Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Drummer Sebastian Thomson catches up with the #CBBP (Triple-Dippin'?) to talk about Baroness’ fantastic new record STONE, their weekly remote contributions ("file-friday") during Covid,  the experience of recording the record in a cabin in the woods, we revisit his experiences of every track on the record, bassist’s Nick Jost’ chops, guitarist Gina Gleason’s solos and overall contri...

Drummer Mike Truscott of English rock band Wishbone Ash talks about the lengthy tour schedule around the band celebrating over 50 years of playing, killer records from 1970,  the story of how he got the gig, our mutual fascination with early Def Leppard, the impact of the Beatles on both the US and England, New York & London similarities, the distinct memory of his first kit, “Carriage Rock”,...

Drummer Josh Andrews of the UK’s Pupil Slicer talks about some of his favorite festivals of the last few years, varying English accents, writing & recording their record Blossom, reverse-engineering your own electronic drum parts, the evolution of their live set-up, Chris Pennie as a drum influence, their unexpected reception post-COVID, touring with Boris & much more! Upcoming Dates: http...

Drummer/Producer/Studio Owner Ray Marte of NY’s Moon Tooth talks about the scary incident involving guitarist Nick Lee’s injury, coma and diagnosis of autoimmune limbic encephalitis-followed by his long road to recovery, letting go of the production reigns in working with producer Josh Wilbur, prepping for their upcoming tour with the Callous Daoboys & Protest the Hero , room mics, bald Italia...

Drummer Jesse Shreibman of the Pacific North West’s psych/ambient/doom purveyors -Bell Witch , talks about their most recent record “Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate” and how it will tie into the larger body of work in subsequent releases, his ever evolving synth/pedal/drum live-setup, Bell Witch’s most recent run in Europe, their upcoming tour in the states, the process of tying...

Drummer Chris Mills of Chicago’s Harm’s Way talks about the recording blocks and pre-production of their new record Common Suffering and working with producer Will Yip, revisits the bands experiences recording their previous albums Rust and and working with Will Putney for the first time on Posthuman, the bands origins and how the band has ascended throughout the years, the impetus for straight ed...

Drummer Noah See of the UK’s Conjurer talks beer preferences and the sport of drinking in England, his most recent US tour and the experience of driving longer distances in the US -vs- the UK, how he and the other members grew up in different areas/scenes and how he joined the band, fans reactions to the Conjurer/Pijn collaboration album “Curse these Metal Hands” (And how Jody thought the latter b...

Drummer Robby Staebler of All Them Witches/UVWAYS talks about the numerous studios he’s worked out of and what made them all uniquely special, recounts the recording experiences of many of their records, talks the origins/history of the ATW, how his gear has evolved, his favorite frankenkit, some of his favorite 70’s recordings and why Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are still a major influence. / htt...

Cap. Ron of OK. City’s Chat Pile talks about his day gig coding for effects pedals, the origin of the band name, his upbringing in a small town/ jamming with his brother, the bizarre state that is Oklahoma ( and a couple crazy Jody stories), how he loves the band Phish, how Dave Grohl taught him to play the drums, the process of recording “God’s Country” and strange early shows/ vs more awesome re...

Drummer Chris Enriquez of Spotlights talks their most recent tour and the process of writing/recording their new record “Alchemy of the Dead”, meeting Dave Lombardo while opening for Mr Bungle, a party night with yours truly culminating off-roading and mouth torturing hot sauce, his upcoming documentary On the Might of Princes, The delayed (and then ultimately played) show with Julie Christmas at...

Cave In drummer JR Conners returns to the CBBP to talk about the process behind writing/recording their amazing new album Heavy Pendulum, the impact of Nate Newton joining the band, bedroom drum sets & “bedroom covers”, returning to Kurt Ballou since their first record (and the ways the band and Kurt had evolved over the last 24 years), the injury that sidelined him during tracking, the “Cave...

MMA legend, fighter, teacher & more; Jermey Horn talks about MMA tournaments in small towns in the 90’s and the year he fought nearly 40 times resulting in his baffling 170 MMA career fights, his early interest in the sport,  competitions in rodeo arenas, the art of managing negative thoughts during extreme adversity, the beauty of the flow-state,  thoughts on his matches with Chuck Liddell, C...

Producer/Engineer Andrew Schneider talks about his run with the Blue Man Group, revisits some of his past records; Cave In’s Perfect Pitch Black, Unsane’s Visqueen, and his own records with Pigs, working out of Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio Studios & some of Albini’s past records,  the pursuit of great sounding drums and his early years of recording/evolution in gear, the flood that wiped hi...

Tristan Shone AKA Author & Punisher talks about the changes made coming off a big tour with Tool for his new record Kruller, engineering alternative setups for tours over seas, how altering his set up leads to different directions musically, the layout and general connectivity of some of his live rigs, the initial inspiration behind connecting the worlds of engineering and music, non-gridded i...

Drummer Scott Osment of Deaf Club (Featuring Justin Pearson; The Locust, Retox, Dead Cross) talks about his move from Austin to California, only to endure Covid times with wild fires and ultimately getting Covid -resulting in him moving back to Austin, how Deaf Club started as a band and the process of recording their new record Productive Disruption, Jody recounts his first time seeing the Locust...

Obsidious drummer Sebastian Lanser talks about home studio work, how he joined Panzerballett and the bands connections to  a thesis on Meshuggah, his work with Obscura,  Vinnie Colaiuta/Simon Phillips/Mike Manginni as influences, how he started playing drums a the age of 5 and playing double bass at 8 yrs old, evolving from a  drummer that could adjust his style according to the music-vs- having t...

Poppy drummer Ralph Alexander talks about the unique barn-style house his mother built where he has his drums set up, the unfortunate tour that didn’t happen with Poppy, Deftones & Gojira, the process of recording drums for the Poppy record “Flux” at Sunset Sound Studios (and the bizarre connection to Prince), the inescapable John Bonham influence, early drum teachers and the series of competi...

Drummer and Silent Pendulum Records owner Mike Kadnar talks about recording & releasing the new So Hideous record “None But A Pure Heart Can Sing”, picking up on the Downfall of Gaia European tour that got canceled mid-way in 2020 due to COVID, the two tours he did with The #12 Looks like You, developing & expanding his record label amidst major delays with record pressing plants, the pros...

Naked Raygun Drummer Eric Spicer talks about their new record “Over the Overloards”, the break he took from playing after NR disbanded in 92, and how he became a union pipe fitter,  early tours with the Butthole surfers -vs- opening up for the Foo Fighters at Wrigley Field, how their touring van caught on fire, their tours in Europe and live cameos from fellow UK bands, the Sex Pistols as a game c...

Drummer Tim Baltes aka; TIMBO FROM KENO talks about his excerpt form the new book “A Drummers Ethos” by Jose Medeles, the origins and evolution of his ‘In the Air Tonight” drum-fill series, Kowloon Walled City as the soundtrack for winters in Wisconsin, broken-balls,  how he doesn’t live in Canada, nor have his studio set up in a drum shop,  how The Jesus Lizard didn’t make sense until Jody got fi...

Drummer Kellii Scott of Failure talks about the writing & recording of their new record “Wild Type Droid”, the bands live set up, celebrating the 30th year anniversary of some of the more amazing records of ’91, his elaborate snare collection (and the single one he’s used live for the past few years), prostate exams and colon cancer, his new steel Q Drums kit, the mystery cymbal in the Distort...

Rise Against drummer Brandon Barnes talks about his 21 years in the band, working with producers (and dual drummers); Bill Stevenson & Jason Livermore,  his musical family , some of the more exhausting tours with the band as well as touring with Sick of it All/The Foo Fighters (and why Dave Grohl is so cool), the strange times for Rock in the early 2000’s, the experience of working with a majo...

Big Wreck drummer Sekou Lumumba talks about his trek to Montreal, Canada from Trinidad when he was 12 and a couple of influential kids that turned him onto rock & drumming,   minimal preparation in recording the new record "Big Wreck 7.1" and how he became a member, the dual-badass-ery of Ian Thornley, our mutual fascination with Fishbone’s drummer Phillip “Fish” Fisher (and how he i...

Drummer Luc Hess of Coilguns/formerly The Ocean recounts some of the recording processes’ for both Coilguns (caveman living in a German country-side house), and the Ocean’s Anthropocentric, Heliocentric & Pelagial records ,  Jody’s lost Vistalite kit that Luc played 8 years prior, why Botch rules, the insanity of Chris Pennie’s drumming with DEP, some of the Ocean tours with Between the Buried...

King Diamond/Shaolin Death Squad drummer Matt Thompson talks about his history in Texas with both local gigs and studying at University of North Texas with the infamous Ed Soph, the challenges of graduating the percussion program there at the time, growing up with concert band, jazz band and marching band in New Jersey, how a modern drummer article changed his perspective on studying various style...