The Powered By Rock Podcast

In today's episode, I have a great conversation with Tristan Martinez, the lead singer of Northern California-based punk band Decent Criminal. We talk about how they are part of the new wave of punk music, what artists influenced their sound, and even some cool tour stories. If you have never heard of Decent Criminal, well, this is your lucky day, because they are truly one of the best BANDS (not...

In this Episode of the Powered By Rock podcast, Angelo Celli of the Northern California punk rock band Bracket joins the show to talk about what it has been like to be in a punk band for over 20 years now and how everyday life and responsibilities are now part of the equation when trying to release music. Bracket has always been one of my favorite bands, and the album When All Else Fails was one o...

When I first heard the band Death By Unga Bunga, I was blown away. They rock so hard, with so much energy and absolutely shred on guitar, bang on drums and wail on the mic. As I told them in this interview, "When I first heard your music it was like a lightning bolt hit both of my eardrums at the same time, and it replaced my eardrums with guitar amps that shot incredible guitar riffs, wicked retr...

In this episode, I am speaking with Ryan Nelson of Speedway Sleeper. This is an up and coming one-man musical act out of Bend, Oregon that uses a custom made rig to loop sounds and play beats through to build a song on the fly while composing music on guitar and synthesizers as well as sing in a live setting. It's truly a remarkable skill set to see. We dig deeper on why this musical project evolv...

Hey rock and roll fans, this is Isaac Kuhlman from Powered By Rock jumping on here to let you know that we are going to be coming to you very soon with an awesome new podcast called, you guessed it, The Powered By Rock Podcast! This podcast is going to have everything you love about rock music from artist interviews to gear talk to reminiscing about songs and genres from back in the day and even t...