Epic Dudes Podcast

Ronnie and Jake discuss the sudden passing of Dolores O’riordan of The Cranberries (RIP), Michael Davenport (formerly of The Ataris) getting busted for a $27M telemarketing scam, Andrew W.K. coming to a fan’s aid in the most Andrew W.K. way possible, Jawbreaker’s storage unit robbery, Brian Wilson’s “better late than never” music composition class grade change, and share first impressions on new songs by Tiny Moving Parts, Sigur Rós, Hot Snakes, and Between The Buried And Me.

Bloodbath, Ronnie and Jake discuss new songs from Turnstile, Andrew WK, Harm's Way, Superchunk, Reggie and The Full Effect, Iron Reagan, Gate Creeper and Pianos Become The Teeth.

Matt Rosenblum (ex The Banner/Senses Fail/Tour Manager, etc.)  Matt takes time out from touring with Saosin to chat with Ronnie from backstage about his new band The View, The Life. A quick and sonically distorted conversation ends with a premiere of a song from their new self-titled EP, out January 12th, “Silver”.

We are officially back.  Brian and Matty talk about The final Dillinger Escape Plan shows, recent Misfits Reunion shows, Ringworm's upcoming record, What are Twitching Tongues Counting down on thier twitter?  the current Spotify situation, and the new MGMT song.

The first installment of our interview series, UNPOPULAR DEMAND was kicked off with Weekend Nachos/Like Rats guitarist, Andy Nelson.  We talk about DeKalb County, Illinois, influences, Andy's career as an engineer and producer at Bricktop Recording in Chicago, Noel Gallagher and so much more.  

Prior to recording End Of A Year - 2017, the four of us did a test call and talked for about 30 minutes.  It was meant to be all business and check the levels on our equipment, but some really funny jokes were exchanged...well funny to us anyway.  We cut out the boring technical stuff and present to you our outtakes.  Enjoy!

We are officially back in business!  We re-capped the all of 2017 with our Top 10 lists, as well as a few honorable mentions and a short list of complete letdowns.  Let us know what you think by reaching out to us on social media or emailing us at xepicdudesx@gmail.com.   To view a playlist of songs from our picks, go here: https://open.spotify.com/user/125978498/playlist/0hV1SPkfLBKW4WFzW93XWn Happy New Year... see you in 2018

I sat down with longtime friend of the show Tony Rettman to discuss his upcoming book, Straight Edge: A Clear Headed Hardcore Punk History, due out November 7th via Bazillion Points.  Music from BOLD and In My Eyes appears courtesy of Revelation Records.

The dudes are joined by Pete Bruno (I Can Dream) and Joe Devore (Waiting For Sunset to take a stroll down memory lane and talk about the music in Sussex County NJ in the early 2000s.  This all come in conjunction with the upcoming Waiting For Sunset Record Release Show, Friday June 30th @ the Stanhope House in Stanhope NJ.  This one time reunion captures where Sussex was, where it is now and where its going.  Enjoy, see you at the show.

XEPICDUDESX WANT TO THANK OUR FAMS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR GUESTS AND OUR LISTENERS OVER 2 YRS AND 80 EPS. ENJOY OUR FINAL EPISODE AS WE LIST OUR FAVORITE RECORDS FROM 2016

Bloodbath, Ronnie and Matt got together to talk about bands they hate.

all 4 dudes give their top 10 favorite bands

Matty, Erik and Ronnie chat random topics, ETID, Nu Metal and the death of the VCR.

All four dudes talk about Norma Jean, Bouncing Souls, Descendents, Scott Vogel and Red Fang

Brian and Ronnie shoot the shit about Henry Rollins, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Brian Baker and Russian Circles

Ronnie is back!  we talk new Ringworm and new True Love

Erik and Bloodbath talk about Rotting Out, Boys Night Out, Frameworks, Russian Circles and Terror.  Best of May

Joe from Eternal Sleep joins the show to talk about the their epic debut The Emptiness Of...  Bloodbath and Erik talk Dashboard, AM!, Nails, Thrice & more!

Bloodbath Interviews Pete Lloyd about Replicant's New EP.  Erik and Bloodbath talk about Eternal Sleep and The Misfits

Matty "Miller Time" Lott and RonJon talk about the new Frameworks track, Hesitation Wounds, Vinnie Caruana of The Movielife, the new Citizen track and of course, new Radiohead.  As always, we chat WTF and discuss our movies, books and tunes we've been spending time with.