The interviewees from our first shoots in Dallas and Los Angeles give us an excellent list of bands that were heard first on college radio (and yet this still only scratches the surface). From iconic college radio bands like The Replacements, Pixies, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and R.E.M. to mainstays like Meat Puppets, Echo & The…
Category: Clips
Pixies’ Joey Santiago on college radio DJs
Joey Santiago, founding member and lead guitarist of one of the most iconic college radio bands, Pixies, talks about meeting college radio DJs while touring the United States.
Tabula Rasa on doing interviews on KTCU
Robert E. Boggs, Owen Kinser and Jason LaMarca of Tabula Rasa talk about doing interviews on the college radio station at Texas Christian University, KTCU.
KTXT Alum James Faust on Hearing “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
In 1991, Nirvana was known to college radio fans but had not yet released Nevermind and the world-changing lead single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. James Faust, the station manager of KTXT at the time, recalls hearing the song for the first time.
John Dufilho and his relationship with college radio
John Dufilho (The Deathray Davies/The Apples In Stereo/Clifffs) has been involved in the indie music scene for over 25 years, and college radio has played a huge role in helping his bands find an audience.
Toadies talk about their worst interview
Interviews are hard, and it takes a long time to really get good at writing interesting questions. This poor guy wasn’t quite there yet. Watch this hilarious clip of Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek and lead singer Vaden Lewis talking about one of their worst interview experiences.
Jennifer Waits on the typical college radio station
In this outtake from the film, college radio historian Jennifer Waits talks about what a typical college radio station looks like. We had a small lighting issue in the first few minutes of her interview but I wanted to share this clip anyway because it is so accurate. Jennifer has definitely seen a lot of…