This Was The Scene Podcast

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 albums released on Honest Don's Records, and a split EP with the band Divit that was released on Coldfront Records. According to Last.fm, Diesel Boy's most popular tracks are "Titty Twister", "Looks That Kill" (Mötley Crüe cover), "She's My Queen" and "Stroking My Cat".

Thank you, Monkey, for the intro to Dave Lake who was kind enough to carve out some time for a chat. Below is what we talk about:

• Critiquing music
• Possibly playing the Lanemeyer CD release party
• Coleslaw judging
• His Metallica story
• Working for Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords
• Honest Don's Records
• Their reception in Canada
• Their Episode on Freaks and Geeks
• The Canada story
• And a ton more

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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 Sub Pop Records to critical acclaim. However, shortly after releasing their second album LP2, the band broke up, with members Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith joining Foo Fighters and Jeremy Enigk embarking on a solo career. In 1997, they regrouped long enough to record two more studio albums and a live album but ultimately disbanded once again in 2001. The band reunited again in 2009. Bassist Nate Mendel, who chose to remain with Foo Fighters during the previous reunion in 1997, took part in this reunion. In 2014 the band released one song from those sessions, "Lipton Witch," on a split 7" vinyl with Circa Survive on Record Store Day.

I got William on the Skype and this is what we talk about:

• My sunny day tattoo story
• What drumming has done to him physically
• What was his scene
• How the band got together
• Diary's artwork
• Breaking up right when they were taking off
• Red Elephant
• Trying to find inspiration to make music again
• Recording Rising Tide
• Working through anxiety
• Their unreleased album
• And a ton more

Check out William's band, Assertion

This episode is sponsored by www.houseofmerch.com/ where you can buy band merch and get 10% off by using promo code "scene" when you check out. PLUS FREE SHIPPING.

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.

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 together on the recommendation of their record label Fueled By Ramen. The duo released their debut album Three Hundred in summer 1999. Over their recording and touring history, the band endured a number of line-up changes. Singer-songwriter Woolford was always affiliated with the group and composed all selections on subsequent releases. The group disbanded in early 2004 with Woolford and bassist Chris Serafini reconvening to form the band Let Go.

In 2009, Alternative Press named Three Hundred one of the '10 most influential albums from 1999 that shaped Punk today'. In 2011, The Stereo briefly reunited with original members Phillips and Woolford to perform at Terminal 5 in New York City with Paramore, Fun, The Swellers, and This Providence to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Fueled By Ramen.

I got them on the Skype and this is what we talked about:

• Their performance wardrobe
• Working for Fueled By Ramen
• The Impossibles
• Animal Chin
• Coming up with the name
• Their dynamic as a band
• Rory's exit from the band
• A podcast being in the works
• And a ton more

This episode is sponsored by www.houseofmerch.com/ where you can buy band merch and get 10% off by using promo code "scene" when you check out. PLUS FREE SHIPPING.

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.

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 interview.

Scott's name has come up a few times in interviews so I thought it would be cool to have him. So I did and this is what we talked about:

• Knowing Chris Gethard
• My Favorite Citizen
• Alan Rappaport's blurbs on releases sold at Flipside
• Jimmy Eat World keeping it real
• The biker bar in Parsippany
• The Jon Hiltz story
• Chris Vaglio
• Gabe Saporta being his landlord
• And a ton more

This episode is sponsored by www.houseofmerch.com/ where you can buy band merch and get 10% off by using promo code "scene" when you check out. PLUS FREE SHIPPING.

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.

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 being front row to point that sweet finger of his up in the air when he sang along.

He was hesitant for a good amount of time until one day the stars aligned and he finally gave in. So I got him on Skype while we had many drinks and this is what we talked about:

• Going to school with other NJ punk rockers
• His thoughts on the scene itself
• Working at Hot Topic in the Rockaway Mall
• How Modesty Panel's record got funded
• White Powdered Donuts Comp
• And a ton more

Go check out houseofmerch.com which is run by Sean from Lanemeyer. You can find a ton of shirts from your favorite bands large and larger. The prices are super low compared to other websites out there and you can take an extra 10% off by using the promo code "scene". So go do that.

If you haven't watched one of the quarentunes live streams on the NJPP Facebook group you have been missing out! Performers have included a number of people who have been interviewed on the podcast(including me). The next live stream is next Friday, May 22nd beginning at 8 pm. Musical guests include Jeff from Mother Mania, Jonah Matranga from far and One Line Drawing, Mikey ERG, Shane from Valencia, John Maiello from Dead Bars, The Archivist himself, Joe Pulito, Chris Schulz from Suicide Pact, and Michael Joncas of Harrison Ford Mustang. You are not going to want to miss this one! Tune In by joining the North Jersey pop-punk 1994 - 2002 Facebook group or by visiting the NJPP archives YouTube channel.

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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 heavy metal to form their primary sound. They have released nine studio albums on Fat Wreck Chords as well as one Live album, 2 B-sides collections, a best-of, a box set, and appeared on numerous compilations and skate/surf/dirt bike/offroading videos. They have played on the Warped Tour and continue to tour internationally.

They were one of those bands that were in rotation when my friends would be driving around New Jersey headed to Flipside, Shows, or the Rockaway Mall.

You can check out the Wendy Cherry interview, Episode 79, where she talks about the Jim Cherry days in the band. That's also a great interview.

Luckily Jake heard that interview and also wanted to talk about the band so I got him on Skype and this is what we talked about:

• How they dealt with the early 2000s
• The video for Bring Out Your Dead
• The early scene in Southern California
• Their astrolux symbol
• Renting RVs to tour in
• Putting out albums after Jim Cherry wasn't in the band
• His thoughts on still playing shows
• Dying on stage
• And a ton more

Check out their beer at craftshack.com and go to their website to buy their quarantine shirt to help out the band.

This episode is sponsored by https://www.houseofmerch.com/ where you can buy band merch and get 10% off by using promo code "scene" when you check out. AND FREE SHIPPING.

Check out the North Jersey Facebook group tonight for the live show.

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

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 about:

• His farm
• Matt from Uprise
• Their first drummer Chris Pennie
• Skaters World
• Steve Evetts
• Chris Badami
• Mike Patton
• Playing a basement show in New Brunswick
• And a ton more

Go check out Ben's Patreon for his farm. And definitely watch the video he made.

This episode is sponsored by https://www.houseofmerch.com/ where you can buy band merch and get 10% off by using promo code "scene" when you check out.

Check out the North Jersey Facebook group tonight for the live show.

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

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, but have since teamed with Springman Records and SideOneDummy. The band has been noted for its strict DIY work ethic, such as engineering, producing, and releasing their own albums and videos and self-promotion of their own shows.

Thank you, Michael Catania, for the intro to David McWane who I got on the Skype and this is what we talked about:

• Having to stop recording a new record
• His theory on why people stop liking newer albums from older bands
• Sugar Ray
• Playing the full Op Ivy set
• At The Drive-In
• Our love for Taylor Swift
• Having a hard time fitting in
• Too Hep Records
• And a ton more

Check out the North Jersey Facebook group for the April 24 live show.

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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 career of Brand New in 2001. It is a part of the Eastwest family of record labels, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance.

Here's what we chatted about:

• How are the current state of affairs effecting the label
• Starting at a hip hop label
• E Town Concrete
• In Reverie
• Lounge
• Folly
• Brand New
• Outline
• And a ton more

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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 I ever saw a local band put out a 7in which blew my mind. I talk about this in the interview.

You may also remember the Morris County Youth Crew from back then which Matt formed. That name has come up a few times in previous podcast interviews. Especially Episode 23 with Brian Molloy who talks about the Morris County Adult Crew. Which, btw, I made merch for. You can check that out on thiswasthescene.com in the STORE. https://thiswasthescene.com/product-tag/mcac/

I got Matt on the phone and this is what we talk about:

• Hair metal
• Growing up in Morristown
• Straight edge
• Gorilla Biscuits
• His band Downfall
• The Music Den in Jefferson
• The NJ Impossibles
• Replacing Fortitude with Uprise on a show
• THE Morris County Adult and Youth Crew
• Ben from Dillinger Escape Plan being in the band
• Frank Cappuccio
• Their 7 in being pink
• Weston
• Hello Bastard's artwork ripping off another album
• And a ton more

Check out Matt's other band Dead Nation on Spotify.

And his other other band Kissing is a Crime

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