The Brooklyn Blast Furnace

The fourteenth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". Part 4 of 5 in the "Bane Series". My guest is founding member and guitarist Aaron Dalbec. He also plays guitar for "Only Crime" and bass for "Be Well", as well as former guitarist for "Converge". Aaron also owns and operates his own company, "Essex Coffee Roasters". We go into his history along with t...

The thirteenth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". Part 3 of 5 in the "Bane Series". My guest is singer Aaron Bedard. He also sings for "Antagonize" who have 2 demos and a full length out now! Check it out, it rules! We go deep. We touch on movies we love, since we both have an appreciation film. We touch on his history growing up and his influences....

The twelfth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". Part 2 of 5 in the "Bane Series". My guest is bassist, James Siboni. He has also played bass for the bands "Loma Prieta" and "Faze". We discuss his upbringing and having parents as musicians, and his introduction to punk and hardcore. Then of course how he met, became friends with and started working wit...

The eleventh in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". Part 1 of 5 in the "Bane Series". My guest is guitarist, Zach Jordan. He is also the singer for "Silent Drive". Zach and I have been trying for literally about two years to do an episode of the podcast. This was before the pandemic hit. We just never were able to line up our schedules and geography got...

The tenth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guests are Mario Cangemi and his wife Kim. Together they own and operate "Upstate Records". An independent hardcore and metal label based in Upstate, New York. They've been killin' it lately with an amazing roster of bands. Included on label are "These Streets", "Brick By Brick", "Smash Your Enemies", "...

The ninth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guest is Jesse Adkins. Singer for Detroit hardcore band "Smash Your Enemies", "Born Of Hate" and former singer for legendary band "Cold As Life". I met Jesse a few years back when "Cold As Life" played my friend "Ratbones'" 50th Birthday Party Show in Brooklyn. We stayed in touch via social media and me...

The eighth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guest is "Danny Boy" O'Connor. Curator at "The Outsiders House Museum" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, founder of the "Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team", as well as founding member of both "La Coka Nostra" and "House of Pain". Danny was on a short episode of the podcast a couple years back. That was the first ti...

The seventh in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guest is a former, retired undercover ATF Special Agent who infiltrated all five Mafia Families in New York and is responsible for taking down the infamous contract killer Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski... ladies and gentlemen, Dominick Polifrone. We discuss his background growing up in North Jersey a...

Most of the time I have people on the show that are performers of some sort, whether it's a member of a band, a comedian or a rapper. Well why not have guests on that capture what they do for those who couldn't make the show? So Steven J. Messina came up with the idea and actually put this one together. I'm joined by him, Tim Daley and Rich Zoeller. We discuss everything from what drew them to pic...

The sixth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guests are Mike Valente, Ray Mazzola and Andy Parsons... three of the four members of the Hardcore/Metal band "Brick By Brick" from Upstate New York. We talk about the earlier days of the band and the line-up changes, previous releases and what's in the works presently. The majority is banter and some t...

Recorded before the pandemic... Hardcore from the Boogie Down Bronx ladies and gentlemen! Recorded at "Generation Records", my guest on Episode 154 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast is Davey Hooligan, the singer for "Enziguri". We talk a lot of hardcore in this one. Our influences, memorable shows from years ago, influences, his former band, the formation of "Enziguri" and a whole lot in betwe...

The fifth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guest is Scott Vogel. Singer for the legendary hardcore band "Terror". Also "Buried Alive", "World Be Free", "Slugfest and "Despair". He was also in a short lived project called "Cinder Block". Me and Scott have been planning to do an episode for a very long time face to face. We will still do that even...

Recorded at supposedly one of the most haunted locations in the United States,The Kreischer Mansion on Staten Island. My guest is comedian and paranormal investigator, Craig Loydgren. If you're unaware of The Kreischer Mansion, please Google it for yourself. We discuss the history of this house throughout this episode. I am not necessarily a "believer" in ghosts and whatnot, but I have to say, thi...

The fourth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". My guest is Rich Frein. Rich was the first manager for "Biohazard" in the very early days. The majority of this episode is about those times. He also worked with and helped "White Zombie" before they broke big with the first Geffen Record "La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1". He bounced at clubs all over N...

Before the coronavirus debacle, I got together with Mark Yoshitomi and Ron Grimaldi at "Generation Records" in the West Village to record this crazy episode. Mark is co-owner of "Generation Records" and is also a founding member and former bass player for the New York Punk Rock band "The Casualties". And if you listened to Episode 121, you know who Ron Grimaldi is. The singer for "Deathcycle" and...

The third in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". Ladies and Gentlemen... the singer for the legendary Bay Area Thrash band "Vio-Lence"... Sean Killian is my guest! The raw Skype video is uploaded to the Brooklyn Blast Furnace YouTube page as well. This was bucket list for me, as you will hear in the beginning of this episode. Definitely one of my favorit...

The second in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". This time around my guest is the guitarist of UK Hardcore band "Knuckledust", the bass player for "Ironed Out" and a co-host of the "Everyone Bus Us" podcast... Wema Maduhu! We had a lengthy conversation via Skype about the differences and similarities on how our respective governments are handling the Co...

Way back on Episode 43, Mario and Sarah Quintero of the three piece band "Spotlights" were the guests on the show. So, my former co-host John Lamacchia put me in touch with the drummer for "Spotlights", my guest on Episode 151 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast... Chris Enriquez. Chris also works for "Revolver Magazine", has played in "Primitive Weapons", filled in on drums for "Beyond" and "Sh...

The Godfather of Hardcore... Vinnie Stigma and Mike Gallo of "Agnostic Front" and "Stigma" are back for Episode 150 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast! It's been 123 episodes since these gentlemen were on. Stigma had me over his house in Little Italy to play catch up and chop it up about what's been going on. From the new record, "Get Loud", touring, Mike Gallo's original artwork, a buncha bant...

The first in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". I always said that i'd never do an episode unless it was face to face. Well, never say never. Under the circumstances I feel it's necessary. My first guest is Billy Graziadei from "Biohazard", "Billy Bio" and "PowerFlo". It was his idea to do a Skype interview and he also came up with the name of these epi...

So, I had a tattoo appointment with my best friend Ian Shafer, so I incorporated it into an overnight stay at his house so my daughter can hang out with Ian's son since life and schedules always put a damper on getting the kids together. While I was there he said we could do another episode while I was there. No problem. As mentioned from episode 80, the least time he was on, we went through rehab...

*Due to the coronavirus, the dates for this convention have been postponed until June 26th through the 28th 2020. The majority of the guests we spoke about have been confirmed for the rescheduled date. That being said, the reason why I am still releasing this episode is because I feel that people need to know about what this man does. And if you're not familiar with what really goes on at a "horro...

The ever controversial and outspoken founding member of first wave New York Hardcore band, the Nihilistics... Ron Rancid is my guest on this episode. He met me at "Generation Records" to chop it for a while. He was nothing short of what most would expect. He doesn't care about what anyone thinks, or feels. We go back to the old days of the "A7" and "CBGB" and the burned out Lower East Side of New...

It's been 137 episodes since Eddie has been on the podcast. A lot has happened since, so I figured he was long overdue for a return visit. We recorded at "Soundwars Studios" in Hoboken, New Jersey. We talk about what's been going on with "Leeway NYC" and what is coming up as far as new music and shows. The relaunch of his podcast, "The Eddie Leeway Podcast," is touched on. We also talk about the b...

Originally from Long Island, Actor Joseph Covino eventually moved out to Los Angeles to pursue acting after living in the East Village in New York City for awhile. He portrayed John Gotti in the Amazon Limited Series "Kingpin" alongside actor Craig Thomas Rivela (who was on Episode 128) who portrayed Sammy Gravano. We talk a bit about that experience along with what he has done, what's now in prod...