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 | Jan 15, 2021 | Pennsylvania, Podcast, Show Promoters
Episode 122: Booking Bands w/ Nick Storch Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon. Nick Storch is a premier booking agent as Angelo from Grieving Eucalyptus (episode 116) explains in his Instagram introduction to Nick. Here’s the...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | May 15, 2020 | New Jersey, Podcast, Punk, Show Promoters
Episode 097: NJ Legend w/ Brian Granik Brian Granik is a great person. He was super involved in the NJ scene back in the late 90s from promoting shows, being apart of Umbilical Records, playing with Houseboy and 5 Driver, and just always being front row to point that...
by thiswasthescene@gmail.com | Dec 6, 2019 | New Jersey, Podcast, Show Promoters
Episode 080: Booking NJ Shows w/ Laura Ladisheff 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...
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...
