The Brooklyn Blast Furnace

Ken Sagoes... mostly known for his role as "Roland Kincaid" in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master". One of the coolest people I've ever met. He took time out from signing autographs for horror fans at the "Horror Sideshow Market" in Allentown, Pennsylvania to talk to me about his role in those iconic horror movies along with his upbring...

Best known as "Duane Bradley" in the cult classic horror trilogy "Basket Case", Kevin Van Hentenryck took a few minutes out of his time from signing autographs at the "Horror Sideshow Market" in Allentown, Pennsylvania to talk with me about the movies he was in, the filming process, director Frank Henenlotter and his true passion which is being a stone sculptor. I grew up watching the first "Baske...

One of the people that I've always wanted to speak with is my guest for Episode 144. Steven Blush! Mostly known for writing , "American Hardcore" along with the film of the same name, as well as "American Hair Metal", "Lost Rockers: Broken Dreams & Crashed Careers", "New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB", the founder of "Seconds Magazine", and "The Art of the...

Well... Craig "Ahead" Setari of "Sick Of It All" is back along with record producer The Jerry Farley for this ridiculous episode. The New York Pizza Report! This is a two-in-one episode that spanned the course of about twelve days, two different boroughs, two different pizzerias and a lot of banter. We start out at the famous "L&B Spumoni Gardens" in Brooklyn, then about a week or so later we're a...

Ladies and gentlemen... the return of everyone's favorite Neighborhood Knucklehead. Tattooer at "R&D Tattoo" in Queens, Singer for "Caught In A Trap" and host of the "Neighborhood Knucklehead" Podcast... Rich Fie! This episode felt like it went by in 15 minutes. By the end, you'll hear that we could've easily gone for another two hours. Always entertaining and fun to talk to. Especially when we st...

My guests for Episode 141 is an eleven year old sponsored skateboarder, Jacsen Kutik and his awesome father Marc. They drove several hours down to "Generation Records" in the West Village of New York City from the Syracuse area to meet up and do this episode. I've been following Jacsen for a couple of years now. We discuss what drew him to jumping on a skateboard, his progress from when he was a v...

A couple years ago I did a quick five minute Bonus Mini Episode with Dave Neabore from "Dog Eat Dog" and the early days of "Mucky Pup". I see this gentleman often and asked him if he was down to do a proper episode being that I've been a fan of his bands since I was a teenager. He invited me to his home in New Jersey and had a really cool conversation. We go from the beginning of "Mucky Pup" to th...

A Brooklyn original. Guitarist for Maximum Penalty, Method of Destruction, Fully and Lament... Joe Affe ladies and gentlemen. Joe invited me to his house in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to chop it up. We talk about all of his bands, past and present, to how much New York City has changed along with the pros and cons of those changes, to horror movies and a bunch in between. I didn't realize that Maximum Pe...

My guests for Episode 138 are Dan Nastasi and Steve Gallo from "Kings Never Die". Both of these guys have been around the scene for a long time, both have toured the world several times over and have played in legendary bands. Agnostic Front, Dog Eat Dog, Leeway, Mucky Pup and Murphy's Law to name a few. But we're not here to focus on that... Kings Never Die ladies and gentleman. The new band. We...

The final episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast for 2019. My guest is, well... I've met this man on several occasions. He's at every horror convention I go to. He has (un)blessed my child. He is a nice guy. He is a possessed priest. He is the purveyor of sin. He is "Father Evil". I sat down and spoke to him at the Horror Sideshow Market in Rahway, New Jersey. The Sideshow Market is created...

Known in the punk and hardcore world simply as "Raven" from "Murphy's Law"... Seaton Hancock is my guest this week. A humble gentleman who doesn't consider himself a legend. Most people in fact do. I had the pleasure of sitting down in the Washington Square Diner off of West 4th Street in New York City to speak a little about his life. I knew there was so much more to this man than just "Murphy's...

Probably the most organic conversation that I've had with someone on the show. Knocko came in from Los Angeles for a few days for Thanksgiving and hit me up to meet and do an episode of the podcast. This was the first time meeting him face to face although I felt like I knew him for a couple years of going back and forth online through the "Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team" groups we're a part o...

The drummer for "Wisdom In Chains", "Stigma", "Roger Miret and The Disasters" and his first band "245". The sandwich king... Luke Rota! We met up in midtown in a little quiet luncheonette after attempting to find a quiet pizzeria at 6pm on a weeknight in Manhattan. Not happening. We go back to his first band "245" (2 for 5), to "Roger Miret and The Disasters" to "Stigma" up until "Wisdom In Chains...

Recorded Live from the "Saint Vitus Bar" in Brooklyn. I met up with the members of M.O.D. Of course the always controversial, outspoken, entertaining, legendary frontman, Billy Milano, drummer Mike Fury, Bass player Rob Moschetti and guitarist Jason French. I was honored to have had the drummer hit me up several days earlier to see if I'd do a podcast with the band. I definitely wasn't going to pa...

"Mitts" ladies and gentlemen... Brian Daniels. Guitarist for "Madball" for sixteen years. He also played in "Hazen Street", "Skarhead", "Crown of Thornz" and "Rag Men". A legend. I met him at a bar off the beaten path on Fulton Street after work one night to chop it up about a couple two, three things. From his childhood, his upbringing in a very musical household to going on tour with "Crown of T...

Pro Wrestler, Former WWE NXT Superstar, Promoter... Bull James! I met up with him at "Brooklyn Bazaar" in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. We were in the basement of the venue in a makeshift dressing room. We went back to how he got involved and interested in Pro Wrestling, and his journey through different trainers, schools, his time at NXT up to now. We were at an "Outlaw Pro Wrestling" event...

Me and Bloodclot are back ova here now! The long overdue second installment with the homie... the O.G. John Joseph. We recorded for the first time, ninety episodes prior to this one. We met in midtown Manhattan to catch up on what he's doing; which is always a lot. Always fun to talk to and always has a lot to say. Since part one, he released his book "The PMA Effect", he does his series on Youtub...

Ed McKirdy and Hugo Fitzgerald... Singer and guitarist for New York City Straight Edge Hardcore band "Locked Inside" join me on this episode of the podcast. We met up in midtown Manhattan to speak about the band, it's formation, what they're up to now and what they have coming up in the future. After a couple places to record fell through, we settled into the upstairs portion of an Indian restaura...

I had a great conversation with Brooklyn born actor, Craig Thomas Rivela. We met up at the Bath Beach Diner in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn to talk about things. I was a bit late to the party but I recently got turned onto the 8-part AMC Mini-Series "The Making Of The Mob: New York" from 2015 on Amazon Prime. Craig portrayed Mob boss Vito Genovese. That is the first time I've heard of him. T...

Recorded Live from the "New Jersey Horror Con & Film Festival" at the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. While at the convention, I came across a booth that had a unique set up from any of the conventions that I usually attend. I had a short conversation with Craig, one of their curators, about what The HSPPA does. If you're a fan of movies, whether it's Horror, Science Fiction, televisi...

The Funky Uncle Sloppy... the "individualist"... Ricky Powell. I met up with the legendary photographer on West 8th Street in the West Village at Evas Kitchen to talk that nonsense. He tells the story of how he got his first camera, after being "played like a wet tuna sandwich" and the reasoning behind him deciding to take to the streets to take photos. His early days as a kid, meeting the "Beasti...

Recorded Live from the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival. I had the opportunity to sit and chat for a few minutes with actor, Rob Mello. Known mostly for his role as the killer "John Tombs" from "Happy Death Day" and "Happy Death Day 2U". He was also in "Fear The Walking Dead" and several other films and short films. Really nice guy who I wi...

I met up with Iván Murillo on the Upper East Side of NYC to talk about his history coming up in the Connecticut Hardcore scene then making his way into New York City. From his early bands into "Dead Wrong" and "Unforgiven" to the beautiful and awesome story of how he became a part of "Skarhead" and the reasoning behind him going to Colombia with them, into his latest band, "Manipulate". He's also...

I took a ride out to the Philadelphia area and linked up with the three guys who bring you The Ill Street News Podcast every week. This has been a long time coming, but it finally happened. I sat down with Tim Anderson Jr., Adam Schmidt and Mike Tornello at Adam's house and chopped it up for a little while. It's a bit chaotic and all over the place in typical Blast Furnace fashion but then I sort...

From the late 80's to the late 90's, retiring in 2000... you most likely have seen "JD BTW" thrown up all over New York City alongside JA, SET and a bunch of other graff legends. JD definitely made a mark in the city during his decade long run throwing his name up alongside highways, billboards, trains, trucks and wherever else he can get to. He invited me to his house in Forest Hills to talk abou...