This Was The Scene Podcast

Humble beginnings was a local New Jersey punk band that started in 1996. The roster consisted of Josh, Gabe, Delvecchio, Jeremy, at one point Eben from Saves The Day, Heiner and Conti. Their sound was influenced by bands like NOFX and even the Beach Boys. Though they never made it to the status that lead singer/songwriter Josh initially envisioned, they were a staple in the New Jersey scene and good friends of mine back in the day. I was lucky enough to get Josh on a call a few weeks back and ask him a ton of question about Humble and his thoughts on the scene. In this interview we talk about: How Seeing Bigwig Made Him Want To Quit Being In A Band His Song Writing Bromance With Chris From Lanemeyer/Day At The Fair A Brief Mention Of Ol Rebellion Even Though We Forgot Their Band Name In The Interview How They Had A Hard Time Finding A Drummer With The Fat Wreck Speed Until They Stumbled Upon Blank 77 Loving Chris Delvecchio Their Tour And 7” With Oblivion The Business Of Music Lots Of References To Nofx His

Midtown was a band formed from ex-members of Humble Beginnings, Nowhere Fast, and The Royalties. They create 3 full lengths in their career including 2000s Save the world, lost the girl. I’m not going to lie, back when I was touring, I was quite envious of this band. And I wanted so badly to not like this record but you can’t it’s just that good. Heath Saraceno was one of the guitarists in the band and he’s probably one of the nicest people on the planet. He was actually the first person I reached out to when I came up with the idea of this podcast and he replied with I’m totally down. If you were a huge Midtown fan, then you will definitely love this interview Here are some of the things we talk about: How Heath Hates Crowds But Pushed Through It To Go To His First Show And Met Dave And Chuck From Weston His First Band Nowhere Fast His Love For Metal As A Young Buck How One Message From His Buddy, Tyler, Changed His Life How He Borrowed Amps For The First Midtown Shows Their First Tour With One Cool Guy Wha

Welcome everyone to This Was The Scene, the podcast that takes a look back at the late 90s / early 2000 Nj Jersey Punk scene, I am your host, Mike Doyle.   The first band I was in was called Congress of Cow. We played in our drummer Jeff’s basement and had shows in front of our friends in said basement.   Once we started playing legion halls we realized that we needed a demo tape so people would know who the fuck we were.   Enter Chris Badami and Portrait Studios. Chris started Portrait in 1995 and created a ton of albums that helped local punk bands get their sound out to the local masses.   Some of the bands on his recording roster are Dillinger Escape Plan, The Early November, Midtown, most if not all of the Pinball Catalog and my old band Lanemeyer.   In this episode we’ll learn:   - How he started in the garage - labels he recorded records for - how his studio produced a shit ton of records that launched the scene - the shift from locally funded records to major label take over - Dillinger Escape Plan's

This is the introduction to the show where I break down how I went from playing in my band, Lanemeyer, to becoming a part of the New Jersey scene, to now making a podcast about it.