We Wreck Records

Iconic drummer William Goldsmith (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, Assertion) opens up about the years he quit music entirely; and the journey back to falling in love with drumming. From the birth of emo to the exhaustion of early Foo Fighters fame, Goldsmith reflects on artistry, anxiety, and fatherhood with raw honesty. He dives into Assertion’s new album Basking in the Gaslight, the story behind his nine-year silence, and why he still plays to document the human experience. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Agnostic Front’s Victim in Pain (1984) didn’t just define New York hardcore—it changed culture. Roger Miret joins hosts Christina Rowatt and Chris Enriquez to relive the chaos of squats, CBGB nights, and recording raw with Don Fury. From fascist threats then and now, to the unity that kept the scene alive, Roger gets real about survival, community, and the record’s enduring power. New music out this November! We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram  

Guitar legend John 5 (Mötley Crüe, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, David Lee Roth) joins us to dive into his new solo album Ghost. John takes us back to 1980s LA — Aqua Net hairspray, ramen noodles, and the last gasp of the Sunset Strip — before reflecting on his wild years with Marilyn Manson, his nearly 20-year partnership with Rob Zombie, and what it means to step into Mötley Crüe in the here and now. He opens up about the name “John 5,” why he kept it, and the ghosts that inspired his latest solo record. From lessons learned watching larger-than-life personalities like Roth and Manson, to his philosophy that “more is more” when it comes to shredding, John 5 shares his journey with trademark humility and heart. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Will Ramos and Adam De Micco join We Wreck Records to talk about Lorna Shore’s new album I Feel the Ever Black Festering Within Me. From mood boards (“blue planet,” “underworld with a gun”) to ramen demons and Viking funerals, the band share how grief, chaos, and triumph shaped their most emotional record yet. Hear stories behind Forevermore, Oblivion, Lionheart, and War Machine — and why Parkway Drive inspired them to think bigger than ever. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

The mighty Max Cavalera digs deep into Chama, Soulfly’s 13th album and one of his most inspired in years. Produced by his son Zyon (with help from his brother Igor), Chama blends raw riffs, tribal rhythms, and modern Brazilian metal into a record that feels as hungry as Max did at 18. Max opens up about finding fire again after decades of albums, letting his kids push him harder in the studio, and weaving tribal culture into heavy metal. We dig into standout tracks like No Pain, No Power (featuring Dino Cazares, Gabe from Unto Others, and Ben from No Warning), the legacy of Soulfly’s early days, and why this album became his most Brazilian yet. Along the way, Max shares stories of burying master tapes at Indigo Ranch to “charge them with spirits,” recording with the Xavantes tribe for Roots, his lifelong bond with Chino Moreno and Deftones, and what it’s like to raise a family of full-on metal lifers. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Bratmobile’s Pottymouth is a cornerstone record of Riot Grrrl: the 90s feminist punk movement where women claimed space in music through raw, DIY energy. Recorded in just 24 hours on a four-track for nothing but pizza and hair dye, the album captured the urgency and energy of its time. In this episode of We Wreck Records, drummer Molly Neuman takes us back to Olympia in 1993, when zines, basement shows, and a small group of friends sparked a movement that reshaped punk. Molly reflects on forming Bratmobile, the messy power of Pottymouth, Riot Grrrl’s clashes with the mainstream, and why the record still resonates today. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram  

Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro chats with guest-host Chris Enriquez about Only Revolutions, the album that changed everything. The 2009 breakthrough featured six hit singles, a four-month recording marathon in Vancouver and LA with producer Garth Richardson, and a burst of love, energy, and renewal. Where Puzzle wrestled with grief and loss, Only Revolutions captured passion, connection, and the rush of possibility. It was a record that pushed Biffy Clyro into stadiums and cemented them as one of the UK’s most important rock bands. Simon also opens up about songwriting, the band’s fearless evolution, and their upcoming record Futique (out September 19). We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzén gets elbows deep into the story of their classic 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come, from their hardcore roots in Sweden's Umeå to the experimental chaos that fused hardcore, jazz, rock, experimental music and drum & bass into a revolutionary sound. He opens up about the political fire that drove the record, the inner tensions of making it, and why the album’s freedom-loving, anti-capitalist spirit still matters today. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Benjamin Berdous of Norwegian band Slomosa discusses "Battling Guns" off their album Tundra Rock and its strong stance on Palestine in the latest episode of the We Wreck Records podcast. He champions artists like Rage Against The Machine and System of a Down using their platform to speak out on what's right. He discusses the impact of Israeli and American propaganda, the sensitivity around discussing Palestine in Germany, and the broader implications of canceling political views. Beyond the political, the podcast features an intimate and exploratory deep dive into the meaning and music behind their genre-defining album "Tundra Rock" which took the riffs and catchiness of desert rock and threw it in the Norwegian forest to fend for itself, beautifully. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Orange 9mm’s Chaka Malik joins We Wreck Records to celebrate 30 years of Driver Not Included, the genre-smashing record that fused chaos, consciousness, and a totally new sound. In this raw, honest conversation, Chaka reflects on the magic of 90s NYC, the record’s emotional intensity, and how vulnerability—not volume—is the real power behind heavy music. From Tribe Called Quest to spiritual awakenings, staying high to the real truth about addiction, hyponosis, finding your voice, slam dancing through to spinning in a chair in the dark to unlock melodies — this is a deep look at a record that still hits. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

In this week’s episode of We Wreck Records, Carson Pace of The Callous Daoboys unpacks the creativity, experiments and madness behind I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven (2025). This record is a genre-smashing, sonically feral slab of emotional honesty, part mathcore, part heartbreak, part existential exorcism. Carson dives deep on the band's evolving (and very cinematic) sound, their boldest musical experiments yet, and when lyrics can smell. We talk about speed of thought, artistic vulnerability, turning a loud brain into something beautiful and what it means to completely reinvent yourself, using only your heartbreak as fuel. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

What does the end of the world sound like? Is it traitorous to be sober in industrial music? Why do Generation Z's promiscuous music fanatics diverge so hard with 90’s genre purists? Who wins: drugs, music, or youth? How do you build a record that feels like a movie? In this week's episode of We Wreck Records, submerge yourself in the story behind HEALTH's "RAT WARS" with HEALTH frontman Jake Duzsik as he cranks open this slab of dystopian beauty. Listen in on a raw in-the-wild chat featuring an explosive track-by-track lyrical and musical exploration of this beloved genre-busting album. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! AMG | AUDIO MEDIA GRADING: www.audiomediagrading.com  Use code "NEW NOISE" for 10% off your first order. ROOTLESS COFFEE: Use code "NEWCOFFEE20" for 20% off your first order. Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Blöthar the Berserker and BälSäc crash We Wreck Records to celebrate 40 years of GWAR — the filthiest, weirdest, most blood-soaked band in the galaxy — and their new EP The Return of Gor-Gor. We talk censorship, stage carnage, presidential beheadings, and how GWAR snuck punk rock anarchy into the mainstream. Also: classic chaos with original frontman Oderus Urungus (RIP), including backstage insurrection, crowd mayhem, and the alien soul of a band that just won’t die. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! AMG | AUDIO MEDIA GRADING: www.audiomediagrading.com  Use code "NEW NOISE" for 10% off your first order. ROOTLESS COFFEE: Use code "NEWCOFFEE20" for 20% off your first order. Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

This week on We Wreck Records, Buzz Osborne of Melvins dives deep into Stoner Witch — the band’s 1994 sludge masterpiece and follow-up to their major label debut Houdini (where Buzz famously fired Kurt Cobain as producer). Buzz pulls back the curtain on Melvins’ songwriting process, the power of album artwork, and how movies, books, and bad vibes shape their sound. From Judas Priest’s Unleash the Beast to Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, this conversation is a wild ride through identity, creativity, and chaos — with detours into brain science, resurrection, and the strange place where science and religion blur. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! AMG | AUDIO MEDIA GRADING: www.audiomediagrading.com  Use code "NEW NOISE" for 10% off your first order. ROOTLESS COFFEE: Use code "NEWCOFFEE20" for 20% off your first order. Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram

Walter Schreifels of Quicksand goes deep on their seminal and wildly influential 1993 album "Slip." Schreifels reflects on his transition from the New York hardcore scene to develop a more experimental post-hardcore sound, influenced by everyone from Nirvana to My Bloody Valentine and the shoegaze movement. The album's lasting influence is underscored by its impact on bands like Deftones and Rage Against the Machine. He describes the recording process at Longview Farms, the challenges of writing lyrics, and the album's themes of self-analysis and coming of age. Schreifels highlights the unique contributions of each band member, including the drummer's lyrical style and the guitarist's melodic solos. The album's lasting influence is underscored by its impact on bands like Deftones and Rage Against the Machine. We Wreck Records is proudly presented by: DISTROKID: distrokid.com/wewreckrecords Visit the above link for 30% off your first year with Distrokid.  EARPEACE: www.earpeace.com/pages/wwrpodcast Visit the above link for 15% off your first order. GRILLO'S PICKLES: grillos.com Enjoy a pickle, live a little! AMG | AUDIO MEDIA GRADING: www.audiomediagrading.com  Use code "NEW NOISE" for 10% off your first order. ROOTLESS COFFEE: Use code "NEWCOFFEE20" for 20% off your first order. Follow us:  New Noise Magazine Instagram New Noise Magazine Website New Noise Magazine YouTube Host Christina Rowatt on Instagram