Run Into The Ground

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Join our PATREON for bonus episodes.   This week we have Steve Brooks of Floor and Torche on to talk about the Breeders 1993 album Last Splash. We also discuss: the Cuddle Puddle, chicken drama, bears, getting run out of town, moving to the woods, origins of Floor, tuning low, finding dummers, KISS, custom guitars, sounding like the Bee-Gees, Torche album art, deciding to end a band, the beginning...

Join our PATREON for bonus episodes.   This week we have Justin Pearson from Three One G, The Locust, Some Girls, Head Wound City, Retox, etc on the pod to talk about the debut self titled album from Drive Like Jehu. This is an extremely special opportunity to discuss the band and their impact on music due to the passing of Rick Froberg. In this episode we discuss: needs no introduction, San Diego...

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Join our PATREON for bonus episodes.   This week we talk about the 1988 Siouxsie and the Banshees album Peepshow with Rainer Maria’s Caithlin De Marrais. We also discuss: whatchu drinkin, Rainer Maria heads, First Unitarian Church, reliving your 20’s, Madison WI, we own Viceland, syncs, Caithlin’s newest record, spotify, awards, The Cure, whatchu watchin, having kids, Mike Kinsella, Siouxsie is ev...

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Join our PATREON for bonus episodes.   This week we have Matt Miller (GDP, George Douglas Peterson, Orange Crystal, The Post Office Gals) on to talk about the Local H album As Good As Dead. We also discuss: shoutout legacy photo, motorcycles in Vietnam, the vistas, Wicca Phase, townie funeral home parties, Chris Gethard, Fury of Five, the salesforce holiday party, Justin Pearson (again), Electro G...

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Join our PATREON for bonus episodes.   This week we have half of the How Long Gone podcast Jason Stewart on to talk Integrity's landmark record Humanity is the Devil. We discuss recording styles, the complexities of Ableton, doing 500 episodes, scheduling snafus, podcast priorities, creating a reason to talk to people, the joy of saying no, the origins of How Long Gone, letting it spray behind...

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This week we have Knox Colby from Enforced to talk about the seminal self titled City of Caterpillar record. In this episode we discuss: stealing the Friend Zone, the vices of Evan Dando, Lemonheads fans as enablers, 200 Stab Wounds, basement dwelling, tour riders, Dan tries out metal voice, the NC fake desert, Andrew gets semantic about the birth of aviation, Skywalker is canceled, the Buckfast a...

This week we are joined by Spencer Fox of Charly Bliss to talk about Fountains of Wayne's infectiously catch self-titled Debut. We discuss secret photoshoots, the office candy dish, soup vending machines, Spencer's top tier soups, frosty mugs, remembering the Party Expo, Andrew's nights at House of Yes, touring with Jimmy Eat World, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dan toots his own horn, Starland...

This week we get Fast and Loose talking about our top records of 2022. In this episode we discuss: our holiday weekends, Cometeer (cancelled), coffee at your parents house, the New Jersey metal scene, Andrew hears Deafheaven for the first time, the double VHS, RIP Saluggi’s, one of us doesn’t understand the assignment, thanks for listening and taking the pill with us. // Follow us at @danbassini ,...

This week we Go For It with the Thursday record A City By The Light Divided. We talk about: Dan’s Skook trip, cameras, good first date ideas, Andrew’s love of mall food courts, the best way to cook a hot dog, RIP the Sidekicks, Grateful Dead art, the Dave Fridman discography, New Jersey recording studios, music business, the Oxford Pennant ISIS flag, neighborhood Facebook drama, Geoff’s vocals, 20...

This week we are joined by fellow NJ legend Bob Shedd of Axe to Grind Podcast to talk about Farside's The Monroe Doctrine. We get into the Overnight Drive Anniversary scene report, ships in the night, VIP seating, Travis Bickle, getting dropped off at the gig, describing things to people from the midwest, Cowtown Rodeo, New Jersey regions, Delaware edamame, alternate side parking, the anthrax post...