Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Caught up with drum-pounder Joel Willis of Brooklyn’s - Netherlands prior to their tour with Mastodon & Dinosaur Jr. to talk Netherlands EP “Hope Porn”, drum injuries & NOT canceling gigs, how he originally met Netherlands and ultimately joined the band/relocated from NC to NY, subsequent NY realizations, his first drum set, jazz contrarians, developing stamina to hit hard for 45 minutes,...

Andrew Totolos of Brooklyn's The Giraffes is today's guest! We delve into Pied Diaper Pipers, adult diarrhea explosions, sex trafficking, the evolution of cell phones, porn mags in the woods, STD’s and Tinder, petri dish genitals, horror movie tits, the benefits of growing up in the South, Indian Casino’s, doing dumb shit in the country, nearly getting shot by the cops, cajun birthday pr...

Drummer Jared Klein of PA's Rivers of Nihil is today's guest!! We caught up during RON's headlining tour in support of their critically acclaimed 2018 release "Where Owls Know my Name” where we got into heat waves in Canada/funny Canadian towns, Engelbert Humperdinck, how he got the call for the gig and the process of learning/rehearsing/writing for the record, playing with his...

Today’s guest is the one and only mad man of the vibes and all around world percussion slayer Mike Dillon! We talk tablas, monks in the Himalayas, festival de Blowsya'load, glockenspiels, marimbas, early Critters Buggin’ shows and the musical illuminati, how he met ubiquitous session drummer Matt Chamberlin, Punk-Funk and his early band Billy Goat,  Brown Whorenet, dick percussion and Nolatet...

Groove rock drummer Scott Key of NC's ASG is today's guest! We get into recording their killer new record "Survive Sunrise" on the Texas/Mexico border, touring with hometown boys Weedeater and rap about other NC bands such as COC, Caltrop, and more, dirt bike and mountain bike injuries, fake asses, calf implants, southern metal and paying homage to Vinnie Paul/ Pantera, vinyl c...

Today's guest is Travis Foster of Oregon’s melodic-doom-power trio Yob!!! We delve into not loosing focus on long songs, Vistalite kits, making Portland weird (again), bearing edges and other gear talk, vocalist/guitarist Mike Scheidt's near death experience and the subsequent inspiration/new lease on life that filtered it’s way into Yob’s new record "Our Raw Heart”, his fathers inf...

Today's guest is Jeremy McMonigle of Louisville, KY's noir- noise rock trio Young Widows!!!! We talked about YW’s new record Decayed: Ten Years of Cities, Wounds, Lightness, and Pain, the decade celebration of “Old Wounds” and the bizarre process of recording the record with Kurt Ballou, how he got the last minute gig with the band, navigating the disparate worlds of orchestral percussio...

Simultaneous synth playing, drumming & singing juggernaut Josh Dion stopped by the #CBBP to talk kickball leagues, his band Paris Monster, touring Europe and the US, growing up playing drums with his father, playing with Wayne Krantz and the precarious nature of navigating his live sets, spontaneity being preferable, influential jazz drummers and his general love for jazz plus the crazy list o...

Today’s guest is OG drummer of Riot V -Frank Gilchriest! We get into the origins and bizarre history of Riot, how he got the gig, playing with the Good Rats growing up, his work with Virgin Steele and a great “Sword” story, growing up with the players in Dream Theater, the first time he saw drum shredding monster Bobby Jarzombek live, his early music instructors/mentors a Twisted Sister geek -out,...

Today's guest for the CBBP's ongoing Brooklyn Underground series is drummer Phil Bartsch of Dead Empires!! *We get into the process of going from an instrumental band to a four piece with vocals, playing strange bars, early shows we played together , a major Pantera geek-out, industrial street cats, acid dealers, Vinnie Paul snare drums, recording their most recent record, how he got int...

Today’s guest is drum pummeling prog metal ripper Brad Rice of Atlanta’s Lazer Wulf!! We caught up amidst their tour with Mutoid Man where we talked about unexpectedly filling in for drummer Ben Koller, his original instrument prior to the drums, the process of how he found himself in Lazer Wulf and how the writing process works in the band, early influences, touring life, seeing Tool and Mastodon...

I caught up with groove rock drummer David Delaney of Cali's Them Evils on a sunny day for a Brooklyn roof top hang where we got into small clubs-vs-big clubs, headlining their first US tour, Vistalite kits-vs-weirdo Peavey kits, how a sound check led to them touring with Zakk Sabbath and stage pranks on said tour, moshing your way to a hospital visit and playing through injuries, embracing t...

Somewhere between elasticity, bombast, and raw unorthodox grooves Dale Crover has been the ultimate purveyor of drum thunder for 30 years with Melvins!!! We get into what NOT to eat prior to a show, Melvins first tour in Europe, early years of learning to play the drums, influencing what became the Grunge movement then moving to California pre-Grunge explosion, New Orleans and the Slugs,Crowbar-EH...

Former Candiria & Fuel drum slaying bad-ass Ken Schalk is on the #CBBP today! We get into Bruce Lee & martial arts as an influence in drumming, as well as recounting the terrifying Candiria van wreck and subsequent realizations, our mutual fascination with Earth Wind & Fire and a geek out on Iron Maiden & Nicko McBrain, Ken’s early drum instructors, wisdom vs knowledge, “Rim Shot”...

Uber dynamic Jazz-Funk drummer extraordinaire Carter Mclean of Charlie Hunter & The Lion King is my guest today! We get into navigating the nightmare that is Times Square, getting LIME DISEASE!?, the freaky genius of Charlie Hunter and the “fly by the seat of your pants” nature of performing with him live, crazy New Orleans stories, and great New Orleans drummers, Carter’s custom kits and soon...

Drummer Gavin Wallace-Ailsworth of Boston eclectic rockers Bent Knee is today’s guest!! We get into the precarious title of “Art Rock” , touring with the Dillinger Escape Plan & witnessing both the infamous NY-Webster Hall show and watching Cult Leader drummer Casey Hansen live during that tour, finding common influences in a musically diverse band, favorite spots around the world for touring,...

Drummer Matt Bowles is the rhythm anchor of W. Virginia's groove-thrash merchants Byzantine! We get into how he got the Byzantine gig, and being a fan of them for years prior to landing said gig, the bizarre life cycle of Cicada’s, acid/shroom trips/general stories of getting weird in the woods, UFO’s and bull mastiffs, huffing gas, playing in jam bands, recording their most recent record “Th...

For nearly 17 years drummer Larry Kwartowitz has been at the percussion-helm of Philly's avant-metal/spazzy-soundtrack/ purveyors of controlled chaos; Cleric!! We get into the ups downs, tragedy’s and other madness of Cleric's career, stolen gear & vans, working with John Zorn & touring with Secret Chiefs 3/ releasing Retrocausal on Trey Spruance’s Web of Mimicry label, gifted dr...

Part II of a two part #CBBP special series highlighting shit-jobs musicians have had while pursuing music! Mental hospitals, window cleaners, ice cream stand & lumber yards, shitty hotels, factory jobs, janitorial work, music stores & getting fired from them, movie theaters, silly cover bands, a street hustler for titi bars, insurance salesman, bear wrestling, office jobs, dishwashing, bar...

This is the first of two special installments where I collect the best stories of musicians' odd jobs they've had while chasing the ever elusive dream of playing music!! Porn stores, pest control, septic tank cleaning, scuba diving, break dancing lessons, construction, child hood actors, fast food, fried chicken delivery , real estate, bussing tables, pool maintenance and more!!Brann Dah...

Tucker Rule has been the percussive force in such bands as Thursday, Yellowcard, My Chemical Romance, The Wanted, Murphy's Law & many more!! We get into The fairly rapid ascent of Thursday's career and his recent tour with the band in Hawaii & Australia alongside rock-idols Quicksand, punk rock ethos, the roots of “Post Hardcore” and the struggles of identifying oneself as a musi...

Drumming juggernaut JP Bouvet is today's guest! We get into into modern art, funny stories of playing with the uber shred-tastic axe slinger's in Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Via, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tosin Abasi in Generation Axe, plus the concept of memorizing vs learning “beautiful” drum parts for last minute gigs with Animals as Leaders/Periphery, prioritizing important infor...

I caught up with drummer Marcus Bryant during a one-off show with AZ proggy-doom purveyors Spirit Adrift where we talked Arizona summers, motorcycles, religious upbringings and gravitating towards heavy music, Spirit Adrift going from a one man band to full live band, his stoner-sludge band Goya, connecting with Metallica at a young age, Lars Ulrich as his initial drum inspiration, getting hipped...

For the last 30 years Sean Saley has been poundin' the skins with bands such as Government Issue, The Skull, Pentagram, Bang! and Teamster - to name a few!! We get into giant groundhogs, Neil Armstrong, destroying drum sets, playing with the Skull for their string of shows featuring the self tiled Trouble record in it's entirety, another nerd-out on Voivod /Eric Dolphy (Uber Nerd Alert)...

Sasha Horn can presently be seen thrashing the kit with Exhorder, Forbidden, Year of the Tyrant, and kicking some punk rock fury in Russian Girlfriends!! We rap about the sheer awesomeness of Soundgarden, the crazy list of records released in ’91, seeing Nirvana back in the day, moving from Chicago to New Mexico & making long distance bands function, Sasha’s musical family, how he got the Exho...