The Brooklyn Blast Furnace

I first learned about "Prong" from MTV's Headbangers Ball. Once I found out who the band was during the show's intro, I went and bought the "Beg To Differ" record on cassette. I was instantly a fan. So, having the opportunity to speak with my guest on Episode 189 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace was an awesome experience. Tommy Victor founded the band in 1986. He also did sound for CBGB's. He has bee...

A Full Length Bonus Episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast My guest is a Director, Producer, Actor and huge Friday the 13th fan. Meet Peter Anthony. He currently has several Friday the 13th fan films. We nerd out about the entire franchise along with all of his films. This was the first time I've had the opportunity to speak to someone strictly about these movies who appreciates them the sa...

The machine! Drummer for "Sick of it All", one of the greatest bands in hardcore. My guest for Episode 188 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace is Armand Majidi. He was on in a smaller capacity on Episode 50 with Lou Koller, Craig Ahead and producer Jerry Farley. This is the first time I'm having a one on one conversation with him. We speak of course about the band and the uncertain future of musicians a...

One of the people that I've been wanting to speak with for a long time! My guest on Episode 187 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace is the singer for "Stigmata", "Murderers Row", and record collecfor, Bob Riley! We go back in the days to the Troy and Albany metal and hardcore scene. His earlier bands that formed into "Stigmata". Some of our favorite shows from decades ago and into how "Murderers Row" ca...

When I wrapped up the first episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace with Jeff Gunnells, we spoke and decided that a second episode needed to happen. We, of course talk a little bit about music and he announces some "Cold As Life" news that I think you'll be happy to hear. But then, we quickly start talking about life. The decisions that we make, the consequences of those actions and how sometimes it...

Detroit hardcore! Guitarist for "Dogz of War", "H8 Inc.", "The Alliance", "Cast In Fire", "Strength of Reality", and sang for a few years for "Cold As Life". My guest is Enzo D. Born and raised in Detroit, he started sneaking out of his house to go to shows. He quickly met Rawn Beauty, Ratbones and the rest of the early Cold As Life lineup. He tells a few Rawn stories from when he lived with him f...

A special full length Bonus episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace with very special guest Jon "Jonny Z" Zazula! Former CEO and Founder of Megaforce Records, CraZed Management and author of "HEAVY TALES: The Music. The Metal. The Madness as lived by Jon Zazula". It was an honor to speak with this man. He created two of the four of "The Big Four" bands. He discovered Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, O...

My guest for Episode 184 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast is a United State Marine, solo artist, a member of "La Coka Nostra", has a project dropping soon called "NapalmDrop" with Skribbal, a mixtape coming soon on "Force 5 Records", another project dropping soon called "MASAMOON3" and had another little side project called "Pantheon the God". Born and bred in the Bronx... "Big Left"! We go b...

A full length Bonus episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast. From witches to Ouija boards to moth balls and a ton of nonsensical banter. One of my favorite people to bullshit with. One of the best rappers out there and one of the funniest people I know. Ladies and gentlemen... Part IV with the homie... Diabolic. He's got a new record on deck about to drop soon along with a new track, which h...

My guest on Episode 183 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace is musician and record producer, Brian McTernan. He was playing the early shows with his band "Battery" while he was in the eighth grade. We go way back in his past from a kid who found his tribe at an early age where he can be comfortable in his own skin. We touch on his other bands "Ashes" and "Miltown" and speak a lot about his newest band,...

Celebrating 25 years! From 1995-2020. Happy Anniversary to Bridge Nine Records! My guest on this episode is owner and founder, Chris Wrenn. We go back to the early 90's in Boston when he decided to create the label in order to simply help out. Being able to keep an independent record label up and running for 25 years(and still going)isn't an easy thing to pull off. From his first 7" to releasing w...

The episode I never thought would happen. My guest on Episode 181 is none other than Jeff Gunnells! A founding member of Detroit's most dangerous band... "Cold As Life". He played guitar on all demos then moved to vocals after the murder of Rodney "Rawn Beauty" Barger, the original singer. Their first full length release, "Born to Land Hard" in my opinion, is the hardest record ever released. He a...

It was pretty cool to have had the opportunity to speak with three members of one of my favorite metal bands. I started with the singer, Sean Killian, then guitarist Phil Demmel and now... my guest on Episode 180 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace is the drummer for "Vio-Lence", Perry Strickland! Such a fun guy to chop it up with. We speak about some of the crazy but absolutely fun things he did with t...

From playing in local Brooklyn bands to becoming the drummer of "Type O Negative" right after "Bloody Kisses" was released to playing drums for "Danzig" for almost twenty years at this point... my guest for Episode 179 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace is none other than Johnny Kelly! The man has been busy. We talk about old school Brooklyn, the stretch of bars down Flatbush Avenue in the late 80's an...

This caps off the second five part series focusing on Bane. Eleven episodes in total between the two series. The timing was perfect. My guests for Episode 178 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace are filmmakers; Dan Elswick (director) and Ricardo Cozzolino (editor). Together they created "Holding These Moments". The long awaited documentary about a band called Bane. We discuss, but not in too much detail...

My guest for the 5th and final part in the "Bane 2.0" series is part 2 with singer Aaron Bedard! We go right into the feedback we received from the first five part series, the emotions attached to watching the live stream of the final set, the upcoming documentary, and thoughts on the future. Then we nerd out over movies and directors; Stanley Kubrick, Ari Aster, William Friedkin and a bunch of ot...

The fourth part in the second Bane Series! My guest is Stephen Fallis. Former Tour Manager for Bane and creator of "At Both Ends" hardcore magazine. Besides the members themselves, he's probably seen the band live more than anyone. We get into his upbringing in the forest in Canada coming from a family of ranchers, where he only has one or two radio stations and television channels all the way int...

My guest for Part 3 in the "Bane 2.0" series is drummer Nick Branigan. He played drums on the "It All Comes Down To This" and "Give Blood" records. He toured the world for several years with "Bane". He was in the Boston hardcore band "Close Call", after "Bane", he joined "Silent Drive" and went on to create music in several different genres. His current band is "Hands And Knees" and has been with...

My guest for Episode 174... Part 2 in the "Bane 2.0" series is bass player, Brendan "Stu" Maguire! Stu played and toured with "Bane" extensively and recorded the "World Series" 7" collection in 2009. We begin this episode speaking about his battle with pancreatic cancer. For what this man has gone and is going through, his positive attitude and fight is second to none. It's inspiring to say the le...

"The Isolation Sessions" are over. The first five part "Bane Series" is over... but "Bane 2.0" has just begun. Get ready for another five part series with former members and people very closely associated with them. My first guest in the "Bane 2.0" series is bass player, Peter Chilton. He has played on every full length "Bane" record, toured the world several times over and is an enormous part of...

The Isolation Sessions: Volume 18!!! The last in this series that I did during the Coronavirus pandemic of 2020. I close this out with the legendary Phil Demmel! Founder and guitarist of "Vio-Lence", "BPMD", ex "Machine Head", "Technocracy" and singer for "Torque". This was another one of those episodes that I never thought I'd ever have a chance to do. My teenage years (and still to this day), "V...

The seventeenth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". It's been close to 150 episodes ago he was on the show the first time. My guest is Joey Stone... also known as Joey Southside. Singer for New Jersey Hardcore/Metal band "The Banner". He's also a ridiculous artist and co-host of the "Cerebros" Podcast with his brother Greg Stone, who was a guest on Ep...

Sometimes you just have to show appreciation for things. I'm not going to get long-winded describing this 15 minute mini episode. Please listen. You're all appreciated. Thank you for the continued (and growing) support. Respect.

The sixteenth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guest is Bryan Harris. Singer for Boston Hardcore band "Death Before Dishonor". I've been wanting to sit down and talk with Bryan for a while now. So, what better time than now while we can't even go to a show or even meet in person? We go back to the formation of the band, signing to "Bridge Nine R...

The fifteenth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". Part 5 of 5 in the "Bane Series". My guest is drummer Bobby Mahoney. He was also the drummer for "Reach the Sky". This episode concludes the "Bane" series. Definitely my personal favorite stretch of episodes so far. As with the previous episodes, we go into his history and what steered him into the dir...