Five Years Late, Six Times Platinum: The Wild Ride of AC/DC’s Dirty Deeds
In 1976, an exhausted AC/DC wrote "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" between tour stops, built around a line Angus Young lifted from a cartoon vi...
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Dig deep into the lyrics of classic rock songs and the storytellers that created them in "Behind The Song," a podcast by The Drive's Janda Lane. Hear what was happening behind the scenes whi...
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Us and Them: The Band Divorce Behind Pink Floyd's The Wall
It started with literal spit! Roger Waters, spitting on a fan mid-concert in 1977. That moment was the inspiration behind one of rock's most...
Grateful Dead fans and the "Days Between"
Every year from August 1st to August 9th, Deadheads mark the “Days Between" — the span between Jerry Garcia's birth and death. In this bonus...
Don Henley: The Boys Of Summer and the Eagles’ Long Goodbye
Don Henley's “The Boys Of Summer” is a song with lyrical roots that trace back to the poet Dylan Thomas, but it got its musical start from a...
Rush Fifty Something: A Night To Remember in Chicago
Janda recaps night one of Rush's Fifty Something tour in Chicago on July 16, 2026— a show few fans thought they'd ever see after Neil Peart'...
Unpacking The Rolling Stones’ Foreign Tongues
Sixty-plus years in, the Rolling Stones return with Foreign Tongues — fourteen tracks featuring Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, and a surpris...
Tadpole In A Jar: Unpacking Led Zeppelin's "Dancing Days"
In 1972, Led Zeppelin traded the studio for Mick Jagger’s driveway and the Rolling Stones' recording truck, after a detoured trip to Bombay...
Remembering Clive Davis: The Hitmaker Who Rocked
In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda remembers the legendary Clive Davis, the music icon who almost single-handedly dragged...
Three Classic Albums That Radiate Summer Heat
Roll the windows down and crank the volume up! In the new bonus episode of Behind The Song Janda tracks the arc of a summer day through thre...
Baby I Love Your Way: Peter Frampton, But Make It Live!
How did Peter Frampton go from an industry underdog to an absolute stadium-packing global phenomenon? In the new episode of Behind The Song...
Bohemian Cat-sody: Freddie Mercury's Felines
In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast with Janda Lane, step inside Freddie Mercury’s London mansion to meet the pampered clowder of...
The Rolling Stones & Sonny Rollins: When Two Musical Worlds Collided
In this bonus episode of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda shares the incredible story behind how the late, great “saxophone colossus” Sonn...
Pete Townshend: The Guru Between The Notes
In this episode of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda takes a closer look into Pete Townshend’s “Let My Love Open The Door,” just one of man...
Get On The Bus! Why The Grateful Dead Will Never Die with Christian Lane
Janda is joined by Behind The Song podcast producer Christian Lane (her husband!) for a conversation about what makes the Grateful Dead cont...
A Triumphant Return! Janda chats with Gil Moore and Mike Levine of Triumph
Triumph returns to the road and to Chicago’s Allstate Arena on May 13th in a Drive 25th Anniversary concert event! In this bonus episode, re...
Flies in the Vasoline: Stone Temple Pilots' Tragic Prophecy
In 1994, Stone Temple Pilots hit #1 with Purple , but behind the scenes, the band was fracturing. In this episode of Behind The Song , Janda...
Rock’s Unsung Gems: Songs That Should Have Been Hits
Why did Aerosmith’s "You See Me Crying" never top the charts? How did a musical genius like Lowell George of Little Feat miss out on a solo...
What The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Got Right in 2026 with Christian James Hand
In the new episode of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda sits down for a no-filter conversation with musicologist Christian James Hand to br...
David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”: The Reinvention That Changed Everything
In the early 1980s, David Bowie was an artist’s artist, but he wasn’t yet a blockbuster hitmaker in America. Fresh off the experimental dept...
More Cowbell!!!
It’s one of the most recognizable sounds in rock, but how did it get there? In this bonus episode of the Behind The Song podcast, Janda trac...