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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 (publication pending)
Underground Kings (UGK): Pocket Full of Stones
Volume-10: Pistol Grip Pump

Episode 49. Andrea (publication pending)
Scarface: Born Killer

Episode 50. The Mission (publication pending)
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 (publication pending)
Misfits: Teenagers from Mars

Episode 52. The Reward of the Wicked (publication pending)
Rolling Stones: Factory Girl
“every Sasquatch album”. They're all awesome.
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