A founder of Seattle's Grunge Scene, Steve Turner, “axes” poetic about passing up the opportunity to be Nirvana’s lead guitarist; the disagreement with Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament that caused him to leave their band Green River; and what it was like to share a bed with Heart’s Nancy Wilson. Steve Turner's IG:…

Renowned record producer and Garbage drummer, Butch Vig, tosses out some tales about the difficult birthing of the Smashing Pumpkins' hit song “Disarm”; how he raked in cash playing in a polka band; and what Oasis did to cause Snow-asis. See IG: @garbage Website: https://www.garbage.com ————————————————– Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact…

Need a Quick Infusion of Spinal Tap Moments? Try Quick Taps – short episodes with short stories for short attention spans. In this episode, Kerry Alexander from Bad Bad Hats takes on Canadian border guards; Maureen Herman from Babes in Toyland suffers a guitar malfunction in Barcelona; and Citizen Cope pulls a Jason Bourne on…

Twin/Tone Records co-founder and The Replacements' original manager Peter Jesperson gives us a few doses of thunder when he tells us about the origins of the “Mats” rivalry with REM; why the band threw some of their master tapes into the Mississippi River; and what legendary group Paul Westerberg told Peter was not the “be…

The TMEP team is taking a short summer break — we'll be back in mid-July with new episodes, guests, and hilarious Spinal Tap Moment stories galore. To kickoff the tanning season, we're joined by Spinal Tap Musical Director CJ Vanston who gives us the inside scoop on the upcoming sequel to This Is Spinal Tap…

Tommy lays it down to us clowns about the release of his new album “Wronger” with Cowboys In The Campfire; the time The Replacements pissed off Kiss’ Gene Simmons so badly that he walked out of their show; and how much fun it was to ride a mechanical bull with Axl Rose. Buy the Wronger…

Need a Quick Infusion of Spinal Tap Moments? Try Quick Taps – short episodes with short stories for short attention spans. In this episode, hear why lying about Steven Seagal doesn’t put you Above the Law; how knocking on wood isn’t necessarily good luck when auditioning at NBC; and whether Pink Floyd really needed oversized…

John Martin stops the presses to give us the scoop on how the newly rebooted CREEM magazine walks that fine line between stupid and clever; the unusual compensation that legendary cartoonist R. Crumb received to design the magazine's iconic mascot, Boy Howdy; and why CREEM's party at the South By Southwest music festival nearly blew-up…

Need a Quick Infusion of Spinal Tap Moments? Try Quick Taps – short episodes with short stories for short attention spans. In this edition, we hear about the time Flavor Flav brought MadTV to a halt in the name of Michael Jackson; why it’s not fun giving Christopher Walken a lift; and what HORROR it…

In this TMEP classic, the legendary Pixies guitarist riffs on how he reclaimed his name from a bully named Joey; the time when David Letterman gave the band a one-word review – “Outfits”; and why his least favorite Pixies song to play is “Monkey Gone to Heaven.” Pixies are on tour in 2023! Find them…