Podcast The Hero

Welcome to season 2.  We are blessed with the presence of Ben Murray to kick off the new season.  Heartsounds? Yup.  Light this City? Yup. A Wilhem Scream? Yup.  CreatorDestructor Records?  Yup.  This guy has a lot of fingers in a lot of pies.  Gross.  Thanks for ruining the pies Ben.  This was an absolute blast.  I hope you have as much fun listening as we did recording it.   Check out the Link T...

Rody and Fritz preview what's coming up for Season 2 of Podcast the Hero.  There are a lot of questions.  What do you like from Season 1 that you want more of?  What stuff during season 1 did you hate and don't want to hear anymore?  We are kicking off a patreon.  What kind of rewards and tier levels would you like?  You can comment on this any of our social media.  Check out our Link Tr...

A short holiday message from Podcast the Hero. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

Our first return customer is the one and only Tim MacMillar the fingers behind hit piano project Timerity.  Also he is the founding guitar player of some band no one cares about.  Tim gives his thoughts about the Halloween is for Always tour, and his Timerity after parties.  We have a quiz and gifts.  It is a grand time. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

Vin Romanelli joins Rody and Fritz to talk about Halloween is for Always, the history of Moontooth, and lots of hockey.  I am not sure why this isn't a hockey podcast to be honest.  Maybe we add it as a permanent segment.  Do you like bass players?  Of course you don't.  No one does.  But Vin was alright. He is a heck of a bassist and a heck of a guy. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

We are joined by metalhead, beach bum, and sound guy extraordinaire Jonah Kay.  Jonah is guitar player for the band Invicta, as well as the touring sound guy for Protest the Hero.  You get the inside scoop from arguably the busiest member of the crew on what the tour was like.  The straight poop as it were. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

It is the 2023 North American Halloween is for Always Tour wrap up episode.  Rody shares all the inside stories of life on the road.  The exciting, the emotional, the terrifying.  It's mostly toilet stuff.  Enjoy. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

This week Fritz gets together with PTH fans in Toronto before an in-person version of the family game night that happens on Saturday nights in the Fartcord.  If you haven't joined the discord yet, there is a link in our Linktree.  This is only a small group from the massive crowd at the Toronto, many of whom are discord members.  We talk about the Toronto show, the other shows we attended, an...

Do you like Fritzy's mustache?  Do you like Merch? Well this week you get a heavy dose of both.  Fritzy breaks down some of the Merch that is available at the Halloween is for Always shows.  It is also the 10th anniversary of Party Crasher by friends of the pod A Wilhelm Scream so we look back at some of the best stories as told by Trevor and Nuno of AWS. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

We catch up with Rody backstage at Paper Tiger in San Antonio.   The tour is halfway done, the band has all been sick, and apparently they don't have Jimmy John's in Canada.  So Rody is just eating lots of sandwiches and getting tattoos.  Fritzy's fomo is at a fever pitch. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

This week Fritzy pulled together some members of the Protest the Hero fanbase for a review of the first three stops on the Halloween is for Always tour.  Rody is somewhere in the Western Half of the United States right now.  Probably eating Rocky Mountain Oysters and drinking Tequila.  We can only hope. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

A show from the Road.  We got together backstage at Pierre's in Ft Wayne Indiana.  Day two of the tour.  This was a free form chat with the band that was hastily prepared.  Only 2 of us had mics, the camera wasn't centered.  You would think we had never done this before.  Well we hadn't.  So enjoy the behind the scenes peak and don't bitch about the audio. https://linktr.ee/pod...

Rody and Fritz pick their favorite Halloween Costumes, Halloween Candies, the spookiest PTH Songs.  It's a Halloween extravacumza. Have fun, and buy your tour Tickets at HalloweenisforAlways.com https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

This week we break down Soliloquy with special guest Milen Petzelt-Sorace.   Apparently Fritz is obsessed with 1930's era Gangsters. Like weirdly obsessed.   Rody has no interest in it. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

This week olFritzy's brother Jahoov asked us to breakdown Drumhead Trial.  So we did.  Did you ever wonder what that song is about?  Listen and find out.  Fritzy has some trivia, and Jahoov introduced a thing called the Punisher. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

This one is a little different.  There are guests and stories and lies and Fritzy's stupid face.   https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

Rody and Fritz make a hypothetical Festival Line Up of bands we want to see and also self-sabotaged because we share many musical favorites.  As always Fritz delights with a trivia game and then at the end of the episode things go pretty much sideways.   https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

If this episode is any indication of what the Halloween is for Always Tour is going to be like, everyone is in for a major treat.  Carson Pace of Callous Daoboys joins Fritz and Cheese for an hour of magic.   There is word play, lies, and road stories.  This is a fun one. Visit https://halloweenisforalways.com/ to get your tickets and don't forget to get dressed in your favorite costume. http...

This week Rody and Fritz decide to make their own hypothetical Protest the Hero Setlists.  Considering neither of them have any say whatsoever in the actual setlists they thought it would be fun to pretend.  Rody's Setlist Apple Music Spotify Fritzy's Setlist Apple Music Spotify Most Setlist Plays wins bragging rights. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

How does Rody always get to know such cool people?  He bribes them with All Dressed Chips. That's how.  What an absolute treat it was to sit down with Peej Edwards from the and Punk Rock Factory.  Talking about their albums that cover Disney songs, Broadway classics, 80s/90s TV Theme Songs and a ton of other pop, rock and classic rock tunes in Pop-Punk style.  We play a game, we exchange gift...

Back with a songGargle on Gift Horse from the B-Side Fabula and Syuzhet.  This track along with The Dueling Cavalier were written during the Palimpsest Sessions but did not make it onto the final album.  They were released together as an EP/B-Side and this song is about Lie Detectors.  Fritz and Cheese play Two Truths and a Lie also.  It is great fun. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

From the EP.  Corn's favorite record, Fritz picked his favorite chune.  Cold Water.  Those little bends in the main riff.  Oooooh mama.  Rody explains stuff about the song, and Pacific Myth in general.  Plus everything you ever wanted to know about Shrinkage. Also if you wanna hang with Fritz on Most Mondays thru Wednesday Nights check out his Twitch stream. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

Youtube royalty, lead singer of Red Handed Denial and CrazyEightyEight, Lauren Babic joins Rody and Fritz to talk about touring with Halocene, moving to the states, playing trivia and completely fucking up the show tag.  It was a freaking blast and frankly we can't wait to do it again. Check out Lauren on Youtube to get all her socials and info. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

Do you sometimes get annoyed about how Fritz and Rody go off the rails on weird tangents.  Well this episode they don't do any of that.  They really focus on Heretics and Killers.  It's all Heretics and Killers we swear.  There is nothing else talked about in this episode.  We wouldn't lie to you.   https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero

Rody finally returns and Fritz is finally at ease.   Rody went to Quebec and played a festival with such reknowned Progressive Metal stalwarts as Green Day, Billy Talent and Pitbull.   There is some great stories though in this episode that are amazing.  Honestly.  If you like stories from the road, this is the one for you. https://linktr.ee/podcastthehero