For 40 years, Barret Hansen, known on the airwaves as "Dr. Demento," has broadcast everything weird in the music world. The Dr. Demento Show has become a cult radio institution, providing an ...

Last month, Barret “Barry” Hansen, a Minneapolis area native better known to millions as Dr. Demento, gave up his weekly syndicated radio show, which had been distributed nationally since 1974.

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 ...

And if you listened to KMET, you likely listened to one of the most famous programs to ever originate from album-rock radio, Dr. Demento. Born Barret Eugene “Barry” Hansen, Dr. Demento wasn ...

Seattleite Rainn Wilson remembers when he first heard a song by “Weird Al” Yankovic on the Dr. Demento radio show not long after his family moved to Chicago when Wilson was 16. “I remember ...

Dr. Demento played a vital role in Yankovic's early career, despite some exaggerations in the movie. The breakout hit "My Bologna" was recorded in a bathroom, just as depicted in the film ...

It's out this fall. Barnes & Barnes, the cult duo who created Dr Demento classic “Fish Heads,“ get just a little serious on their new album ‘Pancake Dream‘ that's out this week ...

Starting with his first professional recordings and appearances on the Dr. Demento radio show decades ago, "Weird Al" Yankovic—who was born in Downey, California, on October 23, 1959—has ...

Jimmy Fallon has been obsessed with comedy and music since he was a Brooklyn kid staying up to record the Dr. Demento radio show on reel-to-reel tape. “Dr. Demento was how I got my start ...

Join Dr. Demento as he celebrates twenty years of lovable lunacy, with performances by "Weird Al" Yankovic, Tiny Tim, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and more. Recorded live at the Raymond Theatre in ...