This week on Toilet Radio: Teenage Joe gets to fulfill a dream. We talk with New Bedford, MA melodic hardcore legends A Wilhelm Scream. Guitarist/vocalist Trevor Reilly and Ben Murray join for an hour-long interview about all things punk and metal. We talk about the dearly departed Trevor Strnad and his connection that took Ben from Light This City to A Wilhelm Scream twenty years later. The duo discusses some of their favorite guitar bands like Dinosaur Jr and In Flames and the pain that is having to practice guitar. Other topics include the evolution of the music industry since the 90s, touring small towns in the middle of winter “with dogs with boners just wandering around”, developing a villain character to write music, and building a healthy distrust of fans. We talk about Cheap Heat, the band’s upcoming record that absolutely rips, and get in depth about what it takes to survive and grow as a band for so many decades. I don’t say it lightly: folks……. this is a good one.

The band is gearing up for a West Coast tour starting next week. Check out the dates here. And because I gushed about it on the show, please do yourself a favor and listen to The Horse at your earliest convenience.

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