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Patches Presents Our Unofficial Soundtrack

 Like everyone else in our crew, Patches is absolutely crazy about music. She wants you to have a list of every band, song, or album we've mentioned, covered, or argued about in our adventures.

Episode 01. The Secret Laboratory of Dr. Plutonian.
Kyuss: Gardenia
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
Also mentioned: Duke Ellington, UK punk singles 1977-80, Negativland

Episode 02. Old Enough.
Raconteurs: Old Enough
Queens of the Stone Age: Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Slayer: Violent Pacification (originally by D.R.I.)
Misfits: Too Much Horror Business
Black Sabbath: Wizard
Exploited: Maggie You Cunt
Rose Tattoo: Rock and Roll Outlaw (covered by L.A. Guns, Nashville Pussy)

Episode 04. Mountain Lions Forever.
Mensen: Delusions of Grandeur
Ella Fitzgerald: Angel Eyes (by Dennis & Brent)

Episode 05. Patches the Immortal.
Tarzi’s favorite band is Swans. For example, Swans: The Seer

Episode 06. The Weight of the Universe.
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Take Five
John Coltrane Quartet: Om; Afro Blue; A Love Supreme
John Coltrane and Rashied Ali: Interstellar Space

Episode 07. The Western Route.
“Freakbeat singles”. For example, Easy Beats: Sorry; Poets: That’s the Way It’s Got to Be
International Noise Conspiracy: Armed Love
“Nirvana's first album”: Bleach
Pearl Jam: Ten (specifically, Deep and Why Go)
Mother Love Bone: Apple

Episode 08. Red Metal at Dawn.
Porcupine Tree: Trains
Stone Roses: Breaking into Heaven
Nirvana: Bleach
Blue Oyster Cult: R U Ready 2 Rock
International Noise Conspiracy: Smash It Up
Steel Panther: The Shocker
International Noise Conspiracy: Black Mask
Kelly Clarkson: Invincible
Clutch: Immortal
Def Leppard: High and Dry
The Cult: Electric
International Noise Conspiracy: A New Morning
Slayer: Gemini
Led Zeppelin: Good Times Bad Times
Revolution Mother: Burning from Inside
Smashing Pumpkins: Window Paine
Joe Bonamassa: Oh, Beautiful
Bikini Kill: Rebel Girl
L7: Fast and Frightening

Episode 10. Daughter of Lightning.
Kyuss: Son of a Bitch
“Faster than a Kerry King guitar solo”. For example, Slayer: Tormentor
Rage against the Machine: "Maggie's Farm", after Bob Dylan
Deftones: Diamond Eyes
“every Electric Moon album”. For example, Flaming Lake, D Tune, Inferno

Episode 12. The Lost Crew of the Volya IX.
Kalinka (Russian folk tune)
MC Pooh: Sex Money and Murder
Medeski Martin & Wood featuring Guru: Whatever Happened to Gus?
Unida: Red
implied but not named: Unida: Human Tornado

Episode 13. Blind Alley Blues.
Arsenal featuring John Garcia: Diggin’ a Hole
Whalerider: Thanatos
"Five Horse Johnson meets Swans?" For example, Five Horse Johnson: Jake Leg Boogie and Swans: Swans Are Dead
Bongripper: People Mover
Orange Goblin: Time Traveling Blues

Episode 14. Voyage of the Calico Tigress.
Megadeth: Symphony of Destruction
MC Pooh: Life of a Criminal
Ice Cube featuring Mack 10: Hoo Bangin’
Sonic Youth: 100%
The Orwells: They Put the Body in the Bayou
“Petition their goddesses with prayer” refers to The Doors: Soft Parade
Snail: Galaxies’ Lament
Swans: The Glowing Man
Radio Birdman: Radios Appear
Screaming Trees: Freedom (originally by Buffalo)

Episode 15. Hang My Body on the Pier.
“sounded like a Clouds Taste Satanic album”. For example, Your Doom Has Come.
“with Kodo as the drum section”. For example, The Best of Kodo
“if Kathleen Hanna”. For example, Bikini Kill: Pussy Whipped
“had covered Slayer”. For example, Slayer: Reign in Blood

Episode 16. Rings of Ceres.
Jane’s Addiction: Pigs in Zen

Episode 17. Jam Room.
Ted Nugent: Stranglehold
“his father’s illegal Sonic Youth records”. For example, Daydream Nation.

Episode 18. The Battle of Vesta 4.
Hell Camino: Hell Camino
Sumac. For example, Sumac: Rigid Man.
BongRipper. For example, BongRipper: Descent.
Elvin Jones. For example, John Coltrane Quartet: Crescent.
Rashied Ali. For example, Rashied Ali Quartet: New Directions in Modern Music.
Deftones: Diamond Eyes
Swans: Glowing Man (formerly Black Hole Man)
Graham Day and the Gaolers: Triple Distilled
“favorite songs by NARLA”. For example, In a Whole
Flogging Molly: The Queen Anne’s Revenge
“soft opening of a Chopin nocturne”. For example, Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B flat minor.
U2: Van Diemen’s Land

Episode 20. Small Flowers.
Sleater-Kinney: All Hands on the Bad One
Mammoth Indigo: Flowers in the Basement
Sonic Youth: Small Flowers Crack Concrete
Betty Blowtorch: Hell on Wheels
Joan Jett: Pretty Vacant (originally by Sex Pistols)
Unida: Delta Alba Plex
Dozer-Unida split EP
“your favorite Nebula album” = The Nebula-Lowrider split album
Hoodoo Gurus: Down on Me
Dope: Die Motherfucker
Melvins: Honey Bucket
Trans Am: City in Flames

Episode 24. The Crystal Core.
“just play some Exploited albums”. For example, Beat the Bastards.
Crocodiles: Telepathic Lover
Wipers: Telepathic Love
Harvey Rushmore and the Octopus: Octopus Ride
Nas: NY State of Mind

Episode 25. The Hive.
Odetta: John Henry (American folk tune)
Kalinka (Russian folk tune)

Episode 26. The Singing Spell.
REO Speedwagon: Take It on the Run; Time for Me to Fly
Celina almost quotes Nirvana: Even In His Youth.

Episode 28. Antipodes.
Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder: Talking Timbuktu
Tinariwen: Elwan
Power Station: Some Like It Hot
“a Fugazi concert”. For example, any live performance of Glue Man.

Episode 29. The Martian Revolution.
Lunachicks: Jerk of All Trades
Danko Jones: Revolution—and Then We Make Love
Horrorpops: Psychobitches Outta Hell
Nitzer Ebb: Join in the Chant
Wo Fat: Descent into the Maelstrom
Radio Birdman: Descent into the Maelstrom
Swans: The Glowing Man
(International) Noise Conspiracy: Let's Make History
Odetta: John Henry

Episode 30. Dekarna Triumphant.
(International) Noise Conspiracy: Born into a Mess

Episode 31. Permanent Crescent.
Metallica: The Four Horsemen
The Doors: Five to One
Henry Rollins: Invisible Woman Blues (spoken word)
Metallica: Kill ‘em All
Chris Rock: Table Dance
Megadeth: Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!

Episode 32. Odonata’s Revenge.
Clutch: (Notes from the Trial of) La Curandera
Solana’s ship Rumjack is named for the band.
Solana likes the following artists: Los Lobos, Irakere, Chano Pozo, and Chucho Valdés.

Episode 33. Infinite Spaces.
Fuzzlow and Tarzi compare the signals to Brian Eno and Einstürzende Neubauten.
In her follow-up essay, Mags mentions All Them Witches.

Episode 34. Farewell Tour.
Jet: Killed in Action
Qiang’s ship Cloudkicker is named for the band.
The Unida/Dozer Split EP
(International) Noise Conspiracy: Armed Love
The Stooges: Fun House

Episode 35. One Last Night on Death World.
John Coltrane’s earlier appearance in the series is mentioned in a footnote.
Kyuss: Big Bikes
A Perfect Circle: Fiddle and the Drum (by Joni Mitchell)

Episode 37. Gods of Titan.
The Longest Johns: Hammer and the Anvil
Dead Weather: Horehound

Episode 39. Solo Tour.
Rage Against the Machine: Freedom
Carpenters: Sing
The Dresden Dolls: Sing
Greta Van Fleet: Age of Man

Episode 40. The Beekeeper.
The Chats: Pub Feed

Episode 43. Red Handed
Fugazi: Two Beats Off
Dave Dudley: Six Days on the Road (and covered by The Lords of Altamont)

Episode 44. Electric Storm
Witchrider: Eletrical Storm
Van Halen: Unchained

Episode 46. Kaufman's Crosstime Saloon.
Black Sabbath: Iron Man

Episode 48. Antonio
Underground Kings (UGK): Pocket Full of Stones
Volume-10: Pistol Grip Pump

Episode 49. Andrea
Scarface: Born Killer

Episode 50. The Mission
Mel Torme: A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde
Bob Dylan: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Warchief: II (from the self-titled album)
“smelled like a rotting beef carcass”. Celina lifts a phrase from Ren & Stimpy's Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Anthem.

Episode 51. Dumpster Kittens: The Movie
Misfits: Teenagers from Mars
“A soundtrack of 10 Code, Tuber, and Black Sky Giant masked the conversation in the booth.” Three great bands with so many awesome albums.

Episode 52. The Reward of the Wicked
Rolling Stones: Factory Girl
“every Sasquatch album ever recorded”. They're all awesome.
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