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Star Star - The Love Drag Years (1992) [w/ Johnnie Holliday of Star Star] Mar 21, 2023

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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 band called STAR STAR entitled tha LOVE DRAG YEARS and Star Star was many things but... decidedly not death metal.
What many may not realize is Roadrunner never wanted to be a death metal boutique label and from tha very beginning they were trying out various things searching for great bands that could sell records.
So enter Star Star, a 90s band with an 80s sound influenced by the 70s. The Love Drag Years was full of catchy anthems that would have fit in with the sleaze of Motley Crue more than the sludge of Suffocation.
The formation of this band and making of this album is a pretty wild ride but luckily we had a guide in frontman and main member Johnnie Holiday, who takes us from New York to LA and back again...

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Make Them Suffer - Neverbloom (2012) [w/ Sean Harmanis of Make Them Suffer] Mar 14, 2023

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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 SIGN ME TO ROADRUNNER which was a website unsigned bands would upload their demos to in hopes of getting a record deal!
Vocalist Sean Harmanis takes us through the band's origins and their process through making this album, the local scene they experienced in Perth, Studio Ghibli movies influencing his writing process, the use of keyboards in their songs, their first tour being exclusively by public transportation, and the natural evolution of their sound to the MTS of today.
And if you love this album already or are psyched to jam it after hearing it's biography, it has recently been remastered and re-issued on streaming platforms everywhere and on vinyl for tha first time through Greyscale Records!...in full color.

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Shinedown - Amaryllis (2012) [w/ Brent Smith of Shinedown] Nov 16, 2022

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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 grown fonder in their fan's eyes through time, but not without plenty of hurdles to get it there!
Brent Smith of Shinedown takes us through a journey of getting to this album, making it, and all tha lessons along tha way!

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First Blood - Killafornia (2006) [w/ Carl Schwartz of First Blood] Nov 16, 2022

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

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Brother's Keeper - Fantasy Killer (2001) [w/ Mike Ski of Brother's Keeper] Nov 16, 2022

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Brother's Meeper.
LIVING WITH A POD COMPLEX ⁣
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Exploring albums on Trustkill Records ̶d̶i̶s̶t̶r̶i̶b̶u̶t̶e̶d̶ by [former employees of] Roadrunner.⁣
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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! ⁣
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Mike Ski of Bros Keep designed for Blue Grape / RR which you may remember from our EARTH CRISIS episode but this time he tells us about writing one of my favorite hardcore albums and tha legacy of these Erie PA Pioneers.⁣
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Both Worlds - Memory Rendered Visible (1998) [w/ John "Bloodclot" Joseph] Oct 11, 2022

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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 still surrounded by Meep with his current band Bloodclot in former bassist Manny from Glassjaw, current bassist Christian from Fear Factory, and producer Laz of ill Nino.
Memory Rendered Visible is an awesome album that if you're aware of you'll be excited to hear more about and if you didn't know, we're gonna smarten you up to tha business kid!

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DevilDriver - Beast (2011) [w/ John Boecklin of DevilDriver / Bad Wolves] Oct 05, 2022

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MEEPS MODE!...⁣
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Get it? HEY! On this episode we kick ROCKtober off spooky style once again with tha Satanic Chauffers, DEVILDRIVER, and their 2011 album BEAST!⁣
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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 about:⁣
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Working with Mark Lewis on Beast, what influenced tha sound of it, touring with Arch Enemy, that one Agony Scene album he did, tha best of times, tha worst of times, and slang of 2011.⁣
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Is Beast your favorite DevilDriver album? Is Beast your favorite X-Men character?⁣
They had Frasier play him.⁣

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Sum 41 - It's What We're All About (2002) [w/ Cone McCaslin of Sum 41] Aug 31, 2022

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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 Ludacris!
We also talk about other movie placements like Bring It On and how Sum 41 single handedly saved the movie Zoolander!
All this and NOTHING ELSE on an all new MEEP MEEP!

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Bleeding Through - The Truth (2006) [w/ Brandan Schieppati of Bleeding Through] Aug 29, 2022

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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.

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Still Remains - The Serpent (2007) [w/ TJ Miller of Still Remains] Aug 10, 2022

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DANCING WITH THE ENEMEEP!⁣
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Not bad. Hey 15 years ago this week, Still Remains unhinged their jaw on their 2nd & final album on Roadrunner entitled “THE SERPENT.”⁣
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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.⁣
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Vocalist TJ Miller tells us about what led up to this record, recording with Steve Evetts versus GGGarth Richardson, that cool EGG on tha cover, and most importantly: top tunes from Mariah Carey’s catalog.⁣
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It’s all streaming NOW on an all new MEEP MEEP!⁣
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Slithery.

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