Your Music Is Bad And You Should Feel Bad

Matt, Rich and Dewey discuss Metal Lords, the Netflix movie by Game of Thrones writers DB Weiss and David Benioff

We apply wokeness ideas to some old (very good) songs, for mostly humor related purposes Queensryche - "Empire" Toto - "Goodbye Girl" George Benson - "Turn Your Love Around"

We're back with production setup 3.0 and our first metal show review of 2018 (plus bonus: we actually went to see some rasslin')

Dream Theater's Images & Words & Beyond Children of Bodom's Down & Dirty 20 Years (aka nothing later than Hate Crew)  

Cash Me Outside Girl Danielle Bregoli signed to Atlantic Records as Bhad Bhabie, releases single "These Heaux" Jake Paul, YouTuber and ex-Disney hits #1 on iTunes w/"Everyday Bro"

YMIB 61 - ProgPowerUSA XVIII Debrief w/Rich Serenity, Orphaned Land, Twilight Force, Vanden Plas, between the Buried and Me, Daydream XI, Distorted Harmony, Lords of Black, Angel Dust, Myrath, Mike Portnoy's Shattered Fortress, Seven Spires, DynaZty, Snowy Shaw, Amaranthe  

Jamie returns and of course... we talk about Djent! Jamie finally starts to warm up to Meshuggah and we talk about what's happening with djent and djent-adjacent bands. Twelve Foot Ninja Lattermath Voyager Pangea Helix vs Axe FX Why Drop C is the dumbest of all tunings John Petrucci getting an 8 string Brought to you by Whiskey

Yngwie Fires All Singers Forever (because they all quit) freeing up Jeff Scott Soto for... Sons of Apollo with Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Derek Sherinian Which may leave Art of Anarchy without Ron Thal, but its ok 'cause they still have SCOTT STAPP  

We went to a "Metal on Vinyl" discussion panel sponsored by Metal Injection / Metal Sucks at the Sonos Music Store in Soho Related opinions on vinyl and the music industry from Steve Lukather and Michael McDonald Plus the aftermath of the Gathering of the Juggaloes #physicalmusicdiscs  

Trade shows and metal shows...  

We watch the Gathering of the Juggalos 2017 Announcement Video Plus Metal as a Fashion Statement (re: Loudwire) and Rich tours all the guitar stores in NYC.  

We "Witnessed" Katy Perry's new album in its entirety, even though it only has 3-4 Max Martin songs on it, and we explore her new wokeness.

We saw Evergrey, Seven Kingdoms and Need at Webster Hall. Plus we breakdown 12tone's breakdown of Black Hole Sun.      

Pain of Salvation Lineup Changes - Ragnar's Out, Johan's In Fyre Festival - Biggest Music Festival Disaster in History    co-hosts Rich and Eric Referenced Articles: https://news.vice.com/story/fyre-fest-organizers-blew-all-their-money-months-early-on-models-planes-and-yachts?utm_source=vicefbus ( https://news.vice.com/story/fyre-fest-organizers-blew-all-their-money-months-early-on-models-planes-and-yachts?utm_source=vicefbus)   http://ampthemag.com/the-real/read-leaked-fyre-fest-organizers-nonsense-email-music-bella-hadid-video/ ( http://ampthemag.com/the-real/read-leaked-fyre-fest-organizers-nonsense-email-music-bella-hadid-video/)   https://news.vice.com/story/audio-fyre-festival-founders-reveal-to-employees-nobodys-getting-paid?utm_source=vicefbus ( https://news.vice.com/story/audio-fyre-festival-founders-reveal-to-employees-nobodys-getting-paid?utm_source=vicefbus)   http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/fyre-festival-pitch-deck (http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/fyre-festival-pitch-deck)   Incase You're Still Listening (OT) - The Rock for President

R Kelly traps us in 2:24 minutes of music that never ends. w/Jamie Ignao and Marcel Hamel   co-hosts Jamie and Marcel

Favorite Metal Band of People Who Don't Listen to Metal https://vimeo.com/214779156 (YMIB 51 - Five Finger Death Punch) from https://vimeo.com/ymibpodcast (Your Music Is Bad) on https://vimeo.com (Vimeo).  Not available on YouTube due to Content ID and absence of Fair Use enforcement WELCOME TO YOUTUBE

D-Metal All Stars (a bunch of 80s metal dudes) released an authorized collection of Disney Covers. co-hosts Rich and Eric

We just saw Exit Through The Gift Shop after years of being lied to about its premise. Also we get to the bottom of why the iHeartRadio Awards is somehow worse than the VMAs.

The Karate Kid Trilogy Music Tie-Ins and Unnecessary Plot Recap   Joe Esposito - "Youre the Best" Peter Cetera - "The Glory of Love" Little River Band - "Listen to Your Heart"

The biggest music merchandiser trade show in the world! Live from Matt's apartment a week after! New gear and guitars, King's X, Juggalo News, and more! w/Rich and Eric

Preview of topics we'll be covering in 2017 as well as a heads up for our 2017 NAMM social media coverage.

We watched Pitbull - Beyond Worldwide on FUSE, and update you on his goals and accomplishments since our last Pitbull episode.

Mercyful Fate - Night of the Unborn Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance Queensryche - Queen of the Reich Crimson Glory - Mayday Mystic Force - Man Made Master Lost Horison - Transdimensional Revelation / Pure Unleash the Archers - Tonight We Ride Lords of the Trident - Kill to Die American Empire - Unbreakable co-hosts Rich and Eric

Luckily only the first three songs / "videos" were available when we recorded this. New album "Hardwired ... to Self Destruct" available now on Napster. w/Rich and Eric

Prog Metal @ DROM: Infinite Spectrum Edensong Protean Collective  A Sea Awake --------------- The Living Earth Show Album Release Concert + XXXtreme Microtonal Shredfest https://nationalsawdust.org/event/new-amsterdam-presents-the-living-earth-shows-album-release-concert-xxxtreme-microtonal-shredfest/ ( https://nationalsawdust.org/event/new-amsterdam-presents-the-living-earth-shows-album-release-concert-xxxtreme-microtonal-shredfest/) http://thelivingearthshow.com/  co-host Rich

We discuss the remaining years of ProgPower USA (XI-XVI) as well as seeing Leprous in New York (w/Earthside, Binary Code and Dissona) w/ Rich and Kyle

PPUSA XVII including: Ghost Ship Octavius Blind Guardian Fates Warning w/John Arch Haken Devin Townsend Project --- also we saw Death Grips co-hosts Rich and Eric

We continue to discuss the first 10 ProgPower USA festivals with particular emphasis on Iced Earth, Sabaton, Fates Warning, and more. w/Kyle, Rod, Sumeet and Kelley

Over the past couple months we collectively went to an assortment of unrelated concerts: Imminent Voiceless Black Crown Initiate Ne Obliviscarus Herbie Hancock Scar Symmetry Shinobi Ninja and many more! w/Rich and Eric

Recorded at ProgPower USA, we discuss the many great and not so great bands we've seen over the years at the festival.  w/Rod, Kyle, Sumeet

Celebrating one year of making you feel bad, join us in criticizing our own guilty pleasure songs! co-hosts Rich and Eric

We attempt to hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time by making fun of our Guilty Pleasure songs! How can we like things and criticize them at the same time!? Join us for this impossible madness! We may be guilty, but we feel no shame! co-hosts Rich and Eric

Jamie hears some Prince classics for the first time and we experiment with live streaming Also an update on Matt's Kanye analysis and our reaction to Axl Rose singing for AC/DC Shout out to The Rap Critic ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL3wRHKYmH4vJreoTw28jZQ ) and his breakdown of Birthday Song by 2 Chainz ft. Kanye: ( https://youtu.be/Xl4IbALb4zg )

Quick Review of recent Djent show (The Contortionist, Monuments, Painted in Exile) Prince - Some less well known songs we enjoy and why we enjoy some more well known ones less Matt recaps Prince's "Visual Album" Purple Rain co-hosts Rich and Eric

These Are Songs About Butts. w/Jamie Ignao, James Chen, Matt Soares, Ashleigh Walsh

Avantasia's first time in NYC, April 15th @ The Playstation Theater http://www.infinityconcerts.net/uncategorized/infinity-concerts-presents-avantasia-in-new-york-city/ We listen to Ghostlights for the first time.  

Power Metal fans are wracked with guilt and deeply ashamed. Find out why! w/Jamie Ignao, James Chen, Matt Soares

Die Fledermaus @ The Met Mozart in the Jungle wins some Golden Globes Times Square Jazz & iCadenza JAZZ WOLF VICE Article: http://www.vice.com/read/an-earnest-exploration-into-the-musical-merit-of-jazz-wolf (http://www.vice.com/read/an-earnest-exploration-into-the-musical-merit-of-jazz-wolf)  Brooklyn Metal Show w/ Pyrrhon, Vomit Fist, Cadaveric Spasm, Replicant MORE JAZZ WOLF co-hosts Rich and Eric

Its Kanye season again, just in time for the Grammys. Co-host Jamie Ignao and special guests Ashleigh Walsh and James Chen

Semblant - (video: https://youtu.be/QIedr_9_9hA (https://youtu.be/QIedr_9_9hA)) Floor Jansen / Nightwish Epica / Mark Jansen Meshuggah Tangent Seven Spires Arch Enemy / The Agonist Unleash the Archers Kamelot, Therion co-hosts Rod & Kelley

Mega-Mall-Core Sacrificing Coolness to Metal Matt recaps Mozart in the Jungle (Season 1 Spoilers) Neurological Study on Music Listening Habits Related to Mental Health  co-hosts Rod and Kelley

Lyric Intelligence in Popular Music Study Rap Vocabulary Study Psychology Study on Personalities of Fans of Various Genres Metal / Classical correlation Co-Hosts Rod and Kelley

LIVE from the 2016 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. Exciting new products and awkward industry shows. RAMS NAMM Metal Metal Jam Jam feat. Michael Angelo Batio Yngwie Malmsteen @ The Observatory Our Pantera tribute band, Cowboys in Hell, that only plays "Power Metal" and earlier Pantera. (see, they're still IN hell, they haven't left yet to take over your town) w/Special guest Rich's brother Bob.

R.I.P. David Bowie ---- Assessing Music Based on Variable Criteria Dragonforce still sucks Why Everyone Loves Adele co-host Jamie Ignao

King Diamond / Exodus show at the BestBuyNokiaPlaystation Theater. Star Wars / John Williams Braindance @ Santos Party House co-hosts Rich and Eric

Social media drama. Weird public attitudes about music criticism. No Music Everyone Likes and How to Ruin Parties Periphery, Animals as Leaders, Tesseract, Djent or Djent adjacent. New Foo Fighters EP Acknowledging Personal Nostalgia Bias We get it, you like The Beatles and/or Led Zeppelin. co-host Jamie Ignao

Scott Storch is a producer (of beats) who was a pretty big deal in the early to mid '00s. His biggest hit was Fat Joe's "Lean Back" in '06. Then he decided to work with Brooke Hogan and Paris Hilton and do all of the cocaine. Its hard to say whether these were directly connected, but we'll speculate wildly about it for a solid hour before we simply don't want to hear the same Korg Triton presets anymore. w/Rich, Eric and Deb

Rich went to another awful New Music Concert. This leads to a discussion of what "New Music" is and why when its bad when people refuse to admit it sounds bad. Why majoring in Music Theory is dumb. What Music Theory actually IS if you're not painfully familiar already. Rich and Matt discuss some of their more avant garde compositions from music school. Including "I Throw Rocks at You" and "You Win (Money)" PLUS: The SECRET TRICK to escaping a Nu Music Concert or Performance Art piece that you are not enjoying.

You read it correctly. At the risk of exposing more people to it than it deserves, we present: Tha Gatherin' - A Rap Group Exclusively based on Magic: The Gathering, the Collectible Card Game from the 90s, and unfortunately, today. We explore theories as to why King Diamond sold out 3 nights in NYC, one of which we will be "covering". Braindance is at Santos Party House, Saturday 11/21, and we will be there as well. Also Sebastian (lead singer of Braindance) accepts my friend request LIVE on the podcast! We explore (unpleasantly) the other projects from the producer of Tha Gatherin, Spruke. This results in another tangent about YouTubers and finally why the movie/show Catfish are so terrible. Whatever, its a podcast, we can talk about stuff. co-host Rich and Eric

We saw Fates Warning with Next to None and Imminent Sonic Destruction, as well as SymphonyX (now with ACTUAL masks), Overkill with special opener Sanctuary. Warrel Dane INSISTs you start a pit. Then we talk about our new country song "Drink to Forget" as well as my Yacht Rock Opera based on SEA ORG, the Scientology cult-yacht. And a shoutout to NYC band Shinobi Ninja. co-host Rich

We watched CNBC's "Pitbull: Fame and Fortune" and learned the Music Business is 90% Business, 10% Talent, and 30% Beverage ads. We actually gained a surprising amount of respect for Pitbull's business acumen, though not necessarily any for his music. We didn't lose any respect for his music, 'cause, well, we didn't have much to begin with. But when it comes to business! Can't Stop - Won't stop - Never will - ... Don't stop the party. Dale! DALE! co-host Rich