The Brooklyn Blast Furnace

After several weeks and a much needed vacation, the podcast is back. My guest is, Queens native, international sex symbol and a guitar God. He shredded for Metal Storm (Queens) the short-lived NYHC band, FUSE, wrote, composed and played guitar and bass in Maniac Rise, toured with Merauder and filled in for a leg of an Agnostic Front tour, filling in for Craig Silverman. He also recently played sev...

It's been over five years since Jeff was last on the podcast. We both figured it was long overdue for him to come back on, especially after the tribute show that I put together in memory of Eddie Sutton in which he took part in. We talk all about the show, hardcore and metal, and go into old school wrestling. We discuss everything from Lentil soup to Dom DeLouise and new Enrage material that has b...

WHAT UP DOE? The OG Kevin Gill is my guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. Kevin has been around a very long time. Being the man who was in the harcore scene early on then bringing SFT (Striving For Togetherness) into New York City. SFT has released legendary material. We go from the record label to how the 1995 NYHC Documentary came about and into his love of pro-wrestling. He has...

My guest on this episode is someone I've known for over thirty years. Singer for Brooklyn hardcore bands, Inhuman and The Last Stand and bass player turned singer for Confusion... Michael Scondotto. We go way back to the early 90s hardcore scene when we first began to go to shows. the early days of Confusion, Nobody's Perfect, Lament, Life Of Agony, Merauder, Patterns, and several more. The days o...

After being on the show over four years ago, the singer for the legendary Bay Area thrash band, Vio-Lence... Sean Killian is back. I recently saw the band in Brooklyn, and after 38 years since the release of their first record, "Eternal Nightmare," they killed their set. Although not the same line-up, this is one exception where if there is no Sean on vocals, there is no Vio-Lence. We speak a bit...

My guest on this episode is, in my opinion, is the criminally overlooked Tony Fontão. Tony played drums on the classic Leeway record, "Born To Expire." We talk all about him leaving his native Sao Paolo, Brazil, coming to New York City in search of his dream of playing music as a teenager. He speaks about the entire recording process in order to create the debut Leeway record, being screwed by Pro...

Listen up! This is available now on all platforms here: https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnace Cuz Joe and I sat down for an hour and a half. We start off talking about the hypocrisy and lies surrounding what was going to be a show in Tompkins Square Park to benefit Jesse Malin. But it worked out and it was moved to this Friday night at Irving Plaza. We go into this years BnB Bowl where Agnosti...

It's Clobberin' Time!!! The return of Lou Koller of Sick Of It All has dropped on all platforms. It's been several years since he was on the podcast. A lot has happened since we last had a conversation like this. "Scratch The Surface" turned 30 years old, "Blood, Sweat and No Tears" turned 35! "Death To Tyrants" turned 18, and "Based On A True Story" made its 14th revolution around the sun. We tal...

My guest on this episode was years overdue to join me on the podcast. My friend, singer for Everybody Gets Hurt, Red Eyed Devil, formerly of Terror Ave. and Setback... Vato Rob Cullin aka Twiggz, aka Rob EGH aka Rob IDS. The guitarist, Miami Frank and drummer, Mario for EGH make cameos for a couple of minutes. We talk about everything from the early days of EGH and how Terror Ave. was spawned. We...

Joe Stanley is the guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. I had him on very briefly during a This Is Hardcore Festival back in 2017. This time around, we have a full conversation about what he has been up to as well as his new charity, PERSEVERANCE that supports Veterans. He is a combat veteran himself and has seen his share of conflict. Joe is a great guy and I have nothing but the...

You were warned, and I knew it was gonna happen. Prepare yourself for a barrage of banter, jokes, offensive language, and nonsense from four underground rappers and producers. Diabolic has been on several times before, as has Coast Locastro. I hit up Nightwalker to see if he was down to come on the podcast, and he was, and told me he just wrapped a record with A.M. Early Morning, so it would be co...

The one and only Sal Bbruscato is my guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. We speak about growing up in Brooklyn in the mid-eighties into the nineties and how he wound up meeting Peter Steele. From playing drums in Toximia to becoming a member of Type O Negative. We discuss recording Slow, Deep and Hard as well as Bloody Kisses. We touch on his time in Life Of Agony for a bit as wel...

I have been wanting to have a conversation with my guest for a few years. He was ridiculously busy, then a pandemic got in the way, and then I killed off the podcast for a couple of years. He's since semi-retired and less busy, the pandemic is over, and the podcast is back from the dead. My guest is the legend himself, Louie Beato. Drummer for Carnivore, Fallout, and Agnostic Front. We talked abou...

Something a bit different. I sit down with my friend Kevin Bednarz for a laid-back discussion. He is a ridiculous artist, an entrepreneur as well as a member of the Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team. I met him through Danny Boy O'Connor at the All-Star Comic Con, a convention he put together, in which Danny was a guest. We talk everything from his pop-up art show, to tracking down film locations...

I sat down with my good friend, Michael Alago. Known for being a former A&R executive for Elektra and Geffen Records. He signed Metallica as well as White Zombie, amongst many others. His documentary "Who the Fuck is that Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago" is incredible, as is his memoir, "I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music, Signing Metallica, Beating Death. We speak on all of the above...

My man Coast returns to the podcast. He was initially on along with Diabolic a couple years back. We talk everything from his new record Slash Coast, his Wu-Locastro ep, to filming movies, along with his role in the upcoming movie Even the Score. We are all over the place here, from growing up in the Bronx and both of us living like we were on the set of a Scorcese film to mentally ill girls, gaba...

Danny Marianino returns along with special guest Mick Lambrou. Danny, known for being the singer for the North Side Kings and knocking out little Glen Danzig, along with releasing several books. Never Punch A Rock Star, It Blows My Mind, To Make Matters Worse, and several others. Mick is a native Australian and incredible cartoonist. They joined forces to create It Blows My Mind, which has a part...

I was looking forward to having this conversation with Michael "IBeam" Cline. He wrote an incredible book, "New York City Junky Days," which chronicles his downward spiral into heroin addiction in the East Village. We talk all about his addiction, as well as his recovery. He also took all of the photographs in the Agnostic Front, "Last Warning" album, which was recorded live at CBGB in December of...

Happy New Year!!! The Furnace has been lit once again. The first guest back after almost two years is my man, Parris Mayhew. Although I was a bit rusty, I think this came out pretty good. My guest helped a lot. I hope you enjoy. Respect. Grab your Aggros merch here: https://www.aggros.nyc/ Support: Generation Records 210 Thompson Street West Village, NYC Find the podcast everywhere here: https://l...

Guess who's back... I wanted to touch base and fill whoever listens in on why I decided to bring the podcast back from the dead. The first official episode back will drop on 01.01.24. https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnace https://www.instagram.com/relativelyunscathed https://www.facebook.com/groups/relativelyunscathed https://www.patreon.com/thebrooklynblastfurnace

This one is dedicated to Brendan "Stu" Maguire. This is the third time I've had Aaron on the podcast. One of my favorite people to chop it up with for sure. As you already may know, whenever I record an episode, there's no telling what direction it will go. This one is no exception. I reached out to him a few months back to come back on the show, but the timing just wasn't right, and rightfully so...

Hail! Legendary Norwegian Black Metal musician... Tom Visnes... better known as "King ov Hell" or simply, "King". He has played in several bands from Gorgoroth, God Seed, Abbath, Ov Hell, Audrey Horne, Sahg and I. We talk a little bit about his bands and black metal. How he was literally charged in a court of law for blasphemy... but mostly about the state of the world and the insane amount of dec...

Singer for the North Side Kings, author of several books including "Never Punch A Rockstar" which is a book compiled of hate mail and death threats from fans of Glenn Danzig, who was knocked out cold by my guest... the hilarious Danny Marianino. We go deep into horror nerd stuff, toys, books, how it felt to crack lil Glenny Danzig, Entenmann's cakes, and how much it means to get a sopressata deliv...

One of the founding members of two of my all-time favorite Straight Edge Hardcore bands... "Youth Of Today" and "Judge" as well as "Project X" and "Shelter". He's done stints in "Bold", and "Gorilla Biscuits". He ran "Schizm" Records and currently owns a Straight Edge clothing line, "True Till Death". My guest on Episode 252 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast is none other than John "Porcell" P...

Here's another Bonus Episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace with my pal Sam Hoyos from the Long Island band "Playing Dead" and the "Red River Podcast". His band just dropped a new ep titled "Something To Tide You Over' and is available on all streaming platforms. We talk his band, the ridiculousness of Facebook jail, the new installment of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and horror in general. He has a...