Travel back to Northern California of the mid 1960s with a young teenage girl writing poems in her bedroom after enduring countless moves across the country with her family. Then on to a succession of menial jobs to support herself and her guitarist boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham to a strange twist that catapults her to becoming a mystical, fierce, powerful song writer fronting one of the top bands of the 1970s. Stevie Nicks has faced serious personal challenges, the kind that could have ended the dreams of many, yet now stands as a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer with over 150 million albums sold. You'll learn:

• How Stevie's musician grandfather formed a musical act with a 5-year-old Stevie
• How Stevie and Lindsey actually met & the unlikely way they met Fleetwood Mac
• Her unsuccessful attempt to leave Fleetwood Mac to join another famous band
• How one of her biggest hits was given as a gift to her
• How she overcame her torturous battle with various addictions

Episode Guest
Zoë Howe is a writer, broadcaster, musician and artist. She is the author of the biography Vision, Dreams & Rumours: A Portrait of Stevie Nicks. She is an acclaimed music journalist who has written books on a variety of performers. She joins us from the UK.

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From the streets of New York came four young men — including one born to Holocaust survivors — obsessed from their earliest days with becoming the biggest band in the world. Behind greasepaint and fire, they transformed themselves into larger-than-life characters, igniting the imaginations of millions of youths. With thunderous riffs, explosive stage shows, and relentless ambition, KISS became one of the most influential and commercially successful bands in rock history, selling over 100 million albums worldwide. In this episode you’ll learn:

· The background of the KISS member from Israel

· How a founding member overcame disfigurement and deafness as a child

· The calculated strategy behind donning the make-up

· How KISS saved itself and its record company with a bold roll of the dice

· The business model that propelled KISS to financial success

· KISS' shocking move to reinvent itself in the 1980s for a new emerging music genre

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Guest Bio
Our guest Martin Popoff also appeared on our AC/DC episode. He *has written extensively about KISS — including his first book, KISS at 50 Years. And his most recent work KISS '76, which carries the subtitle The Greatest Year of Rock’s Most Dynamic Band.

Martin has written more record reviews than anyone in the history of music journalism across all genres. In addition, he has penned approximately 135 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock, prog, punk, and record collecting, and has contributed liner notes for releases featured on various music documentaries.

Step into the early 1960s to see how a young performer appeared out of nowhere to shape modern rock music. You'll follow him through the decades to hear Dylan's incredible influence on all music through his effect on superstars like The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and modern music in general.

1. How Bob grew up in a Jewish family in Minnesota and changed his name
2. The very strange obsession that brought him to New York in the early '60s
3. How the women in his life greatly influenced his lyric writing
4. Why audiences booing him was the mark of a key turning point in modern rock n roll
5. How a near-tragic motorcycle accident actually may have saved his life
6. About his unknown backup band becoming a superstar band on their own without Bob
7. His legacy and influence on all music that has come along since his debut

Bob Dylan is widely considered to be the inspiration for how rock music transformed itself from joyful ditties like Twist and Shout to deep and meaningful lyrics that communicated the challenges and dichotomies of life. To understand the evolution of music, it is key to understand Dylan's key role in its transformation.

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Guest Bio
Harold Lepidus is a Dylan historian and author of Friends and Other Strangers: Bob Dylan Examined.