Death. Delusion. And a goth Christmas tree. 🪦🎄

Ace Frehley’s gone. Mudvayne’s calling themselves classic rock. Ian Watkins finally met karma. Spineshank rose from the grave. And apparently, Christmas now wears black eyeliner.

It’s a hell of a week in rock.

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Paul McCoy of 12 Stones is back — and he’s got a lot more to say than just “wake me up.”

In this episode of Mikey In The Pit, we talk about everything from surviving melanoma to ditching the 9-to-5 grind and getting back on stage. Paul opens up about sobriety, mental health, his love/hate relationship with the industry, and why this isn’t some cute little comeback story — it’s about purpose.

We also get into:

• Touring with Evanescence (and the weirdness)

• Getting mislabeled as a Christian band

• Screaming again after 24 years

• Playing Aftershock and getting thrown into the crowd

• What 12 Stones sounds like in 2025

• And the real reason he came back

Whether you’re a longtime fan or just here for the truth behind the voice, this one’s real, raw, and worth the full listen.

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164,000 people. 115 bands. Four days of noise, sweat, and total mayhem.
Aftershock 2025 was the biggest one yet and I somehow survived.

From Blink-182 and Good Charlotte to Korn, Rob Zombie, Manson, Chimaira, and GWAR… this year hit different.

This episode covers everything you didn’t see on the livestream:

• Thursday’s pop-punk flashback

• Friday’s food poisoning blackout

• Saturday’s pit insanity, the record-breaking group photo, and the best f**king corndog I’ve ever had

• Sunday’s crowd-surfing chaos, a surprise Manson comeback, and one poor girl who got absolutely dropped during Rob Zombie

Plus: how Sacramento gave DWP a literal award, what’s changing next year, and what’s coming for Mikey in the Pit.

If you were there, relive it. If you missed it, fix that next year.

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