Caleb Shomo joins Scott Lipps for a revealing conversation about his journey from the Ohio music scene and Attack Attack! to becoming the frontman and creative force behind Beartooth.

Caleb looks back at the early days of crabcore, growing up in a religious household, joining Attack Attack! as a teenager and spending his formative years on the road. He opens up about depression, drinking, sobriety and the circumstances that ultimately led him to leave Attack Attack! and start Beartooth.

He also talks about publicly coming out, how that changed the way he approached Beartooth's new album *Pure Ecstasy*, and the role Jordan Fish played in encouraging him to make the record as personal and honest as possible.

Plus, Caleb breaks down the new music, his changing image and creative energy, and gives Scott his Top 5 heavy bands of all time and favorite new pop artists.

00:01:07 The Ohio scene and Bilmuri's Johnny Franck
00:03:50 Crabcore
00:06:02 Growing up religious
00:08:20 School of Rock and discovering music
00:12:50 His first musical moments
00:13:25 AC/DC's Back in Black and DC Talk
00:15:36 Early struggles with depression
00:16:45 Joining Attack Attack!
00:18:11 Growing up on the road
00:20:36 His love/hate relationship with Attack Attack!
00:22:57 How dark things became
00:29:35 Leaving Attack Attack!
00:32:22 Drinking and sobriety
00:34:31 How Beartooth began
00:37:02 The unreleased John Feldmann Attack Attack! record
00:40:56 Coming out
00:44:42 Pure Ecstasy and the new Beartooth record
00:49:00 New energy, image and being himself
00:50:52 Working with Jordan Fish
00:53:13 Jordan Fish's advice that changed the record
00:56:25 "Free"
00:59:27 Top 5 heavy bands of all time
01:03:14 Top 5 new pop artists

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