Cone's Cave

I’m back with Season 12 of Cone’s Cave and I couldn’t ask for a better 1st guest than the one and only, the very funny Tom Green! We all know Tom from his MTV days with his Tom Green Show and now he’s back in Canada living on a farm in rural Ontario and has a brand new show out called The Tom Green Farm! We talk about that including some of the great guests he has on plus we talk about his beginni...

This week is my season finale of Season 11 and let me tell you it does not disappoint! This week I have Paul McKenzie, the front man of Canadian Celtic Punk Band The Real McKenzies on the show! This is one of the most highly entertaining interviews I’ve done on Cone’s Cave….. I won’t even give anything away in the description…… I just suggest to take a listen for yourself and prepared to be entert...

This week I have fellow Canadian Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade on my show! We talk alot about Wolf Parade through the years including 2 hiatuses, how they got signed to Sub Pop, how they got Issak of Modest Mouse to produce their debut record and a lot more….. Spencer also just released a new solo record a few days ago so we obvisouly dive into that as well. This one is for all you indie rockers out...

This week I have one of the hardest working people I’ve ever had on Cone’s Cave…… This week my guest is Nicole Laurenne of The Darts and Black Violet! Nicole sings and plays keys in both bands. Both bands just released new albums and both bands are constantly out on tour all the time. Before these 2 bands Nicole was in a band called The Love Me Nots and before that she was a Judge. Yes a Judge in...

This week I am happy to show you my conversation with Tony Lovato, front man of the band Mest! This one is from my vault from about 2 years ago when Mest had released their “Youth” album. We do talk about that album but we also dive really deep and have serious talks about everything Mest! This really does go deep so if you’re a fan of late 90’s early 2000’s pop-punk then I highly suggest tuning i...

This week on my show I have a guy thats in 2 big punk rock bands! I have Mike Hererra from MXPX and Goldfinger on my show! We go through the early beginnings of MXPX and dive into alot of their career and Mike tells me some amazing MXPX stories as well. Its one thing to hear stories through other people but its much better when you hear it from the guy that was there for it! We also get into some...

This week is a good one and I have a fellow Canadian on my show, I have Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash on my show this week! Along with recording and touring with Bedouin Jay also has a successful solo career as well and just released a brand new solo album. We obviously talk about that and whole lot more. Every time I talk to Jay its always a very entertaining and intelligent conversation……...

This week I have a punk and hardcore legend on my show. This week I have Walter Schreifels on my show! Very few people in punk and hardcore have the resume that Walter has playing some very important bands like Youth Of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools and more! We talk alot about the 80’s and 90’s scene that he was aprart of being from NYC and playing alot at CBGB’s ect. This one...

I’m back with Season 11! We start it off with a bang as well with an old friend of mine Butch Walker of the Marvelous 3! Butch as been in music a long long time and along with being in the Marvelous 3 he has Produced and/or Written for some of the biggest names in music. Butch has endless stories and we dive into a bunch of them including the time his house burned down and he lost everything, the...

This is my Season 10 Finale and I have my old friend Stacy Jones of American Hi FI on my show to close out Season 10! Stacy has a huge resume in music including his time in Letters To Cleo, Veruca Salt, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and whole lot more. I haven’t seen Stacy in a long time so we catch up about the old days of the 90’s, the early 2000’s and where he is right now in his musical life. Th...

This week I have one of my newer favourite bands on the show. This week my guest is Bobby Nerves from the band Bad Nerves. Bad Nerves have been around since 2017 so they aren’t exactly new new but they are new in my books. Bad Nerves to me are one of those bands I would call “the next big thing”. They are primed to do that and working on their 3rd album right now. Bobby and I dig into everything B...

This week I have a very exciting show cause the very talented and very entertaining Kevin Smith AKA Silent Bob on my show! Kevin is the actor, director, comedian we all know and love from his films such as Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay + Silent Bob Strike Back ect…… Kevin gave me 70 mins of his time so you know we dive deep into everything from his time in the film industry to a health...

This week I have a highly entertaining episode as my guest is Mark Adkins who is the front man of the legendary Punk band Guttermouth! Guttermouth is an entertaining and unpredictable band on stage and this interviews proves Mark is just as entertaining off stage as well! If you’re into good punk band stories then you won’t want to miss this one. This episode is full of them! Hosted by Simplecast,...

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...