The Powered By Rock Podcast

Season 3 of the Powered By Rock Podcast is coming to you very soon. Just like our first 2 seasons, we will have plenty of rad bands, iconic artists, and even some people who work in and around the music industry that have really cool stories. So, if you like indie, punk, alternative, grunge, or even some prog and psychedelic rock, then you are going to love this podcast full of in-depth and fun in...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Old Cross into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. And right after this, we are going to have them play a special exclusive performance that I think our listeners are really going to enjoy. Welcome, everyone. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - What’s the one thing you guys haven’t...

I am going to be speaking with the Portland, Oregon based punk rock band, Old Cross. After putting out a self-titled E.P in 2018, they released an LP in 2020 called Daggers just in time for the pandemic to stop them from touring to support and build their audience. Since the lockdown eased up, the band has been able to do some touring, and even put out a rad new music video for their single “Rotti...

I am going to be speaking with author, filmmaker, tattoo artist, and all around good dude, James Spooner. James is the man responsible for the 2003 documentary on punk rock and its racially divided history called Afropunk , and has many other projects previously released, but he has a new book coming out on May 19th, 2022 called The High Desert which is an autobiographical graphic novel about grow...

I am going to be speaking with S.W. Lauden who has put together an excellent book called Forbidden Beat: perspectives on punk drumming . He is a punk drummer and author with a mission to shed light on the legendary drumming styles and players of punk music over the years. The book itself is a collection of essays, interviews and lists from contributors such as Joey Cape, Marko DeSantis, Tre Cool,...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Vaden Lewis from Toadies into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make him sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Vaden. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - What two bands would you tour with active or past, living or dead? 2 - Do you have a favorite horror book / horror movie of all time? 3 - As a native Texan, what is y...

I am going to be speaking with Vaden Lewis, the frontman for the legendary Texas rock band Toadies, today about well, as much as I can because Toadies are one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time, and I have a lot of questions which 95% we won’t have time for, but let’s see how deep we can get on the 5% that we have time for. Toadies are going on tour this year to celebrate Rubberneck's 25th Ann...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring The Dreaded Laramie into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, everyone. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - If you guys could go on tour with two other bands, which two bands would you tour with? 2 - We talked about your Weezer fandom in the main podcast, but I am just curio...

I am going to be speaking with the Nashville-based indie rock band, The Dreaded Laramie. After putting out an E.P titled The Dreaded LaramiE.P. in 2019, they are set to release their next EP called Everything A Girl Could Ask on May 13th which is a Friday. But damn those superstitions, because I am sure that nothing but magic will come to the band upon release day. We’ll be speaking to The Dreaded...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Jack McEwan from Psychedelic Porn Crumpets into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make him sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Jack. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - Your music is pretty trippy in a lot of ways. Does that mean some or all of you dabble in the hallucinogens and if so what kind of trip is your prefe...

I am going to be speaking with Jack McEwan from the Perth-based indie rock band, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. This band is one of my favorite active bands right now, and I only found out about them upon the releasing of their last album Shyga! The Sunlight Mound in February of 2021. It was one of only 2 albums from 2021 that I gave a 5.0 rating because it absolutely kicked ass. As if that wasn’t eno...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Lesley and Ben from Midwich Cuckoos into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Lesley and Ben. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - If you could play any venue in the world (even if it is not necessarily a music venue), where would you like Midwich Cuckoos to play, and what ot...

I am going to be speaking with Lesley and Ben from the British hardcore punk band Midwich Cuckoos. This is a band that doesn’t really fit a specific label, but its roots are punk rock. Though it has evolved into something so much more. They just released their new album Death or Glory which is quite a rad album. We’ll be speaking with Midwich Cuckoos about the album and more right after this. Intr...

Hey there, it’s Isaac from Powered By Rock here to bring Lee from Monkey Mind into the spotlight for a few minutes, and make them sweat with some on-the-spot questions. Welcome, Lee. Are you ready to be put in the spotlight? 1 - If you were to have one other career aside from playing music, what would you choose to do? 2 - What was the first song you learned to play on guitar? 3 - What classic Eng...

Today, I am going to be speaking with Lee Wright from the British punk band Monkey Mind. Along with bassist Michael Olga and drummer Martin Payton, these guys form a punk trio that will have you blasting back to the early days of pop punk breaking out. We'll dig into the music and more of the mind of Monkey Mind in this conversation! Intro Music: "Colorado" by Birds Love Filters Monkey Mind on Ban...

In this episode of In The Spotlight, I bring Matt Brown from the Las Vegas punk band Jerk! in for some hot seat questions that will get his mind working overtime. From what's the best show Jerk! has ever played to what his favorite album of all time is to what crazy food he would try off a menu. It's always great to highlight up-and-coming bands, and this is an interview that was a lot of fun. Jer...

I am going to be speaking with Matt Brown from the Las Vegas punk band, Jerk! today which is awesome, because these guys are a fun band from Vegas that brings energy and excitement to their shows. I had the privilege of seeing these guys open for Teenage Bottlerocket and The Last Gang with support from Tightwire back in 2021 (and again in early 2022), and I was quite impressed. I wanted to bring t...

In this episode of The Powered By Rock Podcast, I get to talk to Gaby Davila-Ortiz from ASTR0MAG which is a Las Vegas-based independent music site that covers indie rock bands mostly in the local Vegas music scene, but also in Southern California and surrounding areas. Gaby has been doing photography and journalism for ASTR0MAG for the last few years, and she gives us her unique take on what it's...

I bring Emily Dolan Davies into the spotlight to get her take on who some of her dream collaborations would be with, what she would tell someone who is just getting started on their musical journies, and she talks about an out of body experience she had just recently while performing on stage. Emily is a fantastic drummer, and she really has a wealth of knowledge around music and music history. Do...

I am going to be speaking with drummer extraordinaire Emily Dolan-Davies who has worked with quite a few famous acts like The Darkness, The Hours, Bryan Ferry and Cher Lloyd and runs her own business to help musicians make money with their musical abilities, and she also creates drum tracks remotely for musical acts and sampling at EmilyDrums.com.  She is also currently the drummer in the house ba...

I bring Isaiah Radke from the midwest, all-sibling rock trio Radkey into the spotlight to get some insight into what are some of the things that have made him the nerdy rock legend in the making that he is. You know, questions like what's the spiciest pepper he has ever eaten and what video game would he live in for real life, and he meticulously breaks down which of the 3 Radke brothers would com...

I am going to be speaking with Isaiah Radke from the Missouri-based rock act Radkey that he and his two brothers Dee and Solomon have formed and taken the rock world by storm with great music over the past 10 years or so, but they are really picking up steam now behind a slew of cool new things including touring with the Foo Fighters and being featured in the Dave Grohl documentary What Drives Us...

I bring Marko DeSantis from Sugarcult into the Spotlight to break his brain about what would be the best band of all time (with him in it), and we talk about other things like who is the biggest Prima Donna he has ever worked with and whether or not he would be willing to front a band or do a solo record and sing. Marko is a veritable walking encyclopedia of rock knowledge and seemingly knows ever...

I am going to be speaking with a veritable legend of rock music over the last 30 or so years, Marko DeSantis. Marko has played in such bands as Sugarcult, Popsicko, a short stint in The Ataris, and was a member of one of my personal favorite bands of all time, Bad Astronaut. Now Marko teaches the business side of music and DJ’s as well as helps promote bands. His life is intertwined with the Calif...

I am going to be speaking with a veritable legend of rock music over the last 30 or so years, Marko DeSantis. Marko has played in such bands as Sugarcult, Popsicko, a short stint in The Ataris, and was a member of one of my personal favorite bands of all time, Bad Astronaut. Now Marko teaches the business side of music and DJ’s as well as helps promote bands. His life is intertwined with the Calif...