Cone's Cave

This week on Cone’s Cave I have Pete Steinkopf who is the guitarist, co-writer and original member of The Bouncing Souls on my show! Bouncing Souls started in New Jersey in 1989 and are still going strong and we dive into their journey as a band as well as Pete’s producing career as well. If you know The Bouncing Souls you know how important the band is for the scene and so its important that you...

This week on my show I have Part 2 of my interview with my friend Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise. Why 2 parts you ask? Well you’ll have to listen to see why it was crucial I did 2 parts with Fletcher. If you like good old fashioned punk rock tour stories well there’s no better than this episode. This episode is full of some the craziest Fletcher stories out there! Tune in to hear it all! The post Fl...

I’m back Season 7 Ep 1 of Cone’s Cave! Happy to be back but even more happy to have my friend the one and ONLY Fletcher Dragge from Pennywise on my show. I’ve had this interview in my back pocket for over a year now and its time to let it loose! This is part 1 and yes their will be a part 2 as well. If you know anything about Fletcher or Pennywise you know these conversations are gonna be entertai...

This week on my Season 6 Season Finale I end it with the amazing Erik Sandin, aka Smelly, drummer from the legendary NOFX!!! This is one of the most honest and candid interviews I’ve ever done on Cone’s Cave. Nothing is off limits for Smelly which makes this one hell of an interview and one not to be missed!!! The post Erik Sandin appeared first on idobi . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company....

This week I have Chris Demakes, singer and guitarist for Less Than Jake on the show! Less Than Jake are the band that holds the record for playing the most Warped Tours ever as well as being a main fixture in the punk and ska scene since 1992! A lot to talk about with Chris in this almost 2 year old very relevant interview. Tune into this one, you definitely don’t want to miss it! The post Chris D...

This week is a week you don’t want to miss! I have Jacoby Shaddix from Papa Roach on the show! Listen to Jacoby and I talk about everything to his sobriety, to his early influences, the story of how he become the singer of Papa Roach, to how he feels about touring now and everything else you’d expect us to talk about! Tune in for this in depth conversation with Jacoby! The post Jacoby Shaddix appe...

This week I am supporting my homeland of Canada as I have a fellow Canadian on the show! This week I have Todd Kerns on the show! If you are Canadian and were listening to the radio and/or watching Much Music in the 90’s you’ll know the 90’s band "Age Of Electric". If you are a human on planet earth you’ll know who Slash is! Well, Todd was the singer of "Age Of Electric", he’s the bass player and...

This week I have a huge talent on my show, I have Karina Denike from The Dancehall Crashers and NOFX on the show! We touch on a lot of Dancehall Crashers stuff who are also back after 20 years and playing Warped Tour this year! We touch on the final NOFX shows and we also touch on her ongoing solo Jazz career. This is a good one, don’t miss it! The post Karina Denike appeared first on idobi . Host...

This week I’m diving into a few of the great Hip Hop interviews I’ve done. I have 2 legends on the show showing you 2 different interviews. Interview #1 is Canadian Hip Hop legend K-OS who grew up 15 mins from where I grew up in Canada!  Interview #2 is NYC Hip Hop legend DMC from RUN DMC!  What do these 2 hip hop legends have in common? Well Rock N Roll was a huge part of their upbringing and the...

This week I have another Sum 41 bandmate on my show, my rhythm section partner of 10 years! I have Frank Zummo on my show! I like this episode a lot cause not only do we talk his time in Sum 41 but Frank also tells stories from a bunch of other bands he’s toured in including Scott Weiland’s Band, Gary Numan, Motley Crue ect. This interview also took place the day we in Sum 41 announced to the worl...

I’m back with Season 6 of Cone’s Cave and since my band Sum 41 has just played our final shows I thought it’d be fitting to have a few guys from the band of my show. This week I have my great friends and bandmates Tom Thacker and Deryck Whibley on the show! As you can imagine there’s lots of stories coming your way on this episode and of coarse I touch on the end of Sum 41 and how it felt to play...

This is my Season 5 finale and its is not to be missed cause I have a rock legend on my show! I have Ernie C from Body Count on my show! From growing up in South Central LA to starting Body Count with Ice T to producing a record for Black Sabbath--Ernie C has seen and done it all and we talk about it all on Cone’s Cave so don’t you dare miss the one! The post Ernie C appeared first on idobi . Host...

This week on Cone’s Cave I have another fellow bassist on the show, but not only that a legend in punk rock. I have Greg Norton from the very influential punk band Husker Du on my show! Bands like Green Day, Pixies and Nirvana have all sited Husker Du as influences. If you want to hear about the 70’s and 80’s punk scene from a guy who was in it, well this episode is for you! Lots to talk about inc...

When I think of the best punk rock bass players of all time my guest this week is in my top 3. This week I have Scott Shiflett, bass player from Face To Face on the show! Scott is a ripper of a bass player, played in many bands and has great music knowledge that you will hear in our episode. Face To Face was the first band to take Sum 41 across America in 2000 and so we also touch on that tour as...

This week I take a little break away from Punk and dive into Electro Pop / Pop Rock. This week I’m happy to have Christian Anthony of Australian Band Chase Atlantic on my show! With their new album “Lost In Heaven” out now and the bands 10 year anniversary this year there’s a lot to talk about and we get right into it all! Tune in this week! The post Christian Anthony appeared first on idobi . Hos...

This week for my Season 4 finale I have my very good friend on the show, a guy I’ve toured with A LOT and I’m not mad about that. I have Noodles from The Offspring on my show! Offspring are still going strong and just released a new album titled “SUPERCHARGED”. With a career as long as The Offspring’s you know that there’s a lot to talk about and we get into it all! Don’t miss this one, I’m tellin...

This week I have a Pop Punk staple on the show, a guy who I will see on the road for three weeks coming up in Europe as they open for our band Sum 41 and my first Welsh artist on my show!  This week I have Ben Barlow, singer and frontman of Neck Deep on Cone’s Cave! Neck Deep released a new album this year and we’ve also already spent some time on the road together in Japan earlier this year. A lo...

This is week I have the next big thing in Hip Hop / Rap on my show, this week I have fellow touring mates Joey Valance & Brae on my show! How do you get 3.8 Million monthly Spotify listeners as well as over 100 million listens on 1 song (Punk Tactics) as an independant group with no record label? Well find out the Joey Valance & Brae way this week! Don’t miss it! The post Joey Valance & Brae appea...

Have you ever wondered where the term “Hardcore” came from? Well that will be answered for you this week on my show as I have Canadian hardcore punk legend Joey Shithead of DOA on my show! We talk about stories from the early hardcore days and a whole lot more. This one is for all the hardcore and punk lovers! The post Joey “Sh*thead” Keithley appeared first on idobi . Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...

This week I have punk legend and fellow bassist Joe Escalante from The Vandals on the show! Joe has been in punk for over 40 years and has a very cool insight into it all. Joe has been a friend of our band since 2001, so there is a ton to talk about. Tune in to hear all about Joe’s relationship with punk rock on this episode! The post Joe Escalante appeared first on idobi . Hosted by Simplecast, a...

This week I have a colorful punk rocker on my show, I have Spike Slawson of Me First + The Gimme Gimmes! Spike grew up in the Pittsburgh punk scene and has played in many many bands along the way including Re-Volts and Swingin Utters and many more. Early on Spike also worked at the iconic punk label Fat Wreck Chords so you know this episode is filled with punk narrative and not to be missed by pun...

I'm very happy this week to have a friend of 24 years on my show. I have Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Defiant on my show! Dicky has had Sum 41’s back and vice versa since we first met in 2000. Dicky also released Sum 41’s first album Half Hour Of Power on his label Big Rig and took us on our 2nd ever US Tour. No shortage of conversation on this episode. Don’t miss it! The p...

This week I have a bandmate on my show. I have the nicest man in rock on my show, Dave Brownsound! This marks 30 years since I first met Dave in 9th Grade in Ajax where we grew up as well as 25 years since we first played in Sum 41 together. Lots to talk about with Dave obviously. Sum 41 fans this one is for you! The post Dave Brownsound appeared first on idobi . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz c...

This week I have a guest whose band came up around the same time as our band Sum 41. We’ve done a lot of touring together over the past few years as well. This week I have Pierre Bouvier from Simple Plan on my show. We dig into the journey of Simple Plan coming up in the 90’s and a whole lot more. Pop Punk fans this one is for you! The post Pierre Bouvier appeared first on idobi . Hosted by Simple...

Super happy to have our old friend Mike Burkett aka Fat Mike from NOFX on my show this week! We’ve known Mike since 2001 so there’s lots to talk about and not only that, NOFX is one of the reasons if not the main reason why Sum 41 was started. Mike Is one if the most interesting figures in Punk Rock so you can imagine its a no hold barred conversation. This episode is not to be missed! Punk rock,...