The Rock Geeks
The Rock Geeks are two northern blokes and lifelong best mates, Phil and Julian, taking a monthly deep dive into the albums that have shaped their worlds and expanded their minds, exploring who created them and how they were made in the finest detail possible.
Each episode will take you into the recording studio and not only show you the gear that was used by the band and the studio engineers but also show you how the gear was used to produce their masterworks. Phil and Julian also discuss each album track by track, exchanging views and opinions on the musical and lyrical content, while exploring the social and cultural landscape into which the albums were released; and if the artwork is often your favourite part of an album, then you are not alone! If you've ever wondered what the controls on Angus Young's Marshall amp were set to, who painted the cover art for Weezer's Pinkerton or how many fascist dictators are referenced in Manic Street Preacher's The Holy Bible then The Rock Geeks can help.
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- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 110 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Rock Geeks EP10 PT3 - Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
In the final part of The Rock Geeks Pink Floyd oddysey, Phil and Julian chat about all things Abbey Road, from the origins of the world's first and most famous recording studio to the recording of Da…
01:27:33 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
The Rock Geeks EP10 PT2 - Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
In part two of The Rock Geeks exploration of Pink Floyd's most famous work, Phil and Julian get stuck into the gear the band used to record the album - and what a lot of gear there is! From the tradi…
03:15:53 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
The Rock Geeks EP10 PT1 - Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
Phil and Julian return from an unscheduled break to finally discuss Pink Floyd's gazillion selling album Dark Side of the Moon. Who is the real genius behind the album? Which band member is the most …
02:05:34 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
The Rock Geeks EP9 PT2 - Dust by Screaming Trees.
In the second part of The Rock Geeks close inspection of Dust by Screaming Trees, Phil and Julian continue their chat about the band's gear before getting stuck into the studios visited by Screaming …
02:27:25 |
Tue 06 Aug 2024
The Rock Geeks EP9 PT1 - Dust by Screaming Trees.
On episode one of their two part investigation into one of the most criminally overlooked albums of the 90s, Dust by Screaming Trees, Phil and Julian kick things off with some correspondence from Ame…
02:28:55 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
The Rock Geeks EP8 PT 2 The Doors by The Doors
In part 2 of the Rock Geeks' investigation into The Doors' eponymous debut album, Phil and Julian have a chat about the artwork and make the startling discovery that it's possible to be a pacifist in…
01:29:07 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
The Rock Geeks EP8 PT1 - The Doors by The Doors
Groovy baby! On episode 8 of The Rock Geeks podcast Phil and Julian get their 60s vibe on as they focus their attentions on The Doors' eponymous debut album. Join them as they take a trip to the lege…
02:18:17 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
The Rock Geeks EP7 PT3. Magnus Sveningsson of The Cardigans.
On this special episode of The Rock Geeks Phil and Julian chat to Magnus Sveningsson, founding member of and bassist with The Cardigans, about the band's masterwork, Long Gone Before Daylight. Magnus…
01:28:59 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
The Rock Geeks EP7 PT2 - Long Gone Before Daylight by The Cardigans
In part 2 of episode 7 of the Rock Geeks podcast, Phil and Julian continue their fine tooth combing of Long Gone Before Daylight by The Cardigans. Phil, loses his mind trying to identify a synthesize…
02:03:07 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
The Rock Geeks EP7 PT1 - Long Gone Before Daylight by The Cardigans
On episode 7 of The Rock Geeks podcast, Phil and Julian get stuck into one of the most criminally overlooked albums of the 2000s, Long Gone Before Daytlight by The Cardigans. The album took 10 months…
02:23:08 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
The Rock Geeks Episode 6 Part 2 - Dirt by Alice In Chains
In part two of The Rock Geeks podcast all about the biblically apocalyptic Dirt by Alice In Chains, Julian marvels at Mike Starr's bass rig, Sean Kinney's drum kit is found hanging on a wall and each…
01:30:14 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 6 Part 1 - Dirt by Alice In Chains
On episode 6 of The Rock Geeks podcast Phil and Julian get stuck into one of the greatest albums of the 90s, Dirt by Alice In Chains. In part one they discuss in some depth the recording techniques e…
01:33:35 |
Wed 06 Dec 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 5 - If You Want Blood, You've Got It by AC/DC
On episode 5 of The Rock Geeks Phil reminisces about rocking out at the back of the bus with his Walkman on, loud, having his teenage mind blown by Angus Young's guitar playing, while Julian remember…
02:23:28 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 4 Part 2 - The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers
In part two of The Rock Geeks' long and often uncomfortable look at one of rock's darker albums, Phil and Julian pick up where they left off in part one with a track by track analysis of The Holy Bib…
01:43:17 |
Wed 04 Oct 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 4 Part 1 - The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible is a tough listen but an ultimately rewarding one. While researching this album, Phil listened to part or all of The Holy Bible every day for about a month and …
01:52:50 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 3 Part 2 - Master Of Puppets by Metallica
On part two of The Rock Geeks deep dive into Metallica's genre defining third album, Master Of Puppets, Phil and Julian explore the gear that the band used to record the album with and find out that …
01:06:34 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 3 Part 1 - Master Of Puppets by Metallica
Metallica's Master Of Puppets is possibly the thrash metal genre's most defining album and although Julian took to it like a heavy metal duck to water, Phil was a little more reticent, mainly because…
01:47:10 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 2 Part 2 - Pinkerton by Weezer
Weezer's second album Pinkerton is quite difficult to talk about. This is The Rock Geek's second attempt at making sense of this hugely polarising album and we're still not sure we've got to the bott…
01:01:06 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
The Rock Geeks Episode 2 Part 1 - Pinkerton by Weezer
Weezer's second album Pinkerton is quite difficult to talk about. This is The Rock Geek's second attempt at making sense of this hugely polarising album and we're still not sure we've got to the bott…
01:51:46 |
Tue 01 Aug 2023
The Rock Geeks Pilot Episode 1 - Iron Maiden
Phil and Julian, AKA The Rock Geeks, got together last year to see about recording a podcast, to figure out how the whole podcasting thing works and, most importantly, whether or not it would be fun …
02:27:28 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
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