Podcasts: The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel

Dave McElfatrick and Joel Watson, two of the comedic minds behind the wildly popular Cyanide and Happiness cartoons, love playing guitar, love rock and roll and especially love making noise. Join Dave and Joel in The Noise Hole as they explore the music that defined their generation, recount famous and infamous rock star stories, and exorcise their personal rock and roll demons, all while improvising songs with a full band! It’s an hilarious celebration of alt. rock, grunge, punk, pop, emo, heavy metal and all things ROCK AND ROLL!

44 – Best Of The Post Show 2019

The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
44 - Best Of The Post Show 2019
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It’s the final Noise Hole of 2019, Noise Bois! Blow your horns, and wear silly glasses, and set silly fires, and flip over silly police cars for a new year is upon us! We’re sending 2019 out in style, by sharing the best cover songs from our Patreon Post Show, as voted by Dave, Joel, not Gary, and the Patrons. Our $5+ Patreon Noise Boys got all these songs and tons more all throughout the year, and they’ll get even MORE In 2020! Do you want to be counted among those happy few? All it costs is money. Patreon.com/NoiseHole !!!

  • “Where Is My Mind?” by The Pixies (Post Show 15)
  • “Don’t I Hold You? by Wheat (Post Show 14)
  • “Don’t Carry At All” by The Decemberists (Post Show 23)
  • “Cry On Demand” by Ryan Adams (Post Show 22)
  • “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star (Post Show 24)
  • “Eggs and Sausage” by Tom Waits (Post Show 22)
  • “Gold Rush” by Death Cab For Cutie (Post Show 26)
  • “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Post Show 23)
  • “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd (Post Show 26)
  • “Linoleum” by NOFX (Post Show 25)
  • “Glycerine” by Bush (Post Show 27)
  • “Purple Rain” by Prince (Post Show 27)
  • “Eli The Barrow Boy” by The Decemberists (Post Show 23)
  • “Song For Ireland / Wonderboy” by The Dubliners / Tenacious D (Post Show 30)
  • “Lost Cause” by Beck (Post Show 33)
  • “Attitude” by The Misfits (Post Show 33)
  • “Divine Hammer” by The Breeders (Post Show (37)
  • “Cool Kids” by Screeching Weasel (Post Show 37)
  • “Authenticity” by Harvey Danger (Post Show 25)
  • “Martha” by Tom Waits (Post Show 41)
  • “Free To Run” by Gomez (Post Show 37)
  • “The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World

43 – Kiss Me Under The Turkey

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The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
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DECK. THOSE. HALLS, Noise Bois! It’s That special time of year where we all think about what we want, and talk about what we want, and leave unsubtle hints about what we want in hopes that someone close to us (or otherwise obligated to us) will purchase them, and hand them to us, relinquishing all claim to the item. A joyous time of fellowship, food, and commercialism! I hope you’ve been nice, but I KNOW you’ve been naughty, so get ready to suck coal out of a sock: IT’S THE NOISE HOLE CHRISTMAS EPISODE!!!

  • “Christmastime For Everyone” by David Bowie and Lemmy Killmeister 
  • Joel snatches Gary’s letter to Santa
  • How do the bois celebrate the holidays?
  • Dave’s Christmastime tips!
  • “Christmas Is The Season” by Rage Against The Machine
  • David Bowie and Bing Crosby’s Christmas duet
  • X-Factor’s Christmas marketing strategy 
  • Joel’s Apple Music Year in Review!
  • When/where do you listen to music and why?
  • “Two Little Boys On A Bed Wearing The Same Sweater” by Death Cab For Cutie
  • Tegan and Sara, and listening to bands that are totally outside of your wheelhouse
  • Live versions vs. studio versions of songs
  • Aurora and whaling/whining Scandanavian bands
  • Dave’s Spotify 2019 Wrapped!
  • Cromags vs. Cromags 2
  • Hardcore vs. Metal: What’s the difference?
  • NOFX: A band the whole family can enjoy
  • Megadeth’s Irish faux pas
  • The Denny’s hardcore show
  • Dave’s top tracks of THE ENTIRE FUCKING DECADE?!
  • “Sweet Davey Baby” by James Taylor
  • Dave is a closet Bon Jovi SUPERfan 
  • “Insect Nightmares” by The Lillingtons 
  • “I’m Your Artist of The Decade” by Tom Waits
  • Dallas Noise Boi Meetup at Grungefest in January! 
  • The number 1 Christmas song of all time: “First Christmas” by Jesus Christ

42 – Büsker Dü

The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
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It’s Dave’s birthday, Noise Bois! Let’s celebrate by busking out in the cold, dreary street, and hope some scarlet-haired beauty with the voice of an angel will come and delivery us from musical obscurity, and certain starvation. Also, Gary has a mic in this episode! A mistake that I assure you will NEVER happen again.

  • “I’m A Busker” by Philly Busker Boy
  • A digression on the de-evolution of sea mammals
  • “It’s Dave’s Birthday” by Joel and Gary
  • Joel gets his eyes lasered off
  • “I’m Just A Tuna” by Joel’s Laser Eye Surgeon 
  • Dave looks terrible for 34, GREAT for 35
  • A birthday prank on Dave
  • “I’m A Summer Sausage” by Dave and the 35 Year Olds
  • “When I First Saw Your Eyes” by Busker and Crone
  • Purchasing your personal style: A Tale of Chain Wallets
  • “I’m A Crust Punk” by Crusty and The Butt Flaps
  • Romanticizing dirtbag culture
  • “Guh! (I’m A Punk Boy)” by Screeching Weasel 
  • “Guh! (I’m A Punk Boy) (Reprise)” by Crusty Busker
  • Patreon Spotlight: Is it too easy to get famous without talent?
  • “Silly Billy Doop Doop” by Jake Paul
  • Nirvana’s award show beef with Guns N’ Roses
  • Nirvana Chat: 2 good years?
  • Is Nirvana’s Incesticide a real album?
  • Is a band less real once they break up or die?
  • GARY SPEAKS?! 
  • Dave’s childhood science magazines teach him about Freddy Mercury
  • Freddy Mercury as a YouTuber?
  • Does celebrity = talent? Did it ever?
  • The Cobains’ reality show
  • “The Ballad of The Noise Hole Patreon” by Busker and Crone
  • “Hey! (It’s The Noise Bois)” by Busker and Crone

41 – The Puckered Tight Power Hour

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The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
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Noise Bois, this episode is all about finding your voice… finding your Noise Vois, as it were. The Bois challenge a few bands to defend their honor in the ring, and get pretty deep into Scott Stapp from Creed’s love of fish. It’s BIG pizza fuck energy, all the way down!

  • “Two Boys At The Bar” by Two Boys At The Bar
  • “King Of The Bathroom” by Two Boys At The Bar
  • “The Puckered Tight Power Hour Theme Song” by The Noise Bois
  • How Joel manages Gary
  • “(Arnold Says) Spin The Long” by Arnold Schwarzenegger 
  • “Slowly Chase The Robot” by Arnold Schwarzenegger 
  • Arnold vs. the Gym Dweeb
  • What bands are the Noise Bois as good as?
  • The Noise Bois issue a challenge to Korn
  • “Davey Don’t Do Again” by Korn
  • “Summer Slam” by Korn vs. The Noise Bois
  • “Grundy, Give Me A Pie” by Korn
  • Your dying Granny regrets not getting into Korn
  • “Amazing Grace” by Korn
  • Learning to sing by doing vocal impressions of popular singers
  • “Singin’ ‘bout Titties and Puss” by Any 80s Hair Metal Band
  • “Singin’ ‘bout Death” by Any 90s Grunge Band
  • “That’s My Sound” by Eddie Vedder
  • Creed goes to a fish restaurant 
  • “Fisherman” by Creed
  • “I’ll Take Pepsi” by Creed
  • What did Joel do with free Scott Stapp tickets?
  • “Free Scott Stapp Tickets” by Creed
  • “Pick Pizza Fuck Energy” by Creed
  • Mark Tremonti survived Creed
  • Joel has a musical awakening in his early 20s
  • “Basketcase” by Green Day if they were from Northern Ireland
  • Why does every singer in the world sing in a neutral American accent?
  • The vowels of 90s American alternative singers
  • STP were accused of biting Pearl Jam’s style
  • The vocal evolution of Scott Weiland
  • Joel’s manager at Guitar Center in 1999 almost makes him cry
  • “Orange Pop’s Revenge” by Stone Temple Pilots
  • “Hey! (It’s The Noise Bois)” by Stone Temple Pilots

40 – Billie Joe Armstrong Is Sexually Ravenous

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The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
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Gravy greetings, Noise Bois! Or should I say, Tone Turkeys? No, I shouldn’t. I’m sorry. That was Gary’s idea. As you stuff yourself with seasonal meats and treats, please use this episode as an escape from your terrible family. There’s no reason to suffer this holiday season, when you can pop in your headphones and disappear down the Noise Hole. Take THAT, Uncle Jerry, you goddamn racist.

  • “Thanksgiving (What A Time To Be Free)” by The Gravy Brothers
  • An update on Babbages and Starfox 64
  • Why does the world think all Americans are stupid? Oh, right. 
  • “Wizard Boy” by The Gravy Brothers
  • “Wizard Boy 2: The Sequel” by The Gravy Brothers
  • What genre of music is the easiest to jump into? 
  • DIY punk ethos
  • “You Don’t Need To Be Good” by Every Punk Band
  • All music is punk rock if you remove enough extraneous bullshit
  • “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin except punk, and all the lyrics are wrong
  • Is Gary a Harlequin Baby? 
  • Green Day’s trajectory from punk to mainstream pop
  • David Geffen demands Green Day reinvent themselves
  • “David’s Plan” by Green Day
  • The Ghost Of Joey Ramone haunts Billie Joe Armstrong
  • “Gimme That NHL Money (Baby)” by Green Day
  • Billie Joe has a realization while in a boy pile
  • “Jimmy’s Chode” by Billie Joe Armstrong
  • Patreon Spotlight: Rock covers of Disney songs
  • Dave loves Tangled
  • Sloppy punk version of Tangled’s “I See The Light” by NOFX 
  • “Evermore” from Beauty And The Beast by Load-era Metallica
  • Thrash = Punk + 10% more effort
  • Soup shoes and new News!
  • “Hey! (It’s The Noise Bois)” by The Gravy Brothers