Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Drummer Brendan Buckley talks about keeping up on studio projects, and practice regimens during COVID, his double drummer series on Instagram “ Drummer Plus Drummer“,  our mutual fascination with Iron Maiden, the importance of double bass practicing regardless of what genre one occupy’s, reinterpreting traditional hand percussion music on the kit,  his time at University of Miami and the positive reinforcement of soloing time from jazz combos, not pursuing chops according to speed but to how musical they sound, the challenges and evolution of drumming with the Shakira gig, working with Perry Ferrell and playing Janes Addiction songs, the importance of punctuality, person ability & professional ability on big gigs & much more!http://brendanbuckley.com/

Drummer Travis Orbin talks about the new live video/audio package Darkest Hour is releasing, the informative lessons he received at young age and and some of the hybrid techniques he’s developed since then, his primary drumming influences, thoughts behind his present set-up,  inspiration for playing open-handed, a truly bizarre Darkest Hour show Jody witnessed, teaching experiences, notating music and sight reading, session work & the process(s) for writing with Darkest Hour, VHS Instructional videos & our mutual fascination with David Garibaldi,  & much more! http://travisorbin.com/https://travisorbin.bandcamp.com/

Chris Hawthorne of Pittsburgh PA’s Hawthorne Drum Shop talks about the origins of the shop, strange stories associated with some of the kits, some of the cooler Japanese brands that are lesser known such as Stewart and Tempro, his first Vistalite kit, the anomaly that is Trixon kits, Why Camco drums are his favorite, the crazy process of re-wrapping drums, & much more! https://www.hawthornedrumshop.com/shop

Drummer Joel Turcotte talks about his teaching gig with intellectually disabled people, the slippery slope of social media, the challenges and benefits of subdivision/displacement/modulation exercises, his new solo record, growing up with a  father who was a drummer and starting at age 2, Matt Garstka as a major influence, music he’s been digging, the subjective nature of "pocket”, retaining some music theory which helped him right said solo album, sad boy songs hitting’ ya in the feels & much more!INSTA: @joelturcottehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Afc6E2mGl03MoDCnCSQkQ

Nick Jones of Massachusetts - Noble & Cooley drums talks about the history of the company dating back to the Civil War and what those drums were made of/how they were designed, cat-gut nares, Tulip snares, manufacturing their proprietary throws, lugs, rims and more, covid’s effects on drum head supply, the selection of New England hardwoods used for their drums, the evolution of their badges, some of the artists that have played their drums, his personal favorite snare & much more!https://www.noblecooley.com/

Drummer Dimitri Fantini talks about shutting his studio down during Covid, focusing on video content, advantages of working as a producer/engineer and how it informs his playing, the highly influential crash course of a drum lesson he received at age 11, expanding one’s social media following and the drummers he’s met along the way, working on his new drum book and accompanying videos, discovering drummers on drummerworld.com, digging Yes records and Bill Bruford’s drumming, his connection with NY collective drummer Tobias Ralph & much more!

Drummer Riley Breckenridge talks about 20 years + of Thrice, working with different producers over the course of their ten studio records, how Cave In was and continues to be an inspiration, some of his favorite records of 2020, our mutual fascination with drummer Abe Cunningham, a train-wreck Thrice gig, the process of writing the Alchemy Vol’s 1-4 &, taking chances as an artist rather than accepting stagnation, working with different charities on their records, records he and his brother dug while growing up prior to going Thrice, how an injury lead him to getting a drum set, writing a new record &  much more!

Uniform, Mirror, & Impalers drummer Mike Sharp talks about the process of writing & recording the new Uniform record "Shame", his Fathers kit that he still plays, blasting through short sets with Impalers featuring Chris Ulsh of Power Trip on vocals, bands he’s been digging, reflecting on his first band and local shows, plus a whole lot more!https://unifuckingform.com/https://theimpalers.bandcamp.com/album/cellar-dweller-lphttps://mirrortx.bandcamp.com/

Cher drummer Jason Sutter talks about the challenges of the Cher gig, the beauty of Chris Cornell and supporting the vocalist with your performance, playing loose and being groove- focused with Foreigner, the wild ride of Marilyn Manson and the audition process that got him the gig, selling off old gear and focusing on his favorite drums, studying at UT w/ Ed Soph, grad school in Miami and studying orchestral percussion, collecting records to keep him psyched on new music, the allure of transitioning from one artist to another and the challenges that present themselves, the slow burn of networking and planting seeds, seeing Jeff Buckley live and a whole lot mo’!Drumhead Live Event Tickets featuring Jason Sutter & More: http://live.champion.biz/

Drummer Craig Macintyre of the Goo Goo Dolls talks about getting back into a practicing regimen as well as building out his home studio, , tours getting pushed back a year, setting up streaming shows, Christmas records, how he got the call for the GGD gig, the power of networking, being professional and getting recommendations in the recording industry, learning on the job, nailing the audition, doing the previous drummer justice, playing to 100k crowds, the special place that is Red Rocks, Queen being his first rock show as a child and the many awesome shows he saw growing up, the appeal in Stray Cats, Stevie Ray Vaughn & Roger Waters-live, his go-to snares, kit collection, excessive gear purchases & much more!

Mike Marsh; former Dashboard Confessional/ present drummer of The Avett Brothers talks about projects and teaching during Covid downtime from touring, tornado stories, the origins of Dashboard Confessional and rapid ascent from getting coins rained down on them at live shows to playing MSG, lessons learned in playing big shows, an outrageous story about Daniel Lanois, a lesson learned with producer Gill Norton, the genius of Rick Rubin, his favorite snares, the back story on how he joined the Avett Brothers & much more!https://www.theavettbrothers.com/

Torrential Downpour drummer Peter Costa talks about the 20 years of the band and its origins, their new record 202020 and the process of writing and recording it with Kevin Antreassian of Back Room Studios,the communal underground scene of the last ten years in Brooklyn, what he learned in studying Vinny Paul’s drumming, Ringo as his teacher, potential live streams in 2021, and a whole lot mo’! https://torrentialdownpour.bandcamp.com/https://torrentialdownpour.com/

Drummer Marcus Bryant of Spirit Adrift talks about their new record Enlightened in Eternity & the process of recording in 5 day intervals in Tucson AZ, tours with COC & Orange Goblin that have been postponed, the advantages of programming drum parts in pre-production, the brutal 2020 Summer in Phoenix, AZ., an Alice In Chains and Rick Rubin geek out, our mutual fascination with COC, artists we've been digging over the last few month & a whole lot mo’!https://www.spiritadrift.com/

Drummer Donald Tardy of Obituary reflects on the first two Obituary records and the challenges of recording them vs the last few records recorded at their studio home, writing new material and staying up on practicing during Covid, their upcoming live-stream concerts, Obituary’s first US tour with Sacred Reich & Forced Entry, beer limits before and during gigs, why Vinny Appice is his drum hero, capturing live drums in the studio and avoiding quantizing/sound replacement, triggers, etc, the origins of Obituary as Xecutioner, influential heavy bands in Florida such as Savatage & Nasty savage as well as Celtic Frost and Hellhammer as more broad influences, as well as the Florida scene in the late 80’s/early 90’s with Death & a whole lot more!obituary.cc/

Drummer Hayden Menzies of Toronto CA’s noise rock trio METZ talks about the bizarre timing of releasing their new record Atlas Vending, the process of recording it at Machines with Magnets with Seth Manchester, trying to stay positive amidst the worlds woes and continue creating, working with Steve Albini on Strange Peace, strange Jesus Lizard experiences & David Yow’s dick n’ balls tricks, modern bands as well as classic bands that he’s been digging, the strange experience of listening to the Caretaker, drummers from his formative years as well as modern drummers that he digs, Bob Seeger, US/Canada border drama, & more!https://www.metzztem.com/

Founder of A & F Drum Co ,Ramy Antoun talks about the challenges of manufacturing drums during COVID, the inadvertent origins of the A&F as well s what he thought was missing in modern drum design, the varying wood types and layers for the plies of there wooden drums, their patented lug design & brass rims, Ramy’s approach in design predicated on being a player first and designer secondly, desigining cymbals, making odd dimensions drums, thinking outside the box in the way a company is operated, making drums for Charlie Watts and Abe Laboriel jr, modular hardware vs leggo designs, developing their artist roster with Brody Simpson and Dan Mayo, Ramy’s origins as a drummer and becoming a LA session guy/ playing/touring with the artist Seal, & much more! https://www.anfdrumco.com/

Drummer Colanthony Humphry of Toronto Punk quartet The OBGMS talks about staying productive amidst Covid restrictions, working with producer/engineer Dave Shiffman on their new record “the Ends”, realizations about prepping oneself prior to recording, the stigma around listening to rock and how the OBGMs came to be a band, Canadian bands as influences, recounting the first OBGMs show and one of the more awesome yet haunting European shows they played, playing drums in church and the explosion of “Gospel Chops”, plus much more!https://theobgms.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmdWcsm6vUY

Drummer Jordan Rodriguez of Boston Mass. Harborlights talks about the many canceled shows of 2020, self booking tours, playing strange house shows in rural towns, his custom Q Drum Kit, his love for Gojira, the live production spectacle of band Muse, recording drums for Isolation Ritual at God City Studios and the acoustic room sounds of the rooms there, recounting some of our favorite Kurt Ballou recordings, his mom driving him to gigs, some of his favorite drummers and much more!https://harborlightsma.bandcamp.com/album/isolation-ritual

Drummer Lev Weinstein of Krallice, Anicon, Woe, & Pyrolatrous talks about the absurdity that was his “Levisalooza” birthday show featuring all his bands, the unorthodox workflows with Krallice, what he’s been working on in the absence of touring, keeping up with double bass chops, not psyching oneself out during shows, garden hose metaphors, hypochondriacal neurosis, instances where the student can impart wisdom to the teacher, adjusting on the fly by relaxing and pushing through it, plus a whole lot mo’!https://krallice.bandcamp.com/https://pyrolatrous.bandcamp.com/album/teneralhttps://anicon.bandcamp.com/album/entropy-mantrahttps://woeunholy.bandcamp.com/musicOnline Lessons: lev.weinstein@gmail.com

Scott Jenkins, Co-owner of Jenkins Martin Dum Co talks about the wild origins of the spun fiber glass shells and the connections with Allen Blaemire and legendary Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine, the hands-on process(s) of finalizing the shells, the mysterious amounts of recordings the original Blaemire kits ended up on, determining rims, tom mounts, and lugs, working with drummers Bryan St Pere, Jason Gerkin, and Chris Enriquez as J&M artists, inheriting tools and wisdom from his father plus a whole lot more!http://www.jenkinsmartindrums.com/