Get your rage out the fun way - through music! The mighty Gabe Scalone is back with us for Top Ten Rage-Inducing Band Names Part 2. We here at ATTT HQ are happy to give ourselves a chance to rage... at something. The bands featured here are quite good at music-making but band names are beyond their pay grade. We forgive them. Anyway picks 5-1 are f…

Sometimes you've just got to get mad. If you don't you'll blow your top! In service of this idea ATTT presents another installment in what has become our annual release valve. Once a year the gloves come off and we get RAGEY with something in the musical universe that grinds our gears. This time around we have our sights set on those ridiculous ban…

Hey folks, Ben here speaking as myself, not just as All Time Top Ten. We sincerely hope you enjoy Part 2 of Top Ten Songs About Choice. It means a lot to me and to my friend Nina Jo Smith that you would take the time to listen. Thank you. Also, please vote. Anyway, picks 5-1 are featured in our eclectic playlist about that thing that you are consta…

Folks, you don't need me to tell you this is a stressful time. Fortunately for us here in the good ol' US of A, we have several options for releasing stress. In this country we have the right to listen to music. Believe it or not music is strictly forbidden in some places. That's because the powers that be know music has a way to galvanize people l…

Happiest of Halloweens from your ghoul friends at ATTT. If you can believe it, we're celebrating Spooky Season with our 13th Annual Halloween Spectacular. Of course, on hand as always is Mr. Halloween Himself Matt Dinan along with our longtime friend and first time ATTT guest Jet Olaño. Matt and Jet help us to define and celebrate the genre of Goth…

Happy Halloween from ATTT! Believe it or not this is our 13th annual Halloween Spectacular! Of course we have on hand our main ghoul, Mr. Halloween himself Matt Dinan, and given this week's subject matter, we thought it would be a good time to introduce the lot of you to one of our favorite people, the man who knows the difference between Death Roc…

If you haven't got the jist of it by now, it goes like this. Hey you know that iconic badass artist with the coolest name you've ever seen up in lights? Yeah that is their real name! We had a lot of fun with this topic and thanks so much to Sir Joe Lavelle, a man for all seasons and just the right level of music nerd for this conversation and playl…

Go ahead and call us weird. We're weird. Joe Lavelle and I are the only ones on the planet that have ever thought about this week's topic. Scour the interwebs for any Reddit, blog or forum talking about this and you won't find it. What we're all about this week is the concept of Artists Born With Stage Names. Emphasis on 'born'. All of your life yo…

My friends, we have done it. We've reached the cream of the crop. The best of the best. The superstars to outshine all of the other superstars that contributed to the greatest charity single of all time, "We Are The World". To date, "We Are The World" and USA For Africa have raised over $100,000,000 for African famine relief. The list of stars that…

There comes a time when we heed a certain call. And now you have the greatest charity single of all time stuck in your head for the rest of the day. Sorry not sorry. Our certain call is to gather the ATTT All-Stars together and assign them a mission. Our mission, that we have chosen to accept, is to take a loving look at "We Are The World" - the so…

If it weren't for the fabulous crew lovingly known as the ATTT All-Stars, there simply would be no ATTT. These fine folks give up their precious time to help us bring entertainment to the masses of your asses, and we shan't forget them for it! Shannon Hurley, Matt Dinan, Dustin Prince, Gabe Scalone, Joe Lavelle and David Daskal are back,, and a lit…

Don't you just love artists? Like true, revolutionary, creative geniuses who put their soul into every thing they do? In the music world, the most artistic of artists find a way to explore, blend, and invent music that hits any genre they put their minds to. We're all for it, here at ATTT HQ, and we're delighted to once again welcome back the great…

One common thread among the best of the best artists to ever do it in music is a sense of adventurousness. Music's greatest creative minds could never be held down by something called "genre". They play, write, produce and record whatever they want whenever they want to in whatever style suits them in the moment. Some of these musical geniuses are …

We don't suffer fools around here. Ok just this once. Again. In Top Ten Songs For "Fools" Part 2, the great Ryan Stockstad returns for another go-around with a foolish playlist all about our favorite songs with the word "Fool" in the title. You can imagine how we agonized over the songs we had to leave off of this amazing playlist. There are simply…

In this modern world, it's a struggle to get by enough as it is without some damn fool in your face every waking moment. Fortunately we know the best way to deal with fools. Much like paranoia, the cure is through laughs and of course music. Our good friend and fellow music nerd Ryan Stockstad knows this all too well, and was nice enough to join th…

"The secret to a happy, successful life of paranoia is to keep careful track of your persecutors." - Tyrone Hayes We couldn't have had more fun putting this one together if we tried. Bow down before the mighty and Unkillable Jenny Lynne! She was kind enough to make her triumphant return to ATTT with a super prescient topic - Top Ten Songs About Par…

"In these trying times" we're trying to have as much fun as we can before the whole thing goes up in flames. Of course we all feel a little paranoid in these weirdo days. The question is how to cope. We here at ATTT HQ are always thinking musically, as a 'for real' cure wherever possible. The cure for paranoia is to laugh at it, it's to get it all …

If we knew how to go viral, we'd be swimming in Ocean Spray money right now. There are so many great songs just waiting to be discovered by the meme crazy masses and we humbly offer this eclectic and exciting playlist as songs we'd like to champion on the way to getting likes, shares and especially listens. Top Ten Songs We Wish Would Go Viral Part…

Whether from a featured placement in a commercial, tv show, movie, or a Tik Tok, songs are going viral all the time and we want to know how and why. How does one tap into this seemingly invisible force that suddenly has everyone loving Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" or Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill"? It's a truly 21st Century cultural phenomenon that…

We here at ATTT HQ hope you aren't cooking up some hate mail for us in the wake of what happened in Classic Albums Worst To First : Revolver Part 1. Feelings were definitely hurt and toes were stepped on. However, we've decided that since we're now highlighting the best of the best in Part 2, no one shall be allowed to be butthurt by the Worst To F…

Some call Revolver The Beatles at their peak, we know it at the very least as The Beatles at the beginning of their prime, when their music began to transcend all of pop culture, leaving the mop top era in the dust. 1966 was a banner year for music and of course the Fab Four were right there in the thick of it, innovating, expanding and creating so…

If you always think of the cowbell as some frivolous thing to be mocked by Will Ferrell, you need to listen to more music. This mighty percussion instrument is amazingly versatile! It can anchor a hard rock beat, it can spice up a latin jazz standard, and it can turn an ordinary groove into an all time party anthem. The fabulous cowbell is more tha…

The cowbell is so much more than some silly sketch comedy bit. The cowbell is a must for any self-respecting drummer to own, partly because it's so versatile. Cowbells can be found in rock, jazz, latin jazz, funk, disco, hard rock and any other kind of music where people want to hear that delightful clang. Our good friend Dustin is indeed a self-re…

Who knew video games were fun? Everyone? Oh. Well we had a great time hanging out at Blakey Studios Long Beach with 3 of our favorite Blakes. The Old Boy Himself Ryan Blake has enlisted his video-game-obsessed progeny Jasper and Elliott Blake to help ATTT tackle this super fascinating and eclectic topic. In Part 2 of Top Ten Songs From Video Games,…

From the earliest 8-bit micro masterpieces of back in the day, to the full-blown orchestral epics that provide the soundtrack to the mind-blowing games of today, the music of video games is a wellspring of creativity, imagination and musical adventurousness. Your humble host has not been a "gamer" for many a decade but thankfully the younger genera…

Here in Top Ten Songs For Stephen King Part 2, Matt Dinan and Julia Marchese are back to help us wrap up our tribute to the man of the hour. Whether it's songs written about his works, or songs featured in his works, the music from the Stephen King universe is quite an eclectic array of styles and moods. The prevailing mood around here is a fun one…

All hail the undisputed King Of Horror! Through his dozens of novels and films, Stephen King has been scaring the pants off of the world for 6 decades, and he's still coming up with more tales of the macabre and terrible. His works are always connected to music, and in many ways music plays a major part of the dread of his words. To celebrate this …

Being born with the name David doesn't necessarily mean that you're destined for greatness, but it doesn't hurt your chances. The following artists featured in the top half of our esteemed list of Daves are the musical Daves we know, and we're so glad to know them. Here in Top Ten Rock N Roll Davids we present the greatest entertainment experience …

ATTT loves our recurring guests and lord knows we couldn't and wouldn't do the show without them. Perhaps the most ridiculous of our beloved regulars, Sir David Daskal, deserves a ridiculous topic of his very own. In that spirit, All Time Top Ten proudly presents as many Davids as you can handle in Top Ten Rock N Roll Davids, featuring the best Dav…

Shout out to Eric Idle and the Pythons. They ask the important questions, such as... Why are we here? What's life all about? Is God really real, or is there some doubt? Well tonight we're going to sort it all out. Tonight it's Part 2 of Top Ten Existential Songs Volume 5 featuring the enigmatic Gabe Scalone. We're back with picks 5-1 in our look at…

"I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing. There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it. Existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existence rest on him." - Jean-Paul Sartre 2024 is the perfect year to bring back this…

It's been called the most shocking American youth movement in history. When it stormed out of the gates in the 1970s, punk rock told the world that the way things are is unacceptable. The people that defined the scene spit in the face of conformity and the social order, and they did it with humor, irreverence and musical brutality. The punk scene i…

For decades, the thriving punk scene in Los Angeles has pushed boundaries, invented entire subgenres out of whole cloth, and provided the sonic and visual blueprint for the rest of the world to follow. The LA punk scene has also been home to some of the most iconic bands in the history of the genre. It's a fascinating look through the decades, and …

Diana Ross, The Supremes. Diana Ross & The Supremes. Enough said. Oh, and thanks again to the Anti! In Top Ten Songs By Diana Ross & The Supremes Part 2, our beloved aunt Helene Eisen came through for us in style to round out our list with picks 5-1. Thanks also to the delightful Shannon Hurley for lively guest commentary in our loving tribute to t…

Diana Ross. The Supremes. Diana Ross & The Supremes. Any way you combine it, you get musical gold. Style, sophistication, class, consummate musicianship and songwriting, and those voices. Diana Ross and The Supremes had it all, and can go toe to toe with any artists on the planet in terms of commercial and artistic success. ATTT is on the road this…

Considering most of our favorite rock stars live extraordinarily fascinating lives, you'd think there would be more of them writing songs about specific things they've experienced. In fact, there aren't that many but the songs we do have are cool little glimpses into the personal lives of our musical heroes. In TOP TEN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SONGS, the m…

There's nothing more fascinating than a good rock n roll origin story, especially when said rock n roll artist or band writes a song about that story. Then there are songs that tell stories of crazy things that happened to these artists and bands, and helped shape their rock n roll persona. ATTT's main mensch Jason Berk dropped by to help us count …

Folks! There are some big goings-on in the ATTT universe these days. Thankfully we get by with a little help from people like our friend Joe Lavelle, who has graciously volunteered to help bring back a format we haven't used in a while but are excited to dust off for your listening pleasure. As we all know, the best podcasts never prepare anything …

Time to step up on that high horse for a second. Ahem... there's a severe lack of bands these days, and in our sad estimation, the concept of the band has been devalued to the detriment of modern music. We know some of the biggest rock stars of all time from their bands, and while some band members have been able to make a go at it as solo artists,…

There's real truth to the notion that being in a band is like being in a relationship, for better or for worse. For many of the greatest bands of all time, each member contributes to the chemistry that makes the band so great. Many times band members feel the need to go solo and even though they are rock stars when they're in their bands, as solo a…

At a certain point during Top Ten Two Man Bands Part 1, the conversation with Fernando Perdomo and Michael Collins of the phenomenal two man band Broken Sound sorta went off the rails. Many of our favorite ATTT hangs have this feature as a selling point. The good news is in Part 2, we never ever got back on the rails. It's a rail-less pod, in the b…

Before you get yourself in a tizzy over the title of this episode, try to imagine how lame it would be to call it "Top Ten Two Person Bands". No thanks. For our purposes here the word 'man' is a catch-all for everybody, and we certainly did live up to our inclusive credo. ATTT is delighted to welcome back the fabulous Fernando Perdomo and newcomer …

ATTT was more than just a little honored to be able to have an epic hang with 2 of the menschiest bass-playing badasses in L.A. David Jenkins and Jennifer Jo Oberle go way back, and they know a ton about the best session cats to ever make their bones here in the City Of Angels. In Top Ten Legendary L.A. Studio Musicians Part 2, we reveal picks 5-1 …

The word 'legendary' and the city of L.A. go hand in hand. Los Angeles is where the magic happens for so much of what the world loves, not just in movies and tv but certainly in music. In addition to some all time great homegrown bands, many of the finest studio musicians call this place home. Thousands of chart topping hits have been turned out in…

2023 is officially in the books, people. We can't thank our special guests enough for their tireless work helping us bring the best songs of the year to you. Here in Top TWENTY Songs of 2023 Part 4, Shannon Hurley, David Daskal and Giovanny Blanco showcase their top picks and we round out our mega-playlist in style. Picks 5-1 show off more of the f…

There's nothing more LAME than when people say there's no good music being made today. It's a sure sign of laziness and a closed mind. It's also completely untrue! If you don't believe it, listen up. Every year Shannon Hurley and David Daskal help ATTT smack down the naysayers by presenting our TWENTY favorite songs of the year that was. We're norm…

It's all about the songs, people! No, we can't claim to have heard all of the songs released in 2023, as there was only about a million of them - literally. What we have for you are the standout tracks that crossed our radar this year, songs that we never managed to get sick of. Giovanny Blanco, Shannon Hurley and David Daskal add some mirth to our…

Lord knows how we make it through another year. Actually ATTT knows how - MUSIC! Of the few bright spots in the year 2023, music was top of mind. This was the year of global superstars and young upstarts, a year of genre bending and legends securing their immortal mark in history. Contrary to the beliefs of those who don't listen, music is always e…

2023 was a year. A year for reinventions, reimaginings and reboots. And then there's the music! So many great artists find their footing in how they interpret somebody else's songs and in the year 2023, a ton of legendary and up-and-coming artists went into the studio to record their versions of some of the greatest songs ever written. We've conven…

It's been a hell of a year. We've been through a lot and as our reward for surviving we get to sit back and revel in all of the great music released in the year 2023. To kick things off in our quest to remain current, despite our crippling old age, a new tradition is born. Our covers guru Dustin Prince is back along with our good friend Candi Bartl…