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
99 episodes
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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Brother's Keeper - Fantasy Killer (2001) [w/ Mike Ski of Brother's Keeper]
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 B...
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Both Worlds - Memory Rendered Visible (1998) [w/ John "Bloodclot" Joseph]
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 Roa...
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DevilDriver - Beast (2011) [w/ John Boecklin of DevilDriver / Bad Wolves]
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 m...
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Sum 41 - It's What We're All About (2002) [w/ Cone McCaslin of Sum 41]
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...
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Bleeding Through - The Truth (2006) [w/ Brandan Schieppati of Bleeding Through]
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...
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Still Remains - The Serpent (2007) [w/ TJ Miller of Still Remains]
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 ...
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DevilDriver - The Last Kind Words (2007) [w/ Mike Spreitzer of DevilDriver]
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 HA...
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Terror - Always the Hard Way (2006) [w/ Nick Jett of Terror]
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 ...
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