This Was The Scene Podcast

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Limbeck is an American rock band that formed in Laguna Niguel, California, in 1999. Their sound was a mix of alternative country with pop punk origins. Their first album, This Chapter Is Called Titles, was released in 2000. Their sound had shifted by the release of Hi, Everything's Great in 2003 to showcase a more country-indebted sound. The group toured heavily, often supporting or touring alongside bands such as Motion City Soundtrack and the All-American Rejects. Their third album, Let Me Come Home saw release in 2005, and the band issued their final, self-titled release in 2007. Though the band largely ceased touring and recording by 2010, they have continued to reunite for several shows and mini-tours.

Limbeck has come up a few times in interviews especially the one with Jon Cheese Episode 61 so I thought I’d ask them to come on the show, Robb and Patrick said yes, and this is what we chat about:

• Playing in a band together in high school
• Home Grown
• Getting on Doghouse Records
• The lawsuit against Apple
• Motion City Soundtrack
• All American Rejects
• Jon Cheese
• Jesse LeDoux
• The Break in story
• And a ton more

Lastly I started doing whiteboard animations so if your marketing department has said recently “Hey, we need a whiteboard animation” then email me at [email protected].

Voodoo Glow Skulls are an American ska punk band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California, by brothers Frank, Eddie, and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O'Neill. They first played at backyard parties and later at Spanky's Café in their hometown of Riverside, where they played shows with the Angry Samoans, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Firehose, Murphy's Law, and The Dickies. They put out releases on Dr. Strange, Epitaph, Victory, Smelvis and again on Dr. Strange Records. 

I got Eddie on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Cinema Beer Nuts
• Getting fan mail
• Dr. Strange Records
• Bill Strange’s book
• the band Public Humiliation
• Mike Park
• Getting on Epitaph
• Having anxiety
• Victory Records
• Shitty music
• The Hickey Story
• And a ton more

Lastly I started doing whiteboard animations so if your marketing department has said recently “Hey, we need a whiteboard animation” then email me at [email protected].

30footFALL is an American punk rock band that began in Houston, Texas. In 1995 they released their first studio album Divided We Stand on Fuzzgun Records. After hearing a demo, Bob Becker of Fearless Records signed them to a record deal and in 1997 produced their next album Acme-143. In 1999, the band released their most successful album, Ever Revolving, Never Evolving, on Nitro Records. The release was followed by numerous shows including a tour with The Vandals.

I heard about these guys on the Fearless Flush Sampler when I got that at a local Jersey show when I was 18. That sampler introduced us to a ton of bands which we talk about in the interview. Their name has always stuck in my head so I wanted to get Butch on the Skype and thanks to Jason Mack I did and this is what we chat about:

• The Fearless Flush Sampler
• Wanting to change the name in the beginning
• Current house shows in Houston
• Jim Cherry advocating them to get on Fearless
• The Punk Bites Comp
• Playing Warped Tour
• Getting signed to Nitro
• Stopping Touring all together
• Their album Doppler Effect
• Their annual Christmas Show
• Their latest release
• the gross story
• And a ton more

Lastly I started doing whiteboard animations so if your marketing department has said recently “Hey, we need a whiteboard animation” then email me at [email protected]

Fata Booking is a North America-based, boutique booking agency and management firm. Founded in 1996 by Eva Alexiou-Reo, FATA has worked with and exponentially grown the careers of credible artists such as Jimmy Eat World, ​Hot Water Music, Flogging Molly, Elliott, ​Mae, ​Rusted Root, ​MC Lars,​ The Blood Brothers, Pretty Girls Make Graves​ and many more.​ 

Eva’s name always came up back in the day and I wanted to get her perspective of what it was like to grow a booking agency. With the help of Kim Heiner, I got Eva on the skype and this is what we chat about:

• The Wilkes-Barre scene
• Starting Fata Booking
• Advice from Kevin Lyman
• Should she write a book
• How are bands making money?
• how has she gotten bands
• Pretty girls make graves
• Venues taking a cut of merch
• And a ton more

Lastly I started doing whiteboard animations so if your marketing department has said recently “Hey, we need a whiteboard animation” then email me at [email protected]

This week's episode is a compilation of clips from 5 episodes that I enjoyed. 

Below are the interviews I pulled clips from:

• Kill Your Idols w/ Andy West - Episode 140
• Tripface w/ Scott Jarzombek - Episode 180 
• Brian McTernan - Episode 216
• Shutdown w/ Mark Scondotto - Episode 179
• Victory Records w/ Monika Ebly - Episode 206

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Millencolin is a Swedish punk rock band that was formed in October 1992. The name Millencolin is derived from the skateboard trick "melancholy".

You might have a few of their albums in your collection including Tiny Tunes (1994) Life on a Plate (1995) For Monkeys (1997) Pennybridge Pioneers (2000) Home from Home (2002) Kingwood (2005) Machine 15 (2008) True Brew (2015) SOS (2019).

Thank you to Double J for the intro to Erik and Chris Mahon for reaching out to the band to make this happen. So I got Erik on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Touring with Blink back in 97
• Calling Fat Mike to get signed
• Getting sued by Warner Bros
• The Hives
• Their studio getting flooded
• Killercrush
• Recording with Mr. Brett
• How No Cigar got on Tony hawk 2
• The hot sauce on their website
• And a ton more

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Jordan Burns played drums in Strung Out until 2018. He was part of the OG group that formed Pulley and played with them til 2000. He’s been featured in DRUM! and Modern Drummer magazine and was voted #1 Best Punk Drummer in DRUM! Magazines 2012 Readers Poll. He owns a long time running motocross company called Moto XXX and has been featured in Racer X, Dirt Rider, Motocross Action, Freerider, Cycle News, etc. 

I got him on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• MotoXXX
• Learning how to play the kick with his left foot
• The intensity of the LA scene
• What he thought of Strung Out when he first saw them play
• Propaghandi
• His relationship with Jim Cherry
• Twisted by Design
• The formation of Pulley
• What lead to him leaving Pulley
• Which band did he like being in more
• And a ton more

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Prawn was formed in 2007. In 2011, they self-released their first full-length album, You Can Just Leave It All. The band followed up this release with other releases including Ships, Kingfisher, Run and some Singles and Splits along the way.

I got Kyle and Andrew on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Good bands from their hometown of Ridgewood, NJ
• Basement shows
• Moving Mountains
• Top Shelf Records
• Charlie Wagers
• Andrew leaving the band
• Yuengling
• First as Tragedy, Second as Farce
• Playing Audiotree
• And a ton more

Check them out Sept 6 in Sommerville, MA, Sept 7 in Ridgewood, NJ, Sept 29 in Philly, and at some point the weekend of FEST. All the info is on their IG page prawnmusic

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Blackout! Records was formed in 1988 by Bill Wilson and Jim Gibson. In 1989, the label released its album, a New York hardcore compilation album entitled Where the Wild Things Are.[1] The album included tracks from Sheer Terror, Killing Time, and others. After this first release, Gibson amicably parted company to start his own record label, Noiseville Records. 

The label ended the 1990s with records from Killing Time, Kill Your Idols, and East Bay/ Berkeley bands Redemption 87 and Powerhouse. The early part of the 2000s brought some new blood, including Crime In Stereo, NJ's The Banner, The Procedure, and The Commercials. The last official Blackout! release was The Fire Still Burns in 2005. Although no longer releasing new music, the label still maintains a blog at its website which is infrequently updated and has the catalog available digitally on Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, and other major digital outlets through The Orchard.

I got Bill on the Skype and this is what we chat about

• Growing up with a genetic immune condition
• Designing the artwork for the Where The Wild Things Are Comp
• How he got albums in record stores
• Traveling on Lollapalooza
• The Goops
• H20
• Plow United
• Kill Your Idols
• Business partner trying to steal his label
• Will he start putting out more records
• And a ton more

Lastly I started doing whiteboard animations so if your marketing department has said recently “Hey, we need a whiteboard animation” then email me at [email protected]

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Co-Ed was a punk band from La Verne, CA. They put out 2 releases on Cool Guy Records which were Sometimes Always Maybe Never and a split with the band Pollen. 

I got Waleed on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Their aol email account still being active
• Seeing someone who has a shirt of a band you like
• Opening for Less Than Jake
• Playing at Steve Aoki’s apartment
• How he writes songs
• Working for Mean Street Magazine
• Hanging with At The Drive-In
• Playing a show with Fifteen
• The band Pollen
• Writing for AltPress magazine
• The Bollweevils story
• And a ton more

Lastly I started doing whiteboard animations so if your marketing department has said recently “Hey, we need a whiteboard animation” then email me at [email protected]

Check out IntheCloudsnj on Instagram. They make Hand-made Custom Records. No minimum to order .. yes that means you can make 1. Order direct on our website intheclouds.io

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