Lipps Service with Scott Lipps

Blu DeTiger joins Scott Lipps on SPIN Magazine's Lipps Service for an in-depth conversation about becoming one of today's most exciting bass players.

Blu discusses growing up in New York City, learning from mentor Warren McCrae, her early years playing sessions and touring, working with Caroline Polachek, Chromeo and Stargate, the viral videos that launched her career, and developing her signature slap bass style.

She also breaks down the bass line from "Whisper," demonstrates techniques live on bass, talks about her signature Fender bass, names her Top 5 bass players, reveals her favorite bass riffs of all time, discusses Rush's Geddy Lee, dreams up a musical supergroup, and shares the New York artists who inspired her.

If you love great musicianship, bass guitar, funk, rock, pop or incredible stories from today's most exciting artists, this episode is for you.
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Young the Giant joins Scott Lipps on SPIN Magazine's Lipps Service for a deep dive into the band's incredible journey—from forming in Irvine, California and playing their earliest shows as The Jakes, to dropping out of Stanford, getting signed as teenagers, and creating some of the defining alternative rock songs of the last two decades.
The band discusses the stories behind "Cough Syrup" and "My Body," life in the legendary band house, working with legendary producers Joe Chiccarelli and Brendan O'Brien, recording Victory Garden in Palm Springs and Idyllwild, running into Paul McCartney at Henson Studios, and the unforgettable encounters with Chris Martin and Morrissey.
Plus: Radiohead debates, favorite Strokes songs, music that shaped the band, and much more.
Young the Giant's new album "Victory Garden" is available now.
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Billy Corgan joins Scott Lipps on SPIN Magazine's Lipps Service for a deep chronological conversation covering his upbringing in Chicago, discovering guitar, the formation of the Smashing Pumpkins, Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Lollapalooza, modern rock, Yungblud, SOMBR, and much more.
Billy also shares his favorite Smashing Pumpkins songs, reflects on the competitive nature of the grunge era, discusses hearing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the first time, and explains the stories behind classics including "1979," "Tonight, Tonight," and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings."
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00:53 — Billy Corgan on KISS
03:10 — Why Rush Was So Important
07:14 — Dealing With Critics
09:30 — Critics, Success & The Beach Boys
11:55 — His Podcast, Ratt & Mötley Crüe's Importance
14:29 — Lollapalooza, Hole & The Alternative Explosion
16:12 — Growing Up in Chicago
17:10 — "It Wasn't Uncommon..." (Early Chicago Stories)
18:25 — His Father & Learning Guitar
22:23 — The Marked, Guitar Shredding & Yngwie Malmsteen
24:35 — Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne & Heavy Metal Legacy
30:13 — Why Cheap Trick Matters
35:40 — The First Smashing Pumpkins Gig & Jimmy Chamberlin
40:47 — Gish & Finding His Voice
46:04 — Steve Albini
48:20 — Siamese Dream, Darkness & Creative Pressure
53:36 — The Competitive Nature of Nirvana & Pearl Jam
54:34 — The Story Behind "Today"
56:29 — Hearing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" For The First Time
58:06 — Kurt Cobain
1:03:11 — Mellon Collie and the Grunge Movement
1:05:14 — The Story Behind "1979"
1:07:49 — "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
1:11:31 — "Tonight, Tonight"
1:12:36 — The Death of Zero
1:16:37 — Melissa Auf der Maur
1:18:09 — Courtney Love, Celebrity Skin & The Press
1:26:12 — SOMBR, Yungblud & Modern Rock
1:32:58 — Billy Corgan's Favorite Smashing Pumpkins Songs
1:35:00 — Top 5 Smashing Pumpkins Songs
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DE'WAYNE joins Scott Lipps on SPIN Magazine's Lipps Service for an in-depth conversation about his journey from Spring, Texas to becoming one of the most exciting voices in modern rock.
DE'WAYNE discusses growing up in a deeply religious household, discovering music through hip-hop, moving to Los Angeles with only $200, finding inspiration in Radiohead, David Bowie, and Nirvana, and ultimately creating his own lane in rock music.
He also talks about touring arenas with Machine Gun Kelly, receiving a life-changing phone call from Lenny Kravitz, collaborating on "Highway Robbery," the resurgence of rock music, Prince's influence, Warped Tour, and the artists leading rock's next generation.
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Billy Corgan looks back on the early days of The Smashing Pumpkins and how one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time came together.
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