America's Greatest Rock Band

Sebastian and Drennen sit down with Instagram cartoonist Jayda Abello to discuss the identity of artist vs the identity of critic, what is enlightenment and Mötley Crüe.  Check Jayda's art here: https://www.instagram.com/americansquirm/ Check Mötley Crüe here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl_J-JDIgbk Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for producing and thanks to Sean Caffrey for the art and graphics. 

In this episode, Seb and Dren sit down with local artist/musician, Travis Swinford, to talk about the elements of creativity, the process of creative continuity and his Steph Cook presents America's Greatest Rock Band, New Love Crowd.    Check out New Love Crowd's new love album here: https://newlovecrowd.bandcamp.com/ Follow Travis here: https://twitter.com/newlovecity?lang=en Listen to New Love Crowd on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9b9uXixCEk Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for their engineering and production. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork. 

Sebastian and Drennen return from hiatus to chat with Shalewa Sharpe about modern identity in pop experimentalism, artistic expression in outrage culture and The Breeders. See Ma in theaters now! Check out Shalewa here: https://twitter.com/silkyjumbo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Check out The Breeders here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8eTlm33aNI Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for production and sound engineering. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork. 

In this episode, Seb (remote) and Drennen spoke with American music recording legend Phil Spector about creative control, confining artistic integrity and Lightning Bolt. Unfortunately, that discussion was lost so instead we have provided a clip from Drennen's talk radio show, Maximum Joy, in which he speaks with New York media darling, Bagel Boss Bobby. Check out Phil Spector here: https://tinyurl.com/y5x8ksbh  Check out Lightning Bolt here: https://tinyurl.com/klrppry Check out MAXIMUM JOY here: https://tinyurl.com/yxwnzeek Check out Bagel Boss Bobby here: https://tinyurl.com/y28wcx5u A new and proper episode will be out soon!

Seb and Dre talk to music/podcast producer and engineer, Steph Cook, about the limits of style, the art of theft and Elliott Smith.  Check out Steph's show on Saturday: https://www.facebook.com/events/653000225169158/ Check out Elliott Smith here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhhyrhlsDak Check out America's Greatest Rock Band Fourth of July Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf3ztI97SHLWoW-N6nEN4Punik04ToArw Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for producing. Thanks for Sean Caffrey for all original artwork. 

Seb and Dren sit town with famed internet artist Tony Zaret to discuss the frequencies of creative fulfillment, understanding a modern landscape through the post-modern lens and Aerosmith.  Find Tony's work at www.tonyzaret.com Check out Aerosmith's music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94UrHhS4a0w Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for production and engineering. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork. 

Dren and Seb sit down with Sebastian Ischer (Vice) to discuss the mundanity pf performance, the creative mind in an existential world and The Doors.  Find Sebastian here: https://www.instagram.com/theischer Listen to The Doors here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dpuIMLugCw Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for their audio engineering and production skills. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork.  Follow us on Twitter at @AmericasGreate1

In this episode, Sebastian and Drennen sit down with television producer Justin Melkmann to discuss the art of imperfection, the struggle of balancing abject and hyper realism and Gwar.  Find Justin's band, World War IX, here: https://twitter.com/WorldWarIX Check out Gwar here: https://youtu.be/-mvaEkVF-eg?t=43 Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for audio engineering and production and thanks to Sean Caffrey for our original artwork 

In this episode, Seb and Drennen sit down with The Daily Show's Matt Negrin to discuss pitfalls in creative intellectualism, synthesizing abstraction in modern landscapes and Antonín Dvořák.  Find Matt here: https://twitter.com/MattNegrin FindAntonín Dvořák here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcx_cV5MGj4 Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for audio engineering and production. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork.

In this episode, Dren and Seb sit down with Mike Pfeiffer (of the Hell Yeah Babies) to discuss identity constructs of the ruling class, the expressionistic capital of performance and Prince. Follow Mike here: https://www.instagram.com/moddelusion Follow The Hell Yeah Babies here: https://twitter.com/hellyeahbabies Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for hosting us and running audio production and sound engineering.  Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the art. 

In the latest episode, Seb and Drennen sit down with Fred "from Honolulu" Carlos to discuss the assimilation of artistic culture, the creative struggle of reinvention, the hazards of repetition  and Van Halen. Check out Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FredFromHon Check out Van Halen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC3tJ_Nu7GQ Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for recording and audio engineering. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork. 

In this very special episode, Seb & Dre go remote for an on-location interview with The Coathangers at The Music Hall of Williamsburg to discuss the distraction artistic recognition, the challenges of mixed media and The Coathangers.  Find The Coathangers new album, The Devil You Know, and tour dates at www.thecoathangers.com. Hear their AGRB-exclusive track, "Ha Ha Ha Merry Death" within the ep! Production and Audio by Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork. 

In this episode, Drennen and Sebastian sit down with Anthony Oberbeck to discuss power dynamics within a creative construct, the vanity of discovery and The Ramones. Find Anthony Oberbeck here: https://twitter.com/anthonyoberbeck Hear The Ramones here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAl-xzN8e-M Find us on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/americasgreate1  

Seb and Drennen speak with Billboard's Chris Payne to talk about the limits of creative revolution, the permanence of commercial art and Nirvana. Follow us @AmericasGreate1 Find Chris here: @cpayneoneplane Find Nirvana here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeH0V0Gvao

Drennen and Seb talk to Billboard editor Jason Lipshutz about the creative process in a commercial landscape, gender dynamics in post-modern art and Paramore. Thanks to Steph Cook and Paul Maksymowicz for the studio and engineering duties. Thanks to Sean Caffrey for the artwork.  You can find Jason here: https://twitter.com/jasonlipshutz You can listen to Paramore here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzjJMP4Psbk You can check out Calvero (my friend Gabe) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5tDwHL65uc

Sebastian and Drennen sit down with the ever-funny Clare O'Kane to talk about making peace, dadaism in the modern context and Talking Heads. Find Clare here: https://twitter.com/babysfirstgun Buy her album, Let It Be, here: https://astrecords.bigcartel.com/product/clare-o-kane-let-it-be-12-vinyl Listen to Talking Heads here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZyqy2MQkA

Seb and Dre and talk with Late Show with Stephen Colbert's Django Gold about Americana, the struggle of staying relevant in a changing world and ZZ Top.  Thanks to Steph and Paul for being gracious hosts and engineers. You can find Django here (https://twitter.com/django) and here (www.djangogold.com). You can find ZZ Top's "Crucifix-a-flat" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPoxwcA7E4

Hosts Seb and Drennen sit down with Pitchfork's Jeremy Larson to discuss art criticism, the cultural importance of critical evaluation and Velvet Underground. You can find Jeremy's on twitter here: https://twitter.com/jeremydlarson You can find pitchfork here: www.pitchfork.com Listen to The Velvet Underground here: https://twitter.com/jeremydlarson