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02:06:10

Living Sacrifice "Reborn" Special

As The Story Grows ·

2017/06/03

Chapter 103: "Podcast Empowered" ...as read by Bruce Fitzhugh, Lance Garvin, Chris Truby, Jason Truby and Brandon Ebel Where were you on June 3rd, 1997? (I don't remember either.) But, I know something special that happened that day. A band from Little Rock, Arkansas called Living Sacrifice released their fourth full-length album called "Reborn" on new Tooth & Nail metal spinoff label Solid State Records. People have called this one a game changer; others claim this was

01:31:59

Alexis Marshall of Daughters

As The Story Grows ·

2017/05/24

Chapter 102: "Suns and Daughters" ...as read by Alexis Marshall of Daughters (and formerly As The Sun Sets) Recorded on March 31st, 2017 Alexis Marshall has been the lead vocalist of Daughters for 15 years. He was the lead in the group As The Sun Sets and I'd recommend them as well. This guy is actually one of my favorite vocalists because I love his approach to his vocal style. Snarky and backhanded with plenty of metal still in the tank. "Lex" tells me about his troubled

01:07:36

Mike Felumlee of The Bigger Empty, Smoking Popes

As The Story Grows ·

2017/05/16

Chapter 101: "This one's for Jet" ...as read by Mike Felumlee of The Bigger Empty and The Smoking Popes (Recorded on April 11th, 2017) Mike Felumlee has quite a musical resume....and drummer for The Smoking Popes and Alkaline Trio wasn't quite enough. Mike is the lead vocalist and guitarist for his group The Bigger Empty. Mike tells us about skateboarding in the basement, playing a show for the deaf and opening for Weezer to about 17,000 people. We also cover dogs, his band Duvall and what

00:31:49

The world's first online podcast cover band: Podtera

As The Story Grows ·

2017/05/06

Chapter 100: "Podtera?" ...as read by Joshua Toomey, Erik Hall and Brandon Kellum This may be the world's first online podcast cover band. Maybe? That's actually not a big deal anyways...nevermind. But Podtera? We've been assembling a cover song for well over a half-a-year and the best we could come up with is PODTERA? Long story short: Brandon Kellum (vocalist of American Standards), Erik Hall (of the guitar podcast Shoot The Shred), Joshua Toomey (former bassist of Primer 55 and host of

01:10:10

The Advent Of A Miracle Strongarm Special

As The Story Grows ·

2017/04/22

Chapter 99: "The Anniversary Of A Miracle" ...as read by Chad Neptune, Jason Berggren, Chris Carbonell, Steven Kleisath and Billy Power Hey, you know what today is? Today is the 20th anniversary to the very first Solid State release "The Advent Of A Miracle" by Strongarm. Join Bryan Patton (appearing on his first episode) and I, strap on a party hat and grab some cake and lets talk ADVENT! This is a very special chapter for me as we are joined by five guests: bassist Chad

01:04:25

Jesse Matthewson of Ken Mode

As The Story Grows ·

2017/04/16

Chapter 98: "Loser Lifer" ...as read by Jesse Matthewson of Ken Mode Jesse Matthewson, lead vocalist and guitarist of the Canadian outfit Ken Mode was good enough to grace us with his chapter. I caught Jesse in a bit of some downtime within Ken Modes schedule so this conversation is about as hangout as you can get. He's not even promoting anything as of yet...but he assures us that a whole new direction is afoot in the Ken Mode camp. We discuss the unique geographical challenges on being a

01:55:24

Damon Atkinson of Braid, Hey Mercedes

As The Story Grows ·

2017/03/19

Chapter 97: "All Over The Map" ...as read by Damon Atkinson of Braid and Hey Mercedes This chapter is dedicated to Keith Woodson, thanks for the patreon donation Keith! This podcast has afforded me the opportunity to talk to and get to know some of my favorite musicians. Damon Atkinson is a HUGE influence on me and I'm so happy to present this Damon-marathon to you. We talked for about two hours about his first emergency Braid tour, meeting and working with Jawbox, voluntary sobriety, his

01:05:32

Mark Engles of Black Map and Dredg

As The Story Grows ·

2017/03/09

(recorded on Friday March 3rd, 2017) Chapter 96: "In Droves" ...as read by Mark Engles of Black Map/Dredg Mark Engles is one of my favorite guitarists. After Dredg kicked multiple dents in my head in the mid-2000s this guy starts another one of my favorite bands called Black Map with Ben Flanagan of The Trophy Fire and Chris Robyn of Far. FAR! Remember them? Mark talks about how he decided to NOT be a drummer as a kid, we touch a little bit about Dredg but this chapters' main focus is

01:19:33

Andrew Elstner (Formerly of Torche, Riddle Of Steel)

As The Story Grows ·

2017/03/05

Chapter 95: "Death By A Thousand Cuts" ...as read by Andrew Elstner (Recorded on Saturday Feb 4th, 2017) We finally get a little bit serious with triple-timer Andrew Elstner. We have some serious topics to discuss. Andrew has since been dismissed from his role as the guitarist in Torche. Elstner tells for the first time what happened, sort of. We also talk about the passing of his amazing TILTS drummer and long time friend Ken McCray. Cancer sucks. Andrew connects some dots with TILTS

00:53:28

Dana Filloon of Junius

As The Story Grows ·

2017/02/28

Chapter 94: "The Inconviniant Truth, Or Consequences " ...as read by Dana Filloon, drummer of Junius (Recorded on Sunday, February 12th, 2017) ...and the beat goes on. Speaking to Daryl Rabidoux of The Cancer Conspiracy led me to Dana Filloon, drummer of the almighty Junius. Dana jots down his chapter as he tells about his early bands, playing with Kathy of Circle Takes The Square, abandoning tour vehicles in the desert and what goes into making that huge Junius sound. Dana gets pretty

01:34:09

Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy ...again.

As The Story Grows ·

2017/02/20

Chapter 93: "The Podcast Before The Calm..." ...as read by Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy, formerly of Becoming The Archetype (Recorded on Friday February 17th , 2017) Hopefully this will be the last time we hear from Jason Wisdom for a while, AMIRITE? Totally kidding. One of my loveliest friends comes back for a third time to do a track by track of his new Death Therapy album "The Storm Before The Calm"...out on Solid State on Feb 24th, 2017. Pre-order here:

01:17:18

Carley Coma of Candiria

As The Story Grows ·

2017/02/07

Chapter 92: "Let The Song Write Itself" ...as read by Carley Coma of Candiria (Recorded on Monday January 23, 2017) Carley Coma, lead vocalist of Candiria has done a lot of podcasts lately. We tried something a little different. Candirias' new album "While They Were Sleeping" is an outrageous concept album that had been birthed from Carleys' perspective of 9/11, people on their phones at the train station, Ferguson, a vision of the Empire State Building and inspiration from

01:31:46

Gene Hoglan the Atomic Clock

As The Story Grows ·

2017/01/29

Chapter 91: "Driving The Truck" ...as read by Gene Hoglan of Testament, Strapping Young Lad, Death, Dethklok, Dark Angel and on and on. (Recorded Tuesday January 24, 2017) This just keeps getting better. I am joined by now-legendary drummer Gene Hoglan for this next chapter. If you're into metal then I'm willing to bet that not only have you heard Gene play drums before but probably own a few albums that he is on. Gene has played with Dark Angel, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad,

01:25:42

Daryl Rabidoux of Cancer Conspiracy (Part Two)

As The Story Grows ·

2017/01/23

Chapter 90: "(Omega)" ...as read by Daryl Rabidoux of Cancer Conspiracy and Radar Studio (Recorded on January 6th, 2017) Let's see...where were we? Here is part two of my discussion with Daryl Rabidoux. You should really listen to the first one before this one, but whatever. Good times are to be had either way. We discuss the "lost" Cancer Conspiracy Omega, the theft that kinda began the ending for Cancer Conspiracy, working with Will Benoit at Radar Studio

01:04:12

Daryl Rabidoux of Cancer Conspiracy (Part One)

As The Story Grows ·

2017/01/13

Chapter 89: "The Audio Medium (Alpha)" ...as read by Daryl Rabidoux of Cancer Conspiracy and Radar Studio (Recorded on January 6th, 2017) In the early 2000s I heard an album that changed my life. A small band called Cancer Conspiracy put out a full-length on Big Wheel called "The Audio Medium" and it became one of my favorite albums. I had the pleasure to talk to Daryl Rabidoux who played guitar in Cancer Conspiracy. Daryl and I weave an epic-length story covering his entire

01:24:06

Jaci KVLT

As The Story Grows ·

2017/01/02

Chapter 88: "The STING of freelance art" ...as read by Jaci KVLT Jaci Raia and our buddy Seth Werkheiser joins the first chapter of 2017 for Jacis' story and some of the obligatory 2016 list stuff...but with a slight twist. Jaci is an art director, designer, author, MetalBandCampGiftClub logo creator, all around ass-kicker and she was awesome enough to come on and admit to a few hair bands and tell us a bit about what she does. Then the three of us give our top three releases on 2016 that

00:58:23

Jason Berggren (formerly) of Strongarm

As The Story Grows ·

2016/12/18

Chapter 87: "10 Things I Hate About Ultimatums" ...as read by Jason Berggren (former vocalist of Strongarm) This chapter is about the first vocalist of hardcore heavyweights Strongarm Jason Berggren. Jason tells us about the bands he was involved with before Strongarm, the beginning at Cornerstone with Tooth And Nail, his end with the band which came from tough decisions and the controversial "tribute" show that never was. We can also call Jason an author being as he has written

01:12:31

Kevin Hufnagel of Gorguts, Dysrhythmia

As The Story Grows ·

2016/12/05

Chapter 86: "Guitar > Dressing As A Penguin" ...as read by Kevin Hufnagel of Gorguts, Dysrhythmia, Sabbath Assembly, Byla and about a hundred other bands Kevin Hufnagel of Gorguts and Dysrhythmia adds his chapter to the story. We discuss Kevins' formative years in Baltimore, the formation of Dysrhythmia and a crazy dream about Jeff, (listen to your dreams, folks), the youtube video that led him to Gorguts, Sabbath Assembly, his ambient guitar project Byla and dressing up as a penguin

00:51:10

Jon Petkau of Domestikwom and Chris Voss of...

As The Story Grows ·

2016/11/27

Chapter 85: "Wanna Split It?" ...as read by Jon Petkau and Chris Voss This week we are joined with Chris Voss and Jon Petkau. Count these gentlemen among the courageous and talented individuals who have "one man band" projects. This is becoming a most popular trend for those who play guitar and figure out how to program their own drums...thank goodness for technology, huh? Chris Voss is known as "Necrolytic Goat Converter" and Jon Petkau has his own project called

01:08:37

Ron Jarzombek of Watchtower

As The Story Grows ·

2016/11/20

Chapter 84: "He Blotted Me With Science" ...as read by Ron Jarzombek of Watchtower, Blotted Science, Spastic Ink Tech-metal nerds UNITE! Ron Jarzombek of the cult band Watchtower sits down in his squeaky ass chair and gives us the entire Jarzombek chapter! Growing up with his super-drummer brother Bobby in Texas, building his own guitars and losing guitar endorsements, the Watchtower timeline, Blotted Science and his obsession with bug movies, touring with Marty Friedman, turning down

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