The Wet Bandits Podcast

In our first episode in a WHILE, Weezee and Slammy deviate from the Nirvana talk and go straight into a post-first-listen of Metallica's second S&M release.  

In this (very late) episode, Weezee and Slammy podcast from newly founded Wet Bandits Studios to discuss Butch Vig's influence on Nirvana's sophomore effort, Nevermind.  The boys covered this one long ago, so this episode focuses on how each song on Nevermind might be different had it been produced by someone else.  It's a weird episode, but we hope you enjoy it!

In this episode in which Slammy lets Weezee--and you, the listener--down by not waking up in time to record, the podcasters kick off their Nirvana discography with Bleach. Harder and darker than you typically think of Nirvana, Bleach is a sign of things to come. Good songwriting, good melodies, good hooks. Sloppy drums, loose band, under-produced. Whether intentional or otherwise, this offering doesn't live up to what Nevermind would become, but you can certainly see the roots that would become the foundation of what Nevermind was and is.

Would you like to hear what it sounds like for a podcast to lose all sense of direction and meaning!? Have you ever thought to yourself, "I bet there's, objectively, a 'worst podcast episode ever' out there somewhere!"  Well, you're right, there is.  And you've found it. The delay of Weezer's Van Weezer album forced a little improv on our part, and that improv proved to had some bad audio so we had to do it AGAIN very close to the day this ep was due.  So--we give you our Weezer wrap-up episode--complete with discussion of The Last Dance and the current COVID-19 climate.

This episode features two Beer Mile greats (Slammy and special guest, Seth Westfall) and one Beer Mile "ain't" (Weezee, obviously)talking Weezer's most recent full-length release: their "Black Album". With some hip-hop sensibilities, but slightly darker lyrical tone, this is one of Weezer's most divisive releases yet.

In this episode, our heroes cover Weezer's Teal Album--an all-covers offering that gives a lot of new fans something to get excited about, but might leave some Weezer fans looking for, well, just some new material. Their cover of Toto's "Africa" is a huge hit, but nothing else really caught on nationally. Beyond that, the boys compare each Weezer album to Star Wars films, and create the perfect opener and closer for their own covers album.        

This episode has everything--Weezee talkin' smack about his neighbors, Slammy havin' dreams about playing in KISS, MORE time travel, and (best of all?)a nice, tight sub-50 minute run time! Also the two talk about Weezer's Pacific Daydream.

It's what you've been waiting for, #fandits!  Weezee's wife is back to co-host with your two heroes and this week they're talking about Weezer's self-titled "White Album".   Poppy, catchy, and authentic Weezer by most measures, this episode features a lot of firsts--including the first time in a three-host episode that all three hosts choose the same hidden gem! 

In this episode (that BEGINS with time travel!), Weezee and Slammy get into ANOTHER Weezer comeback album.  This time, it's a return to their "roots"--in a manner of speaking--with their 9th (or 10th, depending on your perspective) full-length release.   Whatever your opinion on the album, it seems most can agree that this is, in some way, a refresher for Weezer after a couple of pop-laden releases that preceded this.  Give it a listen, see what you think!

In this two-for-one episode, Weezee and Slammy try their first episode via ZOOM meeting, as the Coronavirus becomes more and more present in everyone's lives (recorded 3/29/20).  In this ep, the two discuss Weezer's Hurley AND Death To False Metal.   Released just about two months apart, Hurley was Weezer's eighth studio release and DTFM was intended as a collection of B-sides and demos--but Rivers Cuomo himself deemed "Weezer's 9th studio album".  Whatever the case, they both have their merits, and make for an interesting juxtaposition for a couple of albums by the same band released so close together.

In this week's uncharacteristically straightforward episode, Weezee and Slammy B discuss Raditude--another criminally underrated Weezer offering.  Make sure to listen through (or skip to) the end where you can learn how to make Weezee take several pies to the face.  With toppings of your choice!

In this episode--releasing on Weezee's birthday--the boys talk about what might be Weezer's most experimental album: their "Red Album".   This has to be Weezer's most eclectic mix of tunes up to this point--as ALL band members get songwriting credits on at least one song AND they all take lead vocal duties for those songs.  Produced in three sections--each with a different producer--this might prove to be Weezer's strangest album, but it might also push their boundaries more than any effort before or after.

In today's episode, our heroes are talking Weezer's "Make Believe"--the highest-charting album of their career--reaching #2 on the Billboard charts on the strength of "Beverly Hills".   In addition to the album, Weezee and Slammy talk about their most rockin' weekend in recent memory, and they call Slam's dad and he is NOT pleased!

In this episode, Weezee's sister joins the conversation to discuss the final Weezer album she ever purchased: Maladroit. The discussion over what Weezee calls "the forgotten Weezer album" is a lot like Maladroit itself: sometimes half-baked--but REALLY hot stuff when it gets going. Enjoy!

In this week's episode, Weezee and Slammy discuss Weezer's Green Album--which Weezee claimed as his favorite Weezer album for YEARS.  Does he still feel the same way?  Do you think he's crazy?  Find out in this episode--along with a bunch of cool tidbits about how Rivers went a little bit AWOL and bass player Matt Sharp went a LOT AWOL post-Pinkerton.

Weezee and Slam-Jam kick off a new discography today with The Fair Weathered's David Turner Smith as co-host.  They're talking Weezer's classic self-titled debut.  The boys touch on Pinkerton briefly as well--but for a closer look at Pinkerton be sure to check out this episode, as well.

Slammy and Weezee wrap up their Foo Fighters discography with the band's most recent release (at the time of recording): Concrete and Gold.  Also, the two are visited by time travelers from Earth-time future, but from "podcast past"...

In an episode recorded on National Irish Coffee day, Weezee and Slammy take down...SEVERAL...Irish coffees whilst discussing Foo Fighters' eighth release: Sonic Highways.  The two generally find common ground in their opinions on this one--but YOU can be sure to expect the unexpected as our heroes are mysteriously sent through a time travel portal on two separate occasions!

In the first episode a long while with a special guest, Weezee, Slammy, and Ashley "Thrashly" Marshall are here to talk the Foo's 2011 release: Wasting Light. Prepare yourself for a new segment as Weezee takes a "Deep Dive" into Pat Smear and the baritone guitar that ends in an education in "courses" of stringed instruments.   As always, the guest host brings the heat on this episode with a FANTASTIC addition to the #DoYouLie segment, and she regales our heroes with tales of a sweaty embrace with Taylor Hawkins whilst in the presence of prominent hotel pornography.  Strap yourself in.    

 In this episode the boys cover Foo Fighters' Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (no Oxford comma!).  Slammy defends Dave Grohl's exploitation of the Beaconsfield Miners' tragedy to write a middling "ballad", and Weezee (as usual) nit-picks every songwriting choice Grohl makes.   Join the fun!

As our heroes wrap up disc 2 of In Your Honor, Weezee lauds the Foo's newfound use of the instrumental break, has to change his underwear because of the guitar tones on "Over and Out", and declares Taylor Hawkins the new Foo Fighters lead singer.  Slammy is there, too.   Enjoy this shorter-than-usual episode!

This episode is chock-full of Easter eggs--from the very start where Slammy talks all over the intro song, to the final minutes where Weezee abandons Slammy in the studio and Slam is left his own devices.  Hijinks abound! Also, the two discuss the first (heavier) disc of Foo Fighters' first double-album: In Your Honor.

In this episode--Weezee claims this is his favorite Foo album thus far while simultaneously crapping on just about every song on the album.  Stay tuned for our cut-scene extras at the end of the episode for some hot #TheRiseofSkywalker talk!

In the final episode of 2019, our heroes cover the Foo's final album of the 90's: There Is Nothing Left To Lose.  Weezee and Slammy ring in the New Year in style with a raucous countdown to the ball drop, they fail to keep their #DoYouLie bit alive, and they decide on a new song to add to their live set with The Wet Bandits.  Oh, and they also talk about this Foo Fighters album some.

In what is almost certainly their worst episode ever (what an honor!), our boys take a look at an album to which they owe a lot.  Or, at least their band's name.  It's John Williams' (and a couple other classics) Home Alone Soundtrack! Did you know John Williams was ALSO the composer for the Jaws score?  It's true!

To kick off our new discography on Foo Fighters--our heroes welcome back Kevin Brennan from The Fair Weathered to offer all the hard-hitting insight on Dave Grohl's first(?) project before embarking on a prolific career playing for Tenacious D, Them Crooked Vultures, Probot, Eagles of Death Metal, Queens of the Stone Age, etc.

In our soundtrack "palate cleanser" episode before moving on from their Red Hot Chili Peppers discography.  Mostly, this episode is notable because the two don't drink a single White Russian the entire episode.  What a fu*kin' joke.

In this episode, Weezee and Sammy conclude their dive into the Red Hot Chili Peppers discography, name their band MVP, announce the next band they'll analyze, and rank each Chilis album, 1 through 11. Enjoy!

In the first episode of the SECOND post-Frusciante Chili Peppers era, Weezee and Slammy get into I'm With You--another somewhat experimental album, if not a little less adventurous than efforts like By The Way and Freaky Styley.

Now that they have their discs straight, Slammy and Weezee get to work on the second half of Stadium Arcadium--a collection that might not have all the bangers of Disc One (Jupiter), but might be the stronger of the two as a whole.

In this ep, Weezee and Slammy B. cover the first half of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' masterpiece: Stadium Arcadium.  Mike gushes over the guitar solos and backup vocals.  Slammy brings up a great point about the importance of tambourines. 

In the last of three episodes recorded at Nostalgia Brewing in Gahanna, our heroes delve into what might be the Chilis' most experimental post-Hillel Slovak album: By The Way.  Weezee and Slammy are at their drunkest and it just barely shows.

Weezee and Slammy welcome back John Frusciante back to RHCP in this weeks' episode.  Also, make sure to listen in if you like to hear on-mic vomiting, Mike's brain exploding when he hears the meaning of "Emit Remmus", and a new segment called #TellUsYourLie

In the SIXTH episode of this discography, Slammy and Weezee get to Weezee's introduction to the Red Hot Chili Peppers: 1995's One Hot Minute.  Recorded at Nostalgia Brewing in Gahanna, this is the first of three episodes recorded on the same day as our heroes get drunker and drunker.  Check them out at their most sober on this episode!

In this episode of The Wet Bandits Podcast/Rob Fitzpatrick Trash-cast, Weezee and Slammy have their first "major" disagreement as they discuss what might be considered the Chilis' first masterpiece, Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

The boys have moved on to the Chilis' first post-Slovak/Irons album, but their second with Michael "Finkle and" Beinhorn in the production chair.  Mike claims that Higher Ground is the best cover of all time.  Don't @ him.  Or @ him.  Whatever.

In another episode where Weezee and Slammy DESTROY terrible author Rob Fitzpatrick, the two discuss the Chilis' third studio album--and the first to feature the "original" band lineup.

Weezee and Slammy B get into the Chilis' second album with renewed purpose after they both really enjoyed the debut album.  The two talk Mike's poor hosting abilities and the infamous "Night Guy"--along with their favorite tracks from the album.

Mike and Sam kick off their Red Hot Chili Peppers mini-series with the Chilis' eponymous first album.  And Mike takes issue with music biographer Rob Fitzpatrick.

In this Continuous-Radio-Substitute-Series-Unit, Weezee and Slammy cover the Coneheads Soundtrack--a barely memorable soundtrack from a barely memorable movie whose saving grace is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Soul To Squeeze"--surely one of the best soundtrack cuts of the 90's.

In the final ep of the mini-series, Weezee and Slammy try (and mostly fail) to cover all the nuggets of Tool's latest (only three days old at the time of recording) opus, Fear Inoculum.

It's Tool's first release in 13 years--and Mike and Sam are here to give you a quick preview for those of you too silly to pick it up as soon as you could travel to a record store...or a Target.

As we make our way toward the release of Fear Inoculum, Mike and Sam gush over 10,000 Days--Tool's most recent release, which is over 13 years old.

Mike and Sam record this episode pre-gig at The Barn in Dublin, where they overcome louder-than-normal bar music to record an episode on what are, arguably, Tool's two most transformative albums: Aenima and Lateralus.  Sam asks mike how he has evolved as a musician throughout his  career.

In this episode, Mike and Sam preview their upcoming Beer Mile, and then they discuss the merits and misfires in Tool's first two major releases: Opiate and Undertow.

In this episode you are treated to Mike and Sam's sexy morning voices as they rock for a full six hours of gigs, take a three-hour nap, and then wake up to record this palette-cleanser podcast on the Escape From L.A. Soundtrack, as they prepare you for the start of their mini-series on Tool starting next week.  Stabbing Westward, White Zombie, Deftones, Sugar Ray, Tool (of course) and more are featured.

In the conclusion to Mike and Sam's first complete discography, our heroes cover Tenacious D's most recent full-length release: Post-Apocalypto.  This ep has it all: A/V mistakes, ballads, rockers, and tiny dog penises.  Sounds great, right?  You should listen!

In this week's episode, Mike and Sam reach Tenacious D's "comeback" album after a stumble with The Pick of Destiny.  Rize of the Fenix, the D's 2012 release is the topic of the day.  But the most IMPORTANT thing that happens is that this time Sam screws up the A/V setup for the day instead of Mike.  Give it a listen!

In this episode, Mike and Sam cover Tenacious D's second full-length album, which also served as the soundtrack to their first feature film: The Pick of Destiny. While the film was a major box office bomb, will the guys hate on the movie in the same way critics did? Give it a listen!

Welcome to Season 3 of The Wet Bandits Podcast where Mike and Sam embark on some new adventures! Complete discographies? Check. Still forgetting to press record? Check. (Hopefully) Videos uploaded to YouTube? Check. Mike peeing his pants. You betcha. Tenacious D seems like an apt band to cover given all these hijinks, don't you think?

Sure, it's only two weeks after the Season 1 Bandies--but this episode wraps up Season 2, and there's no better way to finish the season than to hand out awards to the albums we covered over the last 14 weeks before we move on to Season 3.  Enjoy!