Poetic Wax
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Welcome to Poetic Wax, a weekly music history series in which I (your host Andy Fenstermaker) dig into the vinyl record collection I started back in the 1990s to uncover the (sometimes) little known or little told history of a band, album, song, or scene from within. Of course, you don't need to love vinyl to enjoy these stories! And along the way, I’ll also drop occasional vinyl collecting tips, product reviews, countdowns, and more. This channel is album about the love of music, exploration, and education. Let’s dig in…
"Ashes to Ashes" and the Humiliation of David Bowie
Poetic Wax · 85K views · 1 year ago
The TRAGIC Story of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Poetic Wax · 34K views · 10 months ago
The Birth of Joy Division: What Really Happened
Poetic Wax · 34K views · 9 months ago
The Story of Psychocandy: The Album That Started Riots and Rewrote Indie Rock
Poetic Wax · 28K views · 10 months ago
Radiohead’s Weird Connection to the Movie Groundhog Day
Poetic Wax · 11K views · 4 months ago
How Sonic Youth’s “Bad Moon Rising” Captured the Dark Side of America
Poetic Wax · 7.8K views · 1 year ago
GOD IS EMPTY: The Story of The Smashing Pumpkins' "Zero"
Poetic Wax · 19K views · 1 year ago
The Queen Is Dead: The Smiths' Savage Attack on the Monarchy Explained
Poetic Wax · 11K views · 9 months ago
The Tragic Irony of Soundgarden’s “Pretty Noose”
Poetic Wax · 15K views · 4 months ago
The Beatles' Ed Sheeran Moment: Civil Rights, Segregation, and the Jim Crow South
Poetic Wax · 27K views · 5 days ago
Is Morrissey The Funniest Songwriter Out There? (Yes, And He's Miserable Too)
Poetic Wax · 3.1K views · 4 months ago
Paranoid Android: Radiohead’s Greatest Song Shouldn’t Have Worked as a Single
Poetic Wax · 6.2K views · 5 months ago
Sonic Youth and the Censorship of Sister
Poetic Wax · 12K views · 2 years ago
The Kinks' Sunny Afternoon: The Laziest-Sounding Song of 1966 Was Political Satire
Poetic Wax · 15K views · 3 months ago
Blind Melon’s Soup: Why NO ONE Understood This Album
Poetic Wax · 25K views · 1 year ago
EVOL Destroyed Everything: Inside Sonic Youth’s Most Controversial Pivot
Poetic Wax · 33K views · 4 months ago
The REAL Story Behind Echo & the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon"
Poetic Wax · 21K views · 1 year ago