LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Listen closely, that’s the sound of demented music dying that you’re hearing on your radio. After nearly 40 years of broadcasting catchy little tunes celebrating everything ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barry Hansen aka Dr. Demento and “Weird Al” Yankovic attend the ceremony honoring “Weird Al” Yankovic with a Star on The Hollywod ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When “Weird Al” Yankovic agreed to record the Ramones’ “Beat on the Brat” for radio pioneer Dr. Demento’s new Covered in Punk ...

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 outlet ...

Branding experts might tell you that an ideal elevator pitch should take 20 to 30 seconds. Our guest Dr. Demento requires only five words: "Mad music and crazy comedy." That's how he describes the ...

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 foremost ...

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… By ...