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Plow United is an American punk rock who formed in Wilmington, Delaware in 1992. They played fast punk rock with pop, thrashcore and hardcore influences. Their lyrics are sometimes labeled "emo" postfact. Band members are Brian McGee (vocals and guitar), Sean Rule (drums) and Joel Tannenbaum (bass).

In 1996, the band recorded and released their second record ("Goodnight Sellout"), and received attention from major labels. They declined to pursue a career in rock and roll, however, and in 1997 the band broke up at the height of its popularity. In 1998 Creep Records released a posthumous third LP ("Narcolepsy"), a darker take on the band's loose, aggressive pop-punk sound. In 1998, Plow United reformed to play three shows in New York and Pennsylvania to promote the release of "Narcolepsy".

They got back together in 2011 to play some shows including Gainesville. Florida's FEST, and recorded a full length in 2012 called Marching band.

Arik from Creep Records said I should reach out to Brian. I did and here's what we talk about:

• Their "show" with Busta Rhymes
• Playing in the High School band having an influence on Plow
• Who was the main songwriter in the band
• Throttle Jockey hair on fire story
• The Bouncing Souls
• Their time on Creep Records
• How they have a ton of merch left over
• Making merch to help save Day Laborers
• His chance to sing in a little band called Kid Dynamite
• Square Dancing
• And a ton more

If you're in Carrboro check out his new store

Before we begin, this week's episode is sponsored by my animation company drive80. IF you're a marketing company in need of someone to turn your graphics into video then check out my website drive80.com to see some of my work.

Before we begin, this week's episode is sponsored by my animation company drive 80 studios. If you're a marketing company in need of someone to turn your graphics into video then check out my website drive80.com to see some of my work.

If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron, you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one-time donation by clicking the DONATE button.

Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia.

With that said, let's get started.

Braid is an American emo band from Champaign, Illinois, formed in 1993.

Following several early line-up changes, the band eventually settled on Bob, Todd, Chris and Damon. In 1998 the group released their third album, Frame & Canvas, to critical acclaim and is considered a staple of the late 90's emo movement. Despite Frame & Canvas's success, Braid disbanded in 1999. This lead to the formations of Hey Mercedes and Chris would continue with The Firebird Band which was previously a side project.

The band reunited shortly from June to August 2004, before disbanding again. In 2011, Braid reunited permanently, playing their 600th show and releasing a new album, No Coast.

I reached out to their FB page to see if they'd like to chat and got in touch with Chris Broach, he was down to talk and here's what we chatted about:

• The band not having a digestible sound
• Skating with the dudes from Cap'n Jazz when they were in High School
• Teaching himself how to play guitar based on what he thought sounded good
• How he joined the band
• Chicago pride
• Touring a lot burning out the band
• The Actuality of Thought DVD
• Frame and Canvas (this part is sick)
• Damon's drumming
• And a ton more

Go check out Chris' newer music from SNST and his solo stuff.

Before we begin, this week's episode is sponsored by my animation company drive80. IF you're a marketing company in need of someone to turn your graphics into video then check out my website drive80.com to see some of my work.

Before we begin, this week's episode is sponsored by my animation company drive 80 studios. If you're a marketing company in need of someone to turn your graphics into video then check out my website drive80.com to see some of my work.

If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron, you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one-time donation by clicking the DONATE button.

Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia.

With that said, let's get started.

Fun Size started more or less in 1991, in Richmond, Virginia. The members consisted of James, Allen Brian, and Orice. They put out a few releases including a 7" on Fueled by Ramen in 97 called "The Process of Selling Out," a play on the Black Flag record "The Process of Weeding Out" and also poking fun at Less Than Jake for recently signing to Capitol after Vinnie told James about all the undeserved flack the band was getting for signing to a major. In 98 they released "Glad To See You're Not Dead" and disbanded soon after.

The band did, however, reunite in 2012 when guitarist Brian moved back to Richmond, VA and they released "Since Last We Spoke". If you haven't had a chance to check out this album, then do so because it's really good. Especially the song "End of the Road" which has been on heavy rotation on my Spotify playlist for months.

I met these guys back in 98 on their last tour through NJ. My old band Lanemeyer played a show with them at JT Skate Zone in West Orange, NJ. We also did a mini-tour if you can call it that with James' second band River City High which we also talk about in this interview.

I reached out to him through Facebook to see if he'd like to talk about 96-2002 and he was more than happy to spend 2 hours discussing this time period. And here is what we talked about:

• Performing as a kid in front of his 5th grade class
• Did Richmond have hall shows?
• Tim from Avails advice on touring
• Getting signed to fuled by Ramen
• His pen pal in Denville, New Jersey
• Matt Red Leader
• The formation of River City High
• Big Wheel and Doghouse Records
• Dealing with the scene changing in the early 2000s
• Brett from the Juliana Theory
• Fun Size reuniting in 2012 to record an album and play shows
• And a ton more

Before we begin, this week's episode is sponsored by my animation company drive 80 studios. If you're a marketing company in need of someone to turn your graphics into video then check out my website drive80.com to see some of my work.

If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron, you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one-time donation by clicking the DONATE button.

Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia.

With that said, let's get started.

Farside was an Orange County, CA punk band Farside formed in 1989, comprising frontman Popeye, guitarist Kevin Murphy, bassist Brian Chu and drummer Bob Beshear. Upon landing a deal with Revelation Records, the quartet issued their debut Rochambeau in 1992, followed a year later by Rigged; in the wake of a self-titled 1995 EP Farside was largely silent for the remainder of the decade, finally resurfacing in 1999 with The Monroe Doctrine. (thank you Revelation Records for having that write up for me to snag)

Below is what we talked about:

• His brief stint with the Aquabats
• His career as a voice over due to many years of singing and smoking
• His band's reaction when auditioning to be the singer
• Zach De La Rocha being in the band for a hot second
• What it was like being on Revelation Records
• Staying at Walter Schreifels and Civ's apartment
• Not caring about major labels
• Going on a tour that wasn't booked
• The Monroe Doctrine going way over budget
• The song I Hope You're Unhappy
• Having massive stage fright
• And a ton more

Popeye will be opening for Hot Water Music on their 25th anniversary tour.

Friday, May 17 in Santiago, Chile

Saturday, May 18 in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Check out my comic and my book.

If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron, you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one-time donation by click the DONATE button. OR you don't have to donate shit and just keep listening each week.

Creep Records began as a record label started by Arik Victor in 1993 and has since expanded to a retail space, recording studio, and screenprinting. Their roots are in punk and hardcore, putting out releases in our early years from the likes of The Bouncing Souls, Plow United, Violent Society, All Else Failed and more. The tales of the Creep House in West Chester have become that of legend, building a bond and community that lives and grows to this day. However, they have always been a label that puts out the music they truly love, regardless of genre.

I heard of Creep Records when I was in my late teens because my friends found out about this band called Plow United. Plow would be on heavy rotation in my buddy Lucc's silver Ford Probe when we would drive from Jefferson, NJ to either the Rockaway mall, Jefferson Diner, Greenpond, Flipside Records or the many shows we attended. Alan Rappaport mentioned Creep Records in episode 24 and it made me think, well shit, I need to interview Arik. So I did and this is what we talk about:

• 80s hip hop
• NWA and 2 live crew
• The scariness of metal shows
• How he started recording bands
• Using a house party to get bands to record with him
• Creating Creep Records because of Plow United
• Getting taken advantage of by distributors
• Passing on the first Bigwig release
• His process for signing a band
• Why bands can't reunite after 20 years and make it a full-time gig
• Tower Records having a positive effect on the music industry
• Hopes of punk rock saving the country
• Opening his record store
• And a ton more

Check out my comic and my book.

If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one time donation by click the DONATE button. OR you don't have to donate shit and just keep listening each week.

Knapsack formed in 1993 by band members Blair Shehan and Colby Mancasola who were 2 high school friends that went to UC Davis. They released 3 full-length albums which were Silver Sweepstakes, Day 3 of My New Life and This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now.

I fell in love with this band when my buddy Christopher James Barker played me Diamond Mine off of Day 3 of my new life. I always felt that the first 4 songs of that record were perfect but I would just play songs 1-4. When This Conversation is Ending Starting Right Now came out, I played that whole fucking thing on repeat for weeks. The album is flawless.

Needless to say, I was fucking fired up when Blair was down to get on a call so I could ask him questions about the band. Here is what we talked about:

• His love of hardcore music
• How they got on Alias Records
• Touring while being in college
• His thoughts on the first record
• Did they or did they not play the Warped Tour at Action Park in NJ in 97
• Getting Sergie in the band
• How he writes a song
• How he typically feels when one of his records comes out
• Where that signature yell comes from
• Jealous Sound
• And a ton more

You can hear his new band here - Racquet Club

Before we begin, this week's episode is sponsored by my book that has nothing to do with punk rock. It's called "I'll eventually like kids when they're older" and is a compilation of daily comics I've been drawing and uploading to Instagram for over a year. This is a great gift for the holidays as a coffee table book or for bathroom reading.

You can check it out by going to yourdailybred.com. I also have a link for it on thiswasthescene.com. Feel free to follow the Instagram at yourdailybred.

If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one time donation by click the DONATE button. OR you don't have to donate shit and just keep listening each week.

Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia.

With that said, let's get started.

Digger formed in the Lehigh Valley in the mid-1990s and signed to Hopeless Records in 1996. Upon the event of Digger's live recording being played on WMUH the word of the band spread quickly, which led to the band's sign to Hopeless Records. The band released their first LP, Powerbait, and then toured a lot. This was followed by releasing 4 more albums over the years until they broke up in 2004.

Original members Matt and Chris reformed the band in 2015 and have been playing shows sporadically throughout the years Including the reunion shows with Weston last month. Powerbait was a staple in my cd collection in the late 90s because of songs like I want my hat back and Dale. My old band played a bunch of shows with these dudes in and out of Jersey. I'd also like to point out that Freak Out is one of the best Digger songs of all time. You can find that on the split 7' with Weston or just search Spotify for Freak Out Digger and it will come up.

I reached out to founding member Chris Benner to see if he'd like to reminisce, he said yes and this is what we talked about:

• Playing in Weston
• Skateparks and social media
• This episode coming out after the Digger/Weston show
• What the scene was like in Leigh Valley
• Getting signed to Hopeless
• Matt's Police shirt
• How playing shows now a days is a pain in the ass
• Dating while being in a band
• What it was like to play Fest
• Getting stoned and listening to Third Eye Blind
• And a ton more

Before we begin, this week's episode is sponsored by my book that has nothing to do with punk rock. It's called "I'll eventually like kids when they're older" and is a compilation of daily comics I've been drawing and uploading to instagram for over a year. This is a great gift for the holidays as a coffee table book or for bathroom reading.

You can check it out by going to yourdailybred.com. I also have a link for it on thiswasthescene.com. Feel free to follow the instagram at yourdailybred.

If you'd like to support the podcast you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one time donation by click the DONATE button. OR you don't have to donate shit and just keep listening each week.

Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia.

With that said, let's get started.

Link 80 was a band from the Bay Area. The name came from the interstate highway I-80 which they used to get to the drummer's garage for band practice and connected the band members' homes: members lived in Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond. Fun fact, I also named my animation company drive80 after route 80.

Far more punk than ska and with an energy and a sense of immediacy lacking in pop-oriented ska bands, Link 80 was able to avoid the clichés of ska-punk characterized by their peers. As Asian Man Records describes them, they are an energetic blend of ska, punk rock, and hardcore.

My old band Lanemeyer met these dudes on our last tour and played a couple shows with them. I thought they were the nicest guys and thought Adam would have some great stories from back then. I was 1000% correct in thinking this as you will hear in this interview.

I sent him a facebook message to see if he'd like to chat, replied "Sure!" And this is what we talk about:

• Being the stage manager for the Plea for Peace Tour
• How it would be weird to tour now and stay
• What it was like joining the band
• The first singer passing away at a young age
• Going through van after van
• Still being straight edge
• Days of Thunder
• Quitting the band
• Turning from Link 80 into Desa
• The song The Last Time
• His band Gnarboots
• Being a punk rock Dad
• Some stories about NJ
• Teaching Bigwig about Tiger Balm on your balls
• Talking about the Alkaline Trio shit in the box fiasco
• Getting a shitty proposal from Victory Records
• And a ton more

Before we begin, my old band Lanemeyer has our first EP Stories For The Big Screen available on vinyl. The record was put out by iSurrender Records. It's green vinyl with an etching of GOD I MiSS yOU GOD I MISS THIS PLACE on one side and we are doing a Black Friday Sale. Here are the details:

• 20% Off Promo Code - SURRENDER2018
• Must be entered at checkout to receive the discount
• Valid on the entire store
• Active from 11/22 12AM - 11/26 11:59PM (this covers Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Weekend, and Cyber Monday)

Just go to thiswasthescene.com and scroll down until you see the Llanemeyer cd artwork. Click on it and purchase.

Thank you to everyone who has donated and all of you that have signed up for my Patreon page. If you'd like to help keep this podcast alive you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron, you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one-time donation by clicking the DONATE button. OR you don't have to donate shit and just keep listening each week.

Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia.

With that said, let's get started.

Welcome everyone to This Was The Scene, the podcast that takes a look back at the late 90s / early 2000 Punk scene, I am your host, Mike Doyle.

Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. In the mid-'90s, the band had two releases on major labels, Atlantic Records in 1994 and Ignition/Tommy Boy in 1997. This path achieved modest mainstream success; a video for "Capsized" gained a lot of airplay on MTV, they performed on The Jon Stewart Show in 1994 and the single "She Found You" garnered considerable radio play in 1998. The band toured extensively throughout Europe, North America, and Japan with Bad Religion, Green Day, The Toadies, Sense Field, blink-182, and Millencolin.

I got an intro to Sergie from Rob LWL and we set up a late Thursday call in August.

Side note, check out his design work here - slappedtogether.com

Here's what we talk about:

• His love of the Jersey accent
• Our very long ramble about interviews
• Not having any aspirations to be in a band
• What was the San Francisco scene like
• How he and Jason started Samiam
• Tres Cool being in the band but not being in the band
• What was Samiam's following like
• What it was like being on a major label
• Their song being on Harvesting the Crust
• What did they write about
• Joining Knapsack
• Touring with At The Drive-In right before they broke up
• And a ton more

Before we begin, my old band Lanemeyer has our first EP Stories For The Big Screen available on vinyl. The record was put out by iSurrender Records. It's green vinyl with an etching of GOD I MiSS yOU GOD I MISS THIS PLACE on one side and we are doing a Black Friday Sale. Here are the details:

20% Off Promo Code - SURRENDER2018

Must be entered at checkout to receive discount

Valid on the entire store

Active from 11/22 12AM - 11/26 11:59PM (this covers Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Weekend, and Cyber Monday)

Just go to thiswasthescene.com and scroll down until you see the Lanemeyer cd artwork. Click on it and purchase.

This week's episode sponsored by Southern Tier Distilling Company.

Building on 300+ years of western NY spirit production, Southern Tier Distilling Company puts that heritage into every bottle.

Now, expanding their market to NJ, DE, and Ohio, more of us can enjoy these premium spirits such as STDC's Straight Bourbon, Silver Medal Award-winning Vodka, Smoked Bourbon and their 2XHopped Whiskey (a whiskey distilled from their gold medal winning 2XIPA)

In addition to their spirits, also available are their premium canned cocktails! The Gin&Tonic, Vodka Madras & Bourbon Smash. Great for camping, the beach, tailgating, and the golf course.

Available at most Buy Rite, Shop Rite & Joe Canal locations, or just ask for Southern Tier Distilling at your local liquor store.

Check out Southern Tier Distilling at www.stdcspirits.com and follow them on Instagram at @southern_tier_nj.

Southern Tier, Why the hell not?

Thank you to everyone who has donated and all of you that have signed up for my Patreon page. If you'd like to help keep this podcast alive you can donate as little as $1 a month through Patreon by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. As a Patron, you get access to bonus material that regular podcast subscribers do not. OR you can do a one-time donation by clicking the DONATE button. OR you don't have to donate shit and just keep listening each week.

Gameface is a band whose music combines the best elements of punk, hardcore, emo and pop to make something simpler, something sincere beyond a defined scene. They have the ability to reach people with undeniably catchy melodies underneath heartfelt lyrics. Thank you to revelation records for having that write up on your website

Their record label roster consisted of Dr. Strange, Revelation and currently Equal Vision. Thanks to an introduction from Rob LWL to Gameface's lead singer Jeff Caudill, I was able to set up some time to chat and pick his brain about the band's origins. I'd also like to mention that Jeff is super fucking nice and his musical talents have passed down to his daughter who has a band camp page with some really fucking good songs that you should check out at melody.bandcamp.com

I got Jeff on the phone and this is what we talked about:

• What his high school life was like
• Being scared of his first punk show
• Playing their first show with Inside Out
• How they started touring
• What he writes about
• Is it odd having his daughter listen to his songs?
• Getting on Dr. Strange Records
• Losing their first drummer to suicide
• His love for the Jersey scene
• And a ton more

This week's episode sponsored by Southern Tier Distilling Company.

Building on 300+ years of western NY spirit production, Southern Tier Distilling Company puts that heritage into every bottle.

Now, expanding their market to NJ, DE, and Ohio, more of us can enjoy these premium spirits such as STDC's Straight Bourbon, Silver Medal Award-winning Vodka, Smoked Bourbon and their 2XHopped Whiskey (a whiskey distilled from their gold medal winning 2XIPA)

In addition to their spirits, also available are their premium canned cocktails! The Gin&Tonic, Vodka Madras & Bourbon Smash. Great for camping, the beach, tailgating, and the golf course.

Available at most Buy Rite, Shop Rite & Joe Canal locations, or just ask for Southern Tier Distilling at your local liquor store.

Check out Southern Tier Distilling at www.stdcspirits.com and follow them on Instagram at @southern_tier_nj.

Southern Tier, Why the hell not?

Thank you to everyone who has donated and all of you that have signed up for my Patreon page. If you'd like to help keep this podcast alive due to the costs associated with it (ie, hosting, and hours and hours of editing) you can donate a $1 a month through patron by going to thiswasthescene.com and click on the button at the top of the page that says Click HERE FOR BONUS MATERIAL. OR you can do a one-time donation by clicking the DONATE button. OR you don't have to donate shit and just keep listening each week.

Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia.

With that said, let's get started.