Dead Rock Stars is a new, enlightening yet wholly amusing podcast presented by former Classic Rock editor and star Kerrang! writer Mick Wall and Metal Hammer and The Quietus regular Joel McIver. Between them, these two rock writers have written over fifty books on music and contributed to dozens of publications. The new podcast, produced by 7digital – whose resumé includes Bruce Dickinson’s Rock Show and Radcliffe And Maconie for BBC 6 Music radio show – celebrates Wall and McIver’s combined decades of experience in rock writing and has the stated objective of revealing to listeners exactly what a particular deceased rocker was like in the flesh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Introducing Mick Wall’s New Podcast: Getcha Rocks Off - 1 Tales from the Sunset Strip (01:03:21)
In this episode of Getcha Rocks Off, Mick Wall and his guest co-host, author and journalist Jon Hotten, as they jump into a DeLorean and venture back in time to the spandex and AquaNet hairspray-adorn...
Dead Rock Stars 24: 24 Carat Dead Rock Stars (01:04:33)
In the final episode of the first series of our Rock Godcast, Dead Rock Stars, we present a contractual obligation fulfilling Greatest Hits. Just thank Dio we didn't opt for a live album. Or our very ...
Dead Rock Stars 23: Elvis Presley (00:53:42)
In this latest thrilling episode, Mick and Joel pick over the life, loves and legacy of the greatest rock star of them all. The Big Cheese, the full enchilada, the deep-fried cheese burger. Or simply,...
Dead Rock Stars: Marc Bolan (T-Rex) (00:46:37)
This week, seasoned rock writers Mick Wall and Joel McIver shine the spotlight on Marc Bolan; with a Gibson set to stun and corkscrew hair, he wasn't no square. Bolan was a true original, moving from ...
Dead Rock Stars 21: Janis Joplin (00:58:33)
In another thrilling episode of the podcast, Mick and Joel take a deep dive into the fast life and times of the finest female rock singer of them all - Janis Joplin. From being a troubled Texan teenag...
Dead Rock Stars 20: Jack Bruce (Cream) (00:55:34)
This week, Mick and Joel turn their keen eye and quick wits to the late, great Jack Bruce. Jack was a highly gifted musical prodigy, with a love for jazz and classical music, but who came to prominenc...
Dead Rock Stars 19: Prince (00:57:09)
In this episode, esteemed rock writers Mick Wall and Joel McIver look at the purple reign of Prince. From teenage wunderkind, signed at 17 to a major label and given complete creative control to his s...
Dead Rock Stars 18: Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, Audioslave) (00:54:43)
Once again, Mick Wall and Joel McIver look towards to Seattle, the home of both grunge, but also an abnormally large number of rockers now resting in peace. This week they explore the life of Chris Co...
Dead Rock Stars 17: Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) (00:42:56)
This episode, Mick and Joel look at the enigmatic Syd Barrett, one time leader of the fledgling Pink Floyd. Though Syd's time in Pink Floyd was only brief his idiosyncratic songs have proven to be hug...
Dead Rock Stars 16: Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (00:43:17)
In the latest thrilling episode, Mick and Joel take a wise and witty wonder through the fast life and tumultuous times of Ronnie Van Zant, frontman of Florida rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd. Best known for Sw...
Dead Rock Stars 15: Jimi Hendrix (00:52:15)
This week, it's the turn of the most gifted guitarist of his generation to come under Joe and Mick's microscope. James Marshall Hendrix blazed a hugely fertile and creative path in his brief but bount...
Dead Rock Stars 14: Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne) (00:46:38)
This week our wild and willing wordsmiths Mick and Joel look at the short but stunning life of Randy Rhoads. A one-time guitarist with LA also-rans Quiet Riot, he became more famous as Ozzy Osbourne's...
Dead Rock Stars 13: Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) (00:50:23)
In this episode of the podcast, revered rock writers Joel and Mick pick over the brilliant but all too brief life of the scion of Seattle, the golden boy of grunge, Kurt Cobain. In a brief but blister...
Dead Rock Stars 12: Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention) (00:41:59)
In this episode, Mick and Joel scrutinise the short life of folk artist Sandy Denny. Sandy was a key figure in the evolution of folk rock, being a great songwriter, but one who also brought traditiona...
Dead Rock Stars 11: Dimebag and Vinnie (Pantera) (00:44:11)
In this week's Dead Rock Stars, there's double trouble as Mick and Joel dissect the lives of brothers Darrell and Vinnie Abbott. Their band Pantera quickly rose from being an enthusiastic and talented...
Dead Rock Stars 10: Lou Reed (01:05:26)
In this week's episode, Mick and Joel take a deep dive into the life of Lou Reed, one of rock music's most complicated, challenging and caustic artists. From his start with the Andy Warhol proteges Th...
Dead Rock Stars 9: Bon Scott (AC/DC) (00:44:10)
In this episode of Dead Rock Stars, Mick and Joel turn their steely gaze upon the fast life and times of Bon Scott, AC/DC's bawdy, brawling and boozy frontman. As you'll discover, despite his fearsome...
Dead Rock Stars 8: Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) (00:42:07)
In the latest eye and ear opening instalment of Dead Rock Stars, Mick Wall and Joel McIver take a look at the long and, quite frankly, legendary career of Rick Parfitt of Status Quo. Though often deri...
Dead Rock Stars 7: Cliff Burton (Metallica) (00:47:22)
Cliff Burton was that rare thing; not only was he a hugely talented bass player, but he was a bass player who was the driving force behind his band In his all too brief three year stint with Metallica...
Dead Rock Stars 6: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) (00:45:40)
Revered rock writers Mick Wall and Joel McIver scrutinise the Bad Reputation of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott, singer and songwriter, rocker and romantic, bard and brawler. An illegitimate child of mixed r...
Dead Rock Stars 5: David Bowie (00:40:50)
In the latest episode, revered rock journos Mick Wall and Joel McIver take a personal, passionate and - at times - profound look at the career of David Jones, once of Brixton, now of the greater unive...
Dead Rock Stars 4: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) (00:39:46)
In the latest thrilling instalment of Dead Rock Stars, legendary rock journalists Mick Wall and Joel McIver take an enthusiastic and enthralling look into the good times bad times of Led Zeppelin powe...
Dead Rock Stars 3: Freddie Mercury (00:41:13)
In the third episode, revered rock writers Mick Wall and Joel McIver turn their attention to former Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. From his childhood in Zanzibar to completely conquering Wembley Stad...
Dead Rock Stars 2: Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio) (00:46:00)
In the second episode of Dear Rock Stars, the new podcast which eulogises and lionises our greatest fallen musicians, uber-journalists Mick Wall and Joel McIver turn their steely gaze on the career of...
Dead Rock Stars 1: Lemmy (00:49:26)
Episode 1 of Dead Rock Stars is devoted to everyone’s favourite departed headbanger and philosopher, Lemmy. The Motörhead founder, lifelong bon vivant and lover of speed and PG Wodehouse left this mor...
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