This Was The Scene Podcast

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Say Anything is one of my favorite bands of all time. If you don't know who they are just start with Is A Real Boy… and then consume each album after that.

Max heard Rama from Big Wheel's interview (Episode 148) and messaged me to chat, we set up some time for an interview and this is what we chat about:

• Writing songs for people
• Playing for Drive-Thru
• The intro to belt
• Buddyhead
• Rama from Big Wheel
• Bipolar and Manifesting
• How fast did Is A Real Boy blow up
• Anarchy, My Dear
• In Defense of the Genre
• Amy Fiddler
• And a ton more

This week's sponsor is Mint 400 Records.

Mint 400 Records is an indie record label from NJ with bands across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The label features everything from Indie Rock & Folk to Post-Punk and Soul. Over 400 exciting releases.

You can find Mint 400 Records' releases streaming at Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, and more or at all mp3 outlets worldwide. Visit www.mint400records.com for links and more info.

Here's a clip from their band Ladybirds's song "Regional Community Theater" which features Max on 2 tracks, originally released in 2007 it is available on all streaming platforms from Mint 400 Records.

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

From the suburbs of East LA, four Mexican American kids came together in 2001 to form the band Audio Karate and developed a unique sound that drew from their many influences such as Descendents and Jawbreaker. Their unique mix of melodic and emotional punk rock helped them develop a big fan base and quickly caught the attention of Kung Fu Records, who signed them in 2001 alongside bands like Blink-182 and Tsunami Bomb. Their blend of melodies and hooks set them apart, making it difficult to place them in any one genre. The band has mastered the art of writing infectiously catchy songs with deeply personal lyrics, while still remaining upbeat and fun.

They recently signed to Iodine Recordings and will be releasing a new LP this January called ¡OTRA! that features rare and unreleased music spanning the band's career, produced by Bill Stevenson of the Descendents and Trever Keith of Face to Face.

Audio Karate are also working on new music that will be released on Iodine later in 2022, and the band is gearing up for some music festivals and regional tours.

Thank you Casey Iodine for the intro to Jason whom I got on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Releasing old material on Iodine Recordings
• Having shows get shot up by local gangs
• 8-hour practices
• Their love for No Knife
• Kris Roe's assistance in getting them on Kung Fu Records
• Trevor Keith producing their record
• Recording with Bill Stephenson
• Holding their ground on artwork and stage show
• Their record Malo
• Why they got back together
• Almost getting killed by the African Mob
• And a ton more

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

The Commercials Post-hardcore/punk band from Harrisburg, PA active from 1996-2006 with releases on Blackout! Records, Jumpstart Records, and more.

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

• Talking about Jeremy from Jumpstart Records
• Their 25 year reunion show
• Balancing school and touring
• Jumpstart Records
• Their cover of Texas is the Reason
• Changing singers
• The song My Bologna has a First Name
• His current band with Dave Smalley
• And a ton more

Lastly, here's a foreword by Tom Simon who's a good buddy of mine and grew up in the Jersey scene. He tells a story about how Tony and the Commercials played a small role in him starting his career in the music industry.

Check out Tony's band with Dave Smalley called Don't Sleep.

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

The Blue Meanies made their recording debut in 1991 with the release of their first single, "Grandma Shampoo". Although their personnel was continuously changing, The Blue Meanies' sound would remain consistent throughout their first four albums.

The band signed with MCA Records towards the end of the commercially successful third wave of ska.

By this time, a total of twenty-two musicians had passed through the band since their formation, including Jay Vance, as a bass player, who went on to form the one-man metal band Captured! By Robots. Their sixth full-length album, The Post Wave, released in late 2000 on MCA Records, was the most musically different from their other five albums. In 2001, the band regained the rights to The Post Wave and reissued it on Thick Records, their original record label. The band ceased touring, though they never issued an official break-up statement.

Thank you Sean Dolan for giving me Billy's info.

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

• Trying to play some reunion shows
• The Post Wave
• The show where I saw them in NJ
• Jay Vance
• Rick Bonde
• The Plea for Peace tour
• The megaphone
• Getting on MCA
• Snagging the last pressing of CDs
• And a ton more

This week's sponsor is Mint 400 Records.

Mint 400 Records is an indie record label from NJ with bands across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The label features everything from Indie Rock & Folk to Post-Punk and Soul. Over 400 exciting releases.

You can find Mint 400 Records releases streaming at Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, and more or at all mp3 outlets worldwide. Visit www.mint400records.com for links and more info.

Here's a clip from their band Reese Van Riper's song "Well Runs Dry" from the album The Swamps Are Burning

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

Jughead's Revenge is an American punk rock band. They originally formed in LA in 1989. After 12 years of recording and touring extensively, They disbanded in 2001 after getting on Nitro Records. The band reformed in 2009 and has continued to perform at a number of live shows since 2010.

In the 1990s, they had a roadie who was in the band False Alarm, Fat Mike's first band. Such a random fact.

I reached out to Joe on Instagram, asked him to talk, he said yes, and here's what we chat about:

• Punk in the Park
• Jay Bentley introducing him into the punk scene
• Making up press kits just to get on shows
• Recording at West Beach
• Working for a warehouse that distributed porn
• Being very smart with the music business
• Nitro Records
• No Use For A Name
• Filming their video for the Cinema Beer Goggles video comp
• Green Day
• Singing some songs with Black Flag
• And a ton more

Check out their new song American Gestures on streaming platforms.

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

Matt Squire is known for producing and writing pop and rock music. He has a knack for discovering underground artists and helping them refine their sound. Prior to producing, Squire was in numerous bands such as Ashes, Miltown, The Dubnicks, Long Distance Runner, and The Rise Park. After his band days ended he went on to produce and song write with such names as Underoath, Panic! at the Disco, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Sum 41, Simple Plan, All Time Low, Good Charlotte, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, and a shit ton of others.

Dave Gorman spoke about his love for Matt in his interview (episodes 152 & 153) so I reached out to him, we got on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Working with Underoath
• Meeting Ian MacKaye
• His band Miltown
• Not having any aspirations to become a record producer while in college
• His thoughts on living in LA
• Working with Swedish songwriters
• Orange Island
• Recording Panic at the Disco's first album
• And a ton more

Check out his business ventures entangledaudio.com and emo coin.

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

Evange Livanos cut her teeth as a booking agent then became a manager over at Fata Booking in the early 2000s. Her name has come up plenty of times in the past few years especially in Matt Been from Emanuel's interview (episode 138) which we will talk about in this episode.

We started chatting on the Gram and I asked her to be on the show, she accepted, and this is what we chat about:

• Growing up in the Scranton hardcore scene
• Starting working for Eva at Fata Booking
• Were they starstruck by the bands they booked?
• Managing Emanuel
• The brawl with the Suicide Girls
• What went wrong with the Orange Island tour
• Why she left Fata
• Managing Slipknot
• Armor For Sleep
• And a ton more

Check out her full-service music company Alternate Side

This week's sponsor is Mint 400 Records.

Mint 400 Records is an indie record label from NJ with bands across the United States, Canada, and Europe. The label features everything from Indie Rock & Folk to Post-Punk and Soul. Over 400 exciting releases.

You can find Mint 400 Records releases streaming at Spotify, Pandora, Tidal, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, and more or at all mp3 outlets worldwide. Visit www.mint400records.com for links and more info.

Here's a clip from their band Reese Van Riper's song "Well Runs Dry" from the album The Swamps Are Burning

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

Douglas was a pop punk band from the UK who put out one release on GFY Records. They toured the US 2 times with Bigwig and then focused the rest of the time in the UK.

This one is a super deep cut and Jamie and Phil are hilarious so you'll love this one.

Thanks to Monkey (Episode 6) for connecting me to Jamie and Phil who I got on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Having no photos from back then
• Buskin
• Getting on GFY records
• Going on tour with only stickers
• Playing Canada with Bigwig
• Going from Doug to Douglas
• Never playing Europe
• The Serial Killer comp
• Working for At The Drive-In
• Matt Grey
• And a ton more

Check out Phil's Illustration Instagram @pmillustration where you can see his awesome work.

I'll be at FEST in October if all things work out with this Delta thing so if you have any way for me to get backstage at some shows please let me know. You can email [email protected].

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

This is part 2 of 2 since this is a very long interview. Thank you to Casey Iodine (episode 134) for connecting me to Dave who I got on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• No Knife asking for Whip Cream on their Ryder
• The story behind the artwork for The Shape of Calling
• Hand delivering that record to people at their homes
• Roading for Brand New as they started to blow up
• The disaster of Surf and Skate
• Having a massive asthma attack on stage (this story is nuts)
• How he found out the band was over
• And a ton more

Iodine has just re-issued and remastered their debut EP 'The Shape of Calling' digitally and they are working on vinyl reissues of their later recordings due out in 2022.

I'll be at FEST in October if all things work out with this Delta thing so if you have any way for me to get backstage at some shows please let me know. You can email [email protected].

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Before we start, feel free to support the podcast if you've been listening for a while by signing up for my Patreon for $1 and I will love you forever.

Orange Island was a rock band based out of the town Clinton, Massachusetts. They wrote and recorded several demos before being signed to the Boston-based record label Iodine Recordings in 2000. The Shape of Calling was Orange Island's debut album and shortly after its release, the band started touring the US with many well-known bands including Brand New, The Movielife, Breaking Pangaea, Kill Verona and others. They left Iodine and signed to Triple Crown Records and released a self-titled CD that was very well received by reviewers and the indie scene.

This is part 1 of 2 since this is a very long interview. Thank you to Casey Iodine (episode 134) for connecting me to Dave who I got on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Working on a farm
• Going through a lot of bass players
• Iodine Records
• Their album The Shape of Calling
• Working with Matt Squire
• And a ton more

Iodine has just re-issued and remastered their debut EP 'The Shape of Calling' digitally and they are working on vinyl reissues of their later recordings due out in 2022.

I'll be at FEST in October if all things work out with this Delta thing so if you have any way for me to get backstage at some shows please let me know. You can email [email protected].

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

If you market aggressively on Instagram Stories and want custom stickers then go here to get custom stickers or just email [email protected] and I can send you samples. These are great for B2C companies and Realtors.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.