Discograffiti

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1001 ALBUM COMPLAINTS HOST ROB KASSEES REVEALS HIS STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS ON HOW TO MAKE A RECORD (Ep. 231B) Nov 03, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, Dave Gebroe interviews our brother podcast’s host Rob Kassees as he walks us through the process of creating and releasing your own album, something he’s done many times over by this point. In fact, he’s just released an initial sold-out vinyl press run of anew recordthat has to be heard to be believed.

Stay Puft is the best Ghostbusters musical you'll hear this year. Upbeat songs and catchy hooks abound as his band The Chop retells the story of science's triumph over ancient Sumerian demigods. If you love indie concept albums made by old pros whose friendship and experience ooze through the speakers at every turn, you'll love Stay Puft. Printed with love to special "Slimer-green" vinyl with all original songs and artwork.

It’s a hell of a lot of fun. You can order your copy right here: https://linktr.ee/thechopunlimited

There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don’t miss it, or you’ll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe.

Full Episode: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti(available on the Major Tier & up)

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Subscribe to Discograffiti's Patreon and receive a ceaseless barrage (4 shows a week!) of must-hear binge-listening. It’s completely free to be a basic member, $1 to get your backstage pass, $5/month for the weekly Sunday show by & for our community, $10 for weekly early release, ad-free, super-extended Director's Cuts of the main show plus access to half our Patreon episode archive, & $20 for Discograffiti’s weekly bonus episodes and access to our entire Patreon episode archive. There are now over 400 Patreon episodes.

LYRICIST TONY ASHER REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND WORKING WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS’ PET SOUNDS (PART 3) (Ep. 231) Oct 31, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series, Discograffiti presents Part 3 of Chuck’s chat with Tony Asher, Brian Wilson’s lyrical collaborator on Pet Sounds. This is easily the best, most honest and unguarded Tony Asher interview in existence. Huge thank you to Chuck.

Here’s just a few of the many things that Tony discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

The tantalizing pitch to rewrite some Beach Boys lyrics that Tony wound up turning down (Director’s Cut only);
How his work writing jingles for Mattel toys dovetailed creatively into his experience working with Brian (Director’s Cut only);
Granular details of his very first hang with Brian;
The grand total of Beach Boys LPs that Tony Asher owns;
His opinion of pre-Pet Sounds Beach Boys lyrics;
And details surrounding the wild Loren Schwartz parties which the two men both attended.

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti

I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income.

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 14 additional minutes of essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.

Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti

Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece. Order it on Amazon or at your favorite brick n mortar bookstore.

ELECTRO-THEREMIN INVENTOR DR. PAUL TANNER REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND WORKING WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS' PET SOUNDS (Ep. 230B) Oct 27, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. It’s Chuck’s chat with Dr. Paul Tanner, inventor (with Bob Whitsell) of the Electro-Theremin, which he also famously played on three Beach Boys tracks: “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times,” “Good Vibrations,” and “Wild Honey.” Paul passed away a few years later in 2013, which makes this posthumously released “Chuck Chat” yet another priceless buried treasure.

Here are just a few of the many things that Paul discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

How he got the idea for the Electro-Theremin in the first place;
The differences between the theremin and Dr. Tanner’s simpler device;
His days playing trombone with the Glenn Miller Band;
The 1958 record Music For Heavenly Bodies, which was the first full-length LP to feature Paul’s instrument;
Being asked to join The Beach Boys on tour;
And what happened when a different Wilson brother hired Paul for a session date.

Full Episode: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti(available on the Major Tier & up)

Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti

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Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404

Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak

Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954

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Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe

Web site: http://discograffiti.com/

CONTACT DAVE

Email: dave@discograffiti.com

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/

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There is no other Patreon in existence where you get more for your money. 4 shows a week is what it takes these days to successfully blot out our unacceptable reality…so do yourself a favor and give it a shot for at least one month to see what I’m talking about.

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BEACH BOYS AUTHOR CHUCK GRANATA REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND PET SOUNDS: “I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES” & “PET SOUNDS” (PART 6) (Ep. 230) Oct 24, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, Beach Boys author Chuck Granata reviews and discusses Pet Sounds’ “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” and “Pet Sounds” with commentary and stories. Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection, and there’s nothing else quite like it.

Here are just a few of the many things that Chuck discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

Dave Gebroe’s 2 favorite songs of all time;
The use of the Electro-Theremin in “I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times,” which stands as its first usage in a pop/rock record ever;
Tony Asher’s inability to personally connect with the lyrics to “I Just Wasn’t Made”;
The spiritual successor to the song that Brian created and recorded with Andy Paley in the 1990s;
The true origin and first-draft title of the title track;
And how both Chuck and I connect with “I I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times” and Pet Sounds” in a laid-bare, explicitly personal way.

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti

I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income.

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 19 additional minutes of essential material (which comprises the entire section on the title track). Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.

Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti

CONNECT

Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153

Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Discograffiti

Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti

Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404

Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak

Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954

Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all

Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe

Web site: http://discograffiti.com/

CONTACT DAVE

Email: dave@discograffiti.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe

If you’re already a member, please comment below about your experience.

www.Patreon.com/discograffiti

AUTHOR LEWIS SHINER REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND HIS EPIC NOVEL “OUTSIDE THE GATES OF EDEN” (Ep. 229) Oct 17, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, author Lewis Shiner discusses his epic, 868-page, music-based novel Outside The Gates Of Eden, which follows a series of characters from 1965 to the present day. Lewis describes it as a "War & Peace for the Woodstock Generation," and I believe it is an absolute masterpiece, one of the 10 best books I’ve ever read in my life.

Lewis explains the book’s origin, its adept blend of fact and fiction, how Dylan going electric became the leap-off point for both himself and his main characters, how the entirety of Woodstock earned a place in the book as a tour de force tableaux during an important sequence, the real-life stalwarts from the late 1960s rock scene who became characters in this world, and how he knew as an author that it was time to stop writing books.

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti

I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income.

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 13 additional minutes of essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.

Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti

WRECKING CREW PIANIST LARRY KNECHTEL REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND WORKING WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS' PET SOUNDS (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series) (Ep. 228B) Oct 13, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. It’s Chuck’s chat with Larry Knechtel, the Wrecking Crew keyboard player and bassist who—along with Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys—has worked with Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Mamas & The Papas, The Monkees, The Doors, The Byrds, The Grass Roots, Elvis Presley, Jerry Garcia, and Billy Joel. He also was a key member of the band Bread. Larry passed away a few years later in 2009, which makes this posthumously released “Chuck Chat” yet another priceless buried treasure.

Here are just a few of the many things that Larry discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

What he ascertained early on as a studio musician’s average career length, which then led to a healthy fear of his phone no longer ringing;
His legendary work on Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”;
Besides Brian, the only Beach Boy he says his fellow studio musicians ever saw in the studio along with them;
The curse of having perfect pitch;
And his friendship with Jim Gordon…not to mention the fate of the 50+ hours of jam tapes that he recorded with him, which included spoken ruminations on what was bugging Jim at the time.

Full Episode: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti (available on the Major Tier & up)

Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti

CSNY'S GRAHAM NASH REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE “OHIO” SINGLE, THE 1970 TOUR, & THE GROUP'S BREAK-UP (Ep. 228) Oct 10, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, Graham Nash reviews and discusses the “Ohio” single, CSNY’s 1970 tour, and their first break-up (of many) with commentary and stories. Discograffiti’s Wild Tales: The Graham Nash Interview Series tackles every last release the great Graham Nash ever had a hand in creating, including CSN/Y, C&N, and his solo career, detailing a history almost too wild to be believed.

Here’s just a few of the many things that Graham discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

The 1968 night during which Graham smoked some hash and managed to write three classic songs (in The Director’s Cut only);
CSN’s one rule as a group by which they lived (in The Director’s Cut only);
The early CSN band members who fell by the wayside while they were coming together as a group in Sag Harbor (in The Director’s Cut only);
The 9-week, 3,000 mile boat journey Crosby & Nash took before the release of Deja Vu;
How the $7 million 1970 tour broke down in chaos;
The batshit crazy way that Fuzzy Samuels managed to cope with the chaotic tone of the 1970 CSNY gigs;
How “Ohio” happened;
The Fillmore East show during which Stills pulled out the stops to showboat for Bob Dylan, who was in the audience;
How CSNY initially broke up;
And an in-depth deep dive on Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young’s “Ohio” 45 and Four-Way Street double-live LP!

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti

I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income.

If you’re a Graham Nash & CSNY superfan like me, The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features 14 additional minutes of essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.

Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti

BEACH BOYS AUTHOR CHUCK GRANATA REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND PET SOUNDS: “I KNOW THERE'S AN ANSWER” & “HERE TODAY” (PART 5) (Ep. 227) Oct 03, 2025

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Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, Beach Boys author Chuck Granata reviews and discusses Pet Sounds’ “I Know There's An Answer” (originally written as "Hang On To Your Ego") and “Here Today,” with commentary and stories. Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection, and there’s nothing else like it.

Here are just a few of the many things that Chuck discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

The extremely illuminating original title of “Hang On To Your Ego”;
Some background info on little-known “Ego” co-writer Terry Sachen;
The impact of LSD on Brian’s consciousness during that time;
The difficulty that Tony Asher had with writing lyrics to “Here Today”;
The fraught relationship that Brian Wilson had with “Here Today”;
The Four Seasons song that may have been a “Here Today” influence;
And how both Chuck and I connect with “I Know There’s An Answer” / “Hang On To Your Ego” and “Here Today” in a laid-bare, explicitly personal way.

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti

I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income.

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features a plethora of additional essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.

Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: Patreon.com/Discograffiti

CONNECT

Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153

Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Discograffiti

Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti

Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404

Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak

Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954

Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all

Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe

Web site: http://discograffiti.com/

CONTACT DAVE

Email: dave@discograffiti.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe

If you’re already a member, please comment below about your experience.

www.Patreon.com/discograffiti

WRECKING CREW PIANIST DON RANDI REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND WORKING WITH BRIAN WILSON ON THE BEACH BOYS' PET SOUNDS (Ep. 226B) Sep 29, 2025

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The next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is Chuck’s chat with Don Randi, Brian Wilson’s beloved Wrecking Crew pianist, not to mention Nancy Sinatra’s trusted ivory-tickling accomplice. Chances are if you’ve fallen in love with the piano work in a song from the 1960s or 1970s, it’s Don: “Good Vibrations,” “ABC,” “He’s A Rebel,” “It’s My Party,” “A Little Less Conversation,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” “Somethin’ Stupid,” “I Got You Babe,” “Different Drum”…the list goes on and on. Don is truly a national treasure.

Full Episode: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti(available on the Major Tier & up)

Free Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti

JACKASS’S WEE MAN REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND BLACK SABBATH (PART 3: SABOTAGE, TECHNICAL ECSTASY, NEVER SAY DIE, & 13) (Ep. 226) Sep 26, 2025

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Here are just a few of the many things that Wee Man discusses with Discograffiti in Part 3 of this podcast:

The Sabbath song that single-handedly created thrash metal;
The two songs on Sabotage that Ozzy felt were distractions on an otherwise perfect album;
The many bad ideas behind Black Sabbath recording in Miami;
The telling t-shirt that Ozzy had made during the recording of Technical Ecstasy;
The weird several months after Ozzy split and Sabbath replaced him with ex-Fleetwood Mac vocalist Dave Walker;
The outright insanity of the Never Say Die! sessions;
And an in-depth deep dive on every song off Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy, Never Say Die!, and 13!

Listen: linktr.ee/discograffiti

I support a wife and a six-year-old son with Discograffiti as my sole source of income.

The Director’s Cut of this episode is ad-free and features a plethora of additional essential material. Support Discograffiti by opting for this clearly superior version.

Either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Lieutenant or Major Tier, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link.

The Director’s Cut: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti

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