Barry Hansen, mostly known by his D.J. name, said he’d end his show’s run after 55 years of playing parody songs. His ...

(Shenandoah) – The past two weeks have been rough ones for lovers of music history.

Several artists owe their careers to Dr. Demento. Several fans owe him for helping them escape a tough and/or boring adolescence. Demento, also known as Barry Hansen, is perhaps the world's ...

For decades Demento has been a Sunday-night fixture on radio stations across the country, keeping alive the music of political satirists like Tom Lehrer (“The Vatican Rag”), while making a ...

After nearly four decades on radio, Dr. Demento will be spinning his discs in the future only on the web. But he promises a new episode every Saturday. "This was a very painful decision for the Doctor ...

After nearly 40 years of broadcasting catchy little tunes celebrating everything from dogs getting run over by lawnmowers to cockroaches devouring entire cities, Dr. Demento is discontinuing his ...

DR. DEMENTO COVERED IN PUNK debuted earlier this year on the Billboard chart as the #1 Comedy album for two consecutive weeks and has held various positions within the top 10 over the course of ...

That station became the original home of Dr. Demento. He had come to L.A. from Oregon and worked as a roadie for a couple of rock bands. "Canned Heat and Spirit and then I got a job with Specialty ...

Today, his weekly program, “The Dr. Demento Show,” is syndicated ... to No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1960. Rhino also has released “Dr. Demento’s Country Corn,” an 18-track ...