(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 http://theradarstudio.com , gear nerdy and building equipment, speed doctoring? That's a thing?, Club 242 and being started by none other than Bernie Sanders, getting a note from his parents to get out of school to tour, the almighty Rocketsled and how the vinyl bug bit at a very young age. Enjoy.

Ok this was a beast to edit. If you wanna watch us have the ENTIRE discussion with close to an hour of extra discussion, hustle that bustle over to my youtubicles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03BKIK0VOyc

Chapter 90 Music:

Cancer Conspiracy: "II"

Daughters: "Providence By Gaslight"

Cancer Conspiracy: "Summer Of Andy"

Constants: "Genetics Like Chess Pieces"

Rocketsled: "Main Man"

Nels Cline: "The Gamine"

Conan: "Revengeance"

Cancer Conspiracy: "III"

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(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 timeline. I sliced it in half because it seemed that the first half focused most of its attention to Daryls' beginnings up through The Audio Medium. Enjoy and if you think you'd enjoy Fugazi and Faraquet playing King Crimson I highly recommend you hunt this album down. Special thanks to my son Ben for helping me figure out an ending to part one...stay tuned, and SUBSCRIBE.

Check it out: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-audio-medium-mw0000212139

Daryls' page at Radar Studio: http://theradarstudio.com/daryldiscog

Chapter 89 Music (there's a lot...):

Cancer Conspiracy: "Broken Hearts Gathered And Rebroadcast"

Toenut: "Mouthfull Of Pennies"

The Doors: "The End"

Motley Crue: "Shout At The Devil"

(A Small Tribute to Headbanger's Ball Themes:)

<- Prong: "Steady Decline"

<- Megadeth "Peace Sells"

<- Pantera: "A New Level"

Drowningman: "Busy Signal At The Suicide Hotline"

Smart Went Crazy: "Good Day"

Faraquet: "Sea Song"

One King Down: "Deliver Me"

Cancer Conspiracy: "Loft Complication"

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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 we think might not be on a lot of lists. Kinda going' off-road with the list. Enjoy. Happy New Year, you lovely scattered few.

All things Jaci: http://kvlt.co

Chapter 88 Music:

Sting: "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" (Haha. Happy New Year, Jaci.)

Skid Row: "Big Guns" (Sorry, Seth and I have a "Skid Row; first two albums" thing...)

Metallica: "Disposable Heroes" (This song turned THIRTY this year! THIRTY!!!)

Jacis' "top three obscure weird-ass atmospheric metal you may not have heard in 2016" list:

Oranssi Pazuzu: "Lahja"

Sleepwalker: "Black Ribbon"

Noir Noir: "Black Sun"

Seths' 'trying to pick a top three off the typical metal list of 2016" list:

Bloodiest: "He is Disease"

Helms Alee: "Andromenous"

Earthship: "Conjured"

Travs' "I barely listened to any new metal albums in 2016" top three list (plus a Zao drop):

KENmode: "Absolutely Not"

Zao: "Jinba Ittai"

Candiria: "While They Were Sleeping"

Dysrhythmia: "Selective Abstraction"

The Police: "Roxanne" (Jaci, Seth made me do it.)

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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 his first book called "10 Things I Hate About Christianity"...which is hitting me at a good time in my life. I'm reading it and so far I recommend this read for anyone with doubt. Folks, it's no secret I love Strongarm. Enjoy.

Jasons' Site, check out his book: http://jasonberggren.com

For the Strongarm followers, Jason has made an infamous Facebook "Strongarm Vault" and it's so good: https://www.facebook.com/jason.berggren/media_set?set=a.3832257598237.153665.1031808604&type=3

Chapter 87 Music (all Strongarm):

As The Story Grows links:

This chapter was edited by the amazingly helpful Bryan Patton. Thanks Bryan! https://twitter.com/bryanpatton84

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 for money. Love this dude.

Kevin's prolific bandcamp page: https://kevinhufnagel.bandcamp.com

Kevs' FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Kevin-Hufnagel-165771196852107/

Chapter 86 Music:

Dysrhythmia: "Four, Five, Six Minutes Late"

Dysrhythmia: "Reactionary"

Dysrhythmia: "Veil Of Control"

Gorguts: "Obsconders"

Sabbath Assembly: "Risen From Below"

Byla: "Closer To The Center"

Kevin Hufnagel: "Suton" (from his solo release "Kleines Biest")

Dysrhythmia: "Nutritional Facelift"

As The Story Grows links:

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 "Domestikwom". We get the story behind these crazy band names, the inspirations as to why alone and why now, and details on how to order this digital split and have your proceeds donated to Planned Parenthood. These guys are friends of mine and I'm happy to help. Plus, I FINALLY shoehorned in a Party Cannon reference. This EP is TWO DOLLARS and it goes to charity. Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

Domestikwom:

Bandcamp, check out Jon's other stuff: https://domestikwom.bandcamp.com

Petkau on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Petkau

Necrolytic Goat Converter:

Bandcamp, check out Chris' other stuff: https://necrogoatconverter.bandcamp.com

Voss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmvoss042

Oh and check to the funniest grind band ever: https://partycannon.bandcamp.com

Chapter 85 Music:

Necrolytic Goat Converter - "The Crushing Weight of Pater Vita"

Domestikwom - "Throne of Cold"

Party Cannon - "There's a Reason You're Single"

Domestikwom - "A Simple Tailor"

Necrolytic Goat Converter - "Fractured Omniscience"

As The Story Grows links:

This chapter was edited by Jon Petkau himself! Thanks Jon! https://twitter.com/Petkau

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 Fates Warning and denying an audition for TSO, teaching guitar, long-distance bandmates, sharing views on todays cookie-monster vocals, and the future of the second EP. (Run on sentance.) Check the links below and you HAVE to watch that Blotted Science video. This dude is a scientist; a scientist who dresses is ferrets in halloween costumes. Believe me he sent me pictures.

Rons' site: http://www.ronjarzombek.com

Blotted Science "Cretaceous Chasm" video: https://youtu.be/gKkn-YjYmCA

Watchtower on Prosthetic Records: http://prostheticrecords.com/?p=8633

Chapter 84 Music:

Watchtower: "M Theory Overture"

Helstar: "Aieliaria and Everonn"

Spastic Ink: "Mosquito Brain Surgery"

Watchtower: "Arguments Against Design"

Blotted Science: "Cretaceous Chasm"

Gordian Knot: "Rivers Dancing"

Spastic Ink: "A Chaotic Realization Of Nothing Yet Misunderstood"

Watchtower: "The Size Of Matter"

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Chapter 83: "Sky Beats Gold" ...as read by Marty Lunn of Zao and Young Fox

Marty Lunn has been heavily involved in the greater Pittsburgh scene for his entire life. He goes into a lot of detail back in March on the Urban Achiever podcast, but I wanted to hit on a few different things than what he rolled out with Bill. I became friends with Marty because of my relationship with Scott and Zao and we got to spend some quality time in the van between Canada and NY. Marty and I try to cover some of the in-between stuff that he hasn't discussed before...including a lil' hockey. I'm happy to help his band Young Fox with their full length coming "Sky Beats Gold" on Spartan Records in Mid-January! Check out a clip of the song "Sometimes The Monsters Win" at the end of this chapter. Thank you Marty and thank John from Spartan.

Marty on Urban Achiever: http://www.urbanachievershow.com/episodes/40335-episode-60-marty-lunn

Young Fox Bandcamp: https://youngfoxband.bandcamp.com

Young Fox on Spartan Records: http://www.spartanrecords.com/artists/youngfox

Chapter 83 Music:

Young Fox: "The Answer"

Zao: "March"

Young Fox: "Gather Up The Flowers"

Young Fox: "Sometimes The Monsters Win" (Thanks John from Spartan for the tune!)

As The Story Grows links:

This chapter was edited by the amazingly helpful Bryan Patton. Thanks Bryan! https://twitter.com/bryanpatton84

Chapter 82: "It's All About The Washingtons" ...as read by Andrea Horne of Vaureen

Andrea Horne of Vaureen joins the story to let us know about their new EP that comes out November 18th! We discuss how Vaureen formed sort of by accident with her buddy at work. Andrea was an only child growing up in Green Bay so finding heavy music was kinda tough. We cover a little bit about this North Dakota pipeline thing, the people's history of the united states, standardized testing, religous education and the constant, exhausting hunt for the truth. Andrea also tells us about the scary leap of becoming a freelancer.

Brand new video for "Tough Guys": https://youtu.be/-89aVlwj7eo

Bandcamp: https://vaureen.bandcamp.com/releases

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vaureen/

Chapter 82 Music: All excerpts from Vaureen's upcoming EP "Violence"

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Chapter 81: "A Guarenteed Cure " ...as read by Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy

Mr. Jason Wisdom, formerly of Becoming The Archetype, has moved on. Most folks join a new band or perhaps start a new one. Nope. Jason started a solo project. By himself. Nothing but bass. Decisions no longer fall on a group of people they fall on one...in a 99' Suburban...but NOT in red tank tops. We got some big news in here: Andrew Schwab of Project 86 is a guest vocalist on the upcoming album, Jason has signed Death Therapy with Solid State and the album should be coming out in February. There we go. You heard it here. Jason has gotten this thing off the ground and is now touring with Project 86. It's a honor that he let some cats out of some bags here. Thanks, buddy!

Oh, there's also a never before heard demo of Becoming The Archetypes' "Epoch Of War" that was recorded in my house in 2006. No big deal. Wink.

Chapter 81 Notes:

DT Bandcamp: http://deaththerapymetal.bandcamp.com/

DT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Death-Therapy-775868665844725/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

Listen to my first chapter with Jason from July 2015...Funniest. Tour. Story. Ever.

Photo Credit: RJP Photography

See the video of this podcast at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIAUCQ7PLUM

Chapter 81 Music:

Death Therapy: "Until Then"

Death Therapy: "Slow Dance With Death"

Becoming The Archetype: "Epoch Of War" (2006 demo from my home studio. Been sitting on this nugget for ten years.)

Death Therapy: "Prodigal"

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