by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Oct 11, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 073: Face First/Houston Calls w/ Jarrett Seltzer 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...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Oct 4, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 072: The Youth Ahead w/ Jay Monchik 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,...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Sep 27, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 071: Red Rover/NJPP Facebook Group w/ Jay Vics 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...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Sep 20, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk
Episode 070: Element 101 w/ Crissie Verhagen 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....
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 30, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk, Show Promoters, Zines
Episode 068: Pencey Prep/The Palace/Fairmont w/ Neil Sabatino 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...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 23, 2019 | Pennsylvania, Podcast, Punk
Episode 067: Third Year Fresham/Throttle Jockey w/ Crazy Tom Martin 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...
