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Hosted by Octopuscaveman · music · EN · 100 episodes
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!!!
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Signup to Generate a PitchInterviews 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.
Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour is hosted by Octopuscaveman. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E56), Shovelhead" (19 October 2026, 44 minutes), "A R&T HHH Production: Back In The Late 1900s w/Jay & Rich: Walter Schreifels" (16 October 2026, 53 minutes), and "Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E55), Quarter 3 Review w/ Rob In The ‘Hood" (15 October 2026, 66 minutes).
Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour's contact route on record: public web form.
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Episode #189
(S3E56) – Shovelhead You may have heard me mention the killer new record from New Jersey trio Shovelhead, titled A Place of Dead Roads, maybe on my Doom Charts list or as part of my top 12 for Q3. What you may not know...
Episode #188
(S2E13) - Back In The Late 1900's w/Jay & Rich: Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits) When Jay and I think about our favorite and most important musicians in our lifetime, both of us would put Walter...
Episode #187
(S3E55) – Quarter 3 Review w/ Rob In The ‘Hood It’s that time again! Special guest host Rob In The ‘Hood joins us to go through our top 12 lists for Q3. It was another amazing quarter of new Heavy Underground music, so...
Episode #186
(S3E54) – Snake Mountain Revival Snake Mountain Revival is a band that I love, but I was not sure we were getting a new record after their amazing last one, Everything in Sight, which everyone should check out. Alas...
Episode #185
(S2E12) - Back In The Late 1900's w/Jay & Rich: JD Pinkus How cool is it that we had JD Pinkus on Back In The Late 1900's w/Jay & Rich??? I mean he was in the Butthole Surfers during the most classic period, has played...
Episode #184
(S3E53) – Hollow Leg (Tampa Doom & Gloom III Preview Show) In what will be a new series leading up to night one, on this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E53), we have our first interview previewing the...
Episode #183
(S2E11) - Back In The Late 1900's w/Jay & Rich: Doni Blair from Toadies You couldn’t go 20 minutes without hearing Toadies hit Possum Kingdom in 1994 and 1995, but did you know the band is still going strong, even...
Episode #182
(S3E52) – Matt C. White If you don’t know Matt C. White, you need to, and now you will, because on this episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E52), we welcome Matt to talk about his new solo album, The Flood...
Episode #181
(S3E51) – Auralayer Back in 2023, this band put out their killer debut, Thousand Petals, that I just loved. Now, the Greenville, South Carolina trio Auralayer is back with full length number two, titled Into The Aura...
Episode #180
(S3E50) – Planet Desert Rock Preview w/ John Gist In what is becoming a yearly tradition for the show, for this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour, we speak with John Gist, mastermind of Planet Desert Rock. We...
Episode #179
(S2E10) – Back In The Late 1900s w/Jay & Rich: Dug Pinnick from King’s X One of my top five favorite bands of all time is King’s X, and on this episode Jay and I got to speak with Dug Pinnick for 75 minutes, which is...
Episode #178
(S3E49) – Heavy Temple & Crystal Spiders A first for Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E49), as two of our favorite bands join the show. Both Brenna from Crystal Spiders and Nighthawk from Heavy Temple chat with me...
Episode #177
(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...
Episode #176
(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...
Episode #175
(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...
Episode #174
(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...
Episode #173
(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...
Episode #172
(S3E43) – Shadow Of Jupiter July 10th, 2026 has some pretty amazing records dropping, so make sure you do not miss the AOTY candidate from the guests on this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E43), all four...
Episode #171
(S3E42) – KITSA On the eve of one of our favorite bands dropping new music for the first time in over two years, on this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E42), direct from the studio, Port Orchard...
Episode #170
(S3E41) – Quarter 2 Review w/ Rob in the ‘Hood It’s that time again! On this episode of Rich and Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S3E41) we have our good friend Rob in the ‘Hood on the show to discuss all the great stuff that...
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