{"podcast":{"title":"Stupid & Contagious","slug":"stupid-contagious-6598319","podcast_index_feed_id":6598319,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63db108aa986f60011603902","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/where-were-you-in-o","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63db108aa986f60011603902/1676308891771-d2e51be8bcd98238d69982794398d639.jpeg","author":"Neil Collins","episode_count":146,"summary":"Dive back into the decade that defined guitar-driven music. From grunge to Britpop, alt-rock to shred, Stupid And Contagious celebrates the riffs, tones, and stories that made the ’90s kick ass! Join us each week as we break down iconic albums, spotlight unsung heroes, and chat with the players who shaped the sound of a generation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stupid-contagious-6598319"},"episode":{"title":"#122 / 90s Guitar Bands - Wang #24","slug":"122-90s-guitar-bands-wang-24","published_at":"2025-12-12T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stupid-contagious-6598319/122-90s-guitar-bands-wang-24","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stupid-contagious-6598319","url":"https://shows.acast.com/where-were-you-in-o/episodes/122-90s-guitar-bands-wang-24","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63db108aa986f60011603902/e/693af1e20375da4a9e23ccd0/media.mp3","summary":"Its a 'wang week' and in episode 122 we’re 'deep diving' into one of the most fascinating, divisive, and quietly influential albums in British music history: The Stone Roses’ Second Coming! After five years of silence & legal battles the band returned not with more of the same, but with a sprawling, blues-soaked, guitar-driven odyssey that split fans right down the middle. Was it a misunderstood masterpiece, a bold reinvention, or the sound of a band cracking under the weight of their own legend? In this episode, we’re unpacking the story behind the long wait, the shift in sound, the pressure of following a generation-defining debut, and how Second Coming has evolved in the public eye over the past three decades. From the swagger of ‘Love Spreads’ to the atmospheric grooves hidden deep in the tracklist, we’re going track by track into what made the album controversial then and why so many listeners are finally coming around to it now! This is the story of a comeback that didn’t go the way anyone expected… and maybe that’s exactly why it matters!” Stupid & Contagious STORE https://stupid-contagious-podcast.myshopify.com Welcome to The Stupid And Contagious podcast, a podcast focused on bringing you interviews with the bands that defined a generation! That generation grew up in the 90s with the Grebo bands (Senseless Things, PWEI, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Mega City Four, The Wonderstuff and many more) on the UK side of the pond and quickly joined by the grunge bands (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and many more) on the US side of the pond. We are not limiting ourselves to these genres though, we will chart the guitar bands from all genres throughout the decade that was the 1990s. If you are into 1990s guitar music or just a music lover in general the…","meta_description":"Its a 'wang week' and in episode 122 we’re 'deep diving' into one of the most fascinating, divisive, and quietly influential albums in British music histo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3935,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stupid-contagious-6598319/episodes/122-90s-guitar-bands-wang-24/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stupid-contagious-6598319/122-90s-guitar-bands-wang-24.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}