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Alex Cox
Filmmaker Alex Cox joins Jim and Greg this week for a lively conversation about his punk rock-infused movies like Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, and Walker. Though originally from Liverpool, Cox first encountered punk rock through the Los Angeles scene of bands like Fear, Suicidal Tendencies, and Black Flag. When he made his debut film Repo Man in 1984, he enlisted all his favorite bands for the soundtrack. The movie was initially a flop, but the popularity of that legendary soundtrack album eventually turned it into a cult classic. Cox followed up that with another definitive punk film – Sid and Nancy, a biopic of the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
Sid and Nancy was the beginning of a long collaboration between Cox and Joe Strummer of The Clash. Strummer appeared in and composed for the spaghetti western homage Straight to Hell and the controversial 1987 film Walker. Alex Cox speaks with Jim and Greg about working with Strummer, enlisting both Iggy Pop and Michael Nesmith of The Monkees to make Repo Man, and the difficulties of making political films in Hollywood.
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- The Sensational Harvey Band, Vambo Marble Eye, Next, Vertigo, 1973
- The Cortinas, Fascist Dictator, Fascist Dictator (single), Step Forward, 1977
- Go-Go's, Screaming, Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's, I.R.S., 1979
- Iggy Pop, Repo Man, Repo Man, San Andreas, 1984
- Johnny Lee, Lookin' for Love, Lookin' for Love, Asylum, 1980
- Fear, Let's Have a War, The Record, Slash, 1982
- Suicidal Tendencies, Institutionalized, Suicidal Tendencies, Frontier, 1983
- Circle Jerks, When the Shit Hits the Fan, Repo Man, San Andreas, 1984
- The Plugz, Reel Ten, Repo Man, San Andreas, 1984
- Sex Pistols, Pretty Vacant, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Virgin, 1977
- Gary Oldman, My Way, Sid and Nancy: Love Kills, MCA, 1986
- Gary Oldman, I Wanna Be Your Dog, Sid and Nancy: Love Kills, MCA, 1986
- Joe Strummer, Love Kills (Title Track), Sid and Nancy: Love Kills, MCA, 1986
- Pearl Harbour and The Palaminos, Two Bullets, Sid and Nancy, Palace Pictures, 1986
- The Pogues, Bolero del Perro Listo, Straight to Hell Returns, Big Beat, 1987
- Joe Strummer, Machete, Walker, Virgin Movie Music, 1987
- Carlos Mejía Godoy y Los De Palacagüina, La Tumba del Guerrillero, La Nueva Milpa, CBS, 1978
- Joe Strummer, The Unknown Immortal, Walker, Virgin Movie Music, 1987
- Bob Dylan, Knockin‘ on Heaven’s Door, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Columbia, 1973
- Joe Strummer, Gangsterville, Earthquake Weather, Epic, 1989
- Circle Jerks, Coup d'Etat, Golden Shower of Hits, Allegiance, 1983
- N.E.R.D., Deep Down Body Thurst, No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- Kelis, Milkshake, Tasty, Star Trak, 2003
- N.E.R.D., ESP, No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- N.E.R.D., Lemon (featuring Rihanna), No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- N.E.R.D., Don‘t Don’t Do It (featuring Kendrick Lamar), No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- N.E.R.D., Lifting You (featuring Ed Sheeran), No_One Ever Really Dies, i am OTHER, 2017
- Human Switchboard, (Say No To) Saturday's Girl, Who's Landing in my Hangar?, I.R.S., 1981
- Ariel Pink, Put Your Number in My Phone, Pom Pom, 4AD, 2014
- Frankie Paul, Worries in the Dance, Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng, Greensleeves, 1984
- Allan Holdsworth, Devil Takes the Hindmost, Metal Fatigue, Enigma, 1985
- The Easybeats, Friday on My Mind, Easy, Repertoire, 1965
- Elvin Jones, Green Chimneys, It Don't Mean a Thing, Enja, 1993
Featured Songs
- Arcade Fire, Everything Now, Everything Now, Columbia, 2017
- Arcade Fire, Signs of Life, Everything Now, Columbia, 2017
- Arcade Fire, Creature Comfort, Everything Now, Columbia, 2017
- Arcade Fire, Infinite Content, Everything Now, Columbia, 2017
- Tia Carrere, Ballroom Blitz, Wayne's World (Music from the Motion Picture), Reprise, 1992
- Wayne and Garth, Wayne's World Theme, Wayne's World (Music from the Motion Picture), Reprise, 1992
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sikamikanico, Wayne's World (Music from the Motion Picture), Reprise, 1992
- Fear, I Love Livin' in the City, The Record, Slash, 1981
- Circle Jerks, Red Tape (Live), Group Sex, Frontier, 1980
- Motörhead, Ace of Spades, Ace of Spades, Sanctuary, 1980
- The Germs, Manimal, Gi, Slash, 1979
- Black Flag, Depression, Damaged, SST, 1981
- Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell, Epic, 1977
- Alice Cooper, Feed My Frankenstein, Hey Stoopid, Epic, 1991
- Megadeth, In My Darkest Hour, So Far, So Good… So What!, Capitol, 1988
- Meat Loaf, All Revved Up with No Place to Go, Bat Out of Hell, Cleveland International / Epic, 1977
- Ciara, Pick Up The Phone, Goodies, So So Def, 2004
- Public Enemy, Beat Them All, Nothing Is Quick In The Desert, 916% ENTERTAINMENT, 2017
- Jay-Z, Smile, 4:44, Roc Nation, 2017
- Rush, Rivendell, Fly By Night, Mercury, 1975
- Christopher Lee ft. Vincent Ricciardi, Act III: The Bloody Verdict of Verden, Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross, Charlemagne Productions Ltd., 2010
- Suzanne Vega, The Queen and the Soldier, Suzanne Vega, A&M, 1985
- Uriah Heep, The Wizard, Demons and Wizards, Bronze, 1972
Featured Songs
- Journey, Don't Stop Believing, Escape, Columbia, 1981
- Prefuse 73, Beaten Thursdays, Perparations, Beat, 2007
- John Cale, Perfect, Black Acetate, EMI, 2005
- John Cale, Hush, Black Acetate, EMI, 2005
- Snoop Dogg, Drop It Like Its Hot, Drop It Like Its Hot, Interscope, 2004
- Brian Eno and John Cale, Been There Done That, Wrong Way Up, Opal, 1990
- John Cale, Gun, Fear, Island, 1974
- John Cale, Set Me Free (Live on Sound Opinions), Walking on Locusts, Island, 2005
- John Cale,“Gravel Drive (Live on Sound Opinions),”Black Acetate, 2005
- John Cale and Lou Reed, Style It Takes, Songs for Drella, Sire, 1990
- Annie Lennox, Love Is Blind, Songs of Mass Destruction, Arista, 2007
- Annie Lennox, Sing, Songs of Mass Destruction, Arista, 2007
- Annie Lennox, Ghosts In My Machine, Songs of Mass Destruction, Arista, 2007
- Annie Lennox, Lost, Songs of Mass Destruction, Arista, 2007
- Dusty Springfield, Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty In Memphis, Atlantic, 1969
- Dusty Springfield, The Look of Love, The Look of Love, Mercury, 1967
- The Replacements, I Will Dare, Let It Be, Twin Tone, 1984
- Steve Earle, Satellite Radio, Washington Square Serenade, New West, 2007
- Tom Waits, Sixteen Shells From Thirty-Ought Six, Swordfishtrombones, Island, 1983
- Radiohead, Everything in its Right Place, Kid A, Parlophone/Capitol, 2000