The Powered By Rock Podcast

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring the Las Vegas based band The Dollheads into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, everybody. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - Being from Las Vegas is pretty odd for most people to understand. So, to let the world know that people actually live here and grow up here, can yo...

I am going to be speaking with the Las Vegas based all-sibling rock band The Dollheads today about their rocking debut album What Teenage Angst? , their journey to playing Las Vegas’ biggest music festival, Life Is Beautiful, and what it takes to create a band with your siblings. Not only is the band making some big waves, they are doing it while making their way through high school and middle sch...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Alec from Safari Room into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, everybody. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - The Nashville music scene is one of the more robust scenes in the country, and I am sure you have lots of friends in bands there. You may even have like 10 or 15 ba...

I am going to be speaking with Alec Kuokol of the Nashville-based indie-rock band Safari Room today about their music, their latest album Complex House Plants , and more. The band is shockingly unsigned by any record label at the moment, and if it was up to me, they would be on the radio and touring nationally already. We’ll dig into one of Nashville’s best rising bands, Safari Room, right after t...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring the Las Vegas based band Arrlo into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, everybody. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - You are a relatively young band, and I want to ask this question of each one of you. I believe you are all in your early-to-mid 20’s. What artist or band i...

I am going to be speaking with the Las Vegas based band Arrlo today about their music, their unique band identity, and their journey to playing Las Vegas’ biggest music festival, Life Is Beautiful. I have seen this band live, and they definitely know how to put on a good show and get their fans engaged, and their music is poppy enough to make you want to get up and dance even if you are a typical...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Matt Mucerino from Crossing I’s Dotting T’s into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Matt. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - Alright. Some people will definitely say your music is pretty emotional. And whether you like the band your answer comes from, I am gonna ask you w...

I am going to be speaking with Matt Mucerino from the Orange County alternative rock band Crossing I’s Dotting T’s today. The band has been releasing singles this year in anticipation of putting out a full-length album out later this year. In fact, I haven’t told Matt this, as it may go right to his head, but their single “All Feelings Aside” is currently my favorite song of the year, and I have l...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Pat and Andy from the punk band Handheld into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, guys. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - I know you guys used to play Screeching Weasel, Face to Face and Blink-182 songs when you first got started. These were some of my go-to bands when fi...

I am going to be speaking with the Canadian punk band Handheld today! These dudes took a 14-year break after lead singer, Andy, left the band, only to return a few years ago and this year they put out one of the best punk albums of 2022 with their new LP A Canadian Tragedy . The album is filled with some very interesting stories about mostly historical Canadian figures which will be a topic of con...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be taking a break from some of the guests being on the show to highlight some of the best rock music of 2022 so far. One thing a lot of people seem to respond to is new music recommendations, and they just don’t have the time to dig through every album in a year. I have said since season one that most people just like to listen t...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring SHIIVA into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, guys. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - If you could only listen to one album for the rest of the year, what album would you be listening to? 2 - If the West half of California really does fall into the ocean, what would be...

Today we are going to be speaking with the Californian hardcore punk rock band SHIIVA today. These guys just out their second EP titled “Cyclone” on August 12th, 2022 on Wiretap Records, and for fans of hardcore punk bands like Turnstile and Suicidal Tendencies or even if you just like to get up and do some fist pumping during a song, you are going to really enjoy this EP and their other music as...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Troy Cook from the punk band Ready Set Survive and the host of the Palapalooza Podcast into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Troy. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - As a San Diego native who represents the city quite well, what are your top 3 favorite bands from the ci...

Today, I am going to be speaking with Troy Cook of the San Diego based rock band Ready Set Survive today! This band has been playing together for the past 10 years or so releasing an EP and several singles over the years, and they have just released a brand new EP called “Aim For The Brain” that came out last Friday, August 19th. Troy is also the host of a very cool podcast that highlights all the...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Josh and Ozone from Trashed Ambulance into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, guys. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - Canada is known for its ice-based sports like hockey and curling. Punk music is known for its heavy influence on skateboarding, even creating a genre cal...

Today we are going to be speaking with the Canadian punk rock band Trashed Ambulance today. These guys just put out their third full-length album Future Considerations after releasing 2 EP’s and 2 LP’s since 2014. This one is much different in my opinion for many reasons that we will get into, but suffice it to say, I absolutely love the album, and I wanted to bring Josh and Ozone onto the show to...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Charlie Whittle from the Austin-based punk band Breaklights into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make him sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Charlie. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - What was the first song or album you heard where you thought, “I need to start playing music now?” 2 - Do you have a favorite lyr...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Eric Hausser from the Chicago-based punk band Counterpunch into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make him sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Eric. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - I am pretty sure you are about my age, and as such, you probably remember the claymation Celebrity Death Matches on MTV back in the d...

Today we are going to be speaking with Charlie Whittle of the Austin, Texas punk rock band Breaklights today. Breaklights just put out their debut album Wind Down after releasing 2 EP’s over the past few years and playing together. It’s a really rad album that has an old-school pop-punk sound. After loving the music and chatting a bit with Charlie, I figured I may as well bring the man on for a fu...

Today we are going to be speaking with Eric Hausser from the punk band Counterpunch. Counterpunch has been around the skate punk scene since about 2006, and they released their 4th studio album Rewire in June 2022 after an extended break of about 8 years since their last release. I thoroughly enjoyed the new album, and I wanted to dig into it and other great conversations with Eric about Counterpu...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Andrew Patrick from The Carolyn into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make him sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Andrew. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - What are 3 of your favorite bands right now? - Okay, now gun to your head, you have to stop listening to one of them forever, which one are you cutting out? 2...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Chris Ballew into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, guys. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - For those who don’t know, you had a pretty successful 19-album run as a children’s song performer known as Caspar Babypants. I always thought it would be cool if The Presidents h...

Today, I am going to be speaking with Andrew Patrick of the Atlanta-based punk/emo rock band, The Carolyn. The Carolyn have put out an EP in 2016 titled Keepsake , and 2 full length albums including their brand new album Rhythm of My Own Decay which was just released in June of 2022. I have been jamming to it for months now, and Andrew has come on to talk about all things The Carolyn. We will find...

I am going to be speaking with the an alternative rock legend, a Seattle icon, formerly of the band The Presidents of the United States of America, the man himself, Chris Ballew. This is one bad man when it comes to the world of rock n roll with multiple hit tracks, a multi-platinum record, and about 50 albums attributed to him over the last 30 years. That’s almost two albums a year for 30 years....