MusicBoxPete Podcast

The official podcast of MusicBoxPete! Devoted to all things related to the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts highlighting the history, trends, and most importantly the music that shaped the sound of alternative, punk, indie throughout the 90's and 00's. Learn about how the chart started, its evolution, artists that dominated throughout the entire history of the charts, trends and analysis, and how the chart has evolved to where it's now known as Alternative Airplay.

MusicBoxPete Podcast is a music podcast hosted by Peter Amara, with 29 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Peter Amara hosts MusicBoxPete Podcast, a music show with 29 episodes published.

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  Episode #452

  Episode 452: Artist Chart History - Incubus

  Sep 24, 202620 minS12

  On today's all new episode of the cast, I introduce a new recurring feature on the cast called Artist History, where I detail an artist's entire history on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts with all the songs that charted, where and when they peaked, and how many weeks they were on the chart for. On today's episode, we take a look at Incubus history on the chart, starting from when they first charted with "Pardon Me" and all of their massive hits that charted in between including "Drive", "Wish You Were Here", "Anna Molly", and my personal favorite "Love Hurts". I also give you my memories of listening to them over the years, along with my experience when I checked them out in concert during their Morning View tour a couple of years ago. I also play for you one of their songs that never charted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart but is an excellent song in its own right, "Are You In?"

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  Episode #451

  Episode 451: Billboard Modern Rock Tracks - The Chart Before 9/11

  Sep 1, 202625 minS12

  On today's all new episode, we take a look at the chart for the week ending Sept. 8, 2001 just before the 9/11 attacks, and take a look at what music was popular before our world changed forever shortly thereafter. The chart featured music from the chart topper Alien Ant Farm, along with tracks from Sum 41, Incubus, and a whole host of others that represented the idyllic and innocent times we lived in back then, and how big of a role all of these songs played in our upbringing as well. I also give some interesting facts and tidbits with some of the 40 songs on the chart, including Jimmy Eat World changing the title of their just released "Bleed American" LP after the attacks, and Drowning Pool's "Bodies" disappearing from radio stations playlists understandably after the horrific attacks. I also play you a song that certainly uplifted lots of people's lives and spirits in the days that followed the attacks, Incubus and their brand new track at the time, "Wish You Were Here".

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  Episode #450

  Episode 450: Billboard Modern Rock Tracks - The Nu-Metal Era

  Aug 17, 202615 minS12

  On today's all new cast, we take a look at the nu-metal acts that adorned the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts way back in the day, and further examine how these acts made an impact on the charts in the late 90's and early 00's. We revisit bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, and Papa Roach who made an immediate impact on the charts with their early hits and how it started a movement that was intertwined with MTV's TRL and connected with the youth of that time with everything going on in their lives. We talk about some criticisms of the genre itself, including one where a Pitchfork critic said that it was a turning point in the chart's history and it became loathed by people alike for its cringe worthiness. I also play you Papa Roach's hit "Scars" at the end of the cast that also became their biggest crossover hit on the Hot 100 as well.

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  Episode #449

  Episode 449: Billboard Modern Rock Tracks - Summer of '03 Mixtape

  Aug 3, 202617 minS12

  On today's brand new cast, we travel back in time to the summer of 2003, and look back on the songs that were featured on the very first mix CD that I ever made. We take a look back at the entire original tracklisting, and how they fared on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and divulge some stories about each song's impact on me, and how the songs will be remembered during that era. Songs like AFI'S "Girl's Not Grey", Foo Fighters "Times Like These", Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong", and Thrice's "All That's Left" represented the amazing music that was omnipresent as I was getting ready to go off to college for the first time. At the end of the cast, I play you one of my fav songs from that era, The Ataris cover of Don Henley's hit "The Boys of Summer".

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  Episode #448

  Episode 448: A Look Back On The Chart For The Week Ending 6/26/99

  Jun 29, 202618 minS12

  On today's all new cast, we take a look at the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks for the week ending June 26, 1999 and take a travel back in time to revisit some of the alternative classics that made the year so enjoyable. From Red Hot Chili Peppers "Scar Tissue" and Lit's "My Own Worst Enemy", the chart is a snapshot of all the events that happened during that period like the Women's World Cup and also draw a parallel with the Men's World Cup taking place right now. I talk about my memories of first listening to these songs, and how they have continued to have a lasting impact to this day. We also do a deep dive into Len's "Steal My Sunshine", and how this Canadian group quickly captured people's attention with this track that became the inescapable summer smash of '99 that I play for you in full at the end of the cast.

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