by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Mar 27, 2020 | Hardcore, New Jersey, Podcast
Episode 092: Uprise w/ Matt Molnar Uprise was a hardcore band based out of Northern Jersey. I heard about them when Mike Z joined the band because he was a classmate of mine at Jefferson Township High School and it was the first time I ever saw a local band put out a...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Mar 20, 2020 | Emo, Podcast
Episode 091: Ultimate Fakebook w/ Bill McShane and Eric Melin Ultimate Fakebook is a 3-piece power pop band from Manhattan, KS. They released three full-length albums—Electric Kissing Parties (1997 – Noisome Records), This Will Be Laughing Week (1999 –...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Mar 13, 2020 | Hardcore, New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 090: Lifetime/Kid Dynamite w/ Dan Yemin Dan Yemin is known for playing in Lifetime, Kid Dynamite and Paint it Black. You should go listen to all of those bands. After you listen to this interview. After weeks of scheduling, we locked this interview down and...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Feb 21, 2020 | Emo, New Jersey, Podcast
Episode 089: Texas Is The Reason w/ Norman Brannon Texas Is the Reason was an American emo/post-hardcore band founded by former Shelter guitarist Norman Brannon and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994. They disbanded in 1997 and held brief reunions in 2006 and 2012–2013 In...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Feb 14, 2020 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 088: Bigwig w/ Matt Gray Today I chat with Matt Gray about his Bigwig days. Here’s what we talk about: Dealing with seizures Breaking his femur at a show His journal that he’s kept every day since 1997 What the second van was that I talk about in the Tom...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Feb 7, 2020 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 087: Midtown w/ Rob Hitt Midtown was an American pop-punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Midtown was formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers University students but soon became a quartet. The group released three full-length studio albums and three...
