Episodes

  • The Story of the Tragically Hip's Career-Defining Album, Fully Completely
    Oct 4 2024

    32 years ago this week, the Tragically Hip went from being just a Canadian rock band to being Canadian icons, with their third album. Many fans consider it their masterpiece. And now with the release of the docu-series about the band, Randy Renaud revisits the story behind Fully Completely on the Chronicles of Rock.

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    7 mins
  • The story behind the Beatles' finale, Abbey Road
    Sep 27 2024

    After the aborted Let It Be sessions, the four members of the Beatles seemed to realize that the dream was over, and the band was about to break up. But first, they wanted to create one last masterpiece. And they succeeded. The album named after the street where they did their recordings, Abbey Road (EMI Studios would later take that name, due mainly to this album), would go on to be hailed as one of the band's very best, and one of rock's finest. Randy Renaud revisits the story behind its creation for its 55th anniversary (sept. 26) on the Chronicles of Rock.

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    7 mins
  • The Story Behind Green Day's Ambitious Punk Opera, American Idiot
    Sep 20 2024

    20 years ago, the three members of Green Day decided to do something very ambitious: create a concept album about America in the 21st century, post 9/11. It ended up earning them a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, and becoming one of the most popular and important albums of the new millennium.

    Randy Renaud has the story behind American Idiot on this week's edition of the Chronicles of Rock.

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    7 mins
  • The Album That Made Black Sabbath Rock Legends
    Sep 13 2024

    It remains one of the most important albums in rock history, and yet it only took them 6 days to record. Randy Renaud has the story behind Black Sabbath's Paranoid on the Chronicles of Rock -- including the reason why the cover features a sword-wielding guy in pink leotards.

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    7 mins
  • Rush - Moving Pictures
    Feb 3 2023

    They recorded it north of Montreal, at Le Studio in Morin Heights, in the winter of 1980, and they released it in February 1981. And Moving Pictures carried Rush all the way to the top of the charts, and made them global superstars. Randy Renaud has the story of that brilliant album on the latest edition of the Chronicles of Rock. 

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    7 mins