Josh and Paul look back at a couple of early 00s icons, Vanessa Carlton and Third Eye Blind. They discuss each respective's artists struggles with record labels navigating a crumbling music industry as well as how the romantic relationship between Carlton and Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins influenced this material. Did Harmonium and Out of the Vein deserve to flop or are they classic examples of an artist's vision being suppressed by corporate greed?

Albums discussed:
Third Eye Blind - Out of the Vein
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Z1mU7iT0rfX9o9qzM1zYf
https://music.apple.com/us/album/out-of-the-vein/309582074

Vanessa Carlton - Harmonium
https://open.spotify.com/album/4uR7AyibOIKGzBSXi7BmJ3
https://music.apple.com/us/album/harmonium/1450416935

Josh and Paul give their Mount Rushmore of compilation albums and discuss the albums and artists that helped define their early listening experiences.

Josh and Paul discuss the newly revealed Run For Your Lives tour. They talk about the setlist, the stage show, and new drummer Simon Dawson. They also give their ideas of what they would like to see from a 50th Anniversary Maiden tour if given total control. Is the new Maiden tour a certified spin, or do the overplayed classics lead the duo to toss it in the bin?

Josh and Paul discuss the forgotten Blaze Bayley fronted Iron Maiden The X Factor. Paul goes deep into why he considers it Maiden's best album and the duo take on a track by track deep dive to see if they agree on how much the album holds up 30 years later.

Josh and Paul review the recently released IMAX remaster of the classic film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii. They also discuss Floyd's other material from this period, specifically Meddle and Obscured by Clouds. Do these albums hold up over 50 years later?

In their inaugural episode, Paul and Josh investigate the first twenty albums in the Prog Archives Top 100 progressive rock albums of all time. Are these albums worthy of the top 20 slots? Are there obvious misses? Do King Crimson, Genesis, and Yes need three albums each in the top 20? Is Close To the Edge the top prog album of all time?

This is part one of a two part (epic) episode.