Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour

(S3E17) – SPINA

A first for Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E17)! The amazing Bend, Oregon band SPINA played a song live on the show! I love these guys, and not only did they play my favorite song on their new release, EP One, they also chatted with me about the history of the band, their influences, how awesome the Oregon music scene is, and so much more. This was awesome and hopefully the start of having actual music on a Podcast about music.  Please go check Spina’s new, killer EP then come check out the interview!

(S3E16) – New Mexican Doom Cult

If you are like me, you woke up on the Friday the January Doom Charts dropped and were somewhat shocked to see what album landed at number one.  Not because it didn’t deserve it, but because of the mystery that surrounds the project. Well, we got you, because on this episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E16), Nils from New Mexican Doom Cult joins us all the way from Gävle, Sweden. Nils was great, giving us the details on that number one record, Ziggurat, and so much more, including details on the (now) full band that includes members of a killer Swedish prog band some of you may know, where Nils gets his writing inspiration from, and we finally solve the mystery of that band name. Please check out Ziggurat then come check out our chat!!!

(S3E15) – SÖNUS

On this episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E15), we have the killer trio SÖNUS join the show. The now full band has an absolutely killer record, Planes of Torment,  dropping on May 22 that is going to blow everyone away. If you don’t believe me, go directly to their Bandcamp page and check out the video for the first single, Pagan Woman, and try to tell me otherwise. David, Dave, Colin, Turbo, and I talk about the new record, swords, the making of the video, swords again, acting, The Cult, we break some cool news, and so much more.  Planes of Torment will be on your end of year list, so get in early, check out the video, then come and listen to our interview.

Chuck Robinson (Trouble, Eric Wagner, Kulvera)

Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge Trouble fan, so to say it was an honor for Turbo and I to have Chuck Robinson on the show would be a major understatement.  Chuck spent some time in Trouble and in Eric Wagner’s solo band, and developed a great friendship with Eric over the years. Chuck was also instrumental in helping Ripple Music put out Eric’s last recorded song, now available on 7” and it is a beautiful way to honor Eric’s musical legacy, one of the main topics of this episode. Chuck had so many great stories to tell about back in the day with Trouble and his other work, but we are also looking to the future, discussing his new project that you will be hearing more about, Kulvera. Eric’s work means so much to me, and Chuck was so gracious with his time talking about so much great stuff..  Please check it out.

(S3E13) – New Dawn Fades

I have been chatting with George Chamberlin (aka GFA) for years now, since his time as lead singer in Ritual Earth and right about the time he was dropping his solo project EP, titled Forever, under the name New Dawn Fades. Those four songs blew me away and showed so much potential for more. Today, we talk about that potential realized, as on this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E13), we have GFA and part of the New Dawn Fades full band experience as drummer Steve Roche and bassist Algar join to talk about the debut full-length record, LORES, that drops on March 25th and is ready for preorder now. We also cover influences, the Philadelphia scene, how this version of the band came together, and so much more. New Dawn Fades will be playing the Rich & Turbo HHH sponsored Tampa Doom and Gloom III, with an amazing set of bands over three days in November. Check all of this out!!!