# 256 - WEEDEATER: Doom Metal Riffs, Guitar Rundown & Shooting Your Toe Off

An episode of [Garza Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1551076579), 26 Oct 2026, 1 h 34 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2184800941.mp3

Garza sits down in-person with Dave “Dixie” Collins & Ramzi Ateyeh. From North Carolina doom metal band WEEDEATER. https://instagram.com/weedeaterband 00:00 - Dixie Learning Piano 03:38 - Ramzi Learning Drums 05:25 - Screen Gems Studios 07:36 - Cape Fear & Wilmington, NC 10:08 - Weedeater Early Days 12:27 - Doom Metal 14:25 - Finding New Doom Bands 16:58 - North Carolina Bands 19:32 - Drumming for Weedeater 21:21 - Brickbat & All Tore Up 25:25 - Seeing a Motorcycle Accident 31:44 - The Weed Metal Pedal 36:30 - Riff: Monkey Junction 44:55 - Shrimp & Grits 46:55 - Dixie’s Fender P-Bass 54:10 - Shep’s Gibson Les Paul 56:40 - Dixie on Shep’s Background 59:08 - Steve Albini & New Music 1:03:40 - Writing Wizard Fight 1:05:15 - Writing Riffs on Acoustic Guitar 1:12:14 - Ramzi Returning 1:13:58 - Touching Grass 1:14:55 - Smoking For the First Time 1:16:57 - Cough Syrup 1:18:27 - Dixie Shooting His Toe Off 1:23:23 - Cave Metal 1:26:32 - Reggie's 42nd Street Tavern 1:28:52 - Weedeater’s Top Albums

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