Back In The Cool Day

With Furnace Fest only a few days away, we give you our final installment of "The Road to Furnace Fest" series with two of the promoters Chad Johnson and Ryan Luther! We talk about their musical origin stories, Ryan's experiences booking bands, the early days of Take Hold records with Chad, Andrew WK conspiracy theories and Blake's request for Chad to posthumously sign his long defunct band. It was amazing to chat with these music legends. We hope you enjoy this primer for Furnace Fest in just a few short days! 

The band Nominee from Austin, Texas joins the Back in the Cool Day boys on this latest episode in the "Road to Furnace Fest" series. Nominee and the guys discuss musical influences, the Austin music scene, tacos, corny first band names and more! We love Nominee and are so stoked to be able to share this with you. Make sure you check them out at 12 noon on Saturday at Furnace Fest! 

Blake and Eric break down the newly released Furnace Fest schedule. The guys break down each day of Furnace Fest and discuss the many tough decisions of which bands to see. The Road to Furnace Fest is quickly coming to an end, get stoked!!!

On this week's episode, Nathan Gray from Boysetsfire joins the BCD crew to discuss his music origin story, his love for musicals, his new solo album Rebel Songs and his advocacy for victims of sexual abuse and racial and social equality. Nathan blows us away with his honesty, passion and vulnerability as he shares his journey through healing, song writing and building community. A surprise friend of Nathan and the podcast hops on to discuss Rebel Songs. If you are not yet a fan of Nathan Gray, you certainly will be after this interview. This episode has everything, laughter, friendship, honest reflection, music and some tears. You don't want to miss this one! 

The BCD boys sit down with Jason Fields and Brandon Mullins from Across Five Aprils and a Tragedy in Progress. They discuss their early days going to shows in Atlanta, hilariously embarrassing attempts at getting on major tours, how the infamous "A Year From Now" "song" came together, their excitement for Furnace Fest, the pre-show party they are playing and more! Laugh along with the crew as they take a walk down memory lane. Get it wherever you get your podcasts! 

Matt Fox from Shai Hulud joins the guys to discuss his early musical influences, the south Flordia music scene, learning guitar and Shai Hulud's evolution over the years. We finally get the low down on the rumors of Matt's fear of clowns, his love for the muppets and his enthusiastic comeback with Shai Hulud to play at Furnace Fest and so much more! We had such a blast chatting with Matt, don't miss this one! 

The Road to Furnace Fest continues with an interview with Tucker Rule from Thursday! Tucker discusses his early days in the scene, skating, going to basement shows in New Brunswick, NJ, favorite drummers, his work on Jim Ward's record Daggers and so much more! Catch all this and Tucker's feelings on Blake's brother opening their royalty checks on this latest episode. Thank you so much Tucker for coming on the Pod! 

Cody Bonnette from As Cities Burns joins the BCD dudes to discuss his start playing ska and punk, the evolution of As Cities Burn, guitar gear, faith and his favorite bands playing Furnace Fest. We are so excited to share this incredible episode with one of our favorite musicians! 

Brian McTernan and Aaron Dalbec from Be Well join the BCD guys in an incredible episode covering so many exciting topics. We talk about their early days in the scene, their early experiences playing shows. We discuss Brian's time recording so many Furnace Fest bands at Salad Days studio. Aaron shares what it was like recording with Brian during his time with Bane and Converge and playing Furnace Fest. We dive into Be Well's debut full length album The Weight and The Cost. Don't miss this episode! 

Chad Neptune from Further Seems Forever and Strongarm joins the BCD guys along with Eric's older brother Ian. Chad shares his early influences in music, the start of Strongarm and evolution of Further Seems Forever. Chad and Ian reminisce about playing Furnace Fest 2001 and touring with Further. Lots of amazing stories, scene treasures and more! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts.