As The Story Grows

Chapter 184 - "That's How I Came To Be A Supertone" ...as read by Kevin Chen

Kevin Chen was recruited from Bloodshed to join the Supertones. Kevin talks about terrible first band names, discovering ha…

Chapter 183 - "I'm Not Happy Unless I'm Creating Something" ...as read by Kevin Max

Kevin Max has been releasing a steady stream of solo records since 2001. His latest, Romeo Drive, is about to be rel…

Chapter 182 - "Dealing Hope" ...as read by Mic Cox formerly of Zao

A year or so after I first asked Mic to come on the podcast, we were finally able to work out a time to chat. Mic talks about growing…

Chapter 181: "Ridiculously Fortunate" ...as read by Eric Shirey of Pluto Records

Eric and I chatted over two days to deep dive his musical history. Eric was in an industrial band that almost signed wi…

Chapter 180: "In The Back of a U-Haul" ...as read by Kenny, Kris, and Tom from One 21

Kris invited me to Philadelphia Recording Service to chat with him, Kenny, and Tom about One 21. The guys recounte…

Chapter 179: "I'm Going To Blame Jeremy Enigk" ...as read by Daniel Fairbanks of Soulfood 76

Soulfood 76's seminal record Original Soundtrack is about to be re-released on vinyl for the first time eve…

Chapter 178: "We Just Played Every Small Town" ...as read by Dylan Johnstone of Means and Continuance 

Dylan Johnstone was kind enough to call me and chat about his musical history and the differences…

Chapter 177: "I'm Such a Music Nerd" ...as read by Jake Brown of Computer Club Records

Computer Club Records celebrates 20 Years this year! Jake was kind enough to talk about starting the label and wh…

Chapter 176: "We Experienced A Lot Of Stuff Over Those Years" ...as read by Eric Balmer of Fielding

This week, Eric Balmer. Eric talks about the importance of his childhood neighbor, Ryan Dennee, his …

Chapter 175: "We're All Enjoying It Together" ...as read by Jeff Fortson of Squad Five-O

Squad Five-O was always one of my favorite live bands, so it was great getting to catch up with Jeff about Squa…

Chapter 174: "It Was Difficult For Me To Write This Record" ...as read by Laura McElroy of Comrades

Laura was kind enough to chat with me about relocating the band, being on the road constantly, the …

Chapter 173: "Just Here To Play Hardcore and Have Some Fun" ...as read by John Marino of Circle Back

Circle Back will release their new ep, Terminus, this Friday, August 30th! I invited John on to ta…

Chapter 172: "If I Got An Idea, I Do It" ...as read by Brooks Paschal of Surprises

Back in May Brooks released a killer new Surprises record called Natural Disaster. Brooks talks about Sullivan's tim…

Chapter 171: "We Still Have A Little Gas Left In the Tank" ...as read by Josh Hagquist of The Beautiful Mistake

The Beautiful Mistake is back! Josh was kind enough to chat about the band's history, w…

Chapter 170: "We Still Love Hardcore" ...as read by Nate Jarrell and Judd Morgan from Gut Punch

Judd and Nate each did stints in No Innocent Victim (Judd a little longer than Nate) but the demands of…

Chapter 169: "Every Church Will Buy The CD" ...as read by Joe Yerke of The Insyderz

The Insyderz bust onto a scene at the right time. Only it wasn't exactly the scene they hoped to be a part of. Joe …

Chapter 168: "Tarantino Rock" ...as read by Sally Grayson of Black Swift

You very likely heard Sally on Never Was and/or Urban Achiever and it was my pleasure to welcome her to the show this week. Sa…

Chapter 167: "They Let Us Do What We Do" ...as read by Wayne Everett of The Prayer Chain and The Lassie Foundation

Wayne was kind enough to call me on his drive home from work. Wayne talks about play…

Chapter 166: "I Knew It Was Going To Be Huge" ...as read by Bryan Gray of the Blamed

After years of asking him to come on the show, we finally have Bryan Gray as a guest! Bryan was there when Tooth a…

Chapter 165: "Original Jamaican Ska Is My Heavy Metal" ...as read by Pegleg

Tooth and Nail signed in The Dingees in hopes that they'd have the same sort of success as The Supertones. But member and s…