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 3, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Show Promoters
Episode 050: Promoting NJ Shows w/ Ricky Saporta Ricky Saporta was a show promoter in NJ back in the late 90s. The main space he did this at was the Wayne Firehouse in Wayne, NJ. Shows started in the smaller room and then progressed into the large room where bands...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 3, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Show Promoters
Episode 049: Promoting NJ Shows w/ Benny Horowitz (Gaslight Anthem) Benny Horowitz was a show promoter at the Manville, NJ Elks Lodge back in the late 90s. You also might know him from his bands Mercy Union and Gaslight Anthem. I obviously heard of Gaslight but had...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 3, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk, Show Promoters
Episode 022: Backyard Shows/Example 24 w/ Kraig Marshall Kraig Marshall graced the NJ scene in the late 90s with his backyard shows, his band Sticker, and then went on to form Example 24 which took him in a completely different direction, musically. This interview...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 3, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Show Promoters
Episode 017: Promoting Shows w/ Melissa Kundrath The Bergenfield girls were show promoters in the northern part of jersey who were made up of Melissa, Erin, and Kathy. They were just 3 awesome chicks who had a passion for punk rock and decided to start putting on...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Aug 1, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Show Promoters
Episode 009: The NJPP Archive w/ Joe Pulito There were a lot of punk/emo/hardcore bands that came out of the Jersey scene. I didn’t realize how many there actually were until Joe Pulito showed up in the North Jersey Pop Punk facebook group and said, hi everyone, I’ve...
