Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast

Make it Stop: A Bad Music Podcast


Latest Episodes

March Badness PART DEUX Round 1, Episode 2: Train vs. 21 Pilots (w/ Nick Ortolani)
March 09, 2021

On Make it Stop we continue to hone in on a central thesis of bad music - that no matter the genre, no matter the age or era, all bad music begins to flow together into the same swirling cesspool of s

The Clash - Cut the Crap (w/ Brandon, Jack and Meagan from Time and Place)
February 23, 2021

They were the only band that mattered, but by 1985 they were in tatters. The Clash's swan song Cut The Crap is infamous in the music world, regarded by some as the worst album ever made.

Florida Georgia Line - Can't Say I Ain't Country (w/ Susie Jeanne of BLOWW)
December 08, 2020

We're riding the honky tonk high speed rail all the way to the bank this week with the be-flannelled, bud' chuggin' y'all boys of Florida Georgia Line and their 2019 bro-country daggum opus "Can't Say I Ain't Country".

Thanksgiving KornuKopia with Alex Dunn and Brian Melanson
November 24, 2020

Due to KOVID-19, Heather and Mike won't be getting uncomfortably drunk around their families this Thanksgiving, so instead they've decided to get uncomfortably drunk together over Zoom.

Train - Save Me, San Francisco (w/ Emily Ruskowski and Jane Doe)
November 10, 2020

This week our hearts are beating right out of our untrimmed chests as we take a ride on the choo choo. Train drizzled onto the scene in 1998 with their humble hit "Sweet Virginia" and followed that up with milquetoast smash "Drops of Jupiter" in 2001, but

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - The Original Monster Mash (w/ Andrew Wiley)
October 27, 2020

I was working in the lab late one night When my ears beheld a dreadful blight For Bobby "Boris" Pickett began to write An album which, to no surprise Was really wack -- he made the monsters wack The "Monster Mash", it was the only good track The rest is

Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus (w/ Alli Thresher and Squallie Greenthumb)
October 16, 2020

Do you like trying different things? Or do you prefer smoking funny things? This week we're talking about Robbie Ritchie, Bobby Shazam, his name is Kid Rock, that is his name, and if you ask him again, he'll probably call you a slur....

Neil Young - Landing on Water (ft. Mike Hsu and Luke Condon of the Long May You Young Podcast)
September 29, 2020

After helping mold and define the counter-culture of the late sixties and early 70s, Neil Young pulled an about face in the 80s, throwing his support behind Ronald Reagan, the war on drugs, and welfare reform...

Season 4 Trailer
September 24, 2020

We're back, back back again for another season of ruthlessly skewering the most miserable musical monstrosities imaginable...

Season 3 Finale Part 2: Corey Feldman - Angelic 2 The Core (w/ Tooky Kavanagh and Dicky Stock)
June 30, 2020

Alright Stoppies, you sick fucks. You know what time it is, because you assholes voted for it - and we couldn't be prouder/more disgusted. That's right baby, it's time for a Core-tastrophe of epic proportions - a nightmarish plunge into the twisted mind o