Click here to buy tickets to the Lanemeyer show at Stan Hope House in Stan Hope, NJ on Dec 1, 2022.

crank! A Record Company was an independent record label which was started by Jeff Matlow in September 1994. The label "played a huge role in the spreading of emo in the mid-'90s", according to Alternative Press magazine. The label's first release was a 7" by Vitreous Humor, released under the name Geerhead Records; all subsequent releases were issued as Crank!

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

• His current career as a business consultant
• Working with James Brown
• Mineral
• Starting his other company SaulGoodman
• Why he released a ton of 7inches
• Meeting Brett Gurewitz
• Mineral breaking up
• The Sensefield, Jimmy Eat World, Mineral split 7"
• The Icarus Line
• Bright Eyes
• And a ton more

Go sign up for his news letter by clicking here

This week's episode is sponsored by the band American Television.

American Television are a gritty pop-punk band from the DC area that has shared the stage with Piebald, Spanish Love Songs, Dirty Nil, The Copyrights, and many more. Their new song, Moments, is out today on all streaming services and will be featured on the exclusive 12-inch Fest 20 Comp, available through Sell The Heart Records and at The Fest in Gainesville, FL. October 28-30.

I'll link to the video for the song on the This Was the Scene's Instagram Story so you can check it out. American Television plays The Fest, Sunday, October 30th, 9:40pm at Vecinos.

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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.

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The Escape Engine was founded in the spring of 2002. The band's name comes from a Burning Airlines song titled "The Escape Engine". Within a matter of months of recording their demo the band was approach by Jon Strauss whose intentions were to start an independent record label. The band ended up becoming the first band to sign with the newly created Fidelity Records.

The band broke up in 2006 and then re-united on May 4, 2012, for a single sold-out performance at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey.

I apologize in advance because we laugh a lot during this interview so I figured I'd give a disclaimer.

George if you're listening, Dom wanted me to make sure that you know that you were the person that made that band possible. He wanted to let you know this because he wasn't sure if he said it in the interview so hence this disclaimer.

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

• Being in one of Escape Engine's videos
• Being in Lanemeyer 2.0 for 2 or 3 weeks
• Mothermania
• Scratch Kid
• Roading for Beefcake
• Singing on stage with The Ataris
• Losing a ton of weight
• Creating Escape Engine
• Fidelity Records
• The sound fuck up on their video on MTV
• The Playboy Party
• Almost playing with Say Anything
• And a ton more

Check out his buddy's company Sure Thing Toys which he mentions during the interview.

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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.

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

This is a REPOST of Episode 100.

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

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day.

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.

The Gadjits were an American ska and rock and roll band from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Formed by the brothers Brandon, Zach, and Adam Phillips they were signed as young bucks to Hellcat Records in 97. They released 3 albums on that label before heading to Thick Records, then RCA where they were dropped when Clive Davis took over. From there they went on to create more bands such as The Architects, Brandon Phillips & The Condition, and Other Americans.

My old band Lanemeyer played a few gigs with these kids on the road back in the day and I was beyond stoked to get them on the podcast to chat about life. The following is what we chat about:

• Constantly being in bands with each other
• Playing with Rancid as teenagers
• How were they treated as being a young band
• The Wix
• Hellcat Records
• Changing over to The Architects
• The Gallows
• The fucking crazy Bosstones show brawl
• Grossing each other out
• Drug use
• The Canadian Booking Agent story
• And a ton more

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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.

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Before we start, my old band Lanemeyer has 10 green etched vinyl records left of "Stories for the Big Screen" over on the iSurrender store.

Zoinks! were a pop punk from Reno, Nevada. Born '93. Died '98. A couple reunion shows in 2005 and 2006. They were on rotation with my buddies back in High School and were introduced to us, I believe, by Alan Rappaport from Flipside records (Episode 24).

I got Bob's email from Alan, got him on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• The Reno scene
• How he joined the band
• Dr. Strange Records
• Playing a show with Green Day
• Having a label of his own
• His new band
• And a ton more

Get your Realtor Instagram Stickers by clicking here.

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.

The Rocking Horse Winner was an American indie rock band based in Davie, Florida. They formed in mid-1999 and toured with Dashboard Confessional, Coheed and Cambria, The Format, Bayside, The Blood Brothers, The Weakerthans, Further Seems Forever, Midtown, and a ton. You may remember Jolie's voice in some of the OG Dashboard Songs.

Thank you Casey Iodine for the intro. I got Jolie on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

• Her new band The Darling Fire
• Having stage fright
• How she got connected with Dashboard
• Being on Equal Vision
• Hankshaw's antics at Fest
• Mackrock
• The Coheed story
• The Crazy house in Florida story
• Being in Seventeen magazine
• Did dating someone in the band cause riffs
• How scrappy of a band they were
• And a ton more

Check out her new band The Darling Fire's new album "DISTORTIONS" available on Iodine Recordings. The band features members of

The Rocking Horse Winner, Shai Hulud, Further Seems Forever, and As Friends Rust.

Available on several vinyl variants and CD from Iodine Recordings, iodinerecords.com or at Deathwish Inc. along with new merch designs.

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.

Vagrant Records is an American record label that was founded in 1995 by Rich Egan and Jon Cohen. It is home to artists such as Dashboard Confessional, Saves the Day, The Get Up Kids, Senses Fail, and Alkaline Trio, and a ton of others that you know and love.

I asked Rich if he'd like to be on the podcast, he said "Sure man, would love to do your pod." So I got him on the Skype after 30 minutes of trying and this is what we talk about:

• What was the first Vagrant release
• How he started Managing Face to Face
• Signing the Get Up Kids
• The massive Vagrant Tour
• The roadie leaving merch money in NYC story
• What were the best years at Vagrant
• Emanuel's record leaking
• The Vagrant podcast
• His thoughts on Saves the Day on Connan
• Ignorance is Bliss leading to a shit ass tour
• Amy Madden and the Dashboard Story
• And a ton more

Here's a link to Diner Parking Lots

Here's the Arcade Academy Bandcamp

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.

Eyeball Records is an independent record label originally established in NYC out of Apartment 4C on 14th St at Avenue A. The label later moved to Kearny, New Jersey. They've released albums by artists such as H20, Thursday, My Chemical Romance, Humble Beginnings, Pency Prep, and Murder by Death. In 2020 the label began releasing exclusive cassette and t-shirt bundles exclusively through The Hyv.

I heard about Eyeball for the first time when Humble put out their EP which we talk about in this interview. So I thought getting Alex on here would be a fine idea, he agree, and this is what we chat about:

• Eyeball starting back up
• Internal fuck ups on some releases
• Recording at the studio where Tupac was shot
• Getting help from Greg GoKart Records
• The Eyeball house
• How the H20 release was funded
• The aggressive lore that surrounded him
• Humble Beginnings
• Becoming homeless
• His relationship with Warner Bros
• The Gaslight Anthem record that never saw the light of day
• And a ton more

Go check out their website for the latest releases at eyeballrecords.org.

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.

Threadline were a post hardcore band from NJ. The life of the band was short lived but this was one of the very first bands that I met in the scene who my old band used to play shows with. Craig also did a bit of a run promoting shows under NOISExtra. From there he went on to do Elemae, and a ton of other bands.

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

• The NJ show where someone stole the cannon ball
• Joe Pulito taking forever with replies
• How he started throwing shows with NOISExtra
• Elizabeth from Hot Topic
• The Shades Apart show in White Meadow Lake
• Camber
• Ignition rebrand because of Oasis
• Did he tour over seas
• Do we love writing or playing music these days
• And a ton more

Check out his latest band The Atlantic Union Project.

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.

This is a REPOST of my interview with Travis Keller (episode 62) about the days of Buddyhead. Here is what we chat about:

• Meeting people through his photography
• Calling Dave Navaro
• How they got so many phone numbers
• Living in Tarzana
• The Icarus Line
• The Transplants not digging one of the posts
• Fred Durst
• Is he still down with Buddyhead following him
• Drive-thru Records
• And a ton more

Check out his new project http://americanprimitive.org/

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.