In this hilarious episode, we welcome to the pod lounge 4 members of Grand Rapids based rock band Metzfire; Mike Hafer, Mike Nolen, Josh Barnaby and Johnny Whitney.

In the first segment we talk who would win in a fight Metzfire VS Slipknot, Ross walks though the Bill Kelliher (of Mastodon) guitar clinic that happened locally, and Hafer gives his story of going to a writing clinic with the Sevendust guys. We talk about all the CDs we never sold, guitars, gear, and the new Jerry Cantrell record.

In the second segment we get deep on song writing, recording, and getting old in the music world. Later in the third segment things get off the rails and we talk about movies like IT, the ongoing saga of P Diddy, and we get the full history on Barnaby’s legendary Volkswagen Jetta. Then Hafer is finally forgiven by his long-bullied bassist via an on air phone call. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

The outto song is “Perfect Inertia” from their album Coordinate Oblivion

Follow their band on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/Metzfire/

Joining us in the pod lounge is stand up comedian Darius Walker. In the first segment we talk about the Melendez brother Netflix series, football stars turned killers like Aaron Hernandez and OJ Simpson, and Darius fills us in on his interest in inline skating.

In the second segment we discuss John Mulaney’s roasting of the Salesforce Dreamforce conference, Tucker Carlson as an unintentional comedian, our favorite comedians and the current state of stand up comedy. We touch on Seinfeld and Micheal Richard’s canceling, Earthquake’s stand up special, and when you know that a joke or song is finished. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

Ross, Matt and Lenz welcome to the pod lounge stand up comedian Matt Cook. We get into “Diddy Watch ’24” and discuss the arrest of rapper P. Diddy and his bottle of baby oil. We discuss Bill and Ted, The Penguin series and the new Dune series on HBO, and the discovery of the wreckage of the Oceangate Titan submarine.

In the second segment we discuss stand up comedy, jam band concerts like DMB and The Grateful Dead, and somehow get into teaching college courses with only Tannerite and a pig carcass. Plus tons more. Soak it in.