Devan and Cole of Southern California's SCALP sit down with me for an hour to discuss their incredible debut LP "Domestic Extremity", their writing process, inspirations for the band, plans for the future, and so much more. Get into it!

Episode 45: Ben & Steve's Top 5 Heavy Metal Albums

Feb 19th, 2021 1h 9m

Part two of Ben & Steve's "Top 5" discussion has arrived! We covered our personal top five hip hop records in the last episode, but this time we go deep on our favorite heavy metal albums of all time. Comment and let us know what you think o

Episode 44: Ben & Steve's Top 5 Hip-Hop Albums!

Feb 10th, 2021 59m 56s

The podcast is back for a slightly different kind of episode! My long-time friend and bandmate Steve Hoffman (Light This City / Viral) joins me to discuss our Top 5 Hip-Hop Albums of all time! As two headbangers who also have a deep love for

Episode 43: Reef the Lost Cauze

Dec 30th, 2020 1h 4m

Episode 43 has arrived! Philadelphia's own REEF THE LOST CAUZE sits down with me for an hour to talk about his 20 year-long illustrious career in hip-hop, his evolution and growth as an artist, his time in the hip-hop supergroup ARMY OF THE PH

Episode 42: KILLAH PRIEST (Wu-Tang, Sunz of Man)

Nov 2nd, 2020 26m 4s

Episode 42! I got to sit down with the legendary KILLAH PRIEST in his downtown LA apartment to talk about his historic career in hip-hop, starting with appearing on Gravediggaz’ “6 Feet Deep”, and contributing to Ol Dirty Bastard’s “Return to

Episode 41: Damian Herring (HORRENDOUS)

Oct 11th, 2020 52m 30s

Damian Herring, vocalist/guitarist of death metal warriors HORRENDOUS sits down with me to talk about how the band started, how touring and releasing numerous albums have evolved the band's sound and direction, their style of writing/recording

Episode 40: CREPUSCLE

Sep 30th, 2020 1h 2m

Eligio Tapia and Cameron Stucky of the amazing bay area symphonic melodic death metal band CREPUSCLE sit down with me for an hour to talk all things metal, how the band started, the release of "Heavenly Skies", the band's next moves and much mo

Episode 39: NITE

Sep 9th, 2020 51m 33s

Van Labrakis (vocals/guitar) and Pat Crawford (drums) of San Francisco's NITE join me for an hour to talk about their incredible debut LP, "Darkness Silence Mirror Flame", how they came together as a band, plans for their next record, and MUCH

Episode 38: EJ Johangten (Prosthetic Records)

Aug 20th, 2020 57m 30s

EJ Johangten, co-owner of PROSTHETIC RECORDS sits down with me to talk about the ins and outs of running a heavy metal label, how the times have changed in the last 20 years with artists/touring, and much more.

Episode 37: SUNAMI

Aug 14th, 2020 30m 15s

Josef Alfonso and Mike Durt from the almighty SUNAMI sit down with me to talk all things hardcore and their special brand of beatdown.

Episode 36: Taylor Young (The Pit Recording Studio)

Jul 31st, 2020 51m 34s

Taylor Young (producer/engineer) from The Pit Recording Studios and Twitching Tongues/Zous/Nails sits down to talk all things recording, touring, and longevity in hardcore.

Episode 35: Chris Cresswell (The Flatliners)

Jul 8th, 2020 1h 36m

The almighty Chris Cresswell from The Flatliners sits down with me to talk Covid's impact on musicians, the evolution of the band's sound, and much more!

Episode 34: Liz Rose (Sound Engineer)

Feb 27th, 2020 1h 13m

Liz Rose joins the podcast for an hour of sound-talk! She discusses what her life is like as female sound engineer for punk/hardcore shows & tours, and what her job entails behind the scenes. Get into it!

Episode 33: Justin Ennis (Ulthar, Vale, Void Omnia)

Feb 16th, 2020 47m 43s

Justin Ennis of Ulthar, Vale, and Void Omnia joins the podcast for Episode 33!

Episode 32: Scotty Tankcrimes

May 3rd, 2019 1h 48m

We’re back after a few months with another banger episode! This time I sit down in the apartment with the fellow-Oakland homie Scotty Tankcrimes - If you don’t know who Scotty is, he’s been plugging away putting out releases on his punk/metal

Episode 31: GULCH

Feb 21st, 2019 1h 6m

Episode 31 has arrived after a few months of being relatively quiet on the podcast front, but have no fear, we're kicking back into gear full force in 2019! This was an awesome talk - I went down to San Jose, CA to Cole from GULCH’s printshop

Episode 30: Will Levy (The Story So Far)

Nov 2nd, 2018 1h 31m

We’re back with Episode 30 of the podcast - this time with the righteous Will Levy of THE STORY SO FAR! Will is a super chill guy and fellow Bay Area homie, and we sometimes meet up for coffee in Oakland to shoot the shit. We did that a few w

Episode 29: Frank Costa (Realms of Vision)

Oct 18th, 2018 1h 25m

Episode 29 is a banger! The long-time shredder Frank Costa of REALMS OF VISION joins me in the apartment to talk about his time in ANIMOSITY and ENTHEOS, the intensity of the highs and lows of touring in his earlier years, switching from being

Episode 28: Laura Nichol #3 (Light This City/Heartsounds)

Sep 2nd, 2018 1h 38m

We’re back with Episode 28 of the podcast, once again in conversation with the almighty Laura Nichol of LIGHT THIS CITY / HEARTSOUNDS- The 3rd time she’s been on! This time around we discuss all kinds of things: what podcasts Laura listens to,

Episode 27: Eric Mueller (Pirates Press)

Jul 12th, 2018 1h 2m

We’ve returned with an all new episode of the podcast, with none-other than Eric Mueller, the CEO and visionary behind Pirates Press Manufacturing and Pirates Press Records! I’ve known Eric for over half my life, starting all the way back in

Episode 26: Mike Bingham (Spiritual Cramp)

Apr 23rd, 2018 1h 10m

Episode 26 has arrived- with none other than the almighty Mike Bingham of SPIRITUAL CRAMP! Mike has always been a super-genuine, talented, and interesting musician, performer, and human. It felt natural to sit down with him and talk about a nu

Episode 25: Tim Decker (Alt Brau)

Jan 30th, 2018 1h 11m

Episode 25 has arrived, with my good buddy Tim Decker of Altbrau! In a nutshell, Tim is a beer person. He loves beer. He dreams about beer and all it’s complexities. Maybe that’s me projecting, but the man sure is passionate about the ale.

Episode 24: Logistic Slaughter & Cartilage

Dec 15th, 2017 1h 17m

Episode 24 has arrived, and it’s a gore-soaked death metal-fueled good-time with Ria Wallace of CARTILAGE, and Mike Flory of LOGISTIC SLAUGHTER! They also happen to be an adorable heavy metal couple who are super-shredder guitar players, and ar

Episode 23: Shane Hendry (Reunions)

Dec 1st, 2017 1h 18m

Happy Friday, everyone! The latest episode of the podcast has arrived, with my good buddy Shane Hendry, drummer extraordinaire of Oakland punk band, Reunions! Shane is a real funny dude who likes to have a good time, and he ain’t afraid to sh

Episode 22: Point of View (Michael Bragg & Curtis Wallace)

Nov 16th, 2017 1h 2m

Episode 22 has landed, with none other than the San Jose Sweethearts in POINT OF VIEW! Creator-Destructor Records signed the band in 2012 upon hearing their fantastic “Burner” EP (which we re-released in 2013 os a 12” One-Sided EP), and most