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!

19 – Escaping Neverland

The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
19 - Escaping Neverland
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We hate to start an episode with an apology, but we spend about half this episode discussing musicians and celebrities that also happen to pedos. Can we separate the art from the artist, or the sandwich from the sandwich artist? Let’s find out together.

This week:

  • Radiohead killed the riff
  • Johnny Greenwood in Game Of Thrones
  • The cartoonish villainy of Axel Rose
  • Guns N’ Roses vs. Aerosmith: The Good People On Both Sides Tour
  • “Cryin’” by The Ramones
  • “I Used To Love Her” by Aerosmith
  • Manager Stevarino has to balance out the Balls 
  • “Big Balls” by AC/DC is a spooky Halloween song
  • Metallica trying to rock the National Anthem
  • “I Just Prefer To Be With My Own Race” by Morrissey 
  • Michael Jackson’s music is ruined forever because he was a serial pedophile
  • Clarence the funky bass player has reservations about Michael Jackson
  • Which band would YOU “Yesterday?” 
  • Kid Rock pulls a fast one on us all
  • Kid Rock’s original name controversy 
  • The Ramones sell some coffee
  • Michael McDonald is a vindictive motherfucker
  • “I Wanna Be Sedated” by Michael McDonald
  • The Darkness sell Subway
  • Subway Jared has his own “darkness” 
  • 1-800-CASH-NOW by Green Day
  • Horrifying UK Toys ‘R’ Us Theme
  • Tom Waits’ McDonalds Ad
  • Gimme a Blink, Gimme a Blink, Blink me off a piece of that 182

18 – Happy Father’s Day, Eric Clapton

The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
18 - Happy Father's Day, Eric Clapton
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Join us, Noise Bois, as Dave celebrates his first Father’s Day, while Joel makes it an even dozen, and we delve deeply into rock dads and all their rad daddom.

This week:

  • “A Man On The 30th Floor” by Death Cab For Cutie
  • “Why Didn’t Daddy Hold My Feet” by Eric Clapton
  • “Tears In Heaven II” by Eric Clapton
  • How to become a dad
  • “Sticky Laundry” by Mineral or Texas Is The Reason or maybe The Get Up Kids
  • Lemmy’s Retro Rundown: Starfox 64
  • “Tears In Heaven” by Motörhead
  • Lemmy’s secret son
  • Rock and Roll Dads
  • Bowie is the Grand Galactic Daddy
  • Dave Grohl is the ideal rock dad
  • “Punk Dads Are The Best” by Green Day
  • “When Dad Comes Around” by Green Day
  • “Daddy-O, Let It Go” by Jakob Danger Armstrong
  • “Workin’ Dad” by Green Day
  • “Eric Clapton’s Not Home” by Eric Clapton
  • “Cat’s In The Cradle (And Dave Is The Moon)” by Harry Chapin
  • “I Love My One And Only Son” by John Lennon
  • “Hey Jube (Don’t Make It Worse)” by Paul McCartney
  • “Hey Linda” by John Lennon

17 – A Higher Brown

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The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
17 - A Higher Brown
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Do you hear colors, Noise Boys? Do you SEE sounds?! OH GOD, ARE YOU A MONSTROUS FREAK LIKE DAVE AND JOEL?! FLEE! FLEE TO THE SEWERS TO AVOID PERSECUTION!

This week we’ve got:

  • “The World Is In A Minor Key” by The Noise Boys
  • Joel and Dave have Grapheme-Color Synesthesia 
  • “Da, I Hear The Garden” by Radiohead
  • “A Higher Brown” by Radiohead
  • OK Computer Demos get Radiohacked 
  • “Paranoid MmmAndroid” by Crash Test Dummies
  • “Moo Moo Moo Moo” by Radiohead
  • “Geek Squad Help Desk” by Thom York
  • “Vapes At 7-11” by The Decemberists
  • The Blue Fairy changes the lives of service people
  • “I Got The Tire Rotation Blues” by Hank The Tire Man
  • Subway Jimmy ain’t got the blues
  • Weezer’s covers: Does Rivers delivers?
  • Dave wants to give “Africa” by Toto a swirly 
  • Marilyn Manson’s not bad at all
  • KISS isn’t even close to Devil music 
  • “The Spooky Jetsons” by Marilyn Manson
  • “Scooby Spooky Doo” by Marilyn Manson
  • “Meet The Flintstones” by Marilyn Manson
  • “Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye” by Marilyn Manson

16 – Dear Dick Doc

The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
16 - Dear Dick Doc
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We’re not gonna lie. Half of this episode is about Glenn Danzig working odd jobs and the other half is almost entirely dick jokes set to music. It’s not an apology, but it might be a warning. Anyway, if you ever wanted to hear Eminem and his urologist trade verses, this is the episode for you.

This week: 

  • American Psycho Pop Punk
  • Wayne Static is dead. All Hail Glenn Static. 
  • Glenn Danzig should not be allowed at CVS
  • “Gooch Cream” by Dueling Glenn Danzigs
  • The ancient rules of having a pet Glenn Danzig
  • A Tour of Castle Danzig
  • Glenn Danzig is a body snatcher
  • Lemmy’s Retro Rundown: Majora’s Mask
  • “Legend Of Zelda” by Motorhead 
  • Rockstar dick-size chart
  • “Santa’s Comin’ For His Dick” by Sex Pistols
  • Rockstar Cabin In The Woods
  • “Would Anyone Like To See The Contents Of My Trousers?” by Morrissey 
  • “I’m Sorry If You Saw My Dick (I Need Consent)” by Nine Inch Nails
  • “Dear Dick Doc” by Eminem
  • “Look At My Dick” by Nirvana

15 – Jazz Sucks

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The Noise Hole with Dave and Joel
15 - Jazz Sucks
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Prepare yourselves, Noise Bois, for an extra long 90 minute episode that contains zero unwarranted, inflammatory and ill-informed opinions about entire complex genre’s of music! It’s time for episode 15, “Jazz Sucks!”

This week:

  • “Korobeiniki” aka “The Tetris Theme” aka “Death To the West” 
  • Jazz is impressive but unnecessary
  • The Noise Bois try and fail at jazz
  • “Jazz Sucks” by NOFX
  • Past-Dave bullies a classical guitar boy
  • Classical music destroys lives… in DeGrassi High
  • “I Need 4 Kinds Of Pills” by Alanis Morissette 
  • “The Sausage Of The Mountain God” by RUSH
  • Runny Eggs Dio 
  • Some of Sum 41
  • Lemmy’s Retro Rundown: Gameboy Edition
  • “Hello Daddy, Don’t Go Away” by Weezer
  • If Metallica were from Dave and Joel’s home towns… they would be worse
  • Doin’ punch up for bullies
  • The Lord needs mood regulating drugs
  • Dave’s gone gaga for wah-wah
  • Morrissey and Bob Dylan narrate Dave’s morning
  • “The Ballad of Bob and Dave” by Bob Dylan
  • Spruce Bringsteen is Dave’s Boss
  • “Gotta Get Outta This Town (Shana and Jessie’s Song)” by Bruce Springsteen