{"podcast":{"title":"Only Three Lads - Classic Alternative Music Podcast","slug":"only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570","podcast_index_feed_id":357570,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/onlythreelads","website_url":"https://onlythreelads.codeadx.me","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/554fa0b4-d3ed-11ed-8322-abbfb1668ca0/image/1dc9a3c3714f940fa7191ffb2ed70072.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"O3L Media","episode_count":414,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:21:18.417951+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570"},"episode":{"title":"E334 - The Grodes' Manny Freiser - Top 5 Garage Rock Covers","slug":"e334-the-grodes-manny-freiser-top-5-garage-rock-covers","published_at":"2026-06-16T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570/e334-the-grodes-manny-freiser-top-5-garage-rock-covers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PAN4569408575.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/PAN4569408575.mp3","summary":"In the '60s, thousands of young rock n' roll hopefuls picked up instruments and took to the garage to play music that was loud, raw, primitive, and spiked with attitude. It was a sound that was later branded as \"garage rock\", and it became massively influential when these wild records were rediscovered by a new generation of bands through seminal compilation albums like the Lenny Kaye-curated Nuggets compilation (Elektra, 1972). Many bands included garage rock staples in their repertoire and released cover versions, which is our focus today. One of the songs on the Nuggets album that grabbed younger listeners by the jugular was \"Let's Talk About Girls\" by The Chocolate Watchband, with its driving rhythm, fuzzed-out guitar, and snarling vocals. What many didn't realize was that the Watchband's version was a cover of a 1967 song by Tucson, Arizona garage punks The Grodes (released under the name of The Tongues of Truth), written and sung by the band's guitarist/songwriter and this week's Third Lad Manny Freiser. From 1965-1968, The Grodes racked up a series of local hits and future garage classics, including the oft-covered \"Cry A Little Longer\", \"Uh Huh Girl\", and \"Love Is A Sad Song\". After the demise of the band, Manny and his second wife Patti McCarron headed west to LA to record as the folk-rock duo Fire & Rain, best known for their Billboard Top 100 version of Barbara Lewis's \"Hello Stranger\". While working as a record executive for A&M Records in the '80s, he also recorded as the mysterious Ian Messenger, and continues to write and record new material. If that weren't enough (oh yeah, did we also mention he was an attorney?!?!), he's recently chronicled his life through the end of the '60s in his memoir Tracks in the Sands of Time. It's a warm, witty, nostalgi…","meta_description":"In the '60s, thousands of young rock n' roll hopefuls picked up instruments and took to the garage to play music that was loud, raw, primitive, and spiked…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7137,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570/episodes/e334-the-grodes-manny-freiser-top-5-garage-rock-covers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/only-three-lads-classic-alternative-music-podcast-357570/e334-the-grodes-manny-freiser-top-5-garage-rock-covers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}