THA COMPLETE MEEP Vocalist and founding Scar the Martyr member Henry Derek joins us for a tell all of everything about this band from before it existed, to conception as a black metal band with members of Gorgoroth, recording tha album, touring it, and it's untimely demise as well as working with Joey Jordison throughout tha process. Bonus intro with Front Line Assembly / Fear Factory mainstay Rhys Fulber who produced tha record setting his expectations and reflection on tha end result. All in a...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 26 min
SCAR THA MEEPSTER That one seems too easy. Scar the Martyr was the short-lived side-project turned full time band of Slipknot drummer and primary songwriter Joey Jordison. On Part 1 of this episode, we talk to literal hall of famer and guitar hero Kris Norris, formerly of Darkest Hour and member of Scar the Martyr who tells us all about his involvement with the project, touring with Danzig and Korn to support it, and tha aftermath of tha project ending and turning into Vimic. ...Sick! Come back ...
Jun 18, 2025•42 min
Lonely MEEPLE With Power Deafangels rejoice. Deafheaven vocalist George Clarke joins us for our best episode at number 100.
May 14, 2025•58 min
Justice MEEPLACED By Revenge. Twenty years ago Ringworm released a pivotal album in their career. With primary songwriter and Meepster Frank "3-Gun" Novenic joining Terror full time (and eventually Hatebreed), his time he could dedicate to Ringworm was thin and that led guitarist Matt Sorg to step up and take the reins, which he has white knuckled ever since and led Ringworm to previously unthrashed territories but it all starts here. Vocalist Human Furnace and Matt talk about this transitional ...
May 07, 2025•1 hr
NOTHING MEEPMAINS... Almost works. It's the 20th anniversary of Chimaira's self-titled 2005 album and we got half the band to tell us all about it. Ohio's finest were coming off the strength of their 2003 breakout "The Impossibility of Reason" and would lean into a much more metal sound with longer songs, bigger solos, and more technical riffage. This would also be their last effort on Roadrunner and their only record with drummer Kevin Talley. How did it all come together? How did it all fall a...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Tha Meep Kings. New Jersey's Step Kings epitomized a DIY ethic coming up through hard work and grinding which eventually landed them a record with Roadrunner produced by Machine and tours with everyone from Slipknot to international shows with Papa Roach. Bassist Bob McLynn is now a titan in the music industry with Crush Management while guitarist Fern is still a passionate musician who takes us through his journey of moving across the country to fulfill his dreams of rockin' complete with stori...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 24 min
CAN'T MEEP NOW Before Rob Caggiano was a super producer of bands like Cradle of Filth and 36 Crazyfists and even before riffin' and rockin' guitars as a member of Anthrax or Volbeat, Rob Caggiano was in the band BOILER ROOM who were signed to Roadrunner for an album to be released in 2000. Their single "Do It Again" appeared on the RR compilation MTV'S RETURN OF THE ROCK but despite completing the record, the Big Bird did not actually officially release it but Tommy Boy Records did, and the band...
Apr 10, 2025•41 min
Each Meep Haunted. The [Bruce] Banner from New Jersey were an interesting entry in tha world of metalcore in 2005. A punk rock aesthetic with a spooktacular subject matter wrapped up in breakdowns and mosh madness. In this episode, singer Joey Southside takes us through the early beginnings of tha band, unlikely inspirations for their songs spanning from Batman video games to Outbreak, an argument about whether or not he wore eyeliner or not (he did), and bonds their scene formed internally with...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 16 min
MEEPICATED. This episode tackles tha self-titled debut and farewell of midwest monsters, downthesun. This band has so many Slipknot ties and that pun writes itself but they didn't wear tha masks - you saw and heard exactly how ugly they were. Vocalist Aaron Peltz (no face tattoos) tells us about how they were signed, working with Mega Meepster producer GGGarth Richardson, touring with Slayer, and imploding almost immediately. Gross! Episode 100.
Apr 10, 2025•55 min
Now THAT'S a spicy MEEPBALL! Madball's 5th album, Legacy, was released domestically in tha U.S. under THA GUN aka Ferret and internationally on tha Bird - Roadrunner. Madball broke up... for a year and then they got back together! With the core members of vocalist Fred and bassist Hoya, they were joined by ex-Hatebreed drummer Rigg Ross and Skarhead alumni MITTS on guitar. B"M"D joins us to discuss tha first full length Madball album he was a part of, fresh off tha heels of his involvement in ha...
Apr 10, 2025•56 min
MEEPDINA LAKE One might say… tha greatest lake. SIT DOWN, HURON! Madina Lake was formed in tha aftermath of two Chicago mainstays: Blank Theory and Reforma. But after a fluke victory on Fear Factor (Rogan, not Cazares) and a chance meeting with Nickelback A&R Ron Burman, the band signed to Roadrunner Records to release their debut album “From Them, Through Us, to You.” Laker Matthew Leone takes us through tha process of becoming tha conduit and this record’s concepts and themes, ...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 2 min
MILLIONS OF MEEPS-ES, MEEPS-ES FOR ME! Get it? That “Peaches” song. On tha eve of America’s Independence Day, I present to you our greatest independents: Presidents of the United States of America. Their splendor rivals that of Bill Pullman in ID4, or even Julianne Moore in Hunger Games and on this episode President Chris from tha band that brought you “Peaches” and Weird Al’s “Gump” tells us all about their album “Freaked Out and Small." This was recorded after they had already broken...
Apr 10, 2025•44 min
Self Meepstructive Pattern. A prophetic title for a band who broke up 6 months after it's release! Hear Mike talk about tha highs, lows, yesses, no's, Grammy nomination, Roadrunner United, and two people you would not expect to have auditioned to be their new vocalist after this album cycle was over. All this and nothing else on Episode 100!
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Episode 100. This is a show about albums released on Roadrunner Records so who better for episode 100 than the best selling band in the history of the label - Nickelback. Bassist Michael Kroeger joins us to discuss their 2003 album The Long Road which was sandwiched between their insane breakthrough Silver Side Up (2001) and the diamond selling All The Right Reasons (2005). In addition to making that record, Mike tells us about his love for heavy music including many Roadrunner alumni, Ross Robi...
Apr 10, 2025•56 min
MEEPER SEEDS. Too Easy. Sometimes albums are made for Roadrunner... and not released? HUH?! WHAT'S THAT MEAN?! In the mid 2000s the label was going through a boom and signing lots of bands since Roadrunner had recently been caught by the coyote that was Island Def Jam essentially making the bird a major label with that major label money and a huge mainstream hit with Nickelback. In 2003, Ether Seeds, was set to release their self titled debut album on Roadrunner Records. The Seeds were a band fr...
Apr 24, 2024•59 min
MEEPLY SINNERS!!! 3 Inches of Blood are celebrating 20 years of "Advance and Vanquish" in 2024 so vocalist Cam Pipes sat up to break down the making of this hallmark album in their catalog and the one that started it all for many of their Viking Faithful! The album is now available for the first time ever on vinyl from REAL GONE RECORDS so make sure to storm tha gates of your local record store and pick one up and they don't have it in stock, let them know they don't wanna be an enemy of metal. ...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 29 min
NO MEEPING REGRETS!!! It's often said all men think about is tha Roman Empire but in truth, all anybody is ever thinking about is Machine Head's 5th full length album "Through the Ashes of Empires" released on Roadrunner Records. On this episode, king of guitar Phil Demmel takes us through joining Machine Head, collaborating on these songs, recording this landmark album, and subsequent tours that followed in this truly incredible and important time in music and his life. Hear him now, words he v...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 12 min
MEEPSTERS OV HABIT This episode we're joined by legendary Meepster and producer Scott Burns who produced seminal records by all your favorites including Obituary, Suffocation, Sepultura and even Deicide. We talk about those in addition to lesser-known work with Gravity Kills, his final Roadrunner album "Serpents of the Light", and the new book about his career with author David Gehlke! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min
GET MEEP TO GO. Oh sorry...I didn't mean to startle you but we're talking about the 2003 album by tha band To My Surprise, 20 years after it's release. To My Surprise is a fascinating, although be it short lived, project, probably most known for being the side project of Slipknot mastermind and percussionist Shawn Crahan who not only thought it was fun to create with Crayola...but also with renowned producer and former owner of Smokey Mountain Wrestling... RICK RUBIN. That's right, this self tit...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 57 min
I. MEEPED. MY. TIME. 15 years ago Slipknot released their BEST (???) album and tha final one with tha lineup considered classic: All Hope Is Gone. Producer Dave Fortman (Evanescence, Mudvayne) of Ugly Kid Joe riffage was brought in to continue tha career of tha Nine and found himself in tha middle of a war while half tha band worked on a separate album simultaneously of what we refer to now as "Look Outside Your Window." Tha results? A timeless classic and end of an era and you can hear all abou...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Famous MEEPSTERS! In 1999, Misfits released their Roadrunner debut and 2nd LP with a reborn line-up entitled FAMOUS MONSTERS. Infamous Monster himself Michale Graves himself tells us about how approaching this album differed from "American Psycho", his time in World Championship Wrestling, working with horror icon George A. Romero, hanging with Dark Carnival royalty Insane Clown Posse, and collaborating with Matt Heafy of Trivium for tha legendary ROADRUNNER UNITED! No need to cut off your arms ...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 7 min
THIS... IS... OBSOLMEEP! 25 years ago Fear Factory released their possibly perfect follow up to their defining work, "Demanufacture" in tha form of a GOLD SELLING dystopian concept album of banger after banger called OBSOLETE...or "°BSΩLE+e" if you're annoying. Burton C. Bell, tha voice of Fear Factory for over 30 years, tells us everything from expectations going in, revelations coming out, and unlikely inspirations in between. We're also blessed by a cameo from Madchild, formerly of ...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 4 min
On this exciting conclusion to SPIDER-MANIA which began on episodes with Josey Scott about tha song "HERO" and Cone from Sum 41 on "What We're All About", your host Ryan Rainbro (star of HBO's Righteous Gemstones) takes you through every remaining song on this soundtrack, karaokes a couple of them, explains how ringtones work and who Default is, and expands on Corey Taylor's headgear choices over tha years. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! Andy Ellis of tha band Black Lab tells us all about their song on tha...
Jul 03, 2023•48 min
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD GUNS IN AUSTRALIA! We once again down under to Australia with Elephant Gun and their debut EP on Roadrunner Records they released after only THREE SHOWS. Hear about how tha band got signed, changed their name, recorded their debut EP and LP, and what they're doing today! No elephants were harmed in tha making of this episode. www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Jun 16, 2023•54 min
HERE MEEP DRAGONS In 1998, southeast road dogs Jupiter Coyote released their 5th album but first on Roadrunner called "Here Be Dragons" - Coyote with Roadrunner seems like a match made in Acme Acres! But an anvil wasn't tha only thing to drop. Band frontman Matt Mayes tells us about starting their own label, helping Sister Hazel start their career, getting a timely guest spot from Edwin McCain, tha songs on tha album, and heartbreak of being an Atlanta Hawks fan. ROLL WITH IT! www.Patreon.com/Me...
Mar 30, 2023•45 min
STAR STAR MEEP MEEP On this episode we're going back to NINETEEN NINETY TWO with an album that pre-dates all of tha false cries that Roadrunner had suddenly moved away from their metal roots. You see, tha same year that RR would release THE END COMPLETE by Obituary, LEGION by Deicide, and SOUL of a NEW MACHINE by Fear Factory among plenty more examples they would also put out an album by a band called STAR STAR entitled tha LOVE DRAG YEARS and Star Star was many things but... decidedly not death...
Mar 22, 2023•53 min
MEEP THEM SUFFER On this episode we celebrate a milestone or in this case... a kilometerstone because we're dicussing 10 years of Australia's Make Them Suffer releasing their debut full length album NEVERBLOOM on Roadrunner Records. Make Them Suffer's story of landing on the big bird is a unique one as they were potentially the only successful use of a system used at the time called SIGN ME TO ROADRUNNER which was a website unsigned bands would upload their demos to in hopes of getting a record ...
Mar 15, 2023•54 min
2022 is tha 10 year anniversary of Shinedown's album "Amaryllis" released in all territories outside of tha USA on Roadrunner Records. Amaryllis had tha pressure of following tha biggest Shinedown release to that point, SOUND OF MADNESS, and also was on a new label home of Roadrunner. It produced some of tha best received songs in tha band's live catalog and seems to have grown fonder in their fan's eyes through time, but not without plenty of hurdles to get it there! Brent Smith of Shinedown ta...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 15 min
THEY DREW FIRST BLOOD NOT FRIGGIN' MEEP. New for Mega Meepsters is a look at First Blood's debut LP, "KILLAFORNIA" and is that a cool name for an album? Lead blood tracer himself Carl Schwartz tells us what he thinks plus tha early formation of FB, inspirations musically & lyrically, as well as his connection to tha Roadrunner catalog! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Nov 16, 2022•57 min
Brother's Meeper. LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX Exploring albums on Trustkill Records ̶d̶i̶s̶t̶r̶i̶b̶u̶t̶e̶d̶ by [former employees of] Roadrunner. BROTHER'S KEEPER released their final LP "Fantasy Killer" in 2001 produced by Brian McTernan with songwriting by Stretch Arm Strong, vocals by Mike DC, and artwork by Shepard Fairey! Mike Ski of Bros Keep designed for Blue Grape / RR which you may remember from our EARTH CRISIS episode but this time he tells us about writing one of my favorite ...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 16 min
