Cody Ritchie returns to Between Awesome and Disaster after the release of his band Goalkeeper's newest single Car Wreck. He talks to Will about the writing and recording of the band's upcoming first full length album I Wish I Met You Sooner, the importance of having someone push you out of your comfort zone in songwriting, the importance of lyrics, connecting to an audience, playing drums to service the song, and upcoming plans to hit the road.
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
Listen to their newest single Car Wreck:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3nDO4w05MQ6rvn1tknCnQg?si=9bc0ac4290aa42d6
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Rerelease of my conversation with Goalkeeper Drummer Cody Ritchie from 2020
Kris Roe of The Ataris survived two serious cases of Covid-19, and a serious car accident, and continues to be inspired and create music. He talks to Will about musical influences outside of Punk Rock, Growing up in the midwest admist the decline of industry, his early years living in his Van in Santa Barbara while putting together the Ataris, Kung Fu Records, Book Your Own Fucking Life, how their cover of Boys of Summer became a radio hit despite it not being planned as a single, the writing of Takeoffs and Landings, plans for music in the future, and going on his first tour since the begging of the Pandemic The Tried and True Tour with Alien Ant Farm, Lit, and Hoobastank.
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Since Marc's last appearance on the podcast his band Goalkeeper have released an EP, opened for Bowling For Soup, released an acoustic version of their song Black and Blue, and just put out the new single Sooner from their upcoming debut full length. He talks to Will about the response to Life in Slow Motion, Working with
Nik Bruzzese from Man Overboard and Casey Cavaliere of The Wonder Years and their different approaches to songwriting, going outside of their comfort zones when writing for the new record, and plans for extensive touring after the release of the album.
Listen to Goalkeeper:
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Marc on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MarcAJuliano
https://www.goalkeeperband.com/
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Dave Gomez grew up right outside of the thriving Chicago punk scene.
He talks to Will about growing up outside of Chicago, playing shows at Age 14, what drew him to bass guitar, his love of Mest and Blink 182, writing songs for his project Summer Curse, and how he remains productive when he is the only core member of the band, and plans for future singles later in the year.
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Matt and Devin became friends early in life before forming a band. They talk to Will about the benefits of recording with a producer, guitars, The Warped Tour era of the early 2000s, and plans for the future.
Listen to All Systems Go:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vUgiedsWyaAljWZL0MMCo?si=_Auwhv3RRfCH1cd1uZ8eeA
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https://open.spotify.com/track/1kdVurvFhDbU5xhHa1G5Rk?si=bb1c4514664e47cb
Westly Bunjunas' band Sunday Morning combines both melodic and heavier elements. He talks to Will about being influenced by Slipknot when he was younger, Sunday Morning's New Split EP with friends of the show What Makes Sense, The Connecticut alternative music scene, 3 hour cover gigs, and constructing left handed guitars for wider variety.
Listen to Sunday Morning:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jctlQLPR5HkLkNZz4Zo4G?si=OAaCSdJiSwi0OR71Jc0alQ
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Rishi Bahl followed his own path and passions inspired by his love of the bands of the label Drive Thru Records. He talks to Will about his love of the seminal Pop Punk record label, how it inspired the community feeling behind Four Chord Music and the Four Chord Music Festival, the thrill of creating something from scratch, His band Eternal Boy's new album Bad Days Are Over, Touring Japan, and England, and why he feels lucky that he never signed to a record label.
Listen to Eternal Boy:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2IEczGJYYQsPJb86o9vZ73?si=wyq5w2QZQ4WB9c3EQRInUQ
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With The Punches guitarist Dustin Wallace was unaware of the anticipation for his bands new ep after a 9 year hiatus or that said ep would be recorded during a pandemic. He talks to Will about the writing and recording of the bands new ep Discontent, how the band adjusted to writing while living apart and recording at the onset of the Pandemic, working as a teacher, Touring Japan, his custom built With the Punches guitar featuring the signatures of everyone who helped fund it, and his work with the band Keep Flying.
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Megg Jacobs and Johnny Clifford are the co lead vocalists of the pandemic formed band 11 to midnight. Megg tells Will about growing up in rural Maine and discovering a love of singing from musical theater and later Pop Punk, and Johnny tells us about joining the army in order to kick drugs and get his life together and how that experience led him to build a tour bus and recently join 11 to midnight as the second vocalist.
Listen to 11 to Midnight:
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Lords of the Trident vocalist Ty Christian's Operatic voice and business knowledge has taken his band all over the world. He talks to Will about his new course DIY Band on SpectreDigital.com, his early love of vocalists and singing, discovering metal in college thank to his roommate and now Lords of The Trident bandmate, Power Metal, working as a roadie for Steppenwolf How to use color and branding to make your band stand out, how Lords of The Trident uses the DIY approach to merch creation, touring and recording music, and how you can apply these principals to touring in Japan.
Listen to Lords of The Trident:
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https://lordsofthetrident.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lordsofthetrident/
Ty's DIY band course:
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Dreadnoughts Lead Singer Nicholas "The Fang" Smyth's background in philosophy is interwoven into the gloriously fun Folk Punk. He talks to Will about the first single Cider Holiday from the bands' upcoming album Roll and Go to be released June 24th 2022. The sub genre of Cider Punk, UK Cider culture, balancing careers with intense DIY Touring, Philosphy, Nietzsche's connection to punk rock, Touring in Canada, a surprising gig in Northern Spain, writing sea shanty's and putting together vocal harmonies.
Listen to The Dreadnoughts
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What Makes Sense frontman Radam Rebillard Thrashes with his band and makes Whisky. He talks to Will about making Whisky, selling real estate in upstate New York during the pandemic, discovering Pop Punk, being the frontman of a band and what that entails, songwriting, the formation of What Makes Sense, and the plans for more music in the future.
Listen to What Makes Sense:
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What Makes Sense/ Radam on Instagram:
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Early 2000s pop punk is in the musical DNA of Wasting Time's Vlad Bojco. He talks to Will about the creation of the bands new album Once More Without Feeling on Paper + Plastick , combining different guitar tones in the studio, Moving to Canada as a kid, Canada's pop punk heros, the Canadian Pop punk scene, seminal live concert moments, favorite food spots in Toronto, and the bands upcoming live show plans for 2022 and third album plans.
Listen to Wasting Time: https://wastingtimemusic.bandcamp.com/
https://linktr.ee/wastingtimeto
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How I Became Invisible's new album Another Ceiling is result of several eps and writing songs about a tumultuous time in Emily Reed's life. She talks to Will about the writing and composing the songs that would become Another Ceiling process a theme of grief that ends with acceptance, writing vocal harmonies, discovering Nirvana and Weezer as a kid, 2nd wave emo, Playing in the bands Take Today, Danger Club, Robots and Racecars, home recording, and the Philadelphia music scene.
Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emdashreed
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A lot has happened since Adam Gogola was on the podcast two years ago. Adam talks to Will about how the pandemic changed the release plan for his band's newest album An Act of Desperation which is now available, participating in Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, the failures of capitalism, how working with others in your community is going to be the way forward because no one is coming to your rescue, his upcoming tour opening for The Bouncing Souls and Pizza.
Blind Adam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Blindadamfederal/
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Henry Menzel sits down on the podcast during an introspective time as he works on new music for his band Keep Flying. He talks to Will about his Band's unique combination of modern pop punk featuring horns, the bands songwriting process, Discovering Ska as a kid in New Jersey, the mission statement behind his band name Keep Flying, Warped Tour,the dichotomy of loving to be on stage and uncomfortable in everyday social interactions, and plans for new music from Keep Flying this year.
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Guitarist and Youtuber Pat Finnerty writes excellent music and has the knowledge of music to accurately and hilariously describe why some songs stink. He talks to Will about the Scranton, PA music scene that spawned a bunch of incredible bands, his first band OK Paddy, the genre implications of PRS vs Schecter guitars, Uncle Kracker's song Follow Me, writing songs on Fiverr, the I V VI IV chord progression and why he reacts son strongly to it, his growing popularity on Youtube with the What Makes This Song Stink series, Touring with Songwriter Strand Of Oaks, and some insights into his just released video about Dani California.
Pat's newest What Makes This Song Stink:
Listen to Pat's bands:
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https://okaypaddy.bandcamp.com/
Pat on Instagram:
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Devin Parker of Til Morning's music career began with his brother and continues with his brother to this day. Devin talks to Will about the writing and recording of Til Morning's Singles Okay, and If She Only Knew, how story is central to his songwriting in terms of music and lyrics, how he started on drums as a 12 year old in Chicago's punk rock scene, booking weekend songwriting getaways, recording tricks Plans for upcoming Til Morning releases, and incorporating real word sounds into music.
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Bright Ugly Drummer and Will's bandmate Lawrence Miller combines the mind of a philospher with the raw physical energy that comes from being a punk, metal and jazz drummer.
He talks to Will about the nature of performance and the physicality of playing drums, watching belief systems get broken down while studying philosphy in college, discussing the cultural impact of jazz music, growing up on heavy metal, moving to New York City, and what he thinks makes his band with Will Bright Ugly work so well.
Listen to Lawrence and Will's band.
https://brightugly.bandcamp.com/releases
Lawrence on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorcan_builds/
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Will's bandmate in Bright Ugly Freddie Heinemann have a very similar entry into the arts. Freddie tells Will about using humor to deal with Bullying as a kid, playing in punk bands while studying Jazz, how numerous run ins with Authority figures in both College, and UCB shaped his life and career, moving to New York City to pursue comedy, recovering from a failed suicide attempt, why he had to stop doing comedy, and how he got back into playing music and starting the band he is in with Will Bright Ugly.
Listen to Freddie and Will's band.
https://brightugly.bandcamp.com/releases
Freddie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr.pinsandbuttons
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Russ Rankin's 1st solo album was a learning process of writing and solo performance, and he's brought everything he's learned about arrangements and songwriting into his upcoming 2nd solo effort Come Together Fall Apart out January 28th 2022 on SBAM Records. He talks to Will about how he has grown as a performer and songwriter since his first solo album Farewell Catalonia, his admiration for the songwriting of Rhett Miller of the Old 97's, Good Riddance's origins in the California punk scene, the bands long relationship with Fat Wreck Chords, avoiding the label wows of some of their peers, what the Major Labels missed in their approach to signing and working with punk rock bands, why being vegan on tour in Japan is difficult, and his work as a Hockey Scout.
Listen to Good Riddance:
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Jake Skolnick's band Quel Bordel may be the first band who have been told to turn down during a gig because they were upsetting the Whales. Jake talks to Will about the band's new instrumental gypsy jazz album Dinner for Derelicts, his formative years as a teenager in France loving punk rock, being introduced to traditional folk music as a teenager, working as a performer on cruise ships where he met his future bandmates, show Quel Bordel was formed busking on a beach, moving to San Diego to start the band, mixing original show with cover sets, and sets in Irish pubs, opening for the Squirrel Nut Zippers, songwriting, diy recording, and upcoming Quel Bordel releases.
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It's the week of Christmas and that means it's time for Will and Paul Cohen to discuss the year in pop punk that was 2021. It the 4th edition of a holiday tradition on the podcast Will and Paul discuss their favorite EPs, Singles, Full lengths, and in a welcome addition, live shows they were able to attend/ perform this year.
Will and Paul's Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IKq2vSG9W0Gdmkq2pEMY3?si=9b35fc519ed94d83
Paul on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/therealpaulcory/
Paul's year end recap list
Grayscale - Umbra
Better luck. - Summer of Pain
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! - Gone Are The Good Days
Mod Sun - Internet Killed the Rockstar
Between You & Me - Armageddon
Settle Your Scores - Retrofit
A Day to Remember - You’re Welcome
Rise Against - Nowhere Generation
New Pop Punk Trend
Mod Sun/Lil Huddy/KennyHoopla
Comeback Album - Real Friends (new singer, new EP)
Legend Album - Joey Cape
Live Concerts
New Found Glory/Less Than Jake
Bright Ugly
Covers
Punk Rock Factory - 2 releases (Masters of the Uniwurst, Scene This!)
Alex Melton (Youtube) - If Blink 182 wrote “1,000 Miles (and more)
State Champs - Chicago is So Two Years Ago
Singles
State Champs - Just Sound
Stand Atlantic - Molotov, Deathwish
All Time Low - Once in a Lifetime
MXPX - Say Yes
Mayday Parade - Kings of Summer
EPs
Young Culture - Godspeed
Hot Mulligan - I Won’t Reach out to You
Real Friends Torn In Two
Lolo - Overkill
Kenny Hoopla & Travis Barker - Survivors Guilt: The Mixtape//
Singer-Songwriter Roger Harvey and Will share a similar romantic notion of New York City's Greenwich Village. Roger and Will discuss the 60's folk revival in NYC, it's similarities to the punk rock movement, how outsiders need to stick together, going on tour with a punk band in his teens before starting his solo music career, how the pandemic made him reconnect with how important music is to the human condition, his song What a Weird Hill to Die On, and his approach to songwriting and live performances.
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https://www.rogerharveymusic.com/
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