Meepisode 53: It's a CHAMPIONSHIP edition of tha show. We're celebrating 15 years of Killswitch Engage's third and possibly biggest album on Roadrunner, AS DAYLIGHT DIES. To talk about the making of that record will be band bassist and artist Mike D as well as reigning WWE NXT Cruiserweight Champion, Roderick Strong! Roddy's finishing move he won that very championship with is called The End of Heartache named after Killswitch's album and we discuss how it all connects and also...the Ninja Turtl...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 16 min
I never planned on this; Big Meep Evangelist! In 1997 Roadrunner Records released the debut album by Tom Holkenborg, better known the world over as Junkie XL. Tom a few years later would score a worldwide #1 hit with some guy named Elvis and presently scores worldwide movie releases like Justice League but there was a time when he was a real rock'n'rolla. "Saturday Teenage Kick" formed a band around it and spawned hits like Billy Club and the title track with tha Silver Surfering Rudeboy Remingt...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 19 min
#Meepisode51 ill Niño - Revolution...Revolución (2001) ill Niño started as El Niño with Merauder vocalist Jorge Rosado before changing their name & personnel & being signed to Roadrunner Records by Mike Gitter. 09/18/01, TWENTY YEARS AGO, they released their debut album which launched them into tha canon of music forever with singles like "What Comes Around" & "Unreal" as well as launching me trying to jumpkick wearing a backpack with Marc Rizzo. We'll go through that whole...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 26 min
MEEPISODE 50: Robb Flynn - Meepster Mainstay, bonfire icon, & main cog in tha Machine Head. After they're hugely successful debut "Burn My Eyes" was released, they'd attempt to follow up one of tha most important albums of all time... And they did!! 1997's "More Things Change..." is meaner, focused, & destructive in many ways. Tha General himself tells us about tha days of still being a sergeant, deep in tha trenches... ALSO! Nick Emde from CONTRACULT COLLECTIVE bird nerds out with me ab...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Anyone was described by Roadrunner Records in 2001 as "the most innovative band of the new millennium!" - so innovative they were offered the biggest record deal in the label's history up to that point! We celebrate the 20th anniversary of this sonic journey with some special guests! The someone in Anyone, Riz Story, tells us about starting the band with now Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and current YES vocalist, Juano aka Jon Davidson. He also links this album to the forthcoming Anyone re...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 52 min
MEEPING OR EXISTING This week we take a trip down under to Australia in the unlikely city of PERTH for the first signing to Roadrunner's Australia branch: Non-Intentional Lifeform. Members of N.I.L. have gone on to toss coins at Superman and play in other Aussie luminaries such as KILLING HEIDI. We get the rundown of the entire history of the band from multi-instrumentalist Andrew Day. From improving songs to touring with Korn all within the same 12 months, this is a truly personal and inspiring...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 1 min
POSSESSED BY MEEPSTERS! Get unified in tha mix with Dislocated Styles. We're joined by nearly tha whole band to discuss their career as they come into Roadrunner via A&Rtist Kevin Estrada (Spineshank, Chimaira). DisLo is signed during an exciting & eclectic time for tha label not to mention tha rap'n'roll hotbed of Arizona PLUS...I make an important monologue about Alien Ant Farm AND once reference tha Phunk Junkeez. PTTOTH is produced by Howard Benson whose name is held in houses now bu...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 25 min
MEEPSION TO DESTROY In 1997, wanting to get in on tha ever dominating "alternative" scene, Roadrunner acquired a small indie label called CherryDisc from Boston, MA who'd had success with Semisonic & Letters to Cleo among others. Among those who made tha migration from CD to RR were BOY WONDER whose sole full-length "Wonder-Wear" came out on tha Big Bird. They were fronted by former Dropnineteens guitarist Paula Kelley and she takes us on tha journey to and through tha album! One band on C...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Revealed in Meepflection!!!Shelter's 2nd & final Roadrunner Record, Beyond Planet Earth, is a line in tha sand for many but on this episode, it's HIGH TIDE and high time we hear how it was made and what it means today.We hear once again from Porcell who laid out MANTRA previously, mythical drum don Dave DiCenso, & tha voice of Shelter & sometimes reason - Raghunath Cappo.You'll hear stories you might expect and ones you might not about J. Yuenger of White Zombie's contribution ...
Jul 14, 2021•2 hr 17 min
Shootyz Groove is in your area - GIVE MEEPS.This week we have two of my favorite bands of all time talking about each other while I cheer 'em on!In 1997 Shootyz Groove released their 2nd album which would be their only one for Roadrunner, HIPNOSIS. They would tour extensively before and after it with fellow rap-rock supremes 311 and the two would be forever intertwined!P-Nut and Chad from Omaha's finest offer stories of admiration and collaboration while Sense Live and Donny Rock tells us about ...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 15 min
MEEPS FROM THA HARDSIDEBiohazard are synonymous with Roadrunner despite only releasing their career-defining "Urban Discipline" on tha label as well as this live album: NO HOLDS BARRED.But turns out most bars are held with Bill G as we discuss various topics of his career like touring with Insane Clown Posse, collab'ing with Mindless Self Indulgence, fumbling with Suicide City, & being tha theme song for NXT with Powerflo.It's a New York thing.Patreon.com/BillyBiohazard www.Patreon.c...
Jun 18, 2021•47 min
PAIN & MEEPSERY"World Circus" by Toxik was released in 1987 and actually is so OG it came out on RoadRACER. Tha album features integral figures in tha scene to come like artwork by Ed Repka, production at Morris Sound Studios (who had just hired a young Scott Burns) and it just rrrrrrips!!!Reece Scruggs of Havok shares his early exposure to Toxik and what high regard he holds them in while band mastermind Josh Christian tells us all about tha ins and outs of his time with RR, this album,...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min
AMEEP of tha DesertWelcome to 1997 - tha first day of tha rest of your life. And we're kicking it off with arguably tha most important release on Roadrunner that year - tha self-titled debut from Coal Chamber!More like...GOLD Chamber 'cause this bad boy sold over 500K copies in tha U.S.! So who better qualified to tell us about tha creation of it than Midas himself - tha titular Amir of tha Desert: Amir Derakh.Amir, in addition to being a founding member of Orgy and still making noise with...
Jun 02, 2021•49 min
MEEP OUT OF EXISTENCE!Join in celebrating 20 years of Strongsville's finest CHIMAIRA and their 2001 Roadrunner debut "Pass Out of Existence" !!! Joined by mythical midwest monsters Mark Hunter & Chris Spicuzza, this is a truly comprehensive run down of the band in this era. Learn something with stories about Dwid from Integrity directly having a hand in tha development, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones writing with them, tha ECW Anarchy Rocks compilation, and yes...Farmclub! Twitch.tv/Chimaira_...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 19 min
TIMES ARE MEEPINGWe round out 1996 with the 25th anniversary of Madball's sophomore slammer: DEMONSTRATING MY STYLE. Rob Iler (actor, athlete) portrayed AJ Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos. AJ had an extensive collection of Roadrunner Records merch throughout the show as well as posters of RR bands permeating tha sets. Rob tells us about Demonstrating HIS Style on tha show...get it?!...sick.Madball's '94 debut Set It Off is a landmark in hardcore and music in general, so when it was ti...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min
MEEPLOMBO!!!This week it's a CORKER of a bonus episode as an all-star cast joins in for a discussion of the self-titled debut from SOULFLY.Eric Bobo of Cypress Hill talks about his involvement in the project, rocking with rap, and working with Reverie on his new album EMPIRES.Benji from Skindred tells his history with Max, why he can't be a boxer, the new vinyl pressing of Skindred's "Roots Rock Riot" and comes clean about the Newport Helicopter.And finally Matt Mentley of Throwdown goes track b...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 23 min
SUPREMEEPCYIn 2006 at the height of their powers Hatebreed released their only album on Roadrunner, Supremacy.HB OG Chris Beattie tells us how they went from Universal to Roadrunner & I tell him about how one of his songs is involved in legal agreements.Then! Frank Three Gun (Terror, Ringworm, Integrity) talks about joining Hatebreed, his perspective on this record, his relationship with the early Roadrunner catalog, and...Mushroomhead!So don't be a defeatist - join us over the threshold &am...
May 05, 2021•57 min
You can't spell SXE without ESSEX...right?!Well find the heck out this week as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of vegan (?) straight edge (???) hardcore (!) band Above All and their 1996 Roadrunner release - DOMAIN.We speak with band founder Hallam Foster on the formation of the band and making of the album with Alex Newport who Meeped around in Nailbomb.Daniel P. Carter (Above All/ "A" /Bloodhound Gang) also discusses his history with Roadrunner Records including playing in Above All himself ...
Apr 28, 2021•58 min
This week marks the 20th anniversary of Downer's self-titled Roadrunner debut and band mastermind Aaron Silberman is here to tell us all about it.The creation and release of this album is non-stop action for better or worse and Downer's connections to the Southern California hardcore and early nü scenes are endless.Album art by Pushead, music video by Robot Chicken, A&R by Mike Gitter (ill Niño and the Misfits), shared members with Handsome and Alien Ant Farm I mean you get the picture!So no...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 17 min
UNDERMEEPKevin Salem previously told us all about his Roadrunner debut SOMA CITY but this time we reflect on the 25th anniversary of its' successor - GLIMMER.Kevin always has cool stories & smart insights. Listen as he tells about Neil Young's guitarist Poncho being drafted into this record, Steve Vai's house being where it's mixed, and most importantly... What's up with that fish?! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Apr 14, 2021•50 min
ELEMEEP This week we celebrate tha 25th anniversary of Vision of Disorder's self-titled debut album, aka...THA GREEN DRIP. Touché Amoré's Jeremy Bolm discusses his early exposure to Vision of Disorder and its' significance to him personally as well as heavy music over all! Plus V.O.D. riff ruler & bloodsimple axecutioner Mike Kennedy tells us about this INCREDIBLE album, tha prequel E.P. "Still" , working with different producers, & maybe most importantly buries the lead on being sponsor...
Apr 05, 2021•58 min
SEASON 3:199625th AnniversariesKyle Thomas is a multi-time Meepster signing with tha bird once fronting Exhorder & again with tha lagniappe riffs 'n croons in tha FLOODGATE krewe.Find out all about the origins and epilogues of the band as well as playing the final Sepultura shows with Max Cavalera as well as having a radio hit in Cleveland!So WHERE Y'AT?! It's an all new Meep Meep! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 6 min
A#1 ROLLER MEEPEREnjoy a special bonus episode with Deron Miller of CKY & 96 Bitter Beings fame as we hip whip about love of classic death metal, his relationship with Roadrunner legend Monte Conner, and the CKY album CARVER CITY.You're an honorary hellion in this parade so meet us on the boardwalk for an all new Meep Meep! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Ross Robinson has an intimate relationship with Roadrunner's catalog between being signed to the label with his band Detente, to producing several acclaimed albums including ROOTS. So what do I ask him about?... Tha Phunk Junkeez. Keith Barney's band Eighteen Visions is so influential that a current Roadrunner band, Motionless In White, named themselves after one of their songs! But before that he fronted an extremely important band to me, Throwdown. We talk about the influence ROOTS had on him ...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 14 min
We kick off Season Three: 1996 - 25th Anniversaries with the sophomore release on Roadrunner Records by genre defying pioneers Dog Eat Dog and their album "Play Games"Joined by band frontman John "JC" Connor we get the low down on this all-star collection along with some awesome stories about collaborating with RZA from Wu-Tang, Ronnie James Dio, and more!So get off the bench and take the plate for this corked bat of an episode! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 38 min
This week we go into the barrio with los reyes de Mexico, Brujeria and their 1995 sophomore Roadrunner release Raza Odiada.Our guide is none other than Asesino aka Dino Cazares who is a founding member of the band and tells us about the group's origins, their controversial debut album cover, approaching the follow-up, and the saga of the Asesino character himself.Normally this kind of info would require a blood sacrifice but it's your lucky day 'cause all you have to do is press play! www.Patreo...
Feb 17, 2021•57 min
MEEPWIREDThis week we veer off the road we normally run of the 1900s and jump off a bridge 27 Miles Underwater with Higher Power's 2020 release on Roadrunner Records.Vocalist Jimmy Wizard takes us through the songwriting process, working with Gil Norton, his love of podcasts, and his blood relation to Harry Potter.HP are the initials for Harry Potter and Higher Power which is NO COINCIDENCE! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Feb 10, 2021•49 min
On this episode we have a legend of my CD player and a bonafide Roadrunner All-Star, Roy Mayorga!Before he had tha message of tha Bhagavat with Shelter, flew free with Soulfly, or left rocks out in tha sun too long with Stone Sour, Roy formed an industrial punk band with fellow former Nausea member John John Jesse and Winter guitarist Stephan Flam. This trio of heros released their full length as THORN entitled Bitter Potion in tha spring of 1995 but before THAT...released an EP of Don Fury prod...
Feb 03, 2021•42 min
In a special 10 year anniversary episode we look back on a release by one of Roadrunner's prestigious platinum selling bands - Theory of a Deadman.After going to the top of the charts with their hit single "Bad Girlfriend" and selling over a million copies of 2008's "Scars and Souvenirs" the band released their 3rd album "The Truth Is..." in 2011.Band leader Tyler Connolly and frequent collaborator Krsy Fox break down the writing process of the album and the aftermath of success in an all new Me...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Blue Mountain emerged from tha washboard splinters of HILLTOPS which featured future Wilco mainstay John Stirratt.B. Mo though would have plenty of their own success with an inescapable (where I lived) radio hit called "Blue Canoe" released in '95 but would fit right in today with tha alt-country domination.We learn all about the before, during and after with Blue Mountain's Laurie Stirratt and Wilco's John Stirratt who collaborated throughout their musical careers! www.Patreon.com/Meep...
Jan 20, 2021•45 min
