Meep Meep Podcast
Ryan Rainbro, star of stage & screen, is joined by a friend to discuss one album in the history of RoadRunner Records chronologically. Find out how your favorite classics or unknown gems fit in the label's canon or informs music today!
Episodes
109 episodes
Chimaira - Chimaira (2005) [w/ Mark Hunter, Rob Arnold, and Chris Spicuzza of Chimaira]
NOTHING MEEPMAINS...Almost works. It's the 20th anniversary of Chimaira's self-titled 2005 album and we got half the band to tell us all about it.Ohio's finest were coming off the strength of their 2003 breakout "The Impossibility...
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The Step Kings - Let's Get It On! (2000) [w/ Fern of The Step Kings]
Tha Meep Kings.New Jersey's Step Kings epitomized a DIY ethic coming up through hard work and grinding which eventually landed them a record with Roadrunner produced by Machine and tours with everyone from Slipknot to international shows...
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Boiler Room - Can't Breathe (2000) [w/ Rob Caggiano]
CAN'T MEEP NOWBefore Rob Caggiano was a super producer of bands like Cradle of Filth and 36 Crazyfists and even before riffin' and rockin' guitars as a member of Anthrax or Volbeat, Rob Caggiano was in the band BOILER ROOM who were signe...
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The Banner - Each Breath Haunted (2005) [w/ Joey Southside of The Banner]
Each Meep Haunted.The [Bruce] Banner from New Jersey were an interesting entry in tha world of metalcore in 2005. A punk rock aesthetic with a spooktacular subject matter wrapped up in breakdowns and mosh madness.In this episode, ...
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downthesun - downthesun (2002) [w/ Aaron Peltz of downthesun]
MEEPICATED.This episode tackles tha self-titled debut and farewell of midwest monsters, downthesun. This band has so many Slipknot ties and that pun writes itself but they didn't wear tha masks - you saw and heard exactly how ugly they w...
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Madball - Legacy (2005) [w/ Brian "Mitts" Daniels]
Now THAT'S a spicy MEEPBALL! Madball's 5th album, Legacy, was released domestically in tha U.S. under THA GUN aka Ferret and internationally on tha Bird - Roadrunner.Madball broke up... for a year and then they got back together! With th...
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Madina Lake - From Them, Through Us, To You (2007) [w/ Matthew Leone of Madina Lake]
MEEPDINA LAKEOne might say… tha greatest lake. SIT DOWN, HURON!Madina Lake was formed in tha aftermath of two Chicago mainstays: Blank Theory and Reforma.But after a fluke victory on Fear Factor (Rogan, not Cazares...
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Presidents of the United States of America - Freaked Out and Small (2000) [w/ Chris Ballew of PUSA]
MILLIONS OF MEEPS-ES,MEEPS-ES FOR ME!Get it? That “Peaches” song.On tha eve of America’s Independence Day, I present to you our greatest independents: Presidents of the United States of America.Their splendor ...
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Spineshank - Self-Destructive Pattern (2003) [w/ Mike Sarkisyan of Spineshank]
Self Meepstructive Pattern.A prophetic title for a band who broke up 6 months after it's release! Hear Mike talk about tha highs, lows, yesses, no's, Grammy nomination, Roadrunner United, and two people you would not expect to have audit...
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Nickelback - The Long Road (2003) [w/ Michael Kroeger of Nickelback]
Episode 100.This is a show about albums released on Roadrunner Records so who better for episode 100 than the best selling band in the history of the label - Nickelback.Bassist Michael Kroeger joins us to discuss their 2003 album ...
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Ether Seeds - Ether Seeds (2003) [w/ Dustin Lowery of Ether Seeds]
MEEPER SEEDS.Too Easy.Sometimes albums are made for Roadrunner... and not released?HUH?! WHAT'S THAT MEAN?!In the mid 2000s the label was going through a boom and signing lots of bands since Roadrunner had recently been ...
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3 Inches of Blood - Advance & Vanquish (2004) [w/ Cam Pipes of 3 Inches of Blood]
MEEPLY SINNERS!!!3 Inches of Blood are celebrating 20 years of "Advance and Vanquish" in 2024 so vocalist Cam Pipes sat up to break down the making of this hallmark album in their catalog and the one that started it all for many of thei...
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Machine Head - Through the Ashes of Empires (2003) [w/ Phil Demmel]
NO MEEPING REGRETS!!!It's often said all men think about is tha Roman Empire but in truth, all anybody is ever thinking about is Machine Head's 5th full length album "Through the Ashes of Empires" released on Roadrunner Records.On t...
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Deicide - Serpents of the Light (1997) [w/ Scott Burns, Producer]
MEEPSTERS OV HABITThis episode we're joined by legendary Meepster and producer Scott Burns who produced seminal records by all your favorites including Obituary, Suffocation, Sepultura and even Deicide. We talk about those in addition t...
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To My Surprise - To My Surprise (2003) [w/ Brandon Darner of To My Surprise]
GET MEEP TO GO.Oh sorry...I didn't mean to startle you but we're talking about the 2003 album by tha band To My Surprise, 20 years after it's release.To My Surprise is a fascinating, although be it short lived, project, probably...
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Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone (2008) [w/ producer Dave Fortman of Ugly Kid Joe]
I. MEEPED. MY. TIME. 15 years ago Slipknot released their BEST (???) album and tha final one with tha lineup considered classic: All Hope Is Gone. Producer Dave Fortman (Evanescence, Mudvayne) of Ugly Kid Joe riffage w...
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Misfits - Famous Monsters (1999) [w/ Michale Graves of the Misfits]
Famous MEEPSTERS!In 1999, Misfits released their Roadrunner debut and 2nd LP with a reborn line-up entitled FAMOUS MONSTERS. Infamous Monster himself Michale Graves himself tells us about how approaching this album differed from "Americ...
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Fear Factory - Obsolete (1998) [w/ Burton C. Bell and Madchild of Swollen Members]
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 "°BS...
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The Spider-Man Soundtrack (2002) [w/ Andy Ellis of Black Lab]
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 remain...
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Elephant Gun - Elephant Gun (1998) [w/ Sean Dennis of Elephant Gun]
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 thei...
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Jupiter Coyote - Here Be Dragons (1998) [w/ Matt Mayes of Jupiter Coyote]
HERE MEEP DRAGONSIn 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...
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Star Star - The Love Drag Years (1992) [w/ Johnnie Holliday of Star Star]
STAR STAR MEEP MEEPOn 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 r...
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Make Them Suffer - Neverbloom (2012) [w/ Sean Harmanis of Make Them Suffer]
MEEP THEM SUFFEROn 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.
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Shinedown - Amaryllis (2012) [w/ Brent Smith of Shinedown]
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 MAD...
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First Blood - Killafornia (2006) [w/ Carl Schwartz of First Blood]
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...
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