Kicking off the new year chill and relaxed. Catch up on NYE and holiday fun and take a look back at our best and worst rock and roll moments of 2018. Then the wheels come off and anger happens to set up what we're going to do next week.

The Black Moods have actually been around for a number of years and even have two full length albums out, but until recently they have gone relatively unnoticed to the mainstream rock crowd. That has begun to change now that their new single "Bella Donna" is being played on various rock radio stations around the country and the road has called. This is a band to watch for 2019 and on this New Years Eve weekend I was able to hang out with them and get a great introduction in their home town of Phoenix, AZ.

Corbin Reiff has written for Rolling Stone Magazine, Spin, Uproxx, Billboard, Consequence of Sound and tons more. He was announced plans to write a biography about Chris Cornell set for 2020 release. We sat down to talk to him about that book, Chris Cornell and more. His first book, LIGHTERS IN THE SKY: The All-Time Greatest Concerts, 1960-2016 is out now.

Indio Downey and Ralph Alexander of the 2 peice rock band from Malibu, CA The Dose stopped by the studio. We chatted for a bit and then yes they brought some guitars. Enjoy an introduction to the band The Dose.

This isn't actually a reboot. The news broke about the reboot of the MTV stop motion show 'Celebrity Death Match' right before we got into the studio. A show who's theme music was written by none other than Marilyn Manson! That news spawned this conversation.

Nothing More played The Sylvee in Madison, WI on December 2nd. Cutter caught up with frontman Jonny Hawkins before the show. They talked gaming, the spark that pushed Jonny to music, his road from drummer to singer, and more.

P.O.D. which stands for Payable on Death having been kicking it around the rock and metal scene since the mid 90's. Based out of San Diego their music is unrecognizable. From giant hits like "Youth of the Nation" and "Boom" to their newest album 'Circles' we dive into it all with Sonny, Wuv, Traa, and Marcos of the legendary P.O.D.

After helping Ivan Moody from Five Finger Death Punch do an amazing thing by donating sleeping bags to a homeless shelter, Kaytie and I decided it's high time to go down the list of charity organizations that are ran by, started by, or helped by rockstars.

Music for Relief
Solid Rock
Musicares
Make Yourself Foundattion
Sweet Relief
The All Within My Hands Foundation
The Vitalogy Foundation
Silverlake Conservatory of Music
The Better Life Foundation
The Chris & Vicky Cornell Foundation
Hagar Family Foundation
Fender Music Organization
Bob Irwin Wildlife & Conservation Foundation
Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund
5FDP Vets

For the 100th episode of the Rockcast, Kaytie and I went live via Facebook and took your questions. Plus I was still live on the air. Turns out we're OK at multitasking. Here's the audio, enjoy!

A few weeks ago the rock world lost one of it's great guitarists in Oli Herbert from the band All That Remains. Kaytie and I were both lucky enough to have met Oli and everyone from ATR on numerous occasions and I know for me personally they quickly become some of my favorite people in music. November 9th sees the release of the 9th studio album 'Victim of the New Disease.' Mike Martin is the other guitarist in All That Remains and in the middle of Kaytie and I talking about the band Mike and I had a fantastic conversation about Oli, about the new record, some good natured ribbing of Phil LeBonte, playing in the rain and more. Listen to this episode and you might learn something. After you listen to this, or before, do yourself a favor and listen to the new record. You won't be sorry.

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Kaytie: @ktrgrocks
All That Remains: @ATRhq
Mike Martin: @mikemartinatr