Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Uber diverse drummer Jeremy Gustin of Rubblebucket, Star Rover , Albert Hammond Jr. and many more is today’s guest! We get into embracing north east winters, his bizarre last-minute first gig w/ Rubblebucket, spending three months in Ghana studying west African rhythms, touring Japan & India, his work with Albert Hammond Jr & Star Rover, deadened drums vs resonant drums , studying at Berkl...

Drummer Ray Marte of NY's Moontooth talks van breakdowns, touring with Intronaut, a tour consisting or two cross country runs,  having different sets worked out for a tour to keep it exciting, the pre-production process of  their killer new record Crux with Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton & Machine-(The Producer), Ray's early years of exploring both the drums and the process of rec...

Drummer Scott Middleton of NC's stoner bluesy psych quartet talks about the snowy shit storm that lead to a canceled gig on their last run, the process of recording/mixing their 2018 release Ramble Beyond, his new Bonham re-issue Vistalite kit, reflecting on their tour with Weedeater/Hyborian, and the tragic passing of Weedeater drummer Carlos Denogean, classic rock in the house and his early...

Drummer Chris Maggio talks about not one but two short notice tours with Mutoid Man filling in for fellow drum shredder Ben Koller, plus his former work with Coliseum, Trap Them, Sleigh Bells, and present work with Wear Your Wounds, plus other freak injuries, (broken leg/chopped off finger), taking lessons with Joe Morello, the many phases of his playing; from being more performance based, to angr...

Purveyor of blast beats and extreme drum-shredding, John Longstreth is today's guest!! We get into his recent run with Hate Eternal, double stroke rolls on the feet at higher BPM’s, death metal traditionalists, grind core elitists, recounting the “Major Steps” through out his career, cardboard drums, triggers, the gateway records and drummers that lead him towards more extreme music, reassess...

Cult Leader/ex-Gaza drum-destroyer Casey Hansen talks working with Kurt Ballou on their critically acclaimed record "A Patient Man", the struggles of balancing live energy vs restraining oneself in the studio, ergonomic adjustments and upper body playing, going back to school and recounting his experience in public school/ultimate rejection of religious influence, familial band-bonding,...

Uber talented multi instrumentalist and one-man-band Nate Wood talks about the 2018 Pasic Drum Convention, the many fascinating variables in Tony Williams playing, electronic music as an influence, Nate's early obsessions with the band Death and subsequent leg injuries from jumping in the proverbial drum "fire", his musical family and early lessons in musicality, reverse-automation...

Drummer Cliff Almond on touring Japan, the San Diego jingle scene of the 80's and the "high pressure" world of analogue live tracking with a big band, the wild story of Dave Weckl passing off the Michel Camilo gig to a then 20 year old Cliff, a whole lot of Weckl rants, the framework of the Wayne Krantz gig that allows for so much improvisation, the challenges of playing with Wayne/...

Drummer Jack Ryan of The Marcus King Band on the chaos of NY, crazy tour schedules, his craigslist obsession and crazy collection of drum sets, being the musical lone wolf in the family, his parents record collection and the one record his dad still raves about, his first gigs/bands, classic piano being his first instrument and how he gravitated towards the drums, beards, wrestling, baseball, golf...

Drummers Collective instructor and all around killer drummer Tobias Ralph talks growing up in the West Village/NY, seeing Billy Cobham live for the first time in the 80's, the artistic environment in which he grew up and his early drum sets, learning to play by listening to Ringo Starr, discovering cool bands prior to the internet and listening/ recording late night radio stations (and how hi...

Caught up with one of the OG extreme drummers in Dave Witte of Municipal Waste who's also been in many incredible bands throughout the years such as; Burnt by the Sun, Melt Banana, Discordance Axis and many more!! We get into drumming influences with Phil Rudd, Glenn Evans, Lars Ulrich, Dave Lombardo, Brandon Thomas, Buddy Rich, the early 2000's scene with Burnt by the Sun and fellow ban...

Today's guest is uber-talented drummer Sam Shahin of New Orleans' eclectic 6-Piece band Naughty Professor who was on tour with Big Freedia/Tank & The Banga's where we talked about N.P. being the back-up band for Big Freedia, the respective challenges of playing bounce grooves with Frieda vs the N.P. set, the origins of N.P. and jamming with Marcus King, his path to drumming and...

Jon Lane of Brooklyn's proggy-stoner-doom trio Godmaker (also backing band for Nathaniel Shannon & The Vanishing Twin) talks about their new split record with local band Somnuri and upcoming record release show(s), the origins of Godmaker, a Portishead geek-out, his love for Clive Deamer's drumming, Godmaker's Portishead cover on the split record(did I mention Portishead?), plus...

Jon Syverson of Daughters stopped by the CBBP to talk about overcoming geographical differences in recording their incredible new record “You Won’t Get What you Want”, the crew involved and some of the processes of tracking/mixing, and releasing the record, the distinctive members of Daughters and guitarist Nick Sadler’s unconventional approach, the raw recording experience by contrast of Canada S...

Shane Mathewson of Winnipeg noise-rock merchants Kenmode is today's guest! We get into arm wrestling on tour, hockey, accounting, drummer injuries, tour disasters, absurdly long drives, vinyl mistakes, confusion about Canadian football, NOT ice fishing, staying in shape on the road, NOT playing with dynamics, shitty drummers ruining bands, CPA's (Certified Personal Accountants), MMA and...

Caught up with drummer Jesse Bartz of  Columbus, OH's Lo-Pan while they were recording their new album in NY with uber-producer/engineer James Brown where we got into acclimating to NY commutes, bizarre subway stories, reflecting on the previous recording experiences for Colossus & In Tension's,  getting drum sounds in the big room with his 70's steel Ludwig kit (and the crazy s...

Caught up with drummer Clayton Holyoak of Every TIme I Die where we talked about his first tour at age 18 of two months & other bizarre gigs/“map quest” tours, acclimating to ETID’s punk rock fury, playing/hanging in Russia and Australia, growing up in Utah and his uber tolerant Mother who still loves to hear him play, being self taught and drawing inspiration from local drummers, reflecting o...

Today's continuation of the #CBBP - NOLa drummer series features Andi Preen of Stoner Rock Power Trio Suplecs! We get into the last 20 years of rocking with Suplecs, some rants about Cozy Powell and his last words (plus a whole lot of additional history I didn't know about him), John Bonham, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio, his Father playing in both Vaudeville acts and...

Today's guest is drummer Mike Miczek who spreads his drumming duties between The Atlas Moth, Powermad, and Broken Hope! We get into first our CD’s, albums, & cassettes, the irony of Motley Crue’s Shout at the Devil record, Ozzy, The Beatles, the various challenges of playing with his three bands, Nicko McBrain, Keith Moon, and Dave Lombardo as drum influences, a rant about Ginger Baker, l...

New Orleans/Nashville drummer Doug Belote is today's guest! We get into balancing studio work with gigging, working with slide guitar-ninja’s Derek Trucks & Sonny Landreth plus Nashville great Jerry Douglas, growing up in Lafayette and witnessing New Orleans drummers such as Russell Batiste, Terrence Higgins and a great story about his first time seeing Johnny Vidacovich, how playing for...

Educator, clinician, player, and all around killer drummer Ricky Sebastian is today’s guest! We get into moving to NY in the 80’s from New Orleans and subsequent observations/contrasts of both cites, the NY scene in the 80’s/90’s and playing gigs with the unpredictable genius in Jaco Pastorius (plus a notorious gig with JP), Rashied Ali, Tania Maria and more, finding the appeal in the NY hustle, N...

Uber-shred-tastic drummer Nick Yacyshyn of Sumac, Baptists, & Erosion stopped by the #CBBP to talk about the appeal of more diverse bills, the bizarre process of writing/recording Sumac records, and working said material out as they tour, Baptists cover art and the origins of the band, differences in longer Sumac sets -vs- all-out Baptists sets, his first kit and practicing in the living room,...

Drummer James May of Savannah GA's Black Tusk is today's guest! We get into gig blackouts, touring with Whores (the band)equipment meltdowns, Guns & Roses, The Headbangers Ball, the funny story of how Black Tusk became a band, tour life and tour regimens, regrouping after the loss of original bassist Jonathan Athon, watering holes, to-go cups and street drinking, vampires, odd schedu...

Jazz-Metal-Fusion chameleon Kenny Grohowski is today's guest!! We get into the many versions of John Zorn projects and the many "hats" one has to wear to navigate such disparate styles of music, the origins of Imperial Triumphant, how he got the Brand X call and the process of auditioning for the band, Hipster Assassins & the many killer players that go through NY's 55 Bar,...

Crash Bang Boom hits a HUNDO and what better a guest than Quicksand’s Alan Cage! We get into bus breakdowns, the early years of Quicksand and experiencing punk & hardcore as a young kid, the 90’s scene and incredible year that was 1991 for music, Quicksand creating their own sound out of the absence of what they wanted to hear, Alan missing a monumental Nirvana gig, his first drum set (that he...