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Oh, you thought just because Independence Day was 3 days ago that we’re done celebrating the many wonderful works of the United States? Sounds like traitor talk to me, pal. The work of a patriot is never done because the work of a patriot is being annoying online. Join us this week as we take a listen to some of the most patriotic tunes in metal. We’ve got Metallica. We’ve got Drowning Pool. We’ve got Machine Head. We’ve got a head full of simple phrases we can deploy in any situation that will neutralize all nuance, culpability, or shame. Let’s do this for America. Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

We have heard your cries. Every time he wasn’t on the pod, people were asking, “Where’s Jordan?” and “I wonder what Jordan’s up to?” Well fine. He’s back with a heel turn and he’s cutting a ten star promo on all our asses. I’m not here this week but that’s definitely for the best. Get a load of Breno and Jor-Jor calling out rival podcasts, Australians, and all the dumb metal news you can shake a stick at. Topics include: Black metal musician says a normal thing! Bottom shelf booze with bad music blasted at it! Gentlemen’s Quarterly at it again with fashionable metal men’s clothes on… Chloë Sevigny… circa twenty fucking years ago. Guess they never saw Gummo. EVEN MORE TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS! A cultural reassessment of angry young man music now that kids aren’t afraid of growly angry music anymore! Folks it’s a good one. Join us for the full whack pack next week. Music featured on this sode: Cult Burial – Parasite Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

Joe and Breno are biding our time for one more sode before Jordan makes his triumphant return. Segments on this week’s show include: Matt Heafy of Trivium talking to the dang New York Times (?!) about his extremely successful Twitch stream and whether or not making a bunch of money to do internet stuff is a good idea. / Frank Bello of Anthrax comes out hard against hand shaking and IT IS HARD TO DISAGREE WITH HIS STANCE / Gene Simmons lobbies congress to help musicians get paid. We suggest an alternative: neo-primitive bard life / We talk VERY BRIEFLY about Motley Crue with a new wrinkle in the band’s success story. SPOILER: It’s nepotism! / We take a look at the first big onslaught of tours we’ve all been desperate for after a year and some change of lockdowns and, wouldn’t you know it, the shit is back. / Hellfest: It’s big! Music featured on this sode: Witch Vomit – Funeral Purgation Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

Things we’re talking about this week:
Smashing our knees and/or phones! We’re excited about tours coming back Wait, that one’s not coming anywhere near me. Fuck. Kid Rock doubles down on homophobia because he doesn’t have to appeal to non-homophobes anymore! Tommy Vext gives us an onstage rant for the ages at a fitness/MLM festival! Bad Wolves continue on without him thanks to a former Acacia Strain guitarist! Richard Marx and Matt Heafy joined forces for a real bad metal cover of Right Here Waiting! Deafheaven is back and they got lots of reverb and clean singing! It kinda takes us back to the Tumblr hardcore days. BUT DO NOT call it shoegaze >:(. Also, we’re talking about the latest Rob Zombie joint, THE MUNSTERS. May god have mercy of you all. Music featured on this sode: Bleached Cross – Grave Pact Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

Our Chief Toilet Radio Correspondent Ian sits down for a spell with Fear Factory mastermind Dino Cazares! Dino talks about his new record, how the band locked into a singular groove to create Damanufacture, and an incredible story about how the entire band formed from listening to the drum-and-guitar syncopation on Metallica’s “One”. As a bonus for the gear heads, Ian presses Dino on EXACTLY how he gets his signature guitar tone. BUT FIRST, me and Breno are talking about our favorite memories of Fear Factory as edgy boi youths in the 90s and early 2000s. Topics include: Mortal Kombat, Saw, Carmageddon, KK Downing and Dave Ellefson, Wacken, and the eternal presence of J. Mascis. It’s a good one. Music featured on this sode: Fear Factory – A Therapy For Pain Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

This week me and Breno talk about living in the world free from COVID concerns for now! It’s kinda nice. We’re also examining the latest news in the current Dave vs. Dave situation within Megadeth – oh boy! We revisit Who I Smoke with an explainer from Vanessa Carlton that’s pretty interesting! We go off on the sorry conditions of the metal blogosphere and the American safety net that resulted in Riley Gale’s situation. We also examine a small metal label that couldn’t stop dropping a pile of hornets on its own dick. Finally, we’re listening to some DAMN FINE music by way of Svneatr. Music featured on this sode: Svneatr – The Wind Stirs Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

Ian, our chief Gen X Correspondent, takes the reigns on this week’s Toilet Radio. Ian sat down with Ken Mary to discuss a lifetime behind the drums and the mixing boards of some of metal’s biggest and longest-running acts. Ken’s currently drumming with Flotsam and Jetsam and, now that they’ve all recovered from COVID, new material is coming your way imminently. Ken and Ian discuss the intricacies of recording with analog and digital equipment (BONUS: Kemper talk for you big ol guitar dorks!) Ken describes working with Terry Date on the first Fifth Angel records before Terry worked on a butt ton of platinum records, playing in front of tens of thousands of fans with Alice Cooper, and his work on the skins with Full House’s John Stamos in Jesse & The Rippers. Good lord this is an excellent interview. Music featured on this sode: Fifth Angel – Time Will Tell from Time Will Tell  Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

This week Joe and Breno are talking about Dave Ellefson’s grooming accusations and Sin Quirin “choosing” to exit Ministry. But it’s not all sex pests! We’re also talking about the surprising return of Metalocalypse and the surprising reverberations of the show’s influence since the early 2000s. We’re also getting deep into the Gear Industrial Complex and how the YouTubeification of heavy metal has diminished the need for bands to hawk guitar gear. Finally, with the imminent return of live music we’re comparing Boomer live music needs with whatever weird shit you guys are into. It’s a surprisingly thoughtful episode! I think. Be sure to listen to the featured music this week with Fem Top by Belted Sweater because it rules. Music featured on this sode: Belted Sweater – Fem Top Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

This week on Toilet Radio we’re unlocking a Patreon-subscriber bonus show for your listening pleasure. Joe presents a rare solo pod in which he covers his favorite book about music: Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life. This episode covers the formation of SST Records and three important SST bands: Black Flag, The Minutemen, and Husker Du. If you dig this episode, you should pick up the book. Also, you can subscribe to the Patreon and get the second episode of this series coming your way next week. We’ll be talking The Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Butthole Surfers. Music featured on this sode: Hüsker Dü – Celebrated Summer Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.

Ian, our Chief Gen X Correspondent, is taking over this week of Toilet Radio to talk with metal personality and former Headbanger’s Ball host, Riki Rachtman. Riki is bringing back the Headbanger’s Ball with Gimme Metal which is available on the Gimme Metal app now for your audiovisual pleasure. Is Viacom involved? It is not! Ian and Riki are talking about the poisonous accusation of being a “POSER” and how he feels about it (even when a toilet website throws it his way). It is genuinely pretty great to hear these insights from a guy that’s been dealing with knuckledragging metal dipshits for 30+ years. Listen up and you might be surprised to find that you hold similar opinions as Riki on a number of bands within the metalsphere on this Very Special Episode. Music featured on this sode: Crypta – From the Ashes (Preorder) Call into the show and leave us a message at (803) 712-3773. Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to Toilet Radio on iTunes so you’ll get new episodes automatically. Or use Stitcher if you don’t fuck with Apple.