Get Heavy Podcast

On todays pod we have our 1st repeat guest the glorious yeti himself Brook Dalton. Owner and proprietor of the 86 Art gallery here is Ventura master of the 86 scavenger hunt, Visigoth competition and Drummer for The Spires. We talk about DW drums and his 20 year career, recording the new spires record the 20th and last year of the 86 Scavenger hunt that will be coming up  in 2022. There is no...

On todays pod Craig talks to the Masked mysterious Front man for Persekutor. Vlad the Inhaler a Romanian transplant came to America for 3 things Sun, Rock "n" Roll and Bikini ladies. Persekutor was started by him  and is now a full fledge band from LA. They have released their first record "Permanent Winter" and have some awesome videos to go along with it. Vlad is a wild dude that breaks alo...

Todays Pod is sponsored by Salzer's Records https://www.salzers.com/  On todays pod I had the pleasure of sitting down with The Lungs. Live in studio we got to chat before we played our first show since covid here in Ventura Ca. LA natives Lungs are a wild band the music is chaotic and crazy and it makes sense when you meet them. A bunch of real sweetheart's. We talk about their record Psychic Tom...

This podcast is Sponsored by Salzer's Records https://www.salzers.com/  On todays pod I sit down with Cola Boyy He has exploded in the last couple years with his debut album Prosthetic Boombox On MGMT. An Oxnard born and raised Hardcore/punk he has carved his own path with a sound I call Lofi Crust Funk. It was awesome to catch up and we had a great talk about revolution, Bringing the people...

On todays pod I talk to old friend Bryce. We met when he was working in LA at Hydra Head records one of my favorite labels run by some of my idols Aaron from ISIS It was such a wild time in my life. Bryce was always one of the most fun people that I met in the scene a true punk that found his way form working for Vice in the early days to Hydra Head to starting his own label The Colonel Records an...

On todays pod I sit down with Noah Levine, Punk, Buddhist, Author who's 1st book Dharma Punx had a profound impact on my life. We talk about many things ranging from punk rock, religion, getting sober, his fall out from grace and the rebuilding of his practice after some accusations came out. He is incredibly honest and gave me many things to really thing about. Thanks you Noah for allowing me to...

On todays pod Craig talks to the lady that started it all His Mom! Mama K as she is most widely known has lived many lives. We touched on the tip of the iceberg that is her journey. In this podcast we talk growing up wild, poor and having to work hard for everything she got. We talk about the early days living in the desert, working at a tiger compound and hanging out with the Manson family and Ra...

On todays pod I talked to Mikey from Boss Dog art dept. One of my favorite artist/clothing brands. We talked about Growing up in Portland, Living in the desert, the work it took to make Boss Dog a full time job, the constant struggle to keep creating and staying happy with your passion. We talk about mental health and the decision to make the Boss Dog brand a positive source and not following the...

On todays pod Craig is sits down with the Bearded wonder Big J Curran the new Owner of the Garage Bar here in Ventura. We talk about a pleather a of topics ranging from  Race, Poverty,  selling Crack in the 80's/90's , Growing up around hustlers, Bad neighbor hoods, Bad decisions, jail time and his new Bar.    Follow Big J and the Garage bar @  https://www.facebook.com/jas...

On todays pod Due to a scheduling issue with a guest Craig takes the reigns for another solo pod In this ep. he talks about the 1st show he has attended since covid. It did not disappoint!! Dead Heat, Stallag 13, Railer, 400+ people it was wild! Craig talks about the comfort in hardcore Everyone wears sweatpants!!! They are the new studded jacket!!! Craig also talks about Bill Cosby, the free Brit...

On todays pod Craig talks to an old David Harthcock Known as Little David due to the fact that he starting hanging when he was about 10. A seriously driven Kid who made a world for himself by being into computers at a very young age. He graduated at 16 and was the 1st one of us to have an actual career in the Tech world. Always keeping that DIY spirit alive by doing rad shows in the Ventura/Santa...

On todays pod Craig talks to old friend Graham Clise guitar player of Lecherous Gaze Ex Annihilation Time. Now a Australian citizen he has shifted into a Guitar maker constructing some of the RADDEST guitars on the planet called Biston Stinger. In this podcast we talk about life in Australia, Graham and Craig catch up on the past 10 years. We talk about the AT house in Oakland which was only to be...

This podcast is a little different Craig was asked to be a guest on the Local Show Podcast. So we are doing a SWAPCAST You can hear this episode here and on their platform as well. I have never been a guest before and got a real taste for how much fun it could be. We talked about SO many things. Growing up poor in small towns, Magnets and the vaccine, some fun tour stories, we played some games, W...

Today I enter into the deep waters of a solo podcast. No guest just a couple topics I wanted to bring up and letting it fly. I talked about the Logan Paul V. Mayweather fight which I ended up watching on Tik Tok. This is a wild world where a Youtube star gets to make more money fighting a GOAT than 99% of all professional fighters to date. I touch on the problem this can create for the UFC and how...

On todays pod Craig talks to Chris Cromelin drummer for The Robot Uprising along with to many other bands and projects to mention. He is another Ventura staple who has been lucky enough to always keep busy playing music and continuing that same passion through out the years. We talk about his obsession with Danzig, fatherhood and how to try to convince your kids you are still cool, his wild upbrin...

On todays pod I sit down with a former band mate, Room Mate and Hetro life mate Matt Kelley Drummer for Oaklands Milkbath. Matt has entertained me to no end and also probably made me madder that any human on earth. We talk about the montalvo days where there was 7 different apartments of our friends on 2 streets in Ventura in our 20's, it was a wild time. We talk about some the early tours and sho...

Today was a blast from the past I am joined in studio by 2 of my oldest friends Todd and Casey Wisenbaker. Ventura born brothers who have carved an unreal world for themselves starting with Casey and Todd always being killer musicians. Then making their way to LA to play in a band called Whispertown 2000, Casey getting to be heavily involved Hi quality Demin/fashion in Japan and Todd going on to p...

On todays pod Craig talks to Bobby Wilcox, He is the bass player for He Who Cannot Be Named. The Legendary Guitar player for the Dwarves solo band. From Ventura now resides in Oakland. We talk about some early shows in Ventura and how it can get wild. Craig reminds him about a show where he literally blew fire at a guy at a VFW hall which turned into a full out brawl. We talk about how he carried...

On Todays Pod, Craig sits down with his friend Big J Curran to shoot the shit. Big J has been a Ventura staple for many years now. Jason is one of the new owners of The Garage a bar on the east end of Ventura as they prepare for the Grand reopening he found some time to come hang with us and talk about Lots of things. Mostly parenting, Politics, cancel culture, Empathy, Dogs. Craig Explains how hi...

On todays pod Craig talks to an old friend Daniel, Drummer for many bands, Ancestors, Horse the Band, Silver Snakes, and many more. They catch up on life and talk about, Touring, being old and out of touch with the Kids, Some Politics, and what it is like to be a drummer in bands with people like Craig, No technical skills but lots of ideas. Daniel is literally the nicest person In Doom.   Fo...

On todays Pod Craig talks to Sacha Dunable Singer and guitar Player for Intronaut and founder of Dunable guitars. We talk about the early days of playing shows together. We talk about what Intronaut is up to now and planning for the future, we talk about the balance between work and music. We talk about early influences. Sacha tells us some fun stories about being on the road and how its not alway...

In this pod Jon and Craig talked about the possibilities of the music coming back and share some stories about why it is important to remain grateful for having the opportunity to play music, Jon explains why he hates the French. We talk about the Daunte Wright killing and the endless conversation of police brutality, We talk about the kids going back to school and the immediate retort of school s...

On todays pod Craig got to chat with an old friend Mike Wetzel who is now in Owlacid, We grew up playing in some of our earliest bands together. It had been many years since we have talked and boy was it fun, Subjects today are His band and the impossible task of cornering them into a genre. Psychedelic's, Tattooing, fatherhood, Consciousness, PC culture, why we pick sides and general good vibes....

On tonight's pod Jon and I talked about the light at the end of the tunnel, Shows are coming back baby!!! We talked about a bunch of movies we have been watching Bad trip, Sound of Metal which hits a little to close to home and the new Q Anon doc that just came out. We talked about How weird its been in the last week maybe the full moon? Lastly we talked about the final show, Death and how it affe...

Today on the pod we celebrate our 1 year anniversary with a couple random friends Erik and Ocean Join us from the road on their way back to Ohio and our Friend RJ Lestrange an incredible woodworker and Ventura local badass. We Shoot the shit and answer the hard hitting questions that plague our generation. If you had to fight an animal, What one do you thing you could Fuck up? We talk about gettin...