S1/EP5: Josh Fu - Major Amberson

A deep dive behind the music and philosophy of the NYC art rock band BODEGA. BODEGA BEN breaks down each track from their new album 'Our Brand Could be Yr Life', exploring the theme of the record: the current state of underground rock music. Together with guests and friends including Bodega Bay members and current collaborators, they dissect the story behind the music.

In this special episode, Ben does a deep dive with Bodega Bay bass player Josh Fu about the book that inspired the new LP’s title, Michael Azerrad’s legendary ‘Our Band Could be Your Life.’ The pair wax about the roots of ‘indie’ and ‘alternative’, Black Flag’s move towards metal, ‘grunge’, Jane’s Addiction, RHCP, the philosophy of hardcore, Dead Kennedys, ‘Get in the Van’, the Protestant work ethic of DIY America, punk existentialism, BBC 6, 1999 David Bowie, classic rock in US alt, the mythology of the Mats, 90’s bar band pop rock, Josh’s teenage encounter w/ Calvin Johnson, Minor Threat’s punk perfection, the sexuality of twee and straight edge, Television Personalities as the ‘indie’ archetype, ‘record collector rock’, defense for Pavement and Liz Phair, Dan Ozzi’s ‘Sell Out’, Jawbreaker’s major label fiasco, RATM, Turnstile and Taco Bell, and the legacy or lack thereof of anti-corporate rock.

The episode also includes Josh’s recollections as an LA ska teenager, the countrified rock of Ben and Josh’s old BK band Perfect Teeth, Ben’s 2011 bedroom project Big Fir, an exploration of Bodega Bay’s first ballad ‘16x9’, and the story behind the track ‘Major Amberson.’

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