Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

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

Drummer James May of Savannah GA's Black Tusk is today's guest! We get into gig blackouts, touring with Whores (the band)equipment meltdowns, Guns & Roses, The Headbangers Ball, the funny story of how Black Tusk became a band, tour life and tour regimens, regrouping after the loss of original bassist Jonathan Athon, watering holes, to-go cups and street drinking, vampires, odd schedules and surviving when not touring!https://blacktuskterror.com/https://www.facebook.com/BlackTusk/https://blacktusk.bandcamp.com/https://soundrink.com/#/tour/metal-alliance

Jazz-Metal-Fusion chameleon Kenny Grohowski is today's guest!! We get into the many versions of John Zorn projects and the many "hats" one has to wear to navigate such disparate styles of music, the origins of Imperial Triumphant, how he got the Brand X call and the process of auditioning for the band, Hipster Assassins & the many killer players that go through NY's 55 Bar, Burp Castles, Alphonse Mouzon, Billy Cobham, Narada Michael Walden, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, modern man’s dependency on devices and the disconnect with reality/peoples social media, percussal vs kurfuffles, the art of improvising and developing an ear for listening both creatively and in life, plus listening to fusion as a young kid and his early obsession with Mahavishnu Orchestra!https://kennygrohowski.com/https://www.facebook.com/KennyGrohowskiDrummer/https://www.instagram.com/kennygrohowski https://twitter.com/KennyGrohowskihttps://imperialtriumphant.bandcamp.com/Photo Cred: http://www.petracvelbar.com/

Crash Bang Boom hits a HUNDO and what better a guest than Quicksand’s Alan Cage! We get into bus breakdowns, the early years of Quicksand and experiencing punk & hardcore as a young kid, the 90’s scene and incredible year that was 1991 for music, Quicksand creating their own sound out of the absence of what they wanted to hear, Alan missing a monumental Nirvana gig, his first drum set (that he still has), what lead to the original Quicksand reunion(s) plus reconnecting with his love for music and ultimately playing drums!!!http://www.quicksandnyc.com/https://www.facebook.com/QuicksandNYC/https://quicksandnyc.bandcamp.com/http://epitaph.com/artists/quicksand

Caught up with drum-pounder Joel Willis of Brooklyn’s - Netherlands prior to their tour with Mastodon & Dinosaur Jr. to talk Netherlands EP “Hope Porn”, drum injuries & NOT canceling gigs, how he originally met Netherlands and ultimately joined the band/relocated from NC to NY, subsequent NY realizations, his first drum set, jazz contrarians, developing stamina to hit hard for 45 minutes, and the bizarre chance meeting that lead to the Mastodon tour!https://www.netherlandsband.com/https://www.facebook.com/netherlandsband/https://thenetherlands1.bandcamp.com/Photo Cred: Facebook.com/marissastrawphotography Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Andrew Totolos of Brooklyn's The Giraffes is today's guest! We delve into Pied Diaper Pipers, adult diarrhea explosions, sex trafficking, the evolution of cell phones, porn mags in the woods, STD’s and Tinder, petri dish genitals, horror movie tits, the benefits of growing up in the South, Indian Casino’s, doing dumb shit in the country, nearly getting shot by the cops, cajun birthday presents and nude acid parties, a truly disgusting story involving a goose, Andrew’s first show he ever played/worst show’s ever played, one man orgy’s, weed and Hendrix, his love for George Hurley, amputee’s and little people, Jody’s conceptual theme park, and the stroke of fate that led to Andrew playing in the Giraffes! Hot Damn!!!www.facebook.com/TheGiraffes/thegiraffes.squarespace.com/twitter.com/thegiraffes

Drummer Jared Klein of PA's Rivers of Nihil is today's guest!! We caught up during RON's headlining tour in support of their critically acclaimed 2018 release "Where Owls Know my Name” where we got into heat waves in Canada/funny Canadian towns, Engelbert Humperdinck, how he got the call for the gig and the process of learning/rehearsing/writing for the record, playing with his brother and his musical family, his first drum set and most recent drum sets, extreme drumming influences and what lead him to heavier music, botched gigs and more!www.metalblade.com/riversofnihil/www.facebook.com/riversofnihil/Twitter: @riversofnihilriversofnihil.bandcamp.com/www.facebook.com/jared.klein.77

Today’s guest is the one and only mad man of the vibes and all around world percussion slayer Mike Dillon! We talk tablas, monks in the Himalayas, festival de Blowsya'load, glockenspiels, marimbas, early Critters Buggin’ shows and the musical illuminati, how he met ubiquitous session drummer Matt Chamberlin, Punk-Funk and his early band Billy Goat,  Brown Whorenet, dick percussion and Nolatet's keys player Brian Hass’ retelling of the first time he saw Mike Dillon live as well as a brief appearance by the legendary Johnny Vidocavich, drug stories, playing a ridiculous amount of shows during New Orleans Jazz Fest, the "Mike Dillon Pull & Tuck Method" ™,  The "Jazz Arms Race™ " -vs- the disillusionment with jazz academia, and a whole lot mo’!!!!http://www.mikedillonvibes.com/http://nolatet.com/https://www.facebook.com/mike.dillon.336333https://www.facebook.com/TheMikeDillonBandPhoto Cred: https://www.facebook.com/tony.dellacioppa

Groove rock drummer Scott Key of NC's ASG is today's guest! We get into recording their killer new record "Survive Sunrise" on the Texas/Mexico border, touring with hometown boys Weedeater and rap about other NC bands such as COC, Caltrop, and more, dirt bike and mountain bike injuries, fake asses, calf implants, southern metal and paying homage to Vinnie Paul/ Pantera, vinyl collections, Rush tribute bands, air drums, hurricanes, & the continuation of odd jobs!https://www.facebook.com/asgnation/https://asgnation.bandcamp.com/https://store.relapse.com/http://www.asgshop.com/ photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/matslphotography/