

Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast
O3L Media
Only Three Lads is a lively podcast celebrating the Golden Age of Alternative Music from the '70s, '80s & '90s. Join Uncle Gregg, Brett Vargo, and a variety of ”Third Lads” as we share our Top Fives, stories, and news about the music we love, and have a lot of fun along the way! Whether you‘re into indie, punk, new wave, Britpop, power pop, synth pop, shoegaze, grunge...or whatever...there is going to be something for you to discover and love. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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May 5, 2020 • 58min
O3L - E12 - Top 5 Songs of 1994
We're getting crazy with the Cheez Whiz! And who knows? Maybe we'll break out the pimento spread too. In this episode of O3L, Uncle Gregg, Brett and Bueno dissect the Top 5 songs of 1994. It was a great year for alternative music, as you may (or may not) remember. Along the way, we discuss the very subtle differences between Randy “Macho Man” Savage and the Kool Aid Guy, plus you get to hear Bueno on a radio contest and throw down a challenge for any NBA player willing to take him on. So come on in...the Cheez Whiz is warm!
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Apr 28, 2020 • 48min
O3L - E11 - Top 5 Songs of 1975
Hop in the O3L time travelin' spaceship set for the year 1975. Join Bueno, Uncle Gregg and Brett as we discuss our Top 5 songs from 45(!) years ago. While there is no disco on our lists, we do assure you that there is jive talkin' aplenty in this episode. Full frontal! Drive thru liquor! Sesame Street! Chris De Burgh! Yes, these are but a few of the very risque' topics that you've come to expect from your friends at Only Three Lads.
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Apr 21, 2020 • 56min
O3L - E10 - Top 5 Live Albums
Is it live...or is it O3L? Well, actually it's both, because in this episode, Brett, Bueno and Uncle Gregg discuss their Top 5 Live Albums of the O3L era. Meanwhile, Gregg unleashes his inner Scott Bakula, Bueno makes a marriage proposal, and Brett just wants to take down the Whoo-Hoo Guy. Buckle up and get ready for a classic alternative thrill ride!
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Apr 7, 2020 • 1h 5min
O3L - E9 - Top 5 Albums That Beat The Sophomore Slump
Have you ever become obsessed with a band's first album and feverishly awaited the follow-up...only to be wildly disappointed? Yeah, we've all been there! For example, did you know that Menswear even released a second album? Mind blown! Oh wait, you didn't even remember that Menswear released a first album? Hmmmpf. (We don't actually even talk about Menswear during this episode, so don't worry.) What we do discuss are the second albums that cut through the Wall of Doodoo, and beat that dreaded sophomore slump. Join Uncle Gregg, Brett and Bueno for old favorites, new discoveries, and an episode that smells like English Leather.
By the by, O3L is going on spring break. Episode 10 will drop in two weeks!
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Mar 31, 2020 • 60min
O3L - E8 - Top 5 Albums of 1988
If man is five, if man is five...then the devil is six, the devil is six...then God is SEVEN, then God is SEVEN! Then eight is, uhhhh, nothing. Thanks for leaving us hanging, Pixies. Well, in this case, eight is Episode 8 of Only Three Lads, wherein Bueno, Uncle Gregg and Brett reveal their Top 5 alternative albums of 1988. They also partake in an unusual game of "Would You Rather?" that leaves you wondering just what two classic bands were doing in a pool together in the first place. So, would you rather listen to O3L or some other podcast that isn't O3L? If you chose the former, that's the correct answer. If you chose the latter, then we don't wanna play this game with you anymore.
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Mar 24, 2020 • 1h 2min
O3L - E7 - Top 5 Artists of 1990-94
[Cue suspenseful music] In this very special episode of O3L, we discuss our Top 5 Artists, based on their total output between 1990 - 1994. Does Uncle Gregg have a Bernie fetish? [Dun-Dun-DUUUN!] Would Brett REALLY like you better if you slept together? [Dun-Dun-DUUUUN!] Will Bueno ever pogo again? [Dun-Dun-DUUUUUN!] Find out on Only Three Lads.
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Mar 17, 2020 • 60min
O3L - E6 - Top 5 Albums of 1999
Oops...we did it again! For Episode 6, Uncle Gregg, Brett and Bueno discuss their Top 5 alternative albums of 1999, music news, and, y'know, other things that three guys talk about when they get together - shopping with Gavin Rossdale, Kelly Kapowski and "Mambo No. 5" (whatever happened to the first four mambos??).
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Mar 10, 2020 • 59min
O3L - E5 - Top 5 Albums of 1997
Whilst many Wannabes and Barbie Girls were mmm-boppin' and zig-a-zig-ah'in in 1997, the lads were listening to REAL MUSIC, dang it! Well, they may have listened to "Mmm Bop" too...in private. Join Bueno, Uncle Gregg, and Brett as they recount their top 5 alternative albums of 1997 and music news from the O3L universe. They get soft and fluffy, and contemplate the afterlife. Heavy, man, heavy.
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Mar 3, 2020 • 55min
O3L - E4 - Top 5 Bargain Bin Finds
The lads are nothing if not modern day superheroes...rescuing would-have-been/should-have-been classics from the clutches of record store bargain bins. This week, Brett, Bueno, and Uncle Gregg brave the harsh conditions - the dust, the smells, the aching knees, the hordes of Mitch Miller records - to bring their Top Fives from the dark, dank depths of the bargain bin. Don't worry. They're just doing their jobs, ma'am.
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Feb 25, 2020 • 1h 32min
O3L - E3 - Top 5 Post-Punk Albums
For Episode 3, Uncle Gregg, Brett and Bueno bring you their Top 5 Post-Punk albums of the O3L era. OK, so we all know that post-punk is great, but it ain't exactly happy bubble gum pop. Yet the lads do their darndest to keep things entertaining...in fact, you may even want to dress like a pirate after listening to it. Ahoy, matey!
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