Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Today's guest is Travis Foster of Oregon’s melodic-doom-power trio Yob!!! We delve into not loosing focus on long songs, Vistalite kits, making Portland weird (again), bearing edges and other gear talk, vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt's near death experience and the subsequent inspiration/new lease on life that filtered it’s way into Yob’s new record "Our Raw Heart”, his fathers influence on his drumming, Jeff Porcaro, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Ian Paice, playing slow tempo’s, hearing loss, tour life, doom, punk, prog, & classic rock, and much more!www.yobislove.com/www.facebook.com/quantumyob/www.instagram.com/quantumyob

Today's guest is Jeremy McMonigle of Louisville, KY's noir- noise rock trio Young Widows!!!! We talked about YW’s new record Decayed: Ten Years of Cities, Wounds, Lightness, and Pain, the decade celebration of “Old Wounds” and the bizarre process of recording the record with Kurt Ballou, how he got the last minute gig with the band, navigating the disparate worlds of orchestral percussion vs punk rock, how Nirvana was a game changer, the trials and tribulations of fatherhood, Dad’s yelling at the TV during Football games, the evolution of Young Widow’s gear, Ludwig drums, and more!https://youngwidows.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/youngwidowsband/https://www.instagram.com/youngwidowsband/#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Simultaneous synth playing, drumming & singing juggernaut Josh Dion stopped by the #CBBP to talk kickball leagues, his band Paris Monster, touring Europe and the US, growing up playing drums with his father, playing with Wayne Krantz and the precarious nature of navigating his live sets, spontaneity being preferable, influential jazz drummers and his general love for jazz plus the crazy list of incredible drummers in NY including JoJo Mayer, Nate Smith, Mark Guiliana, Nate Wood, and so many more ,the long road to singing while playing drums, his philosophy behind his synth, drums, vocals set up and more!https://www.parismonster.com/https://www.facebook.com/theparismonster/Photo Cred: www.RonMilsomPhotography.com#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Today’s guest is OG drummer of Riot V -Frank Gilchriest! We get into the origins and bizarre history of Riot, how he got the gig, playing with the Good Rats growing up, his work with Virgin Steele and a great “Sword” story, growing up with the players in Dream Theater, the first time he saw drum shredding monster Bobby Jarzombek live, his early music instructors/mentors a Twisted Sister geek -out, hair metal, speed metal, power metal, botching recording sessions, becoming a primary songwriter/arranger, tour-life, “Johnny Wheelhouse and Doug Slow Foot” & more!!!!!!http://areyoureadytoriot.com/https://www.facebook.com/riotrockcity/Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/stanglnator#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Today's guest for the CBBP's ongoing Brooklyn Underground series is drummer Phil Bartsch of Dead Empires!! *We get into the process of going from an instrumental band to a four piece with vocals, playing strange bars, early shows we played together , a major Pantera geek-out, industrial street cats, acid dealers, Vinnie Paul snare drums, recording their most recent record, how he got into drumming, the first time he heard a bass drum mic'd up and more!!!http://www.deadempires.comhttps://deadempires.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/deadempires/PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/FTAMacPhoto/#CBBP Sponsor: www.neworleansrecordpress.com

Today’s guest is drum pummeling prog metal ripper Brad Rice of Atlanta’s Lazer Wulf!! We caught up amidst their tour with Mutoid Man where we talked about unexpectedly filling in for drummer Ben Koller, his original instrument prior to the drums, the process of how he found himself in Lazer Wulf and how the writing process works in the band, early influences, touring life, seeing Tool and Mastodon, and Dillinger Escape Plan early in their careers , day jobs and mo’!!!!https://lazerwulf.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/lazerwulves/http://www.lazerwulf.com/#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

I caught up with groove rock drummer David Delaney of Cali's Them Evils on a sunny day for a Brooklyn roof top hang where we got into small clubs-vs-big clubs, headlining their first US tour, Vistalite kits-vs-weirdo Peavey kits, how a sound check led to them touring with Zakk Sabbath and stage pranks on said tour, moshing your way to a hospital visit and playing through injuries, embracing the touring life, how he initially got into drums, dangerous day jobs, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and a whole lot of silliness and awesomeness. #CBBP !!Official Band website: https://themevils.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThemEvilsBand/Twitter:  https://twitter.com/themevilsYoutube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThemEvilsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/themevils/Photo: https://www.facebook.com/SoundSnapPhotographyRVA/#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Somewhere between elasticity, bombast, and raw unorthodox grooves Dale Crover has been the ultimate purveyor of drum thunder for 30 years with Melvins!!! We get into what NOT to eat prior to a show, Melvins first tour in Europe, early years of learning to play the drums, influencing what became the Grunge movement then moving to California pre-Grunge explosion, New Orleans and the Slugs,Crowbar-EHG connection, the Honkey, Butthole Surfers, Big Business connection, Captain Beefheart as an influence, 50 cent drum lessons, Carmine Appice’s words of wisdom, ergonomic evolution through out the years, the new record ‘Pinkus Abortion Technician”, the musical chairs that has been the band over the years, modern bands Dale enjoys, and the original bizarro drummer Keith Moon.http://www.themelvins.net/https://revolvemerchandise.shop/the-melvinshttps://melvinsofficial.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/melvinsarmy/https://www.instagram.com/melvinsdotcomhttps://twitter.com/melvinsdotcom#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.newo

Former Candiria & Fuel drum slaying bad-ass Ken Schalk is on the #CBBP today! We get into Bruce Lee & martial arts as an influence in drumming, as well as recounting the terrifying Candiria van wreck and subsequent realizations, our mutual fascination with Earth Wind & Fire and a geek out on Iron Maiden & Nicko McBrain, Ken’s early drum instructors, wisdom vs knowledge, “Rim Shot” revelations, seeing crazy shows at the legendary L'amours, New Yorkers and the fine line of sarcasm, and the lesson I took with Ken some years ago, as well as the challenges in his journey of teaching.https://www.facebook.com/ken.schalk.1https://www.facebook.com/KenMusicLessons/Photo Credits:Photo © Scott S. Clinton / www.ScottClinton.comIG: @ScottClintonPhotographyFB: @ScottClintonPhotographyTW: @Scott_S_Clinton#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Uber dynamic Jazz-Funk drummer extraordinaire Carter Mclean of Charlie Hunter & The Lion King is my guest today! We get into navigating the nightmare that is Times Square, getting LIME DISEASE!?, the freaky genius of Charlie Hunter and the “fly by the seat of your pants” nature of performing with him live, crazy New Orleans stories, and great New Orleans drummers, Carter’s custom kits and soon to be released signature kit, finding an identity on your instrument and becoming comfortable with super slow tempos, social media, and the challenges in playing in a major Broadway show & more!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7gpXUp2J_0http://fourhandsdrumming.com/Carter Insta: @cartermachttps://www.facebook.com/carter.mcleanPhoto’s C/O: https://www.facebook.com/ronndunnett#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Drummer Gavin Wallace-Ailsworth of Boston eclectic rockers Bent Knee is today’s guest!! We get into the precarious title of “Art Rock” , touring with the Dillinger Escape Plan & witnessing both the infamous NY-Webster Hall show and watching Cult Leader drummer Casey Hansen live during that tour, finding common influences in a musically diverse band, favorite spots around the world for touring, studying at Berklee, drumming influences, studio experiences on the different Bent Knee records , & the awesomeness of Phil Collins!!!!https://bentknee.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/BentKneeMusic/https://www.instagram.com/bentkneemusic#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Drummer Matt Bowles is the rhythm anchor of W. Virginia's groove-thrash merchants Byzantine! We get into how he got the Byzantine gig, and being a fan of them for years prior to landing said gig, the bizarre life cycle of Cicada’s, acid/shroom trips/general stories of getting weird in the woods, UFO’s and bull mastiffs, huffing gas, playing in jam bands, recording their most recent record “The Cicada Tree”, opening for Sacred Reich, West Virginia life, and all sorts of good shit and bizarro rants!!!https://www.facebook.com/Byzantinewv/https://byzantine.bandcamp.com/#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

For nearly 17 years drummer Larry Kwartowitz has been at the percussion-helm of Philly's avant-metal/spazzy-soundtrack/ purveyors of controlled chaos; Cleric!! We get into the ups downs, tragedy’s and other madness of Cleric's career, stolen gear & vans, working with John Zorn & touring with Secret Chiefs 3/ releasing Retrocausal on Trey Spruance’s Web of Mimicry label, gifted drum sets, battling crohn's disease, a Pearl Jam geek out, Tomas Haake, Tim Alexander & Ken Schalk as drumming influences, recurring themes & confirmation bias, the intensity of Cleric’s music and the process of writing it, time traveling, sci-fi the origin of Cleric’s name & Larry’s obsession with the movie Equilibrium, our mutual fascination with the Mr. Bungle California tour, plus Larry’s super human ability to eat large quantities of weed edibles. Good Lawd!!!! https://clericmimicry.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/iamcleric/Upcoming dates with Candiria:https://www.facebook.com/iamcleric/ph

Part II of a two part #CBBP special series highlighting shit-jobs musicians have had while pursuing music!Mental hospitals, window cleaners, ice cream stand & lumber yards, shitty hotels, factory jobs, janitorial work, music stores & getting fired from them, movie theaters, silly cover bands, a street hustler for titi bars, insurance salesman, bear wrestling, office jobs, dishwashing, bartending, fast food, and more!!!Coady Willis-Big Business, Melvins 02:35Ben Koeller: Mutoid Man, Converge, All Pigs Must Die 06:05Matt Cuodo (Cudo): Elder 07:55Ryan “Legs” Leger - 100 Suns, Norma Jean, Ex- Every Time I Die 12:19Jimmy Bower-Down, Eyehategod, Superjoint 16:10Phil Sangiacomo: aka Phillapino Grigio Anselmo) of Somnuri 17:51Adam Betts: Three Trapped Tigers, Shoebaleader One, Solo 20:02Mason Macisas: Yoink 21:35Noidy-Manilla Road, Trance 24:20Mike Ogden-Nut 25:26Evan Diprima-Royal Thunder 29:08Chris Enriquez- Spotlights, Primitive Weapons 30:28Marcus Bryant-Spirit Adrift, Goya 32:49#CBBP Sponsor: http

This is the first of two special installments where I collect the best stories of musicians' odd jobs they've had while chasing the ever elusive dream of playing music!! Porn stores, pest control, septic tank cleaning, scuba diving, break dancing lessons, construction, child hood actors, fast food, fried chicken delivery , real estate, bussing tables, pool maintenance and more!!Brann Dahlor: Mastodon 02:20Rick Smith: Torche 06:05Josh Nee: Thou 07:21Ash Pearson: Revocation 09:12Pete Webber: Havok 10:22Jared Stimpfl: Secret Cutter 12:11Nick Lee: Moontooth, Riot IV 13:47Mlny Parsons: Royal Thunder 16:06Zach Eichenhorn: Netherlands 17:25Aaron Hill: Eyehategod/Mountain of Wizard 25:59Donnie Adkinson: Whores 26:49Jon Ehlers: Bangladeafy 28:42#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Tucker Rule has been the percussive force in such bands as Thursday, Yellowcard, My Chemical Romance, The Wanted, Murphy's Law & many more!! We get into The fairly rapid ascent of Thursday's career and his recent tour with the band in Hawaii & Australia alongside rock-idols Quicksand, punk rock ethos, the roots of “Post Hardcore” and the struggles of identifying oneself as a musician during the absence of music in ones life, the strange world of dance -pop & playing huge shows in English boy-band The Wanted vs hardcore shows with Murphy’s Law, equipment melt downs and live vomits, plus his local bands Ageist & Heavy Vessel!https://www.tuckerrule.com/https://heavyvessel.bandcamp.com/releases

Drumming juggernaut JP Bouvet is today's guest! We get into into modern art, funny stories of playing with the uber shred-tastic axe slinger's in Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Via, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tosin Abasi in Generation Axe, plus the concept of memorizing vs learning “beautiful” drum parts for last minute gigs with Animals as Leaders/Periphery, prioritizing important information in the age of rapid information, practicing smart and composing solos, the GC Drum-off/V Drum Competitions and subsequent revelations about competitive drumming, the artistic outlet that his band Childish Japes presents to everyone involved, game reserve drum camps. Icelandic bike trips, and a whole lot mo!www.JPBouvetMusic.comhttps://childishjapes.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/jpbouvet

I caught up with drummer Marcus Bryant during a one-off show with AZ proggy-doom purveyors Spirit Adrift where we talked Arizona summers, motorcycles, religious upbringings and gravitating towards heavy music, Spirit Adrift going from a one man band to full live band, his stoner-sludge band Goya, connecting with Metallica at a young age, Lars Ulrich as his initial drum inspiration, getting hipped to new music by the local record shop employee, his musical family, & words of wisdom form his deceased drum teacher!https://spiritadrift.bandcamp.com/https://marijuana.bandcamp.com/https://www.20buckspin.com/search?type=product&q=spirit+adrifthttps://www.facebook.com/marcusbryant?ref=br_rs

For the last 30 years Sean Saley has been poundin' the skins with bands such as Government Issue, The Skull, Pentagram, Bang! and Teamster - to name a few!! We get into giant groundhogs, Neil Armstrong, destroying drum sets, playing with the Skull for their string of shows featuring the self tiled Trouble record in it's entirety, another nerd-out on Voivod /Eric Dolphy (Uber Nerd Alert) & Killing Joke plus Sean’s crazy 8 track collection-from actual players, to 8 track label makers, to tapes and the whole fuckin' sha-bang!http://www.theskullusa.com/www.facebook.com/troubletheskull/https://teamster.bandcamp.com/#CBBP Sponsor: www.neworleansrecordpress.com/

Sasha Horn can presently be seen thrashing the kit with Exhorder, Forbidden, Year of the Tyrant, and kicking some punk rock fury in Russian Girlfriends!! We rap about the sheer awesomeness of Soundgarden, the crazy list of records released in ’91, seeing Nirvana back in the day, moving from Chicago to New Mexico & making long distance bands function, Sasha’s musical family, how he got the Exhorder gig and the process of learning original drummer Chris Nail’s drum parts, his early memories of gravitating towards thrash, our mutual love and subsequent nerd-out on Voivod plus a quick history of Russian Girlfriends Forbidden, & Year of The Tyrant. www.exhorder.com/www.facebook.com/ExhorderNOLA/www.facebook.com/Year-of-the-Tyra…801012773408395/russiangirlfriends.bandcamp.com/www.facebook.com/sasha.horn1Photo Cred: Jamy Cabre@ fortheloveofpunk.com#CBBP Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/