Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast

In the episode of NCS we sat down with Chris Galas who was the singer of Snapcase before Daryl Taberski. Chris sang on various demos and the Comatose 7" on Victory. We had Chris on the podcast before as part of the Bridging the Gap Snapcase Optic book discussion episode with the rest of the members of the band and we invited him back on for a one on one. We talked to Chris about getting into...

In this latest episode of NCS Mark & Chris sat down with Matt Dunmyer of Divide & Conquer Fanzine. Matt was around at the center of the old River Rock scene back in the day in Buffalo and did a fanzine called "Divide & Conquer" We talked to Matt about all things core including his fanzine, how he got in favorite bands and the usual stuff. He also has an interesting story about a Judge...

In this episode Chris and Derek interviewed Tim Schmoyer. Tim is a drummer from Buffalo that you may know from such bands as Manic Depression, UpXFront, V. Card and others. We talked to Tim about getting into music starting the band Manic Depression.... his move to be in the band UpXfront and his various other musical endeavors.  We also talked to him about a tour prank that made the national...

In this Episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed Keith Brown who sang for the 90's Buffalo hardcore band Union. Keith has been on the show before (Episode 26) for  our live interview with all the members of Union. We decided to have Keith on to further talk about his origin story and other subjects including his time at the tattoo/piercing studio Cowpok and his current job as the Public Heal...

This our now annual all black  Black History Month Episode. This year we localized it and had Pat Cray (Photographer) , Khari Waits (Disrepair/ On Point),  Aaron King (KDC/Rhinoceros) and Mark Miller (NCS Podcast) on. We talked all things core including  how we got in , bands we like , the Funeral Home and a whole lot more! Its always fun chopping it up with these fellas and I hope...

In this episode of the podcast we interviewed Dustin Perry the Bass player of Snapcase. Dustin is a Minnesota native who moved to Buffalo to join Snapcase. We talked to Dustin about his hardcore journey and the bands that hes been in which include Snapcase , Threadbare , Libido Boyz and a few more.  Dustin was previously on episode 106 as part of the Sanpcase "Optic" book discussion. Enjoy th...

In this episode which was originally recorded for the HMNI Fanzine Podcast I (Mark) interviewed Larry of the Bleachmouth Postscript Podcast. If you havent checked it out the Bleachmouth Poscript Podcast is a cool pod where Larry brings on a guest "armed" with 5 pieces of music that they love and the guest and Larry discuss at length the pieces of music. Larry has known Chris forever and through th...

In this episode of the  NCS Podcast we did a draft of all of the releases of Jeremy Smith ( Tuning/Dead Hearts/The Contol/Halfmast) . NT native Jeremy Smith has played on a ton of releases so Chris had the idea of doing a release draft for him. Jeremy came on as well and gave us some input on our picks. We had friend of the  Pat Rhodes on to help and it was pretty fun.  We will prob...

In this episode Mark, Derek and Alex interviewed old friend Chris Murphy aka Sweeper. We talked to Sweeper about how he found hardcore in Lockport, NY. We also talked to Sweeper about the various bands that he has been in most notably Lockjaw, Face the Panic, Wrong the Oppressor and others. We also talked to Sweeper about a TV show that he was on many years ago. Enjoy this talk with this vet of te...

In this episode we interviewed the legendary Tony Erba from Cleveland. Tony has attended and played many shows in Buffalo! Tony has been in such bands as Fuck You Pay Me, Face value, 9 shocks Terror, H100's and so many more! We talked to Tony about his Buffalo experiences and it was a fun conversation. We hope that you enjoy!

In this we talked to local commedienne Shanon Dawn AKA Shanzig. We talked to her about the tribute band SHANZIG, Comedy life and Turbojugend life. It was a fun conversation that we hope is enjoyed. Episode music is Twist of Cain live 10/28/33 @ Mohawk Place.

In this year end/year bginning episode we discuss our favorite releases of 2022. we gave a rundown of our ten favorites and came up with a consensus best record ofthe podcast this year. Thnaks for listening and we look forward to an even better 2023! If you listen to the end we invited some friends to come on and tell us thier favorite reords of 2022 as well! That starts at 1:32:30 Enjoy!

 Happy Holidays. In this episode we interview a few members of The Control. The Control were a band that was around from 1999-2003. It was one of many Jeremy Smith bands (Dead Hearts, Halfmast, No Reason, Tuning) and this in my opinion is the most "punk" sounding of all of his bands and maybe my (mark) favorite of all of his bands. We talked to him, Kevin (Singer) and Steve (drummer) .  ...

In this episode we interviewed self descibed "journeyman" Jeremy Mazgaj about his hardcore/punk journey. Jeremy has been in a few bands that I loved and spent alot of the mid 90s going to see like the Buddy Revells & Envy. Jeremy has been in a slew of bands including but not limited to Amphetamine Lovechild, Drought, The Fallen, Old Ghosts & GOA and a few more that escape me right now. It...

In the "live" podcast event we talked to several members of the Buffalo Hardcore scene about old memories, old venues, old bands and old record shops! We talked to Kelly DiDomenico, Steve Micciche, Scott Vogel, Larry Ransom and Dennis Merrick. It was a fun discussion that wrapped up athe great Bridging the Gap weekend. Thanks to Daryl Taberski for being the reason for the season. Thanks to John An...

Hey gang we interviewed Dan, Jon & Tim from the band World On Fire. We talked to the boys about the band and what theyve got going on bandwise.  It was a fun interview and we hope you enjoy. These guys have been in bands such as Teamster, Wreckage (Buffalo) , Modern Problems amongst others. https://worldonfire.bandcamp.com/

In this episode we recorded a live interview of Snapcase at Other Half Brewing in downtown Buffalo . To celebrate the release of Snapcases's "Optic" book they had a show that was dubbed Bridging the Gap. The show included Smash N Grab, Spaced, Exhibition, Cinderblock, All Out War and of course Snapcase. In this episode we assembled all of the members of Snapcase and former members Chris Galas and...

On this episode we interviewed  Dwid from the band Integrity. Even though Intergrity is a Cleveland namd and Dwid is a Cleveland figure he has a pretty extensive history of coming to and playing in Buffalo. We talked to Dwid about his band visiting Buffalo and other subjects. It was a fun interview and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did doing it.  If you are listening to this the w...

In this episode we discussed the "Bridging the Gap" show  & weekend.   In which a book about Snapcase called "Optic"was released and a bunch of bands played.  We talked about it. We talked about Home of the Hits, Snapcase and a  multitude of other subjects! The Snapcase Panel discussion episode will be out November 27th.  Thanks for listening! Episode Music is "Di...

In this episode of the cast we interviewed two members of the new band  Fatal Visions. The band features Ron Hill of Final Declaration on vocals. Theve recently played thier first show and have a few more in the works. Check em out! https://fatalvisions.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2022

Hey gang on this episode we have the band Last Night Songs on, which features Meghan and Joe from the band Copper . Chris and I got Meghan and Joe on to talk abouth the new band and what they've had going on since Copper. I interviewed Copper on the HMNI Fanzine podcast a ways back. So seek that out if you want to hear Meghan talk about Copper. We talked abou tthe band and thier upcoming first sho...

In our 101st episode of the podcast we interviewed Tim Redmond & Dennis Merrick of Cinderblock. Looking back Cinderblock was a Buffalo "supergroup" comprised of members of Snapcase, Earth Crisis Against All Hope, Terror and many more. The thing is this group got together before any of thier more well known bands got really big. We chatted with these two about the band why it formed , the histo...

Hey guys here we are at episode 100! The 2 year anniversary episode of the podcast and the 100th episode are one in the same! The crew did a core talk! We talked about future 'cast plans . We talked about our favorite podcasts..we talked about underated Buffalo music gems and a bunch of other stuff. Enjoy this and we will see you on the next one. Peace! Episode Music is the Miracle at Rich Demo!

In this episode we interviewed Eddy Malone of the band Zero Tolerance.  We talked to Eddy about how and when he found music and we got into some of the personal stuff that was only briefly touched on when he was on the podcast before.  We talked to Eddy about his current band Wolf Tickets and what may be going on with his former band Zero Tolerance)

In this episode of the podcast we interviewed Buffalo Noise Artist GodOfGaps . GodOfGaps is a local Buiffalo Noise project. Mark has been in a few band over the years including this one. He was ion a group called River of Ichthyosis and a hardcore band called Firebrand in the late 90's. It was a cool interview that Mark and Derek recently did and it was a good time. GodOfGaps is the first "Noise"...