Jonny's Dead Air Podcast
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Script #42 Disco Demolition Night (The Death of Disco)
Disco didn’t die.At least, not the way people think!Disco didn’t start in Hollywood. It started underground—in New York clubs where DJs, dancers, and dreamers created a movement built on rhythm,…
Script #41 The Snow Falls Slow
Some songs don’t just soundtrack your life… they quietly follow you through it.This week on Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast, we tell the story of a mysterious soft-spoken songwriter whose music became the…
Script #40 Midnight in Bristol
Before The Beatles. Before guitar gods. Before rock music became a global force… there was Eddie Cochran.In this cinematic episode of Jonny’s Dead Air Podcast, I explore the explosive rise of the…
Script #39 The 5 Most Bizarre Music Deaths
Five musicians. Five completely unbelievable endings.A mother makes a split-second sacrifice in the waters off Cozumel. A black metal pioneer disappears into the violent mythology he helped create. A…
Script #38 The Last 4 Minutes of Jim Morrison
He was a rock god. A poet. A provocateur. The voice of The Doors.But on July 3rd, 1971, Jim Morrison was simply a man alone in a bathtub in Paris… staring at ceramic tile while his body began to…
Script #37 Morgan Lane vs The Machine
There’s a name buried deep in the history of the music business… a name you won’t find on album covers or radio charts. Morgan Lane. In the late 1970s, this rising rock artist found himself trapped…
Script #36 Jonny's Dead Air Podcast Tribute to Dave Mason - A Lifetime of Almosts
He wrote one of the most recognizable songs in rock history.You just might not know his name.In this episode of Dead Air, we tell the story of Dave Mason—the man behind “Feelin’ Alright,” a founding…
Script #35 Anonymous
You know this story—or at least you think you do.A global music superstar, the kind of fame that follows you everywhere, with a voice that became part of your life whether you realized it or not. And…
Script #34…The Boogie That Wouldn’t Die
In the smoky clubs of 1920s Chicago, a young piano player could make a room move with nothing but his hands, his voice, and a rhythm the world had never heard before.He didn’t just play music—he…
Script #33 Viola Beach - Still On the Way To Somewhere
They were on their way.From small rooms in Warrington to stages across Europe, Viola Beach were doing everything right. The songs were landing. The crowds were growing. A debut album was ready.The…
Script #31 Glitter - The Rise & Fall of Paul Gadd
Before the chant echoed through stadiums… there was a man.In the 1970s, Paul Gadd reinvented himself as Gary Glitter — a glam-rock provocateur with towering platform boots, thunderous drumbeats, and…
Script #30 Too Loud to Last
A hospital room. A failing body. Machines translating a lifetime into numbers.But the man in that bed once commanded arenas.In this episode of Jonny’s Dead Air, we trace the life of the outsider who…
Script #29 The Man on the Bridge
A famous disappearance.An unresolved bridge.A man who says he met a ghost.When an American writer receives an email claiming a long-missing rock figure has a message for the living, he expects a…
Script #28 Jonny's Dead Air Tribute to Neil Sedaka (1939 - 2026)
When the name Neil Sedaka is mentioned, some listeners may pause. But when the melodies begin — “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Calendar Girl,” “Laughter in the Rain,” “Love Will Keep Us Together” —…
Script #27 Death and The 27 Club
TWENTY-SEVEN is not a myth.It’s not a list.And it’s not a club anyone ever chose to join. In this special episode of Jonny’s Dead Air, the narrator is Death himself—not as a villain, not as a…
Script #26 The Return of the Man in Black
There was a time when he was everywhere.On the radio. On television. In the culture.And then… the world moved on.This episode tells the story of an icon in his final act — a voice the industry had…
Script #25…The Last Ride On Hillcrest Ave
Some stories end with applause.This one ends with silence.The Last Ride on Hillcrest Avenue is a cinematic Dead Air episode about freedom, restlessness, and the thin line between motion and loss. It…
Script #24 Remembering the Ones Who Didn’t Leave
On December 3rd, 1979, thousands of fans gathered outside Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati for what was supposed to be the night of their lives. For some, it was.For others, it became a tragedy.In…
Script #23 The Sign of the Crab PART 2
For nearly a decade, the murder of Mia Zapata haunted Seattle — a crime without a suspect, a voice silenced without answers. In Part Two of The Sign of the Crab, the waiting ends.As DNA science…
Script #23 The Sign of the Crab PART 1
In early-’90s Seattle, a band was rising out of the rain-soaked clubs and basement stages — raw, fearless, and powered by a voice that could stop a room cold. That voice belonged to Mia Zapata,…
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