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This week Scott welcomes the guys from Truth to Power to Good Company.

This hardcore band describes themselves as "Anti-establishment-Anti-religious minded -Anti-BS-Anti-slavery through whatever means they’re using these days. Anti-woke-Anti-authoritarian-Anti-passive lifestyle that’s force fed to us through peace without bloodshed."

In this discussion Scott talks to the band about their origin, influences, and much more. They describe their outside the box mix of hardcore and thrash music that sets them apart from others.

Topics/bands discussed in this chat include Green Day, earlier bands, 80's metal, songwriting processes, the awesome video for 'Omega,' their upcoming documentary, next single, band photos, rock battle jackets, Motorhead, Stryper, vocal care, upcoming shows, and much more!

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This week Scott welcomes Soloman Banks to the show. Soloman works as an artist in the fields of rap, pop, and hip hop music. His current single 'We Don't Care;' a collaboration with Hey Rico, is available on music streaming services.

Topics covered in this chat include collaborative partners, belief in self, musical influences, the origin of the name of Soloman Banks, how he approaches songwriting and arrangements, how he met Rico, the importance of work ethic, video filming stories, future plans for touring and singles, and a whole lot more!

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This week Scott welcoms Ivan De Prume to the show. Ivan, known for his work in the early days of White Zombie, also has his new band Boundless Joy. 

Ivan grew up in Brooklyn, NY which is where he'd go on to meet future bandmate Sean Yseult. In this conversation, Ivan discusses his upbringing in New York as well as early musical influences. 

In this episode, you'll get the backstory of how White Zombie was formed as well as how he got into drumming.

As per usual, Scott takes Ivan on a trip down memory lane as they go over his recorded works including Psychohead Blowout, Soulcrusher, Make Them Die Slowly, God of Thunder, and the story behind the breakout album by White Zombie 'La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume 1.'

During touring for the 'La Sexorcisto' album, Ivan left the band. In this conversation, he shares the story of his departure. 

Following his departure, Ivan has gone on to other pursuits including session drumming, producing other artists, teaching drum lessons, and his current project Boundless Joy. Their current single can be found at https://boundlessjoy.bandcamp.com/releases. You can keep up with everything from Ivan at www.ivandeprume.com. 

Other topics covered in this conversation include old school video gear, horror movies, how the White Zombie lineup solidified after a few changes, Michael Alago, Iggy Pop, Slayer, Beavis and Butthead, and much more!

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This week Scott is joined by 3 of his favorite friends, the Lakeview Dads, to pick their Top 3 Favorite albums.

The Lakeview Dads are a tight-knit group of guys from Scott's local community. This episodes features the guys going over a lot of different things. It's a great reminder of how much fun it is to just sit with your buddies and converse about the stuff you love.

Topics hit on this week include Shaky Knees Festival, Crossroads (the movie), Rick Rubin, and more!

Bands discussed in this talk include Talking Heads, Chuck Berry, David Lee Roth, Van Halen, Guns N' Roses, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Tool, The Replacements, Metallica, White Zombie, The Mars Volta, Sublime, and Mr. Bungle.

What albums were chosen? You'll have to listen to find out!

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This week Scott welcomes Lord Nelson of Stuck Mojo to the show. Lord, while known for music, has also entered the world of podcasting. In this discussion, he shares the story of how he decided to break into the platform.

His podcast, Live & Loud With The Lord Experience is available at https://www.cmspn.com/live-and-loud-with-the-lord/

Lord is into a large variety of music, In this talk, he shares some of the diverse array of artists he's into. It's pretty eye-opening. 

Stuck Mojo blazed a new path in the world of metal music. In this discussion Lord Nelson shares the origin story of how he connectedd to the band including how his connection to Bonz goes all the way back to high school.

Lord Nelson's first album with Stuck Mojo was 'Southern Born Killers.' In this episode, Scott gets the story behind the album. He was also with the band for 'The Great Revival.' In this chat, he shares the story behind the making of the album.

Other topics covered include lyric writing process, learning the older Stuck Mojo material upon joining the band, touring with Volbeat, road stories, his exit from the group, Chris Akin, Joshua Toomey, Plastic Catastrophy and much more!

This week Scott welcomes Sergio Vega of Deftones and Quicksand for a great conversation. After playing bass for Deftones since 2009, Sergio announced he was leaving the band earlier this year when contract negotiations broke down. Since then, he's gone back to focusing on his time on Quicksand; a post-hardcore group he founded all the way back in 1990.

Scott and Sergio cover a lot of ground in this conversation. Things start out with discussion of Sergio's early life and musical influences. His parents were a crucial factor in exposing him to different types of music. Sergio's early influences rum the gamut and it's interesting to hear where he comes from. Punk and Hardcore music were, especially, a big influence that led him on his path.

Other topics covered this week include early band stories, cassettes, early touring days, bass lessons with Carol Kaye, bass influences, how he wound up in Deftones, Jerry Cantrell, and more!

As always, Scott goes over the guest's discography and gets some great stories from Sergio about the making of albums by Deftones and Quicksand. 

Quicksand released a new album, Distant Populations in 2021. Check it out at https://quicksandnyc.bandcamp.com/album/distant-populations 

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This week Scott welcomes Doc Coyle of Bad Wolves to the show for an in-depth discussion. 

The conversation starts with Doc and Scott talking about their shared love of movies; especially Wayne's World. Doc grew up in New Jersey near Rutgers University. In this talk he reflects on his family and upbringing.

Coming from a musical family, Doc was influenced through his parents love of Jazz music, classical and early classic rock. Additonally, his parents influenced him through 90's alternative music. They sound like cool people! Like many people, exposure to MTV helped to inspire Doc to become a musician.

In this talk, Doc talks about how the culture of the time (including comic books, metal bands, etc) helped lead him to make connections and form bands. 

Doc Coyle also hosts the very popular Ex-Man Podcast. His show has grown to very big acclaim and popularity. It's highly recommended. In this episode, Doc shares his thoughts on the podcast platform and what shows influenced him.

As always, Scott takes the guest through a walk down memory lane via past discography. It's a fascinating look back at Bad Wolves, God Forbid and more.

Other topics covered include Stuck Mojo, Century Media, his bartending days, artist peers who've given him advice, Five Finger Death Punch, and much more.

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This week Scott welcomes back Erik Rogers of Stereomud for a fun and insightful conversation. Eric was one of the first ever Good Company guests. 

Stereomud, formed of members from New York and Atlanta, made their mark from 1999-2003. The band released two full-length albums; 2001's 'Perfect Self' and 2003's 'Every Given Moment' before disbanding. 

Topics touch on in this chat include how Scott met Erik and reached out to him when Good Company was just starting out, Erik's early days, and the early days of Stereomud. Erik's current project, My Therapy, is going into its sixth year. In this disscussion, talks about the formation of the band, their cool hip-hop covers, and future plans.

As always, Scott goes over the discography with the guest. They discuss both Stereomud albums in this episode. There's also some talk of the band Soundevice that included Billy Grey (Fozzy) and Cheney Brannon (Collective Soul) as well as Dangerous New Machine. 

It's a really fun conversation and we hope you enjoy Scott's talk with Erik Rogers of Stereomud and SHARE with a friend!

This week Scott welcomes former Fozzy/Stuck Mojo drummer Frank Fontsere for a great conversation on his life and career.

Scott's fandom for Frank goes back to his teenage years as a fan of Stuck Mojo and, later, Fozzy. Frank recently announced his retirement from the music industry and is now focusing on new endeavors including his own original art as well as a new podcast.

Frank joined Stuck Mojo just in time for the recording of 'Pigwalk.' He stayed with the band through 2001 and simultaneously joined Fozzy in 2000 for their self-titled debut album. His work is featured on every Fozzy album through the critically-acclaimed release 'Judas' in 2017. In 2009, Frank rejoined Stuck Mojo who released a reunion album, 'Here Come the Infidels' in 2016. In this episode, Frank tells Scott many behind the scenes stories on the histories of each band and much more including touring stories. Frank is truly an open book and shares a lot of info that fans will appreciate. 

Other topics covered this week include Scott's recent interview C. Thomas Howell, an interest in acting, Frank's emerging artwork and his family's influence on it, his musical influences including KISS, The Beatles, and more. Additionally, other projects such as Love Said No and Six Speed are discussed.

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We've got a special episode of Good Company this week as Scott is joined by Kurt Thomas and C. Thomas Howell!

Kurt, an outstanding artist, is a past guest of the show and a longtime friend of Scott's C. Thomas Howell is, of course, known for a long run of Hollywood success with movies such as 'The Outsiders,' 'Red Dawn,' and many others. He's additionally kick-started a music career as Tommy Howell; going the path of country music and songwriting. His band, The Pony Express, has been building momentum across the Southeast.

In this long-form conversation the talk about how they met while Howell was in Atlanta working on 'The Walking Dead.' Howell just started singing and playing guitar in 2021 and has dove in full force with music. He shares the story of how this all happened. It's really interesting. 

Other subjects covered in this chat with C. Thomas Howell include 'The Outsiders' house in Oklahoma, the songwriting process between Tommy and Kurt, Diane Lane, the 'Soul Man' controversy, Patrick Swayze, roles in 'E.T.,' 'The Outsiders,' 'Red Dawn,' 'Grandview USA' and more!

There's tons of great behind the scenes stories shared in this conversation! We hope you enjoy Scott's chat with Kurt Thomas and C. Thomas Howell and SHARE with a friend!

Follow Kurt Thomas at https://www.kurtthomasmusic.com/ 

Follow C. Thomas Howell (Tommy Howell) at https://www.instagram.com/therealcthomashowell/