Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour

Interviews and discussions about all that is heavy in stoner, desert, doom, grunge, metal, proto, psych, good old rock and roll and whatever else we feel like. Hear from musicians and bands who shaped the heavy music underground and the stars of the scene today. We cover the best releases for the week and discuss a classic record that helped form the stoner/desert genre. Click and listen!!!

Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour is a music podcast hosted by Octopuscaveman, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Octopuscaveman hosts Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour, a music show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #177

  Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E48) – Jason Doome w/ a Grand Rapids Doom Fest III Preview

  Aug 7, 202645 min

  (S3E48) – Jason Doome w/ a Grand Rapids Doom Fest III Preview One of my favorite people in the scene joins me for this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E48), as Jason Doome comes to talk about Grand Rapids Doom Fest III, for which he is the founder and curator. The event is Saturday, October 10, 2026, starting at 2:00 PM at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has become a staple in the heavy underground fest annual schedule. Come check out Jason and I talking about all sorts of stuff, including the bands playing and how everyone can check out the show live, without leaving the comfort of your home. If you are within a couple hundred miles you really should go if you can…because the lineup is pretty awesome and Jason rules.

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  Episode #176

  Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E47) – Mohertomb

  Jul 27, 202647 min

  (S3E47) – Mothertomb The best part of this show for me is that I get to talk to the bands releasing music today that I love. It is even more fun when I get four music nerds to not only talk about their music, but also the bands that are important to them as musicians and as people. I get to do this with all four members of the killer band from Michigan, Mothertomb, on the latest episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E47). Our main topic of discussion is their amazing debut record, Dying To Live, which is a must hear and will be one of my favorites of the year, but we get into all sorts of stuff, like the band’s history and the music that shaped them, including some very cool stories about one of my favorites, Type O Negative. We get to see a bunch of tattoos too. We had so much fun and could have talked for hours. It was an honor to do the first ever interview with the band. Go buy Dying To Live, listen to it a few times, then come check out our chat.

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  Episode #175

  Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E46) – Stay Dead! (Ryan Garney)

  Jul 24, 202645 min

  (S3E46) – Stay Dead! (Ryan Garney) It is unbelievable that we have never had Ryan Garney (High Desert Queen, duh) on the show before, but the stars had just never aligned…until now, as the man himself joins to talk about his new project dropping their debut record today, July 24, via Ripple Music, Stay Dead! So, on this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E46), Ryan tells us all about this very special project, titled Beneath the Weight of Worlds, a project founded by U.S. Army veteran Christopher Borrelli, and the story of how and why this band came to be. We talk about all sorts of other stuff, including diving deep into Beneath the Weight of Worlds and all the guests who appear on it (Matt Pike, anyone?), some other stuff Ryan has been up to (you guys hear the Plaindrifter record yet?), and he even teases some other cool things on the horizon. Ryan is the best, and this new project is special (and amazing), so go check out Stay Dead!, buy it, then come check out our discussion.

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  Episode #174

  Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E45) – Morrison Graves

  Jul 22, 202638 min

  (S3E45) – Morrison Graves On this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E45), we have Gary and Ryan from the Portland collective Morrison Graves join the show. I loved their 2022 record, Division Rising, but was not sure if it was a one off or if Morrison Graves was a long term project…their new (and killer) EP, Under the Weight of Gravity, which dropped on July 17th, answers that for us in the best way possible. If you have not heard of the band, the closest comparison I would give would be The Black Angels, but these guys are their own thing for sure. We talk about the band, the new material, concept albums, the band name, which we get out of the way quickly, and so much more. Morrison Graves is great and there is a lot of cool stuff to come from them, so check out Under the Weight of Gravity then come listen to our interview.

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  Episode #173

  Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E44) – Coffin Hunters

  Jul 17, 202632 min

  (S3E44) – Coffin Hunters One of my favorite things about doing this show is learning about local scenes and other bands I may not have heard of before. When I spoke with Jonny from Soft Curse about the Santa Rosa, CA scene, the first band he mentioned is the band featured on this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E44), as Brian Crites from Coffin Hunters joins the show. Brian and I discuss the band’s new record, Cosmic Dawn, that drops today, July 17, and its rules, especially if you dig some killer proto/classic metal/NWOTHM. We talk about Cosmic Dawn, the band’s history, as well as the record release show coming up with Soft Curse and Glowing Brain on July 18th. Go check out the new record, but the vinyl, then come back and listen to our chat.

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