Episodes

  • 178 - MALEVOLENCE: Metalcore Riffs, Guitar Rundown & Navigating Fatherhood
    May 5 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Konan Hall & Josh Baines. Guitar players from Sheffield, UK metal band MALEVOLENCE. https://linktr.ee/malevolenceriff

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    00:00 - Kemper & Quad Cortex
    01:52 - Starting Malevolence as Kids
    02:57 - Playthrough: First Song Pessimist
    09:15 - Buying First “Real” Guitar
    11:18 - Gear Broken by Airlines
    14:35 - Acoustic Show
    23:57 - Playthrough: Higher Place
    25:55 - Writing Higher Place
    32:19 - Navigating Fatherhood as a Musician
    41:22 - Beer Run
    41:48 - Keeping Same Lineup Since 2010
    47:13 - Partying in the Early Days
    54:15 - Switching to Digital Amps & Cabs
    1:02:12 - Konan Builds Custom Music Gear (Konvikt Kustoms)
    1:13:10 - Performance: Keep Your Distance
    1:15:30 - Approach to Writing Songs
    1:23:25 - Riff: On Broken Glass
    1:27:11 - No Phones at Concerts
    1:32:18 - Josh’s Custom Shop Ibanez Guitar Rundown
    1:36:21 - Active vs Passive Pickups
    1:39:05 - Konan’s Jackson Soloist Guitar Rundown
    1:45:32 - Working with Josh Wilbur on New Album

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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • 177 - NOTHING,NOWHERE: Buddhism, Travis Barker Collab & Being Vegan
    May 2 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Joseph Mulherin. Musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter behind NOTHING,NOWHERE. On tour now! https://nothingnowheremerch.com/pages/tour

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    00:00 - Writing Music In A Treehouse
    07:32 - Love or Chemistry Lyrics
    09:01 - Riff: Garza Plays Love or Chemistry
    11:02 - Switching Gear
    13:56 - Massachusetts Catholic School
    18:06 - Buddhism & Reading Bible
    20:58 - Alan Watts
    21:41 - Lao Tzu
    23:34 - Panic Attacks
    27:46 - Vermont
    30:59 - Chicken Coops
    33:34 - Oldest Chicken Ever
    36:45 - Rent-A-Goat
    39:21 - Travis Barker & Vegan Food
    44:10 - Dropping Off Festivals
    49:42 - Therapy
    52:05 - Writing Trauma Factory
    55:11 - Balancing Time
    58:35 - Void Eternal
    1:02:48 - Bringing PC On Tour
    1:06:27 - Road Rage
    1:13:51 - TikTok Brain Rot Covers
    1:18:36 - Early Warped Tours

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • 176 - HATEBREED | Jamey Jasta: Headbangers Ball, Hardcore, Dark Web & Taking Risks
    Apr 28 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Jamey Jasta. Vocalist for hardcore band HATEBREED & host of the JASTA SHOW podcast. https://linktr.ee/hatebreed

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    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 - Vocal Hacks
    04:06 - Manifesting Tour w/ Korn
    09:36 - Pre 911 Travel
    15:41 - “If People Talk Bad About You, That Makes You More Successful”
    16:54 - Victimhood
    19:42 - The Animal Whisperer
    26:18 - New Haven & Public School
    31:41 - Living in Bunk Beds
    36:50 - Nirvana at The Moon
    41:10 - Bust Before Breakdowns
    45:01 - Sepultura & Bad Brains
    49:18 - Thick Skin
    52:15 - Filing For Bankruptcy
    55:56 - Signing To Universal
    59:53 - Ozzfest & Paving Road
    1:02:26 - Entombed & Kreator
    1:08:28 - Machine Head’s Come Back
    1:13:06 - Stephen Carpenter of Deftones
    1:17:48 - Chasing Puzzle Piece to a Song
    1:20:37 - Bad Records & Taking Risks
    1:38:33 - Vince McMahon
    1:40:38 - Triple H
    1:45:37 - Wrestlemania
    1:49:17 - Headbanger’s Ball
    1:52:02 - Dio
    1:57:05 - Dave Grohl Chapter
    2:01:15 - Headbangers Ball Politics
    2:04:14 - Playing w/ Vanilla Ice
    2:11:28 - MTV Buzzworthy
    2:13:59 - Milwaukee Metal Fest
    2:21:43 - Death Metal vs Deathcore
    2:26:18 - Summer Slaughter
    2:33:40 - Reason Jasta Started His Podcast
    2:36:14 - Corpsegrinder
    2:41:55 - Funerals & Open Caskets
    2:43:37 - Carnivore: S.M.D.
    2:49:45 - Black Market & Dark Web

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    2 hrs and 51 mins
  • 175 - MELVINS | Buzz Osborne: How to Always Write Riffs, Marriage & Finding Truth
    Apr 21 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Buzz Osborne of American rock band Melvins. New album “Thunderball” out now! https://melvins.com

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    00:00 - 30 Year Marriage
    07:24 - Finding Right Partner
    10:49 - Golf
    19:52 - Wayne Gretzky
    21:00 - Garza Trys Out For Golf Team
    23:51 - John Daly
    25:25 - Making A Living With Music
    30:25 - Thunderball
    32:55 - Two Live Drummers
    37:46 - Andy Warhol
    41:00 - Social Distortion Iconic Logo
    44:45 - Photography
    47:58 - Jack Russell Dogs
    53:15 - Montesano
    56:06 - Sex Pistols & David Bowie
    1:00:56 - Bullhead & Lysol
    1:02:14 - First Check
    1:04:27 - Being Asked To Join Nirvana?
    1:09:45 - How To Find Truth
    1:11:45 - Most Stuff About Nirvana Isn’t True
    1:15:40 - Hair Style
    1:16:45 - Houdini, Kurt Cobain & GGGarth Richardson
    1:19:03 - Bad Brains: ROIR
    1:20:01 - Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon
    1:20:46 - Amy Winehouse
    1:23:05 - Greatest Heavy Metal Record
    1:24:09 - Peter Green
    1:25:55 - Kirk Hammet & $2,000,000 Guitar
    1:28:09 - Pete Townshend, The Who & Woodstock
    1:31:31 - Weird Tunings
    1:32:52 - Ted Falconi
    1:35:00 - Gang Of Four: Paralyzed
    1:37:15 - James Bond

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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • 174 - BLEEDING THROUGH: Metalcore, Orange County & Chugging Beers
    Apr 16 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Orange County metalcore band Bleeding Through. New Album “NINE” Out Now! https://instagram.com/bleedingthrough

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    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 - Influenced & Touring w/ AFI
    04:23 - Listening To Non-Metal
    08:03 - Playing w/ Long Fingernails
    10:38 - Black Metal Inspired
    15:29 - Brandan Played in Hardcore Band
    18:00 - Artwork
    18:25 - Authentic Expression
    20:03 - Album Has Easter Eggs
    22:11 - Ryan Wombacher Needing Clean Break
    23:08 - Having Kids, Hiatus & Feeling Lost
    27:28 - Not Playing Mexico City w/ Megadeth
    31:35 - Inland Empire vs Orange County
    34:11 - Derek Couldn’t Play Blast Beats
    42:42 - John Joining Band
    48:25 - Reflecting on Past & Current Self
    53:05 - Backing Tracks vs Actual Instruments
    57:23 - Not Being Approachable
    59:54 - Hosting Uranium (Fuse TV)
    1:07:05 - Downing Beers
    1:17:34 - Saying “No” & Building Own Things
    1:20:18 - Sonic Temple
    1:24:41 - Chris Barnes & Algorithm
    1:25:53 - Jamming Metallica on Walkman
    1:27:45 - Non-Metal Music
    1:29:07 - Whole Band Sings
    1:30:15 - Leaving A Stamp On Music

    BLEEDING THROUGH is
    • Brandan Shieppati - Vocals
    • Marta Demmel - Keyboard
    • Brandon Richter - Guitar
    • John Arnold - Guitar
    • Derek Youngsma - Drums
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • 173 - EXTERMINATION DISMEMBERMENT: Slam Rules, Chug Riffs, Belarus & Planet Fitness
    Apr 14 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Vladislav Martirosov & Arseniy Kovalchuk from Belarus slam band Extermination Dismemberment. https://linktr.ee/edismemberment

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    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 - Band Name Origin
    04:03 - Learning English
    06:05 - Belarus
    07:13 - Choosing Longest Band Name
    11:03 - Butcher For Artwork
    14:51 - Location For Music Video
    19:23 - Mormons
    20:52 - American Culture
    21:24 - How Band Met
    26:30 - Problem w/ Finding Vocalists
    28:12 - 1st Belarusian Band Touring America
    29:10 - Bands from Belarus
    30:44 - Visa Rejected
    31:54 - Touring in RVs
    34:27 - Love What You Do
    36:20 - Red Beton Project
    40:40 - Kemper & AMT P1 Pedal
    43:44 - B.C. Rich Shredzilla
    45:56 - Riff: Slaughterer Chainsaw
    47:49 - Riff: Slide Pinch Harmonics
    51:49 - Rules of Making Slam
    54:55 - Deathcore Needs Diversity
    58:52 - Mixing & Mastering Own Music
    59:57 - Corpsepit
    1:02:56 - Planet Fitness
    1:07:15 - Groaning While Working Out
    1:09:11 - Back Pain Routines
    1:13:50 - Checking Ego
    1:16:47 - Bringing Back Crazy Artwork
    1:19:50 - Achieving Success & Happiness

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • 172 - UNDEROATH: New Album, Sacrifices, Hiatus & Getting Jumped at a Show
    Apr 7 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Chris Dudley & Tim McTague of UNDEROATH. New album ‘The Place After This One’ out now! https://underoath777.com

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    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 - Florida & Church Shows
    07:04 - Renting a Guitar
    09:24 - First Song Chris Wrote
    11:23 - Meeting the Right People
    15:24 - Getting Jumped in Dana Point
    16:20 - Disaster Tour
    17:51 - The Last Riff
    19:32 - Know What You’re Not Inspired By
    24:50 - Look Back at Where You Came From
    26:44 - Mayhem Tour
    27:23 - Saying “Yes” All The Time
    28:38 - The Place After This One
    31:00 - Seeing What You Have
    36:28 - Recording in Blue Ridge, Georgia
    39:28 - Family Sacrifices To Record
    47:40 - Meta Quest VR
    51:03 - Tetherball
    58:40 - Respecting People’s Time
    1:00:44 - Valvoline is Terrible
    1:03:05 - Underoath Whiskey
    1:04:38 - They’re Only Chasing Safety
    1:12:27 - Vultures
    1:13:44 - Hiatus
    1:26:46 - Appreciate Things
    1:28:20 - No Balance

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • 171 - MACHINE HEAD | Robb Flynn: New Album, The Blackening & Facing Childhood Trauma
    Mar 31 2025

    Garza sits down in-person with Robb Flynn. Vocalist & guitar player of heavy metal band MACHINE HEAD. New album “UNATØNED” out April 25th! https://linktr.ee/machinehead

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    CHAPTERS:
    00:00 - Robb Credits Garza Adding ‘From This Day’ to Live Set
    05:11 - Chris Barnes
    09:23 - The Burning Red
    11:45 - Murder Car & Ross Robinson
    13:50 - Guitarist Logan Mader Quitting
    15:23 - Bar Fights & Internally Falling Apart
    18:33 - Getting Therapy
    30:16 - Slipknot in Studio w/ Machine Head
    33:40 - Being Sober for Writing Records
    39:28 - Being Adopted
    41:50 - Accidental Weed Smoking, Tobacco Pipes & Olympia Beer
    45:00 - Old R&B, Pop & Oldies Music Upbringing
    48:01 - San Lorenzo, CA
    1:03:08 - Barfly Movie
    1:11:05 - Getting Naked in Vocal Booth
    1:15:53 - Director Michael Martin
    1:18:45 - Confronting Childhood Trauma
    1:21:24 - Supercharger
    1:25:40 - Crashing Around You Video After 911
    1:39:22 - Through the Ashes of Empires
    1:45:58 - Struggling Financially
    1:50:28 - Getting Turned Down by 35 Labels
    1:53:36 - Resigning to Roadrunner
    1:56:59 - Imperium
    2:00:30 - Coldplay
    2:05:01 - Classical Guitar Lessons
    2:07:57 - Taking Mescaline
    2:11:41 - Robert Fripp
    2:13:56 - The Blackening
    2:24:30 - Imposter Syndrome
    2:28:05 - Winning “Album of the Year” & “Golden God” Award
    2:29:54 - Metallica
    2:32:46 - Dad Rents Guitar for Robb But Joins Band to Sing
    2:37:06 - First Time Getting Drunk Was to Metallica
    2:41:19 - Meeting James Hetfield
    2:43:29 - Playing Cover & Original Songs at Parties
    2:46:07 - New Record out April 25th & Ø in Each Song
    2:51:43 - ‘Unbøund’ Riff
    2:55:41 - Punk Rock
    2:56:37 - Would Robb Ever Do Something Differently?
    3:04:40 - Mitch Lucker Memorial Show & Mayhem Festival
    3:25:06 - Sacrifices
    3:38:53 - Writing Lyrics at 3 AM
    3:46:46 - First Seeing Korn
    3:50:37 - Biohazard
    3:52:28 - Shotgun Blast Whiskey

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    4 hrs and 1 min