Meep Meep Podcast

THIS... IS... OBSOLMEEP!⁣ ⁣ 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.⁣ ⁣ Burton C. Bell, tha voice of Fear Factory for over 30 years, tells us everything from expectations going in...

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 T...

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. www. Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod

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 E...

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 ba...

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...

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 grow...

THEY DREW FIRST BLOOD NOT FRIGGIN' MEEP. ⁣ ⁣ New for Mega Meepsters is a look at First Blood's debut LP, "KILLAFORNIA" and is that a cool name for an album?⁣ ⁣ 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!⁣ www. Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod

Brother's Meeper. LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX ⁣ ⁣ Exploring albums on Trustkill Records ̶d̶i̶s̶t̶r̶i̶b̶u̶t̶e̶d̶ by [former employees of] Roadrunner.⁣ ⁣ 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! ⁣ ⁣ Mike Ski of Bros Keep designed for Blue Gra...

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 s...

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...

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 Ludacr...

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

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, r...

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. N...

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...

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 eve...

People like to call me a millennial, but I identify as a Click-Click-BOOM'er. www. Patreon.com/MeepMeepPod

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 t...

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 hardcor...

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...

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...

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...

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 Jame...

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 Zeu...