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Woody Weatherman, guitarist and co-founder of Corrosion of Conformity, pulls into the Krazy Train, and Jasmin St. Claire gets 40+ years of Southern-fried punk-metal history straight from the man who’s been there since 1982. COC’s double album Good God / Baad Man is out now on Nuclear Blast, and Woody breaks down the title, the weird spelling, and the shift in sound that came from working with producer Warren Riker. It’s the band’s first record in decades without longtime producer John Custer. He also covers the writing process with Pepper Keenan, the Nuclear Blast relationship through Monte Conner, and how the pandemic wrecked the plans of every working band on the planet. COC got through it anyway. Then it’s back on the road. Woody talks about touring with Judas Priest and Alice Cooper, South America, the European festival circuit, upcoming runs with The Sword and Hippie Death Cult, and Australia with Clutch. They get into the early punk and hardcore days, how album cycles worked then versus now, the secrets to longevity, dream support slots, the next five years, and what the name Corrosion of Conformity actually means. No corporate script, no filter. Find Woody and the band at coc.com. All aboard. 🎙️🤘🚂 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

London May on Anthrax’s “Cursum Perficio,” Meisner Acting, Samhain, and The Glorious Dead  Krazy Train Podcast Jasmin St. Claire welcomes drummer and actor London May to the krazy Train Podcast to discuss his creative path from a troubled, lonely childhood to finding purpose in acting and music. May explains how after-school acting helped keep him out of serious trouble, how sibling rivalry led him to drums, and why Meisner training transformed his work. He talks about appearing in Anthrax’s “Cursum Perficio” video, directed by Don Argott, and describes connecting to the video’s central “chain” as a scene partner. May also covers his film The Glorious Dead, its rapid acceptance into Cannes, its acquisition by Shudder for release next year, and its New York premiere on October 16th. He reflects on Samhain reunions, his long friendship with Glenn Danzig, a new Bonnie Prince Billy live release, and advice for creatives to embrace being different. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jasmin St. Claire sits down with Chris from Mother of Graves to discuss the haunting sound behind their latest doom metal record. The Krazy Train podcast is known for exploring the heavy music scene, and this episode is no different. Chris breaks down the songwriting process that defines their atmospheric style, explaining how the band balances melody with the crushing weight of their signature sound. If you are a fan of extreme music, this conversation offers a unique look at the creative vision driving one of the most compelling acts in the modern scene. We talk about the influences that shape their trajectory and what it takes to build a career in the metal podcast landscape today. 🎙️🤘🚂 Subscribe to the channel for weekly artist breakdowns and join the conversation in the comments below. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mem — vocalist and founding force behind German thrash metal legends Exumer — pulls into the Krazy Train and Jasmin St. Claire gets the full story behind one of the most ferocious thrash albums of 2025. Death Mask Messiah, dropping August 28th on Metal Blade Records, is Exumer's most aggressive record in decades — and it was born out of a renewed obsession with the Waco siege, David Koresh, media manipulation, and the cult of the modern messiah figure. Mem breaks down the album concept, the Silent Hill-influenced pyramid-head imagery in the video, references to Leviticus that hit harder than most metal bands would dare, and the singles "Allocated Savagery" and "Death Mask Messiah" that set the tone for exactly what kind of record this is. He gets into Exumer's relationship with Metal Blade Records dating back to 2012, why the seven-year gap since Hostile Defiance wasn't laziness but a pandemic, a lineup overhaul, and a writing process that refused to be rushed — and how two younger members on bass and drums injected a speed and aggression into this record that the band hasn't had since the 1985 originals. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shayan — Iranian-born, UK-based extreme metal force behind Trivax — pulls into the Krazy Train and this conversation goes places most podcasts would never have the guts to go. Jasmin St. Claire sits down with a man who discovered Metallica through illegal satellite television in a country where playing heavy metal could get you arrested, packed up a B.C. Rich guitar, left Iran, and built one of the most culturally loaded extreme metal projects in the underground today. Trivax isn't just a band — it's a manifesto. Old-school extreme metal fused with Middle Eastern musical elements, lyrics rooted in Iranian heritage, Zoroastrian philosophy, and a direct, unapologetic assault on the Iranian theocracy. Songs like "Operation Ramadan" dig into the horror of the Iran-Iraq War. The album The Great Satan says exactly what it means. And their fourth record — recorded for Osmose Productions — is already on the way. Shayan's Promethean message of personal agency and accountability hits differently when the man delivering it lived the consequences of what happens when a society strips both from its people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former WWE NXT Tag Team Champion Simon Gotch — one half of the beloved Vaudevillains alongside Aiden English — pulls into the Krazy Train Former WWE NXT Tag Team Champion Simon Gotch — one half of the beloved Vaudevillains alongside Aiden English — pulls into the Krazy Train and Jasmin St. Claire gets the story that never made it to SmackDown. Gotch takes it all the way back to Heatwave 2000, the moment that lit the fire, and walks through his early training days, his indie grind under multiple coaches, and how a kid who grew up watching wrestling in the XPW ECW parking lot scene eventually signed a WWE developmental contract and became one of NXT's most uniquely styled tag team acts. He breaks down the TKO corporate takeover of WWE, why he'd never step into Power Slap, and the honest truth about how many times the financial grind of the indie circuit made him seriously consider walking away from the business altogether. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Krazy Train Podcast: Hamish (Godthrymm) on Projections, Doom Metal Roots & the Song “Jewels” Hamish — doom metal veteran of My Dying Bride and Solstice, now fronting Godthrymm — pulls into the Krazy Train and Jasmin St. Claire gets the full story behind one of the most respected names quietly building momentum in doom metal right now. Hamish breaks down where the name Godthrymm comes from, what "divine might" actually means, and why almost nobody pronounces it correctly on the first try. He previews the band's new album Projections, releasing May 29th on Profound Lore Records — the third and final chapter of a thematic trilogy that started with Reflections looking at the past and Distortions exploring contrast, with Projections turning the lens forward into the future through wide-ranging emotional and musical influences. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NWA Wrestling's Pretty Boy Smooth pulls into the Krazy Train and Jasmin St. Claire wastes absolutely no time getting to what makes this man tick — because the Urban Playboy persona is sharp, the in-ring work is undeniable, and the story behind how a kid from Hempstead, New York went from college basketball at Hofstra to Mercyhurst to sitting ringside at a local indie show and deciding he wanted to be a wrestler instead of a referee is exactly the kind of origin story this podcast was built for. Smooth breaks down his training under multiple coaches including EC3 — who brought him directly into the NWA — the locker room culture that makes the NWA different, the move to Comet TV and what that platform means for the promotion's reach, and how a nickname he carried in real life became the Urban Playboy character that's turning heads on national television. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thomas Eriksen — the man behind Norway's Mork, one of black metal's most authentic and relentlessly evolving solo projects — pulls into the Krazy Train Eriksen breaks down "Ødelagt" — Norwegian for "broken" — a track inspired by brutalist architecture, vast emptiness, and a life built on a false facade, and previews Monolitt, Mork's eighth studio album dropping June 19th on Peaceville Records — a signing that came with the backing of Darkthrone members and the kind of underground credibility that can't be bought. He walks through Mork's evolution across eight albums, the origin of the name and logo, and what it actually looks like to build a black metal career from Norway to the stages of Psycho Las Vegas, California Death Fest, and Baltimore — funded in part by Norwegian government artist grants that most American musicians don't even know exist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Armored Saint guitarist Jeff Duncan pulls into the Krazy Train and Jasmin St. Claire is ready — because when one of heavy metal's most enduring bands drops a ninth studio album, you don't phone in the conversation. Emotion Factory Reset is out and Duncan breaks it all down — the writing process, the concept behind the new videos "Close To The Bone" and "Hit A Moonshot" including the real-life fighters who inspired it, and what it means for a band that has been together this long to still be making music that hits this hard. He gets into Armored Saint's legendary relationship with Metal Blade Records and founder Brian Slagel, why a brotherhood built in the early 80s Los Angeles metal scene is still standing when almost everything else from that era has fallen apart, and what playing the Rainbow Bar & Grill's 54th anniversary show felt like for a man who grew up on Black Sabbath, Kiss, Van Halen, and Judas Priest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Platinum Princess is on the Krazy Train. Jasmin St. Claire sits down with adult entertainment Golden Era icon SEKA — the woman who dated Sam Kinison, appeared on Saturday Night Live, ended up at Lorne Michaels' after-party, and walked away from one of the most recognizable careers in adult film history entirely on her own terms. SEKA breaks down entering the industry in the 1970s with no testing and no rulebook, working regularly with John Holmes, starring in Dracula Sucks, and watching the AVN Awards transform from an industry secret into a full-blown institution. She gets into life after the industry, the stigma she faced on talk shows, rockstar encounters, her 2005 return scene, OnlyFans, and exactly what she thinks about where the modern adult entertainment world has gone. She's got a book. She's got a documentary. And she's never told it quite like this.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marc Mero — WCW's Johnny B. Badd, former WWF star, Golden Gloves boxer, and one of the most unexpectedly real conversations you're going to hear on this podcast — pulls into the Krazy Train and holds absolutely nothing back. Jasmin St. Claire and Mero swap locker room rib stories involving the Iron Sheik and Owen Hart before the whole thing takes a sharp left turn into the kind of territory most wrestlers never talk about on camera. Mero breaks down how Boris Malenko trained him, how Dusty Rhodes discovered him, and how the glitter and flashbulbs of the Johnny B. Badd era were covering up a decade-long cocaine addiction that nearly killed him — multiple overdoses included. This isn't a highlight reel. This is the wreckage and the rebuild, told by the man who lived it. Because the man who bottomed out in front of a mirror at Gold's Gym is now the man filling school auditoriums across the country with a youth speaking program that went viral thanks to Diamond Dallas Page's crew and turned into one of the most-booked anti-drug, mental health programs in America. They get into smartphones destroying an entire generation, fentanyl wiping out kids who don't even know what they're taking, WWE's schedule changes under TKO, XWF memories with Mr. Perfect, and why Marc Mero at a convention might be the most real human being in the building. Find him at thinkpoz.org. Come correct. 🎙️🚂 🎙️ Krazy Train with Jasmin St. Claire drops every Wednesday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms. 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell — the train doesn't stop for anybody. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EC3 just walked into the wrong train — and we couldn't be happier about it. Jasmin St. Claire sits down with one of professional wrestling's sharpest minds and most underutilized talents, and the gloves come off fast. EC3 — former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, JCW standout, and the man running what he calls a "reeducation camp" for already-trained wrestlers outside Cleveland, Ohio — is done playing nice and ready to say what the rest of the locker room is too scared to admit. This isn't a feel-good comeback story. This is a man who nearly walked away from WWE after injury, who watched the business he loved get gutted by corporate suits and ticket price gouging, and who decided to build something real with Exodus Pro Wrestling — a training ground built on professionalism, honesty, and the radical idea that psychology and storytelling still matter. EC3 and Jasmin go deep on locker room etiquette, why you should never date inside the wrestling business, how non-fans are better judges of your work than the hardcore bubble that cheers everything, and what TNA got right that nobody wants to give it credit for. They get into AEW's storytelling problems, the TKO era killing the working man's ticket price, how a conversation with Vince Russo turned into a podcast, and why Ohio keeps producing some of the toughest wrestlers on the planet. EC3 has been in the room. He's seen it all. And on the Krazy Train, he's finally talking. All aboard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TESTIFY! Jasmin St. Claire! As one of the most decorated tag team wrestlers to ever lace up a pair of boots is climbing aboard. D-Von Dudley — half of the most dominant tag team in the history of professional wrestling — sits his ass down and gets REAL. We're talking about a man who turned down a football scholarship and trained under the legendary Johnny Rodz in one of the grimiest wrestling schools on the East Coast, and then went on to torch tables, shatter bodies, and hold tag team gold in ECW, WWF/WWE, TNA, AND Japan. The Dudley Boyz didn't just break records — they BROKE people. This ain't a puff piece. This is the Krazy Train. Hold on. 🎙️ Krazy Train with Jasmin St. Claire drops every Wednesday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms. 🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell — the train doesn't wait for anybody. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Krazy Train Podcast with Jasmin St. Claire pulls into full Juggalo + wrestling + conspiracy territory as Violent J (Insane Clown Posse / Psychopathic Records / JCW) jumps on for a no-holds-barred conversation. They hit everything from ICP’s origin story (backyard wrestling, Detroit “gimmick” culture, DIY grind, and the switch from Inner City Posse) to the birth of clown paint, the Hatchetman logo, and what it takes to keep Juggalos loyal for decades. Violent J also breaks down how Psychopathic Records operates today, why they’re not actively signing new acts, and what’s next with the brand. Then the episode veers hard into Bigfoot lore: why Violent J sees Sasquatch as an elusive primate, what an AI era does to “proof,” and how his obsession expanded into primates and orangutans, including inspiration from “Orangutan Jungle School.” On the wrestling side, he talks JCW’s evolution into “for all wrestling fans,” improving production + YouTube strategy, building characters, and why bringing in Vince Russo changed the creative direction. Plus, shoutouts to the upcoming ICP docuseries (Dead Bug) and a short doc from Cole Bennett / Lyrical Lemonade, along with plugs for PsychopathicVault.com and StrangleMania during WrestleMania week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.