MEEPgotthamessageoftha BHAGAVAT!We continue on into '95 with an absolute corker and a personal favorite:Shelter's Roadrunner debut - MANTRA.John Porcell takes us through the process of recording this album with Tom Soares at the helm while Adam Blake (H2O) gives us a unique look into the life of a young man crossing over into a whole new world in more ways than one to play in a band bubbling at the surface of superstardom.Howie Abrams, former A&R at RR also gives us a little inside look at how the band even arrived onto the label as well as the expected wealth of knowledge you should expect from this king of New York.COYOTE CORNER: Branden Morgan of Misery Signals, one of the best drummers in music today or yesterday, tells us about the influence Demanufacture's mechanical double bass had on him. Shelter also comes up...

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Become meepsensitized by the values of life as we get two key players in the making of one of the most important records of the last 25 years - Fear Factory's Demanufacture.Rhys Fulber explains how it came to be that he was involved with the project and ultimately given the wheel for it while Dino Cazares explains how his guitar tone was shaped, the cast of characters that he meets along the way to this masterpiece, and the story behind Dave McKean's artwork.Plus exclusive details on the new anniversary repressing of Demanufacture by Run Out Groove Vinyl!!!Judgement Day is here and you can't afford to miss this episode!

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Lazy from Cincinnati, OH were like...I dunno maybe what tha B-52's making a pop-punk album would be. ⁣⁣That description of a band put two records out on Roadrunner including 1994's "Some Assembly Required" which I talk with Steve (guitar) and Meghan (drums) about making this album and their time on tha big bird.COYOTE CORNER: Chris from Internal Bleeding and I nerd out about CD singles, backyard wrestling, and Front Line Assembly's "Millennium"

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The first ever BONUS EPISODE of Meep Meep has arrived.In celebration of the Dresden Dolls 20th anniversary on Halloween on 2020, we're looking back on their 2004 self-titled Roadrunner debut with none other than one half of the juggling duo, Brian Viglione.Brian tells us about the early stages of the band, standing up for important nuances of their legacy, and being a piano-and-drum duo on a label full of guitars-and-breakdowns.SPOOKTACULAR!

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Rhys Fulber, a mainstay of Roadrunner canon and an icon of my CD player, joins me to talk about Front Line Assembly and their landmark 1994 album "Millennium."This was a bold new direction for the duo as they went from traditional electronic music to a more industrial metal sound they'd help pioneer. You'll hear about how that idea came about, working with Devin Townsend on the record, their front line assemblance into the Roadrunner family, and the beginnings of the relationship with Fear Factory! Plus a few other news and notes, some never before heard!Check out Rhys Fulber's new EP "Resolve" athttp://RhysFulber.BandCamp.com

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This week singer-songwriter Kevin Salem joins me for a detour from the typical heavy metal world of Roadrunner Records to the Americana of Soma City. Kevin discusses working with a variety of musical greats as well as the catalyst for making the record, and the unique process that helped shape it!

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It's the end of the WORLD!...and the start of a new one.This week I'm joined by Donald Tardy of the band Obituary to discuss their casually innovative 1994 album "World Demise." We talk about the influence of Dave "Big Shirt" NIcholls on production and how New York hardcore made its' way into their style.Coyote Corner: Hawker Records founder John Bello tells me about every single release on the label as well as the early days of U.S. Roadrunner, running a label while being a teenager and hanging out with the queen, Holly Lane!

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This week Ryan is joined by Nick from Job For a Cowboy to reminisce and plan the revolution to a soundtrack of Machine Head's 1994 Roadrunner debut "Burn My Eyes."Coyote Corner: Todd Friend of H2O recalls his time working in the mailroom of Roadrunner in the early 90s, the impact that job had on his life, as well as the impact Madball's "Set It Off" had on the world.

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This week we're Discussing Madball Songs on their Roadrunner debut ⁣"SET IT OFF" !!!⁣⁣This iconic album couldn't be contained with just one guest so there will be an unprecedented THREE people joining me.Matt Henderson from Madball discusses making this absolute classic, working with Hoya for the first time, Jamie Locke's influence on the sound of the record, and the video for "Down By Law."Also Howie Abrams, A&R Superstar of RR, talks about the origin of Madball and signing the band to Roadrunner.Coyote Corner: South Carolina hardcore legend Chris McLane from Stretch Arm Strong reflects on Black Train Jack's "You're Not Alone"

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This week's album is Black Train Jack's 1994 swan song, "You're Not Alone" which features huge hooks, chugging riffs, and Sick of It All. Brian from the band tells me all about the formation of the band, making this album, and the Spin Doctors.Coyote Corner featured Tad, drummer for late 80's RR alumni Toxik reflecting on Buzzov•en's "Sore" album as well as what it was like being in a touring metal band in the early days of the bird.

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