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Serial Killer Clothing was a clothing company, a skateboard company that basically created the MEME. They designed shirts that had pictures of pop culture icons with one-liners underneath them which completely contradicted what you were seeing. Some examples were the cast of Baywatch with the words ORGY underneath. Another was Pee-Wee Herman with Masturbate under him, and so on. Bigwig was the band that introduced the clothing line to the Jersey scene because they would have it at their table or be wearing the shirts and other bands like Cooter, Lounge, and Beefcake would soon follow. Serial Killer also put out a compilation with Fearless Records which caught anyone's eye because of the 2 porn stars making out on the cover. I got Johanna on the phone for over 2 hours and this is what we chatted about: The Black Flag Church What it was like being in a Female band in the scene Fletcher from Pennywise The BigWig story How Serial Killer started Cooter Meeting Gabe Saporta The Serial Killer Comp Bigwig again Penn

JILL was a pop-punk band, from San Angelo, TX, that was active from the years 1993 - 1997.   They self-released a 4-song cassette that led to Springbox Records (Benecia, CA) “signing” the band, releasing the Scary Thoughts 7” as well as the Just Like Fonzie EP.    They also released a split 7” with New Jersey pop-punk band True Zero, on Coolidge Records, and also had a song included on a 7” compilation released on Act Your Age Records.   Their sound could be described as a hooky combination of Lookout! Records era Green Day, Jawbreaker, and Ramones inspired bands such as Screeching Weasel.   I got Danny on the phone and this is what we talked about: Apple 80s music Writing about girls Playing in sketchy bars Playing with Jimmy Eat World Scrapping a full album that still exists The Lavaleans (lava lean ahs) Coolidge Records The Fonzy Legal Story How he met Alan Rappaport Weird NJ And a ton more Check out the JILL Facebook page and Danny's band Gentlemen Rogues. Check out the new merch on the thiswasthescene

Buddyhead Records was an independent record label from Hollywood, California that sprouted from the website of the same name. The label was started in 2000 with the pressing of a seven-inch single from The Icarus Line ("Kill Cupid With A Nail File") and ended almost exactly ten years later. The thing that I remember Buddyhead for are their posts where they gave out phone numbers and emails of bands they didn’t like so people could fuck with them. What triggered my memory was talking to Alex Sarti in episode 57 (go check that one out after this one) and Buddyhead was brought up after Alex and I started talking about the time Midtown flipped there van and what Buddyhead wrote about it. I got Travis Keller’s info from someone telling me about his Instagram account TravisMichaelKeller and I reached out to him.   I got him on the phone and this is what we talked about: Meeting people through his photography Calling Dave Navaro How they got so many phone numbers Living in Tarzana The Icarus Line The Transplants n

Jon Cheese toured from 2002-2012 working for all kinds of bands as a tour manager/Merch guy. Piebald, cave in, my chemical romance, Apollo Sunshine, Limbeck, The Honorary Title, Meg & Dia, Big D & the Kids Table, Streetlight Manifesto, and The National. He did a weird T-Pain tour... and every Warped Tour from 2002-2011 (02/03 with Doghouse records and 04-11 with Side One Dummy Records. I got him on the phone and here's what we talked about: Why it’s ok to not like some of the older punk bands The origins of the name Jon Cheese Possibly running Cave-in’s Merch Finally remembering the name Aaron Kraft from many episodes ago My arch nemesis from high school The Morris County youth crew Meeting Piebald The My Chemical Romance story (this is fucking amazing) Jesse from Motion City Soundtrack’s involvement in Jon’s marriage Selling real estate to Fat Mike and other punk rock folks And a ton more Check out the new merch on the thiswasthescene.com If you’d like to support the podcast you can donate as littl

WELCOME TO EPISODE #60 Hopeless Records was founded in 1994 by Louis Posen. The label's artists are generally considered to fall under the genres of punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore, and alternative rock, but some also include elements of heavy metal. Some of their most well-known artists include All Time Low, Sum 41, Neck Deep, Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Yellowcard...  Thanks to Denis 88 I was able to get Louis on the phone and this is what we talked about... Heckle Filming videos for NOFX and Guttermouth Figuring out how to put out a record What was Guttermouth like The Sampler CDs What they did to stand out in the industry Davey Tiltwheel Napster coming into the picture And a ton more This week's episode is sponsored by my animation company drive80.com. I do explainer animations, logo animations, and Instagram animations. Feel free to reach out to me if you need videos that don't suck ass. Check out the new merch on the thiswasthescene.com If you’d like to support the podcast you can donate as little a

Folly is a band from Sussex, New Jersey. Their music is a mix of hardcore, metal, punk, and ska. The band's final lineup included Arben Colaku on bass, Geoff Towle on guitar, Anthony Wille on drums, Agim Colaku on guitar, and Jon Tummillo on vocals. They chose the name Folly due to its implications that a "costly undertaking having an absurd or ruinous outcome" is, in fact, the complete metaphor of the band and its members. In their words, "Folly is exactly what we are, not just as a band of fools who play ridiculously entwined and exploited musical genres, but as people who are continually kicked while they are down, while stubbornly and resiliently grinning in the face of mainstream adversity." I got Jon on the phone and this is what we talked about: Jared from Face First / Houston Calls Unleashing the fury at shows His Dad being the music teacher at my high school (JTHS) His Brothers being in Right Turn Eddie Sussex County venues Jim Slim and the Midget Tossers Finding his voice as a singer Triple Crown

The Overdrives were a punk band from Nazareth, PA. They played with such as Grieving Eucalyptus, Weston, Digger, and other PA bands. I got Josh on the phone and this is what we talked about: Nazareth, PA Their current angel fire website The beauty of tablature Grieving Eucalyptus The Feedmill practice space Josh Bigwig giving him a copy of Unmerry Melodies Getting on the Chuck Weston’s last show The Serial Killer Comp accidentally drinking his own piss Joining Bigwig and playing his first show within hours of being asked Witnessing what it was like to play in Canada as a member of Bigwig Touring with the Bosstones The real reason he left the band The Matt Gray falling asleep story And a ton more This week's episode is sponsored by my animation company drive80.com. I do explainer animations, logo animations, and Instagram animations. Feel free to reach out to me if you need videos that don't suck ass. Check out the new merch on the thiswasthescene.com If you’d like to support the podcast you can donate as li

Alex Sarti is a show promoting, Roadie extraordinairing, Lorde managing, SOB. I met him in 1998 when he was putting on shows in Binghamton, NY and I thought it would be awesome to geek out with him about the late 90s scene. Annnnd, here's what we talked about: Managing the artist Lorde The new NOFX book The Victory Records Incompatible and Go Kart Records Double Exposure Comps Columbia House Booking shows in Binghamton Introducing Ben from Armor for Sleep to his wife The Movie Life story Buddyhead Midtown flipping their van iSurrender Records release of Lanemeyer’s vinyl Fallout Boy Lifetime putting their record out on Decaydance Matt Red Leader writing comic books Talking shit about Midtown Brian Fallon And a ton more This week's episode is sponsored by Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company, bringing the punk rock ruckus to liquid form! Brewing up lip smackin, palate crackin IPAs and sours, robust dark beers, and a healthy mix of classic easy drinkers. Neshaminy Creek beers are available in NJ, PA, DE, and MD.

Sicko was an American rock group from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1991. Exceptionally, the three-piece pop-punk group maintained a constant membership for every recording as a band. This line-up was Denny Bartlett (guitar, bass, vocals), Ean Hernandez (guitar, bass, vocals), and Josh Rubin (drums, brother of Aaron Rubin from The Mr. T Experience). Sicko released four full-length albums and five 7" eps as well as a retrospective CD with unreleased and rare material, a released demo and a tour video. They also appeared on approximately fourteen compilations on labels such as Lookout! Records and Liberation Records. They once exchanged covers with Cub. The vast majority of their recorded output was recorded by Kurt Bloch of The Fastbacks and released on Seattle-based punk label eMpTy Records. One EP and the retrospective CD were released on Mutant Pop Records. Three Sicko songs were featured on the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2 alongside artists like The Flaming Lips and Princess Superstar. Alan Rappapo

The Wonder Year’s sound was a fast-paced tone of melodic energy that celebrated the feelings of being young and dumb. Lead by Singer Singer Writer Brian Moss, AKA B Moss, the band started its journey in California’s Bay Area and lasted until 2000(ish). I got Brian on the phone and this is what we talked about: Teaching the youth of today Touring with the Lawrence Arms Being friends with Jesse from Op Ivy’s little sister Eviction Parties The digital era we are in Their drummer Caitlin being the shit The Nile in Mesa Drinking floaters at parties And a ton more Check out his bands after The Wunder Years, The Ghost, Hanalei, and Great Apes. On Friday, August 16, 2019, check out the show with Humble Beginnings, digger, Jettison, Avery at Asbury Park Brewery in Asbury Park, NJ. This is presented by Aftermath Collective. Feel free to email me with suggestions or praise. Check out the new merch on the thiswasthescene.com If you’d like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon b

Plan A Project were a punk band from Northern New Jersey. Started in 1995 with Bassist/ Vocalist Danny DeSimoni, Guitarist/ Vocalist Dennis DeGraw and Drummer Kieth Wyland. Possessing an uncanny amount of energy, desire, and spirit that demanded respect. In the duration, 3 EPs were released and 2 studio albums (Go Kart records) with drummers Dennis Zyla, Tim Caspare and Paulie Yaremko.   Dennis heard of the podcast from a buddy of his and emailed me to catch up. From there I said, let’s chat in an interview and he said yes. Stealing wood from around town to build a halfpipe Going to shows to learn how to play guitar The back cover of Dookie Coming up with the band name on the fly to get on a show The Westwood garage Creating their own merch Against All Authority What the NYC scene was like Sleeping in a walk-in freezers GoKart Records The Tour with the Buzzcocks And a ton more I mentioned this week that there was a surprise and here it is. while setting up this interview, Dennis sent me a song and said this

88 Fingers Louie is an American band from Chicago which was formed in 1993. They played a style of hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, and punk rock. After disbanding in 1999, guitarist Dan Wleklinski and bassist Joe Principe formed the well-known punk rock band Rise Against. The band reunited in 2009 and has continued playing shows in Chicago, Canada, Belgium, Las Vegas, and Asbury Park. The band held a 20th-anniversary show in 2013. The name comes from a Flintstones gangster who sells dodgy pianos.  Fun fact, Denis is a fan of the podcast. Well, I mean he said he liked a few episodes so I’m going to take that as he has the logo tattooed on his chest now. I asked him if he’d like to talk about the days of 88 and how cool Chicago is and he said The Ballet Where did the video for "I’ve Won" go? How he found this podcast The Rod Stewart curse The Josh Humble Fireside Story Michael Gaughan The "I’ve Won" video story Later 88 songs making their way onto the first Rise Against Album And a ton more This week's epis

Discount was an American punk rock band that formed in Vero Beach, Florida, in 1995 and disbanded in 2000. Before disbanding, the group's members relocated to Gainesville, Florida, where they performed their last show in August 2000. They released three full-length albums, several EPs, and two b-side collections. Members have gone on to form The Dead Weather, The Kills, The Kitchen, Black Cougar Shock Unit, Unitas, The Routineers, The Draft, Laserhead, Stolen Parts, and Monikers. Living with Chris from Hot Water Music Almost killing my friends' wives at a Sunny Day Show Using Dialer devices to make free phone calls on the road Knowing Alison because she was his neighbor Touring while they were in High School Touring with Less than Jake and Hot Water Music Half Fiction Doing a long ass tour for the break-up Allison’s new band The Kills And a ton more Here is a link to Ryan's new endeavor - northernelectriclighting.com This episode is sponsored by Creep Records the best record store in Philadelphia. You can

My Pal Trigger were a punk/emo band from the great state of Fl. Their members were  David, Jack, Jeremy, and Thomas Ellison. You most likely saw them playing a lot of shows in the late 90s with Discount. You can find a bunch of their stuff on ashtraymonumentcol.wixsite.com I reached out to David and Jack, asked if they’d like to chat, they were thrilled and this is what we talked about: Destroying punk houses on tour The new Metal version of My Pal Trigger Jack meeting his drum teacher in a random parking lot The schoolhouse venue in Fl Talking about the Jersey scene The enormous size of Florida Chooch Long ass drives on tour Wesley Willis The rope swing story And a ton more This episode is sponsored by Creep Records the best record store in Philadelphia. You can order online at creeprecords.com for a 5 dollar flat rate shipping fee on as many records that you buy. They also have a smoke shop where you can buy fun shaped glass pipes to enjoy all of that tobacco that you buy on the streets. Fun Fact, you can

Ricky Saporta was a show promoter in NJ back in the late 90s. The main space he did this at was the Wayne Firehouse in Wayne, NJ. Shows started in the smaller room and then progressed into the large room where bands like At The Drive-In, Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio, and many other large acts played. It took me FOREVER to get him on the show but he finally caved and this is what we talked about: The unreleased song I wrote to entice him to be on the podcast How he connected with his punk rocker wife, Nina How I finally got him on the show NYC being scary back then Plan A Project When did he start taking photos at shows OL Rebellion How he’d get band logos for flyers At The Drive-In The Piebald story Andrew Ellis Benny Horowitz And a ton more Make sure you go support his wife, Nina’s, Kickstarter for her book, “Sunshine Elementary Chapter Book Series”. Before we begin, this week’s episode is sponsored by my new book “How To Get Divorced. A Guide for people currently going

Benny Horowitz was a show promoter at the Manville, NJ Elks Lodge back in the late 90s. You also might know him from his bands Mercy Union and Gaslight Anthem.  I obviously heard of Gaslight but had no idea he promoted shows until Roadie Extraordinaire, Monkey Cipriano filled me in and then made an intro. Benny was more than excited to spend close to 2 hours talking about the scene. Fun fact, this interview was going to be a 2 parter because we had to end the first part of the interview and continue a week later. However, since I have a special guest for Episode 50, I decided to keep this as one interview. Plus, this is a podcast so suck it up. I got Benny on the phone, twice, and this is what we talked about: Gaslight Anthem’s current status Ricky Saporta The Morris County Youth Crew His thoughts on Manville, NJ Drinking at Elks Lodges Crazy show stories John Hiltz doing sound E-Town Concrete broken mic story Monkey The World Famous Roadie Dealing with band contracts Earth Crisis How a 16-year-old kid pr

Hot Water Music is a punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida. The members of the band are Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard (both lead vocals and guitar), Jason Black (bass), and George Rebelo (drums) first formed in 1993. Since then these guys have broken up, gotten back together, recorded albums, gone on a hiatus, got back together, made more records and so on. Make sure you check them out on their 25th Anniversary Tour CAUTION + NO DIVISON Full Album Shows and they also have a new EP coming soon. Thank you to Heath Midtown for the intro to Jason. Fun fact, the 2 of them played in Senses Fail together. I got Jason on the Phone and this is what we talked about: His stint with Heath Midtown in Senses Fail Seeing Def Leppard as a kid Trying to get George to like punk How did people like them when they started Casey Lee Morgan’s HWM poster No Idea Records Scott Sinclair’s artwork When did they start to gain a following Some Records The Split with Alkaline Trio Split What was it like when the scene shifted And a ton

Dave Patino played in NJ bands The Jerkoffs, my band Lanemeyer, and with Day At The Fair when they get together at the Stan Hope house every so often and play shows. He now does photography so hire him. I told Dave that he was going to talk to me and since I am stronger than him he obviously said yes. Here is what we talk about: The Police (the band) The NJ hot spot, Obsessions Fucking with our hair as kids Going to Berkeley School of Music Creating a recording studio in his basement Working at the Hot Topic in the Rockaway Mall How cliquey we were in the scene How the Jerkoffs really broke up Recording Houseboy Lanemeyer and Lounge getting chased by rednecks in Kentucky Writing my song Energy The super annoying guy who wanted to sign Lanemeyer Trying out for Ari from Lifetime’s band Zero Zero And a ton more Before we begin, this week’s episode is sponsored by my animation company drive 80 studios. If you’re a marketing company in need of someone to turn your graphics into video then check out my website d

Welcome everyone to This Was The Scene, the podcast that takes a look back at the late 90s / early 2000 Punk scene, I am your host, Mike Doyle. Random Task was a punk band from NJ who frequented hall shows all across the NJ scene. Ben Jorgensen was the drummer but eventually left the band to front Armor for Sleep who got signed to Equal Vision, toured their asses off and eventually decided to close shop. If you haven’t heard Car Underwater then you should go on Spotify and listen to it as soon as this episode is over because it’s the shatttttt. Random Task was the younger band in the scene who were solid dudes to hang out with any time I saw them at shows. I typically talked to Ben and Evan and still think Evan’s write up of my band’s CD for his zine Braceface was shit and he should go back and do a better one. I reached out to Ben and asked if he’d like to talk about summers passed and he said that he would like that. And this is what we talked about. Peeing on the Hollywood sign Going to the same school as

Welcome everyone to This Was The Scene, the podcast that takes a look back at the late 90s / early 2000 Punk scene, I am your host, Mike Doyle. Less Than Jake is the shit. If you don't know who they are then you're in the wrong place.  I was able to get Vinnie on the phone, which was AWESOME, and this is what we talked about: Stepping away from touring Growing up in Jersey How were they embraced when they started out What influenced them to write ska songs Getting on Asian Man The Alan Rappaport pool party How has Jersey treated them throughout their career The Losing Streak hidden track And a ton more Before we begin, this week’s episode is sponsored by my animation company drive 80 studios. If you’re a marketing company in need of someone to turn your graphics into video then check out my website drive80.com to see some of my work.   If you’d like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page th