Ex-Man Podcast Ep. 135 – Kevin Coyle aka Dad Forbid (My Father)
Doc welcomes his father, Kevin Coyle, to the show and they talk about Kevin’s childhood growing up in New Jersey, how he into playing piano and discovered jazz, what attracted him to American black culture and music, meeting my mother, dealing with racism as an interracial couple, the difficulty of raising two children as a […]
Ex-Man Pod Ep. 127-Dale “Rage” Resteghini (Film Director & Writer-CRACKA & Music Video Director)
Doc welcomes, Dale “Rage” Resteghini, to the show, music video director and the writer and director of the forthcoming, controversial television show, CRACKA. They talk about Dale’s early brushes with the law which led him to spend time in prison, how he cleaned up his life by getting into acting, writing and directing his first […]
Ex-Man Podcast Ep. 122 – John Campbell (Lamb of God)
Doc welcomes Lamb of God bassist, John Campbell, to the show and they go deep on the recent protest movement and civil unrest in response to the killing of George Floyd, and talk about Lamb of God’s decision to release an album during the pandemic, how they’ve dealt with splitting with longtime drummer, Chris Adler, […]
Ex-Man Podcast Ep. 104 – Derrick Blackman (Some Black Guy on YouTube)
Doc welcomes YouTube star, Derrick Blackman, to the show and they go deep talking about everything from how Derrick got into being a YouTuber, his background as a musician and getting into metal, the “Anti-SJW” vs “Woke” culture war on YouTube, the complexities of modern politics, and go into race and racism in the modern […]
Ex-Man Podcast Ep. 97 – Josh Travis (Emmure, Glass Cloud, ex-Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza)
Doc welcomes Emmure guitarist, Joshua Travis, to the show and they talk about his time with The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, how he developed his sound, the genesis of “the yuck”, his early guitar influences, his time with Glass Cloud, how he joined Emmure, how his musical personality has fit into Emmure’s creative process, and […]
The Ex Man Podcast Ep. 64 – Nelson Blake (Locked In A Vacancy – Artist – Luke Cage, Spiderman)
Doc welcomes guest, Nelson Blake II, ex-guitarist of NYC-based metalcore band Locked In A Vacancy and professional comic book artist. They talk about Locked In A Vacancy’s recent reunion, the old New York hardcore scene, dissect the complexities of modern black culture and the difficulty going against societally forced identity roles, the psychology behind the […]
The Ex Man Podcast Ep. 50 – Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders, ex-Reflux)
In this very special 50th episode of The Ex Man podcast, Doc welcomes legendary guitarist, Tosin Abasi, as a guest to discuss Afro-Futurism, the conflict in the metal world between commercialism and credibility, how he became such a prolific guitar player, coming up in the Baltimore hardcore/metalcore scene, how the band Reflux with Ash Avildsen came […]
The Ex Man Podcast Ep. 47 – Militia Vox (Judas Priestess)
Doc speaks with Judas Priestess vocalist and solo artist Militia Vox about how the topic of race has been unavoidable as it relates to her music career, her upbringing in a very unique and progressive section of Maryland, her rebellious years in performing arts school, getting involved in the industrial music scene and joining her […]
The Ex Man Podcast 38 – Robb Flynn (Machine Head, ex-Vio-lence, ex-Forbidden)
Doc speaks with Machine Head frontman, Robb Flynn, about his crazy, early years in the Bay Area experimenting with drugs, starting thrash band Forbidden, cutting his teeth on the road with Vio-lence, how the changing 90s metal scene inspired him to start Machine Head, how they secured a record deal with Roadrunner Records, the huge […]
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Social Justice Warrior: Why Hyperbole is Destroying the Meaning of Words
Martin Luther King Jr. was a social justice warrior. Yes. That headline is meant to trigger you. Yes, it sucks to live in a world where we can’t even use the word “trigger” in a genuine way because of how our language has been hijacked and politicized. Here is the definition of the ward “warrior” […]
