This western Massachusetts trio combined elements of hardcore, folk, and guitar virtuosity to become unlikely godfathers of grunge. But in between classic 80s indie releases and 2000s reunion albums, lots of other stuff happened too. We discuss. It's DINOSAUR JR. week!

Joining the show is the creator of the indie punk and rock publication see/saw and former Pitchfork News Editor Evan Minsker! After giving the first Lou Barlow era its needed time up top, the guys watch the band's network TV debut 7 years after its formation on Letterman. It's a very World's Most Dangerous Band episode, featuring punk chimes in a '93 clip. Dinosaur Jr. performs a forgotten rap-rock jam on Arsenio with the ridiculous lineup of Del tha Funky Homosapien, Mike Watt, and Mike D. The Mike Johnson era of the band reaches its pinnacle with Feel the Pain on Letterman. The guys are too old to party with their daughter on the Jenny Jones show. And the triumphant return of Lou kicks off on Craig Ferguson in 2005.

Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!

Band Featurette, January 1991 on Snub TV

The Wagon, 5/21/1992 on Late Night with David Letterman

Out There, 6/12/1993 on Late Night with David Letterman

Missing Link w/ Del The Funky HomoSapien (featuring Mike Watt and Mike D), 1993 on The Arsenio Hall Show

Feel the Pain, 9/8/1994 on The Late Show with David Letterman

Never Bought it/Out There, 11/6/1997 on The Jenny Jones Show

The Lung, 4/15/2005 on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Almost Ready, 4/30/2007 on The Late Show with David Letterman

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Good genes. Industry access. A lack of initial meritocracy. These artists reaped the benefits and pitfalls of simply being the children of some of the most famous musicians of all time. It's NEPO BABIES week, grab bag style!

We start off nepo week in style with Nancy Sinatra performing a stone-cold classic on Ed Sullivan in 1966 with an array of groovy back up dancers. Ziggy Marley leads a nepo baby band at the height of his powers sounding exactly like his Dad. It's nepo baby mania in 1990, with Wilson Phillips and Julian Lennon performing two months apart on Letterman. The guys unearth the odd cultural relic of Z, a short-lived Zappa family band that combines guitar virtuosity with a nonsense grunge aesthetic. Jakob Dylan, not satisfied to be only upstaged by his father, performs with Bruce Springsteen on the VMAs in 1997. And MTV pushes Kelly Osbourne onto the music world, and the world politely declines.

Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!

Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walking, 2/27/1966 on The Ed Sullivan Show

Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers - Tumblin' Down, 2/7/1989 on Late Night with David Letterman

Wilson Phillips - Hold On, 4/24/1990 on Late Night with David Letterman

Julian Lennon - I Get Up, 6/18/1990 on Late Night with David Letterman

Z - My Beef Mailbox, 2/28/1994 on Late with Conan O'Brien

The Wallflowers with Bruce Springsteen - One Headlight, 9/4/1997 on the MTV Video Music Awards

Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach, 6/1/2002 on the MTV Movie Awards

In the early 90s, two guys pretending to be brothers from New Hope, PA somehow snuck into the major label system making aggressively hard to listen to 4-track jams. And then went on to be one of the greatest cult acts of all time. It's WEEN week!

We begin the show with a quick but illuminating 1991 clip from Dutch television. Pauly Shore is the only person that enjoys Push th' Little Daisies at MTV Spring Break. Gene and Dean give a stunning performance of Freedom of '76 on the cool as hell daytime Jane Pratt Show. The Chocolate and Cheese era is captured by Gene in a problematic Arabic costume on Conan. An insane public access performance from The Mollusk era has Claude Coleman in a sasquatch costume. But most importantly, does Alex like Ween now???

Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!

L.M.L.Y.P/Tick, 2/17/1991 on Moord TV

Push th' Little Daisies, 3/14/1993 on Chillin with the Weiz MTV Spring Break

Freedom of '76, 3/31/1993 on The Jane Pratt Show

I Can't Put My Finger on It, 1/18/1995 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Buckingham Green/She Wanted to Leave/The Final Alarm, 5/27/1997 on Nothing, Really (PA public access)

Exactly Where I'm At, 7/25/2000 on The Late Show with David Letterman

Happy Colored Marbles, 9/3/2003 on Last Call with Carson Daly