Performance Anxiety

This week’s guest is John Andrew Fredrick of The Black Watch. Their career spans over 30 years. Their discography contains over 18 albums. And John has written 4 novels. He might be the most prolific writer we’ve ever featured. Check out his site johnandrewfredrick.com & the black watch on IG. Follow us @performanceanx. Subscribe, rate, review. Merch @ www.performanceanx.threadless.com Learn more...

Aaron Lazar was a sculptor/confrontational artist before becoming the singer for The Giraffes. Then he had a heart attack. After treatment and recovery, he was defibrillated 3 times on stage in one night. Then there's the time his guitarist was shot outside of a White Castle. Those are just TWO of the stories we get to hear. Aaron's also a designer & a director. And The Giraffes have a new album c...

This week's Performance Anxiety is special! It's our 50th show! We have a special guest, Sub Pop Records founder, Bruce Pavitt. Damn does this guy have some stories. There's the one about how he started the label. Then there's the prediction he gave to Chris Cornell. Then there's the 1989 European tour with Tad & Nirvana. How did he go from paying for Kurt Cobain's replacement guitars with his own...

This week's show features David Schramm of...The Schramms. They have a new album coming out and we discuss recording with vintage instruments, playing with Yo La Tengo, what happens when your bass is stolen from the trunk of your car (spoiler, you switch to keyboards), & we make sure his house isn't on fire. It's a fun episode complete with a cameo from the Hoboken Fire Department. Follow The Schr...

This week's show features something different; stuntman Khalil' La'Marr Pickett. He's done a lot of the stunts for Chadwick Bozeman as Black Panther in Avengers: Endgame, and more. We talk about breaking into the stunt world, getting stabbed on the job, and some upcoming projects. Follow him on IG. Follow us on Twitter & IG @PerformanceAnx. Get merch @ www.performanceanx.threadless.com Please subs...

This week we feature singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Danielle dePicciotto. She moved from NYC to Berlin in the late 80's and helped to create an electronic dance scene with the Berlin Love Parade.  She, along with her husband Alexander Hacke, founding member of Einstürzende Neubauten, have been living a nomadic life for the past 8 years. She discusses why and how it has changed her life &...

This episode of Side Projects welcomes back our friend Karen Haglof. She's a guitarist/oncologist/guitarist who cut her musical teeth in the Minneapolis punk scene of the late 70's. She moved to New York, played some more punk and joined Band Of Susans before going to medical school. She has recently released a new album called Tobiano. Look for it on iTunes, CDBaby, & wherever else you buy music....

This week we speak with one of the artists who inspired this podcast; Alain Johannes. He talks about moving around the world as a young boy and working with half of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. We talk about how he met his wife, Natasha Shneider, and formed the band Eleven. He's worked with Chris Cornell & Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppel...

I recently saw Failure live in DC. The show was great, but I was also blown away by the lighting. I hung out with Kellii Scott after the show and he introduced me to the Lighting Designer/Director, Gigi Pedron. I asked her to come onthe show to explain what she does and how she began her career. She's worked with Prince, Queens of the stone Age, Failure, Garbage, Jack White, and so many more. Foll...

This week's show features NYC drummer Mark Feldman. He tells us how he wound up with Neil Peart's "Chromey" drum kit. He also earned an MBA from Columbia and became a suit in the music business. How did he get back to drumming? Mark tells us how he hooked up with Oz Noy and started his new band, Mark Feldman's Level 5. Listen on Spotify or go buy the EP. Give him a follow on social media. Follow u...

This week we're joined by punk legend Kira Roessler. She went from prog to punk to post production. She's played with Henry Rollins in Black Flag, Mike Watt in Dos, and The King of the North in Game Of Thrones. She tells us how she made music with legends and worked on films like Mad Max: Fury Road, A Star Is Born, & Aquaman. Remember to rate, reviewm & subscribe. Follow us on social media @Perfor...

This week's show features Gaby Alter of Yes Gabriel. He teaches us about musical theater, video game music, and his new EP from his band, Yes Gabriel. Follow Yes Gabriel on social media and buy the new EP! Follow us @PerformanceAnx on Twitter & IG. Buy things at www.performanceanx.threadless.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's show features bassist to the stars, Abby Travis. She tells how she performed with Spinal Tap while in music school, touring with Beck, The Bangles, Eagles of Death Metal, The Go-Gos, & more. We also talk about dogs, bras, rides from LAX, and other stuff! She also talks about her band, Sumo Princess. There's a new album coming out. Pick it up on iTunes or wherever you get your music now...

This episode features Drunken Prayer's Morgan Geer. We talk about how he started the band, playing guitar for Freakwater, and the best advice you can get from Tom Waits. There's plenty more, so check it out. Pick up Drunken Prayer's new album, Cordelia Elsewhere on all the major platforms including https://drunkenprayer.bandcamp.com/. Follow Morgan & Drunken Prayer on social media for updates. Fol...

This week's Performance Anxiety focuses on Scott McDonald of the band The Meeting Places. He tells us about his shoegaze influences, how he gets that sound, and how a group of four guitarists became a band. He talks about working with legends like Brad Laner and how he got those opportunities. He also discusses the new E.P. from The Meeting Places and does his own review their first two full lengt...

This week's Performance Anxiety features The Rayo Brothers. Don't call them country. They're Americana. Dan & Jesse Reaux talk about growing up in a musical Louisiana family, their influences, and how they started playing music together. They talk about wet, shirtless chest bumps, odd cover songs they would play to fill out their early sets, their new album, and a lot more. These guys are a lot of...

This week's show features Marc's performance anxiety almost as much as it does our guest, DJ YO-C. He talks about getting his start as a DJ. He also tells us how DJ-ing has changed over the past decade. DJ YO-C also tells how he came ti work with comedian Sugar Sammy, The Backstreet Boys, Usher, DJ Jazzy Jeff, & more. He also talks to us about his favorite project of his, Rescue All Dogs. Check th...

This week's Performance Anxiety features Cole Guerra. Cole is the driving force behind I Am Casting. In addition to his musical career, he's also a working psychologist. We talk about how and if those two professions influence each other. Cole discusses recording with and ironing board and a busted microphone. He also tells his story about a booking mix up that resulted in him playing right in the...

This week's Performance Anxiety features Michal Towber. Born is Askelon, Israel, she signed her first recording contract at 17. She opens up about the highs and lows of being a teenage recording artist, from taking Dave Pirner from Soul Asylum to her prom to developing an eating disorder. She also tells us about going to law school and moving to Las Vegas for a job that never materialized and disc...

This week we speak with Elizabeth Le Fey, AKA Globelamp. We talk about growing up in a rock n roll family, not knowing who her father is, and her influences. We also talk about her new album, Romantic Cancer. We talk about how she chose the names Globelamp and Elizabeth Le Fey, how her mom was in a Guns & Roses video, and her obsession with Pokemon Go! Follow her @Globelamp on social media. Follow...

This episode features Kellii Scott. He’s the drummer for the band Failure. He’s also a big fan of Mixed Martial Arts. Back in October I spoke with him for my sports show, 8Ball Sports. With Failure going on tour in March, it’s a great time to revisit this interview. We talk about MMA, recording the new Failure album and upcoming tour. Follow Failure on Instagram @failurebandig. Follow us on Instag...

This episode features violin virtuoso, Rachel Barton Pine. From her debut with the Chicago Symphony at age 10 to playing in a heavy metal band, she’s had an amazing career. She’s played with everyone from the Vienna Philharmonic to Jimmy Page & Robert Plant. We talk about everything from her violin that’s older than America, finding the right bow, the accident that cost her her leg to hanging back...

This week's Performance Anxiety features actor London Brown. He talks about his role as Fat Reggie on HBO's hit show Ballers. He also talks about stand up comedy, his photography, his new project, Asia A, and how he maintains his incredible positive attitude in an industry filled with rejection. Give him a follow on IG @reallondonbrown Please rate & review us wherever you listen. Follow us on soci...

The episode of Performance Anxiety features Rachel Taylor Brown. We discuss her new album, Run Tiny Human, and the ideas behind it. We also discuss a mutual admiration fro Seals & Crofts, Slim Jim sponsorships, basketball, & how to overload a friend's toilet on tour. Check out her website www.racheltaylorbrown.com. Follow us @PerformanceAnx on Twitter & IG. And remember to rate & review us whereve...

This week's show features actor Carl McDowell. We talk about how he went from playing football to teaching to acting. He tells us about his first jobs, his strangest audition (which includes a stripper pole), to landing the part of TTD on HBO’s hit show Ballers. He also talks about his band, Shit Sandwich…wait, The Sandwich, no..Left on Laurel. Give him a follow on social media @carlmcdowell. Foll...