Vocalist/ Guitarist of The Campbell Apartment returns to the show to discuss his band's newest album 510. He talks to Will about the writing and recording of the album, the role of his producer in the crafting of the songs, and approaching songwriting as both a craftsman and as an artist.
Ari on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ari.vais
Listen to the band's new album 510 https://thecampbellapartment.bandcamp.com/album/510
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New Jersey's All Systems Go have been throught more that most bands at this stage of their careers, and are grappling with it on their new ep Finding Closure. Matt, Joe and Dick discuss the writing, and recording of the songs that make up the bands new ep, and how they processed the death of member and friend and how they were able to finally write about it and continue as a band.
Listen to the band's new ep
All Systems Go on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/allsystemsgonj
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Mick's rock band Badass Mother Fuzzers comes to NYC on April 19th and will share the stage with Will's band Skip Lag at The Shillelagh Tavern. He and Will talk about their love of The Ramones, rock music in Toulouse France, Telecasters, the writing and recording of the band's newest album Sorry For You and the bands upcoming United States show.
Listen to Badass Mother Fuzzers:
https://badassmotherfuzzers.bandcamp.com/
Badass Mother Fuzzers on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/badass_mother_fuzzers
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To celebrate the holidays Will wants one thing for the podcast. To chat with his friend Paul Cohen and recap their favorite pop punk moments of 2024. The discuss favorite albums, the return of Warped Tour, When We Were Young Fest, and the number of times Will saw Green Day each in a different city.
Paul on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/therealpaulcory/
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Goalkeeper guitarist Marc Juliano returns to the show ahead of the band's new ep Pins and Needles during their tour with Calling All Captains. He talks to Will about their newest single Black Hole, the heavier direction that they are taking musically and lyrically on the new ep, his current live set up and the bands current tour opening for Calling All Captains.
Listen to the new Goalkeeper single:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3ZvWNjZk7kFwvM4EF5fiGf?si=_i4gX8z-RJaePdvuFna5GA
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:
Larry Spahn recently celebrated two milestone anniversaries of his pop punk band On Hiatus, and his hardcore punk band But, Pyrite. He talks to Will about growing up in Queens, New York, how started by playing bass cause a friend told him he needed a bassist, his degree in history, the inspiration for the brutal riffs and goofy lyrics of But, Pyrite, 15 years of Hopeless Otis, how he co founded a record label with Brandon Bujnowski of Bedpan Fight and how he puts together DIY tours.
Listen to Hopeless Otis
https://hopelessotis.bandcamp.com/album/leave-it-all-behind
Listen to But, Pyrite
https://butpyrite.bandcamp.com/album/get-it-down
https://www.instagram.com/knuckledownrecords/
See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:
A lot has changed since the last time Aaron Barkstrom was on the show. He has a new band Suburban Surf Club and a new ep titled Something Higher. He talks to Will about their summer concert schedules, The collaborative writing process of the new ep, his deep dive into listening to The Grateful Dead and Surf Rock and how these diverse influences combine into the band's new ep.
Listen to Suburban Surf Club:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0iKsHGYwoABR0Mv2t58GZ2?si=71x9__Q6T1-m7XEU1m3EfQ
See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:
Mike and Rob's band The Challenged have been a part of their lives and the NYC music scene for 20 years. They tell Will about the DIY and house show scene in Brooklyn, sharing the stage with punk rock legends, learning how to record all of their own music, songwriting and how the band is critical part of their emotional and physical well being.
Listen to the Challenged: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UgvwKkB30lo4JNpGXx6Jl?si=7DUCQSXIQi-4S8TLGT0zNw
https://www.instagram.com/thechallenged?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
See Will's band Skip Lag in NYC 10/18/24
https://www.seetickets.us/event/Skip-LagMichael-Hilliard-and-The-Working-ClassGhost-Melody/618249
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76
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On Hiatus vocalist/bassist Tom Lee Rose is dedicated to building up the punk rock scene in Des Moines, Iowa, and continuing the band throught van tours and incrediable loss. He talks to Will about the band's recent tour, the music scene in Iowa, the music that drew him to bass guitar, self recording the band's newest ep One More Day, and the small victories that need to occur for a band to get on stage.
Listen to On Hiatus:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jYIcwKrCbqkYeMRcOODY5?si=f9SfTl4jSlSsDh0dimkkow
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https://www.instagram.com/tomonhiatus?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
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Precursor guitarist Stuart Mckillop says the bands music is a product of their surroundings and the angst that you discover when you get older. He talks to Will about the band's new album Thick & Thin, working with the bands lead vocalist on song rewrites, the recording and engineering of the album, the punk scene in Vancouver, BC of the late 90s early 2000s, his time in Daggermouth and how Precursor is the natural extension of this musical style.
Listen to Precursor.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3WWcjT7IvFYLR5MLB5fe6Q?si=ps6l4eJfSxSeoGOd2yUHNg
Stuart on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sturules604/?hl=en
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
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Pat Condon graduated college just as Covid descended on the world, but it only slightly delayed his plans of moving in NYC. He talks to Will about growing up in rural upstate New York, playing in cover bands, working at a rental car place solo, how the first interation of the band came together before Will joined, Skip Lag's new single Rhode Island and where the band plans to go next.
Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag:
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Musician Dani Nash splits her time between being an in-demand touring drummer for some of Canada's top artists with her own career as a singer-songwriter. She talk to Will about the writing process for her new singles Ordinary Love and Anything at All, how being a drummer first influences her songwriting process, Madonna's influence on her when she was growing up outside of Toronto, and how playing an arena can be easier than a club show.
Listen to Dani's new single:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5uhhMtVWA86HSGLS43u8V2?si=q_Axfor0S563q9xZRQVXXg
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Creating music is crucial to who Tony Lovato is as a person and he has done that with Mest for nearly 30 years.
He talks to Will about Mest's recent Japan tour, finding a dream guitar in Tokyo, Chicagos legendary DIY punk venue Fireside Bowl, his relationship with John Feldmann, what he learned about songwriting from making four records with John, why you shouldn't let go of what you loved when you were younger , Mest's new single When We Were Young from their upcoming new album out May 31st
See Mest live:
https://www.instagram.com/anthonylovato/
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Emily Bones joins the show ahead of the release of her band The Anti-Queens second album Disenchanted. She talks to Will about growing up going to concerts in Toronto Canada with the help of cool parents, the city's formative DIY venues, touring America in a van, her growth as a songwriter over the course of the band, and plans for touring in the future and where she'd like to go internationally.
See The Anti-Queens on tour with Bowling for Soup:
https://antiqueens.com/tickets
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CX0fdiDs9n9HSJs1PRSy3?si=ZKPRwcqfQoG3paZj_aK6wQ
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Jason Lamb spent years grinding on the Canadian Comedy Scene in a fashion that parallels the band which is the subject of his new book NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History. He talks to Will about the uniquely original punk scene that developed in his hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, his introduction to NoMeansNo, the Canadian comedy scene of the late 90s, transitioning into journalism and then radio, meeting NoMeansNo, and how he compiled the incredible oral history that details the bands unique sound, touring career and songwriting style.
Buy NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History
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It's Christmas day which means it's time for Paul Cohen of Backdoor BBQ and Will to talk the year of Pop Punk. From a year of amazing tours, long anticipated reunions, amazing new bands, and excellent new records from established bands. There is a lot of great music in 2023 to talk about!
Will and Paul's 2023 Playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pp2CsW12Bqb8FohgXdiwc?si=a3ffa769f7de40d9
Paul on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/therealpaulcory/
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Guitarist Matthew Jenkins and Drummer Brandon Ossont of the Scranton, PA emo band The Maguas sit down with Will to discuss the writing and recording of their new album Settled, what they learned working with producer Nik Bruzzese of Man Overboard, the one song they could not master as a cover band, the role of the drummer in the song writing process, and their new cover of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman for the Holiday season.
Listen to Settled by The Maguas here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0NY4Gn4J9aIVipfAWnUw5i?si=WAFk2gR7TVeLhyW6_NdyVQ
https://www.instagram.com/themaguas/
https://www.youtube.com/themaguas
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Will's long time friend Kevin Froleiks set a goal for 2023 to record 4 music albums in 4 genres and he completes this goal with his just released 90's rock influenced album We Have Your Son, But Please Take Him Back under his moniker Goodbye Charlemagne. He talks to Will about the influences behind this album, the tools he uses for recording electric guitars, programming drums, mixing vocals as well as his year of releases and what he wants to create next.
Listen to Kevin's new album
https://goodbyecharlemagne.bandcamp.com/album/we-have-your-son-but-please-take-him-back
https://linktr.ee/goodbyecharlemagne
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Vinnie Fiorello (Less Than Jake, The Inevitables, Fueled By Ramen Records) returns to Between Awesome and Disaster to discuss the opening of The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas. He talks to Will about how Fat Mike brought him into the project, curating a museum that encapsulates 50 years of punk rock history, why Las Vegas is the perfection location for the project, the Museums' Jam Room, punk artifacts that truly blew his mind when they arrived, and giving tours of the musuem among fellow punk rock legends.
Visit The Punk Rock Museum:
https://www.thepunkrockmuseum.com/
Listen to The Inevitables:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5qr4DCKr3oAxSslg7e3tdK?si=KM0dnccbSDKo3_6Lw0_IXQ
Vinnie on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/lessthanvinnie
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Lunachicks guitarist Gina Volpe combines a lifetimes worth of musical influences into her new single Drink Me and upcoming new album. She talks to Will about growing up in New York City, playing shows at CBGB's as a teenager, working in the studio with Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth, Fat Mike from NOFX, playing shows with the Ramones, touring the world, playing in Japan, and the writing and recording of her newest solo single Drink Me.
Gina's Website:
Gina on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ginavolpemusic/
Listen to Gina
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qjFulvl5PLIjSoCihFBvG?si=EqbVq2vUTAiM7cFzuS4FQQ
Listen to Luna Chicks:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3p3KAZ6zqhFkkH5ZdTuS5X?si=JFAofCD6S5-5udixZd9Ibw
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It's 2023 and Leo and Will's Favorite band has put out a new album. Leo Quinn returns to the podcast to breakdown track by track Blink 182's new album One More Time.
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Matt Pezza of All Systems Go returns with the bands drummer Joe Codispoti after a summer that saw the band experience and overcome a tragic loss. The talk to Will about the writing and recording of the band's newest single The Lowdown, working with producer Gary Cioni, how the song took on added meaning, and the alarming number of emails one has to send to be in a band in 2023.
Listen to All Systems Go
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Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon continues to push himself as a songwriter on the band's first album in nine years History Books. He talks to Will about the bounty of creativity and great bands he saw in the New Jersey basement scene of the later 90s, performing at open mics as a solo artist, smaller cities and towns that surprised him on the 59' Sound tour, getting stuck in a bullet train in a tunnel during the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. looking to artists who released great albums late in their careers, working with Bruce Springsteen for a song on the new album, and The Gaslight Anthem's upcoming fall tour dates.
Follow The Gaslight Anthem/ Brian Fallon
https://linktr.ee/thegaslightanthem
https://www.instagram.com/thebrianfallon/
https://www.thegaslightanthem.com/
https://twitter.com/gaslightanthem
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Comedian FreddyG and Will share the comedian trait of learning about a subject and then learning everything about said subject. Freddy tells Will about growing up in Queens, attending Jewish school, finding improv as an escape from his day job and then later stand up, the NYC open mic scene, getting millions of views on TikTok, current day politics, and how his further readings on religion will inform his next solo show.
Follow FreddyG:
https://www.instagram.com/orangefreddyg/?hl=en
https://youtu.be/fap00R1g-qk?si=JG0abp1lhYP08-SM
https://twitter.com/OrangeFreddyG
https://www.tiktok.com/@orangefreddyg?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
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