# S9E451 - Teenage Tragedy Songs with Paul Mahern

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Podcast: [That Record Got Me High Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast-991900)
Published: 2026-03-03T19:07:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thatrecordgotmehigh.com/s9e451
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## Resource

For this special BONUS episode, Audio Engineer, Producer, Teacher and lead singer of Indiana's Zero Boys , Paul Mahern , brings us some of his favorite Teenage Tragedy Songs . Also known as Splatter Platters, Death Discs...etc, this style of songs lamenting teenage death scenarios - often in melodramatic fashion - peaked in popularity in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s but still pack a twisted punch today. Let the teardrops fall! Songs discussed in this episode: Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran (1961); Johnny Better Get - Zero Boys; Henry Lee - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Ft. PJ Harvey); Henry Lee - Dick Justice; New Rose - The Damned; Looking For A Kiss - New York Dolls; Chain Saw - Ramones; Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton; Telstar - The Tornados; Tribute To Buddy Holly - Mike Berry and the Outlaws; Ode To Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry; Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles; Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People; Detroit Rock City - Kiss; Angie Baby - Helen Reddy; Rocket USA - Suicide; Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats; Come Back Jonee, Auto Modown - DEVO; Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols; The Water Was Red - Johnny Cymbal; Dead Man's Curve - Jan and Dean; Teen Angel - Mark Dinning; Leah - Roy Orbison; Warm Leatherette - Grace Jones; Warm Leatherette - The Normal; Timothy - The Buoys

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