Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Drummer Scott Middleton of NC's stoner bluesy psych quartet talks about the snowy shit storm that lead to a canceled gig on their last run, the process of recording/mixing their 2018 release Ramble Beyond, his new Bonham re-issue Vistalite kit, reflecting on their tour with Weedeater/Hyborian, and the tragic passing of Weedeater drummer Carlos Denogean, classic rock in the house and his early obsession with nu-metal and practicing in his parents house with a giant stereo system, Hydrahead records and our mutual fascination with Cave In and Botch, traveling with sports teams and ultimately abandoning it to focus on music, reflecting on his first talent show and battle of the bands competition, the formation in Asheville NC of Bask, working in the musical therapy realm and Scott’s ongoing work with people with disabilities!https://basknc.bandcamp.com/

Drummer Chris Maggio talks about not one but two short notice tours with Mutoid Man filling in for fellow drum shredder Ben Koller, plus his former work with Coliseum, Trap Them, Sleigh Bells, and present work with Wear Your Wounds, plus other freak injuries, (broken leg/chopped off finger), taking lessons with Joe Morello, the many phases of his playing; from being more performance based, to angry, to more focused, life advice from drummer Dave Witte, the punk rock dream and living in a van, the origins of the “Maggio Double Bass technique on the hands”, the challenges of replicating the nuances of sequenced drums in a live context, and much more!!!!https://mutoidman.com/https://mutoidman.com/showsphoto: INSTA: @giloscope

Purveyor of blast beats and extreme drum-shredding, John Longstreth is today's guest!! We get into his recent run with Hate Eternal, double stroke rolls on the feet at higher BPM’s, death metal traditionalists, grind core elitists, recounting the “Major Steps” through out his career, cardboard drums, triggers, the gateway records and drummers that lead him towards more extreme music, reassessing one’s strengths and weaknesses out of perceived failure, short hand notes for navigating the more challenging sections/arrangements of the Gorguts record Colored Sands, putting the human element back into heavy music, dissecting the intro to Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher”, “equestrian rock” an Iron Maiden & Judas Priest geek out (and an infamous I.M. show John doesn’t remember), the updated version Winger’s 80’s hit “She’s only 17”, jiu jitsu, video game addictions, and more shredding!!!www.facebook.com/Origin/www.facebook.com/john.longstreth.7Photo: www.phototerco.com/

Cult Leader/ex-Gaza drum-destroyer Casey Hansen talks working with Kurt Ballou on their critically acclaimed record "A Patient Man", the struggles of balancing live energy vs restraining oneself in the studio, ergonomic adjustments and upper body playing, going back to school and recounting his experience in public school/ultimate rejection of religious influence, familial band-bonding, Abe Cunningham, Ben Koller, Nick Dewitt & Cornbread Compton as influences, plus exploring the otherworldly terrain of Utah & the "Cosmic Ashtray". https://cultleadermusic.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/CultLeaderMusic/https://deathwishinc.com/collections/cult-leaderCult Leader Audio Tree performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWO9E3Xouds

Uber talented multi instrumentalist and one-man-band Nate Wood talks about the 2018 Pasic Drum Convention, the many fascinating variables in Tony Williams playing, electronic music as an influence, Nate's early obsessions with the band Death and subsequent leg injuries from jumping in the proverbial drum "fire", his musical family and early lessons in musicality, reverse-automation and Nate's aversion to midi work flows in electronic music, Zach Danziger/Deantoni Parks as drumming influences, playing bass on gigs with killer drummers and picking their brains afterwards, the art of improvisation, verbal cues/musical cues, plus insights into his one man band fOUR & work with Kneebody.http://natewoodmusic.net/https://www.facebook.com/natewoodmusichttps://natewood.bandcamp.com/fOUR VIdeo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQCMbbkEAEI

Drummer Cliff Almond on touring Japan, the San Diego jingle scene of the 80's and the "high pressure" world of analogue live tracking with a big band, the wild story of Dave Weckl passing off the Michel Camilo gig to a then 20 year old Cliff, a whole lot of Weckl rants, the framework of the Wayne Krantz gig that allows for so much improvisation, the challenges of playing with Wayne/Anthony Jackson & Michel Camilo, searching for an identity on the drums and the importance of taking a break from playing live to search for it, the evolution of online drumming content, his two separate phases of NY life, and the horse-cart conversation with two fellow drummers that was a game changer.https://www.facebook.com/Cliff-Almondhttps://twitter.com/cliffalmond1https://www.instagram.com/cliffalmond

Drummer Jack Ryan of The Marcus King Band on the chaos of NY, crazy tour schedules, his craigslist obsession and crazy collection of drum sets, being the musical lone wolf in the family, his parents record collection and the one record his dad still raves about, his first gigs/bands, classic piano being his first instrument and how he gravitated towards the drums, beards, wrestling, baseball, golf, how he joined the MKB and the rapid ascent in touring with the band! http://marcuskingband.com/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/the-marcus-king-band-full-session23.htmlPhoto: Insta: @40_photography

Drummers Collective instructor and all around killer drummer Tobias Ralph talks growing up in the West Village/NY, seeing Billy Cobham live for the first time in the 80's, the artistic environment in which he grew up and his early drum sets, learning to play by listening to Ringo Starr, discovering cool bands prior to the internet and listening/ recording late night radio stations (and how his childhood radio is still functioning), Simon Phillips' drum solos, the challenges in creating an interesting drum solo and both of us recount not-so-good ones that we played early on, and Tobias recalls a drunken Zildjian day event with Steve Gadd and Vinnie Colaiuta.https://www.facebook.com/tobias.ralphdrummer

Caught up with one of the OG extreme drummers in Dave Witte of Municipal Waste who's also been in many incredible bands throughout the years such as; Burnt by the Sun, Melt Banana, Discordance Axis and many more!! We get into drumming influences with Phil Rudd, Glenn Evans, Lars Ulrich, Dave Lombardo, Brandon Thomas, Buddy Rich, the early 2000's scene with Burnt by the Sun and fellow bands Botch, The Dillinger Escape Plan & Mastodon, the unbelievable story of how drums entered his life, the accelerated talent of drummers in the internet age, The last minute surgery that knocked Matt Pike/High on Fire off the tour and subsequent last-minute addition of Nuclear Assault to the bill at Warsaw in Brooklyn, collecting vinyl, the sickest Dave's ever been on a gig, drumming injuries plus food trucks, our mutual love for Voivod, and the never ending search to get his mind blown!http://dave-witte.com/https://www.facebook.com/Municipalwaste/Photo: IG-: @delcobrephoto

Today's guest is uber-talented drummer Sam Shahin of New Orleans' eclectic 6-Piece band Naughty Professor who was on tour with Big Freedia/Tank & The Banga's where we talked about N.P. being the back-up band for Big Freedia, the respective challenges of playing bounce grooves with Frieda vs the N.P. set, the origins of N.P. and jamming with Marcus King, his path to drumming and the various mentors he's had along the way, the kid-band scene in Austin as he was growing up, the varying approaches of drum-instructor's Wayne Moreau and Johnny Vidacovich at Loyola University, "acid gigs", tour logistics, and the seemingly endless creative inspiration New Orleans provides.https://naughtyprofessormusic.com/https://www.facebook.com/NPFUNK/https://naughtyprofessor.bandcamp.com/Photo: Facebook; @rick.moore.5454

Jon Lane of Brooklyn's proggy-stoner-doom trio Godmaker (also backing band for Nathaniel Shannon & The Vanishing Twin) talks about their new split record with local band Somnuri and upcoming record release show(s), the origins of Godmaker, a Portishead geek-out, his love for Clive Deamer's drumming, Godmaker's Portishead cover on the split record(did I mention Portishead?), plus growing up in Kansas, playing in marching bands, what brought him to NY, to click track or not to click track, embracing varying feels and avoiding excessive editing/quantizing, etc in post, whether or not the remastered "And Justice for All" still needs some goddamn bass on it, and a whole lot mo'!https://godmaker-somnuri.bandcamp.com/album/godmaker-somnuri-splithttps://thecompanykc.bigcartel.com/Release shows w/ Somnuri:https://www.facebook.com/events/182239765985002/https://www.facebook.com/events/167102974227075/

Jon Syverson of Daughters stopped by the CBBP to talk about overcoming geographical differences in recording their incredible new record “You Won’t Get What you Want”, the crew involved and some of the processes of tracking/mixing, and releasing the record, the distinctive members of Daughters and guitarist Nick Sadler’s unconventional approach, the raw recording experience by contrast of Canada Songs, the early years of playing crazy DIY Punk shows/house shows/sleeping in a van, embracing the act of “running people out of the club”” and being the unclassifiable “oddball” band, Jody’s favorite Daughter’s song titles, Jon’s work with tour managing, touring with The Dillinger Escape Plan & The Locust, mix-match drum sets with popcorn containers/baking sheets and more!!!! https://www.facebook.com/daughtersmusichttps://daughters.bandcamp.com/Photo: https://www.facebook.com/bummercity

Shane Mathewson of Winnipeg noise-rock merchants Kenmode is today's guest! We get into arm wrestling on tour, hockey, accounting, drummer injuries, tour disasters, absurdly long drives, vinyl mistakes, confusion about Canadian football, NOT ice fishing, staying in shape on the road, NOT playing with dynamics, shitty drummers ruining bands, CPA's (Certified Personal Accountants), MMA and its similarities to drumming, the creepy artwork for their new record "Loved", an influential noise rock band named "KITTENS", bestiality, and more!!https://www.ken-mode.com/https://kenmode.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/kenmode/Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/myriam.francoeur

Caught up with drummer Jesse Bartz of  Columbus, OH's Lo-Pan while they were recording their new album in NY with uber-producer/engineer James Brown where we got into acclimating to NY commutes, bizarre subway stories, reflecting on the previous recording experiences for Colossus & In Tension's,  getting drum sounds in the big room with his 70's steel Ludwig kit (and the crazy story of how he acquired said kit),  his musical family and how his son is picking up the drums, his first concert, his crazy collection of drum sets, smokey European bars, “sub-genre clicks” and how the "apple don't fall too far from the tree".https://lo-pan-rock.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/lopandemic/https://lopandemic.com/http://aqualamb.org/Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/jeighsohn

Caught up with drummer Clayton Holyoak of Every TIme I Die where we talked about his first tour at age 18 of two months & other bizarre gigs/“map quest” tours, acclimating to ETID’s punk rock fury, playing/hanging in Russia and Australia, growing up in Utah and his uber tolerant Mother who still loves to hear him play, being self taught and drawing inspiration from local drummers, reflecting on his performances on Norma Jean’s Wrongdoers and Polar Similar, playing boat shows, and more!http://everytimeidie.net/https://www.facebook.com/everytimeidie/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWn_P1acl4https://www.sjcdrums.com/blogs/blog/clayton-goose-holyoak-on-etidPhoto Cred: instagram: @alysoncoletta

Today's continuation of the #CBBP - NOLa drummer series features Andi Preen of Stoner Rock Power Trio Suplecs! We get into the last 20 years of rocking with Suplecs, some rants about Cozy Powell and his last words (plus a whole lot of additional history I didn't know about him), John Bonham, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio, his Father playing in both Vaudeville acts and at a titi-bar, his musical family lineage and wildly talented multi-instrumentalist brother, how his brothers/fathers music did or did not rub off on him, identifying the hospital someone was born at depending on their bellybutton type, some hilarious tour stories, train wreck gigs & a whole lot more.! https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/mad-oak-redouxhttps://www.facebook.com/SUPLECShttps://smallstone.bandcamp.com/

Today's guest is drummer Mike Miczek who spreads his drumming duties between The Atlas Moth, Powermad, and Broken Hope! We get into first our CD’s, albums, & cassettes, the irony of Motley Crue’s Shout at the Devil record, Ozzy, The Beatles, the various challenges of playing with his three bands, Nicko McBrain, Keith Moon, and Dave Lombardo as drum influences, a rant about Ginger Baker, lugging around monstrous rock kits in your parents car, the first time he heard a blast beat, gig-technical difficulties/weird gigs, growing up in a small town in IL., tour diets/food restrictions, and warming up prior to the gig!! https://theatlasmoth.bandcamp.com/https://www.powermadinfinite.com/http://brokenhope.com/Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/denis.charmot

New Orleans/Nashville drummer Doug Belote is today's guest! We get into balancing studio work with gigging, working with slide guitar-ninja’s Derek Trucks & Sonny Landreth plus Nashville great Jerry Douglas, growing up in Lafayette and witnessing New Orleans drummers such as Russell Batiste, Terrence Higgins and a great story about his first time seeing Johnny Vidacovich, how playing for rednecks and prostitutes lead to a lady pimp helping him get to New York just in time for the Blizzard of ’96 where he studied with Ricky Sebastian at the Drummers Collective, observations in the contrasting worlds of New York and Lafayette, his experience with Hurricane Katrina, his musical family, how an electrical accident almost deprived of him of his ability to drum, and lastly his upcoming documentary Street Beat; Drumming Below Sea Level!http://dougbelote.com/https://www.instagram.com/dougbeloteStreet Beat Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKGm0jsQ9khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MENVyieB8rY#CBBP Spo

Educator, clinician, player, and all around killer drummer Ricky Sebastian is today’s guest! We get into moving to NY in the 80’s from New Orleans and subsequent observations/contrasts of both cites, the NY scene in the 80’s/90’s and playing gigs with the unpredictable genius in Jaco Pastorius (plus a notorious gig with JP), Rashied Ali, Tania Maria and more, finding the appeal in the NY hustle, New Orleans as the northernmost Caribbean city, playing with Dr. John, his early inclination to playing the drums and early mentors, the process of teaching, and challenges in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Latin-Fusion, his first drum-method book and teaching at both The University of New Orleans and the Drummers Collective in NY, the badass that was Tony Williams, plus drumming injuries/the athleticism of drumming in general. http://www.rickysebastian.com/

Uber-shred-tastic drummer Nick Yacyshyn of Sumac, Baptists, & Erosion stopped by the #CBBP to talk about the appeal of more diverse bills, the bizarre process of writing/recording Sumac records, and working said material out as they tour, Baptists cover art and the origins of the band, differences in longer Sumac sets -vs- all-out Baptists sets, his first kit and practicing in the living room, his Dad's record collection, a full-fledged geek-out on Ludwig drums Ian Paice & John Bonham, how AC/DC changed his life, double bass kits, mushrooms in the woods , working with Kurt Ballou, and balancing touring/working in a a drum shop. Drums Drums, Drums!https://www.facebook.com/nickyacyshyndrums/https://www.instagram.com/malcolmandangus/https://sumac.bandcamp.com/https://baptistssl.bandcamp.com/https://erosion.bandcamp.com/Baptists live @ Rain City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-BujK1z6U4photo cred: Paulo P-Lo G