Uncut rock talk with road mileage.
Cutter's RockCast carries the feel of a rock station conversation after the formal interview is over. Guests talk records, festivals, road problems, creative identity, bar gigs, horror themes, and the odd life details that make musicians sound human.
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Cutter's RockCast is an interview-driven rock show with the looseness of a greenroom conversation and the momentum of radio. It does not stay precious. A guest might arrive to talk about a new song, then spend the first stretch joking about beards, motorcycles, storms, cover gigs, or the odd grind of getting home from the road. That casual opening is part of the point. Once the conversation settles, the show tends to find sharper territory: how a band changes without losing its core, why a concept album does or does not need a strict order, what makes a live debut at a major festival feel different, or how old assumptions still shape rock and metal radio. The music talk is specific but rarely fussy. Cutter's RockCast likes the practical details: bar gigs for three people, acoustic projects that turned into full bands, unreleased songs getting tested live, festival stages, radio logs, and albums that balance darkness with intent. It is especially good when guests are allowed to wander into the emotional machinery behind the work. Amanda Lyberg describes building a personal world for Eva Under Fire's new material. Jacoby Shaddix talks about the push-pull between progress and the core of Papa Roach. Molly Rennick and Cutter get into female-fronted rock, horror imagery, and the line between playful theatricality and accidental cringe. Robert Cosgrove reflects on Eyes Like Midnight, hometown festival stakes, and the long shadow of earlier bands. Even lighter episodes keep a lived-in quality. Neal Middleton's weather talk becomes road-life texture; Craig Gass and Chris Kael turn comedy, music access, and serious friendship into the same conversation. The result is warm, slightly irreverent, and very rock-radio. It suits listeners who want artists off-script, with enough jokes to keep things moving and enough substance to make the hang worth staying for.
Made for: Built for rock and metal fans who like long-form artist conversations, radio-side stories, festival chatter, and honest talk about the work behind songs. It especially suits listeners who prefer casual banter over polished press-cycle interviews.
What sets it apart: The show keeps the unedited texture of a rock-radio hang while still reaching practical, revealing details about albums, touring, radio, and band identity. Its strength is letting jokes and detours lead into real music talk.
Each week syndicated rock radio host and self described "failed musician" Cutter gives you the full, uncut conversations with rock and music's biggest stars.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Cutter turns rock interviews into candid shop talk about songwriting, touring, band identity, and the practical choices that make music work.
Cutter's RockCast treats a rock interview as shop talk between people who know what rehearsal rooms, tours, and unfinished songs feel like. Cutter moves easily from Jacoby Shaddix discussing a band's evolving identity to Amanda Lyberg explaining how a larger batch of songs might…
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A loose rock-radio conversation finds the creative stakes inside a long-running band's identity.
Cutter's Rockcast starts in an easy, lived-in place, moving through barber talk, tattoos, and beard envy before circling into the host's memory of seeing the Rise of the Roach tour with his kids.
A loose rock-radio conversation about motorcycles, elusive tone, and how Can't Find the Breaks keeps changing onstage.
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Molly Rennick ties radio's gender rules to horror-rock camp and the freedom to change direction.
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Amanda traces a still-changing concept album back to the personal history behind it.
Rockcast 437 catches Amanda of Eva Under Fire at a useful in-between point: the second album has been turned in with 21 songs, but only 12 or 13 are expected to make the final record.
A Rockfest live debut gives Robert Cosgrove's rock story a hometown pulse after years of hard interruptions.
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A comic with rock history and a contact list that moves fast.
Craig Gass arrives with the kind of rock-circuit fluency that gives Cutter's RockCast real access, and the episode uses it well. The conversation moves from opening for Metallica to roasting Corey Taylor and Sebastian Bach, then into the friendship with Chris Cale behind Beardo…
A loose talk about singles, road guitars, and the strange power of the right cheap Tele.
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Records, careers and arguments, weighed by people who listen closely.
Jacoby Shaddix tells Cutter that Papa Roach's "story isn't finished being told" after the "Rise of the Roach" tour put parents and kids in the same arena.
Cutter interviews Molly Rennick, frontwoman of the horror-themed metal band Living Dead Girl.
Cutter interviews Robert Cosgrove, former frontman of Sleep Signals and now leader of Eyes Like Midnight.
Jake from Autumn Kings joins Cutter's Rockcast, and the host circles back to 'Sleep When I'm Dead' and 'Hellbound'.
Craig Gass takes the first stretch of the show, and the host sets him up as a comic with serious rock history.
Cutter interviews a rock musician, discussing personal updates and a recent motorcycle accident.
Cutter interviews his friend Damien Aranda about their acoustic duo during the pandemic and the challenges of bar gigs.
Cutter interviews musician Neil about weather and travel experiences.
Cutter’s RockCast with Mark LaBelle of Dirty Honey spends a long stretch on motorcycles, from California mountain roads to Eagle Rider rentals and the PCH.
Amanda Lyberg tells Cutter's RockCast that Eva Under Fire has turned in 21 songs for "Villainous," even though only 12 or 13 will make the second album.
Sean Dowdell tells Cutter's RockCast how Grey Daze completed Amends from Chester Bennington's archived vocals after Bennington's death.
COVID-19 closures halted touring and canceled Danny Wimmer Presents festivals, including Sonic Temple, Epicenter, and Welcome to Rockville.