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Riffology: Iconic Rock Albums Podcast
Remember when payday meant choosing which CD or vinyl you were blowing it on? Standing in HMV doing the mental maths, convincing yourself two albums was basically essential. Riffology is Neil and Chris chasing that feeling again, one classic record at a time. This is a show about the albums that raised us — Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Pink Floyd, Radiohead,…
All Episodes
93 total
RIFF093 - NOFX - Punk In Drublic
When Saying No to the Major Labels Was the Whole Point Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~75 minutes Release: 27 July 2026 Episode Description Seventeen songs. Thirty-nine minutes....
RIFF092 - blink 182 - Enema of the State
When Pop Punk Perfection Gets Recorded Without a Click Track Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~94 minutes Release: 13 July 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into one of...
RIFF091 - Megadeth - Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying
When Jazz Meets Thrash and the Door Cards Won't Stop Rattling Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~104 minutes Release: 29 June 2026 Episode Description It's Neil's birthday, it's 30...
RIFF090 - Metallica - Ride the Lightning
When Lightning Strikes Twice and Belgium Shows Up Unexpectedly Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~94 minutes Release: 22 June 2026 Episode Description Neil has officially...
RIFF089 - ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
When a Texas Road Trip Scene Sends You Down a Blues Rabbit Hole Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~89 minutes Release: 8 June 2026 Episode Description It started with a Bentley, a...
RIFF088 - The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
When Tax Exile Becomes Artistic Gold Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~79 minutes Release: 25 May 2026 Episode Description Seven years after tackling Led Zeppelin's Physical...
RIFF087 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
When the Riff Becomes a Religion and the Rules Don't Apply Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~104 minutes Release: 4 May 2026 Episode Description Led Zeppelin's 1975 double album...
RIFF086 - Soundgarden - Superunknown
When the Seattle Elder Statesmen Finally Get Their Due Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~101 minutes Release: 27 April 2026 Episode Description This week Neil and Chris dig deep...
RIFF085 - Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted
When Ugly Doesn't Fit Anywhere and That's Exactly the Point Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~78 minutes Release: 20 April 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris turn their...
RIFF084 - Train - Drops of Jupiter
When A Dream Wrote The Song That Changed Everything Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~85 minutes Release: 13 April 2026 Episode Description Train's 2001 album Drops of Jupiter is...
RIFF083 - Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You
When a Jersey Number Changes Everything and 15 Million People Prove the Critics Wrong Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~87 minutes Release: 6 April 2026 Episode Description Neil...
RIFF082 - The Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
When Buffalo's Best Kept Secret Finally Got Its Name Called Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~95 minutes Release: 23 March 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into A Boy...
RIFF081 - REM - Out of TIme
When Running Out of Time Turns Into Your Biggest Ever Hit Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~71 minutes Release: 16 March 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris dig into REM's...
RIFF080 - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
When the Funeral Flowers Were Real and Nobody Knew It Yet Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~77 minutes Release: 2 March 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris sit down with one...
RIFF079 - 3 Doors Down - The Better Life
When Mississippi Kids Storm the Stratosphere Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~98 minutes Release: 16 February 2026 Episode Description This week, Neil and Chris dive into Three...
RIFF078 - Extreme - Extreme
When a 22-Year-Old Guitar Wizard Caught Lightning Before Grunge Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~73 minutes Release: 9 February 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into...
RIFF077 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
When eight-minute songs feel like three-minute punches Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~124 minutes Release: 19 January 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into...
RIFF076 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
When a black shrink wrap hides the most emotional record in the rack Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~101 minutes Release: 12 January 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive...
RIFF075 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
When a guitar tone becomes a time machine Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~89 minutes Release: 5 January 2026 Episode Description Neil and Chris finally tackle The Smashing...
RIFF074 - Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip
When Evil Disco Becomes a Genre Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~96 minutes Release: 28 December 2025 Episode Description Static-X's 1999 debut Wisconsin Death Trip marked a...
RIFF073 - Prong - Cleansing
When the Sound Guy Becomes the Sound Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~98 minutes Release: 15 December 2025 Episode Description Before Tommy Victor was crafting some of the...
RIFF072 - Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera, Revolution!
Where Skate Punk Grew Up and Got a Grammy Nod Episode 72 | Suicidal Tendencies, Lights, Camera, Revolution (1990) | Duration: ~84 minutes | Release: 8 December 2025 Episode...
RIFF071 - L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
When Tuning Your Guitar Became Revolutionary Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~81 minutes Release: 24 November 2025 Episode Description Neil and Chris tackle L7's breakthrough...
RIFF070 - Bush - Sixteen Stone
When everyone said no, radio said yes Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~92 minutes Release: 17 November 2025 Episode Description Bush's Sixteen Stone shouldn't exist. Dropped by...
RIFF069 - Pixies - Doolittle
Quiet verses, screaming choruses, and the album that accidentally invented grunge Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~80 minutes Release: 3 November 2025 Episode Description...
RIFF068 - Hole - Live Through This
When Raw Vocals Beat Polished Perfection Every Single Time Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~80 minutes Release: 27 October 2025 Episode Description Some albums capture lightning...
RIFF067 - Tool - Undertow
When Tool made a debut that refused to sound like 1993 or anyone else Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~93 minutes Release: 6 October 2025 Episode Description Neil and Chris wrap...
RIFF066 - A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
Maynard's side project that forgot to sound like a side project Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~76 minutes Release: 29 September 2025 Episode Description Maynard James Keenan...
RIFF065 - Deftones - White Pony
When shoegaze crashed the nu-metal party Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~75 minutes Release: 22 September 2025 Episode Description Deftones refused to be baby Korn. Released at...
RIFF064 - Anthrax - Sound of White Noise
When the vocalist change actually worked John Bush replaces Joey Belladonna, Elektra replaces Island Records, Dave Jerden replaces Mark Dodson, and somehow Sound of White Noise...
RIFF063 - Anthrax - Persistence of Time
When Anthrax grew up but kept the chops Joey Belladonna's last stand before a 19-year hiatus delivered Anthrax at their most mature—darker lyrics tackling social justice and...
RIFF062 - Soulfly - Soulfly
When Max Cavalera built a new tribe from tragedy and world music Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~102 minutes Release: 25 August 2025 Episode Description When Max Cavalera left...
RIFF061 - Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
When Brazilian Thrash Met Florida's Drum Triggers Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~99 minutes Release: 18 August 2025 Episode Description This is the one that changed everything....
RIFF060 - Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
When The Nirvana Drummer Became The Frontman Nobody Expected Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~63 minutes Release: 4 August 2025 Episode Description Chris and Neil tackle the Foo...
RIFF059 - Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails
When Welsh Lads Got Big, Warm, and Ready for Arenas Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~82 minutes Release: 28 July 2025 Episode Description Chris arrives early and prepared, an...
RIFF058 - Carcass - Heartwork
When Liverpool Got Melodic and Death Metal Grew Up Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~92 minutes Release: 21 July 2025 Episode Description This week, Neil brings his childhood...
RIFF057 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
When Birmingham Got Dark and the World Paid Attention Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~85 minutes Release: 14 July 2025 Episode Description Your hosts tackle Black Sabbath's...
RIFF056 - Oasis - Definitely Maybe and (What's The Story) Morning Glory
When Council Estates Met Knebworth in Twenty-Four Improbable Months Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~122 minutes Release: 8 July 2025 Episode Description Two landmark albums, one...
RIFF055 - Terrorvision - Formaldehyde
When Bradford Met Chaos and Made Friends Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~85 minutes Release: 30 June 2025 Episode Description Recording on Neil's birthday in sunny Glastonbury...
RIFF054 - Feeder - Polythene
When British Guitar Rock Discovered Itself Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~76 minutes Release: 24 June 2025 Episode Description Neil and Chris take an affectionate dive into...
RIFF053 - Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
When the Manics lost a member and found strings, grace, and stadium success Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~103 minutes Release: 16 June 2025 Episode Description Dedicated to...
RIFF052 - Ash - 1977
When Northern Irish teenagers conquered Britpop with sci-fi guitars and Star Wars Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~104 minutes Release: 9 June 2025 Episode Description Ash were...
RIFF051 - The Wildhearts - Earth Versus The Wildhearts
When Melody Meets Chaos and Everyone Sings Along Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~94 minutes Release: 2 June 2025 Episode Description Neil bought a Wildhearts t-shirt before he'd...
RIFF050 - Gun - Gallus
When Glasgow took rock and roll seriously and the rest of Britain didn't notice Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~79 minutes Release: 26 May 2025 Episode Description This is the...
RIFF049 - Little Angels - Young Gods
When Scarborough lads brought horns to hard rock and almost made it huge Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~75 minutes Release: 19 May 2025 Episode Description Following their...
RIFF048 - Thunder - Backstreet Symphony
When British Hard Rock Almost Conquered America Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~92 minutes Release: 12 May 2025 Episode Description Neil had Backstreet Symphony on cassette from...
RIFF047 - The Almighty - Soul Destruction
When Scottish rockers defied Britpop and nearly conquered the world Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~83 minutes Release: 5 May 2025 Episode Description The Almighty's Soul...
RIFF046 - Therapy? - Troublegum
When Northern Ireland took punk, metal, and therapy sessions seriously Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~81 minutes Release: 28 April 2025 Episode Description Therapy by Therapy...
RIFF045 - Blind Melon - No Rain
When a bee girl sold millions and tragedy waited in the wings Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~79 minutes Release: 21 April 2025 Episode Description Blind Melon dropped their...
RIFF044 - Pearl Jam - Ten
When Eddie mumbled his way to grunge royalty Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~73 minutes Release: 14 April 2025 Episode Description Pearl Jam's Ten gets dismissed as grunge's...
RIFF043 - Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Temple of the Dog was a one-off collaboration between members of Soundgarden and the band that would become Pearl Jam. Conceived as a tribute to the late Andrew Wood of Mother...
RIFF042 - Audioslave - Audioslave
When Seattle Met LA and Lightning Got Bottled Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~76 minutes Release: 31 March 2025 Episode Description Chris remembers this hitting like a freight...
RIFF041 - Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
When Four Mates Made Revolution Sound Like This Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~77 minutes Release: 24 March 2025 Episode Description Chris describes this album as a warm hug...
RIFF040 - Faith No More - Angel Dust
When Five Mates Turned Left and Made the Record Nobody Expected Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~82 minutes Release: 10 March 2025 Episode Description Chris arrives still...
RIFF039 - Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
When Dave Mustaine Weaponized Melody and Took Aim at Everything Wrong with the World Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~72 minutes Release: 24 February 2025 Episode Description...
RIFF038 - Slipknot - Iowa
When Nine Men in Masks Bottled Lightning and Called It Chaos Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~78 minutes Release: 17 February 2025 Episode Description Chris comes late to...
RIFF037 - Skunk Anansie - Stoosh
When Brixton Meets the Big Time, and a Voice That Demands Your Attention Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~91 minutes Release: 10 February 2025 Episode Description Neil's still...
RIFF036 - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Pop Princess to Post-Grunge Powerhouse, and a Voice That Changed Everything Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~73 minutes Release: 3 February 2025 Episode Description Neil...
RIFF035 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
When five people recorded their breakups and the world bought 40 million copies Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~99 minutes Release: 27 January 2025 Episode Description In this...
RIFF034 - The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
When rave went mainstream and the whole world lost its mind Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~111 minutes Release: 20 January 2025 Episode Description In this episode of...
RIFF033 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
When four symbols replaced a title and Stairway refused the rules Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~88 minutes Release: 12 January 2025 Episode Description Welcome to another...
RIFF032 - Faith No More - The Real Thing
When Bay Area thrash met hip-hop and created an epic that shouldn't work Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~69 minutes Release: 6 January 2025 Episode Description Welcome to...
RIFF031 - Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
When raw LA street poetry met explosive musicianship and created the Sunset Strip's most authentic moment Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~71 minutes Release: 30 December 2024...
RIFF030 - Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
When sleazy LA swagger met punk energy and created the Sunset Strip's most honest party Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~76 minutes Release: 23 December 2024 Episode Description...
RIFF029 - Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
When progressive metal found its perfect story and Queensrÿche created rock's most hauntingly theatrical mind game Hosts: Neil & ChrisDuration: ~84 minutesRelease: 16 December...
RIFF028 - Def Leppard - Hysteria
When five Sheffield lads spent £4.5 million on sonic perfection and created Star Wars for the ears Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~89 minutes Release: 9 December 2024 Episode...
RIFF027 - Pink Floyd - The Wall
When a spitting incident in Montreal became a 33 million selling metaphor for isolation Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~83 minutes Release: 2 December 2024 Episode Description...
RIFF026 - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
When Seattle's grunge giants chose vinyl over conformity and rebellion over radio play Hosts: Neil & ChrisDuration: ~67 minutesRelease: 11 November 2024 Episode Description...
RIFF025 - Korn - Issues
When groove got darker and more human Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~86 minutes Release: 4 November 2024 Episode Description In this episode of The Monster Shop, Neil and Chris...
RIFF024 - Megadeth - Youthanasia
When thrash kids grew up but stayed sharp Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~65 minutes Release: 28 October 2024 Episode Description In this episode Neil and Chris dive into...
RIFF023 - Nirvana - Nevermind
When three noisy kids rewired the charts Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~71 minutes Release: 21 October 2024 Episode Description What do you get when a band who grew up on punk,...
RIFF022 - Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
When bubblegum rebellion storms the suburbs Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~66 minutes Release: 14 October 2024 Episode Description What happens when an underground New York bar...
RIFF021 - Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
When bubblegum metal sneaks up on your mood Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~61 minutes Release: 7 October 2024 Episode Description Some albums exist to brood and bruise, this...
RIFF020 - Queen - Innuendo
When a swan song turns into a celebration of strange Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~64 minutes Release: 30 September 2024 Episode Description What happens when one of the...
RIFF019 - Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
When a comeback record teaches old riffs new tricks Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~58 minutes Release: 23 September 2024 Episode Description This time in The Monster Shop, Neil...
RIFF018 - The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
When punk rock grows up but keeps its snotty grin Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~57 minutes Release: 16 September 2024 Episode Description The Offspring's Ixnay on the Hombre...
RIFF017 - Alice In Chains - Dirt
When the heaviest riffs carry the darkest confessions Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~57 minutes Release: 9 September 2024 Episode Description Alice In Chains' Dirt is one of...
RIFF016 - Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood
When hair metal gets sober and serious Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~64 minutes Release: 26 August 2024 Episode Description What happens when one of the most notoriously...
RIFF015 - Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
When heavy metal myths meet GCSE revision Hosts: Neil & Liam Duration: ~60 minutes Release: 19 August 2024 Episode Description What happens when a scruffy GCSE revision...
RIFF014 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
When a “crystal clear” vinyl turns into wall art Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~63 minutes Release: 12 August 2024 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into Pink Floyd’s...
RIFF013 - AC/DC - Back In Black
When the bell dongs, the power-up begins Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~60 minutes Release: 5 August 2024 Episode Description Neil and Chris dive into one of rock’s ultimate...
RIFF012 - Gojira - Magma
When molten riffs feel strangely meditative Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~56 minutes Release: 29 July 2024 Episode Description This week in The Monster Shop, Neil and Chris...
RIFF011 - Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
When pain, pop hooks and static collide Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~52 minutes Release: 22 July 2024 Episode Description In this episode of The Monster Shop, Neil and Chris...
RIFF010 - Testament - The New Order
When thrash goes sharp and surgical Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~58 minutes Release: 15 July 2024 Episode Description This week the Monster Shop heads into the Bay Area,...
RIFF009 - Green Day - Dookie
When punk sneaks into the mainstream Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~49 minutes Release: 8 July 2024 Episode Description This week in The Monster Shop, Neil and Chris rewind to...
RIFF008 - Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
When a punch lands in your headphones Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~58 minutes Release: 1 July 2024 Episode Description What do you do with an album that sounds like it is...
RIFF007 - Radiohead - OK Computer
When haunted houses tune your headphones Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~55 minutes Release: 24 June 2024 Episode Description What happens when an album you did not get as a...
RIFF006 - Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
When The Jungle gatecrashes Your Hi-Fi Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~56 minutes Release: 17 June 2024 Episode Description This week Neil and Chris crank the headphones, fight...
RIFF005 - Bon Jovi - New Jersey
When Big Hair Meets Bigger Heart Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~51 minutes Release: 10 June 2024 Episode Description This week Neil and Chris park the motorbike, escape the...
RIFF004 - Skid Row - Skid Row
When Middle Age Still Screams Youth Gone Wild Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~51 minutes Release: 3 June 2024 Episode Description This week Neil and Chris throw on the leather...
RIFF003 - Jeff Buckley - Grace
When A Voice Turns Headphones Into A Portal Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~46 minutes Release: 27 May 2024 Episode Description In this episode Neil and Chris sink into Jeff...
RIFF002 - Metallica - The Black Album
When Heavy Metal Marches Into The Mainstream Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~51 minutes Release: 19 May 2024 Episode Description This time Neil and Chris plug into Metallica's...
RIFF001 - Nirvana - In Utero
When Punk Rock Credentials Trump Commercial Polish Hosts: Neil & Chris Duration: ~46 minutes Release: 12 May 2024 Episode Description Welcome to the relaunch of The Monster...
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