In this episode, Rick Campbell, Jim Shedden, Alan Zweig and special guest, Nick Smash, discuss songs they love including: 

▶️ Sex Beat by The Gun Club

▶️ Voyage Through the Multiverse by the Dream Warriors  

▶️ Nights That Won’t Happen by Purple Mountains

Tune in to the 1000 Songs Podcast, Episode 5, where Nick Smash, formerly of the Toronto band, Rent Boys Inc., breaks down some of the biggest touchstones of the seventies, eighties, and nineties eras in music! From The Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash to The Clash and Blondie, hear how hiphop emerged into the mainstream as Nick shares his chosen song by the Dream Warriors.

Also in this episode, Jim and Alan share what The Gun Club meant to them, and discuss the music that influenced singer and guitarist Jeffrey Lee Pierce (1958-1996). Remembering David Berman (1967-2019) of Purple Mountains, Alan reflects on song choices being considered for his forthcoming film about suicide. 

Our closing song for this episode is ▶️ She's Like Heroin to Me by The Gun Club. 

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Technical production and editing by Lisa Santonato.

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