Cone's Cave

70’s Punk Legend Alert!…… This week I have Matt Dangerfield from UK punk band The Boys on my show! I am super excited to bring you this interview cause I am a huge fan of all things 70’s punk and Matt was there for it all in the UK in the 70’s along side bands like Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned ect…. As a mater of fact The Boys were the first UK punk band to get signed to a record deal….. You know we go deep on this interview, I wanted to know it all and we get into all t...

I’m happy this week to have fellow Canadians Aurora and Cam of Wine Lips on my show! We’ve all heard the term buzz band before and I think thats exactly what I would use to describe Wine Lips even though they’ve been around for over 10 years. This garage punk band just keeps getting more and more popular. Lots going on with Wine Lips….. Their tour schedule is heavy, they have a new album out and they’ve even managed to catch the attention of Iggy Pop who praised the band. What more do you need? If you like c...

I’m back with Season 13 Episode #1! Here we go with a new season of Cone’s Cave and I have a great way to start it. A heavy way to start Season 13, just the way I like it! I have fellow bassist Troy Sanders of Mastodon on my show this week! Mastodon just released a brand new album “Marrow Deep” in Aug so we touch on that as well as whole wack of stuff concerning Mastodon past and present. This interview goes deep and we get into it all! Make sure you tune in!

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This is the season finale of Season 12 and we end it with a really fun one! I have Joel O’Keeffe who is the front man, lead singer and guitar player for Australian Hard Rock Band Airbourne! This is one of the most high energy interviews I’ve done on this show, things are moving fast and stories are coming quick and are very entertaining…. Picture this interview like a live show, there’s a lot of highs and a few segways but the whole time you’re smiling! Don’t miss this one its really good, I had a great time...

This week I’m changing it up a little bit. I had the pleasure of talking to the very funny Canadian comedian Keith Pedro and he is on my show this week! I’ve seen his stand up show before and I knew I had to have him on my show…… He agreed so here we are! We talk about everything to do with comedy and comedians and this is a very in depth conversation. If you like to laugh and you like comedy which I hope is at least 99% of people then this episode is definitely for you!

This week we go heavy with fellow Canadian Liam Cormier, front man of Cancer Bats! Liam is involved in a lot of stuff including owning a clothing line Treadwell, riding dirt bikes for fun and for charity, Djing Emo Nites and of course rocking on stage with the Cancer Bats who just released a brand new album recently! A lot of interesting things to talk about with Liam so I suggest you tune in for this one for sure!

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This week I’m happy to have my old pal and fellow bassist Randy Bradbury from Pennywise on the show!!! He’s the 3rd member of Pennywise I’ve had on my show now and why stop there I’ll probably get Byron the 4th at some point too. Its cool for me to talk to Randy about his early days in punk and bass playing and getting into Pennywise etc. We also touch on his sobriety, the Pennywise song Bro Hymn, his newest music venture 84 Days and a whole lot more. We go pretty deep into a lot in this...

This week is a good week cause I have a fellow Canadian on my show. Not only that, him and his band grew up 15-20 mins away from where us in Sum 41 grew up. My guest this week is the lead singer and front man of the Whitby, Ontario band Protest The Hero! With their newest album (first album in 6 years) just out a few days ago called “Within” there is a lot to catch up on with Rody and we dive deep into the early beginnings of Protest The Hero all the way up until this brand new albu...

This week I have a legendary rockabilly musician on my show, I have my friend and drummer for the Stray Cats Mr. Slim Jim Phantom on my show this week! The Stray Cats have had some massive hits as a band and our embarking on lengthy US tour from now till the end of the year! Slim Jim and I get into it all. Their early beginnings, Moving to England and being a homeless band, meeting legendary punk rockers in the early 1980’s, Becoming a house hold name and so much more…… If you love rock n roll as I do y...

Not a lot of people in punk have the kind of music resume this week’s guest has. This week my guest is Brian Baker of Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Fake Names and the list goes on! How is that for influential punk bands! Brian and I dive into all those bands and he walks me through his time in Punk and Hardcore from his early beginnings as a teenager in Minor Threat right up until now still touring in Bad Religion and Fake Names! I don’t think it needs to said but I will….. if you lo...

I’m back with Season 12 of Cone’s Cave and I couldn’t ask for a better 1st guest than the one and only, the very funny Tom Green! We all know Tom from his MTV days with his Tom Green Show and now he’s back in Canada living on a farm in rural Ontario and has a brand new show out called The Tom Green Farm! We talk about that including some of the great guests he has on plus we talk about his beginnings into film and TV back in Ottawa and whole lot more. This is a ver...

This week is my season finale of Season 11 and let me tell you it does not disappoint! This week I have Paul McKenzie, the front man of Canadian Celtic Punk Band The Real McKenzies on the show! This is one of the most highly entertaining interviews I’ve done on Cone’s Cave….. I won’t even give anything away in the description…… I just suggest to take a listen for yourself and prepared to be entertained!

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This week I have fellow Canadian Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade on my show! We talk alot about Wolf Parade through the years including 2 hiatuses, how they got signed to Sub Pop, how they got Issak of Modest Mouse to produce their debut record and a lot more….. Spencer also just released a new solo record a few days ago so we obvisouly dive into that as well. This one is for all you indie rockers out there!

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This week I have one of the hardest working people I’ve ever had on Cone’s Cave…… This week my guest is Nicole Laurenne of The Darts and Black Violet! Nicole sings and plays keys in both bands. Both bands just released new albums and both bands are constantly out on tour all the time. Before these 2 bands Nicole was in a band called The Love Me Nots and before that she was a Judge. Yes a Judge in Arizona…. Nicole has lived an interesting life and continues to lead an interesting life and its all documented in this episo...

This week I am happy to show you my conversation with Tony Lovato, front man of the band Mest! This one is from my vault from about 2 years ago when Mest had released their “Youth” album. We do talk about that album but we also dive really deep and have serious talks about everything Mest! This really does go deep so if you’re a fan of late 90’s early 2000’s pop-punk then I highly suggest tuning into this one!

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This week on my show I have a guy thats in 2 big punk rock bands! I have Mike Hererra from MXPX and Goldfinger on my show! We go through the early beginnings of MXPX and dive into alot of their career and Mike tells me some amazing MXPX stories as well. Its one thing to hear stories through other people but its much better when you hear it from the guy that was there for it! We also get into some Goldfinger stuff and a whole lot more. If you like punk rock story time well this one is...

This week is a good one and I have a fellow Canadian on my show, I have Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash on my show this week! Along with recording and touring with Bedouin Jay also has a successful solo career as well and just released a brand new solo album. We obviously talk about that and whole lot more. Every time I talk to Jay its always a very entertaining and intelligent conversation…… on his part of course……. This conversation will make you smarter. I’d take a listen if I were you!

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This week I have a punk and hardcore legend on my show. This week I have Walter Schreifels on my show! Very few people in punk and hardcore have the resume that Walter has playing some very important bands like Youth Of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools and more! We talk alot about the 80’s and 90’s scene that he was aprart of being from NYC and playing alot at CBGB’s ect. This one is packed full of punk and hardcore goodness. If you love those 2 things this episide is for you!

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I’m back with Season 11! We start it off with a bang as well with an old friend of mine Butch Walker of the Marvelous 3! Butch as been in music a long long time and along with being in the Marvelous 3 he has Produced and/or Written for some of the biggest names in music. Butch has endless stories and we dive into a bunch of them including the time his house burned down and he lost everything, the time when he became an ordained minister just to marry 2 of his fans at his show, working with legendary producer Je...

This is my Season 10 Finale and I have my old friend Stacy Jones of American Hi FI on my show to close out Season 10! Stacy has a huge resume in music including his time in Letters To Cleo, Veruca Salt, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and whole lot more. I haven’t seen Stacy in a long time so we catch up about the old days of the 90’s, the early 2000’s and where he is right now in his musical life. This is a really in depth and honest interview from a guy who’s been in the music industry...

This week I have one of my newer favourite bands on the show. This week my guest is Bobby Nerves from the band Bad Nerves. Bad Nerves have been around since 2017 so they aren’t exactly new new but they are new in my books. Bad Nerves to me are one of those bands I would call “the next big thing”. They are primed to do that and working on their 3rd album right now. Bobby and I dig into everything Bad Nerves including growing up in Essex, UK, drinking and partying on the road or now lack there of and...

This week I have a very exciting show cause the very talented and very entertaining Kevin Smith AKA Silent Bob on my show! Kevin is the actor, director, comedian we all know and love from his films such as Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay + Silent Bob Strike Back ect…… Kevin gave me 70 mins of his time so you know we dive deep into everything from his time in the film industry to a health scare that changed his life forever…… This one is not to missed I’m telling you!

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This week I have a highly entertaining episode as my guest is Mark Adkins who is the front man of the legendary Punk band Guttermouth! Guttermouth is an entertaining and unpredictable band on stage and this interviews proves Mark is just as entertaining off stage as well! If you’re into good punk band stories then you won’t want to miss this one. This episode is full of them!

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This week I have fellow Canadian Kevin Drew from indie darlings Broken Social Scene on my show! This episode is from my vault and was done a few years ago but I find it relevant cause Broken Social Scene are back with new music and a new US tour starting soon! Kevin and I talk about being indie, the state of music in a social media world, Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip and a whole lot more! This is a very enlightening conversation that I highly suggest you tune in to!

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This week I have fellow Canadian Chris Cresswell of The Flatliners and Hot Water Music on my show! As you can probably imagine Chris is a very busy guy juggling 2 bands plus a solo career so I was very happy to have Chris on the show talking about his career in music. This conversation is very interesting talking about a small town punk band who eneded up getting attention of record labels like Stomp Records and Fat Wreck Chords as teeneagers. We dive into a lot in this one. Tune in!

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This week I have a great guest on and someone I’ve been wanting to have on my show for a very long time. He has just released a new album titled “The Dreamin’ Kind” so its perfect timing right now! This week I have singer-songwriter and rock n roller Langhorne Slim on my show! We talk about everything from his new album to growing up in a very small town to the pressures of having to do interviews to past addiction problems and whole lot more! I had a really good time chatting with him! Tune in this week its...

I’m back with Season 10 of Cone’s Cave and I have a dynamite 1st episode with my friend Chris Demakes Of Less Than Jake on my show and starting thing off for Season 10! This is the 2nd time Chris has been on my show and this episide does not disappoint! We talk everything from Warped Tour to a tour with Bon Jovi and a whole lot more! Lets go, this is the just the beginning for Season 10!

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I couldn’t be more excited about my Season 9 finale guest. I have the legend and fellow bassist CJ Ramone of the Legendary Ramones on my show this week! Not only did CJ spend 7 years in the one of the most important bands in music history but CJ also plays bass in Me First & The Gimme Gimmes as well (Now called Spike & The Gimme Gimmes). There were no boundaries for this interview so we dig deep into his time with Ramones and we talk about anything and everything! We didn’t hold back. Punk fans, music fans this conversation is f...

This week I have a highly entertaining show with Matt Caughthran from the Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx as my guest! I love the Bronx who once was our label mates in the mid 2000’s. Matt and I talk everything from those early band years to members leaving to starting Mariachi El Bronx to an insane Australian tour story involving Fletcher from Pennywise and whole lot more. Like I said highly entertaining and not to be missed this week, I’m telling you!”

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This week we dive into a little 90’s Alternative Rock and also continue the friendship of the USA and Canada as I have Canadian Ian Thornley of US / Canadian band Big Wreck on my show! Big Wreck started as 1 part Canadian and 3 parts American as the band was formed at the Berkley school of Music in Boston. They have had an interesting career from their start up in Boston and US major label signing in the mid 90’s, to a few US hits in the late 90’s to a break up after their 2nd record, then to only reform 10-11 ye...

Its rare on my my show I get to have a guest on that I’ve known for a quarter of a century…… This week I have my old friend Nathan Maxwell on the show who plays Bass for the great Flogging Molly! This interview was so much fun and touches on so many things including our (Sum 41’s) 2nd ever US tour in 2000 in which we opened for Flogging Molly and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. We talk about alcohol, we talk about Nirvana, we talk about their work with legendary producer Steve Albini, we talk music and a whole lo...

This week I have fellow Canadian Hugh Dillon on my show…. In Canada we know Hugh for being the lead singer for the band The Headstones and around the world everyone knows Hugh for being on such TV shows like Yellowstone, Durham County, Flashpoint, Mayor of Kingstown just to name a few as well as Movies like Trailer Park Boys and the Canadian Cult classic Hardcore Logo again just to name a few. Hugh has been through it all in his life from growing up in the penitentiary city of Kingston, Ontario to surviving drug and alcohol addiction and ev...

This week I welcome a legend on my show, Actor, Musician, Voice Over guy Hank Azaria! In film Hank is known for his roles in Dodgeball, Heat, Birdcage among others…. In the voice over world there really isn’t much bigger than Hank as he has been a main stay as many different voices including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, Professor Frink, Kirk Van Houten, Duffman, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, and Carl Carlson, among others on the Simpsons! This is an episode not to missed if I were you. This is a really fun one! Make sure t...

This week I have a great show and we’ll be touching a little bit on Mental Health but not only that my guest is Adam Gontier from Three Days Grace and Saint Asonia! Adam was the Original singer of 3DG before leaving for a number of years only to form Saint Asonia and then also return to 3DG. We’ll be touching on him leaving the band and why but also his life as a teenager and what it was like before 3DG got signed…… Very interesting conversation with Adam here, Don’t miss it this week!

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I’m back with Season 9 of Cone’s Cave and we’re starting it off with a bang! I have fellow bassist Linh Le from Bad Cop Bad Cop on my show in episode #1 this week! Along with talking about their brand new album “Lighten Up” which just came out we’ll also dive into over 50 mins of conversation about the music business, the Fat Wreck Chords / Hopeless Records merger, the time their band almost ended cause of substance abuse issues and whole lot more!!!! Let the fun begin with Season 9!

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Season 8 finale is here! This week I have Punk Rock Film director, Music video director and Film writer Josh Roush on the show who has directed and written the movie Wrong Reasons and directed videos for many bands such as Aggrolites, Lars Frederiken ect. We talk about our love of Punk, his movie directing career, his working relationship with Actor/Director/Writer Kevin Smith aka Silent Bob (who will be on on my show in Season 9) and whole lot more! What a finale it is, don’t miss it!

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This week I have 2 great guests on my show. 2 separate interviews with 2 great different dudes. These interviews are from my vault and have never been heard in their entirety before! These are both about 3 years old and now I’m airing them exclusively here on idobi! This week I’m airing my interview with Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem and also my interview with Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes! I don’t need to tell you how cool these ones are so just tune in to hear it!

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This week I have a guy from one of the greatest ska bands to ever come out of Canada! I have Matt Collyer, the front man / singer / guitarist for The Planet Smashers on my show! The Planet Smashers have been around for over 30 years and even my band Sum 41 have opened for them in the late 90’s. Matt also owns a record label called Stomp records which has put out many great records its also 30 year existence….. Lots of stories in this one including the time Matt broke his neck on stage….. This one is not to be missed!

I’m very excited about my show this week as I have a 70’s Punk Legend on the show! When people talk about 70’s era NYC punk the bands that often get mentioned are The Ramones, Blondie, Television, New York Dolls, Dead Boys (even though they weren’t from NYC), The Voidoids, The Heartbreakers and on and on. Fair enough, all great bands but there are others that don’t get the juice they deserve and this week you’re going to hear my conversation with the singer for one of those bands that deserves more recognition. I have Sonny Vincen...

This week I have fellow Canadians Luke + Kyle from The Dirty Nil on my show! This is a hard working band doing things the right way as I like to say. Touring non stop, building a following for the ground up all the while having kick ass songs along the way. We talk about Canadian bands touring the US, we talk their public search for a new bass player, we talk about the grind of staying together as a band every though you come across things that may make you want to throw in the towel, we talk about...