Brian was the bassist for Boston hardcore band Ten Yard Fight and is a frequent contributor to the 185 Miles South podcast. Hardcore-punk is a small world? Sometimes… Brian and I have been in the same room countless times, we have a million mutuals and have been “followers” of each other on social media, yet had never met until we did this episode. I am finally glad we did! This is a fun episode where Brian and I got to talk about Ohio, teaching (off mic) and gush over the legendary False Hope as well a few other bands;
Project X, False Hope, Agnostic Front, Cro Mags, Weirdos, Negative Approach, 7 Seconds, The Cure, Black Sabbath and Tragedy.
It has been a minute! But, I’m back with a fun episode where my buddies Marc and Tim draft their grindcore starter kit. Here are some of the bands we consider;
Assück, Repulsion, Mongrel, Napalm Death, Discordance Axis, Cloud Rat, Gross, Siege, Extreme Noise Terror, Carcass, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Iabhorher, PLF and a whole lot more!
Elyse an I have only been pals for a short time, but I always love talking music with her. She has depth of knowledge and listens to a wide variety of music – but we love talking metal. Here’s a sample of what we ramble on about;
Eyehategod, Soundgarden, Axioma, Carcass, Neil Young, Siege, Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys.
Aaron Stefanko is the vocalist and one of the guitarists in White Lighter. Aaron and I have known each other for a while, crossing paths periodically over the years, but have hung out more frequently in recent years. I figured it was time to sit down with Aaron and record one of our conversations. We cover a lot of stuff but I think it is clear that The Mummies rule.
Who are the other bands we chat about? Kiss, The Seeds, King Kahn and the BBQ Show, Buck Owens, The Dirtbombs, Uncle Scratch’s Gospel Revival, Redd Kross, Jay Reatard and Kim Fowley.
I had a chance to catch up with Chad Jolly and we talked about A LOT of 90’s bands – it was interesting to see where our tastes aligned, diverged and the impact these bands had on him growing up.
We ramble on about; Bad Religion, The Lemonheads, Texas is the Reason, Avail, Lifetime, Junction, Circle Jerks, Samuel, Lifetime, Styx, Dag Nasty and The Smiths.
Check out Chad’s current band middleagerager.bandcamp.com
There’s no guest on this one – it is just me rambling a bit. A little while ago there was a HUGE gap between episodes. During that time I had played a reunion show, read some comics, novels and listened to some records. What was I reading? What was I listening to? You’ll have to check out the episode to find out!
Max and I had been trying to pull this together for a little while now and finally…we got our shit together. I’ve been acquainted with Max since the 90’s and it was nice catching up with him. We talked about a lot of bands. All of the fast variety; Napalm Death, Infest, Brain Death, S.O.B., Suicidal Tendencies, Heresy, Hatred Surge, Youth of Today, LARM and much more! All go, no slow.
On this episode my guest is my second child, my oldest daughter, often imitated, never duplicated, Maria. She had been asking for weeks to actually bo on the podcast so I decided that we could play the “Pick a Song Game”. When we are in the car we like to take turns picking songs and I asked Maria what five songs she would pick when it was her turn. What songs did she pick? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Mikey is one of my favorite people. As bandmates in Persistent Aggressor we would often talk music before (during) and after practice at length – it was always a good time. So it only made sense to have him on! Warning. For those of you with sensitive souls that can’t handle real talk about pay-to-play veunues/shows and shitty promoters that make bands sell tickets – this episode is not for you. You can listen if you want, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.
What else do we ramble on about? Repulsion, Trap Them, Killswitch Engage and Howard Jones, Heartsounds, Carcass, Nasum, Morbid Angel, Bloodthirsty Butchers, Metallica and lots more!
Keith Freeman is truly one of the nicest dudes I’ve met in a while. The prolific and well traveled bassist chatted with me about some of his favorite music. We hit on a lot of different stuff, but all of it rules. This is another one I recorded before the unplanned hiatus, but is one of my favorite conversations to date. To quote a dude even older than me, check it out.
Who do we gush over? Infest, Out Cold, Wipers, Metallica, The Go Go’s, Camera Silens, Straight Ahead, Fucked Up and Beastie Boys.
