This Was The Scene Podcast

Latex Generation is a New York, USA punk rock band formed in the early 1990s. The name was inspired by a news report heard on the radio by bassist Tommy Rockstar that spoke of the current generation of teens and the threat of STDs, especially the AIDS epidemic. The band of young high-schoolers (at that time) agreed to the name "Latex Generation" instead of "Dead Cat Lickers". They are also referre...

Lobster Records is an independent record label based in Santa Barbara, California. It was founded by Stevan Lubarsky in 1991. The label started with Bad Neighbor, a Montecito-based rock band, with a huge local following featuring Alan Duncan and Mark Bennett on guitars, Sean Murphy on drums, Todd Roll on Bass and Zak Remington on lead vocals. Former members include Lynn Strait on Bass (R.I.P Lynn)...

Piebald is an American alternative rock band who started as a hardcore band in Andover, Massachusetts, out of the same scene that produced Converge and Cave In. Originally a key Massachusetts post-hardcore band often seen touring with fellow DIY hardcore bands such as Jesuit, Reversal of Man, and Harvest during the mid to late 1990s, they later moved to the Boston suburb of Somerville and became a...

"The Last Scene" will be the FIRST comprehensive chronicle of what many believe is the LAST underground, DIY music scene. One forged in VFW halls and community recreation centers across the United States in the late 1990s/Early 2000s. This is the story of the punk and emo kids who gave us the last "new" thing in rock music, during an era of change for the music industry and youth culture at large....

This week I do a Q&A with my good buddy Tom Simon where I answer fan questions that they submitted on Instagram.  Check out Tom's company Zookies Cookies Click to -> buy my sketchbook Support  the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon. Hire me to animate things for your company - drive80.com

Laura Ladisheff booked a ton of North Jersey shows in the 90s and also managed Humble Beginnings . She also helped my old bands Congress of Cow and Lanemeyer get on a ton of shows.  I thought her story would be awesome and I was correct. Here is what we chat about: Brian Granik The Weston show at the Boonton KOC Matt from Uprise Managing Humble Robotrips at Delvecchio's House How She helped Congre...

Jim Cherry was one of the five original members of the band Strung Out , playing bass guitar. He was also part of the initial lineup of the band Pulley , playing guitar. After releasing three albums with Strung Out, Cherry left the band in 1999. Shortly after, he formed the punk rock band Zero Down he passed away on July 7, 2002. In the liner notes of their album Exile in Oblivion, Strung Out dedi...

Adam Goren was born in The Bronx on January 14, 1975, but grew up in Oreland, Pennsylvania. He played in several local bands as a youth. While Goren was still in school, a friend introduced him to music sequencers, and he began writing music with one in his spare time. In 1991, Goren joined the punk band Fracture, and he remained with them until 1995. Later he started performing shows as Atom and...

I Farm was a skate-punk rock band, later turned melodic hardcore/punk band with pop-punk & thrash elements. They started in Ithaca, NY and ended in Brooklyn, NY. I Farm was: Arun Farm, John Meredith, Josh Carothers, and also included: John Conklin, Jeremy Curtin, Phil Thy, & Jaime Villamarin. I Farm released material from the early 1990's to 2006. I was introduced to Arun by Brian from Plow United...

Weston is a band from Bethlehem. Annnnnd you can hear the intro I did about them in the Chuck Weston Interview . In this interview, I talk to Jesse Short about his days in the band and what his view looked like when he joined the band and rocked out on the bass.  I got him on the Skype and this is what we talk about: Completely mistaking him for Jeff Kish for the first 3 minutes of the interview W...

A Wilhelm Scream is a melodic hardcore band from New Bedford, Massachusetts formed in 1999. Many people have referenced Strung Out, Hot Water Music, Propagandhi, and Strike Anywhere as the band's similar artists. Their name is a reference to the Wilhelm scream, a famous stock sound effect that is mainly used in films. The band previously went by the names Koen, Adam's Crack, and Smackin' Isaiah, t...

Beefcake were known for their sense of humor that showed up in both their lyrics and their performances (the lead singer was known to wear a diaper on stage). They were featured on 7" releases and compilations (including Fearless' Serial Killer compilation). They band issued their first full-length album, Rejected, on Fearless Records in the autumn of 1999. The Ataris  are an American rock band fr...

Face First was a Ska Punk band that formed in Mendham, NJ when Jarret Seltzer met Tom Chitty Keiger. They played in the NJ Scene for a few years and eventually realized that ska sucks my ass and evolved into the sounds that was Houston Calls . From there they did a shit ton of touring, signed to Drive-Thru, and broke up in the mid-2000s. I got Jarrett on the phone and this is what we talk about: H...

The Youth Ahead was a 4 piece pop-punk band from Old Bridge, NJ. started in 1995 they stayed extremely active until their breakup in 2005. Some of the records they put out were The Order Years, The New Album, The Package EP, and For The Ones That Got Away. Steve LWL connecting us Our Dad's not believing in our musical endeavors The Cheesequake Firehouse Shows John D from Bamboozle Not knowing who'...

Jay Vics grew up in Vernon, NJ and attended his first local show in 1997, and that very night was when he decided he needed to get involved with this wonderful community of people who seemed to not give a shit what others think about them. This, in fact, was the jersey scene. Over the next several years, he went to countless shows, joined the band RedRover, went on tour, recorded twice, and passed...

Element 101 hailed from New Jersey and molded their own brandish scale of punk rock, reminiscent of Elvis Costello, the Go-Go's, All, and the Descendents. They issued their debut Future Plans Undecided in spring 2000. Stereo Girl followed in early 2001. By the time Element 101 prepped for their third album, they'd reach a new musical level. More Than Motion, which was released in fall 2002, showca...

Coolidge Records is an Independent Punk Rock label that Brett and Jack love.   Their bands range from all kinds: Plow United, The Rusty Nails, Coolidge 50, Homage, Lancaster County Prison, Speedwell, Gladys, Soccer, Squatweiler, Deerheart, and so many more.   Go check out his Tea Shop if you're in Pittsburgh, PA!   I got Jack Ball on the phone and this is what we talked about: Growing up in Wyckof...

Neil Sabatino contributed a ton to the NJ scene by doing the following: Booking shows at The Palace in Bound Brook in 1998 and then also doing stuff at Hamilton Street, Bloomfield Ave Cafe both when they first opened. He played in the bands Little Green Men, Stick Figure Suicide, Pencey Prep (with Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance on Eyeball Records), and then Fairmont. Neil helped put out a bunch...

Tom Martin is a Pennsylvania legend known for his time in Third Year Freshmen and Throttle Jockey with Brian from Plow United . I've talked about Tom on so many episodes that I just had to get him on here. And it was completely worth it. If you get a chance to look up his newer stuff on Spotify because it's really fucking good. I added Summer Legs to my personal playlist and can't get that damn so...

Chris Gethard is a comedian based out of Queens, NY, with proud roots in West Orange, NJ. He can be seen performing all over the world. In NYC you can often catch him at The Comedy Cellar. He's the host of the podcast Beautiful/Anonymous, the author of the book Lose Well, and the figurehead of a television show that's actually more like a religious cult. In hipster cities, he is most often recogni...

I've mentioned in many episodes that I wanted to get more female interviews because this was turning into a bit of a boys club. Eva Silverman hit me up and was like "I have some stuff to talk about." Sooo, I got her on the phone and this is what we discussed: Her zine Riot Duck being 50 - 100 pages Interviewing Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth AOL Instant messenger chat groups Her old band Pinker D...

Serial Killer Clothing was a clothing company, a skateboard company that basically created the MEME. They designed shirts that had pictures of pop culture icons with one-liners underneath them which completely contradicted what you were seeing. Some examples were the cast of Baywatch with the words ORGY underneath. Another was Pee-Wee Herman with Masturbate under him, and so on. Bigwig was the ban...

JILL was a pop-punk band, from San Angelo, TX, that was active from the years 1993 - 1997.   They self-released a 4-song cassette that led to Springbox Records (Benecia, CA) "signing" the band, releasing the  Scary Thoughts  7" as well as the  Just Like Fonzie EP .    They also released a split 7" with New Jersey pop-punk band True Zero, on Coolidge Records, and also had a song included on a 7" co...

Buddyhead Records  was an independent record label from  Hollywood ,  California  that sprouted from the website of the same name. The label was started in 2000 with the pressing of a seven-inch single from The Icarus Line ("Kill Cupid With A Nail File") and ended almost exactly ten years later. The thing that I remember Buddyhead for are their posts where they gave out phone numbers and emails of...

Jon Cheese toured from 2002-2012 working for all kinds of bands as a tour manager/Merch guy. Piebald, cave in, my chemical romance, Apollo Sunshine, Limbeck, The Honorary Title, Meg & Dia, Big D & the Kids Table, Streetlight Manifesto, and The National. He did a weird T-Pain tour... and every Warped Tour from 2002-2011 (02/03 with Doghouse records and 04-11 with Side One Dummy Records. I got him o...