Make It Stop: A Bad Music Podcast

On this week's episode of Make It Stop, comedian and dear friend of the pod Katie McCarthy joins us to discuss Montreal's favorite crackhead Chuggo! Arguably the most obscure album we've covered, Chuggo's Act Like You Might Know is a hidden gem rife with gross sex talk, tampon-related punchlines, and constant yelling. Katie, Heather and Mike try to figure out why Chuggo feels it is such a necessity to lie about his sex life, and ponder his criminal record, his current whereabouts, and his propensity toward consuming strawberry flavored lube. Honestly this is one of the funniest albums we've had the displeasure of listening to. And Chuggo, if you're reading this, and you're not already banned from entering the U.S., please join us on the podcast. We'd love to have you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Make It Stop is back and worse than ever, Stoppies! The inaugural episode of Season 2 finds Heather and Mike enduring the musical stylings of Tommy Lee for the first time since Mötley Crüe’s Theatre Of Pain. This time around it’s his nearly forgotten early 00s experimental rap rock side project Methods Of Mayhem. It’s got all the hallmarks of the genre, from gross sex lyrics about jizzy jism, to sound bytes of hitting meth pipes, to obligatory Kid Rock and Fred Durst features. Joining our hosts on this odyssey is Worcester’s favorite son Marcus Ohanesian. Combined, they leave no stone unturned in discussing the finer points of Tommy Lee’s career — from his ill-fated marriage to Pam Anderson, to his lengthy criminal record, to, of course, his legendary penis. Lots and lots of talk about Tommy Lee’s penis in this episode, that we can promise you. Like way too much Tommy Lee penis talk. That’s what we call a comeback, Stoppies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of 2.    This week Heather and Mike go head to head in the Make It Stop Thunderdome to defend their favorite bad album. Heather's weapon of choice is the eponymous debut of Waldorf, Maryland's favorite sons Good Charlotte. Mike meanwhile goes hard in the paint for another debut, this one from the infamous rap rock goofs of Limp Bizkit -- the terribly titled 3 Dollar Bill Y'all$. Whose trash will reign supreme? Will Mike be swayed by the wholesome rap-tinged pop "punk" of the Madden Brothers? Will Heather be able to resist the allure of Fred Durst's full diaper bounce dancing? Whatever the case, the least worst album must win, no matter how bad we all want to Make It Stop.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Heather and Mike go head to head in the Make It Stop Thunderdome to defend their favorite bad album. Heather's weapon of choice is the eponymous debut of Waldorf, Maryland's favorite sons Good Charlotte. Mike meanwhile goes hard in the paint for another debut, this one from the infamous rap rock goofs of Limp Bizkit -- the terribly titled 3 Dollar Bill Y'all$. Whose trash will reign supreme? Will Mike be swayed by the wholesome rap-tinged pop "punk" of the Madden Brothers? Will Heather be able to resist the allure of Fred Durst's full diaper bounce dancing? Whatever the case, the least worst album must win, no matter how bad we all want to Make It Stop.   Part 1 of 2 because our recording messed up badly and this had to be stitched together 10 seconds at a time. Pardon any glitchiness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ready to get faaaaar out, #stoppies? This week's adventure has us whoodly-doodling away with some reheated jams courtesy of everyone's* favorite psychedelic Dads, Phish! Originally recorded in 1986 and inexplicably re-released twice in 1998 and 2006, "The White Tape" is a dizzying and deeply misdirected spectacle of unnecessary fuzz pedals, non-sequiters about hamburgers, synthetic keyboards and songs about stepping in literal dog shit. Unsurprisingly, the 16 song collection of disconnected wank-offs is a big misstep even for the most devoted of fans. We brought our old friend from UMass Mitchy Dee, a local musician and proud Phish enthusiast to help us figure out whether Phish is a cult, why Mike Gordon seems to hate us, and what the hell they were thinking releasing "Minkin". We still haven't figured out the answer to that one.  *everyone does not include Heather and Mike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our latest exploration of mid-life crisis inspired genre experimentation leads us to Dee Dee Ramone aka Dee Dee King's 1989 punk-rap flop Standing In The Spotlight. Replete with climaxless tales of surfing and wrestling, as well as cringeworthy chronicles of his failing marriage, all delivered in a cartoonish tenor recalling hip-hop classics like "The Monster Mash", Standing In The Spotlight is undoubtedly one of the most head-scratching entries into the Make It Stop ouvre. Joining Mike and Heather to try to make sense of it all is Hayley Valencia, bassist of all-trans queercore punk powerhouses WIMP and resident Dee Dee King expert of the Greater Boston Area. How does it stack up against the rest of the ill-conceived rap projects we've covered in our few short months as a podcast? Find out this week on Make It Stop! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, is one of the most prolific artists and songwriters of all time, having released 39 studio albums and penned literally thousands of songs before his untimely death in April 2016. With nearly 20 tracks hitting the top 10 of the Billboard 100 chart, including "When Doves Cry", which peaked at #1 for five straight weeks, Prince is renowned for his vision and hitmaking prowess. However, as with any artist with such a prolific output, a handful of songs will inevitably miss the mark. On this week's episode of Make It Stop, Mike and Heather fly solo to go in depth into the bottom 10 worst songs of Prince's career. From the cheeseball ballads to the preachy opuses to an inexplicable fifteen minute long fat jokes, these songs run the full gamut from perplexing to irritating to downrighht disgusting. With such a smorgasbord of garbage, even the most devout followers of The Purple One are sure to be screaming "Make It Stop". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho

Mike's brother Alex Dunn joins Make It Stop to discuss Kid Cudi's Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven. Where to start with Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven? How can we possibly distill this recondite opus into a mere blurb? Seems impossible, but let's give it a shot: It's a bad rapper ham-handedly strumming three chords on an out of tune guitar while waxing suicidal and making farm animal noises for 90 minutes straight. Whew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will you take The Oath? Will You Sacrifice? This week on Make It Stop we're just barely putting up with Music From "The Elder", the biggest blunder of KISS's career. Powerslut bassist and vehement KISS hater Hugh Beckett joins us to ponder the themes and lessons explored within the "immersive" sci-fi fantasy world of "The Elder". Based on a thin story outline by Gene Simmons, this ambitious concept album tells the gripping tale of a boy named "The Boy", who becomes a man, then reverts to being a boy, then becomes a man again, and pretty much nothing else happens. You'll be on the edge of your seat with all the twists and turns in this unfathomably cheesy monstrosity. #ShowUsTheReceiptsGene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WHOOP WHOOP. This week on Make It Stop it's All in the Family, as we invite local Tinder Famous musician Squallie Greenthumb to discuss his favorite group Insane Clown Posse. The album we've chosen to discuss is Bang! Pow! Boom!, which includes the group's most infamous song and the #1 meme of 2009, "Miracles". We talk in depth about the Juggalo subculture, the Joker Cards, and how exactly magnets work. After 17 tracks of murder, mayhem, zombie dances, corpses with mouths filled with pizza rolls, and Juggalo islands, what is Mike and Heather's consensus on ICP? The answer may surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The conversation runs long this week on Make It Stop as comedian and music critic Tawanda Gona joins Heather and Mike to feast on a stale cracker. In 2017, after a lengthy string of disappointing releases, Eminem released Revival, arguably his most despicable album yet. With a bloated 80+ minute runtime, and a smorgasbord of tryhard slant rhymes, outdated edgelord humor, and convoluted double entendres, Revival may just be the least enjoyable album any of us have ever heard. To soothe the pain, we try to make sense of Eminem's place in today's world. Is he more like The Simpsons or The Undertaker? Whatever the case, they all need to just Make It Stop.CW: We discuss Eminem's lyrics, many of which are misogynistic, homophobic, ableist, and contain references to r*pe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode finds us sliding knee deep into glam metal, braving the murky waters of post-vehicular manslaughter Motley Crue. Our guest, local renaissance woman (comedian/musician/record store owner) Angela Sawyer tells us tales about her 15 year old self hiding passionate Motley Crue love poems behind her suburban waterbed and why she thought they "smoked pee". Why does Vince Neil sound like a cartoon rat? What were they thinking name checking protestant reformation activist "Martin Luther" in a terrible ballad? Did they actually smoke pee? Find out on this week's episode of "Make it Stop"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alright #Stoppies, it's time for yet ANOTHER round of soulless white boy blues pap, this time courtesy of your beloved childhood heroes, the Simpsons! How much sax does one album need? Is it #ImTooSaxy or #IWantToSaxYouUp? Will anyone write a 5 paragraph essay about Hinder? Why are we threatening our audience with death? Why does Mike Dunn find joy in torturing his friends on his birthday? Find out all of the answers by listening to our latest episode! Check us out on www.makeitstoppodcast.com, and like and Subscribe to us on iTunes so we can keep the hits coming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stoppies, we like you so much we're even willing to try Butt Stuff. Rather than easing our way in for our first foray into the putrid realm of Butt Rock, we're taking a full plunge, discussing Hinder's downright detestable debut Extreme Behavior. Joining us are fellow tastemakers of trash Lee Martin and Patrick SB from the Jukebox Zeroes podcast. Along the way we moan and groan and generally try to steer the conversation as far from the subject at hand as possible, but just when we think we're out, Hinder pulls us back in. "Blower" indeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Heather go in RAW this week as they explore How Could It Be, the musical debut of comedy legend Eddie Murphy. Released at the apex of his Hollywood ascent, How Could It Be finds Murphy trading his well-honed comedic chops for thin, unassured falsetto vocal runs and confounding lyrics about the apocalypse. Are writing assists from juggernauts like Rick James and Stevie Wonder enough to carry the album? Will it make you want to "Party All The Time" or just leave you "C-O-N Confused"? Local comedian Nonye Brown-West joins us to help answer these burning questions. Go ahead and strap into your red leather jumpsuit, Stoppies, 'cause this episode of Make It Stop will make you DELIRIOUS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're serving a double dose of white nonsense this week, as we dive into not one but TWO albums by pasty, melanin-deficient emcees. VQ of the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers joins us as we discuss Playing With Fire, the first and last release from former Britney Spears beau, WWE superstar, and Celebrity Fit Club alum Kevin Federline. Later on, our good friend Brittni joins the fray as we shift gears from white trash to cursed white liberals and subject ourselves to Long Island trio Northern State's debut album Dying In Stereo. Chock full of forced literary references, cringeworthy boasts and reckless cultural appropriation, Dying In Stereo was depressingly well received by music critics upon its release. Will we also give these talentless young white women a pass because they're so well read? Find out today on Make It Stop! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Shaggs had a philosophy, all right. We do too. Our philosophy is that it's a really funny idea to invite Wiley Meow (of High Energy Vintage, Bit Fest, and beyond) on Make it Stop this week to talk about his New Hampshire roots and explore the cocktail of regional novelties that could birth a band--and an album--like this. You'll cringe, you'll cry, and you'll probably be haunted forever by the band birthed from a prophecy that ended up more like a curse. Our philosophy is you're going to enjoy this episode a lot more than we enjoyed listening to the Philosophy of the World, but hey, what do we know. We're not from New Hampshire. Stay tuned, new episode dropping before lunch time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top of the morning to y' Stoppies, we're right chuffed to bring you our latest episode, and this one's a British Invasion! This week's episode finds us disco dancing with the devil, as we review Elton John's much maligned Victim of Love, a several-years-too-late collection of half-assed disco tunes so soulless that Sir Elton himself doesn't bother to write any of the music or even play the friggin' piano on it. Wading through this glitter-encrusted turd of an album with us is local funny guy Dicky Stock, famous for his legion of colorful Facebook characters including the legendary Kimmy Strubell. We even have a call-in from a veritable English lad himself, which you won't want to miss. Pip pip, cheerio, and whatever the hell else you Brits say--it's time for another episode of Make it Stop! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy new year, Stoppies! Just kidding. 2017 was already pretty brutal, but we're here to put some crap-icing on the trash-cake with a roundup of all the anti-anthems of this past year. Take a deep dive down with us to the bottom of the bad music barrel where we dissect the treacley corporate cut-and-paste drivel that characterized the worst of this year. Be prepared to abandon your heroes as we bemoan the tepid trainwrecks put out by artists that last hit their prime over a decade ago, who should have taken our podcast's advice to "make it stop" far before we ended up in this mess. Plus help us decide our next terrible album! Let's hope 2018 is on the up and up, because it's all downhill from here on this episode of Make it Stop.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode is the opposite of a Christmas miracle: a veritable log of reindeer shit left for us to scrape off our shoes till the end of eternity, the album Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica began as an improbable but intriguing pairing that soon became one of the most widely panned artistic outputs by all of the musicians involved in its production. Over an hour and a half long, Lulu boggles the mind with its breadth of hatred for its audience, plodding through strained, off-key warblings from a spiteful and potentially senile Reed juxtaposed with 2 chord metal riffs from a bafflingly neutered Metallica. We invited local comedian Nick Ortolani to get down in the trenches, and boy do we bet he regrets that decision. Dive on in, cuz it's gonna get wild...on this week's Make it Stop: Lulu.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices