As The Story Grows

Chapter 204 - "We Weren't Really Sure It Was Going To Work" ...as read by Mike Boddington of Crux

This week, we welcome Crux drummer Mike Boddington to the show. Mike talks about Rush's influence in h…

Chapter 203 - "It Became So Therapeutic For Me" ...as read by Daniel Terry of Discography Discussion

This week we welcome fellow podcaster Daniel Terry to the show. Daniel walks us through his musical…

Chapter 202 - "It Boosted Us To A Whole Second Career" ...as read by David Josiah Curtis from Run Kid Run

David's first band was Side Walk Slam. Once the band started, momentum built fast. They ended …

Chapter 201 - "Music Was My Only Thing" ...as read by Maggie Gently

This week we welcome Maggie Gently to the podcast. Maggie used to front the pop-punk band The Total Bettys and is stepping out as a …

Chapter 200 - "Appreciative Of What We Had" ...as read by Kelly Reaves and Nick Brunson of Haste

I was excited to see Furnace Fest 2020 announce a Haste reunion. Haste wasn't the biggest band in the h…

Chapter 199 - "Adventure Always Comes At Me" ...as read by Eric Collins of MrENC

Eric Collins is probably best known as the frontman of Denison Marrs. Eric walks us through his discography. From signi…

Chapter 198 - "This Feels Like The Official Start" ...as read by Joe Calderon and Grayson Hurd from Lightworker

Welcome Lightworker to the podcast! Lightworker just signed with Solid State Records and…

Chapter 197 - "A Desire To Help Encourage Weird Music" ...as read by Jeremy Hunt and Caiden Withey from Qoheleth

This week I'm excited to have Jeremy and Caiden from noise/art rock band Qoheleth on th…

Chapter 196 - "The Pop Disaster" ...as read by Luke Easter formerly of Tourniquet

Former Tourniquet vocalist Luke Easter joins us this week to chat about growing up, how Bryan Gray is the reason he en…

Chapter 195 - "Here's What Death Therapy Can Do Uniquely" ...as read by Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy

Jason joins the show for a fourth time to give an update on Death Therapy. Jason talks about the d…

Chapter 194 - "I Love Making Records" ...as read by Frank Lenz

Drummer/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Frank Lenz joined me for a chat about parts of his long career and his most recent solo work…

Chapter 193 - "This Is A Labor Of Love" ...as read by Liam Wilson of Azusa

Liam joined me to talked about his upcoming stint playing with Devin Townsend, ego in playing music, connecting with the guys…

Chapter 192 - "Don't Keep Chasing Something You're Not" ...as read by Andrew Godwin of Embodyment & The Famine

Andy  wanted to  make music his career and made decisions in Embodyment (and later The Fa…

Chapter 191 - "Everybody Had Our Back" ...as read by Tedd Cookerly of EDL

Tedd Cookerly joins the podcast this week to set the record straight on Ever Day Life's history. The band had the respect of t…

Chapter 190 - "A Gradual Thing That Became A Big Part of My Life" ...as read by Malia Endres of Glacier Veins

I'm very excited to introduce Glacier Veins to listeners of this podcast! I've been a fan …

Chapter 189 - "Furnace Fest 2020" ...as read by Chad Johnson

Furnace Fest is back for a 20th Anniversary celebration! Chad talks about what brought the festival back, putting together a dream line-up,…

Chapter 188 - "We Just Wanted To Be Part of the Scene" ...as read by Chris Stafford of Few Left Standing

Few Left Standing is reuniting for Furnace Fest 2020! Chris talks about the conversation with C…

Chapter 187 - "We Realized The Band Had A Legacy" ...as read by Cliffy Huntington

The Huntingtons will release Muerto, Carcel, O Rocanrol  on January 31st via Burnt Toast Vinyl, their first new music …

Chapter 186 - "Life Is Beautiful, Life Is So Hard" ...as read by Bryan Patton

This week a quick episode reflecting on 2019. Some personal notes on the year and a look at my favorite books, movies, and…

Chapter 185 - "Emo Is Euphoria" ...as read by Tom Mullen of Washed Up Emo

Tom Mullen has been running Washed Up Emo for over 10 years, defending a genre often maligned, slandered, and made fun of. Tom…