Episodes

Matt Embree (RX Bandits)

Feb. 12, 2020

Episode 132 was another highly requested guest. Mr. Matt Embree from the RX Bandits joins the program today to chat about everything from Jam Bands to early life growing up into music. This is a great chat you surely don't w…

Mitch Wilson (No Knife)

Feb. 11, 2020

Join us today for episode 131 with Mitch Wilson of No Knife! Such an important band that I wish had gotten the attention they deserved and credit for all they influenced. I love this band and this was an incredibly fun chat …

Johnny Christ (Avenged Sevenfold)

Feb. 10, 2020

Here we go y'all with week two of the daily dose of Peer Pleasure to start your work week off right. Johnny Christ from the mighty Avenged Sevenfold joins the program today to chat about life as a father, starting his podcas…

Jordan Blilie (The Blood Brothers)

Feb. 7, 2020

What's up everyone and welcome to Episode 129! Jordan Blilie from The Blood Brothers joins me to talk about his early years going to shows at the Old Firehouse in Redmond Washington and the formation of the Blood Brothers. W…

John 5 (Rob Zombie/Marilyn Manson)

Feb. 6, 2020

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 128 with John 5! John is one of the greatest guitar players out there today playing with some of the biggest acts around. What an awesome dude. This is a short episode due to cell servic…

Tatiana Shmayluk (Jinjer)

Feb. 5, 2020

Episode 127 is up and live now with the amazing Tatiana Shmayluk from the mighty Jinjer from Ukraine! This was a short but meaningful chat we had here in Portland at the Hawthorne Theater while Jinjer was touring. It was act…

Juan Alderete (The Mars Volta/Marilyn Manson)

Feb. 4, 2020

Well folks we are on our way to two weeks of your daily dose of Peer Pleasure with Episode 126. My man Juan Alderete from The Mars Volta and most recently Marilyn Manson. What a prolific and talented dude he is. Juan recentl…

Jen Razavi (The Bombpops)

Feb. 3, 2020

Episode 125 with the always wonderful Jen Razavi from The Bombpops is out now! Go check out the new single, "Notre Dame" off the new record Death in Venice Beach coming out on Fat Wreck Chords. Jen and I talk about all kinds…

Joe Lally (Fugazi)

Jan. 27, 2020

Hello one and all! This week on the program we have the amazing Joe Lally from Fugazi! This was a fun one to do guys. Joe is now the 3rd of 4 members of Fugazi to come on the program. Joe and I talk early Fugazi, Gear and ea…

Jim Ward (At The Drive-In/Sparta)

Jan. 24, 2020

This one is a great one folks. One of my musical hero's does his first ever long form podcast interview with me right here on Peer Pleasure. Mr. Jim Ward from the legendary At the Drive-In and Sparta! What a wonderful chat w…

Sonny Kay (Gold Standard Laboratories)

Jan. 14, 2020

Hello everyone! Welcome to Episode 122 with the man himself, Mr. Sonny Kay. Visual artist, record label owner (GSL) and musician from bands such as Angel Hair, The VSS and now Mind Rider. Sonny also has contributed to a new …

Zach Blair (Rise Against)

Jan. 6, 2020

Good morning one and all and happy new year! Let's kick off 2020 with my main man, Zach Blair from Rise Against, Only Crime, Hagfish and GWAR! This dude is a force and has one of the greatest jobs in the world. He has a fasc…

Jordan Pundik (New Found Glory)

Dec. 31, 2019

Welcome to the end of the century episode of Peer Pleasure with our most requested guest of the show's history. Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory joins me to talk about all things fatherhood, mindfulness, music and therapy. T…

Cove Reber (Ex-Saosin/Dead American)

Dec. 23, 2019

Merry Christmas folks, here is my 2 hour chat with the always amazing Cove Reber from Dead American and ex vocalist for Saosin. We go all over the place in this chat as it flows naturally through so many topics and will give…

Fred Mascherino (Taking Back Sunday/The Color Fred)

Dec. 16, 2019

Join Dewey as he speaks in length with Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday, The Color Fred and Terrible Things about his life in music, his time in and out of Taking Back Sunday and where he is now moving forward in music …

Brenna Red (The Last Gang)

Dec. 9, 2019

Calling in from her trip to Boston, Brenna Red joins Dewey on the phone for a chat about her early life and developing world view and growing up in the OC and discovering punk rock. Don't miss out on this chat and check out …

Nate Barcalow (Finch)

Dec. 2, 2019

After a long and far reaching search, Dewey and Nate Barcalow from Finch come together to chat about all kinds of things. From Light Sabers and hilarious chance meetings to depression and growing up before the internet ruled…

Jennie Cotterill (Bad Cop/Bad Cop)

Nov. 18, 2019

On this weeks installment of Peer Pleasure, Dewey sits down with Jennie Cotterill from Bad Cop/Bad Cop and has a wonderful chat about all kinds of things from interviewing Ian Mackaye on one of the early episodes of the podc…

Vinnie Caruana (I Am The Avalanche)

Nov. 12, 2019

On this episode of Peer Pleasure, Dewey gets in the van (literally in the front seat) with Vinnie Caruana on his solo tour in Portland Oregon at the Hawthorne Theater for a chat. They had not met before this so this is a ver…

Robert Meadows (A Life Once Lost)

Nov. 4, 2019

Hello one and all and welcome to episode 113 with the most ferocious frontman in metal today, Robert Meadows. You know him from A Life Once Lost, Left to Vanish and now Mind Power. Robert is one of Dewey’s favorite metal sin…

Yvette Young (Covet) Part 2

Oct. 2, 2019

Listen to Part 2 of my conversation with the incredible Yvette Young from Covet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Vasoli (The Starting Line)

Sept. 17, 2019

This week’s guest is a self proclaimed “podcast freak”, but you may know him from a little band that started up in the early 2000’s called, The Starting Line. Ken Vasoli! Dewey and Ken dive right in, recapping the fascinati…

Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite)

Aug. 27, 2019

Set at the Proofreader at Downtown Marriot in Portland, Oregon Jon Heder and Dewey Halpaus jump right in to conversation with the possibility of Jon starting up his own podcast. “Everybody and their dog has one” he states. T…

Joshua Toomey (Talk Toomey Podcast)

Aug. 22, 2019

This episode of The Peer Pleasure Podcast is a special two-part crossover with Josh Toomey from the Talk Toomey podcast and Primer 55. Be sure to listen to part 1 of the conversation HERE ! Dewey and Josh dive right into the…