Meepery Rendered Visible. That one's too easy. In tha late 90s, ex-Cro Mags frontman John Joseph teamed up with AJ Novello, Eddie Coen, and Pokey from Leeway and formed Both Worlds. They put out one EP and one album, a full length on Roadrunner Records in 1998 with guest Meepsters Mina Caputo of Life of Agony and Derrick Green of Sepultura. It rocks. Fast forward 20+ years later and John is still surrounded by Meep with his current band Bloodclot in former bassist Manny from Glassjaw, current ba...
Oct 11, 2022•45 min
MEEPS MODE!... Get it? HEY! On this episode we kick ROCKtober off spooky style once again with tha Satanic Chauffers, DEVILDRIVER, and their 2011 album BEAST! This episode we are joined with multi-talented mastermind and key member of the DD legacy JOHN BOECKLIN who currently spends his time at the top of the charts and in stadiums with the band BAD WOLVES but was kind enough to tell us all about: Working with Mark Lewis on Beast, what influenced tha sound of it, touring with Arch Enemy...
Oct 05, 2022•51 min
With great power meeps great responsibility... And this episode is hanging upside down with rock as we websling through Sum 41's 2002 single for the Spider-Man soundtrack "It's What We're All About"! Sum 41 bassist Cone tells us about working with Rick Rubin on the song, working with Kerry King in the video, LITERALLY PLAYING UPSIDE DOWN, and even collaborating with Ludacris! We also talk about other movie placements like Bring It On and how Sum 41 single handedly saved the movie Zoolander! All ...
Aug 31, 2022•31 min
Living With a Pod Complex: Exploring albums released by Trustkill Records that were distributed by Roadrunner. Join Brandan and I at the Coconut Banger's Ball where we discuss tha making of Bleeding Through's 2006 album "The Truth", tha state of metalcore at tha time of its' release, eye shadow, and Killswitch Engage. www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Aug 29, 2022•36 min
DANCING WITH THE ENEMEEP! Not bad. Hey 15 years ago this week, Still Remains unhinged their jaw on their 2nd & final album on Roadrunner entitled “THE SERPENT.” Following 2005’s “Of Love & Lunacy”, tha band had a different sound that was the result of personnel changes, sonic evolution and possibly Sonic the Hedgehog. Vocalist TJ Miller tells us about what led up to this record, recording with Steve Evetts versus GGGarth Richardson, that cool EGG on tha cover, and most important...
Aug 10, 2022•59 min
MEEPS OVER CALIFORNIA. 15 years ago this week, July 31 of 2007, DevilDriver released their 3rd album THE LAST KIND WORDS, which was a pivotal moment in their career. They were coming off tha good will of THE FURY OF OUR MAKER’S HAND which has distanced themselves from tha shadow of their self-titled debut and larger than life frontman, Dez Fafara, who had already enjoyed success in Coal Chamber. Now it was DevilDriver’s turn establish what they were and would go on to be! Guitarist then-and-now ...
Aug 03, 2022•58 min
LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX: Exploring albums released on Trustkill Records that were distributed by Roadrunner. They say you have 10 years to make your most relevant material - nobody told Terror. Two decades later they're making their most important music to date but in between tha instant classics their first two records & their modern masterclass in core "Keepers of the Faith", they did not choose to make it easy. 2006's "Always the Hard Way" was their first after guitarist Todd ...
Jul 13, 2022•39 min
FUNERAL OF POD Exploring albums released on Ferret Records that were distributed by Roadrunner. And here we have tha TITULAR FUNERAL! In 2004 actual legends of sound Zao released “Funeral of God”…a mere 2 years after their farewell tour in 2002. And like 15 years before Dwayne Johnson would release his undrinkable beverage ZOA. So what happened between 2002 and 2004 that this album even exists when the band almost didn’t? Pallbearer and riff king Scott Mellinger Undertakes us into...
Jul 12, 2022•55 min
People like to call me a millennial, but I identify as a Click-Click-BOOM'er. www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Jul 06, 2022•37 min
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE DOWN HERE... That's what that brat says in tha movie RESIDENT EVIL starring Milla Jovovich but tha stars of this episode are soundtrack contributors THE CRYSTAL METHOD whose huge hit Name of the Game is included. Scott Kirkland of TCM tells us about making the song with Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, Ryu from Styles of Beyond, and DJ Swamp as well as touring Family Values, and collaborating with the star of Resident Evil - Milla Jovovich. Mike Ransom of Adema ...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min
FUNERAL OF POD Exploring albums released on Ferret Records that were distributed by Roadrunner. Twelve Tribes' 2004 album "The Rebirth Of Tragedy" is, in many ways, a "rebirth" for tha band themselves. After briefly changing their name to Prodigal Zoo in 2003 and shifting a few key members, they re-emerged with an album that tops everything they'd done before it. Tha TRAGEDY is that they're not still a band today and probably not given the adulation they deserve for this incredible album. So voc...
May 09, 2022•59 min
FUNERAL OF POD Discussing albums released on Ferret Records that were distributed by Roadrunner Records. In 2004 Remembering Never released their album "Women & Children Die First" which would be vocalist "Mean" Peter Kowalsky's eulogy for what tha band was and thesis statement for what they would become. PK gives us a full blown education in Florida hardcore, his relationship to tha Roadrunner catalog, as well as stories about being often imitated and even duplicated. Plus RN vs ...
May 09, 2022•53 min
MEEP THA KILLERS No cage will be left unlocked, no X will be left uncrossed, because we are celebrating a VEGAN STRAIGHT EDGE classic - Breed the Killers by Earth Crisis. But only killers they're breeding are these RIFFS baby!! Truth is unveiled about this hard as hell LP including having Robb Flynn from Machine Head on it, going from its' predecessor "Gomorrah's Season Ends" and leading into it's follow-up "Slither"! Here to help us do that are tha man behind tha artwork, Mike Ski of...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 19 min
With gas prices rising, get a free fill-up with this episode but unleaded ain't gonna cut it; this one is STRICTLY DIESEL. We dive deep and meep into tha early origin of Spineshank and making their debut album with Rob & Mike from tha band as well as tha man who brought it all together, Kevin Estrada. Hear about their first show opening for two other Meepsters, being produced by Amir from Orgy, and how it molded them into tha juggernaut that would 2 years later create HEIGHT OF CALLOUSNESS. ...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Throw on your heart-shaped sunnies 'cause this hot pink is way too bright as we discuss tha 20th Anniversary of Eighteen Visions releasing VANITY. A band that runs roads so hard another RR band named themselves after one of their songs, 18V is an era defining group who continue to rock every house they come across with tha biggest rocks they can find. Head boulder shoulder bssher James Hart and i discuss making this record, covering other Roadrunner bands, touring mismatches, matching fi...
Mar 09, 2022•54 min
LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX: discussing albums on Trustkill that were distributed by Roadrunner. In 2005 Orange County bantamweights Throwdown released their first album of all new material with Dave Peters on vocals to follow up 2003's classic (?) HAYMAKER. New to tha creative process with TD was longtime guitarist Matt Mentley who talks about making VENDETTA, working with producer Zeuss, Howard Jones' meeping guest vocals, & where Vendetta falls in Throwdown's canon. Radical depar...
Mar 09, 2022•43 min
LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX... discussing albums on Trustkill Records that were distributed by ROADRUNNER Records. This episode is about Most Precious Blood and their 2005 album MERCILESS. This was arguably tha biggest release for tha band not only because it's them at tha peak of their powers but also because in 2005 metal and hardcore is having a huge cultural moment thanks to things like Hot Topic and MTV2. We go to MPB vocalist Rob Fusco...who tells us about making tha album, comparing i...
Mar 09, 2022•51 min
Living With a Pod Complex Throughout their history Roadrunner Records distributed many other labels in many other countries so it's no surprise that in the mid 2000s Trustkill Records had about 20 albums released and re-released through them. This episode explores A TRUE CLASSIC ROCK 'N ROLL ALBUM OF MY LIFETIME - Open Hand's 2005 "You and Me." This record not only has one of my favorite songs EVER ("Tough Guy") but also some of tha best and time-tested packaging. It was an honor to talk to tha...
Mar 09, 2022•55 min
LIVING WITH A COMPLEX This is a bonus series UNLOCKED from Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod that explores albums released on Trustkill Records that were distributed by ROADRUNNER RECORDS. On this episode, North Carolina's HOPESFALL and their 2002 masterpiece "The Satellite Years" is explored as we get into orbit with the band's constant presence, Josh Brigham. Calling occupants of interplanetary craft: enter this escape podcast for intangibles on an UNLOCKED episode previously available EXCLUSIVELY on Pa...
Mar 09, 2022•32 min
MEEPISODE 64: Coming up at tha catalyst of tha U.K.'s home grown trip-hop sound is Baby Fox. Fronted by vocalist Christine Leech who counts co-writing for Madonna on her credits, tha trio is rounded out by emcee Dwight and producer Alex Gray. Their debut album, tha heavily dub-influenced "A Normal Family" is great but tha follow up in '98 for Roadrunner "DUM DUM BABY" is one of my across-tha-board FAVORITES! It's like if tha Fight Club soundtrack had your guardian angel singing warnings over it ...
Feb 07, 2022•56 min
CODE ORANGE FOREVER On January 13, 2017 - five years to tha day, Code Orange released their RR debut "Forever" and have incrementally submerged this world into their underworld ever since. Jami Morgan decodes tha colors and talks about tha mindset going into Forever, how it fits into Code Orange's story, working with Kurt Ballou & Will Yip, performing at WWE NXT, and their new single "Out For Blood" !!! So listen to tha freaks finally have their say 'cause it's STREAMING NOW!!! ww...
Jan 13, 2022•55 min
MEEPISODE 62: We're celebrating my favorite Roadrunner release of 2021 to tha surprise of no one: PANTYCHRIST by Dana Dentata. I correctly think Dana Dentata is tha coolest and she tells us about tha making of her debut album, working with a gang of all-stars like King Woman, 100 Gecs, Lil' Aaron, and Travis Barker, opening for tha Insane Clown Posse, and also...shots fired at Roman Reigns. www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod
Jan 07, 2022•59 min
MEEPISODE 61: We're celebrating THIRTY YEARS...of death metal devastators Immolation and their debut album from 1991 - DAWN OF POSSESSION! And Immolation haven't let dusk come on their career yet because their new album ACTS OF GOD is on tha horizon! Tha Immortals themselves, Bob and Ross take us through making Dawn of Possession in Germany with producer Harris Johns, getting on Roadrunner... getting OFF Roadrunner and how their latest work connects to their origins! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min
MEEPISODE 60: Karma to Burn are a unique entry into the Roadrunner catalog - an INSTRUMENTAL band...who release a non-instrumental album on Roadrunner. K2B started as all riffs and no vocals but when Howie Abrams signed them to tha label, expectations were that they'd get a frontman to bring their message to tha MASSED and as you'll hear...that was easier said than done. Their incredibly talented leader Will Mecum unfortunately passed away in 2021. This album however lives on whether he...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 38 min
MEEPPRINT In 1996 Vision of Disorder released what is now considered a classic with their self-titled "green drip" album but tha band wasn't satisfied with that sound. They knew they could do better - and now we do too! In 1998, "IMPRINT", tha relentless follow-up was unleashed complete with a Phil Anselmo guest spot, recording with producer Dave Sardy, and a nationwide Triple Meep Attack tour with Earth Crisis & Sepultura! Tha Visionaries themselves Matt Baumbach & Mike Fleisch...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 49 min
MEEPISODE 58: It's tha 15 anniversary of Roadrunner releasing Denton, TX band FAKTION's self-titled debut. Riffmaster Meepster Marshal Dutton from that band has now gone on to front platinum selling powerhouse HINDER who I first saw with EIGHTEEN VISIONS in '06. M.D. took some time from burning it down to talk about making tha Faktion album FACE-TO-FACE... so prepare to hear a bunch of doors slam because there's no quiet entrances in rock 'n roll! www.Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod...
Nov 17, 2021•48 min
HAPPY HALLOWICKED!!! We're celebrating Jack-O-Lanterns weather and tha 20th Anniversary of tha final release of the Misfits on Roadrunner: CUTS FROM THE CRYPT released October 30, 2001. With me to do the honors of heralding this haunted Hallowed hitlist is none other than tha Abominable Dr. Chud from tha band and wrestling icon VAMPIRO! Doc has seen and done it all including being one of tha four ghastly ghouls who graverobbed across tha world in the Misfits. Vampiro brought tha monsters to mash...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr
It's time to be a colorguard for tha metal marching band of Sepultura as we fly tha flag of NATION...their FINAL album for Roadrunner Records, released 20 years ago in 2001. This is tha 2nd release with current vocalist Derrick Green and would set tha tone for tha future of tha band as his various unique vocal styles and songwriting methods would more seamlessly meld with Sepultura riffage and rhythms we knew before! When Nation was released Sepultura toured on it with Flybanger, Primer 5...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 17 min
MEEPISODE 55: A THREEPEAT! In hockey they call it a hat trick. But today we're referring to it as the 30th anniversary of Suffocation's Roadrunner debut - EFFIGY OF THE FORGOTTEN! October 22, 1991 this juggernaut was released and we effigize it with Josh Barohn from Suffocation's formation. This one is for the OGs since Josh played on the iconic songs that intro'd Suffo to tha world talks about the band's origins, working with Scott Burns, recording as Morris Sound, as well as tha creation of th...
Oct 22, 2021•44 min
MEEPISODE 54: 23 years ago TODAY on October 6, 1998 Sepultura released AGAINST, their first album with Derrick Green and tha beginning of a new legacy. Listen to never before told stories about the events leading up to tha making of this album from producer Howard Benson and tha guitar god himself Andreas Kisser. Derrick was tha man for tha job but before he was chosen many other considerations were made: Jorge from Merauder, Phil Demmel from Machine Head, Chuck Billy from Testament, Da...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 15 min
