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The Controversial History Behind Pink Floyd’s Greatest Hit
Nov 02, 2025Today, we have the story of what I believe is the greatest protest song of the last 50 years, Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall Part 2. And the back story is like a classic big-screen drama or th...
How Richard Marx Proved Everyone Wrong and Became a Pop Hit Machine
Nov 01, 2025Coming up, it's the story of Richard Marx, a Chicago kid who grew up in recording studios watching his jingle-writing father work. For years, he stayed in the shadows, singing backup for superstars an...
The Strangest Feats in Rock: Loudest Show, Longest Tour Day & a 1,000-Person Band
Oct 31, 2025Today, we're returning for round three of the Strangest Feats in Rock. And this time we're going bigger than ever before with a seriously supersized episode. Last time our big one was the only artist ...
Interview with LOBO: The Soft Rock Legend Behind “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo”
Oct 31, 2025Coming up next, an interview with an artist who had a bunch of hits in the 70s, with several that will take you back to a simpler time! and are as 70s as it gets. He was known to all as just One Name:...
Professor of Rock’s Top 10 Favorite Songs of All Time
Oct 29, 2025Coming up, I’m finally doing it. My personal top 10 song of all time. 10 songs that were pivotal in shaping and changing the life of a small-town boy from Idaho. These are my personal favorite classic...
FROM THE VAULT: How Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” Turned Heartbreak Into a Breakthrough Hit
Oct 28, 2025Bob Seger had been a regional sensation for over a decade but when it was all said and done he had only had one hit in 15 years and by 1976 it had been 8 years since that hit. He couldn’t seem to brea...
Top 10 Underrated Songs of 1986: AC/DC, Paul Simon, Van Halen & More
Oct 27, 2025Today we're counting down 10 killer classics from a special year in the 80s that were snubbed by mainstream radio. I’m talking about massive songs from some of the biggest musicians and bands of the e...
The Rise and Fall of Jim Croce: Folk’s Most Tender Storyteller
Oct 26, 2025Today we’re telling the story of folk singer Jim Croce, who spent years playing dive bars and college cafeterias for pocket change… before he finally broke through in his thirties. This Philadelphia e...
Halloween Special Edition: Top 8 Most Disturbing Rock Songs of All Time
Oct 25, 2025Alright, you asked for it. So you got it. It’s a Halloween Special Edition of Professor of Rock. Today, we're counting down my Top 8 most haunting, spine-chilling tracks from the rock era. And yeah, w...
FROM THE VAULT: How Dust in the Wind Started as a Fingerpicking Exercise and Became a Classic
Oct 24, 2025Legendary rock band Kansas was coming off of a huge single with Carry On Wayward Son and album with Leftoverture that established them as the one of the premier bands of the 70s as they were woking on...