Meep Meep Podcast (Ryan Rainbro)

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 while your false ego is rapping in your ear to roll tha dice. 

We find out all about what led to that dark turn in sound as well as what tha hell a Baby Fox or Dum Dum Baby are on an all new MEEP MEEP... with an intro & outro by Violent J of ICP!

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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 Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod!!!

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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 mastermind behind tha masterpiece Justin Isham all about it!!!

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LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX...
discussing albums on Trustkill Records that were distributed by ROADRUNNER Records.⁣
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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.⁣
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We go to MPB vocalist Rob Fusco...who tells us about making tha album, comparing it to other works of his, and his relationship with Roadrunner bands like Sepultura & Type O Negative.

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LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX:⁣
discussing albums on Trustkill that were distributed by Roadrunner. ⁣
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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.⁣
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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.⁣
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Radical departure or logical progression?⁣
Find out on this UNLOCKED episode formerly exclusively for Patreon members!

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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. ⁣
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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. ⁣
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Head boulder shoulder bssher James Hart and i discuss making this record, covering other Roadrunner bands, touring mismatches, matching fists with faces, and who is more jacked between James and Schieppati from Bleeding Through who was also in tha band at tha time!!! ⁣
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So show tha ones you love how much you care and stream this UNLOCKED episode formerly exclusive to Patreon!!!

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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.

START THA MEEP MACHINE!

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MEEP THA KILLERS⁣
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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. ⁣
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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"! ⁣
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Here to help us do that are tha man behind tha artwork, Mike Ski of Brother's Keeper, tha Rumble of the Earth, bassist Ian "Bulldog" Edwards and tha voice of tha Crisis, Karl.⁣
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So crush in & smash down⁣
'cause it's STREAMING NOW!!!⁣

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FUNERAL OF POD⁣
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Discussing albums released on Ferret Records that were distributed by Roadrunner Records. ⁣
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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. ⁣
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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 Lit!⁣

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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 vocalist Adam Jackson took tha time to run through tha tribal customs that led to these songs and finally answer tha age old question...

Did they name this record after tha Vision of Disorder song?!

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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 has their song "Everyone" featured and talks about it being tha first song Adema ever wrote together and how it affects their songwriting today!

Plus television star Ryan Rainbro breaks down tha rest of this soundtrack that turns 20 this year so run down roads to Raccoon City and join tha Umbrella Corporation of this episode!

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People like to call me a millennial, but I identify as a Click-Click-BOOM'er.

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FUNERAL OF POD⁣
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Exploring albums released on Ferret Records that were distributed by Roadrunner.⁣
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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.⁣
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And like 15 years before Dwayne Johnson would release his undrinkable beverage ZOA.⁣
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So what happened between 2002 and 2004 that this album even exists when the band almost didn’t?⁣
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Pallbearer and riff king Scott Mellinger Undertakes us into God’s graveyard to explain the miracle of how this record even happened!⁣
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We also go through the songs to find out whodunnit in this holy homicide on an apocalyptic UNLOCKED Meep Meep!

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LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX: ⁣
Exploring albums released on Trustkill Records that were distributed by Roadrunner. ⁣
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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. ⁣
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2006's "Always the Hard Way" was their first after guitarist Todd Jones' departure & would set tha tone for what Terror would do next. With Todd gone, drummer Nick Jett took tha songwriting reigns & made an album often overlooked but just as crushing as their hallmarks. ⁣
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And you don't have to blade to hear about tha Hard Way; it's easy!⁣
⁣Just push play like Steve Tyler on this UNLOCKED Meep Meep!

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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 Mike Spreitzer tells us about tha headspace going into it, conflicts during it, working with producer Jason Suecof, Ozzfest, & where The Last Kind Words falls into DevilDriver's canon today.

So hop into tha motorcycle sidecar with Beelzebub & his chaperone, because this one is STREAMING NOW!!!

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DANCING WITH THE ENEMEEP!⁣
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Not bad. Hey 15 years ago this week, Still Remains unhinged their jaw on their 2nd & final album on Roadrunner entitled “THE SERPENT.”⁣
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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.⁣
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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 importantly: top tunes from Mariah Carey’s catalog.⁣
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It’s all streaming NOW on an all new MEEP MEEP!⁣
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Slithery.

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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. 

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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 this and NOTHING ELSE on an all new MEEP MEEP! 

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MEEPS MODE!...⁣
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Get it? HEY! On this episode we kick ROCKtober off spooky style once again with tha Satanic Chauffers, DEVILDRIVER, and their 2011 album BEAST!⁣
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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:⁣
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Working with Mark Lewis on Beast, what influenced tha sound of it, touring with Arch Enemy, that one Agony Scene album he did, tha best of times, tha worst of times, and slang of 2011.⁣
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Is Beast your favorite DevilDriver album? Is Beast your favorite X-Men character?⁣
They had Frasier play him.⁣

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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 bassist Christian from Fear Factory, and producer Laz of ill Nino.

Memory Rendered Visible is an awesome album that if you're aware of you'll be excited to hear more about and if you didn't know, we're gonna smarten you up to tha business kid!

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Brother's Meeper.
LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX ⁣
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Exploring albums on Trustkill Records ̶d̶i̶s̶t̶r̶i̶b̶u̶t̶e̶d̶ by [former employees of] Roadrunner.⁣
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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! ⁣
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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 hardcore albums and tha legacy of these Erie PA Pioneers.⁣
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THEY DREW FIRST BLOOD NOT FRIGGIN' MEEP. ⁣
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New for Mega Meepsters is a look at First Blood's debut LP, "KILLAFORNIA" and is that a cool name for an album?⁣
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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!⁣

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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 takes us through a journey of getting to this album, making it, and all tha lessons along tha way! 

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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 deal!

Vocalist Sean Harmanis takes us through the band's origins and their process through making this album, the local scene they experienced in Perth, Studio Ghibli movies influencing his writing process, the use of keyboards in their songs, their first tour being exclusively by public transportation, and the natural evolution of their sound to the MTS of today. 

And if you love this album already or are psyched to jam it after hearing it's biography, it has recently been remastered and re-issued on streaming platforms everywhere and on vinyl for tha first time through Greyscale Records!...in full color.

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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 metal.

What many may not realize is Roadrunner never wanted to be a death metal boutique label and from tha very beginning they were trying out various things searching for great bands that could sell records. 
 
So enter Star Star, a 90s band with an 80s sound influenced by the 70s. The Love Drag Years was full of catchy anthems that would have fit in with the sleaze of Motley Crue more than the sludge of Suffocation.

The formation of this band and making of this album is a pretty wild ride but luckily we had a guide in frontman and main member Johnnie Holiday, who takes us from New York to LA and back again...

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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!

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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.

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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 soundtrack and tha crazy Aerosmith-related story as to how it went from being tha lead track off tha record to never even released as a single.

Also! Is Tobey Maguire tha same person as Jerry Maguire?! There's only one or two ways to find out but this one involves Jerry Cantrell!

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THIS... IS... OBSOLMEEP!⁣
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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.⁣
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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. ⁣
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We're also blessed by a cameo from Madchild, formerly of Swollen Members,  who helped form one of FF's most iconic tracks. ⁣
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All this and NOTHING ELSE on an all new Meep Meep streaming NOW!!! ⁣

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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 or your legs, you can still love Meep anyway 
streaming NOW!!!

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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 about it NOW!!!

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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 titled album was produced by Rick and would be the first time these two would work together, pre-dating even Slipknot's Volume 3 record which Rick also helmed.

Shawn was not alone however; Early Slipknot member and current successful producer in his own right, Brandon Darner, was the Crahan Collaborator for this opus and would help it sound like nothing else Slipknot or any of their off-shoots ever created and that's who we're talking to on this very special episode.

Brandon tells us all about his relationship with Shawn, tha idea for the band, making tha album with Rick Rubin, his band tha Envy Corps and even early days with Slipknot playing with THE URGE.

All this and nothing else on an all new Meep Meep!

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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!

 

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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 vows... on an all new Meep Meep streaming everywhere!!!

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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.

Oh, you didn't know? YOU BETTER AXE SOMEBODY!
Because an all new Meep Meep is streaming NOW!!!

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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 fronted by Dustin Lowery who was then and still is now brothers to Clint Lowery of Sevendust fame and Corey Lowery who is currently in Seether but did time in Stuck Mojo, Stereomud and others.

The band were signed to the label, recorded the album, and weeks before it was set to release... were dropped! And the album never came out. They weren't the only band on Roadrunner or in the music industry to suffer that fate by any means but certainly one of the more head scratching with not only a strong pedigree but a great record behind it!

Dustin was generous enough to tell us the story of the band's entire life on this episode and while you know the ending, the episodes in between are pretty fascinating. 

So save your own life... and listen now!!!

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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 Robinson producing Nickelback, Terry Date mixing them, WWE themes, Roadrunner United, and so much more!

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!

MILLIONS OF MEEPS-ES,⁣
MEEPS-ES FOR ME!⁣
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Get it? That “Peaches” song.⁣
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On tha eve of America’s Independence Day, I present to you our greatest independents: Presidents of the United States of America.⁣
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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 up but in tha middle of them FORMING A BAND WITH “BABY GOT BACK” EMCEE SIR MIX-A-LOT?!⁣
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Yes. All of this is true. And it’s all for you on Episode 100.

MEEPDINA LAKE⁣
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One might say… tha greatest lake. SIT DOWN, HURON!⁣
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Madina Lake was formed in tha aftermath of two Chicago mainstays: Blank Theory and Reforma.⁣
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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.”⁣
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Laker Matthew Leone takes us through tha process of becoming tha conduit and this record’s concepts and themes, touring with Paramore, Mindless Self Indulgence, rising to success in Europe, working with producer Mark Trombino and most importantly…⁣
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A breakdown of tha entire cast of the Chronicles of Narnia movies. Professor X and Mr. Tumnus – McAvoy what CAN’T you do?!⁣
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Whether fear is a factor or factory for you, it’s all available on Episode 100.

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 hardcore supergroup Rag Men with fellow Meepsters Bulldog from Earth Crisis and Jorge from ill Nino/Merauder/almost Sepultura.

And it's all over this 100th episode.

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.

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 themselves and externally with multi-platinum partners My Chemical Romance.

All this and nothing else on Episode 100.

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 dispersed shortly after.

In this 100th episode we talk all about the Boiler Room album but also some bonus Meeping with Rob's first production for Roadrunner, Dry Kill Logic's 2001 release "The Darker Side of Nonsense." Sick.

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 stories about collaborating with ill Nino, Jorge from Merauder designing their logo, Insane Clown Posse not appreciating their antics, and so much more on episode...

One Hundred.

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 apart? What was on Kevin's video camera?

All this and nothing else on this 100th episode anniversary edition of Meep Meep.

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 but I first became aware of HB when he produced tha first songs by one of my favorite bands growing up - ZEBRAHEAD.

ZH drummer Ed actually plays on tha Dislocated Styles album too so he was gracious enough to tell us about working with Howard, tracking tha DS song, my AIM screen name, and the future of Zebrahead.

So let's spin some tales about pinning tails on an all-new Meep Meep!

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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 journey of a young band being thrust into the world of rock 'n roll.

So don't be a bogan; just grab a quokka and tell me if people really eat bloomin' onions while we hear the story of ISH-KA.

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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 record "In Humanity" available October 12th!

A&R visionary and photography legend Kevin Estrada discusses signing past guests Dislocated Styles and Spineshank, trying to sign System of a Down and Twiztid, and his personal journey through the making of the Anyone album with up-and-coming producer MUDROCK.

Who ties these two together? None other than Ryan Shuck of Orgy fame and now vocalist for Adema! Ryan connects the dots throughout his career from Korn's origin to Orgy's Family Values with Anyone in between and also discusses the new things Adema is doing like their new single "READY TO DIE"!

That's alot of stuff. But the whole world's insane so DO wake me and listen to this episode streaming NOW!!!

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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 about signing to RR, working with Rhys Fulber, being a fan of MH, and mainly how cool Logan Mader is.

Plus I tell Robb about Becky Lynch, he tells me about Chris Garza from Suicide Silence, and it's all streaming now like a Ten Ton Hammer...

SON!!!

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#Meepisode51⁣
ill Niño - Revolution...Revolución (2001)⁣
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ill Niño started as El Niño with Merauder vocalist Jorge Rosado before changing their name & personnel & being signed to Roadrunner Records by Mike Gitter.⁣
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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.⁣
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We'll go through that whole journey with never before heard stories from Jorge about trying out for SEPULTURA and starting El Niño, Mike Gitter takes us through his relationships over tha years with tha members eventually leading to becoming their champion.⁣
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Finally Laz Piña ties it all together with confirming that rumor I made up about Eddie Leeway being an initial vocalist prospect, recording this album with legendary producer Ron St. Germain, mixing down with Scrap 60 aka Rob Caggiano, now of Volbeat fame, and what it all means today.⁣
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Tha Rrrrrevolución won't be televised but it is STREAMING NOW!!!

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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 Remington Patrick Tilon handling the vocals of the digital onslaughts, Dino Cazares of Fear Factory rockin' tha riffs, and Tom putting it all together in a way only he can.

Lucas van Slegtenhorst is the A&R rep who signed JXL early in both of their careers and tells the tale of the Computer Hell genesis.

So don't be an underachiever, X-Pand your limits 'cause this one is streaming NOW!!!

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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 Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shell.

In November of 2006, KSE would release their 4th album, but only 2nd with then vocalist Howard Jones. After having huge success including a Grammy nomination how would the band follow up?... well for starters, with a WWE theme song used for years by CM Punk. Oh more wrestling?! I'm starting to notice a theme here!

All this as well as the world's BEST vegan doughnuts on this banger of a Meep Meep!

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MEEPISODE 54:⁣
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23 years ago TODAY on October 6, 1998 Sepultura released AGAINST, their first album with Derrick Green and tha beginning of a new legacy.⁣
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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.⁣
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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, Davide from Orange 9MM, and even Andreas himself!⁣
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Howard Benson's life and career were changed by helping piece together this album which is one of my favorites in tha entire catalog and, like most things in life...⁣
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Zebrahead is tha key to it all!⁣

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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 this certified death metal zeitgeist.

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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. ⁣
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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!⁣
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When Nation was released Sepultura toured on it with Flybanger, Primer 55, Hatebreed, & PUYA.⁣
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Puya are without a doubt one of tha most skilled, diverse, and underrated bands of tha era & their album UNION also turns 20 this year! Union...Nation. I'm about to open an embassy. ⁣
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So Puya Patriarch Ramon Ortiz was kind enough to take tha time to reflect on making Union and, of course, touring with Sepultura! ⁣
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This is one of tha more unique records in Sepultura's catalog and in retrospect ahead of its' time. From tha guest features to tha artwork by Charleston, SC's own Shepard Fairey it really stands apart visually and sonically. ⁣
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Frontman Derrick Green reflects on what this album was then and what it means today.⁣
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NATION is a part of tha newly released bosses SEPULNATION featuring all of tha studio album from 98 to 2009 which you can get on beautiful compact disc and even more beautiful vinyl disc.⁣

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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 with him in World Championship Wrestling. 

It gets no cooler or ghouler.

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MEEPISODE 58:

It's tha 15 anniversary of Roadrunner releasing Denton, TX band FAKTION's self-titled debut.⁣
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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.⁣
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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!

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MEEPPRINT⁣
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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!⁣
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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!⁣
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Tha Visionaries themselves Matt Baumbach & Mike Fleischmann leave their mark on our minds about tha entire process as well as tha prelude (Resurrecting Reality), epilogue (For the Bleeders, From Bliss to Devastation), and quintessential V.O.D. songs.⁣
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In addition, Brian Audley from modern Long Island hardcore heroes INCENDIARY reminisces about his early exposure to Vision of Disorder and their legacy today.⁣
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There's no slumping on this sophomore and V.O.D. is for EVERYBODY on this Meep Meep!⁣

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Karma to Burn are a unique entry into the Roadrunner catalog - an INSTRUMENTAL band...who release a non-instrumental album on Roadrunner.  ⁣
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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. ⁣
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Their incredibly talented leader Will Mecum unfortunately passed away in 2021. This album however lives on whether he likes it or not & we have his partner in literal crime Rich Mullins to take us from the beginning to... Well you'll see where it goes. ⁣
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We're also joined once again by tha man Howie Abrams to tell us about one of his final projects for RR, how he helped them release tha fully instrumental follow-up with his friend Peter Nussbaum, and Karma being courted by a member of Metallica!⁣
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This saga featured John Garcia of Kyuss fame temporarily being their vocalist, Nick Oliveri of Queens of tha Stoneage fame being around for it, working with producer Steve Haigler, and finally...a new Karma to Burn album in the works!!!⁣

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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!

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We're celebrating my favorite Roadrunner release of 2021 to tha surprise of no one: PANTYCHRIST by Dana Dentata.⁣
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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.

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CODE ORANGE FOREVER⁣
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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. ⁣
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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" !!!⁣
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So listen to tha freaks finally have their say 'cause it's STREAMING NOW!!!⁣

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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 CherryDisc who did NOT move were TREE. Frontman Dave "River" was featured on Shootyz Groove's RR release but never got one to himself. He tells about recording that song "Diamond Mind" with Shootyz as well as other TREE TRIVIA like being covered by Powerman 5000.

All this and NOTHING ELSE on a brand new Meep Meep!

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