On In Five

On part eight of the guitar god Jimi Hendrix, we take a look at his life through 1970. We look at how the Band of Gypsies didn't pan out as how Jimi had originally hoped, how his dream studio opened just in time for him to say goodbye to it, and how a seemingly random set of circumstances would line Jimi up perfectly to walk him straight to his untimely death.  

On part seven of our first musician ad infinitum, Jimi Hendrix, we travel with him through the year 1969, where the Jimi Hendrix Experience was disbanded, Jimi tried out his new band at Woodstock, and Mike Jeffery tightened his hold on the young guitar prodigy.

On this episode of On In Five, we are looking at even more of Jimi as he navigated his way through 1968; losing his long time manager Chas Chandler, finally dealing with his first manager Ed Chalpin, and even hinting at a full breakup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience as the world knew it. 

On part five of our deep, deep dive into Jimi Hendrix, we take a look at his life during the 2nd half of 1967, when the 25 year old would reemerge in the United States and attempt to simultaneously become the biggest rock star on both sides of the pond. 

On this Listening Party, we check out some of our favorite songs from Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced album, as well as some of the singles that were released in the UK leading up to the album's release in March 1967. We pick out songs that have fun facts, cool musical talking points, or are just songs that we really enjoy. 

On part four of our series on Jimi Hendrix, we take a look at the end of his initial run in the UK. We look at how he managed to take the country by storm, how he dealt with getting on the first less-than-ideal tour, and how he worked every day to make sure his debut album was both incredibly well done and incredibly well promoted. 

On our debut episode of our listening party series, we take a look at some of the songs that Jimi Hendrix recorded before he was famous. We see how he took himself from a background guitarist in 1964 to putting out his first legendary single in 1966.

Songs Played

• Testify Parts 1 & 2 -  The Isley Brothers
• Mercy, Mercy - Don Covay
• I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me - Little Richard
• How Would You Feel - Curtis Knight & The Squires
• Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
• Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix

On this episode of On In Five, we take a look at legendary rocker Jimi Hendrix as he found himself travelling across the pond to attempt to make a name for himself in London. He met some of the biggest musicians of all time, and knocked their socks off with his incredible talent and the perspective he brought to the genre they were all trying to perfect. Things started to take off for Jimi nearly as soon as it was wheels down in the UK, and it's all broken down on this episode.

On this episode of On In Five, we cover Jimi Hendrix as he attempted to make a name for himself as a guitarist. We see him make a half hearted attempt to be a military man like his father before him, we see him cut his teeth on the infamous Chitlin' Circuit, and we see just how his unwavering grooviness put him in the perfect position to become one of the biggest musicians of all time. 

In the first episode of our deep dive into Jimi Hendrix, we take a look at his rough life growing up with a barely present mother and an overworked father, and the music he later graced the world with seemed to be in him from his earliest days. We look what turned James Hendricks into Jimi Hendrix.

In the conclusion of our series on Jazz-man turned Blues-man turned Experimental-man, Tom Waits, we take a look at his career from the time he moved out of the city to present day. We look at how he felt pushed out of the second label he joined, how he helped to put a variety of studios on the map, and how he handled the simultaneous worlds of doing stardom his way, and keeping himself and his family private. 

On this bonus episode of On In Five, Anton talks with Mooka Rennick, the founder of Prairie Sun Recording Studio, and Jeff Sloan, the Studio Manager during the years of Tom Waits. The studio was used by Tom Waits for a few of his albums, including Bone Machine, Mule Variations, and the Orphan collection. They talk about their time working with Tom, how he discovered and used what has now been known as the Waits Room, and some other artists who have come through the studio. 

In part three of our series on experimental rocker Tom Waits, we take a look at his life through the 80's, after he left his longtime label to try out something completely new, pushing the boundaries on what his music could be, and trying out his talents on the big screen as well on the stage. 

On this episode of On In Five, we look at Tom Wait's life and career once he was fully in the groove of making music. Though the world and life of hotel living and street ratting he was building for himself turned out ot not be quite as fulfilling as he'd hoped. We're exploring Tom Waits in his Asylum years.

In this episode of On In Five, we take a look at Tom Waits - an artist known for his unique voice, his calm and cool attitude, and his razor sharp wit. We look at him through his early years and do our best to understand how he became his night loving, diner frequenting, seedy self (and we mean that as a compliment).

On the conclusion of our series on Liberace "Busterkeys", we look at the end of his life without his parents and with Scott Thorson. We look at the whole scandal that surrounds Liberace's most famous boy toy, how Liberace handled the whole affair, and finally the death of Liberace and the drama surrounding it. 

On part three of Liberace, we take a look at his life after the scandal at the Daily Mirror. We look at how he managed to be the highest paid entertainer of all time, how he managed to to succeed at nearly everything he did, and how he kept his two lives completely separated, creating one of the most elaborate characters in entertainment history.

In part two of our series on Liberace, we take a look at his life when his career really began to to take off. We see how a move to a new city helped him explode in popularity, we see how the addition of some screen time made him a house hold name, and we discuss how he was forced in court to defend a lie he was telling the whole world. 

In part one of our series on Liberace, we take a look at how he went from Władziu to Walter to Lee to Liberace, how he made the perfect moves to get him on any and every stage he wanted, and we break down the different story he told in public vs the story he told in private, as he sewed the seeds to maintain one of the biggest lies in music history.  

In this episode of On In Five, we look at not at a band or artist as we usually do, but rather a producer that helped loads of musicians reach their full potential. We are talking about producer extraordinaire and amateur Kermit the Frog impression artist Mutt Lange. We look at his childhood in South Africa and how it may have allowed him to lay the ground work to produce whomever he wanted, we take a look at some of the big projects he worked on through the 80s and 90s, and we take very uneducated guesses at whether we have seen the last of Mutt Lange in the music industry.

In the conclusion of our series on the queen of country, Shania Twain, we look at her career from the time she fired her friend Mary Bailey from her management position to current day. We look at how the country music scene attempted to shun her, and how she bested them; how she created her iconic sound; and how she dealt with the turmoil of losing her voice and her husband of 20+ years all at the same time. Plus we all try to finish the episode while were all falling asleep at the wheel. It's a real blast!

In part two of our series on Shania Twain, we take a look at the beginning of her career as a successful country musician. We look at life after the death of her parents and how she wanted to give up on singing, who saved her and brought her back, and the small steps she took to signing with a major label. And once she was on that label, how she took matters into her own hands to develop a style all her own. 

In part one of our series on the best selling female country artist of all time, Shania Twain, we take a look at her life before she was reinventing what it meant to be a woman in country. Her childhood was less than stellar, having to deal with extreme poverty, physical and sexual abuse, and the death of her parents. All while trying to see if she could have a career in music. 

In the conclusion of our series on big rockers Van Halen, we take a look at how the band dealt with David Lee Roth quitting the band, their time with the Red Rocker Sammy Hagar and how the relationship took a slow turn for the worst, their short stint with Gary Cherone, and everything else that happened leading up to the tragic death of Eddie Van Halen.

On this On In Five News, we take a look at the life of David Lee Roth after his time in Van Halen, before rejoining the group in the late 2000s. We see how a promising start quickly fell apart for the singer, and how no matter what he tried to do, it all failed for him. We look at how the reunion for David and Van Halen was much more inevitable for the singer than he originally implied, and just how much he was willing to try for fame. 

In part two of our series on Van Halen, we take a look at the band after they finally reached fame. We see how David Lee Roth, Eddie and Alex Van Halen, and Michael Anthony handled the success they had worked so hard to achieve, and how the fame isn't always the dream people think it is. We see how they seemed to only do things right for so long, and what caused the rift that cause David Lee Roth to eventually go solo. 

In part one of our series on the So Cal Party Rockers, we break down the pre history of Van Halen. We look at where they came from and how they resisted getting together at all. We see how their grassroots campaign of playing whenever they could made them celebrities long before they were selling out arenas and trashing hotel rooms, and we look at how they made sure to put themselves in a position to get the record deal they were always hoping for. 

Just a quick update - Our episodes will becoming out on Wednesdays instead of Mondays from now on. Be on the lookout for our new series, starting on Wednesday!

In part two of our series of the musical genius Beethoven, we look at how he adjusted to his time in Vienna. Despite several setbacks, including countless denials from women, unwanted company, and a physical ailment that would ruin anyone lesser than him, Beethoven quickly rose up the ranks to musical master in the city, and had the people eating out the palm of his hand. 

In the conclusion of our series on Alt Rock queen Alanis Morissette, we look at her life post Jagged Little Pill. We look at the surprisingly mellow way she handled her success, how she expanded beyond just music, and how she refuses to quit no matter what, even 25 years after her album that made her a superstar. 

In part two of our series on Alanis Morissette, we look at her time after she was essentially dropped from the Canadian world of music, and how she clawed her way back up to not only where she was as Alanis, but far surpassing what she ever expected to become, with the release of her 1995 smash album, Jagged Little Pill. 

In part one of our series on teen pop princess turned Alt Rock Queen, we look at the upbringing of Alanis Morissette and the career she had before the career we all know. We look at how signing a record deal before you can drive may lead to some predatory moves, and how through the moves she made and those around her made for her, she was forced to become the angriest woman in music. 

In the last of our one off episodes, we kill the mood by talking about one of the darkest phenomenons in music and the world of artists in general - The 27 Club. We talk about artists like Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, and others. While the deaths were from drugs, alcohol, suicide, murder, or rouge Jeeps, all these artists were taking far before their time should have been up. 

Please note - while we cover the deaths of some huge artists on this episode, we do not cover much of their lives, and we will still be covering most of these artists in depth later. 

In this episode, we dive into the world of One Hit Wonders, where artists seemed to have one huge hit, and could never recreate that success again, try as they may. We look at artists like Chumbawamba, Vanilla Ice, Soft Cell, Blind Melon, and many more. Do we figure out why these artists seems to be more like a firecracker in a world of Atomic Bombs? No, but it's a fun episode anyway!

In this one off episode, we break down our own history and the bands we have been in, with varying degrees of success. We range from pop punk, to nu metal, to straight metal. Come listen to us talk about why we aren't in the ranks of the other bands we cover on this show. 

In the finale of our series on My Chemical Romance, we take a look at the band after the grueling Black Parade tour, how to attempt at making a “simple” album was anything but, and why they scrapped it for something more up their alley. We also look at what caused the breakup of the band, and how they managed to rise from the ashes stronger than ever.

In part three of our series on My Chemical Romance, we look at how the guys in the band handled fame after their second album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge became a huge success, and how they figured out a way to top it with The Black Parade, even if it meant tearing the band, and themselves apart. We look at how they created the album, and how their magnum opus came to the thing they'd come to resent most. 

In part two of our series on My Chemical Romance, we look at how these five guys from New Jersey handled making it into the big leagues with a major label, and how, even under the pressure of keeping the fans they had made, and gaining new fans, dealing with substance abuse, and gaining and losing friends, they managed to keep it together and put out and tour an incredible sophomore album in Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. 

In part one of our series on post hardcore staples My Chemical Romance, we look at where the members of the band came from, how a national tragedy would help birth the band, and how they would rocket from nothing to famous in a very short time.  

In Part one of our two part series on John Denver, we look at John's militaristic lifestyle; how that affected his attitude towards war, violence, and structure; and how these beliefs shaped John's musical career. We see John from Birth to peak. 

In the conclusion of our series on the Pretty Hate Machine, Nine Inch Nails, we follow Trent's and the band's journey after the success of the Broken, including how they created their most successful album, The Downward Spiral, how they went on to win an Oscar, and how they created on of the most interactive and immersive marketing campaigns we've ever seen. 

In part one of our two part series on Trent Reznor and his one man band, Nine Inch Nails, we talk about the upbringing of Trent, how he changed the sound of industrial music, and how he bent the music and video industry to meet his unwavering demands. He's one of the more unlikely successes we've talked about, but it all makes sense when you dive into his music.