Episode 220 – The New Radicals vs the industry
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Brian barrels through the histories of Gregg Alexander (the singer/songwriter who got three chances to make it to pop star status and when he finally did – walked away) and Danielle Brisebois (the child actor turned musician who would vocalize via two different genre-defining anthems on the same week.) Support the show on Patreon. SHOW NOTES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Brisebois https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-danielle-brisebois-b/100962358/?locale=en-US https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520premonition The Premonition (full movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGMQwWpv7L8 https://www.instagram.com/p/C0g6TkUOH7f/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-danielle-brisebois-on-archi/100962099/?locale=en-US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Strouse https://tedium.co/2024/08/25/new-radicals-gregg-alexander-history/ Kevin & Bean interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZV0i4lPhxA https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/found-star-new-radicals-gregg-739434/ https://www.realgonerocks.com/2009/11/gregg-alexander-intoxifornication/ https://popsublime.blogspot.com/2010/09/music-of-gregg-alexander.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nowels New Radicals on All That: https://youtu.be/lPDlG5bjPyA?si=2OpXf0Y-ds4FAiGL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Radicals https://www.theringer.com/2021/1/20/22241467/new-radicals-history-you-get-what-you-give https://intermediaries.wordpress.com/tag/new-radicals/ https://news.pollstar.com/1998/12/21/new-radicals/ https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/new-radicals The press release Gregg writes: https://web.archive.org/web/20121110110511/https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/new-radicals-dissolves-156295355.html  https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/08/23/new-radicals-return-with-new-music-for-first-time-in-25-years/74915946007/ https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/21/11477490/sing-street-john-carney-interview-once-begin-again Gregg Alexander songs he wrote for others playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YBo9X6uPktenqruUjFQNT https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/18/natasha-bedingfield-how-we-made-unwritten  
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