “California”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: We’re data-driven.

0:15: Scripty Shortie

1:15: PR from the Hall Archives

8:10: Side B, Track 1: “Bad Liquor”

17:54:: Side B, Track 2: “Now You’re Defeated”

21:17: Side B, Track 3: “Jenny”

27:50: Side B, Track 4: “Western Sky”

33:35: Side B, Track 5: “Highway 5”

42:46: Side B , Track 6: “Last Harbor”

50:29: Is this the AMC masterpiece, or is Body shoddy?

52:52: The Last Harbor & the First Harbor

58:10: Smash the Like, Punish the Subscribe

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web

- American Music Club on Bandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter: @backtrackingrox

- Instagram: @backtrackingrox

- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

I’ll take the keyboard in my two weak hands: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club "California" (1988), Side A: Firefly Jan 29, 2025

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American Music Club's 1988 album "California", Side A: "Firefly", "Somewhere", "Laughingstock", "Lonely" and "Blue and Grey Shirt".

We cover the basics, the cover that launched at least two fans, Tom Mallon, and "Pale and Skinny Girl." Jason Aldean is mentioned, and we apologize.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “California”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: “Christmas Shopping Online”

0:37: Scripty Scripterson

4:03: Podcasting Prodigies

7:52: The Basics

8:29: The Cover that Launched at Least 2 Fans

18:09: Too bad they don’t know you like I do, Mallon.

30:13: Wherefore Art Thou, Jason Aldean?

36:22: Side A, Track 1: “Firefly”

54:59: Side A, Track 2: “Somewhere”

1:04:55 : Side A, Track 3: “Laughingstock”

1:14:25: Side A, Track 4: “Lonely”

1:20:39: Side A, Track 5: “Pale and Skinny Girl”

1:28:37: Side A, Track 6: “Blue and Grey Shirt”

1:55:45: Slap It, Flip It, Rub It Down

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web

- American Music Club on Bandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter: @backtrackingrox

- Instagram: @backtrackingrox

- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

Come on, beautiful. Send us an email: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club "Engine" (1987), Side B: Electric Light, Mom's TV Jan 22, 2025

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American Music Club's 1987 album "Engine", Side B: "Clouds", "Electric Light", "Mom's TV", "Art of Love", "Asleep" and "This Year".

Plus a live "Shut Down" bonus, the sophomore bump, and The Best and the Worst. The weather in January is also discussed, at length.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “Engine”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: A fucking death dedication?

0:39: El Scripto Changeo

1:05: The Weather in January, Discussed

5:05: The Sophomore Bump?

7:43: Side B, Track 1: “Clouds”

20:30: Side B, Track 2: “Electric Light”

30:06 : Side B, Track 3: “Mom’s TV”

38:45: Side B, Track 4: “Art of Love”

49:45: Side B, Track 5: “Asleep”

56:45 : Side B, Track 6: “This Year”

1:04:30: Side B, Bonus Track: “Shut Down” Live

1:08:22: The Best and the Worst

1:11:30: Until we reach California….

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web

- American Music Club on Bandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter: @backtrackingrox

- Instagram: @backtrackingrox

- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

With a magic finger, I email the podcast: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club "Engine" (1987), Side A: Outside This Bar Jan 15, 2025

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American Music Club's 1987 album "Engine", Side A: "Big Night", "Outside This Bar", "At My Mercy", "Gary's Song" and "Nightwatchman".

How did this album even get made? We cover the landscape cover, the mystery of Vaylor Trucks, and Tom Mallon's production, with a Max Headroom broadcast intrusion for good measure.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “Engine”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: All these ants are marching.

0:15: Apology for an Accident

0:46: Canned from a Can

4:55: The Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion

7:42: How did this album even get made?

11:12: Hamburger? I hardly know ‘er!

18:24: Finally… the Basics!

20:38: The Landscaptual Cover, and the Mystery of Vaylor Trucks

41:34: Production Sandwich, Extra Mallonnaise

49:27: Side A, Track 1: “Big Night”

1:08:33: Side A, Track 2: “Outside This Bar”

1:21:34 : Side A, Track 3: “At My Mercy”

1:37:40: Side A, Track 4: “Gary’s Song”

1:49:00: Side A, Track 5: “Nightwatchman”

1:55:45: Take a Breath, Flip the Record

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web

- American Music Club on Bandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter: @backtrackingrox

- Instagram: @backtrackingrox

- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

The more I email, the more you find me: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

American Music Club's Early Days, with Greg Bonnell and Paul Nini Jan 08, 2025

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Greg Bonnell and Paul Nini join us to talk Columbus, Ohio, The Naked Skinnies, and the early days of American Music Club.

We cover the pre-AMC Columbus punk and performance art scene, Zero Watts, Ron House and Eitzel, the move west, "Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat," the Tom Mallon demos, and Greg's departure from AMC.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

American Music Club “The Restless Stranger”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Cold Open Featuring….

0:10: Scripty Shorty

0:43: Guest Intros – Greg Bonnell & Paul Nini

3:22: Columbus, Ohio Pre-AMC

19:00: Punk, Performance Art, Zero Watts, Ron House, & Eitzel

21:19: The Naked Skinnies

36:14: Go West, Naked Skinnies

38:20: “Mean Mark Eitzel Gets Fat”

42:40: The Great SF Neighbor House Heist

42:40: A Wild Vudi Appears!

49:35: Greg’s Departure from AMC

55:33: The Tom Mallon Demos

59:20: Back in Columbus, Circa 1985

1:19:22: Adieu

BONNELL, NINI, AND COLUMBUS:

- Old 3C Label Group

- The Offense Fanzine

AMC LINKS:

- Mark Eitzel & AMC on the World Wide Web

- American Music Club on Bandcamp

- American Music Club on Spotify

BACKTRACKING SOCIALS:

- Twitter: @backtrackingrox

- Instagram: @backtrackingrox

- Reddit: u/backtrackingrox

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs, track by track. For our second season, we've selected the pioneering indie rockers American Music Club.

Big emails are black and blue. They get sent and they get read: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

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