Each week, The Cobain 50 will dig into Kurt Cobain's famous list of his top 50 albums and how those artists influenced the sound of Nirvana. It’s also a chance to dig into the individual histories of the albums on the list, spotlighting both artists on the fringes and some of the biggest groups of all time. The list will take us through the legacies of acts like Sonic Youth, Pixies, The Breeders, Public Enemy, PJ Harvey, Black Flag, Mazzy Star, The Shaggs, Shonen Knife, and more.
Hosts: Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas
Audio producers: Dusty Henry and Roddy Nikpour
Podcast manager: Isabel Khalili
Editorial director: Larry Mizell Jr.
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Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
Bonus: Hiro Yamamoto on Soundgarden, Forging New Paths, and the Circles of Power
Roundtable: Breaking Punk
Black Flag – My War (1984)
The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World (1969)
Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
Shonen Knife – Burning Farm (1985 via K Records)
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's In Our Headphones
Bonus: Introducing KEXP's A Deeper Listen
Roundtable: Women in Punk
30 Years After Kurt's Death
Anything by Kleenex (1978-1983)
The Raincoats – The Raincoats (1979)
The Slits – Cut (1979)
PJ Harvey – Dry (1992)
Roundtable: The "Radical" Politics of Kurt Cobain
Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
MDC – Millions of Dead Cops (1981)
Bad Brains – Rock for Light (1983)
The Clash – Combat Rock (1982)
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