This Was The Scene Podcast

The Number Twelve Looks Like You is an American mathcore band formed in Bergen County, New Jersey, in 2002. The band went on a six-year hiatus in 2010. In May 2016, they performed a secret show and …

Shabbagoy, according to Joe Pulito, were a melodic punk/hardcore staple of the early-mid 90’s central Jersey scene. Since there is no other info about this band, I'll go into what Dan Palyca and I …

You know who the Dropkick Murphys are but you may not know who West Beverly was. Well, now you will know.

Luckily I got Tim Brennan on the Skype and this is what we talked about:

• Playing the show o…

Dynamite Boy was a pop-punk band from Austin, Texas. They were comprised of Sean Neil, Dusty Kohn, Adrian Munoz, and Sam Rich. They disbanded in 2005 after a ten-year career. 

Monkey, the roadie ext…

Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, that formed in 1992. If you don't know who they are then go listen to Pezcore and Losing Streak. I'll wait...

This interview i…

Diesel Boy is a punk rock band from Santa Rosa, California. They were formed in 1993 and were active until 2002, and have been on hiatus since then. They have a 7" on Fat Wreck Chords, 4 full-length…

Sunny Day Real Estate was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. They were one of the early emo bands and helped establish the genre. In 1994, the band released their debut album Diary on S…

The Stereo was a pop-rock and roll band started in early 1999 by former ska-punk band frontmen Jamie Woolford (of Animal Chin) and Rory Phillips (of The Impossibles). The pair were initially brought…

Scott Shields played in a few NJ bands. The 2 you’ll probably remember are My Favorite Citizen and Situation at 1200. There’s not a lot of info out there about these bands so thank goodness for this …

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…

Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1990. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and h…

The Dillinger Escape Plan is a fucking amazing band from NJ. If you don't know who they are then go listen to them. 

Luckily Ben is a solid dude and said yes to an interview and this is what we chat…

Big D and the Kids Table is a ska-punk band formed in October 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork in Hand Records label, bu…

Triple Crown Records is a New York-based rock music record label created in 1997 by Fred Feldman. The label features such artists as The Receiving End of Sirens and The Dear Hunter, and launched the …

Uprise was a hardcore band based out of Northern Jersey. 

I heard about them when Mike Z joined the band because he was a classmate of mine at Jefferson Township High School and it was the first time…

Ultimate Fakebook is a 3-piece power pop band from Manhattan, KS. They released three full-length albums—Electric Kissing Parties (1997 - Noisome Records), This Will Be Laughing Week (1999 - Noisome…

Dan Yemin is known for playing in Lifetime, Kid Dynamite and Paint it Black. You should go listen to all of those bands. After you listen to this interview.

After weeks of scheduling, we locked th…

Texas Is the Reason was an American emo/post-hardcore band founded by former Shelter guitarist Norman Brannon and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994. They disbanded in 1997 and held brief reunions in 20…

Today I chat with Matt Gray about his Bigwig days. 

Here's what we talk about:

• Dealing with seizures
• Breaking his femur at a show 
• His journal that he’s kept every day since 1997
• What the second va…

Midtown was an American pop-punk band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. Midtown was formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers University students but soon became a quartet. The group released three ful…