3 Gigs
3 Gigs is a podcast about performances and the stories of the 3 shows that define a performers life and career. Their first performance, their best performance, and their worst performance. Each episode is a series of stories showcasing the moments of inspiration, triumph, and utter disaster that can happen while performing live. You've been to the show, now find out what it was like on stage on 3 Gigs hosted by Dominic Davi @dominicmdavi. Follow the show @3gigspodcast
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2021
Episode 32: Shawna Potter - War On Women
Shawna Potter of War On Women takes a moment to speak to me about her first grunge rock band, Fair Verona and how being in a band that does well, doesn’t mean your next project will always be as succ…
Episode 31: Kimm Gardener - Channel 3
Kimm Gardener from CHANNEL 3 shares a story of a lifelong friendship started a band which led to a living room show and the first time he heard the crowd clap for his band. We talk about the enduring…
Episode 30: Karl Izumi - Spider
Karl Izumi from the band Spider stops by to tell us about house parties in 1981, and how his drummer gets busted mid-performance at his first show ever! He also tells how punk crowds in 1990 delt wit…
Episode 29: Mike Park - Asian Man Records
Mike Park of ASIAN MAN RECORDS and SKANKIN’ PICKLE fame, tells us the story of his first, best, and worst shows ever! From NO GIMMICK, a cover band playing two songs for a 1986 High School talent sh…
Episode 28: Jawsh Hotta - Trashed Ambulance
Frontman for Canadian skate-punk band TRASHED AMBULANCE, JAWSH HOTTA calls in to talk about grad party shows, writing his own Christmas songs, the monster drives of Canada, the dangers of microphones…
Episode 27: Nicole Laurenne - The Darts
The legendary vocalist for THE DARTS, NICOLE LAURENNE, stops by to tell us stories of her classical background, balancing law school with being a Jazz musician, and her love of Punk Rock. Having amaz…
Episode 26: THE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 1
For our first ever Halloween special, our host Dominic Davi tells a haunting tale of an encounter with the paranormal while on tour with Tsunami Bomb back in 2001. Was it really a ghost? Was it all j…
Episode 25: Holzfeuer - ArnoCorps
Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Arius, there was an age undreamed of. And onto this, Holzfeuer, founder and vocalist of the greatest band of all time, Arn…
Episode 24: Lisa Dixie - Gashgasm/Little Lisa Dixie
Austin, Texas vocalist and guitarist Lisa Dixie, talks about her influences, and playing her first house party at 12. Filling in an taking over as bassist for a band called Bionic Man, and leaving on…
Episode 23: Jesse Luscious - The Pathogens/Blatz/The Criminals/The Frisk/The Gr'ups
East Bay Punk Rock Legend Jesse Luscious sits down and talks about his first band, Nun In A Honda playing a high school talent show with a controversial song about his guidance counselor. How three s…
Episode 22: Deigo Medrano - Ramona
Diego Medrano of the band Romona tells us how getting out of a relationship and playing a show became a focus for his anger, and making all his friends over the course of 8 songs very uncomfortable. …
Episode 21: Ray "Rocket" Carlisle - Teenage Bottlerocket
Ray Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket takes a moment while mixing “Stealing The Covers” their brand new cover LP out on Fat Wreck this week, to tell about practicing in his friends basement in Laramie…
Episode 20: Daniel Dart - Time Again
Daniel Dart, political activist, artist manager, singer and founder of Time Again tells us about getting a show before he even had songs, with a guitarist that had to be snuck into the shows, but kno…
Episode 19: Stacey Dee - Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Stacey Dee, co-vocalist and guitarist for Bad Cop/Bad Cop takes a moment at the 2017 Vans Warped Tour Salt Lake City, UT stop to tell us about playing acoustically for the first time because no one w…
Episode 18: Sabrina Worthington - The Applicators
Sabrina Worthington, lead vocalist for Austin, Texas punk band, The Applicators stops by and tells us stories about playing the Blondie’s Skate Shop’s last show ever for The Applicators' first show e…
Episode 17: Spike Slawson - Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies
Spike Slawson, vocalist for the world's premiere punk rock cover band, Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies, takes a moment while on tour in Denver, Co to talk about performing as Ace Frehley in a KISS co…
Episode 16: Brandon Paski - Marketing Director-Live 105 FM/My New Life/Boy Kicks Girl
Brandon Paski, Marketing Director for San Francisco, CA alternative radio station KITS Live 105.3 FM and formally the bassist for pop punk bands Boy Kicks Girl and My New Life, sits down with us to t…
Episode 15: Jay Hunter Richardson - Danger Friends
Jay Hunter Richardson aka Jay Danger from Danger Friends, while recording in the studio tells us about starting a band to perform at the high school talent show, but leaving out actually practicing a…
Episode 14: Corbett Redford - Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits/Director of Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Corbett Redford, director of the new documentary "Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk" and one half of the musical duo, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits stops by 3 Gigs and shares h…
Episode 13: Kevin McCracken - Siren/Rush & Attack/Caught
Bay Area punk rock drummer Kevin McCracken stops by 3 Gigs and talks about singing for his first band ever and not being able to face the audience, the developing early days of the Santa Rosa and nor…