Rock Docs: A Podcast About Music Documentaries
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Hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Instagram: @RockDocsPod
Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt
Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton with Mike Ayers
Rock Docs is back after a lengthy hiatus — we've been saving up our discussion of the artist behind the second-worst-selling album in the history of Columbia Records, and the jam band world he helped pioneer.
Today's episode is about "Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton," a 2012 documentary about the avant-garde artist behind the Aquarium Rescue Unit.
Our guest this week, author Mike Ayers, is the author of the excellent new oral history, "Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene that Followed."
Ayers is our tour guide not just through the career of Hampton and ARU, but Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, Phish, the Dave Mathews Band, the Greyboy Allstars, Medeski Martin and Wood and even, at Andy's urging, ekoostik hookah.
Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Instagram: @RockDocsPod
Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt
2 Sept 2025
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years with Ian Grant
Today's episode of Rock Docs is about "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years ", a 1988 sequel to the classic LA punk documentary. This one is about metal, dude.
Our guest today is Ian Grant of the Jokermen podcast, who previously joined us to discuss "Decline 1".
Decline 2 features Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Poison, Steven Tyler & Joe Perry, Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley, Lemmy, Megadeth, Faster Pussycat, Lizzy Borden, London, Odin, and Seduce. What more could you ask for?
Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Instagram: @RockDocsPod
Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt
29 Jul 2025
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road with Dan Koch
Today's episode of Rock Docs is about "Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road", a 2021 film about the late Beach Boys musical genius directed by Brent Wilson (no relation).
Our guest today is Dan Koch, who previously joined us to discuss "Gimme Danger", about Iggy & the Stooges, a very dissimilar tale of brothers coming together in the 60's to create some stone-cold classics while indulging in rock & roll excess.
Long Promised Road takes us for a ride, literally, with Brian and his buddy Jason Fine as Brian, late in life, revisits places from his past. We also see Brian working in the studio on a new song and enjoy a curious mix of talking heads.
Check out Treble's review of Brian's masterpiece "Pet Sounds".
Rock Docs is a Treble Media Podcast hosted by David Lizerbram & Andrew Keatts
Twitter: @RockDocsPod
Instagram: @RockDocsPod
Cover Art by N.C. Winters - check him out on Instagram at @NCWintersArt
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.5 / 5
31 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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YouTube
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Engagement
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