Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast

In this episode the guys talked to Larry Ransom about the releases of his band Envy. Along with Halfmast Envy were the main straight edge bands in Buffalo during the mid 90's. We talked to Larry about the demo, 7 inch and the full length. Enjoy this deep dive into Envy with Larry. 

In this episode we talked to Mason from the band Violent Way/Exhibition about his bands and his hardcore jorney. At the ago of 17 Mason has already been in qwuite a few bands and we talked to him about that as well. We were also joined by Jesse Gasface (Mr. Face Records) who were in onb putting out the Violent Way 7"

In this episode we  talked to three members of the Buffalo Punk band Manic Depression. We talked to Per, Ben and Robert about the history of thier band and the many ups and dowsn of the bands history. Enjoy

In this Episode we talked to Joel Staniszewski , a buffalo native, about his Las Vegas Hardcore band The End of Everything. We talked to Joel about his extensive band history star ting in the early 90's through today. Joel has been in such Bands as Drago, Daybreak and Homefield Advantage. We hope you enjoy this conversation that we recently had with him.  https://theendofeverything.bandcamp.c...

In this episode we talked to 4/5's of the band Governess about the history of the band and most importantly thier new release "Never Coming Home". These guys are a real rock n roll band in an age where that doesnt seem to exist anymore. Check it out they are definitely living that life. Looking for more info? governess.bandcamp.com

We talked to Brett Biro about his current project Exhibition and some of his previous bands as well. Brett is of a generation younger than ours and we were happy to talk to him about his current take on the scene and hardcore in general . Enjoy.

In this episode we interviewed Buffalo MC Kool Taj the Gr8 about his whole career. We were joined Iggy of the band Abnegation who is a hip hop head and he booked Taj in Erie, PA back when he lived there. We stepped out of our comfort zone got deep and had a good time. Enjoy!

In this episode we interviewed Nick Baran of Third Party Records. We talked to Nick about his label and some of the other things he's been up to lately.

In this interview we talked to Blake and Eric Ellman about thier band They Live. The brothers formed the band back in 1995 and while they had a revolving cast of characters over the years they have remained the two main contributors to the band. They Live were one of the only fast hardcore/power violence bands in Buffalo at the time they were around. We were Also Joined by Jay Jancetic (Plagued wi...

In this Episode we interviewed Jorden and Mike from the band Juggernaut. We went through a history of the band and talked about thier latest and what the band has been doing since the world "ended".  It was a fun talk with one of Buffalos newish up and coming bands.

In this episode the crew was joined  Mark Bellanca the singer of the legendary buffalo hardcore band Zero Tolerance. We did it a little different this time and talked to Mark about his whole hardcore journey. We talked to Mark about his bands and we also talked to him about his relationship with Krishna consciousness. Scoot Vogel (Terror) also helped out a bit. He interviewed Mark for his zin...

In this episode Mark and Chris interviewed Eric "Doughy Ramone" Borawski the singer of the band Pure Heel we deep dove into the band and talked about what theyve been up to in quarantine and possible plans for the future. Enjoy!

In this episode we interviewed Eddy Malone and Eric "Smokey" Rice of the legendary Buffalo hardcore band Zero Tolerance. We talked to them about thier time in the band and we also got into some personal stories as well. It was fun and if you enjoy this we have an interview with Mark Bellanca coming up in the very near future. Enjoy the episode.

In this episode we interviewed Evan Duckett who sings for the band Final Declaration. We did this interview the day aftter the 2020 election so we talked to Evan a little bit about that till we got into the meat and potatoes of his band. It was a goo d conversation in which we talked to Evan about the history of his band wand what they're plans are going forward.

In this epsode we talk to Jay Jancetic about one of his early bands XPlagued with RageX. XPWRX was a buffalo straight edge band in the early 90's in which JayPlayed Guitar in and sometimes did vocals. Jay went on to be in such bands as Halfmast, Extinction, Arma Angellus, Holy Roman Empire, Harms Way and Black X. Jay currently plays in a band called Atonement Theory.  We deep dove in Jays Pla...

In this Episode we talked to Scott Vogel about the hardcore classic Keepers of the Faith. KOTF just had a 10 year anniversary reissue and we talked to Scott about the record , the grass roots marketing and buzz thaty surrounded the record when it came out and some other assorted tidbits. While we inteded to talk about the record we did get into some of Scotts other projects. Its a long one but def...

We switched it up a bit in this episode and talked about our 10 favorite releases of 2020. We were joined by Alex Byrne who will be around for most of these we hope. We were also joined by  Derek Dole who you may know from the band Dead Hearts.  We kept it mostly hardcore but there were some other genres represented as well. As alsways thanks for listening. We have a bunch of great stuff...

In this interview Chris and Mark talk to native Buffalonian Jeremy D. Smith (Ex Dead Hearts, Halfmast, The Control) about the band that he started in San Franciso called Tuning. We talked to Jeremy about thier second release Defining the Purpose which came outback in August  (2020) on Indecision records. Enjoy!

In this episode Chris and Mark talk to Jay Galvin. Jay has been in many hardcore/punk bands Bleed For Me, Rhinoceros, Face the Panic, Pissing Match and Pure Heel amongst others. Today though we talk to him about Slugfest, a band that he did in the early 90's with Scott Vogel of Terror fame.  We got inside baseball about Slugfest. We talked recordings shows and everything in between. Enjoy the...

In this Episode Chris and Mark interview Daryl Taberski the singer of snapcase about the album Lookinglasself. Lookinglasself was the first record that Daryl sang on after moving from bass and is arguably the release that put snapcase squarely on the hardcore map.

In this episode Chris and Mark lay out the intent of the podcast