by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Mar 31, 2023 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 212: Drop Zone w/ Chris Murphy Drop Zone were a pop punk band from NJ who never made it out of high school before they broke up. I got Chris on the Skype and this is what we chat about. Going to law school with Anthony from Armor for Sleep Calling Gabe...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Dec 16, 2022 | New Jersey, Podcast, Show Promoters
Episode 202: The Westwood Garage w/ Chris Whalen & Pete Valenzano The Westwood Garage was located at 234 Third Ave in Westwood NJ. It existed between 1995 and 2002 before ending its run. The garage hosted such bands as AFI, Bane, Heckle, Revolution Summer, the...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Nov 11, 2022 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 198: REPOST Midtown w/ Rob Hitt Click here to buy tickets to the Lanemeyer show at Stanhope House in Stanhope, NJ on Dec 1, 2022. This is a REPOST of Episode 87 where I interviewed Rob Hitt about Midtown and this is what we chatted about. Constantly playing a...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Oct 14, 2022 | Emo, Hardcore, New Jersey, Podcast
Episode 195: The Escape Engine w/ Dominick Lettera The Escape Engine was founded in the spring of 2002. The band’s name comes from a Burning Airlines song titled “The Escape Engine”. Within a matter of months of recording their demo the band was...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2022 | Labels, New Jersey, Podcast
Episode 189: Eyeball Records w/ Alex Eyeball Eyeball Records is an independent record label originally established in NYC out of Apartment 4C on 14th St at Avenue A. The label later moved to Kearny, New Jersey. They’ve released albums by artists such as H20, Thursday,...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 19, 2022 | Hardcore, New Jersey, Podcast
Episode 188: Threadline w/ Craig Cirinelli Threadline were a post hardcore band from NJ. The life of the band was short lived but this was one of the very first bands that I met in the scene who my old band used to play shows with. Craig also did a bit of a run...
