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CeeLo Green was responsible for some of the biggest music movements of the late 90s and the 2000s.

He's also responsible for making many of my headaches worse and more of my nights sleepless because of his dreadfully catchy songs. Songs that, when they first came out, captured the attention of millions across the world.

Nowadays, they're more an abrasive collection of sounds all too familiar with the wrinkles in my brain. However abrasive the songs may be, they're perfectly compatible, and find little resistance in once again finding a firm place to holdout within the confines of my skull. I am once again infected by those songs. Those lyrics...

"I see you riding 'round town with the girl I love...and I'm like..." you know the rest.

How could something I used to enjoy so dearly become such an affliction? I lay awake in the night, head pounding, endless repeating of the chorus... then the verse... the chorus... the verse... the chorus... the verse. Over and over. Ad nauseum. Some twisted jukebox interlinked with my cursed mind.

If I'm lucky, the jukebox will begin to play sections of "Crazy" instead for a few minutes... but then all too soon... "Forget You" is back on its rotation.

Eventually, sleep takes me. After hours. After lifetimes. But did I really sleep? Or did I fall into eternity to the point I lost the entire perception of "self" and simply let CeeLo's nasally cries carry me through the strange eons?

I'll never know.

That's what I went through to bring you this episode. I hope you enjoy it.

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On this week's episode of Shattered Idols, Alex brings us the peculiar story of a one Captain Beefheart. A real artist's artist who made music that, at times, was so avant garde that it couldn't be listened to.

He ran in the same circles as many more recognized musicians of the 70s psychedelia craze, and perhaps his utter devotion to the lifestyle might be why his following is much more of a niche group of diehards rather than your average tapestry-enjoyer.

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This week we're travelling back into the 80s... and I'm talking the stereotypical 80s. For a very brief moment, a pop duo from Germany immerged by the name of Milli Vanilli and they took the world by storm. In a few short years, the duo became an international sensation, appearing in the most esteemed events and performing in the world's finest venues. Suddenly, it all vanished...

Listen to our retelling of their entire story from birth to today and find out how Milli Vanilli soared to the highest highs just to fall back down into obscurity.

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This week, Alex tells us the story of the world renowned producer Phil Spector. Brandishing an almost cartoonishly successful catalog, Spector was a gigantic part of why music sounds the way it does today. With that being said, Spector was still a person, a particularly flawed one at that. Alex will take us through the ups and downs and we'll meet many characters along the way from music history before Spector reaches his exit on the musical highway. What do you say, wanna join along?

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Welcome to the Shattered Idols Podcast! Our names are Alex and Austin and we dissect the downfalls of popular musicians. Be it self destruction, industry backstabbing, or anything else that may cause an icon to fall from grace, we're here to tell the story.

Today, we open the show with a stereotypical 80s hair metal band known as Great White. Through the decades of drugs, sex, and drama, Great White saw a lot of fame and fortune. Sadly, it didn't last forever. Join us through the turbulent and tragic journey of Great White.