The sudden passing of Eddie Van Halen on October 5 of this year after years of battling cancer was a shock to the music world. This week, we put all of our other plans aside and honor EVH and his legacy by picking out the first five Van Halen albums you should own if you haven't listened to the band outside of their radio hits before. We also do a follow-up to our first episode and give our impressions on the long-awaited first full-length album from Blackpink (which is the only thing we left in our pre-production planning from before Eddie passed away).

We forgot to mention it on the podcast itself, but in honor not only of Eddie Van Halen, but other musical heroes we've lost in the past few years to the disease (David Bowie, Grant Hart, Tommy Ramone, etc.)... #FuckCancer

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Theme music "Diesel Power" by CJ Marsicano https://genericyellowbirdmusic.bandcamp.com/album/diesel-power

Intro narration and other drops performed by Dolly Donut http://www.fiverr.com/dolly_donut.

Most first episodes of podcast seem to bore listeners with a bit of talk about the hosts rather than the general topic their podcasts are going to cover. Not THIS podcast! Instead, the first episode of The Groove Music Life Podcast takes the high road and introduces its modus operandi by mentioning the exact type of albums we're looking forward to next month: a mix of alternative rock, pop, classic rock, indie rock, metal, and even a little shoegaze! Artists highlighted include Bob Mould, Beabadoobee, The Grateful Dead, Six Feet Under, and Elvis Costello, amongst others.

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Theme music: "Diesel Power" by CJ Marsicano: https://genericyellowbirdmusic.bandcamp.com/album/diesel-power

Intro narration and other drops performed by Dolly Donut: https://www.fiverr.com/dolly_donut