Polishing Turds: A Bad Music Podcast

Mar 10 2025 70 ep. 93 mins 217
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We take the worst bands you remember and give them way more attention than they deserve. Equal parts comedy and storytelling, Polishing Turds will change the way you look at pop music. Behind every bad song there's a good story!

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#63. VILLAGE PEOPLE PART II: Have You Ever Heard of a Sextant?

Mar 10 2025 102 mins  
The Village People hit their stride with such monster hits as "Y.M.C.A." and "In the Navy", proving that mainstream America will go to any lengths to not get the hint as to what their music's really about. We'll analyze the music from the band's golden age while also connecting it to the broader context of the late 70s music scene... You see, by this point Disco has completely over

#62. VILLAGE PEOPLE PART I: "Must Dance and Have a Mustache"

Feb 17 2025 86 mins  
We begin a three part series on the Village People, who for legal reasons we must tell you are absolutely not gay at all... FOLLOW US: Instagram: polishing.podcast Twitter/X: @polishing_turds email: [email protected]

MINISODE: Catching Up Vol. II

Jan 13 2025 88 mins  
Awww yeah! We're back with another low-effort minisode where we catch up on all the recent goings-on from artists we profiled in the past. Come hear about all the wacky exploits from your favorite Polishing Turds alumni. We've got Cruises with Creed, AI experiments with the Black Eyed Peas, juicy drama from the Cyrus family, and so much more! What better way to start off this horri

#61. HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2024: How the Brits Ruined Christmas

Dec 22 2024 75 mins  
You thought American Christmas music was dumb? Wait till you hear what the folks across the pond are up to... This year's Holiday Special examines the annual tradition of the UK Christmas Number One. Each year the British public gets hyped up over which song is going to top the charts on Christmas week. Sounds innocent enough, and yet for whatever reason half the songs they pick ma

#60. ICED EARTH Part III: Stormriding the Capitol

Dec 14 2024 102 mins  
We conclude our interminable Iced Earth series with the dramatic assault of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. This riot was facilitated in part by a wacky militia called the Oath Keepers, a group whose membership happened to include Jon Schaffer. As usual we go deep; covering the history of the Oath Keepers as well as the far-right Patriot movement from which they emerg

#59. ICED EARTH Part II: The Awakening

Nov 25 2024 130 mins  
How did Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer become a deranged conspiracy theorist? What led him down that toxic rabbit hole, and what exactly are the beliefs that led him to storm the Capitol on January 6? It turns out most of Jon's anger and paranoia was centered around the Federal Reserve system, which conspiracy cranks believe is responsible for a sinister plot to impose a New Wor

#58. ICED EARTH Part I: Rise of the Stormrider

Sep 30 2024 110 mins  
We cover the bizarre story of heavy metal legends Iced Earth, whose lead member was involved in the January 6 Capitol Riot. (Sorry about the dog barking in the background lol) YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btd2KxXOvNc&list=PL6QhZ78uzXMohSWyUqf72sHHcCMjDd1PK Selected Sources: Metal Injection article from 1/6/2021: https://metalinjection.net/politics/is-this-a

#57. IMAGINE DRAGONS Part III: Gods Don't Pray

Aug 26 2024 81 mins  
Imagine Dragons have become too popular for their own good; a worldwide backlash is only inevitable! Critics, musicians, and countless Twitter randos unite to take the piss out of this commercial rock behemoth. They are, to put it bluntly, the New Nickelback... All this ridicule naturally hurts Dan Reynolds' feelings, and he responds to it the only way he know how: by making crappy

#56. IMAGINE DRAGONS Part II: Whatever It Takes

Aug 05 2024 107 mins  
In Part II of our series we take on Imagine Dragons at their biggest, their boldest, their most obnoxious stage. During the mid-2010s this "rock" band brought their thunderous stomp-clap earworms to every observable realm of the human experience. Whether you were simply trying to listen to the radio, watch a football game, or take a stroll through a shopping center you COULD NOT es

#55. IMAGINE DRAGONS Part I: Mormons, Lawyers, and Casinos

Jul 08 2024 109 mins  
Who are Imagine Dragons? Why has their music dominated every mall, stadium, and TV commercial for the past 10 years? Why do old fogies like us find their music so obnoxious?? Perhaps Imagine Dragons are the industry's final attempt to kill rock and roll. Or maybe their music is a sincere expression of their soul and just happens to sound like that. Either way, the only to find out