S2E17 - You Missed 2025’s Best Shows | Linkin Park, Emily Armstrong, Incubus & Sonic Temple

Chevelle, Lincoln Park, and the shows that blew our minds last year — this one gets loud. 🤘 Reed breaks down why Chevelle's debut Point #1 changed everything, Parker shaves his beard and loses his mind on two hours of sleep, and the crew throws down over whether Emily Armstrong belongs in Lincoln Park or if the band should've just called it quits.

In this episode:

▸ Chevelle's SMA and the raw, nasty debut that launched a 4-million-record career on a bankrupt Christian label

▸ Queens of the Stone Age's new single Easy Street — Travis hates it, Jason loves the no-click-track rawness

▸ William Shatner dropping a metal album at 95 with Rob Halford, Mickey Dee, and a Riot Fest slot

▸ Parker's rapid-fire new singles rundown — Scene Queen gets torched, Frontiers and Ghost Iris get love

▸ Lincoln Park with Emily Armstrong: keep the name or let it die? The crew can't agree and it gets heated

▸ Best shows of the year — Grandson at the Riv, Sonic Temple's stacked metalcore lineup, Incubus Morning View anniversary, and The Blue Stones stealing the spotlight

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CHAPTERS

Doors 0:00

Sound Check 2:06

Song Of The Week 5:43

Backstage Buzz 15:19

Let's Get Heavy 24:44

The Openers: Is Emily a Good Replacement for Chester Bennington? 37:28

The Headliner: Our Favorite Shows Last Year 50:47

BANDS IN THIS EPISODE

Chevelle, Lincoln Park, Queens of the Stone Age, Grandson, Incubus, The Blue Stones, Green Day, William Shatner, Miss May I, The Plot In You, Scene Queen, Left to Suffer, Frontiers, Ghost Iris, The Ghost Inside, Our Last Night, What Lies Below, Ninth Key, Silly Goose, Limp Bizkit, Rival Sons, Dead Sara, Spiritbox, Tool, Helmet, Kyuss, Them Crooked Vultures, Stone Temple Pilots, AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Bring Me the Horizon, Fuel, Kingdom Collapse, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Heart of a Coward, Amity Affliction, Kingdom of Giants, Offspring, The Black Keys, Rush, Evanescence, System of a Down, Creed, Days of the New, Deftones, Sevendust, Lamb of God, Motörhead, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rolling Stones, Killswitch Engage, Memphis May Fire, Fit for a King, As I Lay Dying, All That Remains, Fit for an Autopsy, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish, The Black Dahlia Murder, After the Burial, The Acacia Strain, Upon a Burning Body, AngelMaker, Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, Invent Animate, Silent Planet, GWAR, Cannibal Corpse, Hoobastank, Wage War, Nova Twins, Royal and the Serpent, Lakeview, Paris Jackson, Fort Minor, ICP, Natasha Bedingfield, Mozda Flames, Finger Eleven, Local H

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