Cone's Cave

This week I have fellow Canadian Kevin Drew from indie darlings Broken Social Scene on my show! This episode is from my vault and was done a few years ago but I find it relevant cause Broken Social Scene are back with new music and a new US tour starting soon! Kevin and I talk about being indie, the state of music in a social media world, Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and a whole lot more! Thi...

This week I have fellow Canadian Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners and Hot Water Music on my show! As you can probably imagine Chris is a very busy guy juggling 2 bands plus a solo career so I was very happy to have Chris on the show talking about his career in music. This conversation is very interesting talking about a small town punk band who eneded up getting attention of record labels like St...

This week I have a great guest on and someone I’ve been wanting to have on my show for a very long time. He has just released a new album titled “The Dreamin’ Kind” so its perfect timing right now! This week I have singer-songwriter and rock n roller Langhorne Slim on my show! We talk about everything from his new album to growing up in a very small town to the pressures of having to do interviews...

I’m back with Season 10 of Cone’s Cave and I have a dynamite 1st episode with my friend Chris Demakes Of Less Than Jake on my show and starting thing off for Season 10! This is the 2nd time Chris has been on my show and this episide does not disappoint! We talk everything from Warped Tour to a tour with Bon Jovi and a whole lot more! Lets go, this is the just the beginning for Season 10! Hosted by...

I couldn’t be more excited about my Season 9 finale guest. I have the legend and fellow bassist CJ Ramone of the Legendary Ramones on my show this week! Not only did CJ spend 7 years in the one of the most important bands in music history but CJ also plays bass in Me First & The Gimme Gimmes as well (Now called Spike & The Gimme Gimmes). There were no boundaries for this interview so we dig deep i...

This week I have a highly entertaining show with Matt Caughthran from the Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx as my guest! I love the Bronx who once was our label mates in the mid 2000’s. Matt and I talk everything from those early band years to members leaving to starting Mariachi El Bronx to an insane Australian tour story involving Fletcher from Pennywise and whole lot more. Like I said highly entertai...

This week we dive into a little 90’s Alternative Rock and also continue the friendship of the USA and Canada as I have Canadian Ian Thornley of US / Canadian band Big Wreck on my show! Big Wreck started as 1 part Canadian and 3 parts American as the band was formed at the Berkley school of Music in Boston. They have had an interesting career from their start up in Boston and US major label signing...

Its rare on my my show I get to have a guest on that I’ve known for a quarter of a century…… This week I have my old friend Nathan Maxwell on the show who plays Bass for the great Flogging Molly! This interview was so much fun and touches on so many things including our (Sum 41’s) 2nd ever US tour in 2000 in which we opened for Flogging Molly and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. We talk about alcohol,...

This week I have fellow Canadian Hugh Dillon on my show…. In Canada we know Hugh for being the lead singer for the band The Headstones and around the world everyone knows Hugh for being on such TV shows like Yellowstone, Durham County, Flashpoint, Mayor of Kingstown just to name a few as well as Movies like Trailer Park Boys and the Canadian Cult classic Hardcore Logo again just to name a few. Hug...

This week I welcome a legend on my show, Actor, Musician, Voice Over guy Hank Azaria! In film Hank is known for his roles in Dodgeball, Heat, Birdcage among others…. In the voice over world there really isn’t much bigger than Hank as he has been a main stay as many different voices including  Moe Szyslak ,  Chief Wiggum ,  Superintendent Chalmers ,  Comic Book Guy ,  Snake Jailbird ,  Professor Fr...

This week I have a great show and we’ll be touching a little bit on Mental Health but not only that my guest is Adam Gontier from Three Days Grace and Saint Asonia! Adam was the Original singer of 3DG before leaving for a number of years only to form Saint Asonia and then also return to 3DG. We’ll be touching on him leaving the band and why but also his life as a teenager and what it was like befo...

I’m back with Season 9 of Cone’s Cave and we’re starting it off with a bang! I have fellow bassist Linh Le from Bad Cop Bad Cop on my show in episode #1 this week! Along with talking about their brand new album “Lighten Up” which just came out we’ll also dive into over 50 mins of conversation about the music business, the Fat Wreck Chords / Hopeless Records merger, the time their band almost ended...

Season 8 finale is here! This week I have Punk Rock Film director, Music video director and Film writer Josh Roush on the show who has directed and written the movie Wrong Reasons and directed videos for many bands such as Aggrolites, Lars Frederiken ect. We talk about our love of Punk, his movie directing career, his working relationship with Actor/Director/Writer Kevin Smith aka Silent Bob (who...

This week I have 2 great guests on my show. 2 separate interviews with 2 great different dudes. These interviews are from my vault and have never been heard in their entirety before! These are both about 3 years old and now I’m airing them exclusively here on idobi! This week I’m airing my interview with Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem and also my interview with Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strok...

This week I have a guy from one of the greatest ska bands to ever come out of Canada! I have Matt Collyer, the front man / singer / guitarist for The Planet Smashers on my show! The Planet Smashers have been around for over 30 years and even my band Sum 41 have opened for them in the late 90’s. Matt also owns a record label called Stomp records which has put out many great records its also 30 year...

I’m very excited about my show this week as I have a 70’s Punk Legend on the show! When people talk about 70’s era NYC punk the bands that often get mentioned are The Ramones, Blondie, Television, New York Dolls, Dead Boys (even though they weren’t from NYC), The Voidoids, The Heartbreakers and on and on. Fair enough, all great bands but there are others that don’t get the juice they deserve and t...

This week I have fellow Canadians Luke + Kyle from The Dirty Nil on my show! This is a hard working band doing things the right way as I like to say. Touring non stop, building a following for the ground up all the while having kick ass songs along the way. We talk about Canadian bands touring the US, we talk their public search for a new bass player, we talk about the grind of staying together as...

This week I have a very funny and very insightful guest on my show. I have Michael Bishop better known as Blothar The Berserker from the legendary and infamous rock band Gwar! He is the singer and front man of the band and twice in the 80’s and 90’s he was the bass player. Gwar have been entertaining the world with their costumes, songs and wild live shows since 1984 and now you will get peak into...

This week Season 8 Ep 3 I show you a conversation with a Punk veteran…… I have the frontman and singer of Fat Wreck Chords band Good Riddance on the show! I have Russ Rankin this week! We talk about everything from getting signed to Fat to becoming a vegan to becoming straight edge to how he felt about the commercialization of punk in 1994 to his other career as a minor league hockey scout and a l...

I’m back! Season 8! Last season I ended it with a punk legend in Dez Cadena so I thought its only fitting that I start this season with another punk legend in Kid Congo Powers who has played in such bands as The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave + The Bad Seeds to name a few…… This was a really great talk and if you are into the history of punk ala 1970’s then this one is definitely for you! You don...

This is the Season 7 finale and I wanted to end the season with a punk/hardcore legend! If you love punk and hardcore you know the name Black Flag and The Misfits. Well this week I have Dez Cadena on the show who sang for Black Flag for a number of years in the 80’s and also played guitar for Black Flag for years to come. He also played guitar for The Misfits for over 10 years. Call up your punk f...

This week on my show I have one of the best guitarist I’ve ever had on my show, I have Ben Weinman who plays in The Dillinger Escape Plan and Suicidal Tendencies on my show! Both very influential bands and Ben is a very influential guitar player. We don’t exactly nerd out on guitar but we nerd out on music and band stuff…… so if you are into guitar music, music that has guitars in it then you will...

This week I have fellow Canadian Stefan Babcock on the show! Stefan sings, plays guitar and is the song writer for the band Pup! Pup has built quite a world wide following since their inception and have just released a new album called “Who Will Look After The Dogs”.\ We talk about everything from their beginnings as a band to tours that drag on too long (even writing a tongue in cheek song about...

This week we’re getting Emo…...I have Dan Campbell who is the singer for The Wonder Years on the show! We talk everything from their DIY upbringing, their latest release “Burst & Decay Vol 3 and everything in between. The show this week will be dedicated the memory of our friend Dave Shapiro. Its a very special episode this week. Tune in for it. The post Dan Campbell appeared first on idobi . Host...

This week I have a really great show and had a great conversation with Sam King of Get Dead + Codefendants! We talk about a lot including the brand new Codefendants song and video for “Right Wrong Man” featuring Fat Mike of NOFX and and whole lot more. Lots going on with Sam these days and I was happy to talk with him about it all on this episode this week. Don’t miss it! The post Sam King appeare...