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Every album tells a story. Most never get heard. We dig them out with podcasts exploring heavy 70s, 80s metal, 90s alternative, and 00s rock—forgotten masterpieces, lost classics, and legends that still have something to say.

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1986: The Year Glam and Thrash Both Peaked at the Same Time

On daytime MTV, Bon Jovi was becoming the biggest pop-rock act on the planet. Poison was setting the blueprint for everything pop culture now calls hair metal. At the same time, Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth: were building massive and dev...

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80s Metal, Glam, and Hard Rock Collide: Decide Which Album We Dig Out Next

All right guys, time to decide which 80s metal record gets the next full Dig Me Out episode. You didn’t just nominate these albums; now you get to pick the one that moves from the ballot to the main stage.

The Albums

Metallica – Ma...

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The Argument's Recess Serenade: The Album LA Reid Heard and Still Couldn't Save

Recess Serenade (2004) by The Argument was brought to Dig Me Out by returning patron Whitney Beehler, one of the most dedicated power pop advocates in the community. Whitney's previous picks include Caviar, Death Ray, Human Radio, Wunderban...

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Black Roses Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988): The King Kobra Album Hidden Inside a B-Movie

Keith Miller, a Dig Me Out patron, suggested the Black Roses (1988) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and paid $100 for the CD to do it. The soundtrack won the poll at 30.4%, beating Venom’s Welcome to Hell, Death Angel’s Frolic Through th...

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  • J Dziak

    Host of Dig Me Out, a podcast celebrating underrated albums from the 80s, 90s, and 00s, and writer of Signal Theory, where UAPs, the paranormal, and critical thinking converge.

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    Author, Podcaster, Musician

  • Chip Midnight

    The thoughts of a middle-age music fanatic with occasional dips into sports, TV, movies, politics, grief, pop culture, food, family, and more.

  • Whitney Beehler

    I'm a longtime fan of Melodic Rock, vocal harmonies, and the "art" of the power chord. I listen to music in the Power Pop, Metal and Pop-Punk genres. Occasionally I can form a sentence and may write something original every now and again.

  • Gavin Reid

    Staunch Aussie music lover always pushing the cause for Australian hard rock and experimental music

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